This is a list of notable Hindi movies released in the 1980s (with GEMs highlighted).  Note that the list is sortable by each column. (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)

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Year Hindi film GEM! Producer Director Male stars (selected) Female stars (selected) Video Wikipedia More
1980 Aakrosh NFDC Govind Nihalani Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Amrish Puri Smita Patil
1980 Aasha J Om Prakash J Om Prakash Jeetendra, Girish Karnad Reena Roy, Rameshwari
1980 Ek Baar Phir Vinod Pande Vinod Pande Suresh Oberoi, Pradeep Verma Deepti Naval
1980 Insaf Ka Tarazu B R Chopra B R Chopra Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar Zeenat Aman, Padmini Kohlapure
1980 Karz Subhash Ghai Subhash Ghai Rishi Kapoor, Raj Kiran, Premnath, Pran Tina Munim, Simi
1980 Khubsoorat N C Sippy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee Rakesh Roshan, Ashok Kumar Rekha, Dina Pathak
1980 Man Pasand Amit Khanna Basu Chatterjee Dev Anand, Girish Karnad, Mehmood Tina Munim, Simple Kapadia
1980 Qurbani Feroz Khan Feroz Khan Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Amjad Khan, Amrish Puri Zeenat Aman
1980 Sparsh gem.png Basu Bhattacharya Sai Paranjpye Naseeruddin Shah Shabana Azmi
1980 Thodisi Bewafaii Various Esmayeel Shroff Rajesh Khanna Shabana Azmi
1981 Dard Shyam Sunder Shivdasani Ambrish Sangal Rajesh Khanna Hema Malini, Poonam Dhillon
1981 Ek Duuje Ke Liye Prasad Productions K Balachander Kamal Haasan Rati Agnihotri
1981 Kalyug Shashi Kapoor Shyam Benegal Shashi Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Victor Banerjee, Anant Nag Rekha
1981 Kranti Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha Hema Malini, Parveen Babi
1981 Kudrat B.S. Khanna Chetan Anand Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Khanna, Raaj Kumar Hema Malini, Priya Rajvansh, Aruna Irani
1981 Laawaris Prakash Mehra Prakash Mehra Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan Zeenat Aman, Rakhee
1981 Love Story Rajendra Kumar Rahul Rawail Kumar Gaurav, Rajendra Kumar, Amjad Khan, Danny Denzongpa Vijayta Pandit, Vidya Sinha
1981 Silsila gem.png Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar Rekha, Jaya Bhaduri*
1981 Umrao Jaan Muzaffar Ali Muzaffar Ali Farooq Sheikh, Naseeruddin Shah Rekha
1982 Angoor Jai Singh Gulzar Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Verma Moushumi Chatterjee, Deepti Naval
1982 Arth Kuljit Pal Mahesh Bhatt Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raj Kiran Shabana Azmi*, Smita Patil
1982 Baseraa Ramesh Behl Ramesh Talwar Shashi Kapoor, Raj Kiran Rakhee*, Rekha, Poonam Dhillon
1982 Bazaar Vijay Talwar Sagar Sarhadi Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Sheikh Smita Patil*, Supriya Pathak
1982 Bemisal Debesh Ghosh Hrishikesh Mukherjee Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Mehra Rakhee
1982 Dard Ka Rishta Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar Reena Roy, Smita Patil, Simi
1982 Kaamchor Rakesh Roshan K.Vishwanath Rakesh Roshan Jaya Prada
1982 Nikaah B R Chopra B R Chopra Raj Babbar, Deepak Parashar Salma Agha
1982 Prem Rog R K Films Raj Kapoor Rishi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor Padmini Kolhapore*, Nanda, Tanuja
1982 Saath Saath Dilip Dhawan Raman Kumar Farooq Shaikh Deepti Naval
1982 Satte Pe Satta Romu N. Sippy Raj N. Sippy Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan Hema Malini, Ranjeeta
1982 Shakti gem.png Mushir-Riaz Ramesh Sippy Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri Smita Patil, Rakhee*
1982 Vidhaata Gulshan Rai Subhash Ghai Dilip Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amrish Puri Padmini Kolhapure
1983 Agar Tum Na Hote Rajeev & Vimal Kumar Lekh Tandon Rajesh Khanna, Raj Babbar Rekha
1983 Ardh Satya Manmohan Shetty Govind Nihalani Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar Smita Patil
1983 Avtaar gem.png Mohan Kumar Mohan Kumar Rajesh Khanna, Sachin Shabana Azmi
1983 Betaab Bikram Singh Dahal Rahul Rawail Sunny Deol, Shammi Kapoor Amrita Singh
1983 Hero Subhash Ghai Subhash Ghai Jackie Shroff, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amrish Puri Meenakshi Seshadri
1983 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron National Film Development Corp Kundan Shah Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani Bhakti Barve
1983 Masoom gem.png Chanda & Devi Dutt Shekhar Kapur Naseeruddin Shah, Jugal Hansraj Shabana Azmi*, Tanuja
1983 Rang Birangi Rajeev Pandya Hrishikesh Mukherjee Amol Palekar, Farooq Sheikh Parveen Babi, Deepti Naval
1983 Souten Saawan Kumar Tak Saawan Kumar Tak Rajesh Khanna, Pran Tina Munim, Padmini Kolhapure
1984 Aaj Ki Awaaz B R Chopra Ravi Chopra Raj Babbar, Nana Patekar Smita Patil
1984 Anand Aur Anand Navketan Dev Anand Dev Anand, Suneil Anand, Raj Babbar Rakhee, Smita Patil
1984 Asha Jyoti Kovai Chezhiyan Dasari Narayana Rao Rajesh Khanna Rekha, Reena Roy
1984 Mashaal Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri
1984 Saaransh Rajshri Productions Mahesh Bhat Anupam Kher Rohini Hattangadi
1984 Sharaabi Satyendra Pal Prakash Mehra Amitabh Bachchan, Pran Jaya Prada
1985 Arjun Karim Morani Rahul Rawail Sunny Deol, Raj Kiran, Anupam Kher Dimple Kapadia
1985 Hum Naujawan Navketan Dev Anand Dev Anand, Tabu Richa Sharma
1985 Khamosh gem.png Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah Shabana Azmi
1985 Meri Jung gem.png N N Sippy Subhash Ghai Anil Kapoor*, Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri Meenakshi Seshadri, Nutan
1986 Janbaaz Feroz Khan Feroz Khan Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor Sridevi, Dimple Kapadia
1986 Naam Rajendra Kumar Mahesh Bhatt Sanjay Dutt, Kumar Gaurav Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Nutan
1986 New Delhi Times P K Tiwari Ramesh Sharma Shashi Kapoor, Om Puri Sharmila Tagore
1987 Ijaazat gem.png R K Gupta Gulzar Naseeruddin Shah, Shashi Kapoor Rekha, Anuradha Patel
1987 Insaaf Nitin Manmohan Mukul Anand Vinod Khanna Dimple Kapadia
1987 Mirch Masala gem.png NFDC Ketan Mehta Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Suresh Oberoi Smita Patil, Deepti Naval
1987 Mr. India Boney Kapoor Shekhar Kapur Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri Sridevi
1987 Satyamev Jayate Romu N. Sippy Raj N Sippy Vinod Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Anupan Kher Meenakshi Seshadri, Madhavi, Anita Raj
1988 Khoon Bhari Maang Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan Kabir Bedi, Shatrughan Sinha Rekha, Sonu Walia
1988 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak gem.png Nasir Hussain Mansoor Khan Aamir Khan Juhi Chawla
1988 Salaam Bombay Mira Nair Mira Nair Shafiq Syed, Raghubir Yadav, Irrfan Khan, Nana Patekar Anita Kanwar
1988 Tezaab Dinesh Gandhi N Chandra Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit
1989 Chandni Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna Sridevi*, Waheeda Rehman
1989 Daddy Mukesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt Anupam Kher, Manohar Singh Pooja Bhatt
1989 Maine Pyar Kiya gem.png Rajshri Productions Sooraj Barjatya Salman Khan Bhagyashree
1989 Parinda Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Anupam Kher Madhuri Dixit
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