1980s in film - Definition and Overview

The 1980s produced many classic films and movies both in Hollywood and other worldwide cinemas. Those classics came in all types of movies, such as horror films, action movies, science fiction films, dramas and comedies.

Movies in the 1980s include:
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A

• Abyss, The
• Against All Odds
• Aliens (1986)
• Annie
• April Fool's Day
• As Tears Go By (1988)

B

• Back to the Future
• Batman (1989)
• Batteries not Included
• Beaches
• Beetlejuice
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Big
• Big Business
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
• Blade Runner
• Breakfast Club, The

C

• Cannonball Run II (1984)
• Cat's Eye (1985)
• Children of a Lesser God
• Cobra
• Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return
• Colors
• Coming to America
• Commando
• Crocodile Dundee

D

• Dangerous Curves
• Death Before Dishonor
• Delta Force, The
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• Die Hard

E

• Empire of the Sun
• Escape from New York
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983)

F

• Fame
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Final Countdown, The
• Firestarter
• Firewalker
• First Blood
• Flashdance
• Full Metal Jacket
• Footloose
• For Your Eyes Only

G

• Gandhi
• Ghostbusters
• Goonies, The
• Gremlins (1983)

H

• Hamburger Hill
• Hellraiser
• Hidden, The
• Hoosiers

I

• Indiana Jones series: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

K

• Karate Kid, The

L

• La Bamba
• Last Emperor, The
• Last Temptation of Christ, The
• Lethal Weapon
• Licence to Kill
• License to Drive
• Living Daylights, The
• Lost Boys, The
• Lo Que Le Paso A Santiago

M

• Masters of the Universe
• Mr. Nice Guy (1987 movie with Jan Smithers, as opposed to 1997 movie of the same name)

N

• Naked Gun, The
• Nightmare On Elm Street, A

O

• Once Upon a Time in America
• Out of Africa

P

• Pale Rider
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Platoon
• Poltergeist movies
• Porky's
• Pretty in Pink
• Prizzi's Honor

R

• Raging Bull
• Real Genius
• Red Sonja
• Revenge of the Nerds
• Risky Business
• Robocop

S

• Salsa
• Scanners
• Scarface (1983)
• Sex, Lies and Videotape
• Sixteen Candles
• Space Camp
• Stand and Deliver
• Stand By Me
• Starman
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
• Stir Crazy
• Student Bodies
• Supergirl

T

• The Toy
• Twilight Zone: The Movie
• The Witches of Eastwick
• Tootsie
• Tron

V

• View To A Kill, A

W

• Wargames
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Who's That Girl?
• The Woman in Red

Other Lists of Movies

• List of 'years in film' in the 1980s
  • 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
• Decades in Film
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• List of movies
• See also Film, History of cinema