# The best movies of 1984

The Terminator, Stop Making Sense, Ghostbusters, This Is Spinal Tap, Amadeus and Paris, Texas: the best films of 1984 according to the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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- Oct 16, 2025 · Fabian Hahn
- https://even.best/en/l/4902/the-best-movies-of-1984

## Top 20

1. **The Terminator (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **Stop Making Sense (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Repo Man (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **This Is Spinal Tap (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Paris, Texas (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **The Killing Fields (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Splash (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **The Karate Kid (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Beverly Hills Cop (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 82% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **Ghostbusters (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Amadeus (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 90% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Once Upon a Time in America (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Gremlins (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **Romancing the Stone (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **All of Me (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **Birdy (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **The Neverending Story (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **Sixteen Candles (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 81% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 78% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **The Natural (1984)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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