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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.
1 List of 1980s Movies
Among the movies produced in the 1980s:
- A Nightmare On Elm Street
- A View to a Kill (from the James Bond series)
- Against All Odds
- Aliens (1986)
- Annie
- April Fool's Day
- As Tears Go By (1988)
- Back to the Future
- BatmanBatman was released in U. theaters on June 23, 1989 by Warner Bros. and soon became the highest grossing movie of the year. It was directed by Tim Burton and starred Jack Nicholson as a rather psychotic Joker, Michael Keaton as Batman, and Kim Basinger as (1989)
- Batteries not Included
- BeachesBeaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds. Rich gir
- BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice is a film, directed by Tim Burton and first released in the USA on March 30, 1988. It features two recently deceased ghosts, Adam Maitland ( Alec Baldwin) and his wife Barbara ( Geena Davis), who seek the help of an obnoxious bio-exorcist, Bee
- Beverly Hills CopBeverly Hills Cop ( 1984) is an American action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. The film boosted the popularity of Eddie Murphy as he started to become a mainstream actor. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite
- BigBig is a 1988 comedy film which tells the story of a teenaged boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune telling machine. It stars Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, David Moscow, Jon Lovitz and Mercedes Ruehl.
- Big BusinessBig business is a perjorative term refering to large corporations alleged to have disproportionate political and economic power, or otherwise be faceless, selfish, and indifferent to the needs of the general public. Big Business is a 1929 Stan Laurel and
- Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureBill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (USA, 1989) is a comedy/ science fiction film based on the idea of time travel. Bill ( Alex Winter) and Ted ( Keanu Reeves) are teenagers in San Dimas, California who are in danger of flunking out of high school. A guru fr
- Blade RunnerBlade Runner is a dark science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott released in 1982. It presents a bleak dystopic vision of Los Angeles in the not too distant future. Harrison Ford stars as "Blade Runner" Rick Deckard. In the future world of the movie a
- Cannonball Run II (1984)
- Cat's Eye (1985)
- Children of a Lesser God
- Cobra
- Cocoon and
- Colors
- Coming to America
- Commando
- Crocodile Dundee
- Dangerous Curves
- Death Before Dishonor
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Die Hard
- Empire of the Sun
- Escape from New York
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983)
- Fame
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Firestarter
- Firewalker
- First Blood
- Flashdance
- Full Metal Jacket
- Footloose
- Gandhi
- Ghostbusters
- Gremlins (1983)
- Hamburger Hill
- Hellraiser
- Hoosiers
- Indiana Jones series: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- La Bamba
- Lethal Weapon
- License to Drive
- Lo Que Le Paso A Santiago
- Masters of the Universe
- Mr. Nice Guy (1987 movie with Jan Smithers, as opposed to 1997 movie of the same name)
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Out of Africa
- Pale Rider
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Platoon
- Poltergeist movies
- Porky's
- Pretty in Pink
- Prizzi's Honor
- Raging Bull
- Real Genius
- Red Sonja
- Revenge of the Nerds
- Risky Business
- Robocop
- Salsa
- Scanners
- Scarface (1983)
- Sex, Lies and Videotape
- Sixteen Candles
- Space Camp
- Stand and Deliver
- Stand By Me
- Starman
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- Stir Crazy
- Supergirl
- The Abyss
- The Breakfast Club
- The Delta Force
- The Final Countdown
- The Goonies
- The Hidden
- The Karate Kid
- The Last Emperor
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- The Living Daylights (from the James Bond series)
- The Lost Boys
- The Naked Gun
- The Toy
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- The Witches of Eastwick
- The Woman in Red
- Tootsie
- Tron
- Wargames
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Who's That Girl?