Best movies of 1980s

Dune(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.



Kaze no tani no Naushika(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.



Silent Night, Deadly Night(1984)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

After his parents are murdered, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa, due to his stay at an orphanage where he was abused by the Mother Superior.



Lucas(1986)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.



Der Name der Rose(1986)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.



The Brave Little Toaster(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 9

A group of dated appliances embarks on a journey to the city to find its master after being abandoned in its cabin in the woods.



Hope and Glory(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was ...



Short Circuit 2(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Robot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.



Poltergeist III(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a highrise building, and the supernatural forces that have haunted her previously follow her there.



Young Einstein(1988)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his ...



Glory(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.



Majo no takkyûbin(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.



Chances Are(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.



The Wizard(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(1990)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.



'Breaker' Morant(1980)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.



The King of Comedy(1982)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.



Some Kind of Hero(1982)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.



Something Wicked This Way Comes(1983)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.



Uncommon Valor(1983)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, U.S.Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in POW camps in Laos.




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