The 16 Most Underrated Romance Films of the 1980s
1980s romance movies for every mood. Delight in the passion, the humor, and the drama.
There is a collective nostalgia about certain portions of the 1980s; that decade held a strange middle ground between the fast-paced era of high Internet technology, and the simpler, grittier ages that came before.
A sense of dystopia arose on the horizon, as neoliberal capitalism joined forces with rugged individualism beneath the banner of the Cold War.
One of the shining lights of the 1980s is the romantic tinge to so much of the media — a certain glamour that sparkled on the silver screen.
It was as if the cinematography took tips from the Golden Age of Hollywood, when the bright lights made the actors, already larger than life, burst from the screen like cultural gods.
Within the genre of romance movies from the 1980s, a great range also existed. From the incredibly self-serious, to the profoundly silly, we saw an incredible array of exploration into…
