1980s (21)

Raging Bull (1980) - An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.

Star Wars : Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.

The Shining (1980) - A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis..

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982) - A group of Earth children help a stranded alien botanist return home.

Tootsie (1982) - An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.

Scarface (1983) - In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed.

Ghost Busters (1984) - Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

The Karate Kid (1984) - A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.

Back to the Future (1985) - In 1985, Doc Brown invented time travel, in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevented his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.

The Breakfast Club (1985) - 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.

The Goonies (1985) - A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.

Stand By Me (1986) - After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy.

Top Gun (1986) - The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher.

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Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) - A group of juvenile criminals is sent for vacation to Kamp Kikakee. The clumsy Ernest has to care for them...

The Princess Bride (1987) - A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) - A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.

Beetlejuice (1988)

Rain Man

Uncle Buck (1989) - Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.

What About Bob?

When Harry Met Sally (1989) - Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.