Highest Graded Films from the 1980s

1. (97.3) Ordinary People (1980) review
   
2. (93.2) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) review
   
3. (92.6) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) review
   
4. (92.3) A Room with a View (1986) review
   
5. (90.4) Back to the Future (1985) review
   
6. (90.1) Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) review
   
7. (89.5) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) review
   
8. (89.1) Raging Bull (1980) review
   
9. (88.5) Full Metal Jacket (1987) review
   
10. (88) Ran (1985) review
    
11. (86.7) Eight Men Out (1988) review
    
12. (86.1) Aliens (1986) review
    
13. (85.5) The Betty Ford Story (1987) review
    
14. (85.5) 48 Hrs. (1982) review
    
15. (85) Glory (1989) review
    
16. (83.8) Raising Arizona (1987) review
    
17. (83.8) Trading Places (1983) review
    
18. (83.8) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) review
    
19. (83.7) Bird (1988) review
    
20. (83.6) Little Shop of Horrors (1986) review
    
21. (83.4) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) review
    
22. (83) Au revoir, les enfants (1987) review
    
23. (82.8) The Road Warrior (1981) review
    
24. (81) Roger & Me (1989) review
    
25. (81) Danton (1982) review
    
26. (81) Dance With a Stranger (1985) review
    
27. (80.8) A Christmas Story (1983) review
    
28. (80.5) The Return of the Jedi (1983) review
    
29. (80) Gallipoli (1981) review
    
30. (80) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) review
    
31. (79) Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) review
    
32. (78) Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker (1986) review
    
33. (77.3) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) review
    
34. (77) Das Boot (1981) review
    
35. (77) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) review
    
36. (76) The Man With Two Brains (1983) review
    
37. (75.5) This Is Elvis (1981) review
    
38. (75.2) The Dresser (1983) review
    
39. (75) The Stone Boy (1984) review
    
40. (75) Under Fire (1983) review
    
41. (74.6) Breaker Morant (1980) review
    
42. (74) Look Who's Talking (1989) review
    
43. (74) Kagemusha (1980) review
    
44. (74) The Thin Blue Line (1988)
    
45. (73.6) Brainstorm (1983) review
    
46. (73.4) Bat 21 (1988) review
    
47. (73.1) In The Mood (1987) review
    
48. (73) 'Round Midnight (1986)
    
49. (72.8) La Bamba (1987) review
    
50. (72) Cry Freedom (1987) review
    
51. (72) The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) review
    
52. (71) My Left Foot (1989) review
    
53. (71) Angel Heart (1987) review
    
54. (71) Mystery Train (1989) review
    
55. (70) The Trip to Bountiful (1985) review
    
56. (70) Sword of Gideon (1986) review
    
57. (70) The Impossible Spy (1987) review
    
58. (70) Blood Ties (1986) review
    
59. (70) Crusoe (1988) review
    
60. (70) Heartland (1980) review
    
61. (69) Strapless (1989) review
    
62. (69) Kill Me Again (1989) review
    
63. (68.5) Henry V (1989) review
    
64. (68) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) review
    
65. (68) Local Hero (1983) review
    
66. (68) Nadine (1987) review
    
67. (68) Romero (1989) review
    
68. (68) The Fly (1986) review
    
69. (67.4) Tootsie (1982) review
    
70. (67) The Lion of Africa (1987) review
    
71. (67) Lonely Hearts (1982) review
    
72. (67) The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) review
    
73. (67) Terms of Endearment (1983) review
    
74. (67) The Blues Brothers (1980) review
    
75. (67) The Bounty (1984)
    
76. (67) Gandhi (1982) review
    
77. (66) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) review
    
78. (66) Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) review
    
79. (66) Badge of the Assassin (1985) review
    
80. (66) The Dead Zone (1983)
    
81. (66) A Passage to India (1984) review
    
82. (65) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) review
    
83. (65) My Favorite Year (1982) review
    
84. (65) Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) review
    
85. (65) The Killing Fields (1984) review
    
86. (65) Runaway Train (1985) review
    
87. (65) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
    
88. (65) Heathers (1989) review
    
89. (65) Out of Africa (1985) review
    
90. (65) Radio Days (1987) review
    
91. (64) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) review
    
92. (64) Silkwood (1983) review
    
93. (64) Five Corners (1987) review
    
94. (64) The Right Stuff (1983)
    
95. (64) The Elephant Man (1980)
    
96. (64) Running on Empty (1988) review
    
97. (63) Say Amen, Somebody (1983) review
    
98. (63) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) review
    
99. (63) Zelig (1983) review
    
100. (63) Moonstruck (1987) review
     
101. (62) Death of a Salesman (1985) review
     
102. (62) Stand by Me (1986) review
     
103. (62) The Mission (1986) review
     
104. (62) Die Hard (1988) review
     
105. (62) The Verdict (1982) review
     
106. (61) My Bodyguard (1980) review
     
107. (61) Racing with the Moon (1984) review
     
108. (61) Jean de Florette (1986) review
     
109. (61) Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982) review
     
110. (61) Chariots of Fire (1981) review
     
111. (61) The Blob (1988) review
     
112. (60) Never Cry Wolf (1983)
     
113. (60) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) review
     
114. (60) The Long Good Friday (1980) review
     
115. (59) The Survivors (1983) review
     
116. (59) Beetlejuice (1988) review
     
117. (59) The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
     
118. (59) Hope and Glory (1987)
     
119. (58) 84 Charing Cross Road (1986) review
     
120. (57) Reds (1981) review
     
121. (57) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) review
     
122. (56) Missing (1982) review
     
123. (56) Punchline (1988) review
     
124. (56) Dead Poets Society (1989) review
     
125. (56) Absence of Malice (1981) review
     
126. (56) Broadcast News (1987) review
     
127. (55) Steel Magnolias (1989)
     
128. (55) About Last Night... (1986)
     
129. (55) The Competition (1980)
     
130. (55) The Terminator (1984)
     
131. (55) Resurrection (1980) review
     
132. (54) The Princess Bride (1987) review
     
133. (54) Lethal Weapon (1987) review
     
134. (54) Ghostbusters (1984) review
     
135. (54) Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
     
136. (54) Agnes of God (1985) review
     
137. (53) Comfort and Joy (1984) review
     
138. (53) Desert Bloom (1986)
     
139. (53) The Long Good Friday (1980)
     
140. (53) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) review
     
141. (52) Courtship (1987)
     
142. (52) The Razor's Edge (1984) review
     
143. (52) Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) review
     
144. (52) After Hours (1985) review
     
145. (51) Lucas (1986) review
     
146. (51) Birdy (1984) review
     
147. (51) All Night Long (1981) review
     
148. (51) Poltergeist (1982) review
     
149. (50) Atlantic City (1980) review
     
150. (50) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) review
     
151. (50) Prince of the City (1981) review
     
152. (50) Field of Dreams (1989) review
     
153. (50) Witness (1985) review
     
154. (50) Quest for Fire (1981)
     
155. (50) A Soldier's Story (1984)
     
156. (50) Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
     
157. (49) Victor/Victoria (1982) review
     
158. (49) Matewan (1987) review
     
159. (49) Cinema Paradiso (1988) review
     
160. (48) Only When I Laugh (1981) review
     
161. (48) Things Change (1988) review
     
162. (48) Blue Velvet (1986) review
     
163. (48) Babette's Feast (1987) review
     
164. (48) Blow Out (1981)
     
165. (47) The Abyss (1989) review
     
166. (47) The Glass Menagerie (1987) review
     
167. (45) Dressed to Kill (1980) review
     
168. (44) The Last Innocent Man (1987)
     
169. (44) Platoon (1986) review
     
170. (44) The Untouchables (1987)
     
171. (43) Octopussy (1983)
     
172. (42) The Big Red One (1980) review
     
173. (42) Motel Hell (1980) review
     
174. (42) Secret Honor (1984)
     
175. (42) Another Woman (1988) review
     
176. (42) Christine (1983) review
     
177. (41) The Last Emperor (1987) review
     
178. (41) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) review
     
179. (41) The Chosen (1982)
     
180. (41) Rain Man (1988)
     
181. (38) Arthur (1981)
     
182. (38) The Color of Money (1986)
     
183. (37) The Man from Snowy River (1982) review
     
184. (36) Ginger and Fred (1986)
     
185. (32) Wings of Desire (1987)