Best movies of 1980s

Maniac(1980)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A psychopath, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in New York City, kills young women and takes their scalps as his trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer, and end his killing spree?



Motel Hell(1980)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.



Victory(1981)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 6

As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.



Bustin' Loose(1981)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 31

Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old ...



Death Wish II(1982)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.



The Draughtsman's Contract(1982)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.



Staying Alive(1983)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet - succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage.



Brainstorm(1983)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people. Once the capability of tapping into "higher ...



Testament(1983)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.



2010(1984)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery.



The Woman in Red(1984)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

On his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte - an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her - but what would his wife say?



The Company of Wolves(1984)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine and she has a disturbing dream involving wolves which appears to take place in the woods visible from her bedroom window.



Fright Night(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him.



Re-Animator(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.



Into the Night(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him, and his job is dull. One night, he starts to drive through Los Angeles, and he finally ends in the parking ...



The Man with One Red Shoe(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A man picked randomly out of a crowd is made the target of CIA survelliance and pursuit.



Death Wish 3(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.



Year of the Dragon(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.



The Delta Force(1986)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 9

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force are sent in to resolve the crisis.



Wildcats(1986)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.




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