RottenTomatoes.com's Best of The 80s, a list by HD Movie Lists

7.6

/290752/

76

/14720/

73

/7589/

3.7

/405060/

91

/75/

Audience

88

/901204/

88

/24/

4.0

age 5+

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

72

7.3

/62991/

75

/1029/

72

/621/

3.7

/52191/

67

/36/

Audience

89

/175957/

56

/13/

3.0

age 12+

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

81

7.3

/40590/

74

/602/

70

/491/

3.7

/39703/

97

/30/

Audience

85

/22993/

82

/15/

4.0

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

82

7.5

/30806/

75

/427/

73

/404/

4.0

/47481/

89

/36/

Audience

87

/10631/

80

/16/

4.0

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.

59

6.9

/31496/

73

/921/

66

/313/

3.5

/29082/

61

/23/

Audience

77

/50755/

32

/11/

1.0

age 13+

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

79

7.7

/242468/

77

/5039/

74

/3863/

4.0

/468239/

91

/79/

Audience

89

/396442/

76

/17/

3.0

age 16+

During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.

71

7.5

/403969/

74

/11933/

72

/7446/

3.6

/365185/

76

/139/

Audience

84

/912846/

69

/21/

2.0

age 12+

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

87

8.0

/112315/

78

/2302/

77

/1650/

4.4

/285308/

92

/108/

Audience

89

/74018/

93

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

79

8.1

/545120/

82

/12124/

83

/10741/

4.2

/1091265/

84

/63/

Audience

92

/307881/

79

/14/

2.0

age 13+

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

81

8.2

/810384/

82

/19938/

78

/9710/

4.1

/492357/

84

/136/

Audience

94

/770144/

65

/14/

3.5

age 11+

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

77

7.5

/127922/

74

/2521/

71

/1382/

3.6

/76689/

88

/65/

Audience

86

/193258/

57

/18/

4.0

age 12+

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.

82

7.3

/95846/

73

/1692/

70

/929/

3.6

/77936/

98

/49/

Audience

85

/138870/

86

/19/

4.0

age 15+

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.

86

7.8

/79719/

77

/1031/

75

/851/

3.9

/40389/

98

/45/

Audience

92

/26870/

97

/18/

4.0

age 16+

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

75

7.2

/115719/

73

/2864/

73

/1572/

3.8

/370005/

93

/58/

Audience

83

/75773/

72

/20/

2.5

age 16+

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

83

7.8

/51052/

77

/840/

76

/719/

4.1

/37004/

95

/43/

Audience

92

/29498/

82

/19/

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

70

6.9

/141550/

74

/5111/

69

/1737/

3.6

/159751/

82

/57/

Audience

75

/376691/

50

/16/

age 11+

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

74

6.8

/62365/

70

/1125/

65

/887/

3.4

/36789/

83

/48/

Audience

67

/33705/

73

/17/

4.0

age 16+

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.

79

7.6

/184684/

76

/6346/

72

/3449/

3.8

/148512/

86

/58/

Audience

84

/177172/

76

/13/

3.5

age 13+

When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

72

7.4

/98584/

74

/3785/

71

/2438/

3.7

/88153/

65

/65/

Audience

79

/341748/

66

/15/

3.0

age 6+

An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.

73

7.2

/145304/

74

/4685/

72

/2817/

3.8

/188895/

86

/74/

Audience

80

/39653/

55

/22/

age 16+

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

66

6.3

/32434/

66

/598/

63

/473/

3.2

/34311/

78

/27/

Audience

55

/43911/

59

/10/

3.5

age 14+

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

81

8.0

/204986/

81

/8362/

79

/3974/

4.3

/449519/

91

/54/

Audience

90

/149068/

67

/22/

MAL

8.1

/508052/

age 16+

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

79

8.2

/944611/

82

/26873/

77

/10699/

4.1

/634680/

94

/89/

Audience

94

/575763/

72

/14/

2.0

age 16+

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

82

7.5

/153816/

74

/3150/

72

/2021/

3.8

/76402/

96

/69/

Audience

84

/181425/

80

/17/

4.0

age 16+

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

69

7.1

/223411/

73

/7823/

68

/4143/

3.5

/157049/

73

/56/

Audience

85

/268646/

47

/16/

age 15+

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

83

7.7

/216639/

77

/8540/

75

/5429/

3.9

/259101/

96

Audience

85

/443185/

83

/15/

4.0

age 12+

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

77

7.3

/239781/

75

/6208/

71

/3396/

3.6

/190519/

98

/80/

Audience

82

/402350/

73

/20/

age 13+

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

65

7.2

/129777/

74

/4264/

70

/1839/

3.4

/60261/

53

/59/

Audience

80

/241573/

47

/12/

2.5

age 8+

The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.

86

8.1

/379686/

82

/12846/

80

/7526/

4.2

/899063/

93

/59/

Audience

94

/91388/

86

/15/

MAL

8.2

/685261/

4.0

age 5+

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

90

8.5

/309952/

85

/7041/

84

/5193/

4.5

/413246/

100

Audience

95

/69922/

94

/16/

MAL

8.5

/401093/

4.0

age 15+

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

73

7.5

/339671/

77

/11935/

74

/6414/

3.8

/562777/

86

/65/

Audience

82

/917996/

71

/19/

2.0

age 13+

A newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

81

7.3

/34076/

72

/540/

67

/380/

4.0

/44691/

98

/57/

Audience

79

/11095/

84

/17/

4.0

age 16+

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.

80

7.2

/68335/

71

/1100/

68

/851/

3.8

/104098/

92

/74/

Audience

80

/44998/

83

/18/

4.0

age 13+

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

74

7.3

/165068/

74

/3199/

71

/1914/

3.6

/64715/

79

/62/

Audience

81

/50828/

56

/16/

3.5

age 17+

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.

81

7.6

/160101/

77

/4458/

72

/1789/

3.8

/138353/

92

/66/

Audience

87

/183600/

72

/22/

4.0

age 15+

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

86

8.0

/36103/

78

/482/

75

/609/

4.2

/30708/

97

/37/

Audience

93

/11837/

88

/18/

4.0

age 12+

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

64

6.3

/19135/

67

/395/

63

/343/

3.1

/10279/

67

/46/

Audience

62

/28489/

53

/9/

3.0

age 11+

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

72

6.9

/44681/

68

/1110/

68

/690/

3.5

/59374/

83

/75/

Audience

74

/24912/

78

/18/

A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.

84

8.0

/450687/

82

/11524/

76

/4298/

4.0

/467139/

96

/84/

Audience

94

/528408/

78

/20/

3.5

age 8+

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

67

7.0

/256153/

75

/7950/

73

/5867/

3.6

/350905/

72

/79/

Audience

90

/1055756/

65

/20/

1.0

age 13+

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

72

7.2

/160981/

76

/4401/

71

/1872/

3.6

/174717/

77

/77/

Audience

85

/275269/

63

/16/

2.5

age 16+

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

78

7.6

/282826/

76

/9354/

73

/4794/

3.9

/238278/

92

/86/

Audience

84

/227184/

70

/17/

3.0

age 17+

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

65

6.9

/49061/

72

/1294/

69

/619/

3.4

/32326/

71

/45/

Audience

70

/110686/

45

/11/

2.5

age 13+

When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.

81

8.3

/789770/

82

/14964/

81

/9945/

4.2

/524186/

90

/86/

Audience

94

/325376/

78

/20/

2.5

age 17+

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

66

7.1

/206299/

75

/7136/

68

/2781/

3.4

/142905/

57

/47/

Audience

83

/435505/

46

/14/

2.5

age 12+

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

74

7.8

/454335/

78

/13249/

75

/7539/

3.8

/290443/

80

/60/

Audience

87

/390382/

47

/17/

3.0

age 16+

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

77

7.8

/330560/

78

/6496/

77

/5363/

3.8

/178988/

83

/75/

Audience

89

/218057/

79

/16/

2.5

age 16+

Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

78

7.7

/181771/

75

/5131/

75

/2928/

4.0

/268746/

88

/83/

Audience

89

/149057/

72

/18/