Movies

Over time, we have collected a number of titles on DVD, blu-ray, online services, other digital media (and a few odd titles on VHS).

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Titles with an asterisk (*) are DVDs that belong to Jason.

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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
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