In the 1980's which movies were most popular?

Answer 1

Popular teen movies for the 1980s were: Comedy * Better Off Dead (1985) * Can't Buy Me Love (1987) * Three O'Clock High (1987) * Porky's (1982) * Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) * Porky's Revenge (1985) * Revenge of the Nerds (1984) * Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) * All The Right Moves * Dead Poets Society (1989) * Heathers (1989) * Christine (1983) * Zombie High (1987) Teen Werewolf Films * Teen Wolf (1985) * Teen Wolf Too (1987) Teen Witch Films * Teen Witch (1989) Teen Vampire Films * The Lost Boys (1987) The Halloween Series * Halloween II (1981) * Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) * Halloween 5 (1989) Nightmare on Elm Street Series * A Nightmare on Elm Street * A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge * A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master * A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child * A Nightmare On Elm Street 6: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare * A Nightmare On Elm Street 7: New Nightmare * Freddy vs. Jason === === * School Daze (1988) * The Breakfast Club (1985) * Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) * Pretty in Pink (1986) * Sixteen Candles (1984) * Weird Science (1985) * Dirty Dancing (1987) * Fame (1980) * Footloose (1984) (2009) * Flashdance (1983) * Grease 2 (1982) * Paradise (1982) * For Keeps (1988) * Mannequin (1987) * Back to the Future (1985) * Back to the Future Part II (1989) * Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) * Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) * The Baby-Sitters Club * Class * Crossroads * Dirty Deeds * Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead * Dream a Little Dream * East of Eden * Empire Records * Encino Man * First Daughter * Flirting * Foxfire * Friday Night Lights * Get Over It * Get Real * Ghost World * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * The Goonies * The Graduate * Gregory's Girl * Grind * Harry Potter (series) * High School * High School U.S.A. * Hoop Dreams * Hoosiers * House Party * How to Deal * Jawbreaker * Josie and the Pussycats * Just One of the Guys * The Karate Kid * Ken Park * Kids * Kids Return * The Last American Virgin * The Last Picture Show * License to Drive * Little Darlings * Love Story * Lovewrecked * Lucas * Meatballs * My Bodyguard * My Own Private Idaho * Never Been Kissed * Now and Then * The New Guy * One Crazy Summer * Orange County * The Outsiders * Over the Edge * The Prince and Me * Private Lessons * Private Resort * Puberty Blues * Pump Up the Volume * Raise Your Voice * Rebel Without a Cause * Risky Business * River's Edge * Rock 'n' Roll High School * Rumble Fish * Rushmore * Saved! * Say Anything * Shag * She's Out of Control * Some Kind of Wonderful * Splendor in the Grass * Stand and Deliver * Summer School * Take the Lead * The Princess Diaries * The Princess Diaries 2 * 13 Going On 30 * To Sir, with Love * Valley Girl * Varsity Blues * WarGames * Whatever It Takes * The Wild One * The Hole * Zapped!

Answer 2

=== === === === * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial * Return of the Jedi * The Empire Strikes Back * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade * Batman * Rain Man * Raiders of the Lost Ark * Back to the Future * Who Framed Roger Rabbit * Top Gun * Rain Man * Who Framed Roger Rabbit * Coming to America * Twins * Crocodile Dundee II * Die Hard * The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! * Cocktail * Beetlejuice * Working Girl * Fish Called Wanda, A * Scrooged * Willow * Beaches * Rambo III * Oliver & Company * Bull Durham Orion * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 * The Dream Master New * The Land Before Time * Colors * Guns * Biloxi Blues * Dirty Rotten Scoundrels * The Great Outdoors * Tequila Sunrise * Big Business * Bambi * Midnight Run * The Dead Pool * Red Heat * Dangerous Liaisons * Mississippi Burning * Child's Play * The Accidental Tourist * The Accused * Shoot to Kill * Ernest Saves Christmas* Betrayed * Funny Farm * Alien Nation * Gorillas in the Mist * The Fox and the Hound * License to Drive * Short Circuit 2 * Punchline* Action Jackson * Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Answer 3

The top ten money-making movies in the US in the 1980s included E.T.; the second and third Star Wars films (Episodes V and VI); the first three Indiana Jones films; Batman; Ghostbusters; and Back to the Future. Thus it was a good decade for Science Fiction and fantasy adventure films. The remaining film on the list was Beverly Hills Cop.

Answer 4

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

Time Bandits (1981)

Dark Crystal (1982)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

A Christmas Story (1983)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

The Last Starfighter (1984)

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Star Trek: The Search for Spock (1984)

The Goonies (1985)

Return to Oz (1985)

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Explorers (1985)

Castle in the Sky (1986). This is a Japanese animated film, but there is an English version.

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

An American Tail (1986)

Star Trek: The Voyage Home (1986)

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)

Aliens (1986)

The Last Emperor (1987)

Three Men and a Baby (1987)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)

The Bear (1988)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988). This is a Japanese animated film, but there is an English version.

Big (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

The Land Before Time (1988)

Oliver & Company (1988)

Star Trek: The Final Frontier (1989)

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Always (1989)

Tango and Cash (1989)

Answer 5

In terms of movies that were awarded Oscars for Picture, Director, Actor/Actress, some of the top films of the '80s include:

Raging Bull, Ordinary People, Chariots of Fire, On Golden Pond, Gandhi, Sophie's Choice, Terms of Endearment, Amadeus, Out of Africa, Platoon, The Color of Money, Children of a Lesser God, The Last Emperor, Wall Street, Moonstruck, Rain Man, The Accused, Driving Miss Daisy, My Left Foot, Born on the Fourth of July.

Obviously, there were plenty of other popular movies from the '80s such as:

Indian Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Karate Kid, Prizzi's Honour, Broadcast News, La Bamba, Robocop, Lethal Weapon, Young Guns, True Confessions, Look Who's Talking, Cinema Paradiso, Beaches, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Wargames, Predator, Aliens, All of Me.

Answer 6

Was Raiders Of The Lost Ark by Steven Spielberg from 1980 it was around that time it was a massive hit?

Answer 7

The best movie from the 80s would be the karate kid with ralph macchio and pat morita which was made in 1984! that movie is about a bullied student who finally does KARATE

Answer 8

Several Comedy Movies from the 1980's are the Breakfast Club (1985), Major League (1989), and Coming to American (1988). Three of these movies were very famous.