# The greatest movies of the 1980s according to Rolling Stone

Do the Right Thing, Videodrome, Raging Bull, Blue Velvet, Ran, Shoah and Blade Runner: the top 25 of Rolling Stone's 2022 list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s.

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- Sep 10, 2023 · Letícia Castro Vieira
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## Top 25

1. **Do the Right Thing (1989)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 1 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
2. **Blue Velvet (1986)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 4 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
3. **Ran (1985)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 5 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
4. **Shoah (1985)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 6 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
5. **Raging Bull (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 3 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
6. **The Thin Blue Line (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 9 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
7. **Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 10 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
8. **Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 11 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
9. **Brazil (1985)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 14 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
10. **Something Wild (1986)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 19 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
11. **Videodrome (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
12. **Blade Runner (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
13. **Stranger Than Paradise (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
14. **Come and See (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
15. **The Thing (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
16. **Die Hard (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
17. **The Shining (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
18. **Raising Arizona (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
19. **Say Anything… (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
20. **Blow Out (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
21. **Stop Making Sense (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 21 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
22. **An American Werewolf in London (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 22 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
23. **The Right Stuff (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 23 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
24. **Paris, Texas (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 24 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).
25. **Robocop (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 25 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest movies of the 1980s (2022).

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