Top Movies of 1980s


The top movies of 1980s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

191. Dirty Dancing

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Emile Ardolino
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Kelly Bishop
Plot: A family is on vacation at Kellerman's when baby meets Johnny the Dancing teacher who fall in love with each other.

192. Eight Men Out

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Sayles
Actors: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn
Plot: The story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and how they came to throw the World Series earning them the name the Black Sox.

193. The Brave Little Toaster

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jerry Rees
Actors: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Phil Hartman, Timothy E. Day, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft
Plot: A Toaster, desk lamp, electric blanket, vacuum and tube radio go on a search for their master after their summer home is abandoned and the master goes off to college.

194. The Draughtsman's Contract

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Greenaway
Actors: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Neil Cunningham, Dave Hill

195. They Live

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, Peter Jason, Sy Richardson
Plot: An unemployed construction worker heads to L.A. for work. When he puts on a pair of innocuous sunglasses, he finds out the world is not what it seems.

196. Sid and Nancy

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley
Plot: A look into the true love story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.

197. A Room with a View

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Judi Dench
Plot: Lucy Honeychurch is a girl engaged to be married, but the trip to Italy and a new acquaintance with one passionate Englishman she met there, changed her so much that once back home she has to reconsider her choices and obligations.

198. After Hours

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr
Plot: A typical, everyday guy who works as a word processor impulsively decides to visit Soho in order to meet up with a young woman he met in a coffee shop. That's the first bad decision he made, but the night is about to get oh so much worse for him.

199. The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Friz Freleng
Actors: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Stan Freberg, Ralph James, Frank Nelson, Frank Welker
Plot: Classic Looney Toones shorts are strung together in three different stories.

200. Silverado

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Todd Allen
Plot: Four cowboys join forces to fight a corrupt sheriff and racer in the town of Silverado

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