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Top Rated "1980s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)128,768
2.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)111,536
3.8.4Boot, Das (1981)34,947
4.8.3Raging Bull (1980)34,207
5.8.3The Shining (1980)64,247
6.8.3Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)17,513
7.8.3Ran (1985)15,222
8.8.3Amadeus (1984)44,595
9.8.3Aliens (1986)76,519
10.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)20,793
11.8.2Full Metal Jacket (1987)59,443
12.8.2Blade Runner (1982)88,026
13.8.2Once Upon a Time in America (1984)25,202
14.8.1Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)102,613
15.8.1The Princess Bride (1987)63,826
16.8.1Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)74,200
17.8.1Back to the Future (1985)83,881
18.8.1Gandhi (1982)19,509
19.8.0Platoon (1986)43,823
20.8.0Glory (1989)26,085
21.8.0A Christmas Story (1983)24,704
22.8.0Himmel �ber Berlin, Der (1987)8,699
23.8.0Stand by Me (1986)37,859
24.8.0Die Hard (1988)71,251
25.8.0Hotaru no haka (1988)10,003
26.8.0Manon des sources (1986)5,010
27.7.9The Killing Fields (1984)11,248
28.7.9Brazil (1985)37,204
29.7.9Fanny och Alexander (1982)5,905
30.7.9The Terminator (1984)72,409
31.7.9The Thing (1982)23,465
32.7.9Henry V (1989)9,343
33.7.9Scarface (1983)42,203
34.7.9Tenk� no shiro Rapyuta (1986)7,054
35.7.8This Is Spinal Tap (1984)25,971
36.7.8Rain Man (1988)52,072
37.7.8Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)8,864
38.7.8The Untouchables (1987)39,281
39.7.8Tonari no Totoro (1988)7,675
40.7.8The Right Stuff (1983)14,846
41.7.8Die xue shuang xiong (1989)11,010
42.7.8The Last Emperor (1987)11,514
43.7.8E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)52,163
44.7.7Jean de Florette (1986)6,823
45.7.7Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)38,244
46.7.7Airplane! (1980)28,390
47.7.7Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)9,183
48.7.7The Blues Brothers (1980)33,898
49.7.7Blood Simple. (1984)11,537
50.7.7Do the Right Thing (1989)11,481

Bottom Rated "1980s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.7Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)221
2.1.7Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)345
3.1.8Food of the Gods II (1989)280
4.1.9Going Overboard (1989)2,077
5.2.0Mata Hari (1985)160
6.2.0Blood Lake (1987)73
7.2.0Raiders of the Living Dead (1986)112
8.2.0The Last Slumber Party (1987)104
9.2.0Zeisters (1986)144
10.2.0Serpiente de mar (1984)53

The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rating (WR) = (v � (v+m)) � R + (m � (v+m)) � C

where:
R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 50 (currently 5000)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.6)
for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.

In order to appear in the Bottom 10 Titles chart the title must have received at least 50 votes.