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).

This listing is for friends who may wish to drop in and watch a movie or would like to borrow a disc.

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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Andy Kaufman's Midnight Special
1981

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Where the Wild Things Are
1988

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
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