Best movies of 1980s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : John Candy, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.

Actors : Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

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

Actors : Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.

Actors : Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

Actors : James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.

Actors : Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Irving Metzman, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Woody Allen,

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

Actors : Anton Rodgers, Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly,
Directors : Frank Oz,

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.

Actors : Rosanna DeSoto, Lou Diamond Phillips, Elizabeth Peña, Esai Morales,
Directors : Luis Valdez,

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.

Actors : Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

Actors : Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Danny DeVito,

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

Actors : John Malkovich, Glenn Close, Swoosie Kurtz, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Actors : Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson,
Directors : John Glen,

Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Actors : Kevin McCarthy, Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Joe Dante,

A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.

Actors : Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : John Amos, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Landis,

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Actors : Charles Martin Smith, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.