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The Best 80's Movies By All Genre Movies Lists [161 more lists]
A list of the best movies of the 80's. These are the most popular films of the 1980's. While the 1980's is largely known for Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, and the musical montage, it is also the decade that brought us ""The Empire Strikes Back"" and all three of the good Indiana Jones films. The movies on this list were each a top ten grossing film in the year they were released. If you're looking to find out what the 1980's were all about, then watching a movie on this list would be a great place to start!
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1984Ivan ReitmanComedy, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Stop motion More“ Box Office: $238.6m „ - 2
1985Robert ZemeckisComedy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Time travel, Humour“ Box Office: $210.6m „ - 3
1988Richard Williams, Robert ZemeckisComedy, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Mystery, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Black comedy, Parody, Buddy film More“ Box Office: $154.2m „ - 4
1988Penny MarshallDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Coming of age More“ Box Office: $115.0m „ - 5
1984John G. AvildsenDrama, Family, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Sports, Romance Film, Teen, Family Drama, Coming of age More“ Box Office: $90.8m „ - 6
1989Ivan ReitmanComedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure, Supernatural, Satire More“ Box Office: $112.5m „ - 7 1984Steven SpielbergAction, Adventure, Action/Adventure“ Box Office: $179.9m „
- 8 1989Steven SpielbergAction, Adventure“ Box Office: $197.2m „
- 9 1988John McTiernanThriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction“ Box Office: $81.4m „
- 10 1989Tim BurtonDrama, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Superhero movie More“ Box Office: $251.2m „
- 11 1984Martin BrestDrama, Comedy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Buddy film More“ Box Office: $234.8m „
- 12 1985Richard DonnerComedy, Family, Adventure, Children's, Teen“ Box Office: $61.4m „
- 13 1981Steven SpielbergAction, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Airplanes and airports, New Hollywood More“ Box Office: $242.4m „
- 14 1983Richard MarquandFantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Space opera“ Box Office: $309.1m „
- 15 1987Richard DonnerComedy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Buddy film, Albino bias, Buddy cop More“ Box Office: $65.2m „
- 16 1986John HughesDrama, Comedy, Teen, Cult, Coming of age“ Box Office: $70.1m „
- 17 1984Herbert RossDrama, Family, Musical, Romance Film, Teen, Coming of age, Dance“ Box Office: $80.0m „
- 18 1986Peter FaimanComedy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, World cinema“ Box Office: $174.6m „
- 19 1980Irvin KershnerFantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Space opera“ Box Office: $290.2m „
- 20 1989Robert ZemeckisComedy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Time travel, Humour“ Box Office: $118.5m „
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- 21 1989Richard DonnerComedy, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Buddy film, Buddy cop More“ Box Office: $147.3m „
- 22 1982Steven SpielbergDrama, Fantasy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children's, Family Drama More“ Box Office: $399.8m „
- 23 1987Emile ArdolinoDrama, Period piece, Musical, Romance Film, Teen, Indie, Romantic drama, Coming of age, Dance More“ Box Office: $63.9m „
- 24 1986Tony ScottDrama, Action, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, War, Romantic drama, Airplanes and airports More“ Box Office: $176.8m „
- 25 1986James CameronThriller, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Horror, Stop motion More“ Box Office: $85.2m „
- 26 1982Sylvester StalloneDrama, Boxing, Sports“ Box Office: $122.8m „
- 27 1989Ron HowardDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama“ Box Office: $100.0m „
- 28 1988Barry LevinsonDrama“ Box Office: $172.8m „
- 29 1987Barry LevinsonComedy, War, Comedy-drama“ Box Office: $123.9m „
- 30 1988John LandisDrama, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy“ Box Office: $128.2m „
- 31 1980Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim AbrahamsComedy, Disaster, Romance Film, Parody, Cult, Satire, Airplanes and airports More“ Box Office: $83.4m „
- 32 1984Robert ZemeckisComedy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic comedy More“ Box Office: $76.6m „
- 33 1989Joe JohnstonComedy, Family, Science Fiction, Adventure, Stop motion“ Box Office: $130.7m „
- 34 1989Bruce BeresfordDrama, Comedy, Period piece, Film adaptation, Comedy-drama, Buddy film“ Box Office: $106.6m „
- 35 1989Ron Clements, John MuskerCostume drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Musical, Romance Film“ Box Office: $109.9m „
- 36 1982Tobe HooperThriller, Horror, Supernatural, Suspense, Cult“ Box Office: $76.6m „
- 37 1986Alan MetterComedy“ Box Office: $91.3m „
- 38 1983Stan DragotiComedy, Family“ Box Office: $64.8m „
- 39 1987Leonard NimoyComedy, Family, Remake, Buddy film“ Box Office: $167.8m „
- 40 1986Oliver StoneDrama, Action, Indie, War“ Box Office: $138.0m „
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- 41 1983Paul BrickmanComedy, Comedy-drama, Satire, Sex comedy“ Box Office: $63.5m „
- 42 1987George MillerDrama, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller, Horror, Black comedy, Film adaptation More“ Box Office: $63.8m „
- 43 1985Sylvester StalloneDrama, Boxing, Action, Sports, Political drama“ Box Office: $127.9m „
- 44 1981Richard Donner, Richard LesterFamily, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Superhero movie More“ Box Office: $108.2m „
- 45 1987Adrian LyneDrama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Slasher, Suspense, Erotic thriller More“ Box Office: $156.6m „
- 46 1986Michael RitchieComedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Stop motion“ Box Office: $79.8m „
- 47 1987Tony ScottComedy, Action, Action/Adventure, Crime Fiction, Buddy film“ Box Office: $153.7m „
- 48 1987John BadhamComedy, Action, Action/Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic comedy“ Box Office: $65.7m „
- 49 1988David ZuckerComedy, Action, Romance Film, Crime Fiction, Parody, Screwball comedy“ Box Office: $78.0m „
- 50 1985Peter WeirDrama, Thriller, Romance Film, Romantic drama, Suspense, Courtroom Drama More“ Box Office: $68.7m „
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