Curated by SceneIt · United States
Revisit standout releases from 1980 through 1989, selected for viewers who want a strong starting point instead of an exhaustive catalog.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Titles are ranked by TMDB audience rating with a minimum vote threshold, then checked for relevance to the release decade.
1989 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 741 votes
Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1984 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,147 votes
A traveling couple end up in an abandoned Nebraska town inhabited by a cult of murderous children who worship a demon that lives in the local cornfields. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,324 votes
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 505 votes
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1986 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,037 votes
A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 842 votes
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 5.6/10 · 720 votes
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 1,300 votes
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 1,910 votes
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1988 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 1,235 votes
Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1986 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 1,155 votes
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 1,459 votes
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1984 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 719 votes
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 5.4/10 · 967 votes
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1989 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 1,352 votes
After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 5.3/10 · 1,321 votes
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 5.2/10 · 740 votes
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 5.2/10 · 1,564 votes
After a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital clutching the year's most popular Halloween mask, Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1988 · TMDB 5.2/10 · 563 votes
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1988 · TMDB 5.2/10 · 1,029 votes
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.