Films of the 1980s

See also: Early Films, Films of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Film Franchises, 1980-1989

 * The Amityville Horror
 * Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
 * Amityville 3-D (1983)
 * Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)
 * Back to The Future -- Fun with Time Travel.
 * Back to the Future (1985)
 * Back to the Future Part II (1989)
 * Beverly Hills Cop
 * Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
 * Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
 * Boggy Creek
 * Boggy Creek 2 The Legend Continues (1985)
 * The Boogeyman
 * The Boogeyman (1980)
 * The Boogeyman 2 (1983)
 * CHUD
 * C.H.U.D. (1984)
 * C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
 * Creepshow
 * Creepshow (1982)
 * Creepshow 2 (1987)
 * Critters
 * Critters (1986)
 * Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
 * Crocodile Dundee
 * Crocodile Dundee (1986)
 * Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
 * Death Wish
 * Death Wish II (1982)
 * Death Wish 3 (1985)
 * Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
 * Deathstalker Series
 * Deathstalker (1983)
 * Deathstalker II Duel of the Titans (1987)
 * Deathstalker and The Warriors From Hell (1988)
 * Deathstalker IV Match of the Titans (1989)
 * The Decalogue (1989)
 * Decalogue One
 * Decalogue Two
 * Decalogue Three
 * Decalogue Four
 * Decalogue Five
 * Decalogue Six
 * Decalogue Seven
 * Decalogue Eight
 * Decalogue Nine
 * Decalogue Ten
 * Demoni -- a.k.a. Demons
 * Demoni (1985)
 * Demoni 2 (1986)
 * Dirty Harry
 * Sudden Impact (1983)
 * The Dead Pool (1988)
 * Dragonball and Dragon Ball Z's Non Serial Movies
 * Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
 * Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
 * Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)
 * Ernest P Worrell:
 * Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
 * Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
 * Evil Dead -- The debut of Sam Raimi
 * The Evil Dead (1981)
 * Evil Dead II (1987) -- Ash becomes the Badass we all know and love.
 * The Exterminator (1980)
 * Exterminator 2 (1984)
 * Friday the 13 th -- The first film is released in 1980, and thus the 80s' slasher movie craze begins. The series' first seven gradually deteriorating sequels are also released.
 * Friday the 13th (1980)
 * Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
 * Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
 * Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
 * Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
 * Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
 * Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
 * Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
 * Fright Night
 * Fright Night (1985)
 * Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
 * Gamera
 * Gamera Super Monster (1980)
 * Ghostbusters -- Who you gonna call?
 * Ghostbusters (1984)
 * Ghostbusters II (1989)
 * Ghoulies
 * Ghoulies (1985)
 * Ghoulies II (1988)
 * Godzilla
 * The Return of Godzilla (1984)
 * Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
 * Grease
 * Grease 2 (1982)
 * Halloween
 * Halloween II (1981) -- Sequel directly following the 1978 original. Takes place on the same, long night.
 * Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
 * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Laurie Strode has supposedly died in a car accident. Michael Myers next hunts out Jamie Lloyd, Laurie's daughter and Michael's niece.
 * Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Michael Myers and his niece Jamie Lloyd share a telepathic bond. Which disturbs them both.
 * Hellraiser
 * Hellraiser (1987)
 * Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)
 * The Hills Have Eyes
 * The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
 * Honey I Shrunk the Kids
 * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
 * The Howling
 * The Howling (1981)
 * Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)
 * Howling III (1987)
 * Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
 * Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
 * The Indiana Jones trilogy is released.
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 * Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1984)
 * Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
 * Iron Eagle
 * Iron Eagle (1986)
 * Iron Eagle II (1988)
 * Its Alive
 * It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
 * James Bond films -- Five official films (and one unofficial film) were made in this decade.
 * For Your Eyes Only (1981)
 * Octopussy (1983)
 * Never Say Never Again (1983) -- Unofficial film.
 * A View to A Kill (1985)
 * The Living Daylights (1987)
 * Licence to Kill (1989)
 * Jaws
 * Jaws 3 (1982)
 * Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
 * The first three The Karate Kid movies
 * The Karate Kid (1984)
 * The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) -- In which Daniel-san finds love.
 * The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
 * Lethal Weapon
 * Lethal Weapon (1987)
 * Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
 * Mad Max
 * The Road Warrior (1982) -- Sparked the "post-apocalyptic" genre.
 * Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
 * Missing in Action -- Starring Badass incarnate Chuck Norris.
 * Missing in Action (1984)
 * Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
 * Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
 * National Lampoon's Vacation
 * National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
 * National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
 * National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
 * A Nightmare On Elm Street -- Sweet dreams, gentle viewers.
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
 * The Omen
 * The Final Conflict (1981)
 * Phantasm
 * Phantasm II (1988)
 * The Pink Panther
 * Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) -- Built around unused/recycled footage of Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau from previous installments.
 * Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) -- Ted Wass becomes a Replacement Scrappy for Peter Sellers.
 * Police Academy
 * Police Academy (1984)
 * Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
 * Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
 * Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
 * Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
 * Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
 * Poltergeist
 * Poltergeist (1982) -- "They're heeeeeeeere..."
 * Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
 * Poltergeist III (1988)
 * Porkys
 * Porky's (1982)
 * Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
 * Porky's Revenge! (1985)
 * Prom Night
 * Prom Night (1980)
 * Hello Mary-Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
 * Psycho
 * Psycho II (1983).
 * Psycho III (1986)
 * The first three Rambo movies.
 * First Blood (1982) -- John Rambo makes his first appearance on the big screen.
 * Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) -- John Rambo returns to Vietnam to rescue POW's from commies.
 * Rambo III (1988) -- Rambo fights Soviets in Afghanistan.
 * Return of the Living Dead
 * The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
 * Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
 * Revenge of the Nerds
 * Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
 * Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
 * Rocky
 * Rocky III (1982)
 * Rocky IV (1985)
 * Romancing the Stone
 * Romancing the Stone (1984)
 * The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
 * St Trinian's gets one more installment after skipping the 1970s:
 * The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
 * Television films based on Scooby-Doo
 * Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)
 * Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
 * Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1989)
 * Short Circuit
 * Short Circuit (1986)
 * Short Circuit 2 (1988)
 * Silent Night Deadly Night
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
 * Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989)
 * Sleepaway Camp -- Murders are committed in a summer camp.
 * Sleepaway Camp (1983)
 * Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
 * Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
 * The Slumber Party Massacre
 * The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
 * Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
 * Films based on Star Trek the Original Series
 * Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan (1982) -- KHAN! KHAN!
 * Star Trek III the Search For Spock (1984)
 * Star Trek IV the Voyage Home (1986) -- the Enterprise transports whales to a new home.
 * Star Trek V the Final Frontier (1989) -- the highlight of this movie is the Row Row Row Your Boat number.
 * Star Wars -- the original trilogy is complete
 * Episode V -- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 * Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi (1983)
 * The Stepfather
 * The Stepfather (1987)
 * Stepfather II (1989)
 * Superman sequels
 * Superman II (1980)
 * Superman III (1983)
 * Supergirl (1984)
 * Superman IV the Quest For Peace (1987)
 * Swamp Thing
 * Swamp Thing (1982)
 * The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
 * The Toxic Avenger
 * The Toxic Avenger (1984)
 * The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
 * The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

1980

 * 9 to 5
 * Airplane! -- Set the standard for Affectionate Parodies.
 * Alligator -- One of the better of the countless Jaws knockoffs.
 * Altered States
 * Animalympics
 * The Anthropophagus Beast
 * Bad Timing
 * Battle Beyond the Stars
 * The Big Red One
 * The Blue Lagoon
 * The Blues Brothers -- "We're on a Mission From God."
 * Breaker Morant
 * Caddyshack
 * Cannibal Holocaust
 * The Changeling
 * City of the Living Dead
 * Don't Go in The House
 * Don't Go in The Woods -- Slasher Movie of legendary badness.
 * The Elephant Man -- He is not an animal, he is a human being.
 * Fame
 * The Final Countdown
 * Flash Gordon -- Savior of the universe.
 * The Fog
 * The Gods Must Be Crazy
 * Hawk the Slayer
 * Herbie Goes Bananas
 * Hopscotch
 * The Idolmaker
 * Inferno -- Dario Argento's unsung masterpiece.
 * The Jazz Singer
 * The King and The Mockingbird
 * Maniac
 * Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
 * Motel Hell -- Farmer Vincent makes the best smoked meat in Deep South. It is because he makes them from people.
 * New Years Evil
 * Oh, God! Book II
 * Ordinary People
 * Popeye
 * Puma Man
 * Raging Bull
 * The Return of the King -- The Rankin/Bass Productions adaptation
 * Saturn 3
 * The Shining -- "Heeeeeere's JOHNNY!"
 * Somewhere in Time
 * Super Fuzz
 * Temptation Island -- Filipino Camp classic.
 * Terror Train
 * The Watcher in The Woods
 * Xanadu
 * You Never Dreamed

1981

 * Absurd -- Unofficial sequel to The Antropophagus Beast.
 * American Pop
 * An American Werewolf in London
 * Arthur
 * The Beyond
 * Bloody Birthday
 * Bloody Moon
 * Burial Ground the Nights of Terror
 * The Burning
 * Cannibal Ferox
 * The Cannonball Run -- Starring Burt Reynolds and Dom Deluise.
 * Caveman
 * Chariots of Fire -- Known for its iconic theme song by Vangelis.
 * Clash of the Titans -- Classic Ray Harryhausen vehicle featuring the story of Perseus and Medusa.
 * Condorman
 * Das Boot
 * Dead and Buried
 * The Devil and Max Devlin
 * Diva
 * Dragonslayer
 * Escape From New York
 * Evilspeak
 * Excalibur
 * The Fox and The Hound
 * The Funhouse
 * Galaxy of Terror -- by Roger Corman.
 * Gallipoli
 * The Great Muppet Caper
 * Happy Birthday to Me
 * Harrys War -- a one-man fight (in a tank) against the IRS.
 * Heavens Gate -- The name synonymous with film bombs.
 * Heavy Metal -- A surreal Animated Anthology from Canada.
 * Hell Night
 * History of the World Part One
 * Home Sweet Home -- Loony goes on a Thanksgiving murder spree. No, this was not made by Eli Roth.
 * The House By the Cemetery
 * Just Before Dawn
 * The Legend of The Lone Ranger
 * Mommie Dearest
 * My Bloody Valentine
 * My Dinner With Andre
 * The Mystery of the Third Planet
 * Nighthawks
 * Outland -- Lone honest cop vs. drug-dealers on Io.
 * Pennies From Heaven
 * Possession
 * The Postman Always Rings Twice -- remade from the 1946 Film Noir.
 * The Prowler
 * Quest for Fire
 * The Quiet Earth
 * Race for The Yankee Zephyr
 * Ragtime
 * Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu
 * Scanners -- Psychic Powers + David Cronenberg = A very messy film.
 * Scream 1981
 * Shaolin and Wu Tang
 * Shock Treatment -- Lesser known sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
 * SOB
 * Stripes
 * Time Bandits
 * Tuck Everlasting
 * Up the Academy
 * Vuk the Little Fox
 * The Wave, the TV movie that served as basis for the Young Adult Novel of the same name.
 * Wolfen

1982

 * Forty Eight Hours
 * Aces Go Places
 * Alone in the Dark
 * Basket Case
 * The Beastmaster
 * The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
 * Blade Runner -- A definitive, influential work of Cyberpunk.
 * Cafe Flesh
 * Cat People (remake)
 * Class of 1984
 * The Dark Crystal
 * Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
 * Diner -- arguably the Ur Example of Seinfeldian Conversation in film.
 * Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
 * The Dorm That Dripped Blood
 * ET the Extraterrestrial
 * Fast Times At Ridgemont High
 * Firefox -- The Cool Plane.
 * Fitzcarraldo
 * The Flight of Dragons
 * Forbidden Zone
 * Gandhi
 * The Head Hunter
 * Hey Good Lookin
 * Hospital Massacre
 * Humongous
 * The Keep
 * The Last Unicorn
 * The Long Good Friday
 * Madman
 * The Man From Snowy River
 * The Man Who Saves the World (aka Turkish Star Wars)
 * Mazes and Monsters
 * Missing
 * My Favorite Year
 * An Officer and A Gentleman
 * Pieces
 * The Plague Dogs
 * Q the Winged Serpent
 * The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982
 * The Secret of NIMH -- Regarded as Don Bluth's Magnum Opus.
 * Sophies Choice
 * Superstition
 * The Sword and The Sorcerer
 * Tenebre
 * The Thing -- A terrifying mix of Body Horror and Paranoia Fuel.
 * Time Masters
 * The Toy
 * Tootsie
 * Tron
 * Turkey Shoot
 * The Verdict
 * Victor Victoria
 * Visiting Hours
 * The Wall (also known as Pink Floyd: The Wall)

1983

 * The Big Chill
 * Blood Rage
 * Blue Thunder
 * BMX Bandits
 * Brainstorm
 * Bullshot
 * A Christmas Story -- One of the most widely-watched Christmas specials.
 * Cujo
 * Christine -- Stephen King's story about a killer car.
 * The Day After -- World War III movie that got theatrical distribution in some countries.
 * DC Cab
 * The Dead Zone
 * Don Camillo
 * Duel to The Death
 * Easy Money
 * Eddie and The Cruisers
 * Educating Rita
 * Escape from the Bronx -- a.k.a. Escape 2000
 * The Final Terror
 * Fire and Ice
 * Flashdance
 * The House On Sorority Row
 * The Hunger
 * The Killing of Satan
 * Koyaanisqatsi
 * Krull
 * Legend of the Eight Samurai
 * Local Hero
 * The Lonely Lady
 * The Man With Two Brains
 * Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
 * Mickey's Christmas Carol
 * Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life
 * Nate and Hayes -- Good pirates and a missionary fight evil pirates, cannibals and Imperial Germans.
 * Of Unknown Origin
 * The Outsiders -- A war between teenagers.
 * Overdrawn At the Memory Bank
 * Pod People
 * The Return of Captain Invincible
 * The Right Stuff -- Classic Air Force movie.
 * Risky Business -- Tom Cruise film debut.
 * Rock and Rule
 * Rumble Fish
 * Scarecrow -- Kids Are Cruel and Break the Cutie.
 * Scarface -- Ultra-violent gangster movie of the 1980s and favorite of hip-hop culture. Was also a remake of the 1932 film of the same name.
 * Sledgehammer
 * Special Bulletin -- Terrorists hold Charleston, South Carolina, hostage with the threat of detonating a nuclear weapon in a Made for TV Movie that presents the action as a news report on the crisis.
 * The Star Chamber
 * Strange Brew -- Based off of The Great White North sketches, this is the first movie Rick Moranis ever did.
 * Terms of Endearment
 * To Be or Not To Be -- The Mel Brooks remake
 * Trading Places
 * Twice Upon a Time
 * Uncommon Valor
 * Valley Girl
 * Videodrome -- People keep putting Betamax cassettes into James Woods' vagina. Yes, you read that right.
 * Vigilante
 * War Games
 * Warrior of the Lost World
 * Yellowbeard
 * Yentl
 * Yor the Hunter From The Future -- A favorite of Spoony's.
 * Zelig -- Woody Allen is a chameleon-like figure who turns up in real-life events.

1984

 * Two Thousand Ten the Year We Make Contact
 * The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension -- Regarded as a So Bad It's Good cult classic.
 * All of Me
 * Amadeus -- Oscar-winning Dramedy about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
 * American Dreamer
 * Another Country
 * Bachelor Party
 * Bagi the Monster of Mighty Nature
 * The Blade Master
 * Blood Simple
 * The Bounty
 * Children of the Corn
 * Cloak and Dagger
 * The Company of Wolves
 * Countdown to Looking Glass
 * Devil Fish
 * Don't Open Till Christmas
 * Dreamscape
 * Dune
 * The Dungeonmaster
 * Electric Dreams
 * The Element of Crime
 * The Elm Chanted Forest
 * Final Justice
 * Firestarter -- A little girl is targeted because she possesses psychic powers.
 * The Flamingo Kid
 * Footloose
 * Frankenweenie
 * Gallavants
 * Give My Regards to Broad Street -- Paul McCartney's live-action magnum opus.
 * Gremlins -- Comedy about fuzzy little creatures that turn into scaly troublemakers.
 * Guest From the Future -- Soviet sci-fi classic.
 * The Ice Pirates
 * Johnny Dangerously
 * The Killing Fields
 * The Last Starfighter -- Trope maker for the Ascended Fanboy
 * Moscow On the Hudson
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan
 * The Natural
 * Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind
 * Nemo
 * The Neverending Story
 * Night of the Comet
 * Oh, God! You Devil
 * Once Upon a Time In America -- Sergio Leone's classic gangster epic.
 * A Passage to India
 * The Philadelphia Experiment
 * Purple Rain -- Starring Prince.
 * Radio City Fantasy
 * Razorback
 * Red Dawn -- Wolverines!
 * Repo Man
 * Ronja the Robbers Daughter
 * Runaway
 * Samson and Sally
 * Secret Honor
 * Sex Mission
 * Sheena
 * Sixteen Candles
 * Splash -- Ron Howard's first movie.
 * Starman
 * Stop Making Sense -- a documentary about the Talking Heads.
 * Streets of Fire: A Rock and Roll Fable -- A Cult Classic packed with action and music.
 * Swing Shift
 * Tank
 * The Return of Godzilla
 * The Terminator -- The quintessential killer cyborg movie
 * This Is Spinal Tap -- One of the most famous mockumentaries.
 * Threads
 * Top Secret
 * Unfaithfully Yours
 * Up the Creek
 * Wheels On Meals

1985

 * The Adventures of Mark Twain
 * After Hours
 * Battle of Moscow
 * Better Off Dead
 * The Black Cauldron -- One of Disney's greatest failures.
 * Brazil -- Terry Gilliam's take on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
 * The Breakfast Club
 * Brewsters Millions -- The Richard Pryor version, anyway.
 * The Care Bears Movie -- Actually beat out The Black Cauldron.
 * Clue -- "I didn't do it!"
 * Cocoon
 * The Color Purple
 * Commando -- So Bad It's Good Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
 * Copacabana
 * DARYL
 * Day of the Dead
 * Enemy Mine
 * Explorers
 * Fletch
 * The Goonies -- A group of kids try to save their hometown by searching for One-Eyed Willy's treasure.
 * Gymkata -- A notoriously bad martial arts movie.
 * Into the Night
 * The Journey of Natty Gann
 * Kiss of the Spider Woman -- Indie film nominated for Best Picture.
 * Ladyhawke
 * The Last Dragon
 * Legend
 * The Legend of Billie Jean -- Fair is fair!
 * Lifeforce
 * Making Contact
 * The Man With One Red Shoe
 * Mishima a Lifein Four Chapters
 * The Mutilator -- Best tagline ever.
 * The Nail Gun Massacre
 * Night On the Galactic Railroad
 * Once Bitten -- A very young Jim Carrey in a vampire sex comedy.
 * One Magic Christmas -- Disney's retelling of Its a Wonderful Life
 * Out of Africa
 * Pale Rider
 * The Peanut Butter Solution
 * Pee Wees Big Adventure -- Pee-Wee Herman goes to great lengths to get his stolen bicycle back.
 * Phenomena
 * The Purple Rose of Cairo
 * Ran
 * Re-Animator
 * Real Genius
 * Red Sonja
 * Return to Oz -- A Darker and Edgier view of the Land of Oz.
 * Runaway Train
 * Rustlers Rhapsody
 * Shoah
 * Silver Bullet
 * Silverado
 * Spies Like Us
 * Starchaser the Legend of Orin -- an animated poor man's version of Star Wars.
 * St Elmos Fire
 * The Sure Thing
 * The Stuff
 * Tampopo
 * Teen Wolf
 * Trancers
 * To Live and Die In LA
 * Treasure of Swamp Castle
 * Vision Quest
 * Water
 * Weird Science
 * Witness
 * Young Sherlock Holmes

1986

 * The Adventures of Milo and Otis
 * The Adventures of the American Rabbit
 * Aliens -- "Get away from her, you bitch!"
 * April Fools Day
 * An American Tail -- Somewhere, out there, beneath the pale moonlight...
 * Back to School
 * A Better Tomorrow
 * Big Trouble in Little China -- John Carpenter's tribute to the Hong Kong action genre.
 * Biggles -- Adventures in Time
 * Blue Velvet
 * Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
 * Captain EO
 * Castle in The Sky
 * Cat City
 * Chopping Mall
 * The Christmas Toy
 * Class of Nuke Em High
 * Club Paradise -- A star-studded cast go on vacation in the Carribean.
 * Cobra
 * The Color of Money
 * Come and See
 * Dead End Drive-In
 * Ferris Buellers Day Off
 * Flight of the Navigator
 * The Fly -- The remade David Cronenberg version
 * From Beyond
 * Fugitive Alien
 * FX
 * The Gate
 * The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach -- The original film adaptation of Super Mario Bros.
 * The Great Mouse Detective
 * The Golden Child
 * Gung Ho
 * Hannah and Her Sisters
 * Heartbreak Ridge
 * Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
 * Highlander
 * The Hitcher
 * Hoosiers
 * Howard the Duck -- An Old Shame of George Lucas.
 * Jean De Florette
 * Jumpin Jack Flash
 * Kin Dza Dza
 * Labyrinth
 * Little Shop of Horrors -- One of the greatest movies of all time, based on a musical, which itself is based on a 1960 Roger Corman B-movie.
 * The Manhattan Project
 * Manhunter
 * Manon Des Sources
 * Maximum Overdrive -- Comet close to the earth turns various devices and vehicles homicidal towards mankind.
 * The Mission
 * Monster in The Closet
 * My Pet Monster
 * The Name of the Rose
 * Night of the Creeps
 * One Crazy Summer
 * Peggy Sue Got Married
 * Platoon -- Oliver Stone's War Is Hell story.
 * Pretty in Pink -- Quintessential Molly Ringwald movie.
 * Rad -- More like Bad.
 * Rainbow War
 * Raw Deal
 * Ruthless People
 * Slaughter High
 * Solarbabies
 * Space Camp
 * Stand By Me -- Four boys search for a dead body.
 * Static
 * The Tall Guy
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
 * Three Amigos
 * Top Gun -- A film heavy on the Ho Yay.
 * Transformers the Movie -- The big one for the G1 series.
 * Troll
 * True Stories
 * Twisted
 * Vamp
 * When the Wind Blows
 * Wild Cats
 * Withnail and I

1987

 * Adventures in Babysitting
 * Amazon Women On the Moon
 * Angel Heart
 * Au Revoir Les Enfants
 * Bad Taste
 * Batteries Not Included
 * Blind Chance
 * Born in East LA
 * The Brave Little Toaster -- A toaster, a radio, a lamp, a heating blanket, and a vacuum cleaner head to the big city to find their "master".
 * Broadcast News
 * Can't Buy Me Love
 * The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland -- The Care Bears and their Cousins are searching for a princess, and a young girl they come across looks like her.
 * Cherry 2000
 * Chinese Ghost Story
 * Criminally Insane II
 * Deadly Prey
 * Dirty Dancing -- No one puts Baby in a corner.
 * Dolls
 * Empire of the Sun
 * Escape From Sobibor
 * Fatal Attraction -- I won't be ignored, Dan.
 * Flowers in The Attic
 * Forever Evil
 * Full Metal Jacket -- Stanley Kubrick's war movie.
 * The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
 * G.I. Joe the Movie
 * Good Morning Vietnam
 * Hamburger Hill
 * Harry and The Hendersons
 * Innerspace
 * Ishtar
 * The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
 * The Last Emperor
 * Leonard Part 6
 * Lilac Sphere
 * The Lost Boys
 * Mannequin
 * Masters of the Universe
 * Matewan
 * Maurice
 * The Monster Squad -- Genre Savvy kids battle Dracula and his minions.
 * Moonstruck
 * Near Dark
 * Nekromantik
 * Night of the Demons
 * No Way Out
 * Opera
 * Outrageous Fortune
 * Overboard
 * Over the Top
 * Pinocchio and The Emperor of The Night
 * Planes Trains and Automobiles
 * Predator
 * Prick Up Your Ears
 * Prince of Darkness
 * The Princess Bride -- The best movie no one's heard of, it seems. Inconceivable!
 * Radio Days
 * Raising Arizona
 * Return to Horror High
 * Robocop
 * Roxanne
 * The Running Man
 * Some Kind of Wonderful
 * Spaceballs -- Parody of Star Wars and straight-up fairy tale.
 * Stage Fright Aquarius
 * Steel Dawn -- After the End, Patrick Swayze is a man with a Cool Sword who rights wrongs.
 * Street Trash
 * Strike Commando -- Reb Brown doing his best Rambo impression.
 * Surf Nazis Must Die
 * Three O Clock High -- typical teen comedy about a nerd who has to face the bully.
 * Throw Momma From the Train
 * Time of the Apes
 * The Untouchables -- Brian De Palma's classic about Elliot Ness and his fight to bring down Al Capone.
 * Wall Street -- Arguably better than Platoon, featuring an evil, slimy businessman named Gordon Gekko.
 * Wings of Desire
 * The Witches of Eastwick
 * Zombie Nightmare

1988

 * Nine Seven Six Evil
 * Above the Law
 * The Accused -- Jodie Foster demands Disproportionate Retribution after being raped.
 * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen -- Of all the Terry Gilliam movies, this one is the Terry-Gilliamiest.
 * After Death
 * Akira -- Japan's Sci-fi thriller that made people in the West take animation seriously.
 * Alien From LA
 * Alien Nation
 * Amsterdamned
 * BAT 21
 * Beaches -- Two childhood friends and their life are examined.
 * Beetlejuice -- Tim Burton's iconic horror comedy.
 * Big
 * Biloxi Blues
 * The Blob -- The remake.
 * Bloodsport -- Jean Claude Van Damme's breakout film.
 * Bull Durham
 * La Casa 3
 * The Cat Came Back -- An Oscar-nominated Canadian cartoon short.
 * Cheerleader Camp
 * Childs Play
 * The Chocolate War
 * Cinema Paradiso
 * Cocktail -- Considered the worst movie of 1988, starring Tom Cruise.
 * Colors
 * Coming to America
 * Dangerous Liaisons
 * David and The Magic Pearl
 * Dead Heat
 * Dead Ringers
 * Die Hard -- A shoeless Bruce Willis (Creator) fights a German Alan Rickman.
 * Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
 * Earth Girls Are Easy
 * Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
 * Evil Laugh
 * Felix the Cat The Movie
 * A Fish Called Wanda
 * Frantic
 * Gandahar -- Also called Light Years
 * Gorillas in The Mist
 * Grave of the Fireflies -- A movie so depressing and so terrifying that you can never watch this more than once in your entire life.
 * Hairspray -- Starring Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono and Divine. Made into a musical and later another movie in 2007.
 * High Spirits
 * Hobgoblins
 * I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
 * Killer Klowns From Outer Space
 * The Lair of the White Worm
 * The Land Before Time -- A young long neck, three-horn, beak-face, flyer, and spike-tail travel to find a lush, fertile land.
 * The Last Slumber Party
 * The Last Temptation of Christ
 * Mac and Me -- The infamous E.T. rip-off that endorsed McDonald's and Coca-Cola.
 * Maniac Cop -- Deranged former cop starts to kill New York citizens.
 * Married to The Mob
 * Men Behind the Sun
 * Midnight Run
 * Miracle Mile
 * Mississippi Burning
 * Moonwalker -- Michael Jackson's Mind Screw opus.
 * My Best Friend Is a Vampire
 * My Neighbor Totoro -- The movie that gave Studio Ghibli its mascot.
 * The Naked Gun
 * The Needle -- Rocker Viktor Tsoi fights drug dealers.
 * Oliver and Company -- Underrated Disney classic.
 * Once Upon a Texas Train
 * Patty Hearst
 * The Player
 * The Presidio
 * Prison
 * Pumpkinhead
 * Rain Man -- Considered the best movie of 1988, starring Tom Cruise.
 * Red Heat
 * Red Scorpion
 * Robo Vampire
 * Running On Empty
 * Scamper the Penguin
 * Scarecrows
 * Scrooged
 * The Serpent and The Rainbow -- Wes Craven's take on voodoo mythos.
 * Slugs -- Slugs mutated by toxic waste start to eat people.
 * Space Mutiny
 * Stand and Deliver
 * Straight Up
 * Sunset
 * They Live -- Special kind of sunglasses reveal an alien conspiracy.
 * Tromas War
 * Twins
 * Vibes
 * The Vanishing -- The original
 * Victim of the Brain
 * Waxwork
 * Who Framed Roger Rabbit -- The most famous fusion of live action and animation in a movie.
 * Willow -- A Tolkienesque fantasy.
 * Without a Clue
 * Working Girl
 * Young Einstein
 * Young Guns

1989

 * The Abyss -- The second time James Cameron does an alien movie.
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven -- A gambling German Shepard cheats death to continue what he loves, but a Heartwarming Orphan might change his attitude.
 * Batman -- Tim Burton's interpretation of Gotham City's protector, without the camp elements.
 * The BFG
 * Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
 * Black Rain
 * Bloodfist
 * Born On the Fourth of July
 * The Burbs
 * Cohen and Tate
 * The Cook the Thief His Wife And Her Lover
 * Cyborg
 * The Dead Next Door
 * The Dead Pit
 * Dead Poets Society -- "Oh captain, my captain!"
 * Do the Right Thing
 * Driving Miss Daisy
 * Erik the Viking
 * Field of Dreams
 * Food of the Gods 2
 * Glory
 * God of Gamblers
 * Godzilla vs. Biollante
 * Going Overboard
 * Gunhed
 * Harlem Nights
 * Heathers
 * Her Alibi
 * The Horror Show
 * Intruder
 * Kickboxer
 * Kiki's Delivery Service -- Hayao Miyazaki's entertaining tale about a witch delivering sweets.
 * The Killer -- One of John Woo's all time best movies.
 * Kinjite Forbidden Subjects
 * Las Vegas Bloodbath
 * Lean On Me
 * Leningrad Cowboys Go America -- Spinal Tap with outlandish oompah band from the Russian steppes.
 * Leviathan
 * The Little Mermaid
 * Little Monsters
 * Little Nemo -- Despite Hayao Miyazaki calling it his worst experience, it is a Cult Classic.
 * Look Who's Talking
 * Major League
 * Meet the Feebles -- Often described as Muppets on crack.
 * Moontrap
 * Next of Kin
 * Parenthood -- Everybody learns a lesson about family.
 * Penn and Teller Get Killed
 * Pet Sematary
 * The Phantom of the Opera -- The Robert Englund version.
 * Psycho Cop -- Satan worshiping cop kills people.
 * The Punisher -- The 1989 live-action adaptation with Dolph Lundgren, as the main hero.
 * Puppet Master -- Full Moon Features' longest running franchise gets it start.
 * Road House -- Patrick Swayze doing roundhouse kicks. Peter Griffin loves this movie.
 * Santa Sangre
 * Say Anything
 * See No Evil Hear No Evil
 * She-Devil
 * Shocker -- Serial Killer makes a Deal With the Devil and becomes a Body Surfing Psycho Electro.
 * Steel Magnolias -- According to Gilbert Gottfried, if a man watches this movie for 5 minutes, he'll grow a vagina.
 * Sweet Home
 * Tango and Cash
 * Teen Witch
 * Tetsuo the Iron Man
 * Troop Beverly Hills
 * UHF -- Weird Al at his best.
 * Uncle Buck -- John Candy as a man who, while softhearted, can bring out his tough side.
 * Vampires Kiss
 * Violent Shit
 * Warlock
 * The War of the Roses
 * Weekend At Bernies
 * The Wizard -- A sorry excuse to advertise Nintendo products.
 * When Harry Met Sally
 * Willy the Sparrow
 * The Woman in Black