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.
201
Videodrome
B
72
202
Flight of the Navigator
B
72
203
Excalibur
B
71
204
Labyrinth
B
71
205
Dressed to Kill
B
71
206
Starman
B
71
207
Nine to Five
B
71
208
Return to the 36th Chamber
B
71
209
The Lost Boys
B
71
210
Escape from New York
B
71
211
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
B
71
212
Fright Night
B
71
213
Superman II
B
71
214
Risky Business
B
71
215
Christine
B
70
216
Police Story 2
B
70
217
Near Dark
B
70
218
Sid and Nancy
B
70
219
The War of the Roses
B
70
220
Crime and Punishment
B
70
221
Fatal Attraction
B
70
222
Big Trouble in Little China
B
70
223
Bull Durham
B
70
224
48 Hrs.
B
70
225
Gorillas in the Mist
B
70
226
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
B
70
227
The French Lieutenant's Woman
B
70
228
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
B
70
229
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
B
70
230
The Outsiders
B
70
231
Repo Man
B
70
232
Romancing the Stone
B
70
233
The Bounty
C
69
234
Working Girl
C
69
235
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
C
69
236
Ladyhawke
C
69
237
Coming to America
C
69
238
The Big Chill
C
69
239
Body Double
C
69
240
Day of the Dead
C
69
241
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
C
69
242
Better Off Dead...
C
69
243
Uncle Buck
C
69
244
Armour of God
C
69
245
Pretty in Pink
C
68
246
Young Sherlock Holmes
C
68
247
Go for It
C
68
248
Rocky III
C
68
249
Somewhere in Time
C
68
250
Peggy Sue Got Married
C
68
251
The Hitcher
C
68
252
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
C
68
253
Altered States
C
68
254
Sea of Love
C
68
255
Innerspace
C
68
256
Enemy Mine
C
68
257
Dead Calm
C
68
258
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
C
68
259
The Sign of Four
C
68
260
Frantic
C
68
261
Top Gun
C
68
262
Fletch
C
68
263
The Last Starfighter
C
68
264
Conan the Barbarian
C
68
265
Willow
C
67
266
Cocoon
C
67
267
Hellraiser
C
67
268
Crocodile Dundee
C
67
269
The Living Daylights
C
67
270
Streets of Fire
C
67
271
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
C
67
272
Creepshow
C
67
273
Caddyshack
C
67
274
Adventures in Babysitting
C
67
275
Stripes
C
67
276
Spaceballs
C
66
277
Heartbreak Ridge
C
66
278
Short Circuit
C
66
279
Sixteen Candles
C
66
280
Overboard
C
66
281
Licence to Kill
C
66
282
Phenomena
C
66
283
Rocky IV
C
66
284
The Beyond
C
66
285
Highlander
C
66
286
The Fog
C
66
287
Commando
C
66
288
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
C
66
289
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
C
66
290
History of the World: Part I
C
66
291
Splash
C
66
292
Tron
C
66
293
Yeelen
C
66
294
Scanners
C
66
295
The 'Burbs
C
66
296
Flash Gordon
C
65
297
The Monster Squad
C
65
298
*batteries not included
C
65
299
Victory
C
65
300
The Howling
C
65
Videodrome
B
72
202
Flight of the Navigator
B
72
203
Excalibur
B
71
204
Labyrinth
B
71
205
Dressed to Kill
B
71
206
Starman
B
71
207
Nine to Five
B
71
208
Return to the 36th Chamber
B
71
209
The Lost Boys
B
71
210
Escape from New York
B
71
211
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
B
71
212
Fright Night
B
71
213
Superman II
B
71
214
Risky Business
B
71
215
Christine
B
70
216
Police Story 2
B
70
217
Near Dark
B
70
218
Sid and Nancy
B
70
219
The War of the Roses
B
70
220
Crime and Punishment
B
70
221
Fatal Attraction
B
70
222
Big Trouble in Little China
B
70
223
Bull Durham
B
70
224
48 Hrs.
B
70
225
Gorillas in the Mist
B
70
226
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
B
70
227
The French Lieutenant's Woman
B
70
228
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
B
70
229
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
B
70
230
The Outsiders
B
70
231
Repo Man
B
70
232
Romancing the Stone
B
70
233
The Bounty
C
69
234
Working Girl
C
69
235
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
C
69
236
Ladyhawke
C
69
237
Coming to America
C
69
238
The Big Chill
C
69
239
Body Double
C
69
240
Day of the Dead
C
69
241
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
C
69
242
Better Off Dead...
C
69
243
Uncle Buck
C
69
244
Armour of God
C
69
245
Pretty in Pink
C
68
246
Young Sherlock Holmes
C
68
247
Go for It
C
68
248
Rocky III
C
68
249
Somewhere in Time
C
68
250
Peggy Sue Got Married
C
68
251
The Hitcher
C
68
252
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
C
68
253
Altered States
C
68
254
Sea of Love
C
68
255
Innerspace
C
68
256
Enemy Mine
C
68
257
Dead Calm
C
68
258
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
C
68
259
The Sign of Four
C
68
260
Frantic
C
68
261
Top Gun
C
68
262
Fletch
C
68
263
The Last Starfighter
C
68
264
Conan the Barbarian
C
68
265
Willow
C
67
266
Cocoon
C
67
267
Hellraiser
C
67
268
Crocodile Dundee
C
67
269
The Living Daylights
C
67
270
Streets of Fire
C
67
271
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
C
67
272
Creepshow
C
67
273
Caddyshack
C
67
274
Adventures in Babysitting
C
67
275
Stripes
C
67
276
Spaceballs
C
66
277
Heartbreak Ridge
C
66
278
Short Circuit
C
66
279
Sixteen Candles
C
66
280
Overboard
C
66
281
Licence to Kill
C
66
282
Phenomena
C
66
283
Rocky IV
C
66
284
The Beyond
C
66
285
Highlander
C
66
286
The Fog
C
66
287
Commando
C
66
288
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
C
66
289
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
C
66
290
History of the World: Part I
C
66
291
Splash
C
66
292
Tron
C
66
293
Yeelen
C
66
294
Scanners
C
66
295
The 'Burbs
C
66
296
Flash Gordon
C
65
297
The Monster Squad
C
65
298
*batteries not included
C
65
299
Victory
C
65
300
The Howling
C
65