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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Tightrope
1984
Richard Tuggle
Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2334
382
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980
Jamie Uys
Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Louw Verwey, Michael Thys, Nic De Jager
Action / Comedy / Adventure / Cult
Botswana
English
3 Stars
2140
328
La Bamba
1987
Luis Valdez
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto
Drama / Musical / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2472
420
Zoot Suit
1981
Luis Valdez
Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Charles Aidman, Tyne Daly
Drama / Musical / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
The Dead Pool
1988
Buddy Van Horn
Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
4.5 Stars
790
108
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
Gus Van Sant
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2643
457
Mala Noche
1985
Gus Van Sant
Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Sam Downey, Robert Lee Pitchlynn
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2764
493
The Discipline of D.E.
1982
Gus Van Sant
Comedy / Short
USA
English
4.5 Stars
592
72
Vagabond
1985
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
2.5 Stars
2653
458
La Chèvre
1981
Francis Veber
Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Corynne Charbit
Comedy / Adventure
France / Mexico
French
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4.5 Stars
646
82
The Fourth Man
1983
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
4 Stars
1237
170
Robocop
1987
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Sci-Fi / Action / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2764
493
The Metaphor
1980
King Vidor
Andrew Wyeth, King Vidor
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
4 Stars
1187
165
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
Daniel Vigne
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French
2.5 Stars
2339
385
Marianne and Juliane
1981
Margarethe von Trotta
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade
Drama / History
West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2597
447
Rosa Luxemburg
1986
Margarethe von Trotta
Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt, Jürgen Holtz
Biography / Drama
Czechoslovakia / West Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2669
463
Powwow Highway
1988
Jonathan Wacks
A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Joanelle Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman
Adventure / Drama / Comedy
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2451
413
Wolfen
1981
Michael Wadleigh
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
Horror / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
4.5 Stars
787
106
Man of Iron
1981
Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda
Drama
Poland
Polish
4 Stars
1175
164
Danton
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro
Drama / History / Period Film / Biography
France / Poland / West Germany
French
2.5 Stars
2198
348
A Love in Germany
1983
Andrzej Wajda
Hanna Schygulla, Piotr Lysak, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Drama / War / Romance
West Germany / France
Polish
2.5 Stars
2768
495
The Trouble with Dick
1987
Gary Walkow
Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey
Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2731
485
Slim Gaillard's Civilisation
1989
Anthony Wall
Slim Gaillard
Documentary / Music
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2597
447
Stir
1980
Stephen Wallace
Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Garry Waddell, Phil Motherwell
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Australia
English
3.5 Stars
1908
281
Chan Is Missing
1982
Wayne Wang
Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang
Crime / Comedy / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2654
459
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985
Wayne Wang
Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung, Cora Miao
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Cannery Row
1982
David S. Ward
Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, William Bronder, Rosanna de Soto, Kathleen Doyle
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2743
487
Major League
1989
David S. Ward
Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon
Comedy / Sports
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1884
275
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
1988
Vincent Ward
Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish McFarlane, Marshall Napier, Noel Appleby
Fantasy / Adventure
Australia / New Zealand
English
2.5 Stars
2251
363
Hairspray
1988
John Waters
Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Deborah Harry, Ricki Lake
Comedy / Drama / Music / Cult
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Polyester
1981
John Waters
Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King
Comedy
USA
English
5 Stars
499
53
Witness
1985
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
4.5 Stars
662
88
Gallipoli
1981
Peter Weir
Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingli
Drama / War
Australia
English
4 Stars
1009
143
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982
Peter Weir
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco
Romance / Drama
Australia
English
4 Stars
1426
197
Dead Poets Society
1989
Peter Weir
Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2268
366
The Mosquito Coast
1986
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory
Adventure / Drama
USA
English
5 Stars, Top 100
55
4
Wings of Desire
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
5 Stars
310
23
Paris, Texas
1984
Wim Wenders
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry, Bernhard Wicki
Drama
UK / France / West Germany / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2511
428
Hammett
1982
Wim Wenders
Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Mystery / Crime / Post-Noir / Biography / Period Film
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2568
440
The State of Things
1982
Wim Wenders
Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey
Drama / Mystery
West Germany / Portugal / USA
German
NR
-
Tom Horn
1980
William Wiard
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens
Western / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2731
485
Buddy Buddy
1981
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar
Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Woman in Red
1984
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Police Academy
1984
Hugh Wilson
Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott
Comedy / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2704
475
My American Cousin
1985
Sandy Wilson
Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat, Jane Mortifee, T.J. Scott
Biography / Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Canada
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Memories of Me
1988
Henry Winkler
Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, Janet Carroll, David Ackroyd
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
948
128
The Killer
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2.5 Stars
2591
445
Bless Their Little Hearts
1984
Billy Woodberry
Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2669
463
Precious Images
1986
Chuck Workman
Documentary / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2706
476
Evening Bell
1989
Ziniu Wu
Chong Peipei, Qi Zhao, Ruolei Liu, Yaming Ge, Zeru Tao, Xiang Zongi, Min Sun
Drama / War
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2764
493
Candy Mountain
1988
Rudy Wurlitzer, Robert Frank
Kevin J. O'Connor, Harris Yulin, Tom Waits, Bulle Ogier
Drama / Comedy / Music
Switzerland / Canada / France
English
2.5 Stars
2695
470
Taipei Story
1985
Edward Yang
Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Wu Nien-Chen, Mei Fang, Tsai Chin, Su-Yun Ko
Drama / Romance
Taiwan
Taiwanese
2.5 Stars
2774
498
The Terrorizers
1986
Edward Yang
Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Ming Liu, An Wang
Crime / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
4.5 Stars
514
57
The Dresser
1983
Peter Yates
Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Eyewitness
1981
Peter Yates
William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, James Woods, Irene Worth
Thriller / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Suspect
1987
Peter Yates
Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Philip Bosco
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2764
493
The Iceman Cometh
1989
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen, Sarah Lee, Alvina Kong
Action / Romance / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
Bud Yorkin
Gene Hackman, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Lang
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2764
493
The Vulture
1981
Yaki Yosha
Shraga Harpaz, Shimon Finkel, Hanna Meron, Nitza Shaul
Drama
Israel
Hebrew
2.5 Stars
2669
463
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1982
Robert M. Young
Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower, Bruce McGill, Brion James
Drama / Western / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
One-Trick Pony
1980
Robert M. Young
Paul Simon, Blair Brown, Rip Torn, Joan Hackett, Allen Garfield, Mare Winningham
Drama / Musical
USA
English
3 Stars
2017
303
A Year of the Quiet Sun
1984
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka
Romance / Drama / War
Poland / West Germany / USA
Polish
2.5 Stars
2286
369
The Contract
1980
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magda Jaroszowna
Drama / Comedy
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2689
467
Constans
1980
Krzysztof Zanussi
Tadeusz Bradecki, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Drama
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2696
471
Imperative
1982
Krzysztof Zanussi
Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Sigfrit Steiner, Matthias Habich, Jan Biczycki
Drama
West Germany
English
4 Stars
1484
210
La Traviata
1982
Franco Zeffirelli
Teresa Stratas, Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil
Drama / Musical
Italy
Italian
3.5 Stars
1731
242
Otello
1986
Franco Zeffirelli
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli
Drama / Musical
Italy / Netherlands
Italian
5 Stars
366
34
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Robert Zemeckis
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Family
USA
English
5 Stars
442
47
Back to the Future
1985
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2394
400
Romancing the Stone
1984
Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
Action / Adventure / Family / Comedy / Romance
Mexico / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Used Cars
1980
Robert Zemeckis
Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon
Comedy
USA
English
NR
-
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
4.5 Stars
743
104
Red Sorghum
1987
Yimou Zhang
Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Liu Jia, Cunhua Ji
Drama / War / Period Film
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Private Benjamin
1980
Howard Zieff
Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
4 Stars
1463
203
The Naked Gun
1988
David Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2611
448
Possession
1981
Andrzej Zulawski
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neil, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent, Johanna Hofer
Drama / Horror / Experimental
France / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2778
501
On the Silver Globe
1988
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2490
421
Thelonious Monk:
Straight, No Chaser
1988
Charlotte Zwerin
Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
4.5 Stars
878
118
Glory
1989
Edward Zwick
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
Drama / War / Action / History / Epic
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2422
406
About Last Night...
1986
Edward Zwick
Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Louie Bluie
1986
Terry Zwigoff
Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Cab Calloway, Les Blank, Alan Governar
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
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Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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