Highest Graded Films from the 1980s

(97) Ordinary People (1980) review
(96) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) review
(93) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) review
(92) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) review
(90) Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) review
(90) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) review
(88) A Room with a View (1985) review
(87) Back to the Future (1985) review
(86) Ran (1985) review
(80) Aliens (1986) review
(86) The Betty Ford Story (1987) review
(86) Full Metal Jacket (1987) review
(86) Raising Arizona (1987) review
(85) Eight Men Out (1988) review
(85) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) review
(84) Raging Bull (1980) review
(84) My Left Foot (1989) review
(84) The Road Warrior (1981) review
(84) Glory (1989) review
(84) Trading Places (1983) review
(84) A Christmas Story (1983) review
(83) Au revoir, les enfants (1987) review
(82) 'Breaker' Morant (1980) review
(82) 48 Hrs. (1982) review
(81) Roger & Me (1989) review
(81) Dance With a Stranger (1985) review
(81) The Return of the Jedi (1983) review
(80) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) review
(79) Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) review
(79) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) review
(78) Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker (1986) review
(78) Gallipoli (1981) review
(78) The Killing Fields (1984) review
(78) Bird (1988) review
(77) Das Boot (1981) review
(77) Danton (1983) review
(77) The Dresser (1983) review
(77) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) review
(75) The Stone Boy (1984) review
(74) Look Who's Talking (1989) review
(74) Kagemusha (1980) review
(74) The Thin Blue Line (1988)
(74) In the Mood (1987) review
(74) Brazil (1985) review
(74) Cry Freedom (1987) review
(74) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) review
(74) The Atomic Cafe (1982) review
(73) Bat*21 (1988) review
(73) 'Round Midnight (1986)
(73) Tender Mercies (1983) review
(73) Under Fire (1983) review
(73) Louie Bluie (1985) review
(73) This Is Elvis (1981) review
(73) The Man with Two Brains (1983) review
(73) Angel Heart (1987) review
(72) The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) review
(72) Brainstorm (1983) review
(72) La Bamba (1987) review
(72) A Trip to Bountiful (1985) review
(71) Mystery Train (1989) review
(71) RoboCop (1987) review
(71) The Dark Crystal (1982) review
(71) Hairspray (1988) review
(70) Sword of Gideon (1986) review
(70) The Impossible Spy (1987) review
(70) Blood Ties (1986) review
(70) Crusoe (1988) review
(70) For All Mankind (1989) review
(70) Valmont (1989) review
(69) Strapless (1989) review
(69) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) review
(69) El Sur (1983) review
(69) A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) review
(68) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) review
(68) Local Hero (1983) review
(68) Romero (1989) review
(68) Vagabond (1985) review
(68) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) review
(68) El Norte (1983) review
(68) Tootsie (1982) review
(68) When Harry Met Sally (1989) review
(68) True Confessions (1981) review
(67) The Lion of Africa (1987) review
(67) Lonely Hearts (1982) review
(67) The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) review
(67) Gandhi (1982) review
(67) Taps (1981) review
(67) Nadine (1987) review
(67) LBJ: The Early Years (1987) review
(67) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) review
(66) Badge of the Assassin (1985) review
(66) A Passage to India (1984) review
(66) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) review
(66) My Favorite Year (1982) review
(66) The Emerald Forest (1985) review
(66) Never Cry Wolf (1983) review
(66) Kill Me Again (1989) review
(66) Lonesome Dove (1989) review
(66) Reds (1981) review
(65) Runaway Train (1985) review
(65) Heathers (1989) review
(65) Out of Africa (1985) review
(65) Radio Days (1987) review
(65) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) review
(65) Evil Dead II (1987) review
(65) Burden of Dreams (1982) review
(65) Ghostbusters (1984) review
(65) Stand by Me (1986) review
(65) Something About Amelia (1984) review
(65) Re-Animator (1985) review
(64) Silkwood (1983) review
(64) Five Corners (1987) review
(64) Running on Empty (1988) review
(64) Back to the Future Part II (1989) review
(64) The Blues Brothers (1980) review
(64) The Fly (1986) review
(64) Henry V (1989) review
(64) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) review
(64) Excalibur (1981) review
(63) Say Amen, Somebody (1982) review
(63) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) review
(63) Zelig (1983) review
(63) Moonstruck (1987) review
(63) Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) review
(63) The Bounty (1984) review
(63) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) review
(63) Stop Making Sense (1984) review
(63) The Right Stuff (1983) review
(63) Time Bandits (1981) review
(62) Death of a Salesman (1985) review
(62) The Mission (1986) review
(62) Die Hard (1988) review
(62) The Verdict (1982) review
(62) Hoosiers (1986) review
(62) Terms of Endearment (1983) review
(62) The Elephant Man (1980) review
(61) My Bodyguard (1980) review
(61) Jean de Florette (1986) review
(61) Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982) review
(61) The Blob (1988) review
(61) My Life as a Dog (1985) review
(61) Beetlejuice (1988) review
(60) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) review
(60) The Long Good Friday (1980) review
(60) Quackbusters (1988) review
(60) Fanny and Alexander (1982) review
(60) The Dead Zone (1983) review
(60) Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) review
(60) The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) review
(59) Hope and Glory (1987)
(59) Paris, Texas (1984) review
(59) The Evil Dead (1981) review
(59) The Funhouse (1981) review
(59) Chariots of Fire (1981) review
(58) 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) review
(58) The Name of the Rose (1986) review
(57) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) review
(57) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) review
(57) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) review
(57) The Survivors (1983) review
(56) Punchline (1988) review
(56) Dead Poets Society (1989) review
(56) Absence of Malice (1981) review
(56) Broadcast News (1987) review
(56) Racing with the Moon (1984) review
(56) Airplane! (1980) review
(55) Resurrection (1980) review
(55) The Breakfast Club (1985) review
(55) Lucas (1986) review
(55) The Thing (1982) review
(55) The Shining (1980) review
(55) Witness (1985) review
(54) Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
(54) Agnes of God (1985) review
(54) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) review
(54) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) review
(54) The Terminator (1984) review
(54) Blue Velvet (1986) review
(54) Amadeus (1984) review
(53) Comfort and Joy (1984) review
(53) Desert Bloom (1986)
(53) The Long Good Friday (1980)
(53) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) review
(53) Platoon (1986) review
(53) Sophie's Choice (1982) review
(53) Only When I Laugh (1981) review
(53) Octopussy (1983) review
(53) Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) review
(53) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) review
(53) Fitzcarraldo (1982) review
(53) The Competition (1980) review
(52) Courtship (1987)
(52) The Razor's Edge (1984) review
(52) Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) review
(52) After Hours (1985) review
(52) Sid and Nancy (1986) review
(52) Dreamscape (1984) review
(52) Field of Dreams (1989) review
(52) An American Werewolf in London (1981) review
(52) Lethal Weapon (1987) review
(51) Birdy (1984) review
(51) All Night Long (1981) review
(51) Poltergeist (1982) review
(51) Rain Man (1988) review
(51) Scarface (1983) review
(51) The Princess Bride (1987) review
(50) Atlantic City (1980) review
(50) Quest for Fire (1981)
(50) A Soldier's Story (1984)
(50) Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
(50) About Last Night... (1986) review
(50) The Vanishing (1988) review
(50) The Color Purple (1985) review
(50) The Color of Money (1986) review
(50) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) review
(50) Mississippi Burning (1988) review
(50) Purple Rain (1984) review
(50) Blow Out (1981) review
(49) Victor/Victoria (1982) review
(49) Matewan (1987) review
(49) Cinema Paradiso (1988) review
(49) Blade Runner (1982) review
(49) Predator (1987) review
(48) Things Change (1988) review
(48) Babette's Feast (1987) review
(48) Prince of the City (1981) review
(47) The Glass Menagerie (1987) review
(47) Say Anything... (1989) review
(47) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) review
(47) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) review
(46) Missing (1982) review
(46) Steel Magnolias (1989) review
(46) Lion of the Desert (1981) review
(45) Dressed to Kill (1980) review
(44) The Last Innocent Man (1987)
(44) The Untouchables (1987) review
(44) Possession (1981) review
(43) Motel Hell (1980) review
(42) The Big Red One (1980) review
(42) Secret Honor (1984)
(42) Another Woman (1988) review
(42) Christine (1983) review
(42) The Abyss (1989) review
(42) Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980) review
(41) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) review
(41) The Chosen (1982)
(40) The Last Emperor (1987) review
(39) Near Dark (1987) review
(39) They Live (1988) review
(38) The Color of Money (1986)
(37) The Man from Snowy River (1982) review
(37) Arthur (1981) review
(36) Ginger and Fred (1986)
(32) Wings of Desire (1987)

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