Best movies of 1980s

The Jewel of the Nile(1985)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ...



The Verdict(1982)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.



Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter(1984)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 19

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.



Flight of the Navigator(1986)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.



Le roi et l'oiseau(1980)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.



Pale Rider(1985)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.





Ladyhawke(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for ...



Real Genius(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans.



Zelig(1983)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.



High Hopes(1988)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and ...



Runaway Train(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.



The Unbelievable Truth(1989)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.



Return to Oz(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.



Red Sonja(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.



The Rescuers Down Under(1990)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.



Against All Odds(1984)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.



Heartbreak Ridge(1986)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.



Masters of the Universe(1987)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.



The Black Cauldron(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A young boy and a bunch of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.




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