Description: Best movies from the 80s mostly horror movies but some comedy, action and sci-fy are on the list too
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Swamp Thing
( 1982 )
After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
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The Return of Swamp Thing
( 1989 )
In this tongue-in-cheek sequel, the benevolent bog creature falls for the vegetarian, plant-loving daughter of the evil scientist who created him.
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Waxwork
( 1988 )
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.
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New Year's Evil
( 1980 )
During New Year's celebrations, a killer calls a disc jockey as he murders one reveler at midnight in each time zone.
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White Dog
( 1982 )
A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to attack black people.
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Monkey Shines
( 1988 )
A paralyzed man's friend gives him a smart monkey.
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Ghoulies
( 1984 )
A young man and his girlfriend move into his parents' old mansion, where his satanic father is buried, and immediately becomes possessed by a desire to conjure and control tiny demons.
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Class of Nuke 'Em High
( 1986 )
The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
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Troll
( 1986 )
A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.
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Dead & Buried
( 1981 )
Sheriff Dan Gillis investigates eerie deaths in a sleepy coastal town.
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Invaders from Mars
( 1986 )
A boy tries to stop aliens who have taken over his town and are attempting to brainwash its inhabitants.
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Humanoids from the Deep
( 1980 )
Humanoid sea creatures start killing a fishing town's residents, and raping their women. It's up to the townsfolk and a visiting biologist to fight back and fend them off.
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Re-Animator
( 1985 )
After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
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Maniac
( 1981 )
A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.
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Happy Birthday to Me
( 1981 )
At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.
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Creepshow
( 1982 )
Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
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Creepshow 2
( 1987 )
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
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Day of the Dead
( 1985 )
As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
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Chopping Mall
( 1987 )
A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.
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Dolls
( 1987 )
A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
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Critters
( 1986 )
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.
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Critters 2: The Main Course
( 1988 )
Eggs of the small but voracious alien creatures called Crites are left behind on earth and, after hatching, set their appetites on the small farm town of Grover's Bend.
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Dead Heat
( 1988 )
A cop is killed investigating a strange case of resurrected corpses. His partner and a pathologist resurrect him, but he only has a limited time before he starts to decompose, and he uses it to chase down the diabolical man who killed him.
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Basket Case
( 1982 )
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
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Cat's Eye
( 1985 )
A stray cat guides us through each tale in this Stephen King-based anthology horror film.
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Friday the 13th
( 1980 )
A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
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Friday the 13th Part 2
( 1981 )
Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.
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Friday the 13th: Part 3
( 1982 )
Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
( 1984 )
After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake.
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
( 1985 )
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
( 1986 )
Tommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can stop him.
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Friday the 13th: The New Blood
( 1988 )
Jason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.
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They Live
( 1988 )
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
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The Lost Boys
( 1987 )
When a recently divorced mother and her two teenage boys move to a coastal town to stay with her father, it doesn't take long for the brothers to realize the area is a haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.
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Pet Sematary
( 1989 )
After tragedy strikes, a grieving father discovers an ancient burial ground behind his home with the power to raise the dead.
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The Gate
( 1987 )
Kids left home alone accidentally unleash a horde of malevolent demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.
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The Changeling
( 1980 )
After experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy.
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Poltergeist
( 1982 )
A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
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April Fool's Day
( 1986 )
Nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's Day weekend, but nothing is as it seems.
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The Prowler
( 1981 )
An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small California town, bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual graduation dance.
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The Evil Dead
( 1983 )
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
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Evil Dead II
( 1987 )
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
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Gremlins
( 1984 )
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
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Hellraiser
( 1987 )
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II
( 1988 )
Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
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Death Wish II
( 1982 )
Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.
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Death Wish 3
( 1985 )
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
( 1987 )
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
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The Dead Pool
( 1988 )
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder various San Francisco celebrities, with himself being one of the targets.
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Beetlejuice
( 1988 )
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
( 1985 )
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
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After Hours
( 1985 )
Ordinary word processor Paul Hackett experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit Marcy, a Soho resident that he met that evening at a coffee shop.
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Uncle Buck
( 1989 )
Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
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RoboCop
( 1987 )
In a violent future in Old Detroit, murdered police officer Alex Murphy is resurrected as RoboCop, a powerful cyborg law enforcer. As he fights crime, he begins to recover memories of his past and seeks revenge on the gang who killed him.
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Weird Science
( 1985 )
Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.
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Earth Girls Are Easy
( 1989 )
A young Southern California woman, who has just caught her fiancé cheating on her, befriends three humanoid aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
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Godzilla 1985
( 1985 )
Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.
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The Deadly Spawn
( 1983 )
Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.
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Dr. Alien
( 1989 )
A sexy substitute teacher replaces a teacher who was killed by a UFO encounter, but her research on a nerdy student is now making him a lady magnet.
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Die Hard
( 1988 )
A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California.
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Lethal Weapon
( 1987 )
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
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The 'Burbs
( 1989 )
An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.
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Lethal Weapon 2
( 1989 )
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
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48 Hrs.
( 1982 )
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
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Beverly Hills Cop
( 1984 )
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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Beverly Hills Cop II
( 1987 )
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
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Sudden Impact
( 1983 )
When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.
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Nice Dreams
( 1981 )
Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.
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National Lampoon's Vacation
( 1983 )
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
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Savage Streets
( 1984 )
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.
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Night Patrol
( 1984 )
A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.
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Chained Heat
( 1983 )
Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison, where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs, and staff corruption and brutality.
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Assassination
( 1987 )
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objectionable first lady as repeated attempts are made on her life.
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The Evil That Men Do
( 1984 )
A former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
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Zombie Lake
( 1981 )
In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.
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Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
( 1993 )
The relative coexistence of the human world, demon world and beast world is soon to be disrupted by The Overfiend, an immensely powerful demon who'll be reborn after 3000 years to remake the world to his own liking.
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Fortress
( 1986 )
After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.
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Messenger of Death
( 1988 )
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
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Colors
( 1988 )
An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
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The Great Outdoors
( 1988 )
A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
( 1988 )
An anthropologist goes to Haiti to research a drug that makes someone appear dead by suspending all vital signs.
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The Hitcher
( 1986 )
A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
( 1991 )
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
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Flowers in the Attic
( 1987 )
Children are hidden away up in an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
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Twins
( 1988 )
A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who turns out to be a short, womanizing, small-time crook.
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The Vindicator
( 1986 )
An employee undergoes involuntary robotic transformation, programmed as a killing machine that must destroy anything in proximity due to the company's secret weapons project.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
( 1989 )
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
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Born in East L.A.
( 1987 )
When an L.A. born American citizen is mistaken for a Mexican illegal alien and deported to Mexico, he has to do everything he can to get across the border.
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Wicked City
( 1993 )
While protecting a signatory to a peace treaty between their peoples, a male human and a female demon discover that their mutual attraction may be the key to unifying their worlds.
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Uninvited
( 1988 )
A cat infected with a genetically engineered virus escapes from a lab and goes on a killing spree, finding its way onboard a shady businessman's yacht loaded with young guests.
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Conquest of the Earth
( 1980 )
The Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally locate Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
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Streetwalkin'
( 1985 )
A high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent.
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Angel
( 1984 )
High-schooler Molly secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She must survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
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Avenging Angel
( 1985 )
Former prostitute Molly has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.
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