Real action, Sci-Fi Heaven and Classic Comedies was the memories of the 80s movie scene.

Stallone, Schwarzenneger and Willis were all on top form with Rambo, Terminator and Die Hard, Tom Cruise also started his career in The 80s, Cocktail or Top Gun anyone, Back to the Future speaks for itself and John Hughes had some of the best comedy movies of all time.

Just pure movie magic.

Some of the best movies appeared in the 80s, find out why in our look at 80s Movies

A list of some of the best 80s movies, with external links for further information.

1980 – 1981 – 1982 – 1983 – 1984 – 1985 – 1986 – 1987 – 1988 – 1989

1980

• Airplane (1980)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• Blues Brothers (1980)
• Caddyshack (1980)
• Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Nine to Five (1980)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• The Shining (1980)

1981

• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Any Which Way You Can (1981)
• Arthur (1981)
• Blow Out (1981)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
• Halloween II (1981)
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• On Golden Pond (1981)
• Superman 2 (1981)
• The Cannonball Run (1981)

1982

• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
• Annie (1982)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• First Blood (1982)
• Grease 2 (1982)
• Moonlighting (1982)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Rocky 3 (1982)
• Sophie’s Choice (1982)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• The Last American Virgin (1982)
• Tootsie (1982)
• The Verdict (1982)
• Tron (1982)

1983

• Flashdance (1983)
• Octopussy (1983)
• Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
• Porky’s 2 The Next Day (1983)
• Psycho 2 (1983)
• Scarface (1983)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Staying Alive (1983)
• Sudden Impact (1983)
• Terms of Endearment (1983)
• The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Wargames (1983)

1984

• A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
• Body Double (1984)
• Footloose (1984)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Police Academy (1984)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• Splash (1984)
• Supergirl (1984)
• This is Spinal Tap (1984)
• The Karate Kid (1984)

1985

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• Fletch (1985)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (1985)
• Rocky 4 (1985)
• St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
• Secret Admirer (1985)
• The Color Purple (1985)

1986

• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
• Full Metal Jacket (1986)
• Highlander (1986)
• Platoon (1986)
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
• Rad! (1986)
• Raw Deal (1986)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• The Money Pit (1986)

1987

• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
• Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987)
• Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Mannequin (1987)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Roxanne (1987)
• Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• The Fly (1987)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• The Secret of my Success (1987)
• The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
• Three Men and a Baby (1987)
• Who’s That Girl? (1987)

1988

• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• Beetle Juice (1988)
• Big (1988)
• Child’s Play (1988)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Coming To America (1988)
• Hairspray (1988)
• License to Drive (1988)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• Scrooged (1988)
• She’s Having a Baby (1988)
• The Accused (1988)
• The Naked Gun (1988)
• Twins (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Working Girl (1988)

1989

• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Batman (1989)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• Heathers (1989)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• The War of the Roses (1989)
• Uncle Buck (1989)
•  

all80s.co.uk are not responsible for the contents of external websites.