Top 15 Underrated 1980s Flops (#3 Destroyed The Studio)
The 1980s brought us box office juggernauts—E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones—films that didn’t just succeed, they dominated pop culture. But not every story had a Hollywood ending.
Some films came out swinging with big dreams, bold ideas… and then crashed hard. Box office bombs, misunderstood masterpieces, or just plain ahead of their time—these movies flopped, but not because they weren’t worth watching.
In fact, some of them are better than half the so-called classics people still rave about.
So let’s rewind the tape and uncover 15 Underrated 1980s Flops—including one so chaotic, it nearly bankrupted the studio behind it.
00:00 Intro
00:54 Howard the Duck (1986)
02:11 Ishtar (1987)
03:43 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
05:24 Megaforce (1982)
06:43 Flash Gordon (1980)
08:09 Legend (1985)
09:46 The Razor's Edge (1984)
11:29 Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
13:12 Dune (1984)
14:58 Streets of Fire (1984)
16:41 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
18:25 Mac and Me (1988)
20:01 Heaven's Gate (1980)
21:41 Inchon (1981)
23:13 One from the Heart (1982)
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