Best movies of 1980s

Flash Gordon(1980)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.



Colors(1988)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.



¡Three Amigos!(1986)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.



I Love You to Death(1990)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Joey owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie. He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.



Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 24

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.



A Chorus Line(1985)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.



Tango & Cash(1989)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Two cops are framed and must clear their names.



Child's Play(1988)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.



Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 23

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.



Cry-Baby(1990)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 27

In 1950s Baltimore, a bad boy with a heart of gold wins the love of a good girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge.



Rocky III(1982)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 23

After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.



Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.



Creepshow 2(1987)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.



The Secret of NIMH(1982)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 29

To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected.



License to Drive(1988)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.



Hollywood Shuffle(1987)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 54

An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.



Nothing in Common(1986)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A highly successful advertising executive decides to put his job on hold after getting an update from his father that he and his wife are divorced and decides to extend his break after revealing that his father is a diabetic.



Life Is Sweet(1990)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A waitress, her cook husband, & their twin daughters ponder their lives over a few weeks in a working-class suburb north of London.



UHF(1989)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.



Hotaru no haka(1988)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.




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