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The best movies of 1984

The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: The Terminator (1984) · Stop Making Sense (1984) · Repo Man (1984). (Updated Oct 16, 2025.)

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.

Fabian Hahn · · 20 items · 10 votes · 0 comments

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Top 20

  1. 1

    The Terminator (1984)

    100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    Stop Making Sense (1984)

    100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Repo Man (1984)

    98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

    96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Paris, Texas (1984)

    95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    The Killing Fields (1984)

    93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Splash (1984)

    91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    The Karate Kid (1984)

    89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

    82% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Ghostbusters (1984)

    95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    Amadeus (1984)

    90% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

    86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Gremlins (1984)

    86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    Romancing the Stone (1984)

    86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    All of Me (1984)

    85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Birdy (1984)

    84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    The Neverending Story (1984)

    84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Sixteen Candles (1984)

    81% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

    78% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    The Natural (1984)

    83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

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