Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp,
Directors : Alan Clarke,

Realistic story of working class Yorkshire life. Two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man. Serious and light-hearted by turns.

Actors : G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Tom Berenger, Andy Griffith,
Directors : Hugh Wilson,

While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlihan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and ...

Actors : Dana Hill, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Lisa Niemi, Christopher Neame, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Lance Hool,

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

Actors : Richard Ng, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Charlie Chin,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets ...

Actors : Luis Brandoni, Antonio Gasalla, Julio De Grazia, China Zorrilla,
Directors : Alejandro Doria,

Each member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.

Actors : Keith Carradine, Kris Kristofferson, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.

Actors : Nina Ferrer, Susana Bequer, Sara Palmer, Ian Sera,
Directors : Juan Piquer Simón,

A young boy in the woods discovers a lovable alien...or is it?

Actors : Clare Nono, Cristina Raines, Anthony James, Joe Lambie,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

Anthology of four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban legends.

Actors : Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Sy Richardson,
Directors : Alex Cox,

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ...

Actors : Nancy Allen, Paul Le Mat, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner,
Directors : Michael Laughlin,

Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the ...

Actors : Heidi Lenhart, David Thomas, Mitsuki Yayoi, Leo Morimoto,
Directors : Hiroyuki Yamaga,

In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.

Actors : Anne Pitoniak, Andrea Burchill, Sara Walker, Christine Lahti,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

In the Pacific Northwest in 1955, two young sisters, abandoned by their mother, wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to ...

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann,
Directors : Frank Perry,

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.

Actors : Barbara Bach, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney,
Directors : Peter Webb,

Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing.

Actors : Alexandra Paul, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Bridges, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his ...

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Friedrich von Ledebur,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. It's both a touchingly nostalgic ...

Actors : Jinpachi Nezu, Kei'ichi Noda, Mako Hyôdô,
Directors : Mamoru Oshii,

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Actors : Donna Yeager, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Caroline Munro,

Eight people are invited to their old high school for their ten-year reunion where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.

Actors : Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Ilyas Salman, Yaprak Özdemiroglu,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.