Purple Rain(1984)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.



Desperately Seeking Susan(1985)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.



Tequila Sunrise(1988)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.



The Outsiders(1983)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 43

The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.



Footloose(1984)

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Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.



The Big Easy(1986)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police ...



Some Kind of Wonderful(1987)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 51

When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.



Nuovo Cinema Paradiso(1988)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.



Scrooged(1988)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A selfish, cynical T.V. executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.



The Year of Living Dangerously(1982)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.



Flashdance(1983)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.



Red Dawn(1984)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 43

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.



The Fly(1986)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 40

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.



Maurice(1987)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 56

After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.



Postcards from the Edge(1990)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.



Metropolitan(1990)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.



Silkwood(1983)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 51

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.



Gandhi(1982)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.



Witness(1985)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.



Bird(1988)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 54

The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.




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