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 Boogey Man (1980)

Gor (1987)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Rhinestone (1984)

Copper Mountain (1983)

Speed Zone (1989)

Cross of the Seven Jewels (1987)

Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

The January Man (1989)

Wild Orchid (1989)

Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

No Holds Barred (1989)

Iron Eagle II (1988)

Evils of the Night (1985)

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)

Superman III (1983)

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988)

Supergirl (1984)

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)

Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983)

Mazes and Monsters (1982)

Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

Howard the Duck (1986)

Galaxina (1980)

The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)

Poltergeist III (1988)

The Blade Master (1983)

Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)

Best Defense (1984)

Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)

Inseminoid (1981)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)

Mac and Me (1988)

Hobgoblins (1988)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Going Overboard (1989)