Top Films of the 1980s (Calculated)

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Fanny and Alexander (1982) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fanny och Alexander
director: Ingmar Bergman actor: Bertil Guve / Pernilla Allwin
other title: Fanny & Alexander / Fanny og Alexander
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
The Empire Strikes Back
8.5 (8 ratings) director: Irvin Kershner actor: Mark Hamill / Harrison Ford
other title: The Empire Strikes Back / Star Wars: Episode V - Das Imperium schlägt zurück
After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins training with Jedi Master Yoda, while Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.
Shoah (1985) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Shoah
director: Claude Lanzmann actor: Claude Lanzmann / Simon Srebnik
other title: Shoah - Extermínio
1985 French documentary film about the Holocaust
Raging Bull (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData NeoDB
Raging Bull
director: Martin Scorsese actor: Robert De Niro / Cathy Moriarty
other title: Toro scatenato / Raging Bull - Tyren fra Bronx
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Ran (1985) [Movie] Douban WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Bangumi
9.0 (9 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Akira Terao
other title: Ran - Os Senhores da Guerra /
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.
Amadeus (1984) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Amadeus
7.8 (5 ratings) director: Miloš Forman actor: F. Murray Abraham / Tom Hulce
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Come and See (1985) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
Иди и смотри
director: Elem Klimov actor: Aleksei Kravchenko / Olga Mironova
other title: Va' e vedi / Gå og Se
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB
Raiders of the Lost Ark
7.1 (13 ratings) director: Steven Spielberg actor: Harrison Ford / Karen Allen
other title: I predatori dell'arca perduta / Indiana Jones og jagten på den forsvundne skat
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
The Shining (1980) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
The Shining
8.2 (26 ratings) director: Stanley Kubrick actor: Jack Nicholson / Shelley Duvall
other title: O Iluminado / Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Blade Runner (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData NeoDB DeaDvey's Reviews KevGa-NeoDB
Blade Runner
8.4 (27 ratings) director: Ridley Scott actor: Harrison Ford / Rutger Hauer
other title: Blade Runner: Perigo Iminente / Der Blade Runner
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Paris, Texas (1984) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Paris, Texas
7.0 (16 ratings) director: Wim Wenders actor: Harry Dean Stanton / Nastassja Kinski
other title: París, Texas
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
7.5 (10 ratings) director: Steven Spielberg actor: Henry Thomas / Drew Barrymore
other title: ET / E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
Do the Right Thing (1989) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Do the Right Thing
8.8 (6 ratings) director: Spike Lee actor: Danny Aiello / Ossie Davis
other title: Fa' la cosa giusta / Não Dês Bronca
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.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB
火垂るの墓
7.9 (12 ratings) director: Isao Takahata actor: Tsutomu Tatsumi / Ayano Shiraishi
other title: La tomba delle lucciole / Ildfluernes grav
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.
The Elephant Man (1980) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB Melon Log WikiData
The Elephant Man
8.2 (6 ratings) director: David Lynch actor: Anthony Hopkins / John Hurt
other title: Elefantmanden / O Homem Elefante
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Back to the Future (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData NeoDB
Back to the Future
8.2 (20 ratings) director: Robert Zemeckis actor: Michael J. Fox / Christopher Lloyd
other title: Ritorno al futuro / Tilbage til fremtiden
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Platoon (1986) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Platoon
director: Oliver Stone actor: Charlie Sheen / Willem Dafoe
other title: Platoon - kamp-patruljen / Platoon - Os Bravos do Pelotão
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Das Boot (1981) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Das Boot
director: Wolfgang Petersen actor: Jürgen Prochnow / Herbert Grönemeyer
other title: U-Boot 96 / U-båden
1981 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Ordinary People (1980) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Ordinary People
director: Robert Redford actor: Donald Sutherland / Mary Tyler Moore
other title: Gente comune / En ganske almindelig familie
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Kagemusha (1980) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
影武者
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Tsutomu Yamazaki
other title: Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior / Kagemusha - L'ombra del guerriero
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
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