this decade saw Hollywood focus on
sci-fi action comedy and franchises
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1980s ha ha ha for our
series of the best movies of all time
we’ve chosen 10 movies per decade based
on their iconic status critical acclaim
box office success and watchability and
just so you know we’re not necessarily
choosing the movies your film studies
professor would pick so sit back and
relax as we wax on wax off Hicks amazi
ass and turn this list up to 11 why
don’t you just make 10 louder and make
10 be the top number and make that a
little louder these counts you 11 say it
lock and load number 10 platoon hey
white boy what you waiting fo that
holding on big it’s been Oliver Stone’s
gritty oscar-winner platoon swarms with
great characters tension and the horrors
of war
as young and naive soldier Chris Taylor
makes his way through Vietnam he
discovers two things one his existence
in this war is pretty insignificant and
two there’s massive moral duality
between his fellow soldiers around a
Civil War opportunity
half the men of Elias half of Barnes
after a village is mercilessly
slaughtered Caylor must decide what kind
of man and soldier he wants to be making
this one of cinema’s most effective war
movies do it get away from her you bitch
number nine aliens I only need to know
one thing where they released seven
years after the chest bursting original
James Cameron’s aliens seized the planet
of lv-426 colonized by the acid bearing
tongue torpedoing extraterrestrials HS
with Nostromo survivor Ellen Ripley on
board to assist a group of trigger-happy
warriors we explore every nook and
cranny of the alien planet and we’re on
edge every step of the way the
state-of-the-art special effects
intriguing characters and terrifying
alien beings all make this movie an
unmissable one for gory sci-fi
enthusiasts well we’re the
I hate this like the torture number
eight
ghostbusters hello ghostbusters yes of
course this serious you don’t even have
to believe in ghouls to love this dan
Aykroyd and Harold Ramis written film
when a group of scientists sets up their
own ghost-catching firm they patrol the
streets of New York defeating any
Slimers demon canines or giant
marshmallow men that may get in their
way
it’s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
not only are the ridiculously
far-fetched scenes entertaining but the
chemistry between these scientists
pardon the pun is intoxicating
everything was mine with our system
until the power grid was shut off by
dickless here they caused an explosion
is this true yes it’s true this man has
no dick number seven
die hard weather the coast we get
together have a few laughs
it’s Shoeless Bruce Willis vs. German
Alan Rickman seriously what’s not to
love
yippee-ki-yay mother fuck when New York
cop John McClane goes to visit his
family at Christmas he unwittingly walks
into the web of a bad guy gang led by
Rickman’s Hans Gruber oh well well Hans
managing to slip out of their grasp
McClane slithers around the building
taking them out one by one
spawning sequels galore and inspiring
imitators for years to come
oh but watch out for that glass John
cliff who gives a shit about glass
number six ET the extra-terrestrial
with timeless concepts about friendship
and exploration Steven Spielberg’s et is
the story of an adolescent boy who
discovers an extraterrestrial in his
garden shed second year with young
Elliot and the alien worlds apart when
it comes to communication we watch as
they teach each other new tricks and
ultimately become best friends
Oh Elliott must then battle the odds to
get et back to his home planet leaving
us with warmth in our hearts and tears
in our eyes
here’s Johnny
number five The Shining hi Lloyd
aspiring writer Jack Torrance is holed
up in the snowbound Overlook Hotel with
his wife and son when he falls victim to
cabin fever or something whether you
don’t hear me typing with the book you
hear me doing in here when I’m in here
that means that I am working that means
don’t come in spiraling into madness we
witness Jack Nicholson at his unhinged
best as he talks to ghosts threatens his
family and lets us know what all work
and no play will do to a guy he didn’t
let me finish my sentence I said I’m not
gonna hurt I’m just gonna bash your
brains based on the Stephen King novel
it’s an 80s classic with Stanley
Kubrick’s directorial fingerprints all
over it
he gets a title shot outdoors in a ball
park and what do I get Longway ticket to
Palookaville
number four Raging Bull delving into the
finer details of boxer Jake LaMotta ‘s
life this film explores the detrimental
effects and aggressive personality can
have on an italian-american household
what’s a matter once you Dalton put the
dish aside all fall out
directed by the genius hand of Martin
Scorsese and with the oscar-winning
Robert De Niro in the lead role Raging
Bull gives us a closer look behind the
scenes of fixed boxing matches domestic
violence sibling rivalry and the
day-to-day struggle of living the
American Dream in mid-century New York I
could have had class I could have been a
contender I could have been somebody
instead of a bum which is what I am
snakes
why did it have to be snakes number
three
Raiders of the Lost Ark
this is the movie that made Indiana
Jones a household name when it came to
adventure epics as we follow Indiana
race against the Nazis to reach the
sacred Ark of the Covenant
we’re met not only by elaborate
landscapes messy fight scenes ancient
trap rooms and melting faces but also by
dry humor and multi-dimensional
characters
Spielberg’s Raiders set the benchmark
high and left a legacy worthy of any
treasure hunter my calculations are
correct when this baby hits 88 miles per
hour you’re gonna see some serious shit
number 2 back to the future are you
telling me you built a time machine out
of a DeLorean time-travel skateboarding
DeLoreans and Nike sneaks oh but it’s so
much more whoa this is heavy in the
first of Robert Zemeckis is3 Back to the
Future movies we follow Marty McFly as
he travels back to 1955 when his parents
first met thanks to his eccentric friend
Doc Brown’s newly invented time machine
the way I see it if you’re gonna build a
time machine into a car why not doing
some style however young Marty’s very
existence is endangered when he finds
himself in a love triangle with his
folks whoa wait a minute are you trying
to tell me that my mother has got the
hots for me what follows are weird
parental scenarios a bully beatdown and
some Johnny be good rock guitar
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1980s here are a few honorable
mentions all those moments will be lost
in time like tears rain pardon my french
but cameron is so tight that if you
stuck a lump of coal up his ass in two
weeks you have a diamond where’s she
look it may take a while
want to wait there’s a bench over there
I’ll be back well it’s like this
okay you wanna play up okay
shadow to my new friend she laced push
on the table bartender says I suppose
you won’t be needing a drink Nick lady
says laugh it up fuzzball number one
Star Wars Episode five the Empire
Strikes Back obi-wan never told you what
happened little father he told me enough
before 1980 threes Return of the Jedi
completed George Lucas’s original
trilogy there was 1980s The Empire
Strikes Back
I often considered the best film in the
Star Wars saga Empire sees lightsaber
wielding protagonist Luke Skywalker
training with Master Yoda to fight Darth
Vader’s forces impressive most
impressive but with Han Solo and
Princess Leia taken prisoner the Empire
stronger than ever and the temptation of
the darkside hanging over his shoulder
it won’t be easy
that boy is our last hope
there is a governor do you agree with
our list yes yes yes what’s your
favorite movie of the 80s for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
sci-fi action comedy and franchises
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1980s ha ha ha for our
series of the best movies of all time
we’ve chosen 10 movies per decade based
on their iconic status critical acclaim
box office success and watchability and
just so you know we’re not necessarily
choosing the movies your film studies
professor would pick so sit back and
relax as we wax on wax off Hicks amazi
ass and turn this list up to 11 why
don’t you just make 10 louder and make
10 be the top number and make that a
little louder these counts you 11 say it
lock and load number 10 platoon hey
white boy what you waiting fo that
holding on big it’s been Oliver Stone’s
gritty oscar-winner platoon swarms with
great characters tension and the horrors
of war
as young and naive soldier Chris Taylor
makes his way through Vietnam he
discovers two things one his existence
in this war is pretty insignificant and
two there’s massive moral duality
between his fellow soldiers around a
Civil War opportunity
half the men of Elias half of Barnes
after a village is mercilessly
slaughtered Caylor must decide what kind
of man and soldier he wants to be making
this one of cinema’s most effective war
movies do it get away from her you bitch
number nine aliens I only need to know
one thing where they released seven
years after the chest bursting original
James Cameron’s aliens seized the planet
of lv-426 colonized by the acid bearing
tongue torpedoing extraterrestrials HS
with Nostromo survivor Ellen Ripley on
board to assist a group of trigger-happy
warriors we explore every nook and
cranny of the alien planet and we’re on
edge every step of the way the
state-of-the-art special effects
intriguing characters and terrifying
alien beings all make this movie an
unmissable one for gory sci-fi
enthusiasts well we’re the
I hate this like the torture number
eight
ghostbusters hello ghostbusters yes of
course this serious you don’t even have
to believe in ghouls to love this dan
Aykroyd and Harold Ramis written film
when a group of scientists sets up their
own ghost-catching firm they patrol the
streets of New York defeating any
Slimers demon canines or giant
marshmallow men that may get in their
way
it’s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
not only are the ridiculously
far-fetched scenes entertaining but the
chemistry between these scientists
pardon the pun is intoxicating
everything was mine with our system
until the power grid was shut off by
dickless here they caused an explosion
is this true yes it’s true this man has
no dick number seven
die hard weather the coast we get
together have a few laughs
it’s Shoeless Bruce Willis vs. German
Alan Rickman seriously what’s not to
love
yippee-ki-yay mother fuck when New York
cop John McClane goes to visit his
family at Christmas he unwittingly walks
into the web of a bad guy gang led by
Rickman’s Hans Gruber oh well well Hans
managing to slip out of their grasp
McClane slithers around the building
taking them out one by one
spawning sequels galore and inspiring
imitators for years to come
oh but watch out for that glass John
cliff who gives a shit about glass
number six ET the extra-terrestrial
with timeless concepts about friendship
and exploration Steven Spielberg’s et is
the story of an adolescent boy who
discovers an extraterrestrial in his
garden shed second year with young
Elliot and the alien worlds apart when
it comes to communication we watch as
they teach each other new tricks and
ultimately become best friends
Oh Elliott must then battle the odds to
get et back to his home planet leaving
us with warmth in our hearts and tears
in our eyes
here’s Johnny
number five The Shining hi Lloyd
aspiring writer Jack Torrance is holed
up in the snowbound Overlook Hotel with
his wife and son when he falls victim to
cabin fever or something whether you
don’t hear me typing with the book you
hear me doing in here when I’m in here
that means that I am working that means
don’t come in spiraling into madness we
witness Jack Nicholson at his unhinged
best as he talks to ghosts threatens his
family and lets us know what all work
and no play will do to a guy he didn’t
let me finish my sentence I said I’m not
gonna hurt I’m just gonna bash your
brains based on the Stephen King novel
it’s an 80s classic with Stanley
Kubrick’s directorial fingerprints all
over it
he gets a title shot outdoors in a ball
park and what do I get Longway ticket to
Palookaville
number four Raging Bull delving into the
finer details of boxer Jake LaMotta ‘s
life this film explores the detrimental
effects and aggressive personality can
have on an italian-american household
what’s a matter once you Dalton put the
dish aside all fall out
directed by the genius hand of Martin
Scorsese and with the oscar-winning
Robert De Niro in the lead role Raging
Bull gives us a closer look behind the
scenes of fixed boxing matches domestic
violence sibling rivalry and the
day-to-day struggle of living the
American Dream in mid-century New York I
could have had class I could have been a
contender I could have been somebody
instead of a bum which is what I am
snakes
why did it have to be snakes number
three
Raiders of the Lost Ark
this is the movie that made Indiana
Jones a household name when it came to
adventure epics as we follow Indiana
race against the Nazis to reach the
sacred Ark of the Covenant
we’re met not only by elaborate
landscapes messy fight scenes ancient
trap rooms and melting faces but also by
dry humor and multi-dimensional
characters
Spielberg’s Raiders set the benchmark
high and left a legacy worthy of any
treasure hunter my calculations are
correct when this baby hits 88 miles per
hour you’re gonna see some serious shit
number 2 back to the future are you
telling me you built a time machine out
of a DeLorean time-travel skateboarding
DeLoreans and Nike sneaks oh but it’s so
much more whoa this is heavy in the
first of Robert Zemeckis is3 Back to the
Future movies we follow Marty McFly as
he travels back to 1955 when his parents
first met thanks to his eccentric friend
Doc Brown’s newly invented time machine
the way I see it if you’re gonna build a
time machine into a car why not doing
some style however young Marty’s very
existence is endangered when he finds
himself in a love triangle with his
folks whoa wait a minute are you trying
to tell me that my mother has got the
hots for me what follows are weird
parental scenarios a bully beatdown and
some Johnny be good rock guitar
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1980s here are a few honorable
mentions all those moments will be lost
in time like tears rain pardon my french
but cameron is so tight that if you
stuck a lump of coal up his ass in two
weeks you have a diamond where’s she
look it may take a while
want to wait there’s a bench over there
I’ll be back well it’s like this
okay you wanna play up okay
shadow to my new friend she laced push
on the table bartender says I suppose
you won’t be needing a drink Nick lady
says laugh it up fuzzball number one
Star Wars Episode five the Empire
Strikes Back obi-wan never told you what
happened little father he told me enough
before 1980 threes Return of the Jedi
completed George Lucas’s original
trilogy there was 1980s The Empire
Strikes Back
I often considered the best film in the
Star Wars saga Empire sees lightsaber
wielding protagonist Luke Skywalker
training with Master Yoda to fight Darth
Vader’s forces impressive most
impressive but with Han Solo and
Princess Leia taken prisoner the Empire
stronger than ever and the temptation of
the darkside hanging over his shoulder
it won’t be easy
that boy is our last hope
there is a governor do you agree with
our list yes yes yes what’s your
favorite movie of the 80s for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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