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Every 1980s film in the catalog
227 films from the 1980s, from the famous to the buried. Every title links to its feels-like page: what to watch next if it hit the spot.
1989
- Back to the Future Part IIepic, witty, playful
- Batmandreamlike, kinetic, gritty
- Dead Poets Societycontemplative, warm, wistful
- Decalogue Icontemplative
- Decalogue IIcontemplative
- Ghostbusters IIwitty, playful, dreamlike
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kidsepic, witty, playful
- In the Line of Duty 4kinetic, gritty, tense
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadeepic, kinetic
- Isle of Flowers
- Kickboxerkinetic, tense
- Kiki's Delivery Servicewhimsical, warm, cozy
- Lethal Weapon 2kinetic, tense, gritty
- Look Who's Talkingwitty, playful, romantic
- Miracle Milecerebral, tense, witty
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacationwitty, playful
- Pet Sematarydread, unsettling, melancholy
- Roger & Meepic, witty, playful
- Say Anything...romantic, tender, witty
- The Abyssepic, tense, cerebral
- The Killerkinetic, gritty, contemplative
- The Little Mermaidwhimsical, warm, cozy
- When Harry Met Sally...witty, playful, romantic
1988
- A Fish Called Wandawitty, playful, gritty
- A Short Film About Killinggritty, contemplative, unsettling
- A Short Film About Lovecontemplative, romantic, tender
- Akiracerebral, kinetic, bleak
- As Tears Go Bycontemplative, gritty, romantic
- Beetlejuicedreamlike, witty, playful
- Bigdreamlike, contemplative, witty
- Bloodsportkinetic, contemplative
- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
- Child's Playdread, unsettling
- Cinema Paradisocontemplative, romantic, tender
- Coming to Americawitty, playful, romantic
- Die Hardkinetic, tense, playful
- Distant Voices, Still Livescontemplative, stylish
- Dragons Foreverkinetic, witty, playful
- Grave of the Firefliescontemplative, bleak
- My Neighbor Totorodreamlike, whimsical, warm
- Police Story 2kinetic, gritty, tense
- Powaqqatsi
- Rain Mancontemplative, melancholy, romantic
- Rambo IIIkinetic, epic, tense
- The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Yearsstylish
- The Land Before Timewarm, cozy, epic
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!witty, playful, gritty
- The Thin Blue Linegritty
- The Vanishingtense, twisty, melancholy
- They Livecerebral, kinetic, tense
- Twinswitty, playful
- Who Framed Roger Rabbitdreamlike, witty, playful
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdownwitty, playful, contemplative
1987
- A Chinese Ghost Storydreamlike, kinetic
- Babette's Feastcontemplative, epic, witty
- Beverly Hills Cop IIkinetic, witty, playful
- Blind Chancecontemplative, unsettling
- Dirty Dancingcontemplative, stylish, romantic
- Eastern Condorskinetic, epic, bleak
- Evil Dead IIdread, unsettling, witty
- Full Metal Jacketcontemplative, bleak
- Good Morning, Vietnamwitty, playful, contemplative
- Hellraiserdread, unsettling, tense
- Housekeepingwitty, playful, contemplative
- Lethal Weaponkinetic, tense, gritty
- Moonstruckwitty, playful, contemplative
- No Way Outtense, contemplative
- Planes, Trains and Automobileswitty, playful
- Predatorcerebral, kinetic, epic
- Project A - Part IIkinetic, witty, playful
- Raising Arizonawitty, playful, gritty
- RoboCopkinetic, tense, cerebral
- Spaceballswitty, playful, cerebral
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
- The Lost Boysdread, unsettling, witty
- The Princess Brideepic, dreamlike, romantic
- The Running Mankinetic, tense, cerebral
- The Untouchablesgritty, epic, tense
- The Whales of Augustcontemplative
- Where Is The Friend's House?contemplative, epic, warm
- Wings of Desirecontemplative, dreamlike, romantic
- Withnail & Iwitty, playful, contemplative
1986
- A Better Tomorrowkinetic, gritty, contemplative
- Alienskinetic, tense, cerebral
- An American Tailepic, witty, playful
- Armour of Godepic, kinetic, witty
- Big Trouble in Little Chinakinetic, epic, witty
- Blue Velvettwisty, tense, gritty
- Castle in the Skyepic, dreamlike, kinetic
- Clockwisewitty, playful
- Ferris Bueller's Day Offwitty, playful, wistful
- Flight of the Navigatorwarm, cozy, cerebral
- Highlanderepic, kinetic, dreamlike
- Kin-dza-dza!witty, playful, cerebral
- Labyrinthepic, warm, cozy
- Platooncontemplative, bleak, kinetic
- Poison for the Fairiesdreamlike, dread, unsettling
- Stand by Mecontemplative, epic, warm
- The Flydread, unsettling, cerebral
- The Great Mouse Detectivewarm, twisty, gritty
- The Karate Kid Part IIepic, contemplative, kinetic
- The Name of the Rosecontemplative, tense, twisty
- The Sacrificecontemplative
- Top Gunkinetic, contemplative, romantic
1985
- After Hourswitty, playful, tense
- Back to the Futureepic, witty, playful
- Blood Simplegritty, contemplative, tense
- Brazilwitty, playful, cerebral
- Come and Seecontemplative, bleak, dread
- Commandokinetic, epic, tense
- Explorerscerebral, epic, warm
- Fright Nightwitty, playful, dread
- Lost in Americawitty, playful, darkly funny
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdomekinetic, epic, cerebral
- My Life as a Dogcontemplative, witty, playful
- My Lucky Starskinetic, witty, playful
- Police Storykinetic, gritty, witty
- Rambo: First Blood Part IIkinetic, epic, tense
- Rankinetic, contemplative, epic
- Re-Animatorcerebral, witty, playful
- Returndread, unsettling, dreamlike
- Return to Ozepic, warm, cozy
- Rocky IVcontemplative, kinetic, melancholy
- Runaway Trainkinetic, tense, contemplative
- The Breakfast Clubwitty, playful, contemplative
- The Gooniesepic, witty, playful
- The Journey of Natty Gannepic, warm, cozy
- The Purple Rose of Cairodreamlike, witty, playful
- The Quiet Earthcontemplative, cerebral, tense
- The Return of the Living Deadwitty, playful, dread
- The Trip to Bountifulcontemplative, cerebral
- To Live and Die in L.A.gritty, tense, kinetic
- Yes, Madam!kinetic, witty, playful
1984
- A Nightmare on Elm Streetdread, unsettling, dreamlike
- Amadeuscontemplative, epic, stylish
- Beverly Hills Copwitty, playful, gritty
- Dunekinetic, cerebral, epic
- Ghostbusterswitty, playful, dreamlike
- Gremlinsdreamlike, dread, unsettling
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomepic, kinetic
- Nothing Left to Do But Crywitty, playful, dreamlike
- Once Upon a Time in Americacontemplative, gritty, romantic
- Paris, Texascontemplative, cerebral
- Places in the Heartcontemplative, melancholy, romantic
- Police Academywitty, playful, gritty
- Repo Manwitty, playful, cerebral
- Sexmissioncerebral, epic, witty
- Silent Night, Deadly Nighttense, dread, unsettling
- Stop Making Sensestylish
- Streetwise
- The Element of Crimegritty, contemplative, cerebral
- The Hitcontemplative, tense, gritty
- The Karate Kidkinetic, contemplative, warm
- The NeverEnding Storyepic, dreamlike, warm
- The Terminatorkinetic, tense, cerebral
- Warriors of the Windepic, whimsical, dreamlike
- Wheels on Mealsromantic, tender, kinetic
1983
- Born in Flamescontemplative, cerebral
- Brainstormcerebral, tense
- Koyaanisqatsistylish
- Local Herowitty, playful, contemplative
- Nostalgiacontemplative, romantic, tender
- Project Akinetic, epic, witty
- Return of the Jediepic, kinetic, cerebral
- Sans Soleil
- Scarfacekinetic, gritty, contemplative
- Tender Merciescontemplative, stylish, romantic
- Testamentcontemplative, cerebral, bleak
- The Evil Deaddread, unsettling, playful
- Trading Placeswitty, playful, darkly funny
- Videodromedread, unsettling, cerebral
1982
- Blade Runnercerebral, contemplative, tense
- Burden of Dreams
- Conan the Barbarianepic, dreamlike, kinetic
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialepic, cerebral, warm
- Fanny and Alexanderdreamlike, contemplative, twisty
- First Bloodkinetic, tense, contemplative
- Fitzcarraldocontemplative, epic
- Gandhicontemplative, epic, dread
- Liquid Skycerebral, tense, contemplative
- My Favorite Yearwitty, playful, contemplative
- Next of Kindread, unsettling, twisty
- Poltergeistdread, unsettling
- Rocky IIIcontemplative, kinetic
- The Dark Crystalepic, warm, cozy
- The King of Comedycontemplative, witty, playful
- The Last Unicorndreamlike, whimsical, warm
- The Secret of NIMHepic, contemplative, warm
- The Thingdread, unsettling, twisty
- Troncerebral, kinetic, epic
1981
- An American Werewolf in Londonwitty, playful, dread
- Blow Outgritty, twisty, tense
- Body Heattense, gritty, atmospheric
- Christiane F.contemplative
- Cutter's Waycontemplative, twisty, tense
- Das Bootcontemplative, epic, bleak
- Escape from New Yorkkinetic, tense, cerebral
- Mad Max 2kinetic, tense, cerebral
- Modern Romancewitty, playful, contemplative
- Possessiondread, unsettling, obsessive
- Raiders of the Lost Arkepic, kinetic
- Scannerscerebral, dread, unsettling
- The Fox and the Houndepic, contemplative, warm
- The Great Muppet Caperwitty, playful, gritty
- The Prodigal Sonkinetic, witty, playful
- The Woman Next Doorcontemplative, romantic, tender
- Thiefgritty, tense, contemplative
- Time Banditswarm, cozy, dreamlike
- Vernon, Floridacozy, whimsical
1980
- Airplane!witty, playful
- Altered Statesdread, unsettling, cerebral
- Cannibal Holocaustdread, unsettling
- Friday the 13thdread, unsettling, relentless
- Gregory's Girlwitty, playful, romantic
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tearscontemplative, witty, playful
- Pixotegritty, contemplative
- Raging Bullcontemplative, epic, paranoid
- Shogun Assassinkinetic, epic, relentless
- Superman IIcerebral, kinetic, epic
- The Blues Brothersstylish, witty, playful
- The Changelingdread, unsettling, lonely
- The Elephant Mancontemplative, epic, warm
- The Empire Strikes Backepic, kinetic, cerebral
- The Fogdread, unsettling
- The Long Good Fridaygritty, tense, contemplative
- The Shiningdread, unsettling, tense
- Used Carswitty, playful