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.
Criminal Law (1989)
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Best Friends (1982)
Terror Train (1980)
Bail Out (1989)
Moving Violations (1985)
Death Valley (1982)
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Nightmare Beach (1989)
Desiring Julia (1986)
Evil Spawn (1987)
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
The Falling (1986)
Blue Monkey (1987)
Jungle Warriors (1984)
Home Sweet Home (1981)
P.O.W. The Escape (1986)
The Devonsville Terror (1983)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
The Last Horror Film (1982)
School of Thieves (1986)
The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
Heartbeeps (1981)
The Last Shark (1981)
Blood Tide (1982)
Hot Moves (1984)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Hollywood Cop (1987)
Hanky Panky (1982)
The Passage (1986)
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
Black Venus (1983)
A Policewoman in New York (1981)
La Smala (1984)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Butterfly (1982)
Night of the Sharks (1988)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Ghost Town (1988)
Jack's Back (1988)
Crackers (1984)
Hot Resort (1985)
A Fine Mess (1986)
Specters (1987)
Wholly Moses (1980)
The Bride (1985)
Perfect (1985)
Visiting Hours (1982)
The Couch Trip (1988)
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
Birds of Prey (1987)
Delirium: Photo of Gioia (1987)
Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)