Movies Set in the 1980s

Kinora's catalogue lists 39 films set in the 1980s, spanning 1980–2021. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 2007

  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

  Romania — 1980s
  Urbandir. Cristian Mungiu
• 2000

  Billy Elliot

  London — 1980s · 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Stephen Daldry
• 1986

  Blue Velvet

  Lumberton — 1980s
  Suburban · Urbandir. David Lynch
• 1997

  Boogie Nights

  Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2005

  Brokeback Mountain

  Wyoming · Texas — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ang Lee
• 2017

  Call Me by Your Name

  Italy — 1980s
  Ruraldir. Luca Guadagnino
• 1995

  Casino

  Las Vegas · Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Desertdir. Martin Scorsese
• 1988

  Cinema Paradiso

  Sicily · Rome — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore
• 2002

  City of God

  Rio de Janeiro — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles
• 1990

  Close-Up

  Tehran — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
• 1989

  Do the Right Thing

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1982

  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  California — 1980s
  Suburban · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg
• 1996

  Fargo

  Minneapolis · Fargo — 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Joel Coen
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · New York City · Washington DC — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
• 2012

  Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1

  Dhanbad — 1940s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Anurag Kashyap
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1986

  Hannah and Her Sisters

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2008

  Let the Right One In

  Sweden — 1980s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson
• 2003

  Memories of Murder

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Rural · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2021

  Minari

  Arkansas — 1980s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Lee Isaac Chung
• 2011

  Moneyball

  Oakland · Boston — 2000s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Bennett Miller
• 2007

  No Country for Old Men

  Texas — 1980s
  Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2003

  Oldboy

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
• 2019

  Pain and Glory

  Madrid · Valencia — 1960s · 1980s · 2010s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
• 1984

  Paris, Texas

  Los Angeles · Texas · Houston — 1980s
  Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Wim Wenders
• 1980

  Pixote

  Brazil — 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Héctor Babenco
• 1985

  Tampopo

  Japan — 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Jūzō Itami
• 2006

  The Departed

  Boston — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2014

  The Grand Budapest Hotel

  1930s · 1960s · 1980s
  Urban · Mountain · Ruraldir. Wes Anderson
• 2019

  The Irishman

  Philadelphia · Chicago · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2006

  The Lives of Others

  Berlin — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• 1985

  The Official Story

  Buenos Aires — 1980s
  Urbandir. Luis Puenzo
• 1980

  The Shining

  Colorado — 1980s
  Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1982

  The Thing

  Antarctica — 1980s
  Wilderness · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter
• 2013

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City · London — 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2007

  This Is England

  England — 1980s
  Urban · Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows
• 1987

  Where Is The Friend's House?

  1980s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Abbas Kiarostami
• 1987

  Wings of Desire

  Berlin — 1980s
  Urbandir. Wim Wenders
• 2007

  Zodiac

  San Francisco · California — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. David Fincher