11. Blade Runner
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos
Plot: In a cyber-heavy future Harrison Ford stars as a futuristic police man hired to kill renegade clones.
12. Raging Bull
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Colasanto, Frank Vincent, Theresa Saldana
Plot: A middle weight boxer, who is emotionally unstable, rises to the top over time, but takes a tumble as his life continues.
13. Stand by Me
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Wil Wheaton, Casey Siemaszko, Jerry O'Connell
Plot: A group of young friends go on a journey from their home town to try to discover the missing body of a young boy as they encounter real life problems - they put their maturity to the test.
14. The Breakfast Club
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason
Plot: A group of diverse high school student spend detention together and find out they have a lot more in common than they ever thought.
15. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Jeffrey Jones, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett
Plot: This teenager has it all. He owns the school, he is funny, witty and charming. Now all he needs is to not get caught skipping school. The principal is on to his plan and is determined to catch him in the act.
16. The Terminator
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Winfield
Plot: A human and a cyborg are sent from the future, one to protect the mother of a boy who will someday be needed to save the world, and one to kill her.
17. Platoon
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, ohn C. McGinley, Johnny Depp
Plot: A young man is sent to the Vietnam War where he explores the reality of moral dilemmas, friends dying, and searching for a reason for it all.
18. Amadeus
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham ., Elizabeth Berridge, Jeffrey Jones, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole
Plot: Amadeus is an up and coming composer, but the powers that be never allow him to receive recognition, as told by Antonio Salieri, the man who claims he murdered Amadeus.
19. Scarface
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham
Plot: An illegal Cuban immigrant greedily takes control of the drug land in Florida, where he faces crime corruption, and police infiltration.
20. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Henry Thomas, C. Thomas Howell, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace-Stone, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton
Plot: A small boy and girl try to help a friendly alien find his way back home.
