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80. RAN
Director – Akira Kurosawa
Cast – Tatsuya Nakadai
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 31 May 1985
Box Office – $12 Million
Genre – Action
Awards – Nominated for 3 Oscar winning 1 – Best Costume Design
Plot – When a King in Medieval Japan gives his power to three sons, they all stand against each other.
79. Police Academy
Director – Hugh Wilson
Cast – Steve Guttenberg
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – 23 March 1984
Box Office – $81.2 Million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – Chaos Ensues when the Mayor issues a bill where anyone can join police academy and become a police officer.
78. The Evil Dead
Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Bruce Campbell
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 2 January 1984
Box Office – $2.4 Million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A Group of friends visits a cabin in the woods which unknowing to them is haunted by the demon itself.
77. Coming to America
Director – John Landis
Cast – Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 26 June 1988
Box Office – $288 Million
Genre – Comedy, Romance, Drama
Awards – Nominated for 2 Oscars – Best Costume Design, Best Makeup
Plot – A rich African prince moves to america as a simple man to find the girl of his dreams.
76. Escape from New York
Director – John Carpeneter
Cast – Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 23 May 1981
Box Office – $25.2 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Action
Awards – None
Plot – In an alternate society New York is set as world’s central prison. Problem arises when the President USA crashes in the city. It is upto one man to save him from the world’s most dangerous criminals.
75. Glory
Director – Edward Zwick
Cast – Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 15 December 1989
Box Office – $26.8 Million
Genre – Biography, History
Awards – Nominated for 6 Oscars won 3 including Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Plot –
74. Conan the Barbarian
Director – John Milius
Cast – Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – 2 April 1982
Box Office – $130 Million
Genre – Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot – A Young boy transforms into a fearless gladiator by a ruthless king. Conan decides to avenge the murder of his parents.
73. Blue Velvet
Director – David Lynch
Cast – Kyle Maclachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 19 September 1986
Box Office – $3.6 Million
Genre – Mystery, thriller
Awards – Nominated for 1 Oscar – best Director
Plot – A Man helps a beautiful singer whose child is kidnapped by psychopathic criminals.
72. Cinema Paradiso
Director – Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast – Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 17 November 1988
Box Office – $12 Million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Plot – A Man recalls how he fell in love with cinema.
71. Christmas Vacation
Director – Jeremiah S Chechik
Cast – Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 30 November 1989
Box Office – $71.3 Million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – The Griswold’s family tries their best to have a happy christmas with their friends and family but things does not turn out as planned.
70. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Director – Wes Craven
Cast – John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 9 November 1984
Box Office – $25.5 Million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A Janitor’s spirit haunts the dreams of teenagers of elm street and starts killing them one by one.
69. Wall Street
Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 11 December 1987
Box Office – $43.9 Million
Genre – Drama, Crime
Awards – Academy Award for Best Actor
Plot – A Young trader at wall street joins hand with a corrupt trader to make quick money.
68. Field of Dreams
Director – Phil Alden Robinson
Cast – Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 21 April 1989
Box Office – $84.4 Million
Genre – Fantasy, Family, Sports
Awards – Nominated for 3 Oscars – Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Score
Plot – A Corn farmer builds a baseball diamond after hearing strange voices.
67. Trading Places
Director – John Landis
Cast – Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 8 June 1983
Box Office – $90.4 Million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – Nominated for Best Original Score
Plot – A Poor African American is given a chance to switch place with a successful wall street trader.
66. A Fish Called Wanda
Director – Charles Crichton
Cast – Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 7 July 1988
Box Office – $62.5 Million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – Nominated for 3 Oscars and Won 1 for Best Supporting Actor
Plot – After a successful robbery, four criminals tries to double cross each other.
65. Akira
Director – Katsuhiro Otomo
Cast – Mitsuo Iwata
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 16 July 1988
Box Office – $49 Million
Genre – Anime, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – A Biker turns into a killing machine with the help of high tech gadgets. Only two teens can stop him.
64. My Neighbor Totoro
Director – Hayao Miyazaki
Cast – Hitoshi Takagi
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 16 April 1988
Box Office – $42 Million
Genre – Anime
Awards – None
Plot – A good spirit befriends two young girls who recently moved in its neighborhood.
63. Grave of the Fireflies
Director – Isao Takahata
Cast – Tsutomu Tatsumi
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 16 April 1988
Box Office – $500 K
Genre – Anime
Awards – None
Plot – During World War 2, A boy and his young sister tries to survive.
62. The Never Ending Story
Director – Wolfgang Petersen
Cast – Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 6 April 1984
Box Office – $100 Million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot – A Boy finds a mysterious book which pulls him into its magical world.
61. Tootsie
Director – Sydney Pollack
Cast – Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 17 December 1982
Box Office – $177.2 Million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – Nominated for 10 Oscars Won only 1 – Best Supporting Actress
Plot – A Man transforms himself into a woman to prove himself as a great actor.
