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Displaying Search Results: 184 Best Movies from 1980 till 1988

Dom za vesanje ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime | Drama | Fantasy

Runtime:  142

Country:  Yugoslavia | Italy | United Kingdom

Language:  Romany | Serbo-Croatian | Italian

Director:  Emir Kusturica

Writer:   Emir Kusturica | Gordan Mihic

Stars:   Davor Dujmovic | Bora Todorovic | Ljubica Adzovic | Husnija Hasimovic

Plot:    In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Stand by Me ( 1986 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  89

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Rob Reiner

Writer:   Stephen King | Raynold Gideon | Bruce A. Evans

Stars:   Wil Wheaton | River Phoenix | Corey Feldman | Jerry O'Connell

Plot:    A writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.

Platoon ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English | Vietnamese

Director:  Oliver Stone

Writer:   Oliver Stone

Stars:   Keith David | Forest Whitaker | Francesco Quinn | Kevin Dillon

Plot:    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.

Jean de Florette ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  120

Country:  Switzerland | France | Italy

Language:  French | English

Director:  Claude Berri

Writer:   Marcel Pagnol | Claude Berri | Gérard Brach

Stars:   Yves Montand | Gérard Depardieu | Daniel Auteuil | Elisabeth Depardieu

Plot:    A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.

The Terminator ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  107

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  James Cameron

Writer:   James Cameron | Gale Anne Hurd | William Wisher

Stars:   Arnold Schwarzenegger | Michael Biehn | Linda Hamilton | Paul Winfield

Plot:    A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.

Paris, Texas ( 1984 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  145

Country:  West Germany | France | United Kingdom

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Wim Wenders

Writer:   L.M. Kit Carson | Sam Shepard | Walter Donohue

Stars:   Harry Dean Stanton | Sam Berry | Bernhard Wicki | Dean Stockwell

Plot:    Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

Eddie Murphy: Delirious ( 1983 )

Genre:   Documentary | Comedy

Runtime:  69

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Bruce Gowers

Writer:   Eddie Murphy | Eddie Murphy

Stars:   Eddie Murphy | James Argiro | Gus Loundermon | Brian O'Neal

Plot:    Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.

Blade Runner ( 1982 )

Genre:   Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  117

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English | German | Cantonese

Director:  Ridley Scott

Writer:   Hampton Fancher | David Webb Peoples | Philip K. Dick

Stars:   Harrison Ford | Sean Young | Rutger Hauer | Edward James Olmos

Plot:    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Fanny och Alexander ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  188

Country:  Sweden | France | West Germany

Language:  Swedish | German | Yiddish

Director:  Ingmar Bergman

Writer:   Ingmar Bergman

Stars:   Kristina Adolphson | Börje Ahlstedt | Pernilla Allwin | Kristian Almgren

Plot:    Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.

Raging Bull ( 1980 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Sport

Runtime:  129

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Jake LaMotta | Joseph Carter | Peter Savage | Paul Schrader | Mardik Martin

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Cathy Moriarty | Joe Pesci | Frank Vincent

Plot:    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Rain Man ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  133

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Italian

Director:  Barry Levinson

Writer:   Barry Morrow | Ron Bass | Barry Morrow

Stars:   Dustin Hoffman | Tom Cruise | Valeria Golino | Gerald R. Molen

Plot:    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 inheritance.

The Princess Bride ( 1987 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Runtime:  98

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Rob Reiner

Writer:   William Goldman | William Goldman

Stars:   Cary Elwes | Mandy Patinkin | Chris Sarandon | Christopher Guest

Plot:    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.

Au revoir les enfants ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  104

Country:  France | West Germany | Italy

Language:  French | German | English

Director:  Louis Malle

Writer:   Louis Malle

Stars:   Gaspard Manesse | Raphael Fejtö | Francine Racette | Stanislas Carré de Malberg

Plot:    A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.

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.

The Thin Blue Line ( 1988 )

Genre:   Documentary | Crime

Runtime:  101

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Errol Morris

Writer:   Errol Morris

Stars:   Randall Adams | David Harris | Gus Rose | Jackie Johnson

Plot:    A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.

Der Himmel über Berlin ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Runtime:  128

Country:  West Germany | France

Language:  German | English | French

Director:  Wim Wenders

Writer:   Wim Wenders | Peter Handke | Richard Reitinger | Bernard Eisenschitz

Stars:   Bruno Ganz | Solveig Dommartin | Otto Sander | Curt Bois

Plot:    An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.

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.

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