Best movies of 1980s

Mephisto(1981)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and ...



My Favorite Year(1982)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show.



The Funhouse(1981)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a Frankenstein mask.



Ghost Story(1981)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two generations of men find themselves haunted by the presence of a spectral woman. When the son of one of the elderly men returns to his hometown after his brother's mysterious death, they attempt to unravel her story.



Friday the 13th Part III(1982)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Having revived from his wound, Jason Voorhees takes refuge at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of co-eds arrive for their vacation, Jason continues his killing spree.



Big Top Pee-wee(1988)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist.



The Dead(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Gabriel Conroy and wife Greta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.



Cherry 2000(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In the year 2017, a rich man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his animatronic ...



Ironweed(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, NY after returning there for the first time in decades.



Tin Men(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.



K-9(1989)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.



Captain America(1990)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 12

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.



The Accused(1988)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.



White Palace(1990)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high-flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), ...



Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach(1988)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy (1984), goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. ...



Graveyard Shift(1990)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, the workers discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.



The Milagro Beanfield War(1988)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom ...



Who's That Girl(1987)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 14

The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove her innocence.



Spoorloos(1988)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.



Troll 2(1990)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A family vacationing in a small town discovers the entire town is inhabited by goblins in disguise as humans, who plan to eat them.




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