Best Movies of 1980s by Rank
2764
493
1987
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Zohreh Saramadi, Esmail Saramadian, Behzad Behzadpour
Drama / Gangster
Iran
Persian
2764
493
1988
Jean-Luc Godard
Lydia Andrei, Jean Bouise, Laurence Côte
Drama / Short / Romance
France
French
2764
493
1988
Jon Jost
Jon A. English, Barbara Hammes, Jennifer Johanson, Ed Green
Experimental / Drama
USA
English
2764
493
1983
Maria Klonaris
Parvaneh Navaï
Experimental
France
French
2764
493
1986
Sara Driver
Suzanne Fletcher, Ann Magnuson, Dexter Lee, Stephen Chen
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
USA / West Germany
English
2764
493
1989
Vanalyne Green
Short / Experimental / Sports
USA
English
2764
493
1988
Rob Tregenza
Ken Gruz, Sarah Rush, Caron Tate, Henry Strozier, Dennis Jordan
Drama
USA
English
2764
493
1987
Norman Mailer
Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser
Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime / Post-Noir
USA
English
2764
493
1988
Jacques Demy
Yves Montand, Mathilda May, Françoise Fabian
Musical / Romance / Comedy
France
French
2764
493
1982
Jacques Demy
Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli
Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Italy / France
French
2764
493
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / Experimental / Crime
USA
English
2764
493
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / History / Experimental / War
USA
English
2764
493
1981
Yaki Yosha
Shraga Harpaz, Shimon Finkel, Hanna Meron, Nitza Shaul
Drama
Israel
Hebrew
2764
493
1987
Alex Cox
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Assa, Rene Auberjonois
Action / Adventure / War / Drama / Biography
USA / Mexico / Spain
English
2764
493
1981
Sara Driver
Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, Luc Sante
Horror / Drama
USA
English
2766
494
1983
Bette Gordon
Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Nan Goldin
Drama
USA / West Germany / UK
English
2768
495
1989
Al Reinert
Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad
Documentary / History
USA
English
2768
495
1987
Rob Nilsson
Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust, Don Bajema, Raven de la Croix
Drama
USA
English
2768
495
1985
Christian Blackwood
Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning
Documentary
USA
English
2768
495
1987
Gary Walkow
Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey
Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2768
495
1987
Jill Godmilow
Linda Bassett, Linda Hunt, Jacques Boudet, Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Drama / Biography
UK / France / USA / West Germany
English
2769
496
1989
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, Silvio Orlando, Mariella Valentini, Alfonso Santagata
Comedy / Sports / Drama
Italy / France
Italian
2770
497
1989
Alan Clarke
Gary Walker, Bill Hamilton, Michael Foyle, Danny Small, Robert J. Taylor
Short / Crime / Drama
UK
English
2774
498
1984
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Christian Heinisch, Nazzareno Bianconi, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti, Harun Farocki
Drama
West Germany / France
German
2774
498
1980
Bill Gunn
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, Sam Waymon, Walter Cotton, Jim Wright
Drama
USA
English
2774
498
1983
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Documentary / Short
USA / Senegal
English
2774
498
1980
Marie-Claude Treilhou
Ingrid Bourgoin, Martine Simonet, Michel Delahaye, Sonia Saviange, Max Amyl
Drama / Comedy
France
French
2774
498
1986
Edward Yang
Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku, Ming Liu, An Wang
Crime / Drama
Taiwan
Mandarin
2776
499
1986
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Feliks Stawinski
Short / Experimental
UK
English
2777
500
1988
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica
Drama / Romance
Poland
Polish
2778
501
1985
John Paizs
Eva Kovacs, John Paizs, Darrell Baran, Jeffrey Owen Madden, Tea Andrea Tanner
Adventure / Comedy / Action / Crime
Canada
English
2778
501
1984
Eric Rohmer
Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
2778
501
1980
Kira Muratova
Nina Ruslanova, Sergei Popov, Aleksey Zharkov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Natalya Leble
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2778
501
1989
Ulrike Ottinger
Delphine Seyrig, Irm Hermann, Gillian Scalici, Peter Kern, Jacinta, Else Nabu
Comedy / Drama / Action / Adventure
West Germany / France
German
2778
501
1988
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Epic
Poland
Polish
2778
501
1989
Robert Kramer
Jesse Jackson, Paul McIsaac, Pat Robertson
Documentary
UK / France / Italy
English
2779
502
1985
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2781
503
1989
James Cameron
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Romance
USA
English
2783
504
1982
Jean-Luc Godard
Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
Drama
France / Switzerland
French
2784
505
1983
David Perlov
Klaus Kinski, David Perlov, Mira Perlov, Neomi Perlov, Yael Perlov
Documentary
Israel
Hebrew
2784
505
1985
Aleksey German
Andrei Boltnev, Andrey Mironov, Nina Ruslanova, Aleksey Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippen
Drama / Period Film / Crime / Detective
Soviet Union
Russian
2785
506
1982
Philippe Garrel
Anne Wiazemsky, Henri de Maublanc, Xuan Lindenmeyer
Drama / Romance
France
French
2789
507
1983
Federico Fellini
Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Comedy / War / Period Film
France / Italy
Italian
2789
507
1989
Bahram Beizai
Susan Taslimi, Parvis Pourhosseini, Adnan Afravian
Drama / Adventure
Iran
Persian
2789
507
1985
Teguh Karya
Alex Komang, Rina Hassim, Sylvia Widiantono, Ray Sahetapy
Drama
Indonesia
Indonesian
2789
507
1987
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Drama / Fantasy
Poland
Polish
2789
507
1986
Euthana Mukdasanit
Suriya Yaovasang, Vasana Pholyiem, Suchow Phongvilai, Rome Isra
Drama
Thailand
Thai
2789
507
1980
Ishmael Bernal
Charito Solis, Johnny Wilson, Orestes Ojeda, Gina Alajar
Drama
Philippines
Filipino
2789
507
1988
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova
Sci-Fi / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian
2789
507
1981
Emir Kusturica
Slavko Stimac, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Mira Banjac
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2789
507
1981
Manoel de Oliveira
Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mario Barroso, Silvia Rato
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Portugal
Portuguese
2789
507
1980
Helma Sanders-Brahms
Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2789
507
1984
Jane Campion
Gabrielle Shornegg, Geraldine Haywood, Marina Knight, John Godden
Short / Drama / Music / Fantasy
Australia
English
2789
507
1985
Suzana Amaral
Marcelia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman
Comedy
Brazil
Portuguese
2789
507
1980
Dario Argento
Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Cult
Italy
English
2789
507
1980
Yvonne Rainer
Annette Michelson, Gabor Vernon, Vito Acconci, Yvonne Rainer
Drama / Experimental
USA / UK / West Germany
English
2789
507
1989
Tracey Moffatt
Akira Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gentle, Agnes Hardwick, Marcia Langton
Short / Drama
Australia
English
2789
507
1982
Jane Campion
Tim Pye, Katie Pye, Ben Martin
Short / Comedy / Drama
Australia
English
2789
507
1981
Peter Bogdanovich
Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Patti Hansen, John Ritter
Comedy / Romance / Detective
USA
English
2789
507
1983
Raoul Ruiz
Jean-Bernard Guillard, Philippe Deplanche, Jean Badin
Drama / Fantasy / Experimental / Adventure
France
French
2789
507
1980
Slobodan Sijan
Pavle Vujisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
Comedy / Drama / War
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2791
508
1987
Eric Rohmer
Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sophie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard
Comedy / Romance
France
French
NR
-
1989
Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
USA
English
NR
-
1988
Luc Besson
Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto
Adventure / Drama / Romance
France / USA / Italy
English
NR
-
1983
Blake Edwards
Ted Wass, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Capucine, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
NR
-
1982
Ted Kotcheff
Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Cult / Comic
USA
English
NR
-
1983
Eric Rohmer
Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory, Féodor Atkine
Comedy / Drama / Romance
France
French
NR
-
1985
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen
Action / Drama / Sports
USA
English
NR
-
1980
Jeannot Szwarc
Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Cult
USA
English
NR
-
1983
Richard Lester
Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
UK
English
NR
-
1987
Sidney J. Furie
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
UK
English
NR
-
1985
Jack Haley Jr.
Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta
Documentary / Musical
USA
English
NR
-
1980
William Wiard
Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens
Western / Biography
USA
English
NR
-
1982
Blake Edwards
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Joanna Lumley
Comedy / Crime / Detective / Family
UK / USA
English
