Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : John Hurt, Roy Hyatt, Stephanie Lane, Theresa Russell,

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (...

Actors : Geraldine Page, Richard Bradford, Carlin Glynn, John Heard,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

Actors : Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Aiello,
Directors : James Toback,

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Robin Williams, Holly Palance,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

Actors : Cora Venus Lunny, Kelly Piper, David Dukes, Hugh O'Conor,
Directors : George Pavlou,

Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.

Actors : Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Geneviève Bujold, Patrick Bauchau,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and ...

Actors : A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp, Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

Ten years later, after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Actors : Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley,
Directors : Lyndall Hobbs,

Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.

Actors : Jordan Bennett, Shô Kosugi, David Chung, Lucinda Dickey,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Michael McKean, Joan Jett,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The siblings Patty and Joe Rasnick live in an industrial suburb in Cleveland, Ohio. While Patty is focused on their rock band, The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the ...

Actors : George Dzundza, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, Richard Gere,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Actors : Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth,
Directors : Marek Kanievska,

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith,
Directors : Jeff Kanew,

Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Al Pacino, Nastassja Kinski, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find...

Actors : Margaret Welsh, Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Actors : René van 't Hof, Tatjana Simic, Nelly Frijda, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.

Actors : Hugo Arana, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe,
Directors : Luis Puenzo,

After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.