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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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