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Displaying Search Results: 210 Best Movies from 1980 till 1989

Mask ( 1985 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Peter Bogdanovich

Writer:   Anna Hamilton Phelan

Stars:   Cher | Sam Elliott | Eric Stoltz | Estelle Getty

Plot:    A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

A Room with a View ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  117

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Italian

Director:  James Ivory

Writer:   E.M. Forster | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Stars:   Maggie Smith | Helena Bonham Carter | Denholm Elliott | Julian Sands

Plot:    Lucy Honeychurch shares a brief romance with George Emerson in Florence. Yet as she tries to move on with her life and look for marriage elsewhere, can she truly forget the events of that summer?

Birdy ( 1984 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Alan Parker

Writer:   William Wharton | Sandy Kroopf | Jack Behr

Stars:   Matthew Modine | Nicolas Cage | John Harkins | Sandy Baron

Plot:    After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

Videodrome ( 1983 )

Genre:   Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  87

Country:  Canada

Language:  English | Spanish | Japanese

Director:  David Cronenberg

Writer:   David Cronenberg

Stars:   James Woods | Sonja Smits | Debbie Harry | Peter Dvorsky

Plot:    A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.

The Dead Zone ( 1983 )

Genre:   Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Runtime:  103

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Polish | Russian

Director:  David Cronenberg

Writer:   Stephen King | Jeffrey Boam

Stars:   Christopher Walken | Brooke Adams | Tom Skerritt | Herbert Lom

Plot:    A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  123

Country:  United Kingdom | New Zealand | Japan

Language:  English | Japanese

Director:  Nagisa Ôshima

Writer:   Nagisa Ôshima | Paul Mayersberg | Lourens van der Post

Stars:   David Bowie | Tom Conti | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Takeshi Kitano

Plot:    During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

'A' gai wak ( 1983 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Comedy

Runtime:  105

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | English

Director:  Jackie Chan | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Writer:   Jackie Chan | Edward Tang

Stars:   Jackie Chan | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Biao Yuen | Dick Wei

Plot:    Fighting against pirates at the turn of the 20th century, the Hong Kong navy are failing miserably. It's up to Sergeant Dragon Ma to take matters into his own hands.

The Fox and the Hound ( 1981 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family

Runtime:  83

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Ted Berman | Richard Rich | Art Stevens | David Hand | Wolfgang Reitherman

Writer:   Daniel P. Mannix | Larry Clemmons | Ted Berman | Dave Michener | Peter Young | Burny Mattinson | Steve Hulett | Earl Kress | Vance Gerry

Stars:   Mickey Rooney | Kurt Russell | Pearl Bailey | Jack Albertson

Plot:    A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.

Caddyshack ( 1980 )

Genre:   Comedy | Sport

Runtime:  98

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Harold Ramis

Writer:   Brian Doyle-Murray | Harold Ramis | Douglas Kenney

Stars:   Chevy Chase | Rodney Dangerfield | Ted Knight | Michael O'Keefe

Plot:    An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Somewhere in Time ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Runtime:  103

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Jeannot Szwarc

Writer:   Richard Matheson | Richard Matheson

Stars:   Christopher Reeve | Jane Seymour | Christopher Plummer | Teresa Wright

Plot:    A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

Casualties of War ( 1989 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | War

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Vietnamese

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   Daniel Lang | David Rabe

Stars:   Michael J. Fox | Sean Penn | Don Harvey | John C. Reilly

Plot:    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager, for their sexual enjoyment.

Coming to America ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Romance

Runtime:  117

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   Eddie Murphy | David Sheffield | Barry W. Blaustein

Stars:   Paul Bates | Eddie Murphy | Garcelle Beauvais | Feather

Plot:    An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.

Heathers ( 1989 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  103

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Lehmann

Writer:   Daniel Waters

Stars:   Winona Ryder | Christian Slater | Shannen Doherty | Lisanne Falk

Plot:    At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.

Spaceballs ( 1987 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  96

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German

Director:  Mel Brooks

Writer:   Mel Brooks | Thomas Meehan | Ronny Graham

Stars:   Mel Brooks | John Candy | Rick Moranis | Bill Pullman

Plot:    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.

Dirty Dancing ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | Music | Romance

Runtime:  100

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Emile Ardolino

Writer:   Eleanor Bergstein

Stars:   Jennifer Grey | Patrick Swayze | Jerry Orbach | Cynthia Rhodes

Plot:    Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp\'s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Little Shop of Horrors ( 1986 )

Genre:   Comedy | Horror | Musical | Romance

Runtime:  94

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Frank Oz

Writer:   Howard Ashman | Howard Ashman | Roger Corman | Charles B. Griffith

Stars:   Levi Stubbs | Rick Moranis | Ellen Greene | Vincent Gardenia

Plot:    A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Better Off Dead... ( 1985 )

Genre:   Comedy | Romance

Runtime:  97

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Savage Steve Holland

Writer:   Savage Steve Holland

Stars:   John Cusack | David Ogden Stiers | Kim Darby | Demian Slade

Plot:    After his girlfriend Beth Truss ditches him for boorish ski jock Roy Stalin, sad-sack high-school student Lane Meyer decides that suicide is the only answer, but his inept attempts bring him nothing but agony and embarrassment.

Out of Africa ( 1985 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Romance

Runtime:  161

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Swahili | Arabic

Director:  Sydney Pollack

Writer:   Karen Blixen | Judith Thurman | Errol Trzebinski | Kurt Luedtke

Stars:   Meryl Streep | Robert Redford | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Michael Kitchen

Plot:    In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.

Re-Animator ( 1985 )

Genre:   Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  84

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German

Director:  Stuart Gordon

Writer:   H.P. Lovecraft | Dennis Paoli | William Norris | Stuart Gordon

Stars:   Jeffrey Combs | Bruce Abbott | Barbara Crampton | David Gale

Plot:    After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

An Officer and a Gentleman ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Filipino

Director:  Taylor Hackford

Writer:   Douglas Day Stewart

Stars:   Richard Gere | Debra Winger | David Keith | Robert Loggia

Plot:    A young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.

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