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Displaying Search Results: 184 Best Movies from 1980 till 1988

Down by Law ( 1986 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime | Drama

Runtime:  107

Country:  United States | West Germany

Language:  English | Italian | French

Director:  Jim Jarmusch

Writer:   Jim Jarmusch

Stars:   Tom Waits | John Lurie | Roberto Benigni | Nicoletta Braschi

Plot:    Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.

The Purple Rose of Cairo ( 1985 )

Genre:   Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Runtime:  82

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Mia Farrow | Jeff Daniels | Danny Aiello | Irving Metzman

Plot:    In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

After Hours ( 1985 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  97

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Joseph Minion

Stars:   Griffin Dunne | Rosanna Arquette | Verna Bloom | Tommy Chong

Plot:    Ordinary word processor Paul Hackett experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit Marcy, a Soho resident that he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Sans toit ni loi ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  105

Country:  France | United Kingdom

Language:  French | Arabic | English

Director:  Agnès Varda

Writer:   Agnès Varda

Stars:   Sandrine Bonnaire | Setti Ramdane | Francis Balchère | Jean-Louis Perletti

Plot:    A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.

Zelig ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  79

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Patrick Horgan | John Buckwalter

Plot:    "Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he\'s around, and meets various famous people.

Victor/Victoria ( 1982 )

Genre:   Comedy | Music | Romance

Runtime:  134

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | French

Director:  Blake Edwards

Writer:   Blake Edwards | Hans Hoemburg | Reinhold Schünzel

Stars:   Julie Andrews | James Garner | Robert Preston | Lesley Ann Warren

Plot:    A struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.

Mad Max 2 ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  96

Country:  Australia

Language:  English

Director:  George Miller

Writer:   Terry Hayes | George Miller | Brian Hannant | George Miller | Byron Kennedy

Stars:   Mel Gibson | Bruce Spence | Michael Preston | Max Phipps

Plot:    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.

On Golden Pond ( 1981 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  109

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Mark Rydell

Writer:   Ernest Thompson | Ernest Thompson

Stars:   Katharine Hepburn | Henry Fonda | Jane Fonda | Doug McKeon

Plot:    Curmudgeon Norman is estranged from his daughter Chelsea. Nevertheless, at Golden Pond he and his wife agree to look after Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

Beetlejuice ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Fantasy

Runtime:  92

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Tim Burton

Writer:   Michael McDowell | Larry Wilson | Michael McDowell | Warren Skaaren

Stars:   Alec Baldwin | Geena Davis | Annie McEnroe | Maurice Page

Plot:    The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

A Fish Called Wanda ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  108

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Italian | Russian

Director:  Charles Crichton | John Cleese

Writer:   John Cleese | Charles Crichton | John Cleese

Stars:   John Cleese | Jamie Lee Curtis | Kevin Kline | Michael Palin

Plot:    In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.

The Last Temptation of Christ ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama

Runtime:  164

Country:  Canada | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Scorsese

Writer:   Nikos Kazantzakis | Paul Schrader

Stars:   Willem Dafoe | Harvey Keitel | Paul Greco | Steve Shill

Plot:    The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

Midnight Run ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  126

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   George Gallo

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Charles Grodin | Yaphet Kotto | John Ashton

Plot:    A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  119

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Stephen Frears

Writer:   Christopher Hampton | Choderlos de Laclos | Christopher Hampton

Stars:   Glenn Close | John Malkovich | Michelle Pfeiffer | Swoosie Kurtz

Plot:    A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Le grand bleu ( 1988 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | Sport

Runtime:  168

Country:  France | Italy | United States

Language:  French | English | Italian

Director:  Luc Besson

Writer:   Luc Besson | Luc Besson | Robert Garland | Marilyn Goldin | Jacques Mayol | Marc Perrier

Stars:   Rosanna Arquette | Jean-Marc Barr | Jean Reno | Paul Shenar

Plot:    The rivalry between Enzo and Jacques, two childhood friends and now world-renowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown.

Withnail & I ( 1987 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  107

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English | Latin

Director:  Bruce Robinson

Writer:   Bruce Robinson

Stars:   Richard E. Grant | Paul McGann | Richard Griffiths | Ralph Brown

Plot:    In 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous.

Blood Simple ( 1984 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  99

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Joel Coen | Ethan Coen

Writer:   Joel Coen | Ethan Coen

Stars:   John Getz | Frances McDormand | Dan Hedaya | M. Emmet Walsh

Plot:    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Trading Places ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  116

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Landis

Writer:   Timothy Harris | Herschel Weingrod

Stars:   Denholm Elliott | Dan Aykroyd | Maurice Woods | Richard D. Fisher Jr.

Plot:    A snobbish Wall Street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house.

The Meaning of Life ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy | Musical

Runtime:  107

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Terry Jones

Writer:   Graham Chapman | John Cleese | Terry Gilliam | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Michael Palin

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

Plot:    The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Sophie's Choice ( 1982 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance

Runtime:  150

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Polish | German

Director:  Alan J. Pakula

Writer:   William Styron | Alan J. Pakula

Stars:   Meryl Streep | Kevin Kline | Peter MacNicol | Rita Karin

Plot:    Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

The Secret of NIMH ( 1982 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  82

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Don Bluth

Writer:   Robert C. O'Brien | Don Bluth | John Pomeroy | Gary Goldman | Will Finn | Ken Anderson

Stars:   Derek Jacobi | Elizabeth Hartman | Arthur Malet | Dom DeLuise

Plot:    To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.

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