Best movies of before 2000

On Golden Pond(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.



All That Jazz(1979)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.



Midnight Express(1978)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.



Knightriders(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a growing sense of delusion from their leader.



Throw Momma from the Train(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?



The Wraith(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.



Down by Law(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.



Cruising(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.



Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.



Conan the Destroyer(1984)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.



A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge(1985)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to continue his murder spree in the real world.



History of the World: Part I(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.



Over the Top(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.



Withnail & I(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

At the end of the 1960's, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.



The Enforcer(1976)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.



Maximum Overdrive(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.



The Fox and the Hound(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.



Cobra Verde(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 39

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.



The Howling(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 22

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.



Slap Shot(1977)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games.




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