Best Romance movies of 1980s

Actors : John Amos, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Landis,

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : W.D. Richter,

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Actors : John Cusack, Anthony Edwards, Daphne Zuniga, Boyd Gaines,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

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...

Actors : Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Alan Metter,

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

Actors : George 'Red' Schwartz, Leib Lensky, Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

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.

Actors : Captain Haggerty, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Lazar,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

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.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Katherine Helmond, Goldie Hawn, Edward Herrmann,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

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.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Robert Towne,

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.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Eric Stoltz, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Howard Deutch,

When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.

Actors : Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Bembol Roco,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Actors : Sunny Johnson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, James Wilby, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : James Ivory,

After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

Actors : Chris Eigeman, Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols,
Directors : Whit Stillman,

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

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.

Actors : Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

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

Actors : Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

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

Actors : Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Christopher Reid, Martin Lawrence,
Directors : Reginald Hudlin,

Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid ...

Actors : Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Andie MacDowell, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

Actors : David Warner, Steve Martin, Paul Benedict, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.