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- The cinema of the 1980s covered many subgenres, with hybrids crossing between multiple genres. The course strengthened towards creating ever-larger megahit films, which earned more in their opening weeks than most previous movies due in part to scheduling releases when there were less competition for audience interest.
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Theater enjoyed a boom during the 1980s as well, thanks in large part to big productions that were launched on Broadway and then toured around the world. Big budget shows like Cats (which opened in New York in 1982), Les Miserables (1987), and The Phantom of the Opera (1988
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The cinema of the 1980s covered many subgenres, with hybrids crossing between multiple genres. The course strengthened towards creating ever-larger megahit films, which earned more in their opening weeks than most previous movies due in part to scheduling releases when there were less competition for audience interest.
- 25 'Fanny and Alexander'
- 24 'The Terminator'
- 23 'Dead Poets Society'
- 22 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial'
- 21 'Stand by Me'
- 20 'The Breakfast Club'
- 19 'Airplane!'
- 18 'Grave of The Fireflies'
- 17 'Raiders of The Lost Ark'
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish filmmaker who was most prolific in the decades preceding the 1980s. Not all, but many of his classics were released during the 1950s and 1960s, though there's an argument to be made that Fanny and Alexander - his final theatrical release - represents his peak as a filmmaker. It's a family drama with some light fantastical/supernatural elements, centering on two children who go through many hardships after their father suddenly passes away and their mother remarrie...
Directed by James Cameron
Though it wasn't his debut film, The Terminator was what first got James Cameron attention, establishing him overnight as a highly-skilled filmmaker and visual storyteller. Similarly, it was not the very first film Arnold Schwarzeneggerstarred in, by any means, but it was similarly significant for his career, helping to make him one of the biggest stars of the next decade or so. It's a time-travel action/thriller/romance movie made on a moderate budget, following a futuristic cyborg who'll st...
Directed by Peter Weir
A movie that helped end the 1980s on a high note, Dead Poets Society is one of the best films that starred Robin Williams. Here, he plays a non-traditional English teacher who inspires his pupils at a stuffy boarding school, getting them passionate about learning and imbuing them with a rebellious spirit. The premise of "unusual teacher changing the lives of his students" might be considered a cliché one now, but Dead Poets Society is an example of how best to execute that type of story. It's...
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Given the size of his filmography, there are numerous Steven Spielberg movies that are under-appreciated. However, he's also one of the most popular and acclaimed American directors of all time, which means that plenty of his movies have received the sort of adoration they deserve, with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialbelonging to that club. It's one of the greatest family movies of all time, with its story about a young boy befriending an alien lost on Earth being one that's enjoyable whether you'...
Directed by Rob Reiner
One of the greatest coming-of-age movies of all time, Stand by Meis a remarkably powerful movie. It's also wonderfully simple, given the main premise is that four boys go on a morbid adventure; they hear about a death that occurred some distance from where they live, and decide they want to go and see the victim's dead body. The four leads here all give great performances (with the late River Phoenix probably standing out the most), with the characters - and their story - being simple without...
Directed by John Hughes
It's hard to talk about iconic 1980s movies without mentioning John Hughesat least once. He wrote and directed some of the best comedies (and sometimes dramedies) of the decade, with the style of his work largely defining the idea of what a teen movie is. Within his filmography, it's hard to pick a favorite, but The Breakfast Club is a contender for that top spot. It's not without its comedic moments, but feels a little more dramatic than most of Hughes' films, following five very different h...
Directed by Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker
Airplane! is easilyone of the greatest spoof movies of all time, and there's a good chance many people would call it the best (surely they can't be serious!). It throws all sorts of jokes toward the viewer at a near-constant rate, essentially being a film that's overflowing with sight gags, puns, and moments of hilarious absurdity. It's an effective disaster movie parody, given how closely it follows the formula of the kind that was popular throughout the 1970s (particularly the Airport serie...
Directed by Isao Takahata
Rightly regarded as one of the greatest Japanese animated films of all time, Grave of the Firefliesalso stands as one of the most heartbreaking anti-war movies in history. It takes place near the end of World War Two, following a brother and his younger sister trying to survive after their mother is killed in an air raid. Rarely has the human cost of war been conveyed in such a brutally effective manner, making Grave of the Firefliesuniversally regarded as one of the saddest movies of all tim...
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Just one year before directing one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial), Steven Spielberg directed one of the greatest adventure films of all time. That would be the original Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. While it's been followed by some good (or at least interesting) sequels, none have topped this first one. As a throwback/big-budget update of classic adventure serials, it satisfies in spades, with all the large-scale action sequences in the f...
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