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.
101
Say Anything...
B
77
102
A Nightmare on Elm Street
B
77
103
Christiane F.
B
77
104
The Prodigal Son
B
76
105
Big
B
76
106
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
B
76
107
Thief
B
76
108
Birdy
B
76
109
La Chèvre
B
76
110
Lethal Weapon
B
76
111
Carmen
B
76
112
Drugstore Cowboy
B
76
113
Terms of Endearment
B
76
114
The Professional
B
76
115
The Scarlet Pimpernel
B
76
116
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
B
76
117
Trading Places
B
76
118
sex, lies, and videotape
B
76
119
Children of a Lesser God
B
76
120
Radio Days
B
75
121
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
B
75
122
Good Morning, Vietnam
B
75
123
The Goonies
B
75
124
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
B
75
125
Little Shop of Horrors
B
75
126
Sophie's Choice
B
75
127
Heathers
B
75
128
Driving Miss Daisy
B
75
129
Zatoichi
B
75
130
Top Secret!
B
75
131
Witness
B
75
132
Pale Rider
B
75
133
The Abyss
B
75
134
Possession
B
75
135
Raising Arizona
B
75
136
Hoosiers
B
75
137
Quest for Fire
B
75
138
The Gods Must Be Crazy
B
75
139
Moonstruck
B
75
140
A Christmas Story
B
75
141
Predator
B
75
142
Prison on Fire
B
75
143
The Woman Next Door
B
75
144
Beetlejuice
B
75
145
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
B
75
146
The Evil Dead
B
74
147
Cry Freedom
B
74
148
Dead Ringers
B
74
149
The Vanishing
B
74
150
Danton
B
74
151
Re-Animator
B
74
152
The Return of the Living Dead
B
74
153
Gremlins
B
74
154
Beverly Hills Cop
B
74
155
The Accused
B
74
156
WarGames
B
74
157
Chariots of Fire
B
74
158
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
B
74
159
The Mission
B
74
160
Field of Dreams
B
74
161
Red Sorghum
B
74
162
The Last Temptation of Christ
B
74
163
Parenthood
B
74
164
The Natural
B
74
165
The Name of the Rose
B
74
166
Manhunter
B
74
167
The Dead Zone
B
74
168
Batman
B
74
169
No Way Out
B
73
170
The Changeling
B
73
171
The Karate Kid
B
73
172
Dirty Dancing
B
73
173
The Cabbage Soup
B
73
174
Wall Street
B
73
175
Poltergeist
B
73
176
The Color of Money
B
73
177
Angel Heart
B
73
178
An Officer and a Gentleman
B
73
179
The Dark Crystal
B
73
180
Tenebrae
B
73
181
An American Werewolf in London
B
73
182
Major League
B
73
183
They Live
B
73
184
Steel Magnolias
B
72
185
Rumble Fish
B
72
186
Lethal Weapon 2
B
72
187
The NeverEnding Story
B
72
188
The Big Blue
B
72
189
La Bamba
B
72
190
Out of Africa
B
72
191
Runaway Train
B
72
192
Casualties of War
B
72
193
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
B
72
194
National Lampoon's Vacation
B
72
195
Evil Angels
B
72
196
Time Bandits
B
72
197
Clue
B
72
198
Silverado
B
72
199
Silkwood
B
72
200
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
B
72
Say Anything...
B
77
102
A Nightmare on Elm Street
B
77
103
Christiane F.
B
77
104
The Prodigal Son
B
76
105
Big
B
76
106
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
B
76
107
Thief
B
76
108
Birdy
B
76
109
La Chèvre
B
76
110
Lethal Weapon
B
76
111
Carmen
B
76
112
Drugstore Cowboy
B
76
113
Terms of Endearment
B
76
114
The Professional
B
76
115
The Scarlet Pimpernel
B
76
116
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
B
76
117
Trading Places
B
76
118
sex, lies, and videotape
B
76
119
Children of a Lesser God
B
76
120
Radio Days
B
75
121
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
B
75
122
Good Morning, Vietnam
B
75
123
The Goonies
B
75
124
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
B
75
125
Little Shop of Horrors
B
75
126
Sophie's Choice
B
75
127
Heathers
B
75
128
Driving Miss Daisy
B
75
129
Zatoichi
B
75
130
Top Secret!
B
75
131
Witness
B
75
132
Pale Rider
B
75
133
The Abyss
B
75
134
Possession
B
75
135
Raising Arizona
B
75
136
Hoosiers
B
75
137
Quest for Fire
B
75
138
The Gods Must Be Crazy
B
75
139
Moonstruck
B
75
140
A Christmas Story
B
75
141
Predator
B
75
142
Prison on Fire
B
75
143
The Woman Next Door
B
75
144
Beetlejuice
B
75
145
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
B
75
146
The Evil Dead
B
74
147
Cry Freedom
B
74
148
Dead Ringers
B
74
149
The Vanishing
B
74
150
Danton
B
74
151
Re-Animator
B
74
152
The Return of the Living Dead
B
74
153
Gremlins
B
74
154
Beverly Hills Cop
B
74
155
The Accused
B
74
156
WarGames
B
74
157
Chariots of Fire
B
74
158
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
B
74
159
The Mission
B
74
160
Field of Dreams
B
74
161
Red Sorghum
B
74
162
The Last Temptation of Christ
B
74
163
Parenthood
B
74
164
The Natural
B
74
165
The Name of the Rose
B
74
166
Manhunter
B
74
167
The Dead Zone
B
74
168
Batman
B
74
169
No Way Out
B
73
170
The Changeling
B
73
171
The Karate Kid
B
73
172
Dirty Dancing
B
73
173
The Cabbage Soup
B
73
174
Wall Street
B
73
175
Poltergeist
B
73
176
The Color of Money
B
73
177
Angel Heart
B
73
178
An Officer and a Gentleman
B
73
179
The Dark Crystal
B
73
180
Tenebrae
B
73
181
An American Werewolf in London
B
73
182
Major League
B
73
183
They Live
B
73
184
Steel Magnolias
B
72
185
Rumble Fish
B
72
186
Lethal Weapon 2
B
72
187
The NeverEnding Story
B
72
188
The Big Blue
B
72
189
La Bamba
B
72
190
Out of Africa
B
72
191
Runaway Train
B
72
192
Casualties of War
B
72
193
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
B
72
194
National Lampoon's Vacation
B
72
195
Evil Angels
B
72
196
Time Bandits
B
72
197
Clue
B
72
198
Silverado
B
72
199
Silkwood
B
72
200
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
B
72