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The best dramas of the 1980s

The top 3 according to 22 votes from people: Full Metal Jacket (1987) · Platoon (1986) · Once Upon a Time in America (1984). (Updated Apr 25, 2022.)

Full Metal Jacket, Scarface, Once Upon a Time in America, Das Boot, Platoon, Grave of the Fireflies and Dead Poets Society: the 1980s dramas rated highest on Filmstarts.

Fabienne Müller · · 15 items · 22 votes · 0 comments

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Top 15

  1. 1

    Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    Stanley Kubrick.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Platoon (1986)

    Oliver Stone.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

    Sergio Leone.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  4. 4

    Dead Poets Society (1989)

    Peter Weir.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Raging Bull (1980)

    Martin Scorsese.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Gandhi (1982)

    Richard Attenborough.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    David Lynch.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    The Elephant Man (1980)

    David Lynch.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Akira (1988)

    Katsuhiro Ōtomo.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Scarface (1983)

    Brian De Palma.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  11. 11

    Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    Isao Takahata.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  12. 12

    Mississippi Burning (1988)

    Alan Parker.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  13. 13

    Stand by Me (1986)

    Rob Reiner.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    First Blood (1982)

    Ted Kotcheff.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Das Boot (1981)

    Wolfgang Petersen.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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