The Slipcover
Films4K UHDDecadesGuidesSearch
By decade

The 1980s on disc

The films of the 1980s worth owning, ranked by standing.

The Dead Zone (1983) disc cover
The Dead Zone
1983 · David Cronenberg
eBay from $48
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985 · Jerry Paris
4K Flashdance (1983) disc cover
Flashdance
1983 · Adrian Lyne
eBay from $35
Dead Ringers (1988) disc cover
Dead Ringers
1988 · David Cronenberg
eBay from $32
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) disc cover
Heartbreak Ridge
1986 · Clint Eastwood
eBay from $30
The Delta Force (1986) disc cover
The Delta Force
1986 · Menahem Golan
eBay from $28
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) disc cover
Gorillas in the Mist
1988 · Michael Apted
eBay from $21
Flash Gordon (1980) disc cover
Flash Gordon
1980 · Mike Hodges
eBay from $15
4K No Way Out (1987) disc cover
No Way Out
1987 · Roger Donaldson
eBay from $29
Salvador (1986) disc cover
Salvador
1986 · Oliver Stone
eBay from $30
Firefox (1982) disc cover
Firefox
1982 · Clint Eastwood
eBay from $23
Throw Momma from the Train (1987) disc cover
Throw Momma from the Train
1987 · Danny DeVito
eBay from $50
Armour of God (1986) disc cover
Armour of God
1986 · Jackie Chan
eBay from $75
Jean de Florette (1986) disc cover
Jean de Florette
1986 · Claude Berri
eBay from $27
Risky Business (1983) disc cover
Risky Business
1983 · Paul Brickman
eBay from $21
A Short Film About Killing (1988) disc cover
A Short Film About Killing
1988 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
eBay from $84
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) disc cover
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Frank Oz
eBay from $28
Fright Night (1985) disc cover
Fright Night
1985 · Tom Holland
eBay from $45
The Big Blue (1988) disc cover
The Big Blue
1988 · Luc Besson
eBay from $20
Short Circuit (1986) disc cover
Short Circuit
1986 · John Badham
eBay from $75
Kickboxer (1989) disc cover
Kickboxer
1989 · David Worth
eBay from $22
Footloose (1984) disc cover
Footloose
1984 · Herbert Ross
eBay from $6
Yol 1982
Yol
1982 · Yılmaz Güney
Radio Days (1987) disc cover
Radio Days
1987 · Woody Allen
eBay from $77
Videodrome (1983) disc cover
Videodrome
1983 · David Cronenberg
eBay from $29
Dead Calm (1989) disc cover
Dead Calm
1989 · Phillip Noyce
eBay from $50
Victor/Victoria (1982) disc cover
Victor/Victoria
1982 · Blake Edwards
eBay from $31
Man of Iron (1981) disc cover
Man of Iron
1981 · Andrzej Wajda
eBay from $60
The Money Pit (1986) disc cover
The Money Pit
1986 · Richard Benjamin
eBay from $50
4K Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) disc cover
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Dominique Othenin-Girard
eBay from $44
Dressed to Kill (1980) disc cover
Dressed to Kill
1980 · Brian De Palma
eBay from $25
Missing in Action (1984) disc cover
Missing in Action
1984
eBay from $21
The Karate Kid Part III (1989) disc cover
The Karate Kid Part III
1989 · John G. Avildsen
eBay from $50
Runaway Train (1985) disc cover
Runaway Train
1985 · Andrei Konchalovsky
eBay from $29
Howard the Duck (1986) disc cover
Howard the Duck
1986 · Willard Huyck
eBay from $30
4K The Dark Crystal (1982) disc cover
The Dark Crystal
1982 · Frank Oz
eBay from $40
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) disc cover
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Harold Ramis
eBay from $20
Mystic Pizza (1988) disc cover
Mystic Pizza
1988 · Donald Petrie
eBay from $23
Stranger Than Paradise (1984) disc cover
Stranger Than Paradise
1984 · Jim Jarmusch
eBay from $51
Three Amigos (1986) disc cover
Three Amigos
1986 · John Landis
eBay from $35
Lock Up (1989) disc cover
Lock Up
1989 · John Flynn
eBay from $7
Caddyshack (1980) disc cover
Caddyshack
1980 · Harold Ramis
eBay from $26
Always (1989) disc cover
Always
1989 · Steven Spielberg
eBay from $27
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) disc cover
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Jerry Paris
eBay from $31
Arthur (1981) disc cover
Arthur
1981 · Steve Gordon
eBay from $37
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) disc cover
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Ōshima
eBay from $16
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) disc cover
Broadway Danny Rose
1984 · Woody Allen
eBay from $32
The Day After (1983) disc cover
The Day After
1983 · Nicholas Meyer
eBay from $34