Best movies of 1980s

Octopussy(1983)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.



Repo Man(1984)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.



The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 59

In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.



Big Trouble in Little China(1986)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 55

An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.



Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.



Wall Street(1987)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.



The Living Daylights(1987)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitaker and General Koskov.



La Bamba(1987)

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Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.



No Way Out(1987)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.



Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(1988)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000 first.



Licence to Kill(1989)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 57

James Bond goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C.I.A. agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him.



Tremors(1990)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.



Stripes(1981)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.



Creepshow(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 60

An anthology which tells five terrifying tales based on the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.



Diner(1982)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.



Videodrome(1983)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

When he acquires a different kind of programming for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.



The Karate Kid(1984)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.



A Room with a View(1985)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 60

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting...



Pretty in Pink(1986)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.



Ruthless People(1986)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.




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