Top Films of the 1980s

The 1980s saw significant films. It was definitely the decade of the blockbuster films, spurred by the success of Star Wars in the 1970s. It was the decade of the blockbuster science fiction films (such as Star Wars sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi), teen comedies (Say Anything, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), rite of passage (or coming of age) films, sword-and-sorcery fantasy movies and action films.

Here’s the list of the top films of the 1980s in chronological order.

A-Nightmare-on-Elm-Street

Back-to-the-Future

Back-to-the-Future-Part-II

Batman

Blade-Runner

Dead-Poets-Society

Die-Hard

Dirty-Dancing

ET-the-Extra-Terrestrial

Fast-Times-at-Ridgemont-High

Ferris-Bueller's-Day-Off

Friday-the-13th

Ghostbusters

Good-Morning,-Vietnam

Indiana-Jones-and-the-Temple-of-Doom

Platoon

Poltergeist

Predator

Pretty-in-Pink

Raging-Bull

Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark

RoboCop

Say-Anything

Scarface

Sixteen-Candles

Star-Wars-Episode-VI-The-Return-of-the-Jedi

Star-Wars-Episode-V-The-Empire-Strikes-Back

The-Blues-Brothers

The-Breakfast-Club

The-Elephant-Man

The-Goonies

The-Karate-Kid

The-NeverEnding-Story

The-Outsiders

The-Princess-Bride

The-Shining

The-Terminator

The-Thing

The-Untouchables

Top-Gun

Airplane!

Aliens

Amadeus