80s movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant 80s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out cult classic, eighties, entertaining, realistic, retro and weird films and TV shows about / with teenager, love affair, car, police, kiss, friendship, violence, chase, murder and danger plots mostly in Comedy, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, Netherlands and other countries.
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80s movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as 80s: Uncle Buck (1989), The Lost Boys (1987), The Breakfast Club (1985), Top Gun (1986), The Goonies (1985), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), The Karate Kid (1984), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Sixteen Candles (1984).

List of 80s movies

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 7.1
 107K
Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, unlikely friendships, teenager, child care, parents and children, when the parents are away, babysitter, happy ending, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, usa
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 7.2
 160K
The Lost Boys (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires ...
Style: black comedy, scary, surprise ending, teen, gothic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: vampire, small town, supernatural, single mother, goth, teenage boy, amusement park, motorcycle, vampire hunter, blood, fear, home invasion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teen angst, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, brat pack ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: chicago
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 6.9
 498K
Top Gun (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night, manly, kids ...
Plot: fighter pilot, aviation, pilot, u.s. navy, fighter jet, officers and cadets, airplane, flying, aerial combat, cold war, u.s. military, aviator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
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 7.7
 296K
The Goonies (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, childhood, treasure, pirate, treasure map, children, mischievous children, pirate ship, group of friends, map, friendship, cave ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: oregon, astoria oregon, usa
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, ...
Style: teen sex comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage pregnancy, stoner, unwanted pregnancy, friendship, youth, high school life, shopping mall, sex scene, loss of virginity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, southern california
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The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style: sexy, light, black comedy, offbeat, dark comedy ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, devil, black magic, supernatural, supernatural ability, dark humor, wizards and magicians, twists and turns, deal with the devil ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new england, rhode island
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 7.3
 243K
The Karate Kid (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Hassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, teenager, karate, human spirit, teaching the ways of the world, underdog, teacher, bullying, coming of age, high school, childhood, martial arts tournament ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When trucker, Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a ...
Style: humorous, exciting, stylized, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, manly, date night
Plot: martial arts, monster, supernatural, truck driver, kung fu, good versus evil, magic, truck, kidnapping, friendship, mythology, wizard ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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 7.0
 125K
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
Style: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, high school life, youth, self discovery, teenage girl, teenage love, first love, female nudity, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
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 6.8
 92K
Christine (1983)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car, obsession, killer car, macabre, classic car, supernatural, stephen king, murder, bullying, friendship, objects come to life, brutality ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1957 ...
Place: california, los angeles, southern california, detroit
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, teacher, teenage girl, friendship, teen angst, school, teenage angst, teenage boy, skipping school, rebel ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
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 6.2
 38K
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style: slasher, scary, twist ending, surprise ending, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, psychopath, serial killer, youth, murder, bullying, rivalry, teenage life, danger, mental illness, female villain, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 2016
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 6.7
 87K
Road House (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable -- ...
Style: suspense, cult classic, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, small town, violence, stripper, bouncer, nightclub, one man army, gangster, bar fight, murder, fistfight, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: missouri, memphis, usa
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 6.5
 13K
Class of 1984 (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Andy is a new teacher at a inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. There is metal detectors at the front door and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and ...
Style: grindhouse, disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, punk, teacher, revenge, gang, violence, rape, bullying, juvenile delinquency, sexual cruelty, vigilante, school ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: usa
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 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.9
 57K
Fletch (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, talky, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: journalism, investigation, corruption, undercover, cons and scams, dishonesty, dating, on the run, mistaken identity, insurance, police corruption, media ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa
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Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenage sex, teenage love, friendship, youth, teenager, fall in love, friends, love, children, child, teen angst ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, ohio, washington d.c.
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 6.7
 88K
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style: romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage girl, teen romance, bullying, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, high school life, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
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 7.3
 246K
Gremlins (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, christmas horror, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, monster, supernatural, small town, transformation, creature, holiday, winter, deadly creature, gremlin, father son relationship, snow ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s
Place: usa
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 6.6
 43K
The Blob (1988)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, slasher, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, body horror, survival, evil alien, small town, space and aliens, quarantine, giant monster, creature feature, cheerleader, creature ...
Time: 80s
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 5.6
 37K
Raw Deal (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a ...
Style: intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: fbi, one man army, vigilante, small town, gangster, revenge, mafia, tough heroes, heroes, law enforcement, working undercover, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
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 8.1
 918K
The Terminator (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style: tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: time travel, cyborgs, cyberpunk, man versus machine, dystopia, good versus evil, terminator, androids, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, gunfight, car chase ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, mexico
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 6.1
 6K
Looker (1981)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, futuristic, psychological ...
Plot: murder, model, plastic surgeon, serial killer, murder mystery, obsession, greed, doctor, technology gone awry, amateur detective, dishonesty, mind game ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: california, los angeles, beverly hills
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style: neo noir, controversial, intense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: chinese mafia, triad, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gangster, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, china, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
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 6.9
 21K
Something Wild (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Style: entertaining, dark comedy, melancholic, light, disturbing ...
Plot: road trip, lovers on the run, opposites attract, dangerous attraction, on the road, high school reunion, chase, manic pixie dream girl, yuppie, violence, haunted by the past, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: new york, usa, virginia
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Streets of Fire (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, neo noir, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rescue, kidnapping, abduction, singer, motorcycle, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, street gang, rock and roll, music, fan, rivalry, greaser ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: usa
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We Are the Best! (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Style: touching, stylized, lyrical, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, punk rock, rebellion, adolescence, children, girl power, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, year 2013, 20th century
Place: seattle, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
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 5.2
 10K
Red Scorpion (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gunfight, brutality, assassination, justice, gratuitous violence, soldier, mission of murder, politics, war, state affairs, undercover ...
Time: 80s
Place: africa
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