Best movies of 1980s

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence(1983)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 14

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.



Lucas(1986)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.



The French Lieutenant's Woman(1981)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her ...



Dune(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.



Der Name der Rose(1986)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.



The Brave Little Toaster(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A group of dated appliances embarks on a journey to the city to find its master after being abandoned in its cabin in the woods.



The Great Muppet Caper(1981)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.



The Meaning of Life(1983)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way.



Kaze no tani no Naushika(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.



The Keep(1983)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.



Where the Buffalo Roam(1980)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.



Gorky Park(1983)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A Moscow police officer investigates a triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level political conspiracy in the local government.



Silent Night, Deadly Night(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

After his parents are murdered, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa, due to his stay at an orphanage where he was abused by the Mother Superior.



Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta(1986)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.



The Russia House(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 13

An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.



The Sheltering Sky(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The American artist couple Port and Kit Moresby travel aimlessly through Africa, searching for new experiences that could give sense to their relationship. But the flight to distant regions only leads both deeper into despair.



Europa Europa(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.



Erik the Viking(1989)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.



Let It Ride(1989)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?



Henry & June(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June ...




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