When a suburban baby sitter gets a desperate call from her friend she takes the kids and travels to the big city to rescue her.
A fun 80’s movie that shouldn’t be missed. Suitable for the whole family.
Year: 1987
1980's Movies
Adventures in Babysitting
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
Loading ...Back to the Future
A teenager goes back in time to 1955 but accidentally stops his parents from meeting. Now he must get them back together or he won’t exist.
A great 1980’s movie. Plenty of adventure and fun for all ages. A very popular movie in its time (top in the box office for 1985), and still very watchable. A classic time travelling movie.
Year: 1985
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10) Loading ...Back to the Future Part II
This time Marty must go to the future to sort out his dysfunctional kids.
A fun look at the future, and an amusing look at time travel to where you already exist.
Still great entertainment for the family.
Year: 1989
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10) Loading ...Beetlejuice
A couple become ghosts and must learn to cope with it, plus the new owners of their house.
Comedy, funny, a bit crazy, but lots of fun.
Year: 1988
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10) Loading ...Better Off Dead
Fun teenage comedy about a boy who wants to conquer the local ski slope.
Teens should enjoy, but will be even more appreciated by adults who love the 80’s.
A classic 80’s movie. This is the kind of movie that made John Cusack famous.
(4 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Big
A boy makes a wish he was bigger and wakes up the next morning in the body of a man.
Full of great scenes that Tom Hanks does very well.
Suitable for young teens and up. It is also good for nostalgia for your childhood and for the 80’s.
Year: 1988
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Two dumb teenagers have some time travelling adventures.
A bit silly, but fun nonetheless.
This movie gives light entertainment, nothing crude, and a satisfying ending. One of Keanu Reeves earlier movies. He plays a dumb teenager very well.
Lots of 80’s teen culture references, so today’s teens may not get all the jokes.
Year: 1989
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10) Loading ...Clue
Based on the popular board game. This is a comedy murder mystery movie. Which person at the dinner party did the murder?
A slightly weird comedy, part slapstick, part farce, part mystery.
Not in the style that children would enjoy, but an entertaining movie for adults. Watch for the three alternative endings that make it a bit different.
Year: 1985
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10) Loading ...Coming to America
An African Prince travels to America in search of his bride.
Not a kids movie, but not too much adult stuff.
This is an entertaining comedy and romance. The music at the start is especially catchy.
Year: 1988
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Commando
A retired commando is goes after the bad guys after they kidnap his daughter.
Pure Arnie action. Although the plot is very simple, Arnie satisfies by destroying the bad guys.
This is a veg out movie where you turn off your brain and see lots of explosions.
Year: 1985
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10) Loading ...Die Hard (1, 2, 3, 4)
Pure action, fun, and satisfying.
Die Hard 1 and 4 are particularly great. These are the kinds of movies you can rely on if you want a movie that is full of action. Lots of great lines, explosions, gun fights.
Lots of dead bad guys, a fair bit of blood, and swearing (that fits the situation, not just swearing to make it over the top).
Not suitable for kids, but teens and adults will enjoy.
Year: 1988, 1990, 1994, 2007
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
One of the best cult classics from the 80’s.
This movie has a great following and is great to watch if you want to reminisce about skipping classes at school and seeing how it should be done.
Minor swearing but otherwise a clean fun movie.
Make sure to watch to the end of the credits.
Year: 1986
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Flight of the Navigator
A boy awakes 8 years in the future and must get the spaceship that brought him there to take him home.
Although made in the 80’s, children should still enjoy this adventure.
It is light, exciting, and fun.
Year: 1986
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10) Loading ...Ghost Busters 1 & 2
Fun story, fun characters, great one liners.
Fun for kids and adults.
One of the best comedies of the 80’s
Ghost Busters 1 is the best, but number 2 is still very fun.
Year: 1984, 1987
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10) Loading ...Goonies, The
Kids and young teenagers will love this.
A group of kids discover a map to pirate treasure and go exploring for it.
A little swearing by the kids in the movie, but not much.
Family adventure movie at its best.
This is a favourite of many who grew up in the 80’s
Year: 1985
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Gremlins
Cute furry creatures that turn into ugly green monsters if they eat after midnight.
Lots of fun, was a great movie for generating toy sales.
This will entertain the children (not too young though), young teenagers, and adults who appreciate a bit of silly fun.
Year: 1984
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10) Loading ...Indiana Jones 1, 2, 3
Probably the ultimate in treasure hunting adventure movies. They mix a bit of archaeology (not realistic I’m sure), with a great adventure story. Lots of action, humour, chases, and great stunts.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ark involves the search for the Ark of the Covenant.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the search for some missing magical Indian stones.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is about the search for the cup of Christ.
Year: 1981, 1984, 1989
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10) Loading ...Jewel of the Nile
The sequel to Romancing the Stone.
The same lead actors continue with more adventure, this time in North Africa.
Still great fun.
Year: 1985
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10) Loading ...Last Starfighter, The
A boy who plays video games gets recruited to be a fighter pilot in an alien war.
A great movie for kids, young teenagers, and many a child of the 80’s. This movie has humour, adventure, space battles, and for its time is very cool.
Year: 1984
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10) Loading ...Police Academy
A series of movies about the exploits of new recruits at a police academy.
Not to be taken seriously at all. Plenty of slapstick humour, funny pranks, and lots of laughs. These movies are supposed to be silly, and certainly are.
The first movie in the series is the best, with each following one not quite as good as the previous movie.
Early ones are classic 80’s movies.
They are not family viewing (adult themes), but later ones have less adult stuff.
For a simple silly laugh with nothing too serious, these are a good choice.
Police Academy: 1984
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment: 1985
Police Academy 3: Back in Training: 1986
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol: 1987
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach: 1988
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege: 1989
Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow: 1994
(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10) Loading ...
