Best movies of 1980s

Valley Girl(1983)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.



Easy Money(1983)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 24

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.



Carny(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.



The Stunt Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.



Commando(1985)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.



The Elephant Man(1980)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.



From Beyond(1986)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.



The Bostonians(1984)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.



My Dinner with Andre(1981)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.



The Toy(1982)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 19

An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.



Basket Case(1982)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.



Majo no takkyûbin(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.



Glory(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.



Shocker(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(1990)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.



Chances Are(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.



Short Circuit 2(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.



Poltergeist III(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a highrise building, and the supernatural forces that have haunted her previously follow her there.



The Wizard(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.



Young Einstein(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his ...




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