The Best '80s Movies You Can Watch On Netflix Right Now

Many of the classic films produced in the 1980s are now available to stream, whether you're in the mood for a science fiction classic or a raunchy comedy vehicle. From an iconic John Hughes movie to the debut of a Spike Lee joint and everything between, these are the best '80s movies to watch on Netflix.

If you're a Spike Lee fan, that means She's Gotta Have It is an essential watch. However, the film's impact goes far beyond Lee's own career.

Yes, She's Gotta Have It is Lee's debut feature, and the film that helped him go on to make things like Do The Right Thing and Jungle Fever in the years that followed, but it's also a milestone for other reasons. Lee worked with a low budget, shot in black and white, and remained as creative as possible with few resources at a time when independent film was not yet the booming subculture it would later become. Plus, Lee's film helped blaze a trail both for his own filmography and for other black filmmakers to come.

Perhaps no other filmmaker is more associated with the overall aesthetic of "'80s Movies" than John Hughes, the writer/director who rose to prominence over the course of the decade redefined the teen comedy genre forever. Though Hughes' filmography is actually rather diverse when taken as a whole, the mid-to-late-1980s were the time in which he very successfully honed in on a single target, the disaffected American teenager.

Sadly, most of Hughes' teen comedy classics are not available on Netflix at the moment, but Ferris Bueller's Day Off is there for you to rewatch to your heart's content. The film follows the title character, played with undeniable charisma by Matthew Broderick, as he decides to take a sick day from school and turn it into the best vacation possible, all while his suspicious principal is hot on his trail. It's not the most realistic of Hughes' films, but it is one of the most delightful. Keep watching the video to see the best '80s movies you can watch on Netflix right now!

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She's Gotta Have It | 0:17
Ferris Bueller's Day Off | 0:51
The Indiana Jones movies | 1:37
The Evil Dead | 2:36
Tootsie | 3:17
Red Dawn | 4:07
The Naked Gun | 4:42
Police Academy | 5:43
Purple Rain | 6:20
Child's Play | 6:53
Blade Runner | 7:33
Raging Bull | 8:15
Lethal Weapon | 9:02
Bloodsport | 9:48

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