The best British films of the 1980s
The top 3 according to 450 votes from people: Full Metal Jacket (1987) · The Shining (1980) · Platoon (1986). (Updated May 13, 2022.)
Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Paris, Texas, The Mission, Gandhi, Pink Floyd – The Wall and Brazil: the 1980s films with British production or co-production rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.
Top 15
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1
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Stanley Kubrick.
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2
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick.
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3
Platoon (1986)
Oliver Stone.
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4
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Attenborough.
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5
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Don Bluth.
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6
La Révolution française (1989)
Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron.
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7
Paris, Texas (1984)
Wim Wenders.
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8
The Mission (1986)
Roland Joffé.
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9
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Mira Nair.
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10
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Martin Rosen.
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11
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam.
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12
The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg.
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13
Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
Alan Parker.
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14
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Stephen Frears.
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15
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Peter Greenaway.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (5)
Brazil is the one I keep coming back to. Gilliam at his most unhinged, in the best way.
The Plague Dogs traumatised me as a kid, I genuinely thought it would be like Watership Down. It was worse.
Salaam Bombay! being here made my day. Mira Nair's first feature and still one of her best.
No Withnail and I, no Local Hero, no My Beautiful Laundrette... AlloCiné voters clearly had other priorities.
Platoon and The Fly as British films? I know it's co-productions but that one surprised me.