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Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 - PG - Animation, Adventure, Comedy - 104 min - United States, Canada, Japan, Australia - English When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence. Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Written by: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Gary K. Wolf Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy Won 3 Oscars. 24 wins & 22 nominations total IMDB # 96438 | |||
Cocoon 1985 - PG-13 - Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi - 117 min - United States - English When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. Directed by: Ron Howard Written by: Tom Benedek, David Saperstein Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn Won 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 11 nominations total IMDB # 88933 | |||
Miami Vice (TV Series) 1984 - TV-14 - Action, Crime, Drama - 16S min - United States - English, Spanish Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida. Directed by: N/A Written by: Anthony Yerkovich Starring: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago Won 4 Primetime Emmys. 13 wins & 29 nominations total IMDB # 86759 | |||
Silkwood 1983 - R - Biography, Drama, History - 131 min - United States - English A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant. Directed by: Mike Nichols Written by: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen Starring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher Nominated for 5 Oscars. 2 wins & 18 nominations total IMDB # 86312 | |||
Licence to Kill (in The James Bond Collection, filed under "Bond, James") 1989 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 133 min - United Kingdom, United States, Mexico - English, Spanish A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death. Directed by: John Glen Written by: Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, Ian Fleming Starring: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell 1 nomination IMDB # 97742 | |||
Living Daylights, The (in The James Bond Collection, filed under "Bond, James") 1987 - PG - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 130 min - United Kingdom - English, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Dari, P James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications. Directed by: John Glen Written by: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Ian Fleming Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé 3 wins & 4 nominations IMDB # 93428 | |||
View to a Kill, A (in The James Bond Collection, filed under "Bond, James") 1985 - PG - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 131 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, French The recovery of a microchip off the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Directed by: John Glen Written by: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Ian Fleming Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts 2 wins & 5 nominations IMDB # 90264 | |||
Octopussy (in The James Bond Collection, filed under "Bond, James") 1983 - PG - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 131 min - United Kingdom - English, Russian, German, Spanish, Hindi A fake Fabergé egg, and a fellow Agent's death, lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Directed by: John Glen Written by: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan 2 wins & 3 nominations IMDB # 86034 | |||
For Your Eyes Only (in The James Bond Collection, filed under "Bond, James") 1981 - PG - Action, Adventure, Thriller - 127 min - United Kingdom - English, Greek, Italian, Spanish James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel, equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Directed by: John Glen Written by: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Ian Fleming Starring: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 82398 | |||
Vincent (Short) (Extra on The Nightmare Before Christmas disc) 1982 - G - Animation, Short, Family - 6 min - United States - English Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother. Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Tim Burton Starring: Vincent Price 1 win IMDB # 84868 | |||
Frankenweenie (Original Short) (Extra on the Frankenweenie disc) 1984 - PG - Short, Comedy, Horror - 29 min - United States - English A young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science. Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Tim Burton, Leonard Ripps Starring: Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver 1 nomination IMDB # 87291 | |||
History of the World: Part I 1981 - R - Comedy, History, Musical - 92 min - United States - English, Latin, French Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. Directed by: Mel Brooks Written by: Mel Brooks Starring: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise 1 win & 1 nomination IMDB # 82517 | |||
Greater Tuna (HBO Special) 1984 - N/A - Comedy - N/A - USA - English N/A Directed by: Tom Alderman, Bruce Gowers Written by: Ed Howard, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams Starring: Joe Sears, Jaston Williams 1 nomination. IMDB # 1071219 | |||
Outsiders, The (Complete Novel cut and Theatrical cut) 1983 - PG - Crime, Drama - 91 min - United States, France - English The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Written by: Kathleen Rowell, S.E. Hinton Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio 1 win & 4 nominations IMDB # 86066 | |||
Halloween II 1981 - R - Horror - 92 min - United States - English While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her. Directed by: Rick Rosenthal Written by: John Carpenter, Debra Hill Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 82495 | |||
Legend (US Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut) 1985 - PG - Adventure, Fantasy, Romance - 94 min - United States, United Kingdom - English, Italian A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves. Directed by: Ridley Scott Written by: William Hjortsberg Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 12 nominations total IMDB # 89469 | |||
Willow 1988 - PG - Action, Adventure, Drama - 126 min - United States - English A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen. Directed by: Ron Howard Written by: George Lucas, Bob Dolman Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 12 nominations total IMDB # 96446 | |||
Nightmare on Elm Street, A 5: The Dream Child (in Nightmare on Elm Street Collection) 1989 - R - Fantasy, Horror - 89 min - United States - English The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world. Directed by: Stephen Hopkins Written by: Wes Craven, John Skipp, Craig Spector Starring: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter 3 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 97981 | |||
Nightmare on Elm Street, A 4: The Dream Master (in Nightmare on Elm Street Collection) 1988 - R - Horror - 93 min - United States - English Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good. Directed by: Renny Harlin Written by: Wes Craven, William Kotzwinkle, Brian Helgeland Starring: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman 2 wins & 9 nominations IMDB # 95742 | |||
Nightmare on Elm Street, A 3: Dream Warriors (in Nightmare on Elm Street Collection) 1987 - R - Fantasy, Horror - 96 min - United States - English A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams. Directed by: Chuck Russell Written by: Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson 1 win & 4 nominations IMDB # 93629 | |||
Nightmare on Elm Street, A 2: Freddy's Revenge (in Nightmare on Elm Street Collection) 1985 - R - Horror - 87 min - United States - English A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world. Directed by: Jack Sholder Written by: David Chaskin, Wes Craven Starring: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers 2 nominations IMDB # 89686 | |||
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (in Nightmare on Elm Street Collection) 1984 - R - Horror - 91 min - United States - English Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in rea... Directed by: Wes Craven Written by: Wes Craven Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund 5 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 87800 | |||
Roxanne 1987 - PG - Comedy, Romance - 107 min - United States - English The large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks. Directed by: Fred Schepisi Written by: Edmond Rostand, Steve Martin Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich 3 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 93886 | |||
Christmas Story, A 1983 - PG - Comedy, Family - 93 min - United States, Canada - English In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift. Directed by: Bob Clark Written by: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark Starring: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin 3 wins & 11 nominations IMDB # 85334 | |||
Blues Brothers, The 1980 - 13+ - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 133 min - United States - English Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through ... Directed by: John Landis Written by: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway 2 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 80455 | |||
Full Metal Jacket 1987 - R - Drama, War - 116 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, Vietnamese A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford Starring: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 15 nominations total IMDB # 93058 | |||
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (in Star Trek 10-Movie Collection) 1989 - PG - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 107 min - United States - English, Klingon Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy. Directed by: William Shatner Written by: Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, Harve Bennett Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley 5 wins & 4 nominations IMDB # 98382 | |||
King of Comedy, The 1982 - PG - Comedy, Crime, Drama - 109 min - United States - English Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself. Directed by: Martin Scorsese Written by: Paul D. Zimmerman Starring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 8 nominations total IMDB # 85794 | |||
Steel Magnolias 1989 - PG - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 117 min - United States - English A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold. Directed by: Herbert Ross Written by: Robert Harling Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 7 nominations total IMDB # 98384 | |||
Claymation Christmas Celebration, A (In Claymation Holiday Celebrations set) 1987 - N/A - Animation, Short, Comedy - 24 min - United States - English Two hosting prehistoric dinosaurs, Rex and Herb, guide you along a typical small town's Christmas choral celebration. There's just one catch, the entire town population is made out of clay. Special guest stars: the California Rais... Directed by: Will Vinton Written by: Ralph Liddle Starring: Tim Conner, Johnny Counterfit, June Foray Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win total IMDB # 272045 | |||
My Dinner with Andre 1981 - PG - Comedy, Drama - 110 min - United States - English, French Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews. Directed by: Louis Malle Written by: Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory Starring: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer 2 wins IMDB # 82783 | |||
Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 - R - Drama - 100 min - United States - English A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything. Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Written by: Steven Soderbergh Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 24 nominations total IMDB # 98724 | |||
Last Temptation of Christ, The 1988 - R - Drama - 164 min - Canada, United States - English The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross. Directed by: Martin Scorsese Written by: Nikos Kazantzakis, Paul Schrader Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 7 nominations total IMDB # 95497 | |||
Scarface 1983 - R - Crime, Drama - 170 min - United States - English, Spanish In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Directed by: Brian De Palma Written by: Oliver Stone, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer 8 nominations IMDB # 86250 | |||
Secret of My Success, The 1987 - PG-13 - Comedy, Romance - 111 min - United States - English A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life. Directed by: Herbert Ross Written by: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., AJ Carothers Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan 1 win & 1 nomination IMDB # 93936 | |||
Right Stuff, The 1983 - PG - Adventure, Biography, Drama - 193 min - United States - English, Russian, Spanish The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers pr... Directed by: Philip Kaufman Written by: Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe Starring: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris Won 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 16 nominations total IMDB # 86197 | |||
Before Stonewall 1984 - Unrated - Documentary, History - 87 min - United States - English The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement. Directed by: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg Written by: N/A Starring: Rita Mae Brown, Maua Adele Ajanaku, Red Jordan Arobateau 4 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 88782 | |||
Cosmos Ultimate Edition (TV Mini-Series) 1980 - TV-PG - Documentary - 780 min - United States, United Kingdom - English Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe. Directed by: N/A Written by: Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan, Steven Soter Starring: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn Won 3 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 3 nominations total IMDB # 81846 | |||
Trading Places 1983 - R - Comedy - 116 min - United States - English A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Directed by: John Landis Written by: Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod Starring: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 86465 | |||
Dirty Dancing 1987 - PG-13 - Drama, Music, Romance - 100 min - United States - English Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. Directed by: Emile Ardolino Written by: Eleanor Bergstein Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 6 nominations total IMDB # 92890 | |||
Heartbeeps 1981 - PG - Comedy, Sci-Fi - 78 min - United States - English Two household robots run away and try to start a family. Directed by: Allan Arkush Written by: John Hill Starring: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 nominations total IMDB # 82507 | |||
Popeye 1980 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 114 min - United States - English The adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven. Directed by: Robert Altman Written by: Jules Feiffer, E.C. Segar Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston 3 wins & 4 nominations IMDB # 81353 | |||
Moscow on the Hudson 1984 - R - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 115 min - United States - English, Russian A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined. Directed by: Paul Mazursky Written by: Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos Starring: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks 2 nominations IMDB # 87747 | |||
Shocker (in The Wes Craven Horror Collection) 1989 - R - Comedy, Horror, Thriller - 109 min - United States - English After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police. Directed by: Wes Craven Written by: Wes Craven Starring: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh 1 nomination IMDB # 98320 | |||
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (in The Wes Craven Horror Collection) 1988 - R - Fantasy, Horror - 98 min - United States - English, French, Spanish An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies. Directed by: Wes Craven Written by: Wade Davis, Richard Maxwell, Adam Rodman Starring: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae 1 nomination IMDB # 96071 | |||
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (in Peanuts 4-Movie Collection) 1980 - G - Animation, Adventure, Comedy - 75 min - United States - English, French Charlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students. Directed by: Bill Melendez, Phil Roman Written by: Charles M. Schulz Starring: Scott Beach, Bill Melendez, Daniel Anderson N/A IMDB # 80461 | |||
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV Special) 1985 - G - Animation, Comedy, Family - 49 min - United States - English The Peanuts gang performs the classic Broadway musical. Directed by: Sam Jaimes Written by: Charles M. Schulz, Clark Gesner Starring: Kevin Brando, Michael Dockery, Brad Kesten 2 nominations IMDB # 153997 | |||
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (TV Special) 1988 - TV-PG - Comedy, Family, Musical - 49 min - United States - English, Spanish Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests. Directed by: Wayne Orr, Paul Reubens Written by: John Paragon, Paul Reubens Starring: Kevin Carlson, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Fletcher Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 3 nominations total IMDB # 251640 | |||
Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 91 min - United States - English, French When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Michael Varhol Starring: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton 2 nominations IMDB # 89791 | |||
Big Top Pee-wee 1988 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 86 min - United States - English, Italian Pee-wee Herman is now a small-town farmer with a fiancée, but when a traveling circus comes to town, he finds himself falling for the trapeze artist. Directed by: Randal Kleiser Written by: Paul Reubens, George McGrath Starring: Paul Reubens, Penelope Ann Miller, Kris Kristofferson 1 nomination IMDB # 94744 | |||
Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 - PG - Biography, Comedy, Drama - 110 min - United States - English The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept. Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Written by: Arnold Schulman, David Seidler Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau Nominated for 3 Oscars. 8 wins & 9 nominations total IMDB # 96316 | |||
Thing, The 1982 - R - Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi - 109 min - United States, Canada - English, Norwegian A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. Directed by: John Carpenter Written by: Bill Lancaster, John W. Campbell Jr. Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David 3 nominations IMDB # 84787 | |||
Mala Noche 1986 - Not Rated - Drama - 78 min - United States - English, Spanish A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really strange and undesirable. Directed by: Gus Van Sant Written by: Walt Curtis, Gus Van Sant Starring: Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge 2 wins IMDB # 89537 | |||
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The 1982 - R - Comedy, Musical - 114 min - United States - English A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse. Directed by: Colin Higgins Written by: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson, Colin Higgins Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total IMDB # 83642 | |||
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 1983 - PG - Action, Comedy, Crime - 85 min - United States - English, Spanish Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge. Directed by: Dick Lowry Written by: Stuart Birnbaum, David Dashev, Jackie Gleason Starring: Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams N/A IMDB # 86325 | |||
Smokey and the Bandit II 1980 - PG - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 100 min - United States - English, Spanish The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail. Directed by: Hal Needham Written by: Hal Needham, Robert L. Levy, Jerry Belson Starring: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed 1 win & 5 nominations IMDB # 81529 | |||
Throw Momma from the Train 1987 - PG-13 - Comedy, Crime, Thriller - 88 min - United States - English A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off? Directed by: Danny DeVito Written by: Stu Silver Starring: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 4 nominations total IMDB # 94142 | |||
Airplane II: The Sequel 1982 - PG - Comedy, Sci-Fi - 85 min - United States - English A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again? Directed by: Ken Finkleman Written by: Ken Finkleman, Al Jean, Mike Reiss Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges N/A IMDB # 83530 | |||
Tootsie 1982 - PG - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 116 min - United States - English Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap. Directed by: Sydney Pollack Written by: Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr Won 1 Oscar. 25 wins & 30 nominations total IMDB # 84805 | |||
Sixteen Candles 1984 - PG - Comedy, Romance - 93 min - United States - English A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible. Directed by: John Hughes Written by: John Hughes Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry 2 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 88128 | |||
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (TV Special) 1983 - TV-G - Adventure, Drama, Family - 90 min - United Kingdom - English The Doctor and his previous incarnations are brought to the Death Zone on his homeworld Gallifrey as part of a renegade Time Lord's scheme. Directed by: Peter Moffatt, John Nathan-Turner, Pennant Roberts Written by: Terrance Dicks, Douglas Adams, Sydney Newman Starring: Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton N/A IMDB # 123044 | |||
Max Headroom: The Original Story 1985 - N/A - Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi - 57 min - United Kingdom - English In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself. Directed by: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton Written by: Steve Roberts, George Stone, Rocky Morton Starring: Matt Frewer, Nickolas Grace, Hilary Tindall Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins total IMDB # 89568 | |||
Muppets Take Manhattan, The 1984 - G - Adventure, Comedy, Drama - 94 min - United States - English Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated. Directed by: Frank Oz Written by: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Frank Oz Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total IMDB # 87755 | |||
Running Man, The 1987 - R - Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller - 101 min - United States - English, Italian, Japanese In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom. Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser Written by: Stephen King, Steven E. de Souza Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 93894 | |||
Great Muppet Caper, The 1981 - G - Adventure, Comedy, Crime - 97 min - United Kingdom, United States - English Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy. Directed by: Jim Henson Written by: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Jerry Juhl Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total IMDB # 82474 | |||
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (in Indiana Jones - The Complete Adventures set) 1989 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure - 127 min - United States - English, German, Greek, Arabic In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Jeffrey Boam, George Lucas, Menno Meyjes Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 22 nominations total IMDB # 97576 | |||
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (in Indiana Jones - The Complete Adventures set) 1984 - PG - Action, Adventure - 118 min - United States - English, Sinhala, Hindi In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, George Lucas Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 21 nominations total IMDB # 87469 | |||
Raiders of the Lost Ark (in Indiana Jones - The Complete Adventures set) 1981 - PG - Action, Adventure - 115 min - United States - English, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman Won 4 Oscars. 38 wins & 24 nominations total IMDB # 82971 | |||
Good Morning, Vietnam 1987 - R - Biography, Comedy, Drama - 121 min - United States - English In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. Directed by: Barry Levinson Written by: Mitch Markowitz Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom. T. Tran Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 4 nominations total IMDB # 93105 | |||
Last Emperor, The 1987 - PG-13 - Biography, Drama, History - 163 min - China, Italy, United Kingdom, France - English, Mandarin, Japanese Dramatization of China's last emperor, Puyi. Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci Written by: Enzo Ungari, Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole Won 9 Oscars. 60 wins & 22 nominations total IMDB # 93389 | |||
Phantasm II 1988 - R - Action, Fantasy, Horror - 97 min - United States - English Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, meets with Reggie, and discover his dreams ( the events of the original film) are real, and they both journey to find and stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work. Directed by: Don Coscarelli Written by: Don Coscarelli Starring: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm 3 nominations IMDB # 95863 | |||
Empire of the Sun 1987 - PG - Drama, War - 153 min - United States - English, Japanese, Mandarin, Shanghainese A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Tom Stoppard, J.G. Ballard, Menno Meyjes Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson Nominated for 6 Oscars. 13 wins & 17 nominations total IMDB # 92965 | |||
Back to the Future Part II 1989 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi - 108 min - United States - English After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Written by: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 9 nominations total IMDB # 96874 | |||
Back to the Future 1984 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi - 116 min - United States - English Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Written by: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson Won 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 25 nominations total IMDB # 88763 | |||
Eruption of Mount St. Helens, The 1980 - N/A - Documentary, Short - 25 min - United States - English When mount st helens erupted and ruined everything even killed many human beings this was a sad and devastating story and time for family and friends not in this eruption. man I was born in Washington but in the year of 2004 and i... Directed by: George Casey Written by: George Casey Starring: Robert Foxworth Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total IMDB # 80694 | |||
9 to 5 1980 - PG - Comedy - 109 min - United States - English, French Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him. Directed by: Colin Higgins Written by: Patricia Resnick, Colin Higgins Starring: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 8 nominations total IMDB # 80319 | |||
Evil Dead 2 (in Evil Dead 1 & 2 Double Feature set) 1987 - R - Comedy, Horror - 84 min - United States - English, Latin The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack. Directed by: Sam Raimi Written by: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks 5 nominations IMDB # 92991 | |||
Evil Dead, The (in Evil Dead 1 & 2 Double Feature set) 1981 - NC-17 - Horror - 85 min - United States - English Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. Directed by: Sam Raimi Written by: Sam Raimi Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor 3 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 83907 | |||
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 - PG - Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi - 115 min - United States - English A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Written by: Melissa Mathison Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote Won 4 Oscars. 52 wins & 36 nominations total IMDB # 83866 | |||
Victor Victoria 1982 - PG - Comedy, Music, Romance - 134 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, French A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. Directed by: Blake Edwards Written by: Blake Edwards, Hans Hoemburg, Reinhold Schünzel Starring: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 18 nominations total IMDB # 84865 | |||
Electric Dreams 1984 - PG - Comedy, Drama, Music - 95 min - United States, United Kingdom - English An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman. Directed by: Steve Barron Written by: Rusty Lemorande Starring: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 2 nominations total IMDB # 87197 | |||
Terminator, The 1984 - R - Action, Sci-Fi - 107 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, Spanish A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvat... Directed by: James Cameron Written by: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn 8 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 88247 | |||
Santa Sangre 1989 - NC-17 - Drama, Horror, Thriller - 123 min - Mexico, Italy - English A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother--the leader of a strange religious cult--and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms". Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky Written by: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Roberto Leoni, Claudio Argento Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell 1 win & 9 nominations IMDB # 98253 | |||
Bad Taste 1987 - Not Rated - Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi - 91 min - New Zealand - English, Maori The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain. Directed by: Peter Jackson Written by: Peter Jackson, Tony Hiles, Ken Hammon Starring: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith 1 win & 1 nomination IMDB # 92610 | |||
Ruthless People 1986 - R - Comedy, Crime - 93 min - United States - English A couple cheated by a vile businessman kidnaps his wife in retaliation, not knowing that their enemy is delighted that they did. Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Written by: Dale Launer, O. Henry Starring: Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 91877 | |||
Killing Fields, The 1984 - R - Biography, Drama, History - 141 min - United Kingdom - English, French, Central Khmer, Russian A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians. Directed by: Roland Joffé Written by: Bruce Robinson Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 22 nominations total IMDB # 87553 | |||
Amadeus (Director's Cut) 1984 - PG - Biography, Drama, Music - 160 min - United States, France, Italy - English, Italian, Latin, German, French The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. Directed by: Milos Forman Written by: Peter Shaffer, Zdenek Mahler Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge Won 8 Oscars. 43 wins & 15 nominations total IMDB # 86879 | |||
Gandhi 1982 - PG - Biography, Drama, History - 191 min - United Kingdom, India, United States, South Africa - English, Hindi The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. Directed by: Richard Attenborough Written by: John Briley Starring: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi Won 8 Oscars. 35 wins & 21 nominations total IMDB # 83987 | |||
Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The 1989 - X - Crime, Drama - 124 min - Netherlands, United Kingdom, France - English, French, Dutch At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. Directed by: Peter Greenaway Written by: Peter Greenaway Starring: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren 7 wins & 11 nominations IMDB # 97108 | |||
Big 1988 - PG - Comedy, Drama, Fantasy - 104 min - United States - English, Spanish After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult. Directed by: Penny Marshall Written by: Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg Starring: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 14 nominations total IMDB # 94737 | |||
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The (in Naked Gun Trilogy set) 1988 - PG-13 - Comedy, Crime - 85 min - United States - English Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. Directed by: David Zucker Written by: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson 1 nomination IMDB # 95705 | |||
Meet the Feebles 1989 - Not Rated - Comedy, Music, Musical - 97 min - New Zealand - English Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show. Directed by: Peter Jackson Written by: Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, Danny Mulheron Starring: Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie 4 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 97858 | |||
Penn & Teller Get Killed 1989 - R - Adventure, Comedy, Crime - 89 min - United States - English The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. Directed by: Arthur Penn Written by: Penn Jillette, Teller Starring: Penn Jillette, Teller, Caitlin Clarke N/A IMDB # 98073 | |||
Less than Zero 1987 - R - Crime, Drama - 98 min - United States - English, Spanish A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit. Directed by: Marek Kanievska Written by: Bret Easton Ellis, Harley Peyton Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. 1 nomination IMDB # 93407 | |||
Parents 1989 - R - Comedy, Horror, Mystery - 81 min - Canada, United States - English A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers. Directed by: Bob Balaban Written by: Christopher Hawthorne Starring: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis 2 wins & 3 nominations IMDB # 98068 | |||
Swimming to Cambodia 1987 - R - Comedy, Drama - 85 min - United States - English Spalding Gray discusses his participation in the film The Killing Fields (1984) and the background story about the troubles of Cambodia. Directed by: Jonathan Demme Written by: Spalding Gray Starring: Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler 5 nominations IMDB # 94089 | |||
Cannonball Run II 1984 - PG - Action, Comedy - 108 min - Hong Kong, United States - English The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks. Directed by: Hal Needham, Ralph Bakshi Written by: Brock Yates, Hal Needham, Albert S. Ruddy Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin 1 win & 8 nominations IMDB # 87032 | |||
Cannonball Run, The 1981 - PG - Action, Comedy, Sport - 95 min - Hong Kong, United States - English, Cantonese, Japanese, Arabic A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks. Directed by: Hal Needham Written by: Brock Yates Starring: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett 1 win & 2 nominations IMDB # 82136 | |||
Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986 - R - Comedy - 103 min - United States - English A rich but troubled family find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool. Directed by: Paul Mazursky Written by: René Fauchois, Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos Starring: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss 1 win & 5 nominations IMDB # 90966 | |||
RoboCop (in Robocop Trilogy Collection) 1987 - R - Action, Crime, Sci-Fi - 102 min - United States - English In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. Directed by: Paul Verhoeven Written by: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy Nominated for 2 Oscars. 11 wins & 13 nominations total IMDB # 93870 | |||
Caddyshack 1980 - 13+ - Comedy, Sport - 98 min - United States - English An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. Directed by: Harold Ramis Written by: Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray 1 nomination IMDB # 80487 | |||
Ghostbusters II 1989 - PG - Action, Comedy, Fantasy - 108 min - United States - English The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business. Directed by: Ivan Reitman Written by: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver 2 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 97428 | |||
Xanadu 1980 - PG - Fantasy, Musical, Romance - 96 min - United States - English A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness. Directed by: Robert Greenwald Written by: Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck 1 win & 10 nominations IMDB # 81777 | |||
Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 - R - Comedy, Drama - 93 min - United States - English A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion. Directed by: John Hughes Written by: John Hughes Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins 1 nomination IMDB # 93748 | |||
Brideshead Revisited (TV Mini-Series) 1981 - TV-14 - Drama, Romance - 659 min - United Kingdom - English The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle. Directed by: N/A Written by: N/A Starring: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 13 wins & 19 nominations total IMDB # 83390 | |||
Mannequin 1987 - PG - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance - 90 min - United States - English A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life. Directed by: Michael Gottlieb Written by: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 4 nominations total IMDB # 93493 | |||
Cruising 1980 - R - Crime, Drama, Mystery - 102 min - West Germany, United States - English A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men. Directed by: William Friedkin Written by: William Friedkin, Gerald Walker Starring: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen 5 nominations IMDB # 80569 | |||
How to Get Ahead in Advertising 1989 - R - Comedy, Fantasy - 90 min - United Kingdom - English A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help. Directed by: Bruce Robinson Written by: Bruce Robinson Starring: Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson 1 nomination IMDB # 97531 | |||
Ice Pirates, The 1984 - PG - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 91 min - United States - English In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water. Directed by: Stewart Raffill Written by: Stewart Raffill, Stanford Sherman Starring: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts N/A IMDB # 87451 | |||
Twice Upon a Time 1983 - PG - Animation, Action, Adventure - 74 min - United States - English Two wannabe heroes and their friends must stop a madman from giving everyone nightmares. Directed by: John Korty, Charles Swenson Written by: John Korty, Bill Couturié, Suella Kennedy Starring: Lorenzo Music, Judith Kahan, Marshall Efron N/A IMDB # 86489 | |||
Alien Nation 1988 - R - Action, Sci-Fi - 91 min - United States - English In 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine. Directed by: Graham Baker Written by: Rockne S. O'Bannon Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp 1 win & 4 nominations IMDB # 94631 | |||
Battle Beyond the Stars 1980 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 104 min - United States - English A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here. Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman Written by: John Sayles, Anne Dyer Starring: George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard Thomas 1 win & 4 nominations IMDB # 80421 | |||
To Be or Not to Be 1983 - PG - Comedy, Drama, War - 107 min - United States - English, Polish At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis. Directed by: Alan Johnson Written by: Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham, Edwin Justus Mayer Starring: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Ronny Graham Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 nominations total IMDB # 86450 | |||
Enemy Mine 1985 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure, Drama - 108 min - United Kingdom, West Germany, United States - English During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust. Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen Written by: Barry Longyear, Edward Khmara Starring: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James 2 wins & 7 nominations IMDB # 89092 | |||
Dune (Extended Edition) 1984 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 137 min - United States, Mexico - English A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule. Directed by: David Lynch Written by: Frank Herbert, David Lynch Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 87182 | |||
Broadcast News 1987 - R - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 133 min - United States - English, Spanish, French, German Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly. Directed by: James L. Brooks Written by: James L. Brooks Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter Nominated for 7 Oscars. 15 wins & 24 nominations total IMDB # 92699 | |||
Biloxi Blues 1988 - PG-13 - Comedy, Drama - 106 min - United States - English A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi, Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon. Directed by: Mike Nichols Written by: Neil Simon Starring: Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern N/A IMDB # 94746 | |||
They Live 1988 - R - Action, Horror, Sci-Fi - 94 min - United States - English They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live. Directed by: John Carpenter Written by: Ray Nelson, John Carpenter Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster 4 nominations IMDB # 96256 | |||
Miracle Mile 1988 - R - Action, Drama, Romance - 87 min - United States - English A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes. Directed by: Steve De Jarnatt Written by: Steve De Jarnatt Starring: Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar 2 wins & 5 nominations IMDB # 97889 | |||
Heavy Metal 1981 - R - Animation, Adventure, Fantasy - 86 min - Canada, United Kingdom, United States - English A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. Directed by: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas Written by: Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum, Dan O'Bannon Starring: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty 4 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 82509 | |||
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 - PG - Comedy, Crime - 110 min - United States - English, French, German Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first. Directed by: Frank Oz Written by: Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning Starring: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly 1 win & 1 nomination IMDB # 95031 | |||
Britannia Hospital 1982 - R - Comedy, Sci-Fi - 111 min - United Kingdom - English The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike. Directed by: Lindsay Anderson Written by: David Sherwin Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 83694 | |||
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 - G - Animation, Comedy, Family - 86 min - Japan - Japanese When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki Written by: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto 5 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 96283 | |||
Rain Man 1988 - R - Drama - 133 min - United States - English, Italian After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheri... Directed by: Barry Levinson Written by: Barry Morrow, Ron Bass Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino Won 4 Oscars. 27 wins & 23 nominations total IMDB # 95953 | |||
Boot, Das / Das Boot (Director's Cut) 1981 - R - Drama, War - 149 min - West Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom - German A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II. Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen Written by: Wolfgang Petersen, Lothar G. Buchheim Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann Nominated for 6 Oscars. 13 wins & 11 nominations total IMDB # 82096 | |||
Shock Treatment 1981 - PG - Comedy, Musical - 94 min - United States - English Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show and wind up as captives. Directed by: Jim Sharman Written by: Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman Starring: Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien 2 wins & 3 nominations IMDB # 83067 | |||
Creator 1985 - R - Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi - 107 min - United States - English An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife. Directed by: Ivan Passer Written by: Jeremy Leven Starring: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano N/A IMDB # 88960 | |||
Clue 1985 - PG - Comedy, Crime, Mystery - 94 min - United States - English, French Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up. Directed by: Jonathan Lynn Written by: John Landis, Jonathan Lynn, Anthony E. Pratt Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn N/A IMDB # 88930 | |||
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (in Star Trek 10-Movie Collection) 1986 - PG - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 119 min - United States - English, Finnish To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. Directed by: Leonard Nimoy Written by: Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley Nominated for 4 Oscars. 4 wins & 19 nominations total IMDB # 92007 | |||
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (in Star Trek 10-Movie Collection) 1984 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 105 min - United States - English, Klingon, Russian, French Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body. Directed by: Leonard Nimoy Written by: Gene Roddenberry, Harve Bennett Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley 1 win & 7 nominations IMDB # 88170 | |||
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Theatrical and Director's Cut versions) 1982 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 113 min - United States - English With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. Directed by: Nicholas Meyer Written by: Gene Roddenberry, Jack B. Sowards, Harve Bennett Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley 3 wins & 9 nominations IMDB # 84726 | |||
Princess Bride, The 1987 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 98 min - United States - English A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: William Goldman Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 10 nominations total IMDB # 93779 | |||
Psycho III 1986 - R - Horror, Mystery, Thriller - 93 min - United States - English Norman Bates falls in love with a fallen nun who stays at the Bates Motel alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. Meanwhile, "Mother" is still watching. Directed by: Anthony Perkins Written by: Charles Edward Pogue, Robert Bloch Starring: Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey 2 nominations IMDB # 91799 | |||
Psycho II 1983 - R - Crime, Horror, Mystery - 113 min - United States - English After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him. Directed by: Richard Franklin Written by: Tom Holland, Robert Bloch Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly 2 nominations IMDB # 86154 | |||
Amazon Women on the Moon 1987 - R - Comedy, Sci-Fi - 85 min - United States - English A spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television. Directed by: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton Written by: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer, Arsenio Hall N/A IMDB # 92546 | |||
Tapeheads 1988 - R - Comedy, Music - 93 min - United States - English, Spanish, French A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry. Directed by: Bill Fishman Written by: Bill Fishman, Peter McCarthy, Jim Herzfeld Starring: John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby N/A IMDB # 96223 | |||
Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 - PG-13 - Biography, Drama, History - 127 min - United States, Mexico - English This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. Directed by: Roland Joffé Written by: Bruce Robinson, Roland Joffé Starring: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia 2 nominations IMDB # 97336 | |||
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 - PG-13 - Comedy - 103 min - United States - English, German A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that. Directed by: John Hughes Written by: John Hughes Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara 2 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 91042 | |||
Beetlejuice 1988 - PG - Comedy, Fantasy - 92 min - United States - English The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 11 nominations total IMDB # 94721 | |||
Rosalie Goes Shopping 1989 - PG - Comedy - 94 min - United States, West Germany - English, German A kindly but thieving shopaholic tries to turn her mistakes around, but does so by becoming a skilled computer hacker, something that could only get her into more trouble despite her goal to impress her beloved family. Directed by: Percy Adlon Written by: Christopher Doherty, Percy Adlon, Eleonore Adlon Starring: Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold 1 win & 1 nomination IMDB # 98224 | |||
Airplane! 1980 - PG - Comedy - 88 min - United States - English A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick. Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Written by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 7 nominations total IMDB # 80339 | |||
Top Gun 1986 - PG - Action, Drama - 109 min - United States - English As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Directed by: Tony Scott Written by: Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Ehud Yonay Starring: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 6 nominations total IMDB # 92099 | |||
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (TV Special, in Wallace & Gromit - The Complete Collection) 1989 - Not Rated - Animation, Short, Adventure - 23 min - United Kingdom - English To replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship. Directed by: Nick Park Written by: Nick Park, Steve Rushton Starring: Peter Sallis Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 1 nomination total IMDB # 104361 | |||
Spaceballs 1987 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi - 96 min - United States - English, German A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs. Directed by: Mel Brooks Written by: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis 1 win IMDB # 94012 | |||
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The 1984 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi - 103 min - United States - English Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth. Directed by: W.D. Richter Written by: Earl Mac Rauch Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin 5 nominations IMDB # 86856 | |||
Killer Klowns from Outer Space 1988 - PG-13 - Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi - 88 min - United States - English Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town. Directed by: Stephen Chiodo Written by: Charles Chiodo, Stephen Chiodo, Edward Chiodo Starring: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson 2 nominations IMDB # 95444 | |||
Hackers 1985 - PG-13 - Crime, Drama, Romance - 105 min - United States - English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian Hackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers. Directed by: Iain Softley Written by: Rafael Moreu Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford N/A IMDB # 113243 | |||
Platoon 1986 - R - Drama, War - 120 min - United States, United Kingdom - English, Vietnamese Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. Directed by: Oliver Stone Written by: Oliver Stone Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe Won 4 Oscars. 24 wins & 15 nominations total IMDB # 91763 | |||
Back to School 1986 - PG-13 - Comedy, Romance, Sport - 96 min - United States - English To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself. Directed by: Alan Metter Written by: Steven Kampmann, William Porter, PJ Torokvei Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young 1 win & 2 nominations IMDB # 90685 | |||
Escape from New York 1981 - R - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 99 min - United States - English In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him. Directed by: John Carpenter Written by: John Carpenter, Nick Castle Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine 4 nominations IMDB # 82340 | |||
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Music - 90 min - United States - English, French, German, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, are approached by a time machine that helps them make the ultimate history presentation. Directed by: Stephen Herek Written by: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin 3 nominations IMDB # 96928 | |||
This is Spinal Tap 1984 - R - Comedy, Music - 82 min - United States - English Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer Starring: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest 3 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 88258 | |||
Superman IV (in Superman - 4 Film Favorites set) 1987 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 90 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, Russian, French, Italian The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man. Directed by: Sidney J. Furie Written by: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Christopher Reeve Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder 2 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 94074 | |||
Superman III (in Superman - 4 Film Favorites set) 1983 - PG - Action, Adventure, Comedy - 125 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, Italian, Spanish Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel. Directed by: Richard Lester Written by: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, David Newman Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder 2 wins & 7 nominations IMDB # 86393 | |||
Superman II (in Superman - 4 Film Favorites set) 1980 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 127 min - United States, United Kingdom, Canada - English, French, Russian Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth. Directed by: Richard Lester, Richard Donner Written by: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mario Puzo Starring: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder 3 wins & 7 nominations IMDB # 81573 | |||
Prick Up Your Ears 1987 - R - Biography, Drama - 105 min - United Kingdom - English Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful. Directed by: Stephen Frears Written by: John Lahr, Alan Bennett Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave Nominated for 3 BAFTA 5 wins & 8 nominations total IMDB # 93776 | |||
1984 1984 - R - Drama, Sci-Fi - 113 min - United Kingdom - English In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love. Directed by: Michael Radford Written by: Michael Radford, George Orwell Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 3 nominations total IMDB # 87803 | |||
Burbs, The 1989 - PG - Comedy, Mystery, Thriller - 102 min - United States - English An overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult. Directed by: Joe Dante Written by: Dana Olsen Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher 1 nomination IMDB # 96734 | |||
Last Starfighter, The 1984 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 101 min - United States - English High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the ... Directed by: Nick Castle Written by: Jonathan R. Betuel Starring: Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter 4 nominations IMDB # 87597 | |||
Money Pit, The 1986 - PG - Comedy - 91 min - United States - English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house. Directed by: Richard Benjamin Written by: David Giler Starring: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov N/A IMDB # 91541 | |||
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (TV Series) 1981 - TV-PG - Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi - 1 min - United Kingdom - English Arthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect, escape the destruction of Earth, only to face incredible trials, tribulations and adventures in space and time. Directed by: N/A Written by: N/A Starring: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones Won 3 BAFTA 5 wins total IMDB # 81874 | |||
Quiet Earth, The 1985 - R - Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi - 91 min - New Zealand - English, Maori A man named Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda. Directed by: Geoff Murphy Written by: Craig Harrison, Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith 10 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 89869 | |||
Christmas Vacation 1989 - PG-13 - Comedy - 97 min - United States - English The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik Written by: John Hughes Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis N/A IMDB # 97958 | |||
Gremlins 1984 - PG - Comedy, Fantasy, Horror - 106 min - United States - English, Spanish A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Directed by: Joe Dante Written by: Chris Columbus Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton 8 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 87363 | |||
Shining, The 1980 - R - Drama, Horror - 146 min - United Kingdom, United States - English A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Written by: Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd 5 wins & 8 nominations IMDB # 81505 | |||
Ghostbusters 1984 - PG - Action, Comedy, Fantasy - 105 min - United States - English Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers. Directed by: Ivan Reitman Written by: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 8 nominations total IMDB # 87332 | |||
Hellbound: Hellraiser II 1988 - R - Horror, Thriller - 97 min - United Kingdom - English Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld. Directed by: Tony Randel Written by: Peter Atkins, Clive Barker Starring: Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins 1 win & 6 nominations IMDB # 95294 | |||
Hellraiser 1987 - R - Horror, Thriller - 94 min - United Kingdom - English A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body so he can escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their sadistic und... Directed by: Clive Barker Written by: Clive Barker Starring: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence 2 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 93177 | |||
Torch Song Trilogy 1988 - R - Comedy, Drama, Romance - 120 min - United States - English, Hebrew Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man. Directed by: Paul Bogart Written by: Harvey Fierstein Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 96289 | |||
Short Circuit 1986 - PG - Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi - 98 min - United States - English Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes. Directed by: John Badham Written by: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jay Tarses Starring: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens 1 win & 3 nominations IMDB # 91949 | |||
Top Secret 1984 - PG - Comedy, Crime, Music - 90 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, German, Yiddish, Latin, French An American rock and roll singer (Val Kilmer) becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist (Michael Gough) imprisoned in East Germany. Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Written by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Starring: Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp N/A IMDB # 88286 | |||
Real Genius 1985 - PG - Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi - 108 min - United States - English An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the... Directed by: Martha Coolidge Written by: Neal Israel, Pat Proft, PJ Torokvei Starring: Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades 2 wins & 2 nominations IMDB # 89886 | |||
Explorers (Home Video and Theatrical cuts) 1985 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 109 min - United States - English, German A boy obsessed with '50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now w... Directed by: Joe Dante Written by: Eric Luke Starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite 1 win & 6 nominations IMDB # 89114 | |||
Labyrinth 1986 - PG - Adventure, Family, Fantasy - 101 min - United Kingdom, United States - English Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth. Directed by: Jim Henson Written by: Dennis Lee, Jim Henson, Terry Jones Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 nominations total IMDB # 91369 | |||
Dead Poets Society 1989 - PG - Comedy, Drama - 128 min - United States - English, Latin Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression. Directed by: Peter Weir Written by: Tom Schulman Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke Won 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 19 nominations total IMDB # 97165 | |||
Goonies, The 1985 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Family - 114 min - United States - English, Spanish, Cantonese, Italian A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure. Directed by: Richard Donner Written by: Chris Columbus, Steven Spielberg Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen 3 wins & 6 nominations IMDB # 89218 | |||
Where the Wild Things Are 1988 | |||
Stand by Me 1986 - R - Adventure, Drama - 89 min - United States - English After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy. Directed by: Rob Reiner Written by: Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 11 nominations total IMDB # 92005 | |||
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (TV Show Episode) 1984 - TV-PG - Adventure, Drama, Family - 25 min - N/A - English The Doctor and Peri get involved with drug running after landing on the twin planet of Androzani Minor and getting arrested as gun runners and targeted for execution. Not before Peri stumbles into some highly toxic and lethal plan... Directed by: Graeme Harper Written by: Robert Holmes, Sydney Newman Starring: Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable N/A IMDB # 562896 | |||
Lathe of Heaven, The 1980 - N/A - Sci-Fi - 105 min - United States, West Germany - English In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation. Directed by: Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton Written by: Roger Swaybill, Diane English, Ursula K. Le Guin Starring: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks 1 nomination IMDB # 81036 | |||
Star Wars: Episode 6 - Return of the Jedi 1983 - PG - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 131 min - United States - English, Kikuyu, Tagalog, Kalmyk-Oirat, Quechua, Polish After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side. Directed by: Richard Marquand Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Nominated for 4 Oscars. 23 wins & 20 nominations total IMDB # 86190 | |||
Star Wars: Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 - PG - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 124 min - United States - English After the Rebels are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett. Directed by: Irvin Kershner Written by: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 20 nominations total IMDB # 80684 | |||
Dark Crystal, The 1982 - PG - Adventure, Family, Fantasy - 93 min - United Kingdom, United States - English On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world. Directed by: Jim Henson, Frank Oz Written by: David Odell, Jim Henson Starring: Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 83791 | |||
Aliens (in Alien Anthology set) 1986 - R - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 137 min - United Kingdom, United States - English, Spanish Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring. Directed by: James Cameron Written by: James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn Won 2 Oscars. 20 wins & 23 nominations total IMDB # 90605 | |||
War Games 1983 - PG - Action, Drama, Sci-Fi - 114 min - United States - English A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. Directed by: John Badham Written by: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes, Walon Green Starring: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 14 nominations total IMDB # 86567 | |||
UHF 1989 - PG-13 - Comedy, Sci-Fi - 97 min - United States - English An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor. Directed by: Jay Levey Written by: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Jay Levey, Charles Holloway Starring: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy N/A IMDB # 98546 | |||
TRON (in Tron 2-Movie Collection) 1982 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 96 min - United States - English A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. Directed by: Steven Lisberger Written by: Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird, Charles S. Haas Starring: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 8 nominations total IMDB # 84827 | |||
Time Bandits 1981 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy - 110 min - United Kingdom - English A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal. Directed by: Terry Gilliam Written by: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam Starring: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese 1 win & 8 nominations IMDB # 81633 | |||
Road Warrior, The (in Mad Max High-Octane Collection) 1981 - R - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 96 min - Australia - English In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. Directed by: George Miller Written by: Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant Starring: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston 8 wins & 10 nominations IMDB # 82694 | |||
Powaqqatsi (in The Qatsi Trilogy set) 1988 - G - Documentary, Music - 99 min - United States - Hopi, English, Spanish An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them. Directed by: Godfrey Reggio Written by: Godfrey Reggio, Ken Richards Starring: Christie Brinkley, David Brinkley, Patrick Disanto N/A IMDB # 95895 | |||
Pink Floyd The Wall 1982 - R - Drama, Fantasy, Music - 95 min - United Kingdom - English A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. Directed by: Alan Parker Written by: Roger Waters Starring: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson Won 2 BAFTA 3 wins & 2 nominations total IMDB # 84503 | |||
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983 - R - Comedy, Musical - 107 min - United Kingdom - English The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way. Directed by: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam Written by: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam Starring: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 2 nominations total IMDB # 85959 | |||
Millennium 1989 - PG-13 - Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller - 108 min - Canada, United States - English An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future. Directed by: Michael Anderson Written by: John Varley Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti 1 win & 5 nominations IMDB # 97883 | |||
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (in Mad Max High-Octane Collection) 1985 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 107 min - Australia - English After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen. Directed by: George Miller, George Ogilvie Written by: Terry Hayes, George Miller, Byron Kennedy Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence 1 win & 8 nominations IMDB # 89530 | |||
Lost Boys, The 1987 - R - Comedy, Horror - 97 min - United States - English After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires. Directed by: Joel Schumacher Written by: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam Starring: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest 3 wins & 5 nominations IMDB # 93437 | |||
Little Shop of Horrors 1986 - PG-13 - Comedy, Horror, Musical - 94 min - United States - English A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. Directed by: Frank Oz Written by: Howard Ashman, Roger Corman, Charles B. Griffith Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 14 nominations total IMDB # 91419 | |||
Koyaanisqatsi (in The Qatsi Trilogy set) 1983 - Not Rated - Documentary, Music - 86 min - United States - None, Hopi, English A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity, and the relationship between them. Directed by: Godfrey Reggio Written by: Ron Fricke, Godfrey Reggio, Michael Hoenig Starring: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown 6 wins & 1 nomination IMDB # 85809 | |||
Highlander (Director's Cut) 1986 - R - Action, Adventure, Fantasy - 116 min - United Kingdom, United States - English An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize". Directed by: Russell Mulcahy Written by: Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, Larry Ferguson Starring: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown N/A IMDB # 91203 | |||
Fly II, The (in The Fly Collection) 1989 - R - Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi - 105 min - United States, Canada - English The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments. Directed by: Chris Walas Written by: Mick Garris, Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat Starring: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson 3 nominations IMDB # 97368 | |||
Fly, The (in The Fly Collection) 1986 - R - Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi - 96 min - United States, Canada - English A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. Directed by: David Cronenberg Written by: George Langelaan, Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 10 nominations total IMDB # 91064 | |||
Flash Gordon 1980 - PG - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 111 min - United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands - English A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Directed by: Mike Hodges Written by: Lorenzo Semple Jr., Michael Allin, Alex Raymond Starring: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow Nominated for 3 BAFTA 2 wins & 12 nominations total IMDB # 80745 | |||
Dune 1984 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - 137 min - United States, Mexico - English A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule. Directed by: David Lynch Written by: Frank Herbert, David Lynch Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 87182 | |||
Drugstore Cowboy 1989 - R - Crime, Drama - 101 min - United States - English A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law. Directed by: Gus Van Sant Written by: James Fogle, Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost Starring: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros 12 wins & 11 nominations IMDB # 97240 | |||
Die Hard (in Die Hard 25th Anniversary Collection) 1988 - R - Action, Thriller - 132 min - United States - English, German, Italian, Japanese A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. Directed by: John McTiernan Written by: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia Nominated for 4 Oscars. 8 wins & 6 nominations total IMDB # 95016 | |||
Brazil 1985 - R - Drama, Sci-Fi - 132 min - United Kingdom, United States - English A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. Directed by: Terry Gilliam Written by: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 5 nominations total IMDB # 88846 | |||
Batman (in Batman 4-Film Collection) 1989 - PG-13 - Action, Adventure - 126 min - United States, United Kingdom - English, French, Spanish The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker. Directed by: Tim Burton Written by: Bob Kane, Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger Won 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 26 nominations total IMDB # 96895 | |||
Andy Kaufman's Midnight Special 1981 | |||
Altered States 1980 - R - Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller - 102 min - United States - English, Spanish A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. Directed by: Ken Russell Written by: Paddy Chayefsky Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total IMDB # 80360 | |||
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The 1988 - PG - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy - 126 min - United Kingdom, West Germany - English An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits. Directed by: Terry Gilliam Written by: Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam, Gottfried August Bürger Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley Nominated for 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 14 nominations total IMDB # 96764 | |||
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984 - PG - Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi - 116 min - United States - English, Russian A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer. Directed by: Peter Hyams Written by: Arthur C. Clarke, Peter Hyams Starring: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 8 nominations total IMDB # 86837 |