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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Urban Cowboy
1980
James Bridges
John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Barry Corbin
Drama / Romance
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
3.5 Stars
1616
227
utu
1983
Geoff Murphy
Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson, Wi Kuki Kaa
Drama / Adventure / History
New Zealand
English
4.5 Stars
592
72
Vagabond
1985
Agnès Varda
Sandrine Bonnaire, Setti Ramdane, Francis Balchère
Drama
France / UK
French
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Valley Girl
1983
Martha Coolidge
Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Valmont
1989
Milos Forman
Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Siân Phillips
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France / USA
English
4.5 Stars
643
81
The Vanishing
1988
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
2.5 Stars
2766
494
Variety
1983
Bette Gordon
Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard M. Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Nan Goldin
Drama
USA / West Germany / UK
English
4.5 Stars
597
74
The Verdict
1982
Sidney Lumet
Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
979
135
Veronika Voss
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Drama
West Germany
German
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Vice Versa
1988
Brian Gilbert
Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer, Swoosie Kurtz, Jane Kaczmarek
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1638
232
Victor/Victoria
1982
Blake Edwards
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Comedy / Romance / Musical
UK / USA
English
4 Stars
1062
150
Videodrome
1983
David Cronenberg
James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky
Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Canada / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
A View to a Kill
1985
John Glen
Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2.5 Stars
2703
474
Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
1987
Paul Cox
John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek
Animation / Biography / Drama / Documentary
Australia
English
2.5 Stars
2665
462
Violent Cop
1989
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Vision Quest
1985
Harold Becker
Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox
Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2597
447
Voices of Sarafina!
1988
Nigel Noble
Leleti Khumalo, Baby Cele, Pat Mlaba, Miriam Makeba
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2548
434
Volver a empezar
1982
José Luis Garci
Antonio Ferrandis, Encarna Paso, José Bódalo
Drama / Romance
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2764
493
The Vulture
1981
Yaki Yosha
Shraga Harpaz, Shimon Finkel, Hanna Meron, Nitza Shaul
Drama
Israel
Hebrew
2.5 Stars
2768
495
Waiting for the Moon
1987
Jill Godmilow
Linda Bassett, Linda Hunt, Jacques Boudet, Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Drama / Biography
UK / France / USA / West Germany
English
2.5 Stars
2764
493
Walker
1987
Alex Cox
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Assa, Rene Auberjonois
Action / Adventure / War / Drama / Biography
USA / Mexico / Spain
English
3.5 Stars
1767
248
Wall Street
1987
Oliver Stone
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2597
447
The Wannsee Conference
1984
Heinz Schirk
Robert Atzorn, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Gerd Böckmann, Jochen Busse
Drama / War / History
Austria / West Germany
German
3.5 Stars
1904
280
The War of the Roses
1989
Danny DeVito
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2643
457
War Requiem
1989
Derek Jarman
Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes
Drama / War
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2613
449
War-Time Romance
1983
Pyotr Todorovsky
Nikolai Burlyayev, Natalya Andrejchenko, Inna Churikova
Drama / Romance / War
Soviet Union
Russian
3 Stars
2121
323
WarGames
1983
John Badham
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2563
438
Water and Power
1989
Pat O'Neill
Beth Block, George Lockwood, Joel Loriman
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
3 Stars
2145
331
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1982
Jim Brown
Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Arlo Guthrie, Mary Travers
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2639
456
Wedding in Galilee
1987
Michel Khleifi
Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury
Drama
Israel / France / Belgium
Arabic
2.5 Stars
2764
493
A Western
1987
Laurie Dunphy
Short
USA
English
3 Stars
2064
315
Wetherby
1985
David Hare
Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny
Drama / Mystery
UK
English
3 Stars
2127
325
The Whales of August
1987
Lindsay Anderson
Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2613
449
What Happened to Santiago
1989
Jacobo Morales
Tommy Muñiz, Gladys Rodríguez, Johanna Rosaly
Comedy / Romance
Puerto Rico
Spanish
4 Stars
1153
159
When Father Was Away on Business
1985
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica, Moreno D'E Bartolli
Drama / Comedy
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
5 Stars
428
46
When Harry Met Sally
1989
Rob Reiner
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2643
457
When the Wind Blows
1986
Jimmy T. Murakami
Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell, David Dundas
War / Animation / Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2181
343
Where Is the Friend's Home?
1987
Abbas Kiarostami
Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai
Drama
Iran
Persian
2.5 Stars
2724
482
The Whistle Blower
1986
Simon Langton
Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Felicity Dean, Barry Foster
Thriller / Spy
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2450
412
White Dog
1982
Samuel Fuller
Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2731
485
Who Am I This Time?
1982
Jonathan Demme
Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Mike Bacarella, Aaron Freeman
Drama / Romance
USA
English
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
2.5 Stars
2669
463
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1987
Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Pena
Lily Chin, Ronald Ebens, Starlene
Crime / Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2711
479
A Whole Night
1982
Chantal Akerman
Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain
Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands / Canada
French
2.5 Stars
2789
507
Who's Singing Over There?
1980
Slobodan Sijan
Pavle Vujisic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic
Comedy / Drama / War
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2.5 Stars
2268
366
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
John Badham
Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2597
447
Wildrose
1984
John Hanson
Lisa Eichhorn, Tom Bower, James Cada, Cinda Jackson, Dan Nemanick
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2669
463
Will
1981
Jessie Maple
Obaka Adedunyo, Robert Dean, Loretta Devine
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Willie & Phil
1980
Paul Mazursky
Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan
Comedy / Drama / Romance
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
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Wise Guys
1986
Brian De Palma
Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Lou Albano
Comedy / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
Wish You Were Here
1987
David Leland
Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2724
482
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
George Miller
Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
4.5 Stars
731
100
Withnail & I
1987
Bruce Robinson
Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick
Comedy / Cult
UK
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
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
2.5 Stars
2698
473
The Woman and the Stranger
1985
Rainer Simon
Joachim Lätsch, Peter Zimmermann, Kathrin Waligura, Christine Schorn
Drama / History / War / Romance
East Germany
German
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
2713
480
The Woman Next Door
1981
François Truffaut
Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin
Drama / Romance
France
French
5 Stars
209
15
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Pedro Almodóvar
Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco
Comedy / Drama
Spain
Spanish
2.5 Stars
2541
432
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
Jim Brown
Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Hoyt Axton, Judy Collins
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
4 Stars
1336
184
Working Girl
1988
Mike Nichols
Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2195
347
Working Girls
1986
Lizzie Borden
Louise Smith, Deborah Banks, Liz Caldwell, Marusia Zach, Amanda Goodwin
Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1911
282
The World According to Garp
1982
George Roy Hill
Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
3 Stars
2149
332
A World Apart
1988
Chris Menges
Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Nadine Chalmers
Drama
UK / Zimbabwe
English
3.5 Stars
1925
284
Yaaba
1989
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Adama Ouédraogo
Family / Drama
Burkina Faso / Switzerland / France
Mòoré
2.5 Stars
2665
462
The Year My Voice Broke
1987
John Duigan
Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran
Drama / Romance
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
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
4.5 Stars
570
68
Yeelen
1987
Souleymane Cissé
Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
Fantasy / Adventure / Drama
Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
French
2.5 Stars
2661
461
Yellow Earth
1984
Kaige Chen
Bai Xue, Xueyin Wang, Tuo Tan, Quiang Liu
Drama
China
Mandarin
3.5 Stars
1525
217
Yentl
1983
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin
Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Czechoslovakia
English
4.5 Stars
936
126
Yol
1982
Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney
Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün
Drama
Turkey / Switzerland / France
Turkish
2.5 Stars
2764
493
You Are Not I
1981
Sara Driver
Suzanne Fletcher, Evelyn Smith, Luc Sante
Horror / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2731
485
Young Guns
1988
Christopher Cain
Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen
Action / Drama / Western / Adventure / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2636
455
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985
Barry Levinson
Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller / Action / Detective / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2731
485
Your Face
1987
Bill Plympton
Maureen McElheron
Animation / Short / Comedy / Music
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1764
247
Zelig
1983
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Buckwalter, Patrick Horgan
Comedy / Fantasy
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
2528
430
Zu : Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983
Hark Tsui
Biao Yuen, Hoi Mang, Adam Cheng, Moon Lee, Brigitte Lin, Damian Lau
Horror / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Hong Kong
Cantonese
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Rank
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Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
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