Best movies of 1980s

Joe Versus the Volcano(1990)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 42

When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.



American Gigolo(1980)

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Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.



Annie(1982)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.



An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A young man must complete his work at a Navy Flight school to become an aviator, with the help of a tough gunnery sergeant and his new girlfriend.



Blue Thunder(1983)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 48

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.



Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A woman gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.



Baby Boom(1987)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 50

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.



Ishtar(1987)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 53

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.



Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 40

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?



Henry V(1989)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 42

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.



Ah fei zing zyun(1990)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she ...



Halloween III: Season of the Witch(1982)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.



All the Right Moves(1983)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.



El Norte(1983)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Peasants escaping mindless labor and a murderous Guatemalan government head to America in hopes for something better.



Highlander(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".



An American Tail(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 37

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.



She's Gotta Have It(1986)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Story of a woman and her three lovers.



The Accidental Tourist(1988)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 46

An emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.



Always(1989)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.



My Bodyguard(1980)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 52

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.




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