Recommended movies from the 1980s.

Movies released from 1980-1989.  These would get at least a B rating from me at the time I saw them.  Some movies, we watch again and like better.  Some movies, we wonder what were we thinking?  But enough with the caveats.  This is a long list, so if you're looking for something to watch, maybe you'll find a few gems in here.  List is in alphabetical order because I'm not about to try to rank them.

10 to Midnight
1984
48 Hrs
52 Pick-Up
84 Charing Cross Road
9 1/2 Weeks
9 to 5
About Last Night
Above the Law
Absence of Malice
The Abyss
The Accidental Tourist
The Accused
Adventures in Babysitting
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
After Hours
Against All Odds
Agnes of God
Airplane!
Airplane II: The Sequel
Alien Nation
Aliens
All of Me
All the Marbles
All the Right Moves
Altered States
Always
Amadeus
American Dreamer
American Flyers
American Gigolo
American Ninja
An American Werewolf in London
Angel Heart
Another Woman
Any Which Way You Can
Armour of God
Armour of God II: Operation Condor
Arthur
At Close Range
Atlantic city
Author! Author!
Bachelor Party
Back Roads
Back to School
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Backfire
Bad Boys
Bad Taste
Bagdad Cafe
Barfly
Bat*21
Batman
Battle Creek Brawl (aka The Big Brawl)
Beaches
The Beast Within
The Beastmaster
The Bedroom Window
Beetlejuice
The Believers
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Best of the Best
The Best of Times
Best Seller
Better Off Dead
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow II
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Big Business
The Big Chill
The Big Easy
The Big Red One
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Biloxi Blues
Bird
Black Rain
Black Widow
Blade Runner
Blame It on Rio
Blaze
Blind Date
The Blob
The Blood of Heroes
Blood Simple
Bloodsport
Blow Out
The Blue Lagoon
Blue Thunder
Blue Velvet
The Blues Brothers
Body Double
Body Heat
The Boost
The Border
Born on the Fourth of July
The Bounty
Brainstorm
Brazil
The Breakfast Club
Breathless
Brewster's Millions
Broadcast News
Bronco Billy
Brubaker
Bull Durham
The 'Burbs
Caddyshack
Cannery Row
Carny
Casualties of War
Cat People
The Challenge
Chances Are
The Changeling
Child's Play
Children of a Lesser God
A Chinese Ghost Story
Christine
A Christmas Story
City Heat
City on Fire
Clara's Heart
Clash of the Titans
Class
Clean and Sober
Clue
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Coca-Cola Kid
Cocoon
Code of Silence
Cohen and Tate
The Color of Money
The Color Purple
Colors
Coming to America
Commando
Conan the Barbarian
Continental Divide
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Cop
The Cotton Club
Cousins
Creator
Creepshow
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes of Passion
Criminal Law
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee II
Crossing Delancey
Crossroads
Cry Freedom
A Cry in the Dark
Cyborg
Dad
Dangerous Liaisons
The Dark Crystal
Das Boot
Day of the Dead
Dead Calm
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead of Winter
Dead Poets Society
The Dead Pool
Dead Ringers
The Dead Zone
Deadly Blessing
Death Hunt
Deathtrap
Defiance
Die Hard
Diner
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Disorganized Crime
D.O.A.
Do the Right Thing
Doctor Detroit
Dominick and Eugene
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Dragnet
Dragon Lord
Dragons Forever
Dragonslayer
The Dream Team
Dreamscape
Dressed to Kill
Driving Miss Daisy
Drugstore Cowboy
A Dry White Season
Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie Macon's Run
Educating Rita
Eight Men Out
Electric Dreams
The Elephant Man
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
The Emerald Forest
Empire of the Sun
The Empire Strikes Back
Enemies, a Love Story
Enemy Mine
The Entity
Erik the Viking
Escape from New York
E.T. the Extraterrestrial
Everybody's All-American
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
The Evil That Men Do
Excalibur
Extreme Prejudice
Extremities
Eye of the Needle
Eyewitness
The Fabulous Baker Boys
The Falcon and the Snowman
Fandango
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Walking
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fatal Attraction
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Field of Dreams
The Final Countdown
Firefox
Firestarter
First Blood
A Fish Called Wanda
The Flamingo Kid
Flashdance
Flesh + Blood
Fletch
Fletch Lives
The Fly
The Fog
Footloose
For Your Eyes Only
The Four Seasons
Frantic
Fright Night
Full Metal Jacket
The Funhouse
Funny Farm
F/X
Gallipoli
Gandhi
Gardens of Stone
The Gate
Ghostbusters
Gleaming the Cube
Glory
God of Gamblers
The Golden Child
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Goonies
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorky Park
Gotcha!
Gothic
Grace Quigley
Great Balls of Fire
The Great Outdoors
Gremlins
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Gross Anatomy
Gung Ho
Half Moon Street
Halloween II
Hamburger Hill
Hannah and Her Sisters
Harlem Nights
Heart of Dragon
Heartbreak Hotel
Heartbreak Ridge
Hearts and Armour
Heathers
Heavy Metal
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Hellraiser
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Her Alibi
Hero at Large
Hiding Out
High Road to China
Highlander
History of the World: Part I
The Hitcher
The Hollywood Knights
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honkytonk Man
Hoosiers
Hopscotch
House
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Howard the Duck (sorry, folks, I liked it)
The Howling
The Hunger
The Hunter
I, the Jury
The Ice Pirates
If You Could See What I Hear
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Innerspace
An Innocent Man
Into the Night
Ironweed
Jacknife
Jagged Edge
Jake Speed
The January Man
Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Handsome
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Just One of the Guys
The Karate Kid
Kickboxer
The Killer
The Killing Fields
Kiss Me Goodbye
Knightriders
La Bamba
Ladyhawke
Lassiter
The Last Dragon
The Last Emperor
Last Rites
The Last Starfighter
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Warrior
Lean on Me
Legal Eagles
Legend
Less Than Zero
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Licence to Kill
License to Drive
Lifeforce
Little Darlings
The Little Mermaid
Little Nikita
Little Shop of Horrors
The Living Daylights
Lone Wolf McQuade
The Lonely Guy
The Lords of Discipline
The Lost Boys
Lost in America
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Madame Sousatzka
Major League
The Man from Snowy River
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Man with Two Brains
Manhunter
Married to the Mob
Mask
Masquerade
The Mean Season
The Meaning of Life
Memories of Me
Midnight Run
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
The Mighty Quinn
Mike's Murder
The Milagro Beanfield War
Miracle Mile
Miracles (aka Mr. Canton & Lady Rose)
Mischief
Mississippi Burning
Modern Problems
The Money Pit
The Monster Squad
Moonstruck
The Morning After
Moscow on the Hudson
The Mosquito Coast
Mr. Mom
Murphy's Romance
Music Box
My Bodyguard
My Favorite Year
My Left Foot
My Lucky Stars
My Neighbor Totoro
Mystic Pizza
The Naked Gun
The Name of the Rose
Nate and Hayes
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Natural
Near Dark
Never Cry Wolf
Never Say Never Again
New York Stories
Night of the Comet
Night of the Demons
Night Shift
Nighthawks
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
No Mercy
No Way Out
Nothing in Common
Octopussy
Off Limits
An Officer and a Gentleman
On Golden Pond
Once Bitten
Once Upon a Time in America
Ordinary People
Out Cold
Out of Africa
Outland
Outrageous Fortune
The Outsiders
Overboard
The Package
Pale Rider
Paperhouse
Parenthood
Patty Hearst
Peggy Sue Got Married
Personal Best
Pet Sematary
Phantasm II
The Philadelphia Experiment
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Places in the Heart
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Platoon
Police Academy
Police Story
Police Story 2
Poltergeist
Popeye
Porky's
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A Prayer for the Dying
Predator
The Presidio
Pretty in Pink
Prince of the City
The Princess Bride
Private Benjamin
Prizzi's Honor
Project A
Project A Part II
The Protector
Psycho II
Pumpkinhead
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Quest for Fire
The Quiet Earth
Racing with the Moon
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rain Man
Raising Arizona
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Raw Deal
The Razor's Edge
Re-Animator
Real Genius
Reckless
Red Dawn
Red Heat
Relentless
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Living Dead
Return to Snowy River
The Right Stuff
Risky Business
The River
Road House
The Road Warrior
RoboCop
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Romancing the Stone
'Round Midnight
Roxanne
Rumble Fish
Runaway
Runaway Train
The Running Man
Running on Empty
Running Scared
Ruthless People
Salvador
Say Anything
Scandal
Scanners
Scarface
Scrooged
Sea of Love
Secret Admirer
The Secret of My Success
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Seems Like Old Times
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Seventh Sign
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Sharky's Machine
The Shining
Shoot to Kill
Siesta
Silent Rage
Silkwood
Silver Bullet
Silverado
Sixteen Candles
Skin Deep
Some Kind of Wonderful
Someone to Watch Over Me
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wild
Somewhere in Time
Southern Comfort
Spaceballs
Spies Like Us
Splash
Split Image
Stakeout
Stand and Deliver
Stand by Me
The Star Chamber
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Starman
St. Elmo's Fire
Stealing Home
Still of the Night
Stir Crazy
Stormy Monday
Strange Brew
Street Smart
Stripes
The Stunt Man
Subway
Sudden Impact
Summer Lovers
Summer Rental
Summer School
Superman II
The Sure Thing
Suspect
Sweet Dreams
Switching Channels
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Talk Radio
The Tall Guy
Tango & Cash
Taps
Target
Tattoo
Teachers
Teen Wolf
Tender Mercies
Tequila Sunrise
The Terminator
Terms of Endearment
Tex
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
That Was Then ... This Is Now
They Call Me Bruce
They Live
Thief
The Thing
Things Change
This is Spinal Tap
Three Amigos
Three Men and a Baby
Throw Momma from the Train
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tiger on Beat
Tightrope
Time Bandits
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
Tin Men
To Live and Die in L.A.
Tom Horn
Tootsie
Top Gun
Top Secret!
Touch and Go
Tough Guys
The Toxic Avenger
Trading Places
Tron
Trouble in Mind
True Believer
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Tuff Turf
Turk 182
Turner & Hooch
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
Twins
UHF
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Uncle Buck
Uncommon Valor
Under Fire
Under the Rainbow
The Untouchables
Urban Cowboy
Used Cars
Vacation
Vampire's Kiss
The Verdict
Victory
Videodrome
Vision Quest
Wall Street
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The War of the Roses
WarGames
Waxwork
Weekend at Bernie's
Weird Science
We're No Angels
Wheels on Meals
When Harry Met Sally
White Nights
White of the Eye
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow
Winners and Sinners
Winter People
Wish You Were Here
Witchboard
The Witches of Eastwick
Without a Clue
Without a Trace
Witness
Wolfen
The Woman in Red
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Working Girl
The World According to Garp
The Year of Living Dangerously
Year of the Dragon
Yellowbeard
Yes, Madam!
Young Doctors in Love
Young Guns
The Young Master
Young Sherlock Holmes