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1980s
Major Works
Rating
Year
Title
Director
1983
The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan
1981
The Road Warrior
George Miller
1987
Withnail & I
Bruce Robinson
1987
Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders
1989
When Harry Met Sally
Rob Reiner
1982
Tootsie
Sydney Pollack
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner
1983
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1984
The Terminator
James Cameron
1983
The Right Stuff
Philip Kaufman
1985
Ran
Akira Kurosawa
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg
1987
The Princess Bride
Rob Reiner
1983
Local Hero
Bill Forsyth
1989
The Killer
John Woo
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
1982
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Amy Heckerling
1982
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg
1989
Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant
1989
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
1982
Diner
Barry Levinson
1988
Die Hard
John McTiernan
1987
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks
1985
Brazil
Terry Gilliam
1986
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
1984
Blood Simple
Joel Coen
1984
Amadeus
Milos Forman
1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Pedro Almodóvar
1985
Witness
Peter Weir
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
Jim Jarmusch
1980
The Shining
Stanley Kubrick
1989
Say Anything...
Cameron Crowe
1982
Poltergeist
Tobe Hooper
1986
Platoon
Oliver Stone
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven
1985
Lost in America
Albert Brooks
1989
Heathers
Michael Lehmann
1988
Hairspray
John Waters
1984
Ghostbusters
Ivan Reitman
1986
The Fly
David Cronenberg
1987
Fatal Attraction
Adrian Lyne
1981
Diva
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1983
The Day After
Nicholas Meyer
1988
Big
Penny Marshall
1985
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis
1986
Aliens
James Cameron
1980
Return of the Secaucus Seven
John Sayles
1983
Valley Girl
Martha Coolidge
1984
Splash
Ron Howard
1986
Something Wild
Jonathan Demme
1983
Scarface
Brian De Palma
1987
Robocop
Paul Verhoeven
1983
Risky Business
Paul Brickman
1984
Repo Man
Alex Cox
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman
Taylor Hackford
1986
Manhunter
Michael Mann
1987
Lethal Weapon
Richard Donner
1984
The Karate Kid
John G. Avildsen
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
John Hughes
1980
Fame
Alan Parker
1987
Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino
1985
The Breakfast Club
John Hughes
1989
Batman
Tim Burton
1982
48 Hrs.
Walter Hill
1987
Wall Street
Oliver Stone
1982
Tron
Steven Lisberger
1984
Purple Rain
Albert Magnoli
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
Susan Seidelman
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
Martin Brest
1986
Top Gun
Tony Scott
1983
Flashdance
Adrian Lyne
1985
St. Elmo's Fire
Joel Schumacher