Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 71

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.



48 Hrs.(1982)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

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



Splash(1984)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

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.



Dressed to Kill(1980)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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



La Bamba(1987)

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Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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.



The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 59

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



Wall Street(1987)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 55

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.



Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

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



The Karate Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

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



Diner(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

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



Ruthless People(1986)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 62

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



For Your Eyes Only(1981)

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Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 53

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



Reds(1981)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.



Sophie's Choice(1982)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 56

After spending time with his new neighbors, an aspiring writer realizes they are harboring deep secrets that will forever change him.



Wild at Heart(1990)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 52

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



Crocodile Dundee(1986)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 51

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.



The Natural(1984)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 54

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.



Cocoon(1985)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.



Mississippi Burning(1988)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.



Peggy Sue Got Married(1986)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.




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