The Top 100 Movies of the 1980s

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The Top 100 Movies of the 1980s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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2 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner PG -
4 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg PG -
7 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand PG -
8 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis PG -
20 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick R -
21 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
30 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan R -
37 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman PG -
43 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner PG -
46 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott R -
50 Aliens 1986 James Cameron R -
74 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes PG13 -
77 Come and See 1985 Elem Klimov NR -
79 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick R -
80 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron R -
103 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg PG -
115 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese R -
131 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter R -
137 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner R -
142 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki G -
148 The Breakfast Club 1985 John Hughes R -
153 Fanny and Alexander 1982 Ingmar Bergman R -
168 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa R -
172 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders R -
179 Back to the Future Part II 1989 Robert Zemeckis PG -
191 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese PG -
195 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg PG -
202 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma R -
217 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata NR -
222 Airplane! 1980 Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker PG -
227 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner PG -
232 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
236 Predator 1987 John McTiernan R -
252 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma R -
255 Rain Man 1988 Barry Levinson R -
264 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis NR -
268 Batman 1989 Tim Burton PG13 -
284 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders PG13 -
291 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam R -
295 Do the Right Thing 1989 Spike Lee R -
297 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner R -
298 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone R -
299 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog PG -
300 Blow Out 1981 Brian De Palma R -
304 Castle in the Sky 1986 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
310 Amadeus 1984 Milos Forman PG -
311 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen PG13 -
330 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi R -
331 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer PG -
336 Stop Making Sense 1984 Jonathan Demme NR -
348 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton PG -
349 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 Woody Allen PG13 -
351 Blood Simple 1984 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
354 Dead Poets Society 1989 Peter Weir PG -
368 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis R -
378 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis PG -
404 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch R -
408 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller R -
421 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo R -
432 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel & Ethan Coen PG13 -
440 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg R -
441 Thief 1981 Michael Mann R -
449 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki G -
452 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore PG -
458 They Live 1988 John Carpenter R -
463 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen PG -
467 Big 1988 Penny Marshall PG -
479 After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese R -
485 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi NR -
496 Spaceballs 1987 Mel Brooks PG -
498 Big Trouble in Little China 1986 John Carpenter PG13 -
515 The Right Stuff 1983 Philip Kaufman R -
520 Kagemusha 1980 Akira Kurosawa PG -
530 The Verdict 1982 Sidney Lumet R -
534 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner R -
536 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone R -
550 Possession 1981 Andrzej Zulawski R -
562 Au Revoir Les Enfants 1987 Louis Malle NR -
563 Caddyshack 1980 Harold Ramis R -
567 The Decalogue 1989 Krzysztof Kieslowski NR -
568 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest R -
571 The Killer 1989 John Woo R -
583 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark PG -
596 Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon R -
598 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 John Hughes R -
603 Escape from New York 1981 John Carpenter R -
637 Down by Law 1986 Jim Jarmusch R -
653 The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg R -
654 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante PG -
655 First Blood 1982 Ted Kotcheff R -
661 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann R -
675 Trading Places 1983 John Landis R -
676 The Thin Blue Line 1988 Errol Morris NR -
679 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson R -
680 Near Dark 1987 Kathryn Bigelow R -
684 Say Anything... 1989 Cameron Crowe PG13 -
690 The Karate Kid 1984 John G. Avildsen PG -
696 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks R -
698 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie R -
715 Clue 1985 Jonathan Lynn PG -

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