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The films of the 1980s worth owning, ranked by standing.

4K Starman (1984) disc cover
Starman
1984 · John Carpenter
eBay from $80
Fame (1980) disc cover
Fame
1980 · Alan Parker
eBay from $24
St. Elmo's Fire (1985) disc cover
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
eBay from $39
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) disc cover
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · Jeremiah S. Chechik
eBay from $15
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 1988
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988 · Alan Myerson
Evil Angels 1988
Evil Angels
1988 · Fred Schepisi
Tender Mercies (1983) disc cover
Tender Mercies
1983 · Bruce Beresford
eBay from $33
Critters (1986) disc cover
Critters
1986 · Stephen Herek
eBay from $33
4K Crocodile Dundee II (1988) disc cover
Crocodile Dundee II
1988 · John Cornell
eBay from $46
Heathers (1988) disc cover
Heathers
1988 · Michael Lehmann
eBay from $26
Psycho III (1986) disc cover
Psycho III
1986 · Anthony Perkins
eBay from $27
Where is the Friend's Home? 1987
Where is the Friend's Home?
1987 · Abbas Kiarostami
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) disc cover
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · Susan Seidelman
eBay from $38
La Boum (1980) disc cover
La Boum
1980 · Claude Pinoteau
eBay from $54
Music Box (1989) disc cover
Music Box
1989 · Costa-Gavras
eBay from $28
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) disc cover
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
1988 · John Carl Buechler
eBay from $38
Outland (1981) disc cover
Outland
1981 · Peter Hyams
eBay from $27
Quest for Fire (1981) disc cover
Quest for Fire
1981 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
eBay from $33
4K Children of the Corn (1984) disc cover
Children of the Corn
1984 · Fritz Kiersch
eBay from $127
Body Heat (1981) disc cover
Body Heat
1981 · Lawrence Kasdan
eBay from $24
4K Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) disc cover
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986 · Brian Gibson
eBay from $46
Bagdad Café 1987
Bagdad Café
1987 · Percy Adlon
Sid and Nancy (1986) disc cover
Sid and Nancy
1986 · Alex Cox
eBay from $26
Police Story (1985) disc cover
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
eBay from $43
A Dry White Season (1989) disc cover
A Dry White Season
1989 · Euzhan Palcy
eBay from $23
The Cotton Club (1984) disc cover
The Cotton Club
1984 · Francis Ford Coppola
eBay from $18
A Better Tomorrow (1986) disc cover
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · John Woo
eBay from $30
Stardust Memories (1980) disc cover
Stardust Memories
1980 · Woody Allen
eBay from $32
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) disc cover
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · Stephen Frears
eBay from $33
Cyborg (1989) disc cover
Cyborg
1989
eBay from $77
Hoosiers (1986) disc cover
Hoosiers
1986 · David Anspaugh
eBay from $6
Weird Science (1985) disc cover
Weird Science
1985 · John Hughes
eBay from $27
Brubaker (1980) disc cover
Brubaker
1980 · Bob Rafelson
eBay from $37
Rumble Fish (1983) disc cover
Rumble Fish
1983 · Francis Ford Coppola
eBay from $31
Firestarter (1984) disc cover
Firestarter
1984 · Mark L. Lester
eBay from $40
Evil Under the Sun (1982) disc cover
Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Guy Hamilton
eBay from $15
Teheran 43 1981
Teheran 43
1981 · Aleksandr Alov
Red Scorpion (1988) disc cover
Red Scorpion
1988
eBay from $18
The Official Story (1985) disc cover
The Official Story
1985
eBay from $30
Turner & Hooch (1989) disc cover
Turner & Hooch
1989
eBay from $65
Hope and Glory (1987) disc cover
Hope and Glory
1987 · John Boorman
eBay from $37
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) disc cover
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988 · Stephen Chiodo
eBay from $23
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) disc cover
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989 · Rob Hedden
eBay from $38
Psycho II (1983) disc cover
Psycho II
1983 · Richard Franklin
eBay from $25
The Bear (1988) disc cover
The Bear
1988 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
eBay from $28
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) disc cover
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982 · Woody Allen
eBay from $37
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) disc cover
No Retreat, No Surrender
1986 · Corey Yuen
eBay from $138
Year of the Dragon (1985) disc cover
Year of the Dragon
1985 · Michael Cimino
eBay from $70