Charlie Sheen · 1980s

5 Charlie Sheen movies from the 1980s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Young Guns.

Decade

All 6 1980s 5 1990s 1

Year

All 5 1980 0 1981 0 1982 0 1983 0 1984 1 1985 0 1986 2 1987 0 1988 1 1989 1

Young Guns(1988)

6.7/10

dir. Christopher Cain

S-Tier

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray

Red Dawn(1984)

6.3/10

dir. John Milius

A-Tier

Shout! Studios put John Milius's 1984 Cold War survival fantasy on 4K in 2022 with a strong A-Tier transfer. Best Buy got an exclusive Steelbook the same year and collectors who bought the standard Shout pressing first felt the usual burn. The old DVD was famously soft, so this is the first time the Colorado mountains and the school-bus invasion footage have looked sharp. The cast runs deep past Swayze and Sheen, with Powers Boothe, Lea Thompson, and a brief Harry Dean Stanton appearance most people forget about.

Shout! Studios · Collector's Edition

Ferris Bueller's Day Off(1986)

7.6/10

dir. John Hughes

A-Tier

A-Tier Paramount 4K. Matthew Broderick skips school in Chicago. Paramount's 80s comedy catalog.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Platoon(1986)

8.1/10

dir. Oliver Stone

D-Tier

D-Tier MGM 4K. The steelbook has been Walmart exclusive and comes up in restock threads regularly. Oliver Stone's Vietnam film needs a better transfer.

Scream Factory · Collector's Edition

Major League(1989)

7.2/10

dir. David S. Ward

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.