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TopTenREVIEWS top Drama movie of all time is Wings of Desire.

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1Movie reviews for Wings of Desire (1987)Wings of Desire (1987)Movie critics combined give Wings of Desire a score of 3.7197 out of 4
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PG-13Drama, Fantasy, Romance $7.49 Damiel (Bruno Ganz) is an angel who assists the needs of the people in Berlin. He decides to trade ...more about Wings of Desire  starring Bruno Ganz and Curt Bois
2Movie reviews for Right Stuff, The (1983)Right Stuff, The (1983)Movie critics combined give Right Stuff a score of 3.6338 out of 4
3.6338
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PGAdventure, Drama, History $4.98 The film chronicles over the course of 15 years and shares the difficulties the government face in ...more about Right Stuff  starring Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn
3Movie reviews for Raging Bull (1980)Raging Bull (1980)Movie critics combined give Raging Bull a score of 3.4999 out of 4
3.4999
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RDrama, Biography, Sports $8.26 Middleweight boxing champion, Jake LaMotta, becomes suspicious of the relationship between his wife ...more about Raging Bull  starring Robert De Niro and Cathy Moriarty
4Movie reviews for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Movie critics combined give Hannah and Her Sisters a score of 3.3973 out of 4
3.3973
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PG-13Drama, Romance, Comedy $4.86 Hannah and her sisters are very close; they tell each other practically everything. Over the course ...more about Hannah and Her Sisters  starring Barbara Hershey and Carrie Fisher
5Movie reviews for Scarface (1983)Scarface (1983)Movie critics combined give Scarface a score of 3.2830 out of 4
3.2830
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RDrama, Crime $12.87 In a remake of the 1932 classic, Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee turned drug lord. ...more about Scarface  starring Al Pacino and Steven Bauer
6Movie reviews for Bull Durham (1988)Bull Durham (1988)Movie critics combined give Bull Durham a score of 3.2608 out of 4
3.2608
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RDrama, Romance, Comedy, Sports $4.25 A washed-up minor league catcher is traded to the 'Durham Bulls' to help train the team's wild ...more about Bull Durham  starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon
7Movie reviews for Say Anything... (1989)Say Anything... (1989)Movie critics combined give Say Anything... a score of 3.2331 out of 4
3.2331
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PG-13Drama, Romance, Teen $6.88 After high school graduation Lloyd finally gets the courage to ask out valedictorian Diane Court. ...more about Say Anything...  starring John Cusack and Ione Skye
8Movie reviews for Do The Right Thing (1989)Do The Right Thing (1989)Movie critics combined give Do The Right Thing a score of 3.2097 out of 4
3.2097
73
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RDrama, Crime, Comedy $5.99 On one of the hottest days of the year, in a small neighborhood in Brooklyn, tempers rise with the ...more about Do The Right Thing  starring Spike Lee and Danny Aiello
9Movie reviews for Reds (1981)Reds (1981)Movie critics combined give Reds a score of 3.2084 out of 4
3.2084
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PGDrama, Biography, Romance $8.97 Writing has been the only escape of Louise Bryant until she goes to a lecture one night in 1912 and ...more about Reds  starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton
10Movie reviews for Fly, The (1986)Fly, The (1986)Movie critics combined give Fly a score of 3.2056 out of 4
3.2056
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NADrama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi $8.26 Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica ...more about Fly  starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis
11Movie reviews for Field of Dreams (1989)Field of Dreams (1989)Movie critics combined give Field of Dreams a score of 3.1945 out of 4
3.1945
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NADrama, Fantasy, Sports $4.49 An Iowa farmer begins to hear a voice telling him to build a baseball field. When his task is ...more about Field of Dreams  starring Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan
12Movie reviews for Dead Zone, The (1983)Dead Zone, The (1983)Movie critics combined give Dead Zone a score of 3.1793 out of 4
3.1793
72
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RDrama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror $7.45 After a five-year coma, Johnny Smith develops the ability to see people's future just by touching ...more about Dead Zone  starring Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams
13Movie reviews for Gandhi (1982)Gandhi (1982)Movie critics combined give Gandhi a score of 3.1777 out of 4
3.1777
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PGDrama, History, Biography $14.26 A non-violent revolutionary that inspired India to win independence from Great Britain. ...more about Gandhi  starring Ben Kingsley and Candice Bergen
14Movie reviews for Stunt Man, The (1980)Stunt Man, The (1980)Movie critics combined give Stunt Man a score of 3.1694 out of 4
3.1694
35
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NAAction, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Romance, Comedy $4.99 While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends ...more about Stunt Man  starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback
15Movie reviews for Glory (1989)Glory (1989)Movie critics combined give Glory a score of 3.1605 out of 4
3.1605
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NAAction, Drama, History, War $3.95 Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the ...more about Glory  starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington
16Movie reviews for Manhunter (1986)Manhunter (1986)Movie critics combined give Manhunter a score of 3.1572 out of 4
3.1572
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RDrama, Thriller, Horror, Crime $6.48 Will Graham is a gifted FBI agent that has the ability to think like his suspects. He goes into ...more about Manhunter  starring William L. Petersen and Kim Greist
17Movie reviews for Untouchables, The (1987)Untouchables, The (1987)Movie critics combined give Untouchables a score of 3.1564 out of 4
3.1564
80
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RDrama, History, Thriller, Crime $3.94 Agent Elliot Ness makes it his personal mission to bring down notorious crime boss Al Capone. Using ...more about Untouchables  starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery
18Movie reviews for Platoon (1986)Platoon (1986)Movie critics combined give Platoon a score of 3.1551 out of 4
3.1551
106
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RAction, Drama, War $4.29 Chris Taylor is a new army recruit and had been just assigned to his first unit. Through the eyes ...more about Platoon  starring Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe
19Movie reviews for Fanny and Alexander (1982)Fanny and Alexander (1982)Movie critics combined give Fanny and Alexander a score of 3.1550 out of 4
3.1550
11
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RDrama, Fantasy, Mystery, Foreign, Classic $39.99 The title characters are children in the exuberant and colorful Ekdahl household in a Swedish town ...more about Fanny and Alexander  starring Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve
20Movie reviews for Hoosiers (1986)Hoosiers (1986)Movie critics combined give Hoosiers a score of 3.1538 out of 4
3.1538
48
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PGDrama, Sports $5.99 Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie ...more about Hoosiers  starring Gene Hackman and Barbara Hershey
21Movie reviews for Lethal Weapon (1987)Lethal Weapon (1987)Movie critics combined give Lethal Weapon a score of 3.1502 out of 4
3.1502
66
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RAction, Drama, Crime, Comedy $4.60 Seasoned officer Roger Murtaugh is reluctantly partnered with loose cannon Martin Riggs to ...more about Lethal Weapon  starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover
22Movie reviews for Stand by Me (1986)Stand by Me (1986)Movie critics combined give Stand by Me a score of 3.1401 out of 4
3.1401
56
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NAAdventure, Drama, Comedy $9.32 4 young friends set out on an adventure. Geordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern go looking for the missing ...more about Stand by Me  starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix
23Movie reviews for Rain Man (1988)Rain Man (1988)Movie critics combined give Rain Man a score of 3.1323 out of 4
3.1323
71
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NAAdventure, Drama, Comedy $4.86 When Charlie Babbitt's father dies, he leaves a large fortune to Raymond, an Autistic brother he ...more about Rain Man  starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
24Movie reviews for Heathers (1989)Heathers (1989)Movie critics combined give Heathers a score of 3.1316 out of 4
3.1316
104
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RDrama, Crime, Romance, Comedy $9.10 Veronica is fed up with her mean, manipulative girlfriends, The Heathers. As a practical joke, she ...more about Heathers  starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater
25Movie reviews for Body Heat (1981)Body Heat (1981)Movie critics combined give Body Heat a score of 3.1220 out of 4
3.1220
32
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NADrama, Thriller, Crime $8.68 Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by ...more about Body Heat  starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner
26Movie reviews for Amadeus (1984)Amadeus (1984)Movie critics combined give Amadeus a score of 3.1216 out of 4
3.1216
108
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PGDrama, Adaptation, Music $7.99 Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician ...more about Amadeus  starring F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce
27Movie reviews for First Blood (1982)First Blood (1982)Movie critics combined give First Blood a score of 3.1158 out of 4
3.1158
81
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NAAction, Drama, Thriller $4.02 War vet. John Rambo, while looking for an old friend in a small town, is arrested by the local ...more about First Blood  starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna
28Movie reviews for Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Movie critics combined give Once Upon a Time in America a score of 3.1123 out of 4
3.1123
31
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RDrama, Crime $11.49 Spanning nearly 40 years the film chronicles the lives of a group of Jewish-American gangsters ...more about Once Upon a Time in America  starring Robert De Niro and James Woods
29Movie reviews for Diner (1982)Diner (1982)Movie critics combined give Diner a score of 3.1067 out of 4
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NADrama, Comedy $1.96 5 guys in their 20's spend most of their time hanging out in a Diner. It's Christmas time in 1959, ...more about Diner  starring Steve Guttenberg and Daniel Stern
30Movie reviews for Class of 1984 (1982)Class of 1984 (1982)Movie critics combined give Class of 1984 a score of 3.1063 out of 4
3.1063
39
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NADrama, Thriller, Crime $4.67 A music teacher tries to befriend a troubled student notorious for gang and drug related violence. ...more about Class of 1984  starring Perry King and Merrie Lynn Ross
31Movie reviews for Driving Miss Daisy (1989)Driving Miss Daisy (1989)Movie critics combined give Driving Miss Daisy a score of 3.1055 out of 4
3.1055
54
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NADrama, Comedy $4.21 An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to ...more about Driving Miss Daisy  starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy
32Movie reviews for Local Hero (1983)Local Hero (1983)Movie critics combined give Local Hero a score of 3.0801 out of 4
3.0801
24
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PGDrama, Comedy $5.99 A small Scottish town is more than willing to sell their land when a big oil company shows interest ...more about Local Hero  starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert
33Movie reviews for Radio Days (1987)Radio Days (1987)Movie critics combined give Radio Days a score of 3.0790 out of 4
3.0790
19
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NADrama, Comedy $9.99 Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes ...more about Radio Days  starring Mike Starr and Paul Herman
34Movie reviews for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)Movie critics combined give Fast Times at Ridgemont High a score of 3.0762 out of 4
3.0762
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RDrama, Romance, Comedy, Teen $5.26 'Fast Times' is a high school classic spawning a generation of high school comedies and ...more about Fast Times at Ridgemont High  starring Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh
35Movie reviews for Abyss, The (1989)Abyss, The (1989)Movie critics combined give Abyss a score of 3.0643 out of 4
3.0643
97
reviews
PG-13Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi $7.49 An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and crashes underwater. The navy ...more about Abyss  starring Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
36Movie reviews for Chariots of Fire (1981)Chariots of Fire (1981)Movie critics combined give Chariots of Fire a score of 3.0638 out of 4
3.0638
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PGDrama, History, Biography, Sports $18.18 A Scotsman and Jew each sprinting in the 1924 Olympics for Great Britain. One runs for God the ...more about Chariots of Fire  starring Nicholas Farrell and Nigel Havers
37Movie reviews for Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)Movie critics combined give Crimes and Misdemeanors a score of 3.0630 out of 4
3.0630
65
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PG-13Drama, Comedy $5.69 Opthalmologist Judah Rosenthal has had an affair with Dolores for several years, and now she ...more about Crimes and Misdemeanors  starring Martin Landau and Derek Smith
38Movie reviews for War of the Roses, The (1989)War of the Roses, The (1989)Movie critics combined give War of the Roses a score of 3.0610 out of 4
3.0610
51
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RDrama, Comedy $4.11 In this dark comedy the Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. When Barbara ...more about War of the Roses  starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
39Movie reviews for Hairspray (1988)Hairspray (1988)Movie critics combined give Hairspray a score of 3.0580 out of 4
3.0580
38
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NADrama, Comedy, Music $9.14 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny ...more about Hairspray  starring Sonny Bono and Ruth Brown
40Movie reviews for Santa sangre (1989)Santa sangre (1989)Movie critics combined give Santa sangre a score of 3.0507 out of 4
3.0507
33
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NADrama, Thriller, Horror, MysteryN/AAfter escaping from a mental institution a young circus performer rejoins his armless mother and ...more about Santa sangre  starring Axel Jodorowsky and Blanca Guerra
41Movie reviews for Color Purple, The (1985)Color Purple, The (1985)Movie critics combined give Color Purple a score of 3.0499 out of 4
3.0499
47
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NADrama $12.18 Chronicling the life of a young black girl during the turn of the century as she endures the ...more about Color Purple  starring Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg
42Movie reviews for Big (1988)Big (1988)Movie critics combined give Big a score of 3.0459 out of 4
3.0459
45
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NADrama, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Family $9.99 A young boy makes a wish at a fairground machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to ...more about Big  starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins
43Movie reviews for Rumble Fish (1983)Rumble Fish (1983)Movie critics combined give Rumble Fish a score of 3.0446 out of 4
3.0446
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NADrama $7.21 Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of ...more about Rumble Fish  starring Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke
44Movie reviews for Das Boot (1982)Das Boot (1982)Movie critics combined give Das Boot a score of 3.0425 out of 4
3.0425
11
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RDrama, War $3.95 It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the ...more about Das Boot  starring Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer
45Movie reviews for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)Movie critics combined give Planes a score of 3.0419 out of 4
3.0419
54
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NAAdventure, Drama, Comedy $5.64 All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due ...more about Planes  starring John Candy and Laila Robins
46Movie reviews for Day of the Dead (1985)Day of the Dead (1985)Movie critics combined give Day of the Dead a score of 3.0363 out of 4
3.0363
124
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NADrama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi $9.99 Zombies have taken over the country and the few humans alive are forced to hide in underground ...more about Day of the Dead  starring Lori Cardille and Terry Alexander
47Movie reviews for sex, lies, and videotape (1989)sex, lies, and videotape (1989)Movie critics combined give sex a score of 3.0361 out of 4
3.0361
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RDrama $6.29 Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and ...more about sex  starring James Spader and David Foil
48Movie reviews for My Left Foot (1989)My Left Foot (1989)Movie critics combined give My Left Foot a score of 3.0255 out of 4
3.0255
35
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NADrama, Biography $10.98 Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, ...more about My Left Foot  starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker
49Movie reviews for Drugstore Cowboy (1989)Drugstore Cowboy (1989)Movie critics combined give Drugstore Cowboy a score of 3.0250 out of 4
3.0250
44
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RDrama, Crime $5.25 A group of drug users in the 1970's help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. Matt Dillon's ...more about Drugstore Cowboy  starring Matt Dillon and Kelly Lynch
50Movie reviews for Black Cauldron, The (1985)Black Cauldron, The (1985)Movie critics combined give Black Cauldron a score of 3.0239 out of 4
3.0239
27
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PGAdventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Disney $10.98 Centuries ago, in the land of Prydain, a young man named, Taran is given the task of protecting Hen ...more about Black Cauldron  starring John Hurt and Freddie Jones
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