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1. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983 Music Video)
PG | 13 min | Horror, Music
A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, Forrest J. Ackerman, Reed Armstrong
Votes: 18,551
2. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987 Music Video)
18 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Bad".
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Michael Jackson, Adam Nathan, Pedro Sanchez, Wesley Snipes
Votes: 6,525
3. Madonna: Material Girl (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Madonna pays homage to Marilyn Monroe in the music video for the second single from her icon album 'Like A Virgin'.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Madonna, Deke Anderson, Karis K. Christensen, Victor Ho
Votes: 1,046
4. ZZ Top: Legs (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
ZZ Top performs in the music video "Legs" from the album "Eliminator" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. A employee of a shoe store is harassed as she goes to see her boyfriend who is a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Newman | Stars: ZZ Top, Danièle Arnaud, Frank Beard, Wendy Frazier
Votes: 287
5. a-ha: Take on Me (1985 Music Video)
4 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Official music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: a-ha, Bunty Bailey, Alfie Curtis, Magne Furuholmen
Votes: 2,239
6. The Cars: You Might Think (1984 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Music video for The Cars song, "You Might Think", notable for for its use of early computer graphics.
Directors: Charlex, Charlie Levi, Jeff Stein, Alex Weil | Stars: Claudia Barrett, George Barrows, The Cars, Susan Gallagher
Votes: 145
7. Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988 Music Video)
G | 5 min | Music
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. The "instruments" in the a cappella song are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by ... See full summary »
Director: Drew Takahashi | Stars: Bobby McFerrin, Bill Irwin, Robin Williams
Votes: 666
8. Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Music video for the 1984 song "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. In it, Cyndi Lauper plays a young woman who is forced to leave her boyfriend when she becomes homesick and worried about her sick mother.
Director: Edd Griles | Stars: Charles Boyer, Marlene Dietrich, Francis Larkin, Butch Lauper
Votes: 805
9. Twisted Sister: We're Not Gonna Take It (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Comedy, Music
A music video for the song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' by Twisted Sister.
Director: Marty Callner | Stars: Twisted Sister, Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda
Votes: 717
10. Kate Bush: Cloudbusting (1985 Music Video)
7 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Music video for Kate Bush's song Cloudbusting about Wilhelm Reich. In 1950s Oregon, Reich and his son Peter (played by Bush) are trying to make his rainmaking machine work before the government agents arrive to arrest him.
Director: Julian Doyle | Stars: Kate Bush, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 280
11. Elton John: Nikita (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Music, Romance
Music video for "Nikita," featuring a Cold-War setting.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Elton John, Anya Major, Andreas Wisniewski
Votes: 160
12. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A music video for Eurythmics's song 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.
Directors: Chris Ashbrook, Jon Roseman, David A. Stewart | Stars: Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart, Robert Crash
Votes: 1,058
13. Starship: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Clips from the movie Mannequin (1987) are mixed with clips of the band members copying scenes from the movie and clips of the band playing the song.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Donny Baldwin, Craig Chaquico, Pete Sears, Grace Slick
Votes: 89
14. Lipps Inc.: Funkytown (1980 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Lipps Inc. performs in the music video "Funkytown" from the album "Mouth to Mouth" recorded for Casablanca Records. The music video begins with lights flickering at a disco. Lipps Inc. ... See full summary »
Stars: Lipps Inc., Cynthia Johnson
Votes: 58
15. Glenn Medeiros: Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You (1987 Music Video)
G | 4 min | Music
The music video features Medeiros strolling around a beach with a girl in a pink dress.
Directors: Stirlin Harris, Geoff Tyzik | Star: Glenn Medeiros
Votes: 22
16. Duran Duran: Union of the Snake (1983 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Video promo for "Union of the Snake" by Duran Duran, the lead single from the band's third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.
Director: Simon Milne | Stars: Duran Duran, Jennifer Connelly
Votes: 116
17. Gregory Abbott: Shake You Down (1986 Music Video)
PG-13 | 4 min | Music
Director: Dominic Sena | Star: Gregory Abbott
Votes: 14
18. Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing (1982 Music Video)
R | 4 min | Music
A music video for "Sexual Healing" was shot, depicting Gaye singing in a smoky nightclub with four female dancers behind him. Interspersed were amusing scenes of Gaye getting a physical ... See full summary »
Star: Marvin Gaye
Votes: 60
19. Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Talking Heads perform in the music video "Wild Wild Life" from the album "True Stories" recorded for Sire Records. On a club stage in front of a band and a wall of televisions, a variety of... See full summary »
Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, John Goodman, Jerry Harrison
Votes: 236
20. Adam and the Ants: Stand and Deliver (1981 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Adam Ant is a Dick Turpin-style highwayman in a surreal and comedic music video.
Directors: Adam Ant, Mike Mansfield | Stars: Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Amanda Donohoe
Votes: 52
21. Depeche Mode: Strangelove (1987 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The video also stars two models in underwear (one of whom was Anton Corbijn's partner), as well as passing pedestrians, featured in the closing 'out-takes' sequence of fast-edit shots.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Depeche Mode, Andrew Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore
Votes: 203
22. Starship: We Built This City (1985 Music Video)
G | 5 min | Music
Starship performs in the music video "We Built This City" from the album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" recorded for Grunt Records. Mickey Thomas opens the video sing before a darkened landscape... See full summary »
Director: Francis Delia | Stars: Jefferson Starship, Donny Baldwin, Craig Chaquico, Pete Sears
Votes: 93
23. Lindsey Buckingham: Holiday Road (1983 Music Video)
G | 3 min | Music
Lindsey Buckingham performs in the music video "Holiday Road" from the original motion picture soundtrack for Vacation (1983) recorded for Warner Brothers Records. Buckingham sings as he ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Rezyka | Star: Lindsey Buckingham
Votes: 29
24. Dexys Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
The 1982 music video was filmed in the inner south London suburb of Kennington in the vicinity of the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street. The character of "Eileen" in the music video, ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Archer, Máire Fahey, Kevin Rowland
Votes: 559
25. Janet Jackson: Nasty (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Janet Jackson performs in the music video "Nasty" from the album "Control" recorded for A&M Records. Janet and her friends are at a movie theater when a group of men begin to harass them. ... See full summary »
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Robert Alvarez, Eddie Garcia
Votes: 249
26. Duran Duran: The Chauffeur (1982 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Two women dress themselves carefully in lingerie and drive through the streets of London towards a rendezvous with each other in an abandoned multi-story car park.
Director: Ian Emes | Stars: Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Perri Lister, Gary Myers
Votes: 51
27. The Hooters: Johnny B (1987 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Eric Bazilian, The Hooters, Rob Hyman, Robert Kerbeck
Votes: 57
28. Samantha Fox: Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (1986 Music Video)
Not Rated | 4 min | Music
Music video for "Touch Me" (I Want Your Body)" by Samantha Fox.
Director: Tony van den Ende | Star: Samantha Fox
Votes: 54
29. Lindsey Buckingham: Trouble (1981 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Lindsey Buckingham performs his solo hit Trouble from the 1981 album Law and Order. He appears in close-up and long view as he walks around the stage playing his guitar., all against a ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jerry Watson | Stars: Lindsey Buckingham, Walter Egan, Mick Fleetwood, Dwight Twilley
Votes: 26
30. Dokken: Dream Warriors (1987 Music Video)
5 min | Fantasy, Horror, Music
Music video for Dokken's 1987 single "Dream Warriors". It begins with Kristen from "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)" cutting out images of the band and putting it on a house. As she sleeps, she dreams about approaching a dark house where Dokken performs.
Directors: Preacher Ewing, Bill Fishman | Stars: Dokken, Patricia Arquette, Mick Brown, Don Dokken
Votes: 126
31. Duran Duran: A View to a Kill (1985 Music Video)
4 min | Music
"A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by the English new wave and synth-pop band Duran Duran, released on 6 May 1985. Written and recorded as the theme for the 1985 James Bond movie ... See full summary »
Directors: Lol Creme, Godley & Creme, Kevin Godley | Stars: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor
Votes: 132
32. Debbie Gibson: Foolish Beat (1988 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Debbie Gibson performs in the music video "Foolish Beat" from the album "Out of the Blue" recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video begins with shots of a city. Debbie Gibson sits ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Willing | Star: Debbie Gibson
Votes: 22
33. Duran Duran: Rio (1982 Music Video)
Not Rated | 5 min | Music
A music video for "Duran Duran: Rio", an instant classic of the 1980's from their smash-hit album of same name. The video clip presents the band having lovely and amusing moments on a boat ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Reema Ruspoli
Votes: 547
34. Boys Don't Cry: I Wanna Be a Cowboy (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Boys Don't Cry perform in the music video "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" from the album "Boys Don't Cry" recorded for Universal Records. The music video begins with a man thinking in a bathtub. He ... See full summary »
Director: Carina Camomile | Stars: Boys Don't Cry, Lemmy, Nick Richards
Votes: 7
35. The Weather Girls: It's Raining Men (1982 Music Video)
5 min | Music
The Weather Girls performs in the music video "It's Raining Men" from the album "Success" recorded for Columbia Records. The music video begins with a cardboard city-scape. The Weathers ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Keys | Stars: The Weather Girls, Izora Rhodes-Armstead, Martha Wash, James Dietz
Votes: 59
36. The Gap Band: You Dropped A Bomb on Me (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The official music video for "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" by The Gap Band.
Director: Nick Saxton | Stars: The Gap Band, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson
Votes: 13
37. Bananarama: Cruel Summer (1983 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
The girls dance and cavort about, engaging in some hi-jinks with New York's finest as they toss banana peels from a Mack truck onto a pursuing patrol car.
Director: Brian Simmons | Stars: Bananarama, Sara Dallin, Michael DeClario, Siobhan Fahey
Votes: 67
38. Animotion: Obsession (1985 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Animotion perform in the music video "Obsession" from the album "Animotion" recorded for Mercury Records. Bill Wadhams and Astrid Plane stand in front of a stone water fountain and sing. ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Animotion, Paul F. Antonelli, Don Kirkpatrick, Frenchy O'Brien
Votes: 42
39. Steve Winwood: Higher Love (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Steve Winwood performs in the music video for "Higher Love" from his album "Back in the High Life" recorded for Island Records. Winwood sings the song on a darkened sound stage with his ... See full summary »
Directors: Paula Greif, Peter Kagan | Stars: Steve Winwood, Chaka Khan, Nile Rodgers
Votes: 129
40. Debbie Gibson: Lost in Your Eyes (1989 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Debbie Gibson performs in the music video "Lost in Your Eyes" from the album "Electric Youth recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video opens with Debbie Gibson playing the piano. She ... See full summary »
Director: James Yukich | Star: Debbie Gibson
Votes: 21
41. Duran Duran: The Wild Boys (1984 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Video promo for Duran Duran: The Wild Boys.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Kevin Allen, Bunty Bailey, Luke Banter, Simon Barnes
Votes: 231
42. Jim Diamond: I Should Have Known Better (1984 Video)
4 min | Short
Official promo music video for the single "I Should Have Known Better", performed by Jim Diamond. The video presents a performance from the artist, who's been accompanied by a record ... See full summary »
Star: Jim Diamond
Votes: 6
43. Duran Duran: The Reflex (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Video promo for Duran Duran: The Reflex.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor
Votes: 166
44. Scandal: Goodbye to You (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Scandal performs in the music video "Goodbye to You" from the album "Scandal" recorded for Columbia Records. Patty Smyth in a red dress sings and dances while the band plays their ... See full summary »
Stars: Scandal, Ivan Elias, Benjy King, Frankie LaRocka
Votes: 30
45. Mr. Mister: Broken Wings (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Music
Mr. Mister: performs in the music video "Broken Wings" from the album "Welcome to the Real World" recorded for RCA Records. Richard Page sings as he drives through the desert in a Ford ... See full summary »
Director: Oley Sassone | Stars: Steve Farris, Steve George, Mr. Mister, Richard Page
Votes: 174
46. Baltimora: Tarzan Boy (1985 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Baltimora perform their song "Tarzan Boy".
Director: Mario Camerimi | Stars: Baltimora, Jimmy McShane
Votes: 50
47. Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Duran Duran's clip for their massive classic "Hungry Like the Wolf" presents the band traveling to Sri Lanka in some curious and strange adventures, with Simon Le Bon meeting an exotic girl... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Sheila Ming, Nick Rhodes
Votes: 687
48. Dionne Warwick Feat. Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder: That's What Friends Are For (1985 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Music
This is a music video for a song produced to raise money for AIDS research. It became a number one single.
Director: John B. House | Stars: Elton John, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 41
49. Ric Ocasek: Emotion in Motion (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Ric Ocasek performs in the music video "Emotion in Motion" from the album "This Side of Paradise" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video opens Ric Ocasek carrying an unconscious woman... See full summary »
Star: Ric Ocasek
50. Johnny Hates Jazz: Shattered Dreams (US Version) (1988 Music Video)
3 min | Short, Music
There, "Shattered Dreams" was released early in 1988 with a totally different music video, shot entirely in black and white and directed by David Fincher, which Datchler actually preferred.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Clark Datchler, Calvin Hayes, Johnny Hates Jazz, Mike Nocito
Votes: 108