The Top 50 Movies of the 1980s

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The Top 50 Movies of the 1980s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
Ranking
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 -

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