Favorite Films of the 1980s

By: Ryan Clark

In alphabetical order.

• 01
  After Hours
  Martin Scorsese
• 02
  An American Werewolf in London
  John Landis
• 03
  Anguish
  Bigas Luna
• 04
  Another Woman
  Woody Allen
• 05
  The Attic
  George Edwards
• 06
  Basket Case
  Frank Henenlotter
• 07
  The Beast Within
  Philippe Mora
• 08
  Beetle Juice
  Tim Burton
• 09
  Blow Out
  Brian De Palma
• 10
  Blue Velvet
  David Lynch
• 11
  Body Double
  Brian De Palma
• 12
  The Breakfast Club
  John Hughes
• 13
  The Burning
  Tony Maylam
• 14
  Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
  William Asher
• 15
  Cannibal Holocaust
  Ruggero Deodato
• 16
  Casualties of War
  Brian De Palma
• 17
  The Changeling
  Peter Medak
• 18
  Child's Play
  Tom Holland
• 19
  City of the Living Dead
  Lucio Fulci
• 20
  Class of 1984
  Mark L. Lester
• 21
  Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
  Robert Altman
• 22
  Creepshow
  George A. Romero
• 23
  Crimes and Misdemeanors
  Woody Allen
• 24
  Crimes of Passion
  Ken Russell
• 25
  Cruising
  William Friedkin
• 26
  Day of the Dead
  George A. Romero
• 27
  Deadly Blessing
  Wes Craven
• 28
  The Deadly Spawn
  Douglas McKeown
• 29
  Dead Ringers
  David Cronenberg
• 30
  Demons
  Lamberto Bava
• 31
  Dressed to Kill
  Brian De Palma
• 32
  Eating Raoul
  Paul Bartel
• 33
  Escape from New York
  John Carpenter
• 34
  The Evil Dead
  Sam Raimi
• 35
  Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  Amy Heckerling
• 36
  Fatal Attraction
  Adrian Lyne
• 37
  First Blood
  Ted Kotcheff
• 38
  The Fly
  David Cronenberg
• 39
  Friday the 13th Part 2
  Steve Miner
• 40
  Friday the 13th Part III
  Steve Miner
• 41
  Ghostbusters
  Ivan Reitman
• 42
  Gloria
  John Cassavetes
• 43
  Gremlins
  Joe Dante
• 44
  Hairspray
  John Waters
• 45
  Halloween II
  Rick Rosenthal
• 46
  Halloween III: Season of the Witch
  Tommy Lee Wallace
• 47
  Hannah and Her Sisters
  Woody Allen
• 48
  Heathers
  Michael Lehmann
• 49
  He Knows You’re Alone
  Armand Mastroianni
• 50
  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  John McNaughton
• 51
  The House by the Cemetery
  Lucio Fulci
• 52
  The House on the Edge of the Park
  Ruggero Deodato
• 53
  The Howling
  Joe Dante
• 54
  Inferno
  Dario Argento
• 55
  Love Streams
  John Cassavetes
• 56
  Maniac
  William Lustig
• 57
  Michael Jackson's Thriller
  John Landis
• 58
  Micki + Maude
  Blake Edwards
• 59
  Missing
  Costa-Gavras
• 60
  Motel Hell
  Kevin Connolly
• 61
  Mother's Day
  Charles Kaufman
• 62
  Ms. 45
  Abel Ferrara
• 63
  Murphy's Law
  J. Lee Thompson
• 64
  The New York Ripper
  Lucio Fulci
• 65
  Nighthawks
  Bruce Malmuth
• 66
  Nightmare City
  Umberto Lenzi
• 67
  A Nightmare on Elm Street
  Wes Craven
• 68
  Nine to Five
  Colin Higgins
• 69
  Opera
  Dario Argento
• 70
  Ordinary People
  Robert Redford
• 71
  Phenomena
  Dario Argento
• 72
  Poltergeist
  Tobe Hooper
• 73
  Polyester
  John Waters
• 74
  Possession
  Andrzej Żuławski
• 75
  Prom Night
  Paul Lynch
• 76
  Psycho II
  Richard Franklin
• 77
  Psycho III
  Anthony Perkins
• 78
  The Return of the Living Dead
  Dan O'Bannon
• 79
  Roadgames
  Richard Franklin
• 80
  RoboCop
  Paul Verhoeven
• 81
  Santa sangre
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• 82
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 83
  Shock Treatment
  Jim Sharman
• 84
  Silkwood
  Mike Nichols
• 85
  Sixteen Candles
  John Hughes
• 86
  Sleepaway Camp
  Robert Hiltzik
• 87
  Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
  Michael A. Simpson
• 88
  Slumber Party Massacre
  Amy Holden Jones
• 89
  Stage Fright
  Michele Soavi
• 90
  Stardust Memories
  Woody Allen
• 91
  Tenebrae
  Dario Argento
• 92
  Tootsie
  Sydney Pollack
• 93
  White Dog
  Samuel Fuller
• 94
  Veronika Voss
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• 95
  Vice Squad
  Gary Sherman
• 96
  Videodrome
  David Cronenberg