Best Movies of 1980s by Title
2803
473
1986
Simon Langton
Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Felicity Dean, Barry Foster
Thriller / Spy
UK
English
2394
377
1982
Samuel Fuller
Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2809
474
1982
Jonathan Demme
Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Mike Bacarella, Aaron Freeman
Drama / Romance
USA
English
356
32
1988
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
2758
457
1987
Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Pena
Lily Chin, Ronald Ebens, Starlene
Crime / Documentary
USA
English
2803
473
1982
Chantal Akerman
Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain
Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands / Canada
French
2862
492
1980
Slobodan Sijan
Pavle Vujisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
Comedy / Drama / War
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2231
338
1981
John Badham
Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan
Drama
USA
English
2608
425
1984
John Hanson
Lisa Eichhorn, Tom Bower, James Cada, Cinda Jackson, Dan Nemanick
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2692
446
1980
Paul Mazursky
Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
59
5
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
2803
473
1986
Brian De Palma
Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Lou Albano
Comedy / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
2803
473
1987
David Leland
Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2803
473
1987
George Miller
Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
737
101
1987
Bruce Robinson
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Comedy / Cult
UK
English
555
63
1985
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2506
404
1981
Michael Wadleigh
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
Horror / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2692
446
1984
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2793
469
1981
François Truffaut
Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin
Drama / Romance
France
French
218
15
1988
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
2550
412
1984
Jim Brown
Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Hoyt Axton, Judy Collins
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
1406
190
1988
Mike Nichols
Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2160
322
1986
Lizzie Borden
Louise Smith, Deborah Banks, Liz Caldwell, Marusia Zach, Amanda Goodwin
Drama
USA
English
1903
264
1982
George Roy Hill
Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2237
340
1988
Chris Menges
Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Nadine Chalmers
Drama
UK / Zimbabwe
English
1922
270
1989
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouédraogo
Family / Drama
Burkina Faso / Switzerland / France
Mòoré
2691
445
1987
John Duigan
Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran
Drama / Romance
Australia
English
975
135
1982
Peter Weir
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Romance / Drama
Australia
English
2142
319
1984
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka
Romance / Drama / War
Poland / West Germany / USA
Polish
582
67
1987
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
1565
212
1983
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Czechoslovakia
English
948
129
1982
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün
Drama
Turkey / Switzerland / France
Turkish
2794
470
1981
Sara Driver
Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, Luc Sante
Horror / Drama
USA
English
2809
474
1988
Christopher Cain
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen
Action / Drama / Western / Adventure / Crime
USA
English
2692
446
1985
Barry Levinson
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Detective / Drama
USA
English
2809
474
1987
Bill Plympton
Maureen McElheron
Animation / Short / Comedy / Music
USA
English
1805
244
1983
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan
Comedy / Fantasy
USA
English
2578
419
1981
Luis Valdez
Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2636
430
1983
Hark Tsui
Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Adam Cheng, Moon Lee, Brigitte Lin, Damian Lau
Horror / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
