Best movies of 1980s

Escape from New York(1981)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 38

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.



Silkwood(1983)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.



Police Academy(1984)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.



National Lampoon's European Vacation(1985)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 42

The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues.



F/X(1986)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.



Adventures in Babysitting(1987)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.



Prince of Darkness(1987)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.



Rambo III(1988)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Colonel Trautman is captured by Soviets during a mission in Afghanistan so Rambo sets out to rescue him while taking on the invading Russian forces.



Black Rain(1989)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



Used Cars(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.



Gandhi(1982)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.



Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.



Witness(1985)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.



Manhunter(1986)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Former FBI profiler Will Graham returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media.



Der Himmel über Berlin(1987)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 40

An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.



Mystic Pizza(1988)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.



The Dead Pool(1988)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.



Bird(1988)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 54

The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.



Pet Sematary(1989)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Behind a young family's home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.




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