A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill (1985)

[8] A psychotic businessman (Christopher Walken) plans to plunge Silicon Valley into the ocean to create a worldwide microchip monopoly for himself in Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond. A View to Kill is more aggressively paced than other Bond…
Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy (1983)

[7] Roger Moore is getting long in the tooth as James Bond, but Octopussy handily bests the last two entries in the franchise, and satisfies on many levels. This time around, Bond is trying to uncover a global jewel-smuggling operation…
For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

[5] Roger Moore returns for his fifth outing as James Bond. After the silliness of Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only makes an effort to dial down the franchise's more comic-book qualities. After an unceremonious pre-title demise of long-time supervillain Blofeld,…
Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

[8] Brian DePalma (Carrie, Sisters) serves up a sexually charged Hitchcockian thriller about a female slasher hunting a prostitute who witnessed her last murder. Michael Caine stars as the shrink who tries to help the call girl, who's played by…
Thief (1981)

Thief (1981)

[6] James Caan plays an elite safe-cracker in this stylish crime drama from director Michael Mann (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans). When a high profile gangster (Robert Prosky) offers him a lifetime of lucrative heist opportunities, Caan takes him…
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

[8] A high school girl (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends are hunted in their dreams by Fred Kruger (Robert Englund), a local criminal who died many years earlier. But unlike normal nightmares, if the kids die in their dreams, they…
Outland (1981)

Outland (1981)

[4] Sean Connery stars in this middling conspiracy thriller set on one of Jupiter's moons. Connery plays the new head policeman at a titanium mining facility where some of the workers have begun losing their minds and endangering lives. When…
Silverado (1985)

Silverado (1985)

[7] Writer/director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill, Grand Canyon) takes a stab at the American western with Silverado. His ensemble cast includes Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and Kevin Costner as misfit cowboys who end up riding together against…
Fade to Black (1980)

Fade to Black (1980)

[6] A film buff (Breaking Away's Dennis Christopher) suffers a schizophrenic break, dressing up like various movie villains on a killing spree, getting revenge on everyone who slighted him. He also pursues a Marilyn Monroe look-alike (Linda Kerridge) who doesn't…
Witness (1985)

Witness (1985)

[8] Harrison Ford must hide among the Amish after he discovers corruption within his police department. Witness was an opportunity for Ford to show his acting chops, and it remains one of his best performances. This was the first American…