Top Movies of 1980s


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91. Jean de Florette

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Claude Berri
Actors: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna
Plot: An old man and his own living relative have been coveting the property
next door for its pristine spring water - perfect for watering their
flowers. When the owner dies, however, the new owner moves in. Blocking
the spring - they hope to drive the family away, but the new owner will
not give up even as his health fails and family despairs from having to
haul water from wells.

92. Terms of Endearment

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Lisa Hart Carroll
Plot: A mother/daughter duo have differences of opinions about how run each others lives and display love in different ways.

93. On Golden Pond

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Rydell
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau
Plot: An elderly couple wants to enjoy their life with their grandson.

94. Crimes and Misdemeanors

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Woody Allen, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston, Claire Bloom
Plot: An ophthalmologist is faced with a dilemma when his mistress of many years demands marriage or she will come clean with the affair. But will he choose murder over the destruction of his life? Meanwhile a documentary filmmaker wants to do a piece on a philosophy professor but instead is told to film a portrait of successful TV producer - his brother-in-law Lester, whom he despises.

95. The Snowman

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami
Actors: Raymond Briggs, David Bowie
Plot: A young boy goes on an adventure with a snowman that has come to life.

96. The Last Emperor

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Historical/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying, Vivian Wu, Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Lone
Plot: The story of the last emperor of China as told through flash backs and flash forwards.

97. Hannah and Her Sisters

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Maureen O'Sullivan
Plot: A trio of sisters, Hannah, Lee and Holly find their relationships strained over a Thanksgiving holiday as old flames are rekindled and new love arises between husbands and exes.

98. The Killing Fields

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roland Joffé
Actors: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray
Plot: Based on the true story of a photographer in Cambodia during Pol Pot's atrocious killings.

99. Gremlins

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Dick Miller
Plot: A failed inventor brings how a new fuzzy pet for his son - but don't him
wet, feed him after midnight and especially keep him away from bright
light. When the rules are inevitably broken, something much more sinister
is released.

100. An American Werewolf in London

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Landis
Actors: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Lila Kaye, Frank Oz
Plot: Two students on a walking trip through England are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other bitten. Villagers deny the existance of the beast, but the bitten student soon changes...

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