Best Movies of the 1980s
The 1980s perfected the crowd-pleaser: high-concept blockbusters, teen classics, practical-effects horror and action one-liners that never left the culture. The decade's best are ranked by rating and popularity. See where each is streaming and relive them - or meet them for the first time.
The Big Blue (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Trading Places (1983)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Videodrome (1983)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Blow Out (1981)
Gremlins (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Maurice (1987)
Poltergeist (1982)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Clue (1985)
Tootsie (1982)
The Land Before Time (1988)
The Verdict (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Wall Street (1987)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
WarGames (1983)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Escape from New York (1981)
Pale Rider (1985)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Anne of Green Gables (1985)
Field of Dreams (1989)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Casualties of War (1989)
Top Secret! (1984)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Willow (1988)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
A Christmas Carol (1984)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Bianca (1984)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Coming to America (1988)
Spaceballs (1987)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Crossroads (1986)
Mystery Train (1989)