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Displaying Search Results: 110 Best Movies from 1980 till 1985

Gandhi ( 1982 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History

Runtime:  191

Country:  United Kingdom | India

Language:  English | Hindi

Director:  Richard Attenborough

Writer:   John Briley

Stars:   Ben Kingsley | Rohini Hattangadi | Roshan Seth | Candice Bergen

Plot:    The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

Pink Floyd: The Wall ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama | Fantasy | Music

Runtime:  95

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Alan Parker

Writer:   Roger Waters | Roger Waters

Stars:   Bob Geldof | Christine Hargreaves | James Laurenson | Eleanor David

Plot:    A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Threads ( 1984 )

Genre:   Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  112

Country:  United Kingdom | Australia

Language:  English

Director:  Mick Jackson

Writer:   Barry Hines

Stars:   Karen Meagher | Reece Dinsdale | David Brierly | Rita May

Plot:    The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.

This Is Spinal Tap ( 1984 )

Genre:   Comedy | Music

Runtime:  82

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Japanese

Director:  Rob Reiner

Writer:   Christopher Guest | Michael McKean | Harry Shearer | Rob Reiner

Stars:   Rob Reiner | Kimberly Stringer | Chazz Dominguez | Shari Hall

Plot:    Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

A Christmas Story ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy | Family

Runtime:  93

Country:  United States | Canada

Language:  English

Director:  Bob Clark

Writer:   Jean Shepherd | Jean Shepherd | Leigh Brown | Bob Clark

Stars:   Melinda Dillon | Darren McGavin | Scott Schwartz | Jean Shepherd

Plot:    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.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 )

Genre:   Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  115

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Melissa Mathison

Stars:   Dee Wallace | Henry Thomas | Peter Coyote | Robert MacNaughton

Plot:    A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

The Blues Brothers ( 1980 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Music | Musical

Runtime:  133

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   Dan Aykroyd | John Landis

Stars:   Tom Erhart | Gerald Walling | John Belushi | Walter Levine

Plot:    Jake Blues rejoins 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 Chicago.

The Breakfast Club ( 1985 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  97

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Hughes

Writer:   John Hughes

Stars:   Emilio Estevez | Paul Gleason | Anthony Michael Hall | John Kapelos

Plot:    Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.

Brazil ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  132

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Terry Gilliam

Writer:   Terry Gilliam | Tom Stoppard | Charles McKeown | Charles Alverson

Stars:   Jonathan Pryce | Robert De Niro | Katherine Helmond | Ian Holm

Plot:    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

Ghostbusters ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  105

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Ivan Reitman

Writer:   Dan Aykroyd | Harold Ramis

Stars:   Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Sigourney Weaver | Harold Ramis

Plot:    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.

The Killing Fields ( 1984 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History | War

Runtime:  141

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English | French | Central Khmer

Director:  Roland Joffé

Writer:   Bruce Robinson

Stars:   Sam Waterston | Haing S. Ngor | John Malkovich | Julian Sands

Plot:    A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.

The Right Stuff ( 1983 )

Genre:   Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

Runtime:  193

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Russian | Spanish

Director:  Philip Kaufman

Writer:   Philip Kaufman | Tom Wolfe

Stars:   Sam Shepard | Scott Glenn | Ed Harris | Dennis Quaid

Plot:    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 preferred.

The King of Comedy ( 1982 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  109

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Paul D. Zimmerman

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Jerry Lewis | Diahnne Abbott | Sandra Bernhard

Plot:    Rupert is an aspiring stand-up comedian, who is willing to go the extra mile in his attempt to appear in the late night show hosted by his idol.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl ( 1982 )

Genre:   Documentary | Comedy | Musical

Runtime:  81

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Terry Hughes | Ian MacNaughton

Writer:   Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Michael Palin | Tim Brooke-Taylor | Marty Feldman | Angus James | David Lipscomb

Stars:   Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle

Plot:    The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.

'Breaker' Morant ( 1980 )

Genre:   Drama | History | War

Runtime:  107

Country:  Australia

Language:  English | Afrikaans

Director:  Bruce Beresford

Writer:   Jonathan Hardy | David Stevens | Bruce Beresford | Harold Lander | Kenneth G. Ross | Kit Denton

Stars:   Edward Woodward | Jack Thompson | John Waters | Bryan Brown

Plot:    Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

The Goonies ( 1985 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Family

Runtime:  114

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish | Cantonese

Director:  Richard Donner

Writer:   Chris Columbus | Steven Spielberg

Stars:   Sean Astin | Josh Brolin | Jeff Cohen | Corey Feldman

Plot:    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.

The Color Purple ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  154

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Menno Meyjes | Alice Walker

Stars:   Danny Glover | Whoopi Goldberg | Margaret Avery | Oprah Winfrey

Plot:    A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

La historia oficial ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama | History

Runtime:  112

Country:  Argentina

Language:  Spanish | English

Director:  Luis Puenzo

Writer:   Aída Bortnik | Luis Puenzo

Stars:   Héctor Alterio | Norma Aleandro | Chunchuna Villafañe | Hugo Arana

Plot:    During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

First Blood ( 1982 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Thriller

Runtime:  93

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Ted Kotcheff

Writer:   David Morrell | Michael Kozoll | William Sackheim | Sylvester Stallone

Stars:   Sylvester Stallone | Richard Crenna | Brian Dennehy | Bill McKinney

Plot:    A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Nicholas Meyer

Writer:   Gene Roddenberry | Jack B. Sowards | Harve Bennett | Jack B. Sowards | Nicholas Meyer | Samuel A. Peeples

Stars:   William Shatner | Leonard Nimoy | DeForest Kelley | James Doohan

Plot:    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.

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