Best movies of 1980s

St. Elmo's Fire(1985)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.



Critters(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.



Poltergeist II: The Other Side(1986)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.



Roxanne(1987)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.



Frantic(1988)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 22

In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.



The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 25

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.



Átame!(1989)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 28

An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him.



The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.



My Blue Heaven(1990)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 30

An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.



Vincent & Theo(1990)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 49

The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.



Cheech and Chong's Next Movie(1980)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.



Sharky's Machine(1981)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.



Grease 2(1982)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

An English student at a 1960s American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.



Pink Floyd: The Wall(1982)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.



Sudden Impact(1983)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.



Cloak & Dagger(1984)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.



Summer Rental(1985)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 32

An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps.



To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.



The Hitcher(1986)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.



Angel Heart(1987)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Harry Angel is a private investigator. He is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer called Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.




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