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Displaying Search Results: 210 Best Movies from 1980 till 1989

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.

Back to the Future Part II ( 1989 )

Genre:   Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  108

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Zemeckis

Writer:   Robert Zemeckis | Bob Gale | Robert Zemeckis | Bob Gale | Bob Gale

Stars:   Michael J. Fox | Christopher Lloyd | Lea Thompson | Tom Wilson

Plot:    After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Majo no takkyûbin ( 1989 )

Genre:   Animation | Family | Fantasy

Runtime:  103

Country:  Japan

Language:  Japanese | English

Director:  Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:   Eiko Kadono | Hayao Miyazaki

Stars:   Minami Takayama | Rei Sakuma | Kappei Yamaguchi | Keiko Toda

Plot:    Along with her black cat Jiji, Kiki settles in a seaside town and starts a high-flying delivery service. Here begins her magical encounter with independence and responsibility, making lifelong friends and finding her place in the world.

Glory ( 1989 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History | War

Runtime:  122

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Edward Zwick

Writer:   Kevin Jarre | Lincoln Kirstein | Peter Burchard | Robert Gould Shaw

Stars:   Matthew Broderick | Denzel Washington | Cary Elwes | Morgan Freeman

Plot:    Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown ( 1989 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama

Runtime:  103

Country:  Ireland | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Jim Sheridan

Writer:   Shane Connaughton | Jim Sheridan | Christy Brown

Stars:   Daniel Day-Lewis | Brenda Fricker | Alison Whelan | Kirsten Sheridan

Plot:    Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

Crimes and Misdemeanors ( 1989 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Hebrew

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Bill Bernstein | Martin Landau | Claire Bloom | Stephanie Roth Haberle

Plot:    An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Mississippi Burning ( 1988 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  128

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Alan Parker

Writer:   Chris Gerolmo

Stars:   Gene Hackman | Willem Dafoe | Frances McDormand | Brad Dourif

Plot:    Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.

The Untouchables ( 1987 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  119

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   David Mamet | Oscar Fraley | Eliot Ness | Paul Robsky | Chip Miller

Stars:   Kevin Costner | Sean Connery | Charles Martin Smith | Andy Garcia

Plot:    During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.

Predator ( 1987 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  107

Country:  United States | Mexico

Language:  English | Spanish | Russian

Director:  John McTiernan

Writer:   Jim Thomas | John Thomas

Stars:   Arnold Schwarzenegger | Carl Weathers | Elpidia Carrillo | Bill Duke

Plot:    A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Babettes gæstebud ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  103

Country:  Denmark

Language:  Danish | French | Swedish

Director:  Gabriel Axel

Writer:   Karen Blixen | Gabriel Axel

Stars:   Stéphane Audran | Bodil Kjer | Birgitte Federspiel | Jarl Kulle

Plot:    During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off ( 1986 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  103

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German

Director:  John Hughes

Writer:   John Hughes

Stars:   Matthew Broderick | Alan Ruck | Mia Sara | Jeffrey Jones

Plot:    A brash, cocky high school senior, tired of skipping school to spend a boring day at home, is determined to enjoy an epic day roaring around his favorite Chicago sites, enlisting his best friend and girlfriend to join him on the adventure.

Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  107

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Barbara Hershey | Carrie Fisher | Michael Caine | Mia Farrow

Plot:    Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

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.

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