Best by Year: 1980s

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  • 1980
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Shining
  • Raging Bull
  • Airplane!
  • Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
  • Caddyshack
  • Ordinary People
  • Kagemusha
  • The Fog
  • Atlantic City
  • 1981
  • The Evil Dead
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Scanners
  • On Golden Pond
  • Das Boot
  • History of the World Pt. I
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • The Fox and the Hound
  • 1982
  • Blade Runner
  • Poltergeist
  • The Thing
  • E.T.
  • My Favorite Year
  • Tootsie
  • Missing
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
  • Fanny & Alexander
  • Secret of NIMH
  • 1983
  • The King of Comedy
  • The Dead Zone
  • Scarface
  • A Christmas Story
  • WarGames
  • Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi
  • 1984
  • Amadeus
  • This is Spinal Tap
  • The Terminator
  • Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
  • Blood Simple.
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • The Neverending Story
  • The Killing Fields
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • Ran
  • Brazil
  • After Hours
  • Re-Animator
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo
  • Day of the Dead
  • Come and See
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Manhunter
  • Return of the Living Dead
  • 1986
  • Aliens
  • Stand By Me
  • Blue Velvet
  • Platoon
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • A Better Tomorrow
  • The Fly
  • 1987
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • The Untouchables
  • Au Revoir, Les Enfants
  • Evil Dead II
  • Withnail & I
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles
  • The Princess Bride
  • Good Morning Vietnam
  • Spaceballs
  • Wall Street
  • Angel Heart
  • 1988
  • Akira
  • Rain Man
  • A Short Film About Killing
  • Midnight Run
  • They Live
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
  • Naked Gun
  • Die Hard
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • 1989
  • The Abyss
  • Heathers
  • Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Batman
  • Born on the 4th of July