Several movies released in the 1980s have become renowned for redefining cinema.

In many respects, the 1980s was a decade that defined what a Hollywood classic could and should be.

The Extra-Terrestrialmight just be his masterpiece.

Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard pointing a gun in Blade Runner

A group of alien botanists arrive in a Californian forest, harvesting a selection of plants.

But when they take off, one of their own is left behind by mistake.

The creature evades the authorities and winds up in the backyard of Elliot Taylor (Henry Thomas).

Judd Nelson as John Bender fist bumping the air at the end of ‘The Breakfast Club’

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is a deceptively simple film, but a powerfully effective one nonetheless.

Max himself becomes less of a revenge-seeking, disillusioned cop and more ofa mysterious cowboy in an unforgiving wilderness.

Based on the life of boxerJake LaMotta,Raging Bulltells the life story of the infamous middleweight champion.

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Joker Davis (Matthew Modine).

The time is 2019 as imagined in 1982.

The place is Los Angeles.

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Marty McFly and Doc Brown look at a watch in ‘Back to the Future’

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Elliott, played by Henry Thomas, bikes with E.T. in his bicycle basket in ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’.

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Max Rockatansky walking down a lonely highway holding a gun in Mad Max 2- The Road Warrior’

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Robert De Niro taking a break in the ring in Raging Bull

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Sergeant Hartman screaming and pointing to the camera in ‘Full Metal Jacket’

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Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader cross lightsabers in ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’.

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Radio Raheem shows off his Love and Hate brass knuckles in Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’

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Sean Young in Blade Runner

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Roger Rabbit handcuffed to Bob Haskins as Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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