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Displaying Search Results: 210 Best Movies from 1980 till 1989

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.

When Harry Met Sally... ( 1989 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Romance

Runtime:  95

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Rob Reiner

Writer:   Nora Ephron

Stars:   Billy Crystal | Meg Ryan | Carrie Fisher | Bruno Kirby

Plot:    Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

Dip huet seung hung ( 1989 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  111

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | Mandarin | Japanese

Director:  John Woo

Writer:   John Woo

Stars:   Chow Yun-Fat | Danny Lee | Sally Yeh | Kong Chu

Plot:    A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Runtime:  104

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Robert Zemeckis

Writer:   Jeffrey Price | Peter S. Seaman | Gary K. Wolf | Ted Osborne | Al Taliaferro

Stars:   Bob Hoskins | Christopher Lloyd | Joanna Cassidy | Charles Fleischer

Plot:    When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.

Empire of the Sun ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | War

Runtime:  153

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Japanese | Mandarin

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Writer:   Tom Stoppard | J.G. Ballard | Menno Meyjes

Stars:   Christian Bale | John Malkovich | Miranda Richardson | Nigel Havers

Plot:    A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

The Last Emperor ( 1987 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History

Runtime:  163

Country:  China | Italy | United Kingdom

Language:  English | Mandarin | Japanese

Director:  Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer:   Enzo Ungari | Mark Peploe | Bernardo Bertolucci | Puyi

Stars:   John Lone | Joan Chen | Peter O'Toole | Ruocheng Ying

Plot:    Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatization of China's eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty: Emperor Puyi.

Evil Dead II ( 1987 )

Genre:   Comedy | Horror

Runtime:  84

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Latin

Director:  Sam Raimi

Writer:   Sam Raimi | Scott Spiegel

Stars:   Bruce Campbell | Sarah Berry | Dan Hicks | Kassie Wesley DePaiva

Plot:    Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

Blue Velvet ( 1986 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  120

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  David Lynch

Writer:   David Lynch

Stars:   Isabella Rossellini | Kyle MacLachlan | Dennis Hopper | Laura Dern

Plot:    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

The Name of the Rose ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  130

Country:  West Germany | Italy | France

Language:  English | Latin

Director:  Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writer:   Umberto Eco | Andrew Birkin | Gérard Brach | Howard Franklin | Alain Godard

Stars:   Sean Connery | Christian Slater | Helmut Qualtinger | Elya Baskin

Plot:    An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

When the Wind Blows ( 1986 )

Genre:   Animation | Drama | War

Runtime:  84

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Jimmy T. Murakami

Writer:   Raymond Briggs | Raymond Briggs

Stars:   Peggy Ashcroft | John Mills | Robin Houston | James Russell

Plot:    A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.

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.

The Verdict ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  129

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sidney Lumet

Writer:   Barry Reed | David Mamet | Jay Presson Allen

Stars:   Paul Newman | Charlotte Rampling | Jack Warden | James Mason

Plot:    An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

Missing ( 1982 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | History | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  122

Country:  United States | Mexico

Language:  English | Spanish | French

Director:  Costa-Gavras

Writer:   Costa-Gavras | Donald E. Stewart | Thomas Hauser | John Nichols

Stars:   Jack Lemmon | Sissy Spacek | Melanie Mayron | John Shea

Plot:    "When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him."

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