Ten of the best 80s movie recommendations from Wikipedia

1. 

   Ordinary People

   1980, United States

   The film follows the disintegration of a wealthy family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the accidental death of one of their two sons and the attempted suicide of the other. (Wikipedia)

2. 

   Kisapmata

   1981, Philippine

   A crime-drama-suspense genre film not often seen in Philippine cinema. A controlling patriarch loses it over his daughter's marriage and her attempts to escape from their incestuous household. (Wikipedia)

3. 

   Tribute

   1980, Canada

   A terminally ill Broadway agent trying to make amends with his family and friends. (Wikipedia)

4. 

   Smash Palace

   1981, New Zealand

   After the break-up of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get back his daughter - at any cost. (Wikipedia)

5. 

   Kiss of the Spider Woman

   1985, Brazil

   A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life. (Wikipedia)

6. 

   Babette's Feast

   1987, Denmark

   During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters. (Wikipedia)

7. 

   Jesus of Montreal

   1989, France

   A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself. (Wikipedia)

8. 

   Bagdad Cafe

   1987, Germany

   A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter. (Wikipedia)

9. 

   A Fishy Story

   1989, Hong Kong

   In politically charged 1967 Hong Kong, an ambitious actress and an unlicensed taxi driver living in the same apartment building build a relationship that is constantly impacted by their individual goals and the heated times. (Wikipedia)

10. 

    Umrao Jaan

    1981, India

    In 1840 a girl named Amiran is kidnapped and sold to a brothel in Lucknow. She is turned into a courtesan and named Umrao Jaan. Nawab Sultan falls in love with her but the relationship ends when she finds he only wants to marry her to please her family. Umrao then finds love in a bandit Faiz Ali and elopes with him. But returns back to Lucknow after he is killed by the cops. (Wikipedia)