Rank This Chart
per page
The Top 250 Worst Movies of the 1980s
Global
Ranking |
Movie Title |
Release
Year |
Director |
MPAA
Rating |
Your
Ranking |
| 13323 |
American Justice |
1986 |
Gary Grillo |
R |
- |
| 32503 |
Beach Chair |
1986 |
Eben Otsby |
NR |
- |
| 11916 |
My Best Friend's Birthday |
1987 |
Quentin Tarantino |
NR |
- |
| 46465 |
Pinocchio's Christmas |
1980 |
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. |
NR |
- |
| 46804 |
Indio |
1989 |
Antonio Margheriti |
R |
- |
| 43617 |
Savage Journey |
1983 |
Tom McGowan |
NR |
- |
| 55338 |
Me and Him |
1988 |
Doris Dörrie |
R |
- |
| 63569 |
Leonard, Part 6 |
1987 |
Paul Weiland |
PG |
- |
| 17249 |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
1987 |
Sidney J. Furie |
PG |
- |
| 12310 |
Grease 2 |
1982 |
Patricia Birch |
PG |
- |
| 51691 |
Heathcliff: The Movie |
1986 |
Bruno Bianchi |
G |
- |
| 75305 |
Going Overboard |
1989 |
Valerie Breiman |
R |
- |
| 29646 |
Teen Wolf Too |
1987 |
Christopher Leitch |
PG |
- |
| 54343 |
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night |
1987 |
Hal Sutherland |
G |
- |
| 46343 |
The Boy in Blue |
1986 |
Charles Jarrott |
R |
- |
| 33203 |
Sea Prince and the Fire Child |
1981 |
Masami Hata |
NR |
- |
| 50152 |
MAC and Me |
1988 |
Stewart Raffill |
PG |
- |
| 51936 |
Yes, Giorgio |
1982 |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
PG |
- |
| 46687 |
Momo |
1986 |
Johannes Schaaf |
NR |
- |
| 45788 |
Big Man on Campus |
1989 |
Jeremy Kagan |
PG13 |
- |
| 47746 |
Shanghai Surprise |
1986 |
Jim Goddard |
PG13 |
- |
| 46111 |
Oasis of the Zombies |
1982 |
Jesús Franco |
NR |
- |
| 50087 |
Pound Puppies & the Legend of Big Paw |
1988 |
Pierre DeCelles |
G |
- |
| 41863 |
Mad Mission Part II: Aces Go Places |
1984 |
Eric Tsang |
NR |
- |
| 51502 |
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose |
1987 |
Ray Patterson |
NR |
- |
| 41290 |
Nothing Personal |
1980 |
George Bloomfield |
PG |
- |
| 49957 |
The Great Cognito |
1982 |
Will Vinton |
NR |
- |
| 51354 |
Over-sexed Rugsuckers from Mars |
1989 |
Michael Paul Girard |
NR |
- |
| 36295 |
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords |
1986 |
Don Lusk, Ray Patterson |
G |
- |
| 32490 |
My Little Pony: The Movie |
1986 |
Mike Joens |
NR |
- |
| 51436 |
Nobody's Perfekt |
1981 |
Peter Bonerz |
PG |
- |
| 43313 |
Paramedics |
1988 |
Stuart Margolin |
PG13 |
- |
| 27907 |
Best Defense |
1984 |
Willard Huyck |
NR |
- |
| 16715 |
The Dirk Diggler Story |
1988 |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
NR |
- |
| 32492 |
Partners |
1982 |
James Burrows |
R |
- |
| 43448 |
American Anthem |
1986 |
Albert Magnoli |
NR |
- |
| 44867 |
Copper Mountain |
1983 |
David Mitchell |
NR |
- |
| 22343 |
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach |
1988 |
Alan Myerson |
PG |
- |
| 13674 |
Iron Eagle II |
1988 |
Sidney J. Furie |
PG |
- |
| 55941 |
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) |
1982 |
Steven Paul |
PG |
- |
| 15221 |
Caddyshack II |
1988 |
Allan Arkush |
PG |
- |
| 50829 |
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie |
1987 |
Rod Amateau |
PG |
- |
| 13342 |
Bad |
1987 |
Martin Scorsese |
NR |
- |
| 9488 |
Jaws: The Revenge |
1987 |
Joseph Sargent |
PG13 |
- |
| 37519 |
The Adventures of André and Wally B. |
1985 |
Alvy Ray Smith |
NR |
- |
| 12384 |
Supergirl |
1984 |
Jeannot Szwarc |
PG |
- |
| 12812 |
Staying Alive |
1983 |
Sylvester Stallone |
PG |
- |
| 23129 |
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege |
1989 |
Peter Bonerz |
PG |
- |
| 6301 |
The Dead |
1987 |
John Huston |
PG |
- |
| 39081 |
Faces of Death II |
1981 |
John Alan Schwartz |
NR |
- |
| 39284 |
Ratboy |
1986 |
Sondra Locke |
PG13 |
- |
| 8063 |
Superman III |
1983 |
Richard Lester |
PG |
- |
| 21088 |
Jaws 3-D |
1983 |
Joe Alves |
PG |
- |
| 28837 |
King Kong Lives |
1986 |
John Guillermin |
PG13 |
- |
| 74260 |
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank |
1983 |
Douglas Williams |
NR |
- |
| 9308 |
Howard the Duck |
1986 |
Willard Huyck |
PG |
- |
| 49195 |
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite |
1988 |
Laura Shepherd, Joseph Sherman |
NR |
- |
| 30425 |
Walk Like a Man |
1987 |
Melvin Frank |
PG |
- |
| 9733 |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
1987 |
Jim Drake |
PG |
- |
| 12334 |
Amityville 3-D |
1983 |
Richard Fleischer |
PG |
- |
| 63452 |
Hobgoblins |
1988 |
Rick Sloane |
R |
- |
| 49363 |
The Ninja Master II |
1984 |
Alan Myerson, Ray Austin |
NR |
- |
| 31533 |
A Very Brady Christmas |
1988 |
Peter Baldwin |
NR |
- |
| 38587 |
Ghost Warrior |
1984 |
J. Larry Carroll |
R |
- |
| 54413 |
Frankenstein Island |
1981 |
Jerry Warren |
PG |
- |
| 19862 |
Meatballs Part II |
1984 |
Ken Wiederhorn |
PG |
- |
| 46455 |
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 |
1983 |
Dick Lowry |
PG |
- |
| 15756 |
Rhinestone |
1984 |
Bob Clark |
PG |
- |
| 44955 |
Zombie Nightmare |
1986 |
Jack Bravman |
R |
- |
| 38173 |
Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
1988 |
Bud Yorkin |
PG |
- |
| 51555 |
The Sweet House of Horrors |
1989 |
Lucio Fulci |
NR |
- |
| 32066 |
Meatballs III |
1987 |
George Mendeluk |
R |
- |
| 33684 |
The Hills Have Eyes Part II |
1984 |
Wes Craven |
R |
- |
| 60338 |
Elves |
1989 |
Jeffrey Mandel |
PG13 |
- |
| 19323 |
Endless Love |
1981 |
Franco Zeffirelli |
R |
- |
| 38362 |
Hard to Hold |
1984 |
Larry Peerce |
PG |
- |
| 48047 |
Not Quite Human II |
1989 |
Eric Luke |
NR |
- |
| 28766 |
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt |
1989 |
Cedric Sundstrom |
R |
- |
| 49612 |
On the Right Track |
1981 |
Lee Philips |
PG |
- |
| 9280 |
Police Academy 3: Back in Training |
1986 |
Jerry Paris |
PG |
- |
| 47531 |
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island |
1981 |
Peter Baldwin |
NR |
- |
| 50053 |
Salsa |
1988 |
Boaz Davidson |
PG |
- |
| 18364 |
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland |
1987 |
Raymond Jafelice |
NR |
- |
| 41578 |
Rent-A-Cop |
1987 |
Jerry London |
R |
- |
| 46352 |
The Creature Wasn't Nice |
1983 |
Bruce Kimmel |
PG |
- |
| 19381 |
She-Devil |
1989 |
Susan Seidelman |
PG13 |
- |
| 49637 |
Just Tell Me What You Want |
1980 |
Sidney Lumet |
R |
- |
| 36065 |
Second Sight |
1989 |
Joel Zwick |
PG |
- |
| 39475 |
Hansel and Gretel |
1982 |
Tim Burton |
NR |
- |
| 53228 |
Deathstalker III: Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell |
1988 |
Alfonso Corona |
R |
- |
| 45266 |
Faces of Death III |
1985 |
John Alan Schwartz |
NR |
- |
| 48914 |
Terror Squad |
1988 |
Peter Maris |
NR |
- |
| 48582 |
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! |
1989 |
Monte Hellman |
R |
- |
| 60760 |
The Pumaman |
1980 |
Alberto De Martino |
NR |
- |
| 49369 |
The Smurfs Christmas Special |
1982 |
Gerard Baldwin |
NR |
- |
| 49586 |
William's Doll |
1981 |
Robert Carlo Chiesa |
NR |
- |
| 52118 |
Strul |
1988 |
Jonas Frick |
NR |
- |
| 27087 |
Witchcraft |
1988 |
Rob Spera |
R |
- |
| 41261 |
Coast to Coast |
1980 |
Joseph Sargent |
PG |
- |
| 48118 |
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen |
1981 |
Clive Donner |
PG |
- |
| 38916 |
First Family |
1980 |
Buck Henry |
R |
- |
| 30001 |
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn |
1983 |
Charles Band |
PG |
- |
| 15864 |
Soul Man |
1986 |
Steve Miner |
PG13 |
- |
| 26469 |
The House Where Evil Dwells |
1982 |
Kevin Connor |
R |
- |
| 10080 |
My Stepmother Is an Alien |
1988 |
Richard Benjamin |
PG13 |
- |
| 18953 |
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation |
1986 |
Dale Schott |
G |
- |
| 51483 |
My Demon Lover |
1987 |
Charlie Loventhal |
PG13 |
- |
| 56055 |
Time of the Apes |
1987 |
Kiyo Sumi Fukazawa |
NR |
- |
| 6618 |
Look Who's Talking |
1989 |
Amy Heckerling |
PG13 |
- |
| 51987 |
Devil Fish |
1984 |
Lamberto Bava |
R |
- |
| 13513 |
Porky's II: The Next Day |
1983 |
Bob Clark |
R |
- |
| 28673 |
The Electric Grandmother |
1982 |
Noel Black |
NR |
- |
| 20661 |
The Sting II |
1983 |
Jeremy Kagan |
PG |
- |
| 10479 |
Curse of the Pink Panther |
1983 |
Blake Edwards |
PG |
- |
| 6110 |
Rambo III |
1988 |
Peter MacDonald |
R |
- |
| 52428 |
The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High |
1987 |
Francesco Lucente |
PG |
- |
| 20416 |
Mio in the Land of Faraway |
1987 |
Vladimir Grammatikov |
PG |
- |
| 10761 |
Poltergeist III |
1988 |
Gary Sherman |
PG13 |
- |
| 37558 |
King David |
1985 |
Bruce Beresford |
PG13 |
- |
| 52884 |
Terror at Tenkiller |
1986 |
Ken Meyer |
NR |
- |
| 21480 |
Oh, God! Book II |
1980 |
Gilbert Cates |
PG |
- |
| 39391 |
Texas Lightning |
1981 |
Gary Graver |
R |
- |
| 18689 |
Perfect |
1985 |
James Bridges |
R |
- |
| 36572 |
The Parent Trap II |
1986 |
Ronald F. Maxwell |
NR |
- |
| 33225 |
Physical Evidence |
1989 |
Michael Crichton |
R |
- |
| 12408 |
Porky's Revenge |
1985 |
James Komack |
R |
- |
| 45160 |
Not Quite Human |
1987 |
Steven Hilliard Stern |
NR |
- |
| 40168 |
Playing for Keeps |
1986 |
Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein |
PG |
- |
| 41308 |
The Party Animal |
1985 |
David Beaird |
R |
- |
| 48087 |
Prime Evil |
1988 |
Roberta Findlay |
R |
- |
| 13682 |
The Care Bears Movie |
1985 |
Arna Selznick |
G |
- |
| 35143 |
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare |
1988 |
John Hough |
R |
- |
| 28434 |
Touch of Death |
1988 |
Lucio Fulci |
NR |
- |
| 7053 |
Crocodile Dundee II |
1988 |
John Cornell |
PG |
- |
| 16179 |
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning |
1981 |
James Cameron |
R |
- |
| 47141 |
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam |
1986 |
John R. Cherry III |
PG |
- |
| 27052 |
Def-Con 4 |
1985 |
Paul Donovan |
R |
- |
| 27833 |
Two of a Kind |
1983 |
John Herzfeld |
PG |
- |
| 7748 |
The Blue Lagoon |
1980 |
Randal Kleiser |
R |
- |
| 70483 |
Final Justice |
1985 |
Greydon Clark |
NR |
- |
| 53904 |
Nukie |
1987 |
Sias Odendal, Michael Pakleppa |
PG |
- |
| 43427 |
The Slugger's Wife |
1985 |
Hal Ashby |
PG13 |
- |
| 83127 |
Cry Wilderness |
1987 |
Jay Schlossberg-Cohen |
PG |
- |
| 7629 |
The Karate Kid, Part III |
1989 |
John G. Avildsen |
PG |
- |
| 13201 |
Tarzan, the Ape Man |
1981 |
John Derek |
R |
- |
| 49877 |
Gor II |
1988 |
John 'Bud' Cardos |
PG13 |
- |
| 41546 |
Bloody New Year |
1987 |
Norman J. Warren |
NR |
- |
| 49897 |
A Little Sex |
1982 |
Bruce Paltrow |
R |
- |
| 44596 |
The One Armed Executioner |
1983 |
Bobby A. Suarez |
R |
- |
| 69410 |
Extra Terrestrial Visitors |
1983 |
Juan Piquer Simón |
NR |
- |
| 19398 |
A Chipmunk Christmas |
1981 |
Phil Monroe |
NR |
- |
| 13532 |
Saturday the 14th |
1981 |
Howard R. Cohen |
PG |
- |
| 32819 |
O.C. and Stiggs |
1985 |
Robert Altman |
R |
- |
| 17486 |
Herbie Goes Bananas |
1980 |
Vincent McEveety |
G |
- |
| 45081 |
Blood Sisters |
1987 |
Roberta Findlay |
R |
- |
| 51439 |
Alien from L.A. |
1988 |
Albert Pyun |
PG |
- |
| 38168 |
Nocturne |
1980 |
Lars von Trier |
NR |
- |
| 37182 |
Big Bird in Japan |
1988 |
Jon Stone |
NR |
- |
| 22211 |
Hot to Trot |
1988 |
Michael Dinner |
PG |
- |
| 38085 |
The Guy with Secret Kung Fu |
1981 |
Chi Lo |
NR |
- |
| 6170 |
Popeye |
1980 |
Robert Altman |
PG |
- |
| 15947 |
Breeders |
1986 |
Tim Kincaid |
R |
- |
| 11784 |
Young Einstein |
1989 |
Yahoo Serious |
PG |
- |
| 28165 |
Room 666 |
1982 |
Wim Wenders |
NR |
- |
| 51356 |
The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II |
1985 |
Charles B. Pierce |
PG |
- |
| 35222 |
Collision Course |
1989 |
Lewis Teague |
PG |
- |
| 22041 |
Hello Again |
1987 |
Frank Perry |
PG |
- |
| 18215 |
The Devil and Max Devlin |
1981 |
Steven Hilliard Stern |
PG |
- |
| 66400 |
Carnival Magic |
1981 |
Al Adamson |
G |
- |
| 19745 |
Maid to Order |
1987 |
Amy Holden Jones |
PG |
- |
| 18753 |
Paradise |
1982 |
Stuart Gillard |
R |
- |
| 52354 |
Munchies |
1987 |
Tina Hirsch |
PG |
- |
| 24869 |
Yogi's First Christmas |
1980 |
Ray Patterson |
NR |
- |
| 62126 |
Robot Holocaust |
1987 |
Tim Kincaid |
NR |
- |
| 13930 |
Cutting Class |
1989 |
Rospo Pallenberg |
R |
- |
| 33886 |
Carbon Copy |
1981 |
Michael Schultz |
R |
- |
| 28367 |
Gallagher: Stuck in the Sixties |
1983 |
Wayne Orr |
NR |
- |
| 26211 |
Disorderlies |
1987 |
Michael Schultz |
PG |
- |
| 19169 |
18 Again! |
1988 |
Paul Flaherty |
PG |
- |
| 29128 |
Zombie Island Massacre |
1984 |
John N. Carter |
NR |
- |
| 11237 |
Ishtar |
1987 |
Elaine May |
PG13 |
- |
| 23731 |
Fatal Beauty |
1987 |
Tom Holland |
R |
- |
| 16349 |
Eddie Macon's Run |
1983 |
Jeff Kanew |
PG |
- |
| 51709 |
Blood Cult |
1985 |
Christopher Lewis |
R |
- |
| 45916 |
Bill: On His Own |
1983 |
Anthony Page |
NR |
- |
| 43993 |
Geometry |
1987 |
Guillermo del Toro |
NR |
- |
| 26553 |
Howling III: The Marsupials |
1987 |
Philippe Mora |
PG13 |
- |
| 11042 |
Ghoulies |
1985 |
Luca Bercovici |
PG13 |
- |
| 35948 |
Blue City |
1986 |
Michelle Manning |
R |
- |
| 37447 |
Water |
1985 |
Dick Clement |
PG13 |
- |
| 9935 |
Cocoon: The Return |
1988 |
Daniel Petrie |
PG |
- |
| 74556 |
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom |
1985 |
Héctor Olivera |
PG |
- |
| 42847 |
Otto - Der Außerfriesische |
1989 |
Marijan David Vajda, Otto Waalkes |
NR |
- |
| 11919 |
Ernest Saves Christmas |
1988 |
John R. Cherry III |
PG |
- |
| 47123 |
Monster Dog |
1984 |
Claudio Fragasso |
NR |
- |
| 20310 |
Date with an Angel |
1987 |
Tom McLoughlin |
PG |
- |
| 16629 |
Making Mr. Right |
1987 |
Susan Seidelman |
PG13 |
- |
| 15683 |
Red's Dream |
1987 |
John Lasseter |
G |
- |
| 40473 |
Certain Fury |
1985 |
Stephen Gyllenhaal |
R |
- |
| 28532 |
The Return of Captain Invincible |
1984 |
Philippe Mora |
PG |
- |
| 34212 |
Lust in the Dust |
1985 |
Paul Bartel |
R |
- |
| 13424 |
The Return of Swamp Thing |
1989 |
Jim Wynorski |
PG13 |
- |
| 45197 |
Catacombs |
1988 |
David Schmoeller |
R |
- |
| 15420 |
Like Father, Like Son |
1987 |
Rod Daniel |
PG13 |
- |
| 18092 |
Parasite |
1982 |
Charles Band |
R |
- |
| 11683 |
Moon Over Parador |
1988 |
Paul Mazursky |
PG13 |
- |
| 53246 |
The Ninja Master |
1984 |
Robert Clouse, Ray Austin |
NR |
- |
| 20262 |
Who's That Girl |
1987 |
James Foley |
PG |
- |
| 31711 |
Paternity |
1981 |
David Steinberg |
PG |
- |
| 18254 |
Nightflyers |
1987 |
Robert Collector |
R |
- |
| 38304 |
The Nude Bomb |
1980 |
Clive Donner |
PG |
- |
| 11125 |
Wild Orchid |
1989 |
Zalman King |
R |
- |
| 51117 |
Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission |
1987 |
Lee H. Katzin |
NR |
- |
| 14665 |
Prancer |
1989 |
John D. Hancock |
G |
- |
| 52957 |
My Pet Monster |
1986 |
Timothy Bond |
NR |
- |
| 7113 |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment |
1985 |
Jerry Paris |
PG13 |
- |
| 34098 |
Night Visitor |
1989 |
Rupert Hitzig |
R |
- |
| 12248 |
The Incredible Hulk Returns |
1988 |
Nicholas Corea |
NR |
- |
| 13081 |
No Holds Barred |
1989 |
Thomas J. Wright |
PG13 |
- |
| 17033 |
Troll |
1986 |
John Carl Buechler |
PG13 |
- |
| 37615 |
Turkish Star Wars |
1982 |
Çetin Inanç |
NR |
- |
| 47884 |
The Sisterhood |
1988 |
Cirio H. Santiago |
R |
- |
| 22551 |
Sphinx |
1981 |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
PG |
- |
| 28983 |
Mystery on Monster Island |
1981 |
Juan Piquer Simón |
NR |
- |
| 27210 |
A Fine Mess |
1986 |
Blake Edwards |
PG |
- |
| 33228 |
Cavegirl |
1985 |
David Oliver |
R |
- |
| 24836 |
The Awakening |
1980 |
Mike Newell |
R |
- |
| 12521 |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold |
1987 |
Gary Nelson |
NR |
- |
| 42207 |
L'amour braque |
1985 |
Andrzej Zulawski |
NR |
- |
| 20185 |
Going Berserk |
1983 |
David Steinberg |
R |
- |
| 16924 |
Hey Good Lookin' |
1982 |
Ralph Bakshi |
R |
- |
| 16817 |
Redneck Zombies |
1987 |
Pericles Lewnes |
NR |
- |
| 38268 |
Gallagher: The Maddest |
1983 |
Wayne Orr |
NR |
- |
| 41409 |
A Tale of the Wind |
1988 |
Joris Ivens |
NR |
- |
| 24282 |
Bill |
1981 |
Anthony Page |
NR |
- |
| 14523 |
She's Out of Control |
1989 |
Charles De Santos |
PG |
- |
| 23751 |
Rollover |
1981 |
Alan J. Pakula |
R |
- |
| 19634 |
The Last Chase |
1981 |
Martyn Burke |
NR |
- |
| 50448 |
Family Ties Vacation |
1985 |
Will Mackenzie |
NR |
- |
| 12643 |
Return of the Ewok |
1982 |
David Tomblin |
NR |
- |
| 22771 |
The Last Married Couple in America |
1980 |
Gilbert Cates |
R |
- |
| 67377 |
Space Mutiny |
1988 |
David Winters, Neal Sundstrom |
R |
- |
| 44700 |
The Lonely Lady |
1983 |
Peter Sasdy |
R |
- |
| 7859 |
Jumpin' Jack Flash |
1986 |
Penny Marshall |
R |
- |
| 7885 |
The Fly II |
1989 |
Chris Walas |
R |
- |
| 43870 |
Inchon |
1982 |
Terence Young |
PG |
- |
| 40365 |
Jocks |
1986 |
Steve Carver |
R |
- |
| 33560 |
Mr. North |
1988 |
Danny Huston |
PG |
- |
| 48048 |
The Dungeonmaster |
1984 |
Dave Allen, Charles Band, John Carl Buechler, Steven Ford, Peter Manoogian, Ted Nicolaou, Rosemarie Turko |
PG13 |
- |
| 41776 |
The Dirt Bike Kid |
1985 |
Hoite C. Caston |
PG |
- |
