1980s in film

The 1980s produced many significant films both in Hollywood and worldwide. The decade saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film franchises, especially in the action, science fiction, and horror genres. Much of the reliance on these effect-driven blockbusters is due in part to the Star Wars films at the advent of this decade and the new cinematic effects it helped to pioneer alongside it. Another genre that saw popularity during this decade was the teen comedy; some notable films are Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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A

• Abyss, The (1989)
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
• After Hours (1985)
• After the Rehearsal (1984) (TV)
• Against All Odds (1984)
• Airplane! (1980)
• Alice (1988)
• Aliens (1986)
• Amadeus (1984)
• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• Annie (1982)
• As Tears Go By (1988)
• Au revoir les enfants (1988)

B

• Back to the Future (1985)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Bad Boys (1983)
• La Bamba (1987)
• Batman (1989)
• *batteries not included (1987)
• The Battle for Endor (1985) (TV)
• Beaches (1988)
• The Beast
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Big (1988)
• Big Business (1988)
• The Big Red One (1980)
• Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• Brazil (1985)
• Breaker Morant (1980)
• Breakfast Club, The (1985)

C

• Caddyshack (1980)
• The Cannonball Run (1981)
• Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) (TV)
• Cat's Eye (1985)
• Cat People (1982)
• Centurians of Rome (1981)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
• Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
• Children of a Lesser God (1986)
• A Chorus Line (1985)
• Clash of the Titans (1981)
• Clue (1985)
• Coast to Coast (1980)
• Cobra (1986)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Cocoon: The Return (1988)
• Color of Money, The (1986)
• Colors
• Coming to America (1988)
• Commando (1985)
• Conan the Barbarian (1981)
• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Crocodile Dundee (1986)

D

• Dangerous Curves (1988)
• The Dark Crystal (1982)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Delta Force, The (1985)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)
• Dragonslayer (1981)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

E

• The Elephant Man (1980)
• The Emerald Forest (1985)
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983)
• Excalibur (1981)

F

• Fame (1980)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• Firestarter (1984)
• First Blood (1982)
• Fitzcarraldo (1982)
• Flashdance (1983)
• The Flight of Dragons (1982)
• The Fly (1986)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981)
• Frankenweenie (1984)
• Fright Night (1985)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Footloose (1984)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)

G

• Gandhi (1982)
• Get Out of My Room (1985)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
• The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1988)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• Gregory's Girl (1980)
• Gremlins (1984)

H

• Halloween series:
  • Halloween II (1981)
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
  • Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
  • Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
• Hamburger Hill (1987)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Heat and Dust (1982)
• Heathers (1989)
• Heimat (1984)
• Hellraiser
• The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
• History of the World Part I (1981)
• Hope and Glory (1987)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)

I

• Indiana Jones series:
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
• Inferno (1980)
• It Came From Hollywood (1982)

J

• Jagged Edge (1985)
• Jean de Florette (1986)
• Jesus of Montreal (1989)

K

• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
• The Killing Fields (1984)
• Knick Knack (1989)

L

• The Land Before Time (1988)
• The Last Emperor (1987)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Local Hero (1983)
• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• Lo que le Pasó a Santiago

M

• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
• Manon des Sources (1986)
• Masters of the Universe
• The Mission (1986)
• Mr. Nice Guy (1987)
• Mona Lisa (film) (1986)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
• Mysterious Island (1982)
• Mystic Pizza (1988)

N

• Naked Gun, The: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
• Never Cry Wolf (1983)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• The Neverending Story (1984)
• Nice Dreams (1981)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

O

• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Out of Africa (1985)

P

• Pale Rider (1985)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
• Pennies from Heaven (1981)
• Platoon (1986)
• Pod People (1983)
• Poltergeist series:
  • Poltergeist (1982)
  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
  • Poltergeist III (1988)
• Porky's (1982)
• Predator (1987)
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
• Project A (1983)
• Private Resort (1985)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985)
• The Punisher (1989)
• Purple Rain (1984)

R

• Radio Days (1987)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Real Genius (1984)
• Red Sonja (1985)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
• Risky Business (1983)
• River's Edge (1986)
• RoboCop (1987)
• A Room with a View (1986)
• Rocky III (1982)
• Rocky IV (1985)
• Roxanne (1987)

S

• Scanners (1980)
• Scarface (1983)
• Scrooged (1988)
• Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
• Shock Treatment (1981)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• Some Kind of Wonderful
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Space Camp (1987)
• Splash! (1984)
• Stand and Deliver (1988)
• Stand By Me (1986)
• Starman
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Still Smokin' (1983)
• Stir Crazy (1980)
• Student Bodies (1981)
• Supergirl (1984)

T

• Tender Mercies (1983)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Terms of Endearment (1983)
• Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Time Bandits (1981)
• Tootsie (1982)
• Top Gun (1986)
• The Toy (1982)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Tron (1982)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

U

• UHF (1989)
• Under Fire (1983)
• The Untouchables (1987)

V

• Vice Versa (1988)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• Vacation (1983)
• Vincent (1982)

W

• WarGames (1983)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Who's That Girl? (1987)
• Wish You Were Here (1987)
• The Witches of Eastwick
• Witness (1985)
• The Woman in Red (1984)
• Working Girl (1988)

Y

• Yellowbeard (1983)

Z

• Zelig (1983)

Other lists of movies

• List of 'years in film' in the 1980s
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• Decades in Film
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• List of movies

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• Film
• History of cinema

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