Best movies of 1980s

Superman III(1983)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.



Rumble Fish(1983)

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Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.



Brazil(1985)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A bureaucrat, in a retro-future world, tries to correct an administrative error, and becomes an enemy of the state.



Kiss of the Spider Woman(1985)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.



River's Edge(1986)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.



Down and Out in Beverly Hills(1986)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.



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.



Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)

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Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 41

After the rebels are overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Master Yoda. His friends accept shelter from a questionable ally as Darth Vader hunts them in a plan to capture Luke.



Conan the Barbarian(1982)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 43

A barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his parents and his tribe whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his henchmen when he was a boy.



Cat People(1982)

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Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.



Christine(1983)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.



L'argent(1983)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person until carelessness leads to tragedy.



Purple Rain(1984)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.



Pee-wee's Big Adventure(1985)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 47

When eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.



Desperately Seeking Susan(1985)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.



A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors(1987)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.



Overboard(1987)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A cruel and beautiful heiress mocks and cheats over a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia, he decides to introduce her to working-class life by convincing her they're husband and wife.



Young Guns(1988)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.



Tequila Sunrise(1988)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.



Star Trek V: The Final Frontier(1989)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.




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