1980s

Reviews of films made in the 1980s

1984 (1984)

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Aenigma (1987)

Afghanistan - The Last War Bus (1989)

Alien from L.A. (1988)

Alien Nation (1988)

Alien Outlaw (1985)

Alley Cat (1984)
American Ninja (1985)

Amsterdamned (1988)

The Apple (1980)
Ator: the Fighting Eagle (1982)

Ator the Invincible (1983)

Attack of the Super Monsters (1982)

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Battle for the Lost Planet (1986)

Battletruck (1982)

Beaks! (1987)

Bells (1982)
Below the Belt (1980)

Biggles (1986)

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987)

Black Cobra (1987)

Blind Date (1984)

Blood Street (1988)

Blood Theatre (1984)

Blue Thunder (1983)

The Boys in Blue (1983)

Britannia Hospital (1982)

The Bunker (1981)

Buy & Cell (1988)

Carnival Magic (1983)

Chopping Mall (1986)

City Limits (1984)

Cold-Blooded Murder (1981)

Contamination (1980)

Crazy Blood (1983)

Cry Wilderness (1987)

Danger on Dartmoor (1980)

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)
The Dark Power (1985)

Dark Tower (1987)
Day of the Panther (1988)

Dead Heat (1988)

Deadly Games (1982)
Deadly Prey (1987)

Death Ship (1980)
Deathstalker (1983)

Deep Space (1988)

Defence of the Realm (1985)

Demon of Paradise (1987)

Devil Dynamite (1987)

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)

Disaster at Silo 7 (1988)

East L.A. Warriors (1989)
The Edge of Hell (1987)

Electric Dreams (1984)

Enemy Mine (1985)
Energetic 21 (1982)

Escape from DS-3 (1981)

Escape from El Diablo (1983)
Escape from the Bronx (1983)
Evils of the Night (1985)
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)

Eye of the Evil Dead (1982)

Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Fear City (1984)

The Final Countdown (1980)

Final Justice (1984)

Five Elements Ninjas (1982)

For Ladies Only (1981)

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

Frankenstein Island (1981)

Fugitive Alien (1986)
Future Force (1989)

Galaxina (1980)

The Galaxy Invader (1985)

George & Mildred (1980)

Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghosthouse (1988)
Girl with a Gun (1982)
The Gladiator (1986)
God Father (1980)
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie (1985)
Gymkata (1985)

Hands of Steel (1986)

Hangar 18 (1980)

Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987)
Hawkeye (1988)

Hawk the Slayer (1980)

High Desert Kill (1989)

History of the World: Part I (1981)

Hobgoblins (1988)

Hot Money (1986)

House of the Long Shadows (1983)

The House on Sorority Row (1982)

Howard the Duck (1986)

I Believe in Santa Claus (1984)

Inseminoid (1981)

Inside the Third Reich (1982)

The Instructor (1981)

Jane and the Lost City (1987)

The Jigsaw Man (1983)

Kill and Kill Again (1981)
The Killings at Outpost Zeta (1980)

Killpoint (1984)

King Solomon's Mines (1985)

Lady Mobster (1988)

Laser Mission (1989)
The Last Duel (1989)

The Last Shark (1981)
The Leopard Fist Ninja (1982)

Light Blast (1985)

Light of Day (1987)

Lords of the Deep (1989)

Los Angeles Streetfighter (1985)

Lovely but Deadly (1981)

Mad Mission 2 (1983)

Masterblaster (1987)

Master Ninja I (1984)

Master Ninja II (1984)

Meet the Hollowheads (1989)
Megaforce (1982)
The Merry Couple (1981)
Miami Connection (1987)

Mighty Jack (1986)

Milwr Bychan (1987)

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Missed Date (1986)

Morons from Outer Space (1985)

Mortal Passions (1989)
Murder Weapon (1989)
My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)

The New Barbarians (1983)

The New York Ripper (1982)

Ninja Condors (1987)

Ninja Strike Force (1988)
Ninja Terminator (1985)

Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)

Norman Checks In (1984)

Norman Gives a Speech (1989)

North Sea Hijack (1980)

On the Wrong Track (1983)

Outlaw of Gor (1988)

The Perils of Mandy (1980)

The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Play Catch (1983)

The Power (1984)

P.O.W.: the Escape (1986)
Predator (1987)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983)

Puberty Blues (1981)

Pulgasari (1985)

Q: the Winged Serpent (1982)

Rats: Night of Terror (1984)

Red Dawn (1984)

Restless Natives (1985)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Riding the Edge (1989)

Robot Holocaust (1987)

Robo Vampire (1988)

R.O.T.O.R. (1987)

Rough Cut (1980)
Rumpole's Return (1980)

Runaway (1984)

The Salamander (1981)

Savage Streets (1984)

Scared to Death (1980)

Shake Hands with Danger (1980)
Silent Night Deadly Night 2 (1987)
Silkwood (1983)
Silver Dream Racer (1980)
Snake Eater (1989)

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (1989)

The Soldier (1982)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

Space Mutiny (1988)

Speed Zone (1989)
Spiker (1985)

Star Crystal (1986)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Strike of the Panther (1988)

Switching Channels (1988)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

Sunset Strip (1985)

Teenage Dreamers (1982)

The Telephone Exchange (1982)
Terror at Tenkiller (1986)

Terror Train (1980)

The Terror Within (1989)
They Call Me Bruce (1982)

Thief (1981)

Thrashin' (1986)

The Thundering Ninja (1987)
Tiger on the Beat (1988)
Till Death Do We Scare (1982)

Time of the Apes (1985)
The Toughest Man in the World (1984)
The Transformers: the Movie (1986)
Treasure of the Amazon (1985)

Vital Signs (1986)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

What Waits Below (1984)

Wheels of Fire (1985)

Why Me? (1983)
Winner Takes All (1984)

The Wizard (1989)

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
The Wraith (1986)

Xtro (1982)

Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983)

Young Rebels (1989)