Best movies of 1980s

Le pont du Nord(1981)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A woman recently released from prison and a strange young female street urchin keep running into each other on the streets of Paris and finally become companions in a very strange and very ...



Near Dark(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is turned by a beautiful drifter.



Falling in Love(1984)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 10

During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train ...



Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins(1985)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 12

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinarily unique assassin in service of the US president.



Stroker Ace(1983)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 26

The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.



Black Widow(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A federal investigator tracks down a gold digging woman who moves from husband to husband, kills them and collects the inheritance.



The Entity(1982)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Supposedly based partially on a true story, a woman is tormented and sexually molested by an invisible demon.



Frances(1982)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.



A Soldier's Story(1984)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.



Hopscotch(1980)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.



Crimewave(1985)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.



Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI(1986)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him.



Soul Man(1986)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.



Brewster's Millions(1985)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A minor-league baseball player has to spend $30,000,000 in thirty days in order to inherit $300,000,000. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the deal.



Dragnet(1987)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.



Havana(1990)

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Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...



Cadillac Man(1990)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (...



Nuns on the Run(1990)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B...



Young Guns II(1990)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.



Hardware(1990)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The head of a cyborg reactivates and rebuilds itself and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.




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