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1. Sixteen Candles (1984)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling
Votes: 126,241 | Gross: $23.69M
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
A popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 386,257 | Gross: $70.14M
3. Risky Business (1983)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
Director: Paul Brickman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur
Votes: 99,775 | Gross: $63.50M
4. Weird Science (1985)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton
Votes: 97,361 | Gross: $23.83M
5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson
Votes: 190,767 | Gross: $126.53M
6. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,666 | Gross: $76.27M
7. Uncle Buck (1989)
PG | 100 min | Comedy
Laid back commitment-phobe Buck babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann
Votes: 107,666 | Gross: $66.76M
8. Child's Play (1988)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
Votes: 116,660 | Gross: $33.24M
9. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle
Votes: 113,944 | Gross: $81.06M
10. Midnight Run (1988)
R | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton
Votes: 94,192 | Gross: $38.41M
11. The Color of Money (1986)
R | 119 min | Drama, Sport
Fast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver
Votes: 93,231 | Gross: $52.29M
12. Raw Deal (1986)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar
Votes: 37,579 | Gross: $16.21M
13. Class (1983)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man in private school spends one crazy night out, and only later does he learn more about the woman who enlivened his night.
Director: Lewis John Carlino | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson
Votes: 12,033
14. Red Heat (1988)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Votes: 76,004 | Gross: $34.99M
15. U.S. Marshals (1998)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan, who has been accused of a double-murder.
Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 113,352 | Gross: $57.17M
16. Running Scared (1986)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel
Votes: 14,983 | Gross: $38.50M
17. The Jackal (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Votes: 124,098 | Gross: $54.93M
18. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
Votes: 34,599 | Gross: $18.87M
19. Bad Boys (1983)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody, Eric Gurry
Votes: 17,049 | Gross: $9.20M
20. Curly Sue (1991)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz
Votes: 23,233 | Gross: $33.69M
21. A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A charming womanizer must find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.
Director: William Richert | Stars: River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Ione Skye
Votes: 3,079 | Gross: $6.26M
22. She's Having a Baby (1988)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin, James Ray
Votes: 13,874 | Gross: $16.03M
23. Poltergeist III (1988)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.
Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Heather O'Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein
Votes: 20,452 | Gross: $14.11M
24. The Package (1989)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard
Votes: 11,431 | Gross: $10.65M
25. Nothing in Common (1986)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 7,881 | Gross: $32.32M
26. The Big Town (1987)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
Directors: Ben Bolt, Harold Becker | Stars: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern
Votes: 2,564 | Gross: $1.73M
27. Code of Silence (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese
Votes: 9,376 | Gross: $20.35M
28. Music Box (1989)
PG-13 | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat
Votes: 8,658 | Gross: $6.26M
29. Light of Day (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Music
A pair of siblings must choose whether to pursue their dream of touring with their rock band or support their family and stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean
Votes: 3,214 | Gross: $10.49M
30. Betrayed (1988)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair
Votes: 7,006 | Gross: $25.82M
31. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 412
32. I Love Trouble (1994)
PG | 123 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Peter Brackett and Sabrina Peterson are two competing Chicago newspaper reporters who join forces to unravel the mystery behind a train derailment.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts, Saul Rubinek, James Rebhorn
Votes: 12,578 | Gross: $30.81M
33. Opportunity Knocks (1990)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
Two con men hide out in a house while the owner is away; one of them assumes the identity of the absent house sitter when the owner's relatives come to visit, only for further complications to set in.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Dana Carvey, Robert Loggia, Todd Graff, Julia Campbell
Votes: 3,356 | Gross: $11.36M
34. Men Don't Leave (1990)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
Jessica Lange plays Beth in this warm-hearted, funny fable about staying together when all else is falling apart.
Director: Paul Brickman | Stars: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack
Votes: 2,745 | Gross: $6.07M
35. Four Friends (1981)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that marked the end of the decade.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler
Votes: 2,013
36. Let's Get Harry (1986)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure
When Colombian revolutionaries kidnap an American engineer, his brother and friends, faced with official inaction, hire a mercenary and mount the rescue operation themselves.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns
Votes: 1,549 | Gross: $0.14M
37. Rent-a-Cop (1987)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Detective Tony is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Richard Masur
Votes: 2,038 | Gross: $0.30M
38. The Dollmaker (1984 TV Movie)
142 min | Drama
During WWII, a hard-luck farmer leaves rural home for a big city factory job. Gertie, his woodcarver wife reluctantly joins. City life and reckless spending leave them in dire straits, so Gertie carves handmade dolls to support her family.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Amanda Plummer, Susan Kingsley
Votes: 975
39. The Naked Face (1984)
R | 105 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A Chicago psychoanalyst's patient and secretary are murdered and he becomes the police's prime suspect despite his claims that someone is trying to frame him.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney
Votes: 1,547
40. Touch and Go (1986)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Michael Keaton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ajay Naidu, John Reilly
Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $1.25M
41. V.I. Warshawski (1991)
R | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A female PI babysitting for a boyfriend gets stuck with his daughter and the case of her murdered father.
Director: Jeff Kanew | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals
Votes: 5,506 | Gross: $11.13M
42. Big Shots (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ivan Reitman brings you Big Shots, a slam-bang comedy-adventure with a heart as big as Chicago.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky
Votes: 905 | Gross: $3.39M
43. Lady Blue (1985–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Katy Mahoney patrols the grittier streets of Chicago, dispatching the steamier elements before reporting to her boss Terry McNichol. Katy's intensity about her job interfered with her social life.
Stars: Jamie Rose, Danny Aiello, Ralph Foody, Ron Dean
Votes: 389
44. Skokie (1981 TV Movie)
PG | 125 min | Drama
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Danny Kaye, John Rubinstein, Carl Reiner, Kim Hunter
Votes: 424
45. Taxi Killer (2022)
106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jenny, a young taxi driver, is assaulted and raped by four thugs. Since the police seem to have no time to look for their assailants, Jenny, tired of not getting justice, decides to take revenge on her own.
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Catherine Hickland, Chuck Connors, Walter D'Amore, Eddie J. Fernandez
Votes: 73
46. Windy City (1984)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of a group of young Chicago men as seen through the eyes of one of them, a thirtysomething writer suffering from the early onset of midlife crisis brought on by nostalgia, his dying friend, and the wedding of his old flame.
Director: Armyan Bernstein | Stars: John Shea, Kate Capshaw, Josh Mostel, Jim Borrelli
Votes: 317 | Gross: $0.34M
47. Pointman (1995)
Action
Connie Harper is living the good life as the owner of Spanish Pete's, a beach resort. Occasionally his services as bodyguard are called upon by people who have nowhere else to turn.
Stars: Jack Scalia, Sandra Thigpen, Ren Trella, Dennis Deveaugh
Votes: 174
48. A Conspiracy of Love (1987 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
A woman's husband apparently has deserted her and their daughter. So she decides to get on with her life which might include dissolving their union and seeing someone else. However, her ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Robert Young, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Wilson, Mitchell Laurance
Votes: 156
49. Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Crime, Thriller
Fact-based story about a Boston furrier and his pregnant wife who was shot in their car on October 23, 1989. The wife and child subsequently died. The husband then told that his attacker ... See full summary »
Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: Ken Olin, Margaret Colin, Annabella Price, James Handy
Votes: 207
50. One More Saturday Night (1986)
R | 95 min | Comedy
The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get dates for a Saturday night.
Director: Dennis Klein | Stars: Tom Davis, Al Franken, Moira Sinise, Frank Howard
Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.03M