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Top Rated "1980s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.8.7Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)129,020
2.8.6Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)111,736
3.8.4Boot, Das (1981)35,012
4.8.3Raging Bull (1980)34,321
5.8.3The Shining (1980)64,388
6.8.3Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)17,570
7.8.3Ran (1985)15,254
8.8.3Amadeus (1984)44,688
9.8.3Aliens (1986)76,679
10.8.2The Elephant Man (1980)20,856
11.8.2Full Metal Jacket (1987)59,583
12.8.2Blade Runner (1982)88,159
13.8.2Once Upon a Time in America (1984)25,282
14.8.1Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)102,816
15.8.1The Princess Bride (1987)63,949
16.8.1Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)74,350
17.8.1Back to the Future (1985)84,047
18.8.1Gandhi (1982)19,556
19.8.1Platoon (1986)43,931
20.8.0Glory (1989)26,135
21.8.0A Christmas Story (1983)24,749
22.8.0Himmel �ber Berlin, Der (1987)8,734
23.8.0Stand by Me (1986)37,939
24.8.0Hotaru no haka (1988)10,045
25.8.0Die Hard (1988)71,386
26.8.0Manon des sources (1986)5,020
27.7.9The Killing Fields (1984)11,267
28.7.9Fanny och Alexander (1982)5,921
29.7.9Brazil (1985)37,286
30.7.9The Terminator (1984)72,545
31.7.9The Thing (1982)23,560
32.7.9Scarface (1983)42,365
33.7.9Henry V (1989)9,351
34.7.9Tenk� no shiro Rapyuta (1986)7,077
35.7.8This Is Spinal Tap (1984)26,031
36.7.8Rain Man (1988)52,187
37.7.8Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)8,887
38.7.8The Untouchables (1987)39,373
39.7.8Tonari no Totoro (1988)7,712
40.7.8The Right Stuff (1983)14,874
41.7.8Die xue shuang xiong (1989)11,027
42.7.8The Last Emperor (1987)11,534
43.7.8E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)52,270
44.7.7Jean de Florette (1986)6,833
45.7.7Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)38,311
46.7.7Airplane! (1980)28,452
47.7.7Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)9,203
48.7.7The Blues Brothers (1980)33,946
49.7.7Blood Simple. (1984)11,563
50.7.7Do the Right Thing (1989)11,518

Bottom Rated "1980s" Titles

RankRatingTitleVotes
1.1.6Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)222
2.1.7Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)347
3.1.8Food of the Gods II (1989)281
4.1.9Going Overboard (1989)2,099
5.2.0Blood Lake (1987)74
6.2.0Mata Hari (1985)160
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.