Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Matthew Broderick, Matt Mulhern, Corey Parker, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.

Actors : Daniel Stern, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Peter Weller,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

An American deep-sea mining colony stumbles upon a sunken Soviet vessel hiding a horrific secret.

Actors : John Doe, Winona Ryder, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Directors : Jim McBride,

The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Woody Allen, Marvin Chatinover, Rosanna Arquette,

A middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12 year old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Nancy Travis, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Gere,
Directors : Mike Figgis,

An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

Actors : John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : David Lynch,

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Gary Busey, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Robert Kaylor,

Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.

Actors : Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn,
Directors : Louis Malle,

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Actors : Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Jackie Gleason, Scott Schwartz,
Directors : Richard Donner,

An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.

Actors : Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Robert Vogel,
Directors : Frank Henenlotter,

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.

Actors : Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Actors : Candice Azzara, Joe Pesci, Rodney Dangerfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Directors : James Signorelli,

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.

Actors : Ed Harris, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : James Ivory,

A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.

Actors : Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.

Actors : Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman, James Van Der Beek,
Directors : Hayao Miyazaki,

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Actors : Ken Foree, Jeffrey Combs, Ted Sorel, Barbara Crampton,
Directors : Stuart Gordon,

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

Actors : Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins,
Directors : Fred Dekker,

Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them.