The Worst ’80s Films, In response to Letterboxd

I like Letterboxd, the social community web site and app for film lovers. I take advantage of it to log the films I watch, preserve lists of titles, and to see what my pals are as much as (cinematically talking, in fact). And I additionally like to make use of its database to see what movies are common and unpopular with customers.

For instance, with only a couple clicks, it’s very straightforward to kind each single film on Letterboxd — all 791,369 titles and counting — by yr of launch, their score, recognition, style, and even by streaming service availability. Need to know what’s highest-rated horror film on Letterboxd? No downside. (It’s John Carpenter’s The Factor, by the best way.) Questioning what comedy is the most-despised? You bought it. (That might be Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas.) You may spend hours exploring these items.

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I just lately took a deep dive into ’80s motion pictures on the positioning. In response to Letterboxd, 49,330 movies had been launched within the Nineteen Eighties. The best-rated title out of all of them is Elem Klimov’s Come and See, adopted by Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Eduardo Coutinho’s Twenty Years Later, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Decalogue, and the Speaking Heads live performance doc Cease Making Sense. 

After which, on the reverse finish of the spectrum, are the movies beneath; the 15 lowest-rated motion pictures on Letterboxd launched throughout the Nineteen Eighties, ranked from the most effective rating (effectively, finest relative to the remainder of this disasters) to the worst. The titles embody infamous sequels, bombs starring a few of the Nineteen Eighties’ largest movie and tv stars, and a few extraordinarily obscure sci-fi movies. This record is a useful gizmo when attempting to determine what ’80s movies to keep away from — or perhaps to trace down if you happen to’re planning a nasty film night time with pals.