Some bad movies I've watched: The 80's

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An excesive decade with some flambloyant terrible movies

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1. Grease 2 (1982)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

52 Metascore

A British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.

Director: Patricia Birch | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, Maureen Teefy

Votes: 38,582 | Gross: $15.17M

2. Bárbara (1980)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Barbara is an italian super star that comes to Argentina to star in her own musical, here she meets mauro, an argentinian photographer, and falls in love with him, but mauro has a secret that she will discover

Director: Gino Landi | Stars: Raffaella Carrà, Jorge Martínez, Edda Díaz, Irma Córdoba

Votes: 40

3. Heartbeeps (1981)

PG | 78 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two household robots run away and try to start a family.

Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan

Votes: 1,674 | Gross: $2.15M

4. King Kong Lives (1986)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure

32 Metascore

Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.

Directors: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken | Stars: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, Peter Elliott, George Antoni

Votes: 6,827 | Gross: $4.71M

5. Xanadu (1980)

PG | 96 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance

31 Metascore

A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan

Votes: 15,396 | Gross: $22.76M

6. Who's That Girl (1987)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

27 Metascore

The life of an uptight tax lawyer turns chaotic when he is asked to escort a young woman newly released from prison, who persuades him to help prove her innocence.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Madonna, Griffin Dunne, Haviland Morris, John McMartin

Votes: 11,071 | Gross: $7.31M

7. Two of a Kind (1983)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

5 Metascore

When God decides to destroy Earth, four angels aim to redeem mankind through a young man and woman with their own troubles.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed

Votes: 4,671 | Gross: $23.65M

8. Porky's (1981)

R | 94 min | Comedy

40 Metascore

In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson

Votes: 45,769 | Gross: $111.29M

9. Tusk (1980)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama

An English girl and an Indian elephant born on the same day share a common destiny.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Cyrielle Clair, Anton Diffring, Serge Merlin, Christopher Mitchum

Votes: 577

10. Lookin' to Get Out (1982)

R | 105 min | Comedy

44 Metascore

Alex has had a good day at the track, a bad night at the poker game and hell have a worse time if the guys he owes catch up with him. So Alex and go-along pal Jerry split for Las Vegas...

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jon Voight, Ann-Margret, Burt Young, Bert Remsen

Votes: 896 | Gross: $0.95M

11. Mannequin (1987)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

21 Metascore

A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.

Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader

Votes: 35,703 | Gross: $42.72M

12. Bachelor Party (1984)

R | 105 min | Comedy

56 Metascore

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.

Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard

Votes: 42,585 | Gross: $38.44M

13. Phobia (1980)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Michael Glaser, Susan Hogan, John Colicos, David Bolt

Votes: 839 | Gross: $0.06M

14. Yes, Giorgio (1982)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Famous opera singer Giorgio Fini loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to female throat specialist Pamela Taylor and falls in love with her.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold, Eddie Albert, Paola Borboni

Votes: 809 | Gross: $2.28M

15. The Slugger's Wife (1985)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

29 Metascore

A major league star who is on the verge of breaking a record, meets a singer and they get married, but they have different goals, so they separate, jeopardizing his opportunity in sports and the possibility of making up with his wife.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid

Votes: 1,274 | Gross: $1.88M

16. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Broadway was never brighter and never roared louder than New Year's Eve, 1928, when anything could happen-and did. A four part short story musical co-starring Madonna, Jennifer Grey, and Matt Dillon.

Director: Howard Brookner | Stars: Josef Sommer, Madonna, Tony Azito, Jennifer Grey

Votes: 1,441 | Gross: $0.04M

17. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

43 Metascore

Journalist Marie Jouvet attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan

Votes: 11,221 | Gross: $9.06M

18. When Time Ran Out... (1980)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

25 Metascore

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert

Votes: 3,204 | Gross: $1.70M

19. The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

PG | 112 min | Action, Drama, Family

36 Metascore

Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Robyn Lively, Thomas Ian Griffith

Votes: 69,205 | Gross: $38.96M

20. Endless Love (1981)

R | 116 min | Drama, Romance

30 Metascore

Parental disapproval of a passionate romance between two teenagers leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray

Votes: 9,582 | Gross: $31.18M

21. The Jazz Singer (1980)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance

37 Metascore

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.

Directors: Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams

Votes: 5,016 | Gross: $27.12M

22. An Innocent Man (1989)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

39 Metascore

A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche

Votes: 7,650 | Gross: $20.05M

23. Victory (1981)

PG | 116 min | Drama, Sport, War

57 Metascore

As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Pelé, Bobby Moore

Votes: 33,283 | Gross: $10.85M

24. Sheena (1984)

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Fantasy

39 Metascore

Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro

Votes: 5,565 | Gross: $5.78M

25. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

47 Metascore

Rambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there.

Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 182,615 | Gross: $150.42M

26. Captain EO (1986)

17 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

Captain EO and his space crew are on a mission to save the world from the evil queen by giving her a song and dance.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Michael Jackson, Anjelica Huston, Dick Shawn, Tony Cox

Votes: 4,674

27. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

48 Metascore

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?

Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr

Votes: 56,836 | Gross: $27.15M

28. Annie (1982)

PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

39 Metascore

A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking

Votes: 49,550 | Gross: $57.06M

30. Purple Rain (1984)

R | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance

55 Metascore

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos

Votes: 23,832 | Gross: $68.39M

31. The Sting II (1983)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime

A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden

Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $6.35M

32. Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)

PG | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

The ghost of a dead husband haunts his wife as she moves back to their house in NYC. She's about to marry an egyptologist there.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Sally Field, James Caan, Jeff Bridges, Paul Dooley

Votes: 2,435 | Gross: $15.78M

33. Crackers (1984)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn

Votes: 1,547 | Gross: $0.13M

34. La vida alegre (1987)

92 min | Comedy

Ana is a doctor who works at a clinic for STDs, meeting characters from all walks of life, while outrageous situations ensue.

Director: Fernando Colomo | Stars: Verónica Forqué, Antonio Resines, Ana Obregón, Guillermo Montesinos

Votes: 374

35. Wise Guys (1986)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

62 Metascore

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City, and comedy follows.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey

Votes: 6,353 | Gross: $8.48M

36. The Final Conflict (1981)

R | 108 min | Horror

34 Metascore

The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.

Director: Graham Baker | Stars: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow

Votes: 22,802 | Gross: $20.47M

37. Three Men and a Baby (1987)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

61 Metascore

Jack Holden and his friends, Peter and Michael, spend most of their time having flings with several women in their apartment. Their life changes when a mysterious baby appears at their doorstep.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis

Votes: 57,936 | Gross: $167.78M

38. Partners (1982)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime

A heterosexual police detective is unnerved when ordered to go undercover with a homosexual police clerk, as a couple, to solve a series of murders in the gay community.

Director: James Burrows | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan, Robyn Douglass

Votes: 1,495 | Gross: $6.06M

39. Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Romance, War

44 Metascore

A Protestant World War II pilot and a Jewish girl fall in love in Jerusalem, even though their diverse backgrounds threaten to pull them apart.

Director: Moshé Mizrahi | Stars: Tom Hanks, Cristina Marsillach, Benedict Taylor, Anat Atzmon

Votes: 2,750 | Gross: $0.28M

40. Masters of the Universe (1987)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

35 Metascore

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty

Votes: 44,337 | Gross: $17.34M

41. Shocker (1989)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

51 Metascore

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp

Votes: 17,718 | Gross: $16.55M

42. Salome's Last Dance (1988)

R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 1,908 | Gross: $0.33M

43. Used Cars (1980)

R | 113 min | Comedy

68 Metascore

When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae

Votes: 16,784

44. Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

A married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of wits.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 748 | Gross: $2.09M

45. Bad Taste (1987)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

52 Metascore

The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett

Votes: 49,135

46. The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

34 Metascore

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Thomas G. Waites

Votes: 6,968 | Gross: $1.95M

47. Friday the 13th (1980)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

22 Metascore

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan

Votes: 157,544 | Gross: $39.75M

48. Rich and Famous (1981)

R | 117 min | Drama

52 Metascore

Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner

Votes: 2,054 | Gross: $14.49M

49. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

42 Metascore

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.

Director: William Dear | Stars: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy

Votes: 38,300 | Gross: $29.76M

50. Harlem Nights (1989)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

16 Metascore

During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.

Director: Eddie Murphy | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello

Votes: 24,810 | Gross: $60.86M

51. Neighbors (1981)

R | 94 min | Comedy

47 Metascore

A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kathryn Walker, Cathy Moriarty

Votes: 8,598 | Gross: $29.92M

52. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

108 min | Drama, Romance

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: David Redden, Michael Wager, Robert Powell, Gael Hammer

Votes: 302

53. Buster (1988)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Based on the story of Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (Phil Collins), one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Director: David Green | Stars: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence

Votes: 4,373 | Gross: $0.54M

54. Bright Lights, Big City (1988)

R | 107 min | Drama

51 Metascore

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz

Votes: 8,973 | Gross: $16.12M

55. Sunset (1988)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway

Votes: 4,625 | Gross: $4.59M

56. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

R | 87 min | Horror

43 Metascore

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler

Votes: 77,503 | Gross: $30.00M

57. El pico 2 (1984)

120 min | Drama

Paco, and his Civil Guard father, relocate to Madrid, where an investigative reporter is determined to find the truth about Paco's involvement in the shooting of a drug dealer back in Bilbao, which lands Paco in a lot of trouble.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Luis Manzano, Fernando Guillén, Andrea Albani, Jaume Valls

Votes: 624

58. Highlander (1986)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

24 Metascore

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart

Votes: 147,547 | Gross: $5.90M

59. 9½ Weeks (1986)

R | 117 min | Drama, Romance

50 Metascore

A woman becomes involved with a man she barely knows. Complications develop during their sexual escapades.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies

Votes: 43,839 | Gross: $6.73M

60. Kindergarten (1989)

TV-MA | 79 min | Drama, Romance

The movie focuses on the marriage of Graciela and Arturo, who operate a kindergarten in their mansion.

Director: Jorge Polaco | Stars: Graciela Borges, Arturo Puig, Luisa Vehil, Elvira Romei

Votes: 156

61. Harry & Son (1984)

PG | 120 min | Drama

30 Metascore

Harry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a demolition crane operator on a demolition crew.

Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley

Votes: 2,388

62. Big Trouble (1986)

R | 93 min | Comedy

70 Metascore

Insurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband.

Directors: John Cassavetes, Andrew Bergman | Stars: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning

Votes: 1,541

63. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller

52 Metascore

An American computer wiz who works at a New York bank is suddenly thrust into the world of international espionage after she inadvertently receives a coded message from a British spy.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood, Carol Kane

Votes: 20,769 | Gross: $25.59M

64. The Stranger (1987)

R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A woman suffering from amnesia discovers that she is the sole surviving witness to a brutal murder. Although the police can find no clues about any murder, the killers begin to hunt her.

Director: Adolfo Aristarain | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert, Barry Primus, David Spielberg

Votes: 312

65. Still of the Night (1982)

PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

43 Metascore

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi

Votes: 5,812 | Gross: $5.98M

66. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

58 Metascore

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,567

67. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

29 Metascore

A former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks

Votes: 5,951 | Gross: $1.31M

68. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror

49 Metascore

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins

Votes: 29,907 | Gross: $41.00M

69. Nijinsky (1980)

R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of Vaslav Nijinsky, who is widely believed to be one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. Based on Romola Nijinsky's "Last Years Of Nijinski.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Alan Bates, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne, Alan Badel

Votes: 836

70. Navajeros (1980)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A gang of juvenile delinquents lead by a fifteen-year-old boy named 'Jaro' wrecks havoc in Madrid, Spain. A middle-aged prostitute takes a liking to Jaro and tries to care for him, but Jaro is on a path of self-destruction.

Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega, Verónica Castro, Jaime Garza

Votes: 844

71. Police Academy (1984)

R | 96 min | Comedy

41 Metascore

The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail.

Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith

Votes: 137,510 | Gross: $81.20M

72. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror

56 Metascore

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel

Votes: 61,687 | Gross: $49.37M

73. King Lear (1987)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy

Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.06M

74. Against All Odds (1984)

R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

42 Metascore

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras

Votes: 13,721 | Gross: $25.10M

75. Enemy Mine (1985)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

59 Metascore

During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus

Votes: 51,453 | Gross: $4.27M

76. Five Days One Summer (1982)

PG | 108 min | Drama

46 Metascore

Sir Sean Connery stars in Fred Zinnemann's haunting tale of incestuous love set against a magnificent background of the Swiss Alps.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Sean Connery, Betsy Brantley, Lambert Wilson, Jennifer Hilary

Votes: 1,331 | Gross: $0.20M

77. A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance

Jean-Louis and Anne have had their fling and separated. Now 20 years have passed. He is still dating various women. She is now a big time director whose most recent film was a very ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry, Evelyne Bouix

Votes: 804 | Gross: $0.23M

78. The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long... See full summary »

Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller

Votes: 373

79. Popeye (1980)

PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

64 Metascore

The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley

Votes: 34,425 | Gross: $49.82M

80. Dune (1984)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

41 Metascore

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino

Votes: 179,771 | Gross: $30.93M

81. Macho Dancer (1988)

TV-MA | 136 min | Drama

Abandoned by his American lover, a handsome teenager from the mountains journeys to Manila in an effort to support his family. With a popular call boy as his mentor, Paul enters the ... See full summary »

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Jaclyn Jose, Daniel Fernando, Princess Punzalan, Alan Paule

Votes: 451

82. Clownhouse (1989)

R | 81 min | Horror

Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.

Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West

Votes: 5,121

83. Caligula (1979)

Unrated | 156 min | Drama, History

A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.

Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy

Votes: 38,381 | Gross: $23.44M

84. Cocoon: The Return (1988)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

45 Metascore

The seniors return to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth?

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 17,340 | Gross: $18.92M

85. If They Tell You I Fell (1989)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). ... See full summary »

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz, Antonio Banderas, Javier Gurruchaga

Votes: 459

86. Family Business (1989)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama

54 Metascore

An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 13,796 | Gross: $12.20M

87. Mommie Dearest (1981)

R | 129 min | Biography, Drama

55 Metascore

The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 18,363 | Gross: $19.03M

88. Adam Clayton Powell (1989)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary

The Academy Award¨-nominated Adam Clayton Powell delves into the gripping life and career of the most influential and flamboyant civil rights leader in America in the Õ30s, Õ40s and Õ50s.

Director: Richard Kilberg | Stars: Julian Bond, John Brademas, Calvin O. Butts III, Stokely Carmichael

Votes: 75

89. Dad (1989)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

43 Metascore

While his mom recovers in hospital from a heart attack, John puts his busy life on hold to fly home and help his elderly dad around the house. John's son later joins them and they all truly bond for the first and, tragically, final time.

Director: Gary David Goldberg | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker

Votes: 5,279 | Gross: $19.74M

90. Violets Are Blue... (1986)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Young love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.

Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $4.74M

91. Back Roads (1981)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

48 Metascore

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon

Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $11.81M

92. The Formula (1980)

R | 117 min | Crime, Thriller

The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: George C. Scott, Marlon Brando, Marthe Keller, John Gielgud

Votes: 2,908

93. She-Devil (1989)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy

45 Metascore

A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt

Votes: 19,085 | Gross: $15.35M

94. Baby Boom (1987)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

53 Metascore

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy

Votes: 19,168 | Gross: $26.71M

95. Look Who's Talking (1989)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy

51 Metascore

After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.

Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal

Votes: 86,904 | Gross: $140.09M

96. Angelos (1982)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A handsome young Athenian attempts to escape his abusive alcoholic father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises him a better life.

Director: Giorgos Katakouzinos | Stars: Michalis Maniatis, Dionysis Xanthos, Katerina Helmy, Vasilis Tsaglos

Votes: 431

97. The Blue Lagoon (1980)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

31 Metascore

In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels

Votes: 76,601 | Gross: $58.85M

98. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)

Not Rated | 43 min | Short, Biography, Drama

Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Merrill Gruver, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle

Votes: 3,333

100. Charrito (1984)

TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Western

While filming his new motion picture, a filmmaker struggles with the man who plays the villain in his new movie, the extremely clumsy 'Charrito'.

Director: Roberto Gómez Bolaños | Stars: Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Rubén Aguirre

Votes: 120



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