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 Day After
1983
The Living Daylights
1987
Parenthood
1989
Talk Radio
1988
Bird
1988
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Tango & Cash
1989
The Howling
1981
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
The Final Countdown
1980
The Young Master
1980
The Hunger
1983
The Mass Is Ended
1985
Mona Lisa
1986
The Last Starfighter
1984
The Beast
1988
Sea of Love
1989
Heaven's Gate
1980
Diner
1982
House of Games
1987
Gloria
1980
The Family
1987
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
Dead Calm
1989
Matewan
1987
Banana Joe
1982
Flashdance
1983
Three O'Clock High
1987
Ms .45
1981
The Money Pit
1986
Mephisto
1981
One Deadly Summer
1983
Purple Rain
1984
The Terrace
1980
At Close Range
1986
Eight Men Out
1988
Critters
1986
Brewster's Millions
1985
Cruising
1980
Crocodile Dundee
1986
Annie
1982
Heart of Dragon
1985
Ragtime
1981
Licence to Kill
1989
Hopscotch
1980
Taps
1981
Friday the 13th
1980
Hope and Glory
1987
License to Drive
1988
The Black Cauldron
1985
Cocoon: The Return
1988
Prince of the City
1981
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985