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.
Oliver & Company (1988)
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
The Beyond (1981)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Overboard (1987)
Footloose (1984)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Pet Sematary (1989)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Scanners (1981)
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)
Salvador (1986)
Law of Desire (1987)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
The Entity (1982)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Frantic (1988)
El Sur (1983)
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
Tenebre (1982)
Marrakech Express (1989)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Palombella rossa (1989)
The Hidden (1987)
Tron (1982)
Young Guns (1988)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Wheels on Meals (1984)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Halloween II (1981)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Altered States (1980)
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
Silkwood (1983)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
Decalogue II (1989)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Time Bandits (1981)
Silver Bullet (1985)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
Barfly (1987)
Talcum Powder (1982)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
The Party (1980)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Southern Comfort (1981)