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100 Best Films of the 80s

by may_ouest • Created 13 years ago • Modified 13 years ago

Based partly on IMDB ratings and partly on amounts of awards especially Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Ranked from Top to Bottom.

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1. Amadeus19842h 40mPG8.4 (432K)Rate87MetascoreThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him.DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce Elizabeth Berridge
2. Gandhi19823h 11mPG8.0 (241K)Rate79MetascoreThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen Kingsley John Gielgud Rohini Hattangadi
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark19811h 55mPG8.4 (1M)Rate86MetascoreIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison Ford Karen Allen Paul Freeman
4. Platoon19862hR8.1 (444K)Rate92MetascoreChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie Sheen Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe
5. Dekalog1989–199010 epsTV-MA8.9 (28K)RateTV Mini Series100MetascoreTen television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.StarsArtur Barcis Olgierd Lukaszewicz Olaf Lubaszenko
6. Rain Man19882h 13mR8.0 (551K)Rate65MetascoreAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn’t know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin Hoffman Tom Cruise Valeria Golino
7. Cinema Paradiso19882h 54mPG8.5 (286K)Rate80MetascoreA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema’s projectionist.DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe Noiret Enzo Cannavale Antonella Attili
8. The Last Emperor19872h 43mPG-137.7 (113K)Rate76MetascoreBernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning dramatization of China’s eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJohn Lone Joan Chen Peter O’Toole
9. Raging Bull19802h 9mR8.1 (384K)Rate90MetascoreThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci
10. The Elephant Man19802h 4mPG8.2 (261K)Rate78MetascoreA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony Hopkins John Hurt Anne Bancroft
11. Ordinary People19802h 4mR7.7 (58K)Rate86MetascoreThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.DirectorRobert RedfordStarsDonald Sutherland Mary Tyler Moore Judd Hirsch
12. Once Upon a Time in America19843h 49mR8.3 (382K)Rate75MetascoreA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De Niro James Woods Elizabeth McGovern
13. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back19802h 4mPG8.7 (1.4M)Rate82MetascoreAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher
14. The Singing Detective19866 eps8.6 (4.9K)RateTV Mini SeriesTormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.StarsMichael Gambon Patrick Malahide Joanne Whalley
15. Fanny and Alexander19823h 8mR8.1 (68K)Rate100MetascoreTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil Guve Pernilla Allwin Kristina Adolphson
16. Das Boot19812h 29m8.4 (266K)Rate85MetascoreA German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann
17. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial19821h 55mPG7.9 (441K)Rate92MetascoreA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry Thomas Drew Barrymore Peter Coyote
18. The Killing Fields19842h 21mR7.8 (60K)Rate76MetascoreA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot’s bloody ‘Year Zero’ cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million ‘undesirable’ civilians.DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam Waterston Haing S. Ngor John Malkovich
19. Ran19852h 40mR8.2 (138K)Rate97MetascoreIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other…and him.DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu
20. Hannah and Her Sisters19861h 47mPG-137.8 (77K)Rate90MetascoreBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah’s husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia Farrow Dianne Wiest Michael Caine
21. Aliens19862h 17mR8.4 (772K)Rate84MetascoreDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney Weaver Michael Biehn Carrie Henn
22. Back to the Future19851h 56mPG8.5 (1.3M)Rate87MetascoreMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson
23. Driving Miss Daisy19891h 39mPG7.3 (118K)Rate81MetascoreAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan Freeman Jessica Tandy Dan Aykroyd
24. Goodbye, Children19871h 44mPG8.0 (36K)Rate88MetascoreA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.DirectorLouis MalleStarsGaspard Manesse Raphael Fejtö Francine Racette
25. Full Metal Jacket19871h 56mR8.3 (798K)Rate78MetascoreA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew Modine R. Lee Ermey Vincent D’Onofrio