Every Decade Of Cinema - Ranked

Notable films: Back to the Future; E.T.: The Extraterrestrial; Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; The Shining; Raging Bull; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Top Gun; The Terminator; Die Hard; Predator; Blade Runner; Stand By Me; The Goonies; The Breakfast Club; Gremlins; Batman.

Here we have the decade that impacted current pop culture like no other. This is the era that made nerd culture cool. This is the era of the blockbuster. This is the era of Michael Keaton's Batman, of E.T. and Indiana Jones of Back to the Future and Ghostbusters.

Science fiction boomed with The Terminator, Mad Max, Star Wars, and Blade Runner. Fantasy blossomed with The Princess Bride and The NeverEnding Story, while sword and sorcery films like Conan the Barbarian, Beastmaster, and Red Sonja gave an edge to the fantastical realm of cinema. Horror was revolutionized with films like The Shining, The Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Aliens and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Then, of course, there were coming-of-age teen comedies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Goonies, and The Breakfast Club.