Welcome to our big list of the most Essential 1980s movies, showcasing 140 of the decade’s best and most iconic Fresh (and not-so-Fresh) movies. That’s right, we recommend some Rotten additions for your ’80s movie playlists, because this is one decade only fully experienced with the good, the bad, and the feathered neon.
Any ’80s movie with a Tomatometer was considered for our Essentials guide, and after including the truly timeless material (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raging Bull), we focused on works that represented the cinematic trends and social themes of the era. Some of those include the fantasy epic (NeverEnding Story, Princess Bride), teen movies (Breakfast Club, Weird Science), the new corporate overlord (Wall Street, Trading Places), women making strides in the workplace (Baby Boom, Working Girl), and rising hip-hop culture (Krush Groove, Do the Right Thing).
Now fire up the flux capicator and cue the workout montage because it’s time for Rotten Tomatoes’ 140 Essential ’80s Movies!
Link: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/140-essential-80s-movies/
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Shortlist from The Oscars 1985-1989 nominees.
Additions to book 1001 Movies
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.
As a Gen x'er these are some of my favorite 80's movies that kept my planted in front of the TV.
Ze světa peněz, médií, politiky a soudnictví
Movies Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
films mrsnesbitt has seen but I haven't
The best of the best!
Best movies of 1980-1989
Watched: 54 (August 2021)
Original Edition (2003) + additions (2004-2021) in that order. http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/The_List
2021 Edition Additions:
The Vast of Night (2019)
The Assistant (2019)
Rocks (2019)
Saint Maud (2019)
Tenet (2020)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Soul (2020)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Lovers Rock (2020)
Nomadland (2020)
List of Nominees and Winners.
Michael Douglas in "Wall Street" - WINNER
William Hurt in "Broadcast News"
Marcello Mastroianni in "Dark Eyes"
Jack Nicholson in "Ironweed"
Robin Williams in "Good Morning, Vietnam"
Albert Brooks in "Broadcast News"
Sean Connery in "The Untouchables" - WINNER
Morgan Freeman in "Street Smart"
Vincent Gardenia in "Moonstruck"
Denzel Washington in "Cry Freedom"
Cher in "Moonstruck" - WINNER
Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction"
Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News"
Sally Kirkland in "Anna"
Meryl Streep in "Ironweed"
Norma Aleandro in "Gaby - A True Story"
Anne Archer in "Fatal Attraction"
Olympia Dukakis in "Moonstruck" - WINNER
Anne Ramsey in "Throw Momma from the Train"
Ann Sothern in "The Whales of August"
"Empire of the Sun" Art Direction: Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
"Hope and Glory" Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Joan Woollard
"The Last Emperor" Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri - WINNER
"Radio Days" Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Les Bloom, George DeTitta, Jr.
"The Untouchables" Art Direction: Patrizia Von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
"Broadcast News" Michael Ballhaus
"Empire of the Sun" Allen Daviau
"Hope and Glory" Philippe Rousselot
"The Last Emperor" Vittorio Storaro - WINNER
"Matewan" Haskell Wexler
"The Dead" Dorothy Jeakins
"Empire of the Sun" Bob Ringwood
"The Last Emperor" James Acheson - WINNER
"Maurice" Jenny Beavan, John Bright
"The Untouchables" Marilyn Vance-Straker
"Fatal Attraction" Adrian Lyne
"Hope and Glory" John Boorman
"The Last Emperor" Bernardo Bertolucci - WINNER
"Moonstruck" Norman Jewison
"My Life as a Dog" Lasse Hallström
"Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965" Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers
"Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima" John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers
"Radio Bikini" Robert Stone, Producer
"A Stitch for Time" Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers
"The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table" Aviva Slesin, Producer - WINNER
"Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller" Deborah Dickson, Producer
"In the Wee Wee Hours..." Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers
"Language Says It All" Megan Williams, Producer
"Silver into Gold" Lynn Mueller, Producer
"Young at Heart" Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers - WINNER
"Broadcast News" Richard Marks
"Empire of the Sun" Michael Kahn
"Fatal Attraction" Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
"The Last Emperor" Gabriella Cristiani - WINNER
"RoboCop" Frank J. Urioste
"Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)" France
"Babette's Feast" Denmark - WINNER
"Course Completed" Spain
"The Family" Italy
"Pathfinder" Norway
"Happy New Year" Bob Laden
"Harry and the Hendersons" Rick Baker - WINNER
"Cry Freedom" George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
"Empire of the Sun" John Williams
"The Last Emperor" Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su - WINNER
"The Untouchables" Ennio Morricone
"The Witches of Eastwick" John Williams
"Cry Freedom" from "Cry Freedom" Music and Lyric by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from "Dirty Dancing" Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte - WINNER
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from "Mannequin" Music and Lyric by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
"Shakedown" from "Beverly Hills Cop II" Music by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey; Lyric by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
"Storybook Love" from "The Princess Bride" Music and Lyric by Willy DeVille
"Broadcast News" James L. Brooks, Producer
"Fatal Attraction" Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, Producers
"Hope and Glory" John Boorman, Producer
"The Last Emperor" Jeremy Thomas, Producer - WINNER
"Moonstruck" Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, Producers
"George and Rosemary" Eunice Macaulay, Producer
"The Man Who Planted Trees" Frédéric Back, Producer - WINNER
"Your Face" Bill Plympton, Producer
"Making Waves" Ann Wingate, Producer
"Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall" Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, Producers - WINNER
"Shoeshine" Robert A. Katz, Producer
"Empire of the Sun" Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe
"The Last Emperor" Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock - WINNER
"Lethal Weapon" Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bill Nelson
"RoboCop" Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald
"The Witches of Eastwick" Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl, Art Rochester
"Innerspace" Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith - WINNER
"Predator" Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
"The Dead" Tony Huston
"Fatal Attraction" James Dearden
"Full Metal Jacket" Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford
"The Last Emperor" Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci - WINNER
"My Life as a Dog" Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund
"Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)" Louis Malle
"Broadcast News" James L. Brooks
"Hope and Glory" John Boorman
"Moonstruck" John Patrick Shanley - WINNER
"Radio Days" Woody Allen
Rotten Tomatoes’ 140 Essential 80s Movies
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