Best Hindi Movies of 1980s
Thoughtfully made Hindi / Bollywood movies released between 1980 to 1989
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- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsNaseeruddin ShahShabana AzmiJugal HansrajA happy family goes through turbulent times because of a big mistake by one of the family members.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsJackie ShroffAnil KapoorNana PatekarA man's friend, a police officer, is assassinated by gangsters in broad daylight. He discovers that his elder brother works in the same gang and decides to avenge his friend's death by infiltrating the gang.
- DirectorMansoor KhanStarsAamir KhanJuhi ChawlaGoga KapoorDespite knowing that their respective families are bitter enemies, Raj and Rashmi fall in love with each other and decide to elope.
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsOm PuriSmita PatilAmrish PuriA newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.
- DirectorKundan ShahStarsNaseeruddin ShahRavi BaswaniBhakti BarveTwo photographers, who are employed by a magazine editor to expose the scandalous activities of the rich, come across corruption by a builder and accidentally photograph a murder.
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviJaya PradaAn ex-convict is bent on revenge against the people responsible for his wrongful imprisonment but is pit against his estranged son who is now a police officer.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsKamal HaasanSrideviGulshan GroverA head injury causes a woman to regresses to childhood. Lost and confused, she is eventually befriended by a school teacher.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsJennifer KendalDhritiman ChatterjeeDebashree RoyAfter marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta.
- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsDilip KumarAmitabh BachchanRakhee GulzarA scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to devastating effect when the son grows up to be a Mafia don, and his father is assigned the job of bringing him in.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShashi KapoorRekhaRaj BabbarThis movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India. The overall plot is based on Mahabharat. This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even legitimizes killing of family members.
- DirectorB.R. ChopraStarsRaj BabbarDeepak ParasharGovardhan AsraniAfter an unsuccessful marriage, Niloufer gets married to Haider, an editor, and eventually falls in love with him. However, soon her marriage bliss ends when her ex-husband Wasim returns in her life.
- DirectorSubhash GhaiStarsRishi KapoorTina AmbaniSimi GarewalRavi is killed by his wife after his marriage. He is reborn as Monty and is now a singer he goes to holiday in Ooty where he recollects his memories from previous life and inquires about his family from first life and his evil wife Kamini.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsAnil KapoorSrideviAmrish PuriA poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.
- DirectorBapuStarsAnil KapoorPadmini KolhapureNaseeruddin ShahMaya, coming from poor family, is married to the affluent Dr. Anand; but she tries to commit suicide on the nuptial night. She tells Anand that she was in love with Prem whose ambition was to be a music director. He too was in love with her but thought she would not be happy as his wife. Anand tells Maya that he had married her only for his mother who was on her death bed. When the mother dies Anand wants to unite Prem and Maya but Prem says it is against Hindu culture and disappears from their life.
- DirectorRakesh RoshanStarsRekhaKabir BediSonu WaliaA man marries a rich widow for her money and tries to murder her but she survives, gets a new face thanks to plastic surgery, and returns for revenge.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsWaheeda RehmanShashi KapoorAmitabh BachchanBrought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniRanjeeta KaurThe eldest of seven brothers, who run a family farm together, marries a pretty nurse, inspiring his country-bumpkin siblings to follow his example.
- DirectorRakesh KumarStarsAmitabh BachchanNeetu SinghTanuja SamarthBishan loses his fortune while helping his friend Kishan in his singing career. Now successful, would Kishan return the favour?
- DirectorSooraj R. BarjatyaStarsSalman KhanBhagyashree PatwardhanAlok NathAfter Suman's father leaves her in the care of another family while he travels abroad, she falls in love with Prem. However, in order to for them to marry, Prem has to prove to Suman's father that he is not the same as his own dad.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsNutanKumar GauravSanjay DuttFollows the story of Vicky, who gets entrapped in a criminal plot after he leaves his country for work.
- DirectorK. ViswanathRajesh MalikStarsAnil KapoorVijayshantiVinod MehraIshwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.