Best 1980s Female Character

Linda Hamilton in The Terminator (1984)

Shelley Duvall in The Shining (1980)

Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid (1984)

Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface (1983)

Lea Thompson in Back to the Future (1985)

Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast Club (1985)

Alison Doody in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet (1986)

Kim Basinger at an event for Batman (1989)

Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth (1986)

Lisa Bonet in Angel Heart (1987)

Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

Valeria Golino in Rain Man (1988)

Mia Sara in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Drew Barrymore in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Cathy Moriarty in Raging Bull (1980)

Kathleen Turner in The War of the Roses (1989)

Bonnie Bedelia in Die Hard (1988)

Debra Winger in Terms of Endearment (1983)

Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment (1983)

Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Abyss (1989)

Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Claudia Wells in Back to the Future (1985)

Elisabeth Shue in Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club (1985)

Geena Davis in Beetlejuice (1988)

Priscilla Presley in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas (1984)

Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing (1987)

Jennifer Beals in Flashdance (1983)