Films from the 1980s on The Criterion Channel 2026

Updated September 14, 2026Checked September 14, 2026

1. 16 Days of Glory (1985)
2. 36 Fillette (1988)
3. About Tap (1985)
4. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
5. After the Rehearsal (1984)
6. The AIDS Show (1986)
7. Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
8. All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982)
9. Amadeus (1984)
10. American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989)
11. Among Grey Stones (1983)
12. … And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)
13. And the Ship Sails On (1983)
14. Antonio Gaudí (1984)
15. Ariel (1988)
16. As Tears Go By (1988)
17. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
18. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
19. An Autumn's Tale (1987)
20. Babette's Feast (1987)
21. Bad Timing (1980)
22. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
23. Barrios altos (1987)
24. Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
25. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
26. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
27. A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
28. Beyond All Barriers (1989)
29. Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986)
30. Bitter Cane (1983)
31. Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)
32. Blood Simple (1985)
33. Blue Velvet (1986)
34. Boat People (1982)
35. Border Radio (1987)
36. Born in Flames (1983)
37. Boy Meets Girl (1984)
38. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
39. Breaker Morant (1980)
40. Bullshot (1983)
41. Burden of Dreams (1982)
42. Burning an Illusion (1981)
43. Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
44. Calamity (1982)
45. Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory (1989)
46. A Camel (1981)
47. Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988)
48. Change of Fate (1987)
49. Checking Out (1988)
50. Children of Nagasaki (1983)
51. China Girl (1987)
52. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
53. Chocolat (1988)
54. Christiane F. (1981)
55. Christine (1983)
56. City on Fire (1987)
57. Come and See (1985)
58. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
59. Community Plot (1984)
60. Confidentially Yours (1983)
61. Coup de Torchon (1981)
62. Crocodile Conspiracy (1986)
63. The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980)
64. Cute Girl (1980)
65. Danton (1983)
66. Death and Transfiguration (1983)
67. Death Shadows (1986)
68. Death Watch (1980)
69. Desert Hearts (1985)
70. Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984)
71. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
72. Diary for My Children (1984)
73. Diary for My Loves (1987)
74. A Different Image (1982)
75. Documenteur (1982)
76. Down by Law (1986)
77. Dreadnaught (1981)
78. Dreaming Rivers (1989)
79. Eastern Condors (1987)
80. Eating Raoul (1982)
81. An Egyptian Story (1982)
82. Eijanaika (1981)
83. El Sur (1983)
84. The Elephant Man (1980)
85. Elippathayam (1982)
86. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
87. Employment Offer (1982)
88. Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980)
89. Escape from New York (1981)
90. Every Man for Himself (1980)
91. Evil Cat (1987)
92. Fall Guy (1982)
93. Faster, Faster (1981)
94. Father (1988)
95. Fear City (1984)
96. Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
97. First Graders (1984)
98. Five Corners (1987)
99. For All Mankind (1989)
100. Foreign Land (1984)
101. Four Days in July (1984)
102. From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
103. Full Moon in Paris (1984)
104. The Funeral (1984)
105. Gang of Four (1989)
106. Gap-Toothed Women (1987)
107. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
108. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
109. A Girl's Own Story (1984)
110. Gloria (1980)
111. God's Country (1985)
112. Godard 1980 (1980)
113. Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
114. Golden Eighties (1986)
115. Gonza the Spearman (1986)
116. A Good Marriage (1982)
117. The Green Ray (1986)
118. The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
119. Greetings from Washington, D.C. (1981)
120. Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us (1983)
121. Grown-Ups (1980)
122. Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People (1984)
123. Hand in Hand (1989)
124. Heroes Shed No Tears (1984)
125. Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Delights (1981)
126. High Hopes (1989)
127. The Hit (1984)
128. Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (1980)
129. The Home and the World (1985)
130. Home Sweet Home (1981)
131. Homework (1989)
132. Hopscotch (1980)
133. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
134. Huey Lewis and the News: Before! (1987)
135. I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
136. I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)
137. I Went to the Dance (1989)
138. Identification of a Woman (1982)
139. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
140. In the King of Prussia (1983)
141. India Cabaret (1985)
142. Insignificance (1985)
143. Intervista (1987)
144. Is This Just a Story? (1983)
145. Islands (1987)
146. It Couldn't Happen Here (1988)
147. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989)
148. Jean de Florette (1986)
149. Jimi Plays Monterey (1987)
150. Junkopia (1981)
151. Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
152. The Killer (1989)
153. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
154. Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
155. L'Argent (1983)
156. La Balance (1982)
157. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
158. Larisa (1980)
159. The Last Emperor (1987)
160. The Last Metro (1980)
161. Le Pont du Nord (1982)
162. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
163. Let's Get Lost (1988)
164. Lettre de la Sierra Morena (1983)
165. Lightning Over Water (1980)
166. Lola (1981)
167. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
168. The Long Good Friday (1980)
169. Los Sures (1984)
170. Losing Ground (1982)
171. Lost in New York (1989)
172. Louie Bluie (1985)
173. Love on the Ground (1984)
174. Lovedolls Superstar (1986)
175. The Lure and the Lore (1988)
176. Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction (1984)
177. Madonna and Child (1980)
178. Magnificent Warriors (1987)
179. Maine-Ocean Express (1986)
180. Making Mr. Right (1987)
181. The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)
182. The Makioka Sisters (1983)
183. Maniac Cop (1988)
184. Manon of the Spring (1986)
185. Married to the Mob (1988)
186. Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal (1980)
187. Meantime (1983)
188. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
189. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
190. Mississippi Blues (1984)
191. Mist Melodies of Paris (1985)
192. Mona Lisa (1986)
193. Mr Vampire Saga 4 (1988)
194. Mr. Hoover and I (1989)
195. Mr. Vampire (1985)
196. Mr. Vampire II (1986)
197. Mr. Vampire III (1987)
198. Ms .45 (1981)
199. Mur Murs (1982)
200. My American Uncle (1980)
201. My Brother's Wedding (1985)
202. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
203. My Life as a Dog (1985)
204. My Lucky Stars (1985)
205. Mystery Train (1989)
206. National III (1982)
207. Navajo Talking Picture (1985)
208. Nightshift (1981)
209. No End (1985)
210. Nomad (1982)
211. A Nos Amours (1983)
212. Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
213. O Sport, You Are Peace! (1981)
214. Olympic Spirit (1980)
215. Open Mic Solitaire (1983)
216. Orderly or Disorderly? (1981)
217. Ornette: Made in America (1986)
218. Out of the Blue (1981)
219. Paris, Texas (1984)
220. Passionless Moments (1983)
221. Pathfinder (1987)
222. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
223. Peep Show (1981)
224. Peking Opera Blues (1986)
225. People's Hero (1987)
226. Perfect Image? (1989)
227. Permanent Vacation (1981)
228. The Photograph (1987)
229. Pigeons in the Square (1982)
230. Pilgrim, Farewell (1980)
231. Pixote (1980)
232. The Pocketbook (1980)
233. Police Story (1985)
234. Police Story 2 (1988)
235. Possession (1981)
236. Poto and Cabengo (1980)
237. Powwow Highway (1989)
238. Princess from the Moon (1987)
239. Prison on Fire (1987)
240. A Private Function (1984)
241. Privates on Parade (1983)
242. Querelle (1982)
243. The Raggedy Rawney (1988)
244. Railway Station (1980)
245. Re-Wind (1988)
246. Rendez-vous (1985)
247. The Return of Godzilla (1984)
248. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
249. Rocky VI (1986)
250. Room 666 (1985)
251. A Room with a View (1986)
252. The Rope (1984)
253. Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
254. Rouge (1987)
255. Routine Pleasures (1986)
256. Royal Warriors (1986)
257. The Runner (1984)
258. Sans Soleil (1983)
259. Sarraounia (1986)
260. Savage/Love (1981)
261. Say Amen, Somebody (1983)
262. Scanners (1981)
263. School on Fire (1988)
264. Scrubbers (1982)
265. Secret Honor (1984)
266. Seduction: The Cruel Woman (1986)
267. Seoul 1988 (1989)
268. Seven Rooms, Kitchen, Bathroom, for Sale (1984)
269. The Seventh Continent (1989)
270. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
271. Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
272. Shanghai Blues (1984)
273. Shit Saturday (1988)
274. Shogun Assassin (1980)
275. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
276. A Short Film About Love (1988)
277. The Sixth Day (1986)
278. Sleepwalk (1986)
279. Smithereens (1982)
280. Smooth Talk (1985)
281. So Far from India (1983)
282. Something Wild (1986)
283. Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)
284. Stoney Knows How (1981)
285. Story of Women (1988)
286. Straight to Hell (1987)
287. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
288. Streetwise (1984)
289. A Sunday in the Country (1984)
290. Swann in Love (1984)
291. Sweet Hours (1982)
292. Sweetie (1989)
293. Taipei Story (1985)
294. Talking Heads (1980)
295. Tampopo (1985)
296. A Taxing Woman (1987)
297. A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
298. They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
299. Thief (1981)
300. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
301. Time Bandits (1981)
302. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
303. Times Square (1980)
304. Tokyo Trial (1983)
305. Tokyo-Ga (1985)
306. Tongues (1982)
307. Toothache (1980)
308. Toute une nuit (1982)
309. Track 29 (1988)
310. Tracked (1985)
311. Trances (1982)
312. The Trout (1982)
313. A Turning Point (1984)
314. Turumba (1981)
315. Two Friends (1986)
316. Typhoon Club (1985)
317. Under the Volcano (1984)
318. Vagabond (1985)
319. The Vanishing (1988)
320. Vengeance Is Mine (1984)
321. Vera (1986)
322. Vernon, Florida (1981)
323. Veronika Voss (1982)
324. Virgin Machine (1989)
325. A Visual Diary (1980)
326. Water (1985)
327. A Week's Vacation (1980)
328. West Is West (1987)
329. Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)
330. Wild Search (1989)
331. Will (1981)
332. Wings of Desire (1987)
333. Wolf's Hole (1987)
334. The Woman Next Door (1981)
335. Working Girls (1987)
336. You Are Not I (1981)
337. You Got to Move (1985)
338. The Young Master (1980)
339. The Young Rebels (1980)
340. Zajota and the Boogie Spirit (1989)
341. Zegen (1987)
342. Živeli! Medicine for the Heart (1987)