Working Girl(1988)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 60

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.



The War of the Roses(1989)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle.



Reversal of Fortune(1990)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.



The Grifters(1990)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend--both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.



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.



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.



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.



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.



The Karate Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

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



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)

Golden Globe 1
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.



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.



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.



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.



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.




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