100 Greatest Movies 1980s
This list is a list of the best films in the 1980s by critical praise and awards. Included by both movie critics and audiences mainly from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic which both give out reasons for the films' success. Excluding animated films, (have list of that,) remakes of classic films, films derived from television series and films that have been critically negative/panned by critics and audiences. No specific ranking. Chosen for their quality, direction, script, cinematography, acting, storyline, originality and success.
Not including successful sequels as they are listed below here;
-Superman II
-Aliens
Not including successful sequels as they are listed below here;
-Superman II
-Aliens
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- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne ArcherA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.*Sissy Spacek (Anne Archer)
*Harrison Ford (Michael Douglas)
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- - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsGlenn CloseJohn MalkovichMichelle PfeifferA scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.*Jeff Bridges (John Malkovich)
*Frances McDormand (Michelle Pfeiffer)
*Julianne Moore (Uma Thurman)
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- - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCherNicolas CageOlympia DukakisLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.*Sally Field (Cher)
*Tom Hanks (Nicolas Cage) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
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- - DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsGene HackmanBarbara HersheyDennis HopperA coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.*Sally Field (Barbara Hershey)
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- - DirectorRon SheltonStarsKevin CostnerSusan SarandonTim RobbinsA fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.*Harrison Ford (Kevin Costner)
*Jeff Bridges (Tim Robbins) - DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.*Tom Hanks (Kevin Costner)
*Sigourney Weaver (Amy Madigan)
*Jeff Bridges (Ray Liotta) - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsWilliam HurtAlbert BrooksHolly HunterTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
*Frances McDormand (Holly Hunter)
*Robin Williams (Albert Brooks) - DirectorCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin KlineIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.*Robin Williams (John Cleese)
*Sigourney Weaver (Jamie Lee Curtis)
*Steve Martin (Michael Palin)
*Gene Hackman (Kevin Kline) - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.*Robin Williams (Dan Aykroyd)
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- - DirectorJohn HustonStarsJack NicholsonKathleen TurnerRobert LoggiaTwo professional assassins fall in love.*Emma Thompson (Kathleen Turner)
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJack LemmonSissy SpacekMelanie MayronWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.Must see
- - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.*Tom Hanks (Matthew Broderick)
*Jeff Birdges (Cary Elwes)
^ - DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty BuckleyA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.Must see
- - DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.*Steve Martin (Billy Crystal)
*Glenn Close (Meg Ryan)
^ - DirectorRobert RedfordStarsDonald SutherlandMary Tyler MooreJudd HirschThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.*Sean Connery (Donald Sutherland)
*Jeff Bridges (Timothy Hutton) - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
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- - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.*Sissy Spacek (Debra Winger)
*Robin Williams (Danny Devito)
*Jeff Bridges (Jeff Daniels)
*Robert Duvall (John Lithgow)
^ - DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.*Julianne Moore (Robin Wright)
*Jeff Bridges (Cary Elwes)
*Anthony Hopkins (Christopher Guest)
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^ - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.*Meryl Streep (Cathy Moriaty)
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- - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Including Temple of Doom and the Last Crusade
*Sigourney Weaver (Karen Allen)
*Michael Caine (John Rhys-Davies)
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- - DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.*Daniel Day-Lewis (John Hurt)
*Maggie Smith (Anne Bancroft)
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- - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
- DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsWilliam HurtKathleen TurnerGeena DavisAn emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
*Sigourney Weaver (Geena Davis)
*Sally Field (Kathleen Turner)