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Displaying Search Results: 210 Best Movies from 1980 till 1989

The Long Good Friday ( 1980 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  114

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English | French

Director:  John Mackenzie

Writer:   Barrie Keeffe

Stars:   Paul Freeman | Leo Dolan | Kevin McNally | Patti Love

Plot:    An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.

Coal Miner's Daughter ( 1980 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Music

Runtime:  124

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Apted

Writer:   Loretta Lynn | George Vecsey | Thomas Rickman

Stars:   Sissy Spacek | Tommy Lee Jones | Levon Helm | Phyllis Boyens

Plot:    The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( 1988 )

Genre:   Comedy | Crime

Runtime:  110

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French | German

Director:  Frank Oz

Writer:   Dale Launer | Stanley Shapiro | Paul Henning

Stars:   Steve Martin | Michael Caine | Glenne Headly | Anton Rodgers

Plot:    Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.

The Land Before Time ( 1988 )

Genre:   Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family

Runtime:  69

Country:  United States | Ireland

Language:  English

Director:  Don Bluth

Writer:   Stu Krieger | Judy Freudberg | Tony Geiss

Stars:   Pat Hingle | Helen Shaver | Gabriel Damon | Bill Erwin

Plot:    An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.

Escape from Sobibor ( 1987 )

Genre:   Drama | History | War

Runtime:  143

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Jack Gold

Writer:   Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt | Richard Rashke | Reginald Rose | Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner

Stars:   Alan Arkin | Joanna Pacula | Rutger Hauer | Hartmut Becker

Plot:    German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

Radio Days ( 1987 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  88

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish | Italian

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Mike Starr | Paul Herman | Don Pardo | Martin Rosenblatt

Plot:    A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

84 Charing Cross Road ( 1987 )

Genre:   Biography | Drama | Romance

Runtime:  100

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  David Hugh Jones

Writer:   Helene Hanff | James Roose-Evans | Hugh Whitemore

Stars:   Anne Bancroft | Anthony Hopkins | Judi Dench | Jean De Baer

Plot:    Based on the true story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books, which later developed into a close, long-distance friendship that evolved over the course of two decades.

Hoosiers ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama | Sport

Runtime:  114

Country:  United States | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  David Anspaugh

Writer:   Angelo Pizzo

Stars:   Gene Hackman | Barbara Hershey | Dennis Hopper | Sheb Wooley

Plot:    A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.

The Mission ( 1986 )

Genre:   Adventure | Drama | History

Runtime:  125

Country:  United Kingdom | France | United States

Language:  English | Guarani | Spanish

Director:  Roland JoffĂ©

Writer:   Robert Bolt

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Jeremy Irons | Ray McAnally | Aidan Quinn

Plot:    Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Ying hung boon sik ( 1986 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  95

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | Mandarin | English

Director:  John Woo

Writer:   Hing-Ka Chan | Suk-Wah Leung | John Woo

Stars:   Lung Ti | Chow Yun-Fat | Leslie Cheung | Emily Chu

Plot:    A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  105

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   Daniel Petrie Jr. | Danilo Bach | Daniel Petrie Jr.

Stars:   Eddie Murphy | Judge Reinhold | John Ashton | Lisa Eilbacher

Plot:    A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 )

Genre:   Horror

Runtime:  91

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Wes Craven

Writer:   Wes Craven

Stars:   John Saxon | Ronee Blakley | Heather Langenkamp | Amanda Wyss

Plot:    Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

Stranger Than Paradise ( 1984 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  89

Country:  United States | West Germany

Language:  English | Hungarian | Italian

Director:  Jim Jarmusch

Writer:   Jim Jarmusch | John Lurie

Stars:   John Lurie | Eszter Balint | Richard Edson | Cecillia Stark

Plot:    A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

Broadway Danny Rose ( 1984 )

Genre:   Comedy

Runtime:  84

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Italian | Yiddish

Director:  Woody Allen

Writer:   Woody Allen

Stars:   Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Nick Apollo Forte | Sandy Baron

Plot:    A hapless talent agent attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress.

Terms of Endearment ( 1983 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama

Runtime:  132

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  James L. Brooks

Writer:   Larry McMurtry | James L. Brooks

Stars:   Shirley MacLaine | Debra Winger | Jack Nicholson | Danny DeVito

Plot:    Widow Aurora Greenway juggles her own struggles with a new romantic interest while trying to sort out the emotional problems of her daughter who's married to a philandering husband.

Tootsie ( 1982 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Romance

Runtime:  116

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sydney Pollack

Writer:   Don McGuire | Larry Gelbart | Larry Gelbart | Murray Schisgal | Barry Levinson | Robert Garland | Robert Kaufman | Elaine May

Stars:   Dustin Hoffman | Jessica Lange | Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman

Plot:    Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Thief ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Mann

Writer:   Michael Mann | Michael Mann | Frank Hohimer

Stars:   James Caan | Tuesday Weld | Willie Nelson | Jim Belushi

Plot:    After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

The Evil Dead ( 1981 )

Genre:   Horror

Runtime:  85

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sam Raimi

Writer:   Sam Raimi

Stars:   Bruce Campbell | Ellen Sandweiss | Richard DeManincor | Betsy Baker

Plot:    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Body Heat ( 1981 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Lawrence Kasdan

Writer:   Lawrence Kasdan

Stars:   William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | Ted Danson

Plot:    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

Blow Out ( 1981 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  108

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   Brian De Palma | Bill Mesce Jr.

Stars:   John Travolta | Nancy Allen | John Lithgow | Dennis Franz

Plot:    A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

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