Top Rated "1980s" Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 251,153 |
| 2. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 222,439 |
| 3. | 8.5 | The Shining (1980) | 157,646 |
| 4. | 8.5 | Das Boot (1981) | 64,108 |
| 5. | 8.4 | Aliens (1986) | 152,192 |
| 6. | 8.4 | Raging Bull (1980) | 80,628 |
| 7. | 8.4 | Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) | 39,995 |
| 8. | 8.4 | The Elephant Man (1980) | 51,488 |
| 9. | 8.4 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | 63,699 |
| 10. | 8.4 | Amadeus (1984) | 87,440 |
| 11. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 135,009 |
| 12. | 8.3 | Back to the Future (1985) | 178,933 |
| 13. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 156,693 |
| 14. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 192,436 |
| 15. | 8.3 | Blade Runner (1982) | 169,185 |
| 16. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 162,410 |
| 17. | 8.3 | Ran (1985) | 31,085 |
| 18. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 97,970 |
| 19. | 8.2 | Gandhi (1982) | 45,069 |
| 20. | 8.1 | Stand by Me (1986) | 81,029 |
| 21. | 8.1 | The Thing (1982) | 68,472 |
| 22. | 8.1 | Hotaru no haka (1988) | 29,723 |
| 23. | 8.1 | Scarface (1983) | 134,425 |
| 24. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 159,340 |
| 25. | 8.1 | Au revoir les enfants (1987) | 8,643 |
| 26. | 8.1 | The Princess Bride (1987) | 115,118 |
| 27. | 8.1 | 'Breaker' Morant (1980) | 5,611 |
| 28. | 8.1 | Fanny och Alexander (1982) | 13,056 |
| 29. | 8.1 | Idi i smotri (1985) | 8,571 |
| 30. | 8.0 | Dom za vesanje (1988) | 5,846 |
| 31. | 8.0 | Tonari no Totoro (1988) | 24,609 |
| 32. | 8.0 | Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984) | 17,567 |
| 33. | 8.0 | Glory (1989) | 52,172 |
| 34. | 8.0 | Manon des sources (1986) | 8,672 |
| 35. | 8.0 | Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) | 18,007 |
| 36. | 8.0 | Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) | 18,698 |
| 37. | 8.0 | Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) | 17,612 |
| 38. | 8.0 | Brazil (1985) | 69,582 |
| 39. | 8.0 | Fitzcarraldo (1982) | 8,571 |
| 40. | 8.0 | A Christmas Story (1983) | 48,918 |
| 41. | 8.0 | The Killing Fields (1984) | 20,519 |
| 42. | 8.0 | The Untouchables (1987) | 79,008 |
| 43. | 8.0 | Spoorloos (1988) | 9,323 |
| 44. | 8.0 | Rain Man (1988) | 93,455 |
| 45. | 7.9 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | 19,035 |
| 46. | 7.9 | Dip huet seung hung (1989) | 18,810 |
| 47. | 7.9 | Jean de Florette (1986) | 10,636 |
| 48. | 7.9 | This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | 46,985 |
| 49. | 7.9 | Paris, Texas (1984) | 14,376 |
| 50. | 7.9 | Kagemusha (1980) | 10,447 |
Bottom Rated "1980s" Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 1.2 | The Cycle of Communication (1981) | 65 |
| 2. | 1.2 | Venni vidi e m'arrapaoh (1984) | 264 |
| 3. | 1.3 | Hollywood High Part II (1981) | 211 |
| 4. | 1.4 | What Happened to These Civilizations? (1986) | 98 |
| 5. | 1.4 | Skinheads (1989) | 303 |
| 6. | 1.4 | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989) | 262 |
| 7. | 1.5 | Sky High (1985) | 203 |
| 8. | 1.5 | Zombie vs. Ninja (1987) | 305 |
| 9. | 1.6 | Iron Warrior (1987) | 370 |
| 10. | 1.6 | R.O.T.O.R. (1989) | 1,086 |
The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.
In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 50 votes.
