Best movies of 1980s

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.



Fanny och Alexander(1982)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.



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?



The Big Chill(1983)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.



Altered States(1980)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.



Married to the Mob(1988)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An undercover FBI agent falls in love with a recently widowed mafia wife, who is trying to restart her life following her husband's murder while being pursued by a libidinous mafia kingpin seeking to claim her for himself.



Silverado(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.



Something Wild(1986)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.



Rocky IV(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.



The Sure Thing(1985)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A college student plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman. They hate each other, so naturally...



A View to a Kill(1985)

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Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 48

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.



My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown(1989)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 49

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.



Sea of Love(1989)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.



The NeverEnding Story(1984)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.



Dead Calm(1989)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae spend some time isolated at sea when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.



Back to School(1986)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 55

To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.



Body Double(1984)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.



Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 61

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.



The Running Man(1987)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show.



Look Who's Talking(1989)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 47

After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn boy is narrated through voice-over.




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