# The best cult movies of the 1980s

Repo Man, The Princess Bride, This Is Spinal Tap, Blue Velvet, Heathers, Re-Animator, Raising Arizona and Akira: the 1980s cult classics with the best Tomatometer scores.

- 153 votes · 20 items
- Feb 25, 2025 · couchpotato_yyc
- https://even.best/en/l/4905/the-best-cult-movies-of-the-1980s

## Top 20

1. **Brazil (1985)** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **This Is Spinal Tap (1984)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Time Bandits (1981)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **Repo Man (1984)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Heathers (1989)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **Raising Arizona (1987)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Re-Animator (1985)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 94% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **Akira (1988)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **The Princess Bride (1987)** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Little Shop of Horrors (1986)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Sid & Nancy (1986)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Evil Dead II (1987)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 88% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **The Thing (1982)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **Near Dark (1987)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **Blue Velvet (1986)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — 91% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **Blade Runner (1982)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **Escape From New York (1981)** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **They Live (1988)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 87% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **Videodrome (1983)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 83% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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