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20. Platoon
Director – Oliver Stone
Cast – Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 19 December 1986
Box Office – $138.5 Million
Genre – War
Awards – Won 4 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound, Best Film Editing
Plot – A Young soldier faces horrors of war in vietnam.
19. Predator
Director – John McTiernan
Cast – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 12 June 1987
Box Office – $98.7 Million
Genre – Action, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – A Group soldiers confronts an alien species whose main hobby is to kill.
18. Blade Runner
Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Harrison Ford
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 30 June 1982
Box Office – $33.8 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot – In a futuristic society, a cop must find and kill 4 replicants who are on earth for a deadly mission.
17. The Thing
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – Kurt Russell
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 10 December 1982
Box Office – $19.6 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A group of scientists in Antartica confronts a shape shifting alien.
16. Ghostbusters
Director – Ivan Reitman
Cast – Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 7 June 1984
Box Office – $295.2 Million
Genre – Fantasy, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A trio of paranormal activities expert face an evil spirit.
15. Ferris Bueller’s Day off
Director – John Hughes
Cast – Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 11 June 1986
Box Office – $70.1 Million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – I feel like it is story of my life.
14. The Princess Bride
Director – Rob Reiner
Cast – Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 25 September 1987
Box Office – $30.9 Million
Genre – Fantasy, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot – A fantasy story of a farm boy who is on a mission to find his true love.
13. Rain Man
Director – Barry Levinson
Cast – Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 12 December 1988
Box Office – $354.8 Million
Genre – Drama
Awards – 4 Oscar for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor
Plot – A Man uses the quick calculation ability of his brother (who is suffering from Savant syndrome) to earn quick money at casinos.
12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 24 May 1989
Box Office – $474.2 Million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – Won for Best Sounds Effects
Plot – Indian Jones goes on a mission to find his lost father.
11. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Director – Richard Marquand
Cast – Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark hamil
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 25 May 1983
Box Office – $475.1 Million
Genre – Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – Luke tries his best to bring his father back from the dark side of the force.
10. Aliens
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Sigourney Weaver
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 11 June 1987
Box Office – $131.1 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, horror
Awards – Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects and Visual Effects
Plot – After 57 Years Ellen Ripley Once Again faces the dangerous alien species.
9. Full Metal Jacket
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Adam Baldwin, VIncent D Onofrio, Matthew Modine
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 17 June 1987
Box Office – $120 Million
Genre – War, Drama
Awards – None
Plot – A Marine observes the horrors of war up close in vietnam.
8. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 10 June 1982
Box Office – $792.9 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Family
Awards – 4 Academy Awards for Original Score,
Plot – A young boy meets an alien life who has magical powers but wants to go back home.
7. The Shining
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 23 May 1980
Box Office – $44.4 Million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot – A writer accepts to become a hotel keeper for winter along with his family. But, soon they experience supernatural activities.
6. Scarface
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Al pacino, Michelle Pffiefer
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 1 December 1983
Box Office – $65.9 Million
Genre – Crime
Awards – None
Plot – The rise and fall of a Cuban Drug Lord in America.
5. Die Hard
Director – John McTiernan
Cast – Bruce willis
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 12 July 1988
Box Office – $140.8 Million
Genre – Action
Awards – None
Plot – A Cop visits a hotel during christmas which is soon attacked by a terrorist squad.
4. The Terminator
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Arnold Scwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 26 October 1984
Box Office – $78.3 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Action
Awards – None
Plot – A Killer Robot from Future travels back in time to kill a woman who will become mother of a future Anarchist.
3. Back to the Future
Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 3 July 1985
Box Office – $389.1 Million
Genre – Comedy, Sci Fi, Adventure
Awards – Academy Awards for Best Sound Effects
Plot – A Young boy travels from 1985 to 1955 and meets her younger forms of his parents.
2. Raiders of Lost Ark
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Harrison Ford
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 10 December 1981
Box Office – $389.9 Million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot – Indiana Jones tries to find the ark of the covenant which is also hunted by the Nazis.
1. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back
Director – Irvin Kershner
Cast – Harrison Ford, Mark Hamil, Carrie Fisher
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 17 May 1980
Box Office – $538.4 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Action, Adventure
Awards – Academy Award for Best Sound
Plot – Luke Skywalker decides to stand against the evil empire but he is yet to face a harsh truth.
Apart from this you can also find these classic and best 80s movies on netflix –
- Blood Simple.
- Angel Heart
- Pet Sematary
- Witness
- Say anything…
- The Last Emperor
- Sixteen Candles
- Mississippi Burning
- Hellraiser
- Licence to kill
- Castle in the Sky
- The Color of Money
- Octopussy
- The God must Be Crazy
- An American Werewolf in London
- Wargames
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- The Evil Dead II
- They Live
- Heathers
- Clue
- Splash
- Uncle Buck
- Vacation
- Driving Miss Daisy
- The Color Purple
- Romancing the Stone
- Do the Right thing
- Midnight Run
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Dangerous Liasons
- Child’s Play
- Scrooged
- Hannah and her Sisters
- Weird Science
- The Outsiders
- Day of the Dead
- Videodrome
- The Land before time
- Risky Business
- iThree Amigos
- Fatal Attraction
- Bloodsport
- 48 Hrs.
- Dirty Rotten Sc0ndrels
- The Fox and the Hound
- Excalibur
- Manhunter
- Major League
- The Burbs
So Which one of the above 80s films is your favorite? Did we missed any? If so feel free to comment.
