Best movies of 1980s

Kagemusha(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.



Outland(1981)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.



Local Hero(1983)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.



Porky's II: The Next Day(1983)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.



Supergirl(1984)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 21

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.



Mask(1985)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.



White Nights(1985)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to...



Bad Taste(1987)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 14

The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.



Killer Klowns from Outer Space(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.



The Blob(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everything in its path. Teenagers attempt without success to warn the townspeople, who refuse to take them seriously.



Talk Radio(1988)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.



Halloween 5(1989)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.



Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead(1990)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.



Bird on a Wire(1990)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.



Cannibal Holocaust(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 12

During a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.



Heaven's Gate(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.



The Changeling(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A man staying at a secluded historical mansion finds himself being haunted by the presence of a spectre.



Prom Night(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 23

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.



Stardust Memories(1980)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 18

While attending a retrospective of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.



The Beastmaster(1982)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.




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