Most popular movies of 1980s

The Shining(1980)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.



Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.



Blade Runner(1982)

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Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Sixteen Candles(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.



The Breakfast Club(1985)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.



Stand by Me(1986)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.



The Princess Bride(1987)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 70

While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.



Beetlejuice(1988)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

When a recently-deceased ghost couple find their now-vacant home invaded by an obnoxious family, they hire a sleazy ghost who gets rid of humans to help them.



Dead Poets Society(1989)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 67

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.



Flatliners(1990)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.



The Blue Lagoon(1980)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 32

In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.



An American Werewolf in London(1981)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.



Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll.



Trading Places(1983)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.



Footloose(1984)

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Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.



The Goonies(1985)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 58

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure.



Aliens(1986)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?



Dirty Dancing(1987)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.



Die Hard(1988)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 67

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.




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