1980s top movies
The decade of the 1980s tended to consolidate the gains made in the seventies rather than to initiate any new trends. Designed and packaged for mass audience appeal, few 80s films became what could be called 'classics'. The era was characterized by the introduction of 'high-concept' films - with cinematic plots that could be easily characterized by one or two sentences (25 words or less) - and therefore easily marketable and understandable. The 80s also were the decade in which the sequel-mania really took off, which often resulted in hastily-made, inferior knockoffs made by lesser film-makers. — Author: iCheckMovies
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 - 3 -Check More options
The Shining
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Aliens
1986 - 5 -Check More options
Das Boot
1981 - 6 -Check More options
Nuovo cinema Paradiso
1988 - 7 -Check More options
Raging Bull
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The Elephant Man
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Once Upon a Time in America
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Amadeus
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Back to the Future
1985 - 12 -Check More options
Full Metal Jacket
1987 - 13 -Check More options
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 - 14 -Check More options
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
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Blade Runner
1982 - 16 -Check More options
Die Hard
1988 - 17 -Check More options
Ran
1985 — a.k.a. Revolt - 18 -Check More options
Platoon
1986 - 19 -Check More options
Gandhi
1982 - 20 -Check More options
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies - 21 -Check More options
Stand by Me
1986 - 22 -Check More options
The Thing
1982 - 23 -Check More options
The Terminator
1984 - 24 -Check More options
Scarface
1983 - 25 -Check More options
Au revoir les enfants
1987 - 26 -Check More options
Idi i smotri
1985 — a.k.a. Come and See - 27 -Check More options
The Princess Bride
1987 - 28 -Check More options
'Breaker' Morant
1980 - 29 -Check More options
Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander - 30 +1Check More options
Dom za vesanje
1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies - 31 -1Check More options
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro - 32 -Check More options
Kaze no tani no Naushika
1984 — a.k.a. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - 33 -Check More options
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
1986 — a.k.a. Castle in the Sky - 34 -Check More options
Glory
1989 - 35 -Check More options
Manon des sources
1986 — a.k.a. Manon of the Spring - 36 -Check More options
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - 37 +2Check More options
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire - 38 -1Check More options
Fitzcarraldo
1982 - 39 -1Check More options
A Christmas Story
1983 - 40 -Check More options
Brazil
1985 - 41 -Check More options
The Killing Fields
1984 - 42 +1Check More options
Rain Man
1988 - 43 -1Check More options
The Untouchables
1987 - 44 -Check More options
Spoorloos
1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing - 45 -Check More options
Jean de Florette
1986 - 46 -Check More options
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 - 47 -Check More options
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer - 48 -Check More options
Paris, Texas
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This Is Spinal Tap
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Kagemusha
1980 — a.k.a. Shadow Warrior
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Last updated: Mar 15, 2010; source