Best movies of 1980s

Actors : Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : Andy Romano, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Anthony Lucero,
Directors : Allan Moyle,

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Actors : Marius Weyers, Louw Verwey, N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo,
Directors : Jamie Uys,

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Actors : Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

Actors : Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.

Actors : Paul Hogan, David Gulpilil, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon,
Directors : Peter Faiman,

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Actors : Debbie Harry, Divine, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown,
Directors : John Waters,

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Clifton James, John Cusack, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : John Sayles,

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Actors : Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Jeremiah S. Chechik,

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.

Actors : Burt Young, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Sage Stallone,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Reluctantly retired from boxing, and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy.

Actors : Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Marc Duret, Anne Parillaud,
Directors : Luc Besson,

Convicted felon Nikita, instead of going to jail, is given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.

Actors : Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Actors : Börje Ahlstedt, Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson,
Directors : Ingmar Bergman,

Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : W.D. Richter,

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job, and finding clues when it's clear the man is healthy.

Actors : Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Nicolas Cage, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Actors : Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : John McTiernan,

A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Actors : Rick Moranis, John Candy, Bill Pullman, Mel Brooks,
Directors : Mel Brooks,

Planet Spaceballs' President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.