Best 1980s films according to '1001 movies you must see'
Oct 6, 2022 12:54:46 GMT
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Post by Batgirl on Oct 6, 2022 12:54:46 GMT
According to my old copy of '1001 films you must see' here are the best films from the 1980s.
This was more my era of seeing films so probably the decade I know best. A * indicates the films I have seen, a sizeable 57 !
It makes me think that the editors of the book may also be of my era as there are many more films listed in this decade!
1980
Ordinary people *
Atlantic City
The Shining *
Star Wars Episode V - The Empire strikes back *
The elephant man *
Airplane - though it was titled 'Flying High' in Australia *
Raging Bull *
1981
Raiders of the lost ark *
Gallipoli *
Chariots of fire *
Body heat
Reds
An American werewolf in London *
1982
Fast times at Ridgemont High
E.T. *
The Thing *
Poltergeist *
Blade runner *
The evil dead
Tootsie *
Diner
Gandhi
Fanny and Alexander
1983
A Christmas story
Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi *
The big chill *
Terms of endearment *
The king of comedy
The right stuff
Once upon a time in America *
Scarface *
1984
Amadeus
The Terminator *
A nightmare of Elm Street *
This is spinal tap
Beverley Hills Cop *
Ghost busters *
A passage to India *
The killing fields *
The natural *
1985
The breakfast club *
Out of Africa *
The purple rose of Cairo *
Back to the future *
Kiss of the spider woman *
The quiet earth
Prizzi's honor
The color purple *
1986
Blue velvet
Hannah and her sisters *
The fly *
Aliens *
Ferris Bueller's day off *
A room with a view *
Children of a lesser god *
Platoon
Caravaggio
Top Gun *
1987
Raising Arizona
Full metal jacket
Good morning Vietnam *
Broadcast news
The princess bride *
Moonstruck *
The untouchables *
Fatal attraction *
1988
Bull Durham *
Cinema Paradiso
A fish called Wanda *
The naked gun *
Big *
Dangerous Liaisons *
Die Hard *
Who framed Roger Rabbit *
Rain man *
Drowning by numbers
1989
Batman *
When Harry met Sally *
Crimes and Misdemeanors *
The cook, the thief, his wife & her lover
Drugstore cowboy
My left foot
The killer
Do the right thing
Glory
Sex, lies and videotape *
Say anything
