Best movies of 1980s

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.



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...



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.



Friday the 13th(1980)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



The Fabulous Baker Boys(1989)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 17

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.



Mermaids(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.



Talk Radio(1988)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 24

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



Men at Work(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.



The Monster Squad(1987)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.



Look Who's Talking Too(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 11

This time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister.



Memphis Belle(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in UK prepares for its 25th and last bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.




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