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110 Best Movies from 1980 till 1985
Coal Miner's Daughter ( 1980 )
Genre: Biography | Drama | Music
Runtime: 124
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Michael Apted
Writer: Loretta Lynn | George Vecsey | Thomas Rickman
Stars: Sissy Spacek | Tommy Lee Jones | Levon Helm | Phyllis Boyens
Plot: The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 )
Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Runtime: 105
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Martin Brest
Writer: Daniel Petrie Jr. | Danilo Bach | Daniel Petrie Jr.
Stars: Eddie Murphy | Judge Reinhold | John Ashton | Lisa Eilbacher
Plot: A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 )
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 91
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Wes Craven
Stars: John Saxon | Ronee Blakley | Heather Langenkamp | Amanda Wyss
Plot: Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
Stranger Than Paradise ( 1984 )
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Runtime: 89
Country: United States | West Germany
Language: English | Hungarian | Italian
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Writer: Jim Jarmusch | John Lurie
Stars: John Lurie | Eszter Balint | Richard Edson | Cecillia Stark
Plot: A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Broadway Danny Rose ( 1984 )
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 84
Country: United States
Language: English | Italian | Yiddish
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Nick Apollo Forte | Sandy Baron
Plot: A hapless talent agent attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress.
Terms of Endearment ( 1983 )
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Runtime: 132
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: James L. Brooks
Writer: Larry McMurtry | James L. Brooks
Stars: Shirley MacLaine | Debra Winger | Jack Nicholson | Danny DeVito
Plot: Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.
Tootsie ( 1982 )
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Runtime: 116
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writer: Don McGuire | Larry Gelbart | Larry Gelbart | Murray Schisgal | Barry Levinson | Robert Garland | Robert Kaufman | Elaine May
Stars: Dustin Hoffman | Jessica Lange | Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman
Plot: Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Thief ( 1981 )
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Runtime: 123
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Michael Mann
Writer: Michael Mann | Michael Mann | Frank Hohimer
Stars: James Caan | Tuesday Weld | Willie Nelson | Jim Belushi
Plot: After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.
The Evil Dead ( 1981 )
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 85
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Sam Raimi
Writer: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bruce Campbell | Ellen Sandweiss | Richard DeManincor | Betsy Baker
Plot: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Body Heat ( 1981 )
Genre: Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Runtime: 113
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | Ted Danson
Plot: During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Blow Out ( 1981 )
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Runtime: 108
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Brian De Palma
Writer: Brian De Palma | Bill Mesce Jr.
Stars: John Travolta | Nancy Allen | John Lithgow | Dennis Franz
Plot: A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Witness ( 1985 )
Genre: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Runtime: 112
Country: United States
Language: English | German
Director: Peter Weir
Writer: William Kelley | Pamela Wallace | Earl W. Wallace | Earl W. Wallace | William Kelley
Stars: Harrison Ford | Kelly McGillis | Josef Sommer | Lukas Haas
Plot: While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
To Live and Die in L.A. ( 1985 )
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Runtime: 116
Country: United States
Language: English | Arabic | Spanish
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Gerald Petievich | William Friedkin | Gerald Petievich
Stars: William Petersen | Willem Dafoe | John Pankow | Debra Feuer
Plot: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Clue ( 1985 )
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Runtime: 94
Country: United States
Language: English | French
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writer: John Landis | Jonathan Lynn | Jonathan Lynn | Anthony E. Pratt
Stars: Eileen Brennan | Tim Curry | Madeline Kahn | Christopher Lloyd
Plot: Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
The Return of the Living Dead ( 1985 )
Genre: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Runtime: 91
Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Writer: Rudy Ricci | John A. Russo | Russell Streiner | Dan O'Bannon
Stars: Clu Gulager | James Karen | Don Calfa | Thom Mathews
Plot: When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Kiss of the Spider Woman ( 1985 )
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 120
Country: Brazil | United States
Language: English | French | Portuguese
Director: Hector Babenco
Writer: Manuel Puig | Leonard Schrader
Stars: William Hurt | Raul Julia | Sonia Braga | José Lewgoy
Plot: A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.
The Karate Kid ( 1984 )
Genre: Action | Drama | Family | Sport
Runtime: 126
Country: United States
Language: English | Japanese
Director: John G. Avildsen
Writer: Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Ralph Macchio | Pat Morita | Elisabeth Shue | Martin Kove
Plot: Recently relocated from NJ to LA, Daniel becomes the target of a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students. When Mr. Miyagi saves him with expert Karate skills, Daniel convinces him to teach him to defend himself, and put his bullies in their place.
The Neverending Story ( 1984 )
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Runtime: 102
Country: West Germany | United States
Language: English
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writer: Wolfgang Petersen | Herman Weigel | Michael Ende | Robert Easton
Stars: Barret Oliver | Gerald McRaney | Chris Eastman | Darryl Cooksey
Plot: A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Gremlins ( 1984 )
Genre: Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
Runtime: 106
Country: United States
Language: English | Spanish
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Chris Columbus
Stars: Hoyt Axton | John Louie | Keye Luke | Don Steele
Plot: After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
A Passage to India ( 1984 )
Genre: Adventure | Drama | History
Runtime: 164
Country: United Kingdom | United States
Language: English | Hindi
Director: David Lean
Writer: E.M. Forster | E.M. Forster | Santha Rama Rau | David Lean
Stars: Judy Davis | Victor Banerjee | Peggy Ashcroft | James Fox
Plot: Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.