Highest Rated Movies of the 1980s
Every movie below is scored by averaging its rating on every platform that carries it — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, Google and more — into one number out of 100. Only titles rated by at least three platforms are ranked.
1
Back to the Future
A
87
2
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
A
87
3
Fanny and Alexander
A
87
4
Anne of Green Gables
A
87
5
Ran
A
87
6
Cinema Paradiso
A
87
7
Come and See
A
86
8
Das Boot
A
86
9
Amadeus
A
86
10
Once Upon a Time in America
A
85
11
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A
84
12
Aliens
A
84
13
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A
84
14
Raging Bull
A
84
15
The Elephant Man
A
84
16
Dead Poets Society
A
84
17
Full Metal Jacket
A
84
18
Paris, Texas
A
83
19
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
A
83
20
Stand by Me
A
83
21
Au Revoir les Enfants
A
83
22
Die Hard
A
83
23
Platoon
A
83
24
Blade Runner
A
83
25
Jean de Florette
A
83
26
Wings of Desire
A
82
27
Where Is The Friend's House?
A
82
28
The Terminator
A
82
29
The Right Stuff
A
82
30
Brazil
A
82
31
The Thing
A
82
32
The Shining
A
82
33
Do the Right Thing
A
81
34
Kagemusha
A
81
35
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A
81
36
Scarface
A
81
37
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
A
81
38
Hannah and Her Sisters
A
81
39
The Sacrifice
A
81
40
On Golden Pond
A
81
41
Gandhi
A
81
42
The Last Emperor
A
81
43
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A
81
44
After Hours
A
80
45
Rain Man
A
80
46
The King of Comedy
A
80
47
This Is Spinal Tap
A
80
48
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
A
80
49
The Princess Bride
A
80
50
Fitzcarraldo
A
80
51
Glory
A
80
52
When Harry Met Sally...
A
80
53
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
A
80
54
The Killing Fields
A
80
55
The Verdict
A
80
56
Midnight Run
B
79
57
Ordinary People
B
79
58
The Untouchables
B
79
59
Police Story
B
79
60
Blood Simple
B
79
61
Crimes and Misdemeanors
B
79
62
The Color Purple
B
79
63
Pink Floyd: The Wall
B
79
64
Manon of the Spring
B
79
65
Mad Max 2
B
79
66
Zelig
B
79
67
The Road
B
78
68
The Blues Brothers
B
78
69
A Room with a View
B
78
70
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
B
78
71
Tootsie
B
78
72
Mississippi Burning
B
78
73
Down by Law
B
78
74
The Purple Rose of Cairo
B
78
75
Nayakan
B
78
76
The Breakfast Club
B
78
77
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
B
78
78
Ghostbusters
B
78
79
The Broken Landlord
B
78
80
Blue Velvet
B
78
81
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
B
78
82
Maurice
B
78
83
The Stationmaster
B
78
84
Stranger Than Paradise
B
78
85
To Live and Die in L.A.
B
78
86
Blow Out
B
78
87
The Fly
B
78
88
Body Heat
B
78
89
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
B
77
90
Airplane!
B
77
91
A Fish Called Wanda
B
77
92
Evil Dead II
B
77
93
A Better Tomorrow
B
77
94
First Blood
B
77
95
Dangerous Liaisons
B
77
96
Back to the Future Part II
B
77
97
Empire of the Sun
B
77
98
RoboCop
B
77
99
Born on the Fourth of July
B
77
100
Little Lord Fauntleroy
B
77
Back to the Future
A
87
2
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
A
87
3
Fanny and Alexander
A
87
4
Anne of Green Gables
A
87
5
Ran
A
87
6
Cinema Paradiso
A
87
7
Come and See
A
86
8
Das Boot
A
86
9
Amadeus
A
86
10
Once Upon a Time in America
A
85
11
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A
84
12
Aliens
A
84
13
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
A
84
14
Raging Bull
A
84
15
The Elephant Man
A
84
16
Dead Poets Society
A
84
17
Full Metal Jacket
A
84
18
Paris, Texas
A
83
19
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
A
83
20
Stand by Me
A
83
21
Au Revoir les Enfants
A
83
22
Die Hard
A
83
23
Platoon
A
83
24
Blade Runner
A
83
25
Jean de Florette
A
83
26
Wings of Desire
A
82
27
Where Is The Friend's House?
A
82
28
The Terminator
A
82
29
The Right Stuff
A
82
30
Brazil
A
82
31
The Thing
A
82
32
The Shining
A
82
33
Do the Right Thing
A
81
34
Kagemusha
A
81
35
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A
81
36
Scarface
A
81
37
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
A
81
38
Hannah and Her Sisters
A
81
39
The Sacrifice
A
81
40
On Golden Pond
A
81
41
Gandhi
A
81
42
The Last Emperor
A
81
43
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A
81
44
After Hours
A
80
45
Rain Man
A
80
46
The King of Comedy
A
80
47
This Is Spinal Tap
A
80
48
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
A
80
49
The Princess Bride
A
80
50
Fitzcarraldo
A
80
51
Glory
A
80
52
When Harry Met Sally...
A
80
53
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
A
80
54
The Killing Fields
A
80
55
The Verdict
A
80
56
Midnight Run
B
79
57
Ordinary People
B
79
58
The Untouchables
B
79
59
Police Story
B
79
60
Blood Simple
B
79
61
Crimes and Misdemeanors
B
79
62
The Color Purple
B
79
63
Pink Floyd: The Wall
B
79
64
Manon of the Spring
B
79
65
Mad Max 2
B
79
66
Zelig
B
79
67
The Road
B
78
68
The Blues Brothers
B
78
69
A Room with a View
B
78
70
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
B
78
71
Tootsie
B
78
72
Mississippi Burning
B
78
73
Down by Law
B
78
74
The Purple Rose of Cairo
B
78
75
Nayakan
B
78
76
The Breakfast Club
B
78
77
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
B
78
78
Ghostbusters
B
78
79
The Broken Landlord
B
78
80
Blue Velvet
B
78
81
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
B
78
82
Maurice
B
78
83
The Stationmaster
B
78
84
Stranger Than Paradise
B
78
85
To Live and Die in L.A.
B
78
86
Blow Out
B
78
87
The Fly
B
78
88
Body Heat
B
78
89
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
B
77
90
Airplane!
B
77
91
A Fish Called Wanda
B
77
92
Evil Dead II
B
77
93
A Better Tomorrow
B
77
94
First Blood
B
77
95
Dangerous Liaisons
B
77
96
Back to the Future Part II
B
77
97
Empire of the Sun
B
77
98
RoboCop
B
77
99
Born on the Fourth of July
B
77
100
Little Lord Fauntleroy
B
77