EntertainmentMoviesThe 32 best ’80s moviesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. EntertainmentMoviesThe 32 best ’80s moviesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) In the long history of movies, perhaps no decade is as consequential or important as the 1980s. But in an era when unforgettable films opened in theaters practically every weekend, which of them actually deserve recognition as the greatest of them all? The 1980s were a time when production budgets got bigger, the stars became more famous, violence became mainstream, and practically overnight audiences of every age could enjoy the same movies. “Blockbuster,” while coined in 1954, became a commonplace phrase as event releases broke box-office records. In a …