There were some fantastic movies in 1984 and based on votes from readers here are the best 8 as they stand at the moment. See the full list of 100 movies below and vote for your favourite movies in 1984. Do your 8 best movies match the best eight?
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- 115Bachelor Party
- 215Against All Odds
- 315The Killing Fields
- 415Gwendoline
- 515Footloose
- 615Repo Man
- 715Beverly Hills Cop
- 815The Last Starfighter
- 915Top Secret!
Do you agree with the best eight movies above? Are there other movies that should be in the list? Scroll through the movies below and vote for your favourite 8 movies of 1984.
Bachelor Party
A soon-to-be-married man’s friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.Genre : ComedyDirector : Neal IsraelActors : Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard
Against All Odds
A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.Genre : Action, Adventure, CrimeDirector : Taylor HackfordActors : Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras
The Killing Fields
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot’s bloody ‘Year Zero’ cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million ‘undesirable’ civilians.Genre : Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector : Pol PotActors : Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Gwendoline
Gwendoline, a runaway nun, arrives in Hong Kong on a mission to find her father, who was last seen in the legendary Land of the Yik Yak searching for a rare butterfly. She’s guided on her perilous journey by the selfish mercenary Willard.Genre : Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector : Just JaeckinActors : Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont
Footloose
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.Genre : Drama, Music, RomanceDirector : Herbert RossActors : Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Repo Man
A young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty – and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.Genre : Action, Comedy, CrimeDirector : Alex CoxActors : Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Beverly Hills Cop
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.Genre : Action, Comedy, CrimeDirector : Martin BrestActors : Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
The Last Starfighter
Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-FiDirector : Nick CastleActors : Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason
Top Secret!
Parody of WWII spy movies in which an American rock and roll singer becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany.Genre : Comedy, MusicDirector : Jim AbrahamsActors : David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge
Hardbodies
Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach. When they learn that a nice apartment and an expensive cabriolet isn’t enough for them to score with the … See full summary??Genre : ComedyDirector : See full summaryActors : Grant Cramer, Teal Roberts, Gary Wood, Michael Rapport
Hot Dog... The Movie
Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.Genre : Comedy, Romance, SportDirector : Peter MarkleActors : David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy Smith, John Patrick Reger
All of Me
A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer’s body – together with the lawyer.Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, RomanceDirector : Carl ReinerActors : Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith Osborne
Trancers
A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.Genre : Action, Sci-FiDirector : Charles BandActors : Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art LaFleur
Falling in Love
Although they live married lives, two strangers keep running into each other, starting a friendship that could blossom into so much more.Genre : Drama, RomanceDirector : Ulu GrosbardActors : Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek
Supergirl
After losing a powerful orb, Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.Genre : Action, Adventure, FantasyDirector : Jeannot SzwarcActors : Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O’Toole, Mia Farrow
Cannonball Run II
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.Genre : Action, ComedyDirector : Hal NeedhamActors : Ralph Bakshi, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin
Electric Dreams
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.Genre : Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector : Steve BarronActors : Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort
The Ice Pirates
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.Genre : Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector : Stewart RaffillActors : Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston
Paris, Texas
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.Genre : DramaDirector : Wim WendersActors : Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Cl?ment
Beat Street
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.Genre : Drama, MusicDirector : Stan LathanActors : Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant
The Warrior and the Sorceress
The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village’s only well.Genre : Adventure, FantasyDirector : John C. BroderickActors : David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas, Anthony De Longis
The Natural
An middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.Genre : Drama, SportDirector : Barry LevinsonActors : Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
Sixteen Candles
A girl’s “sweet” sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : John HughesActors : Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling
The Hotel New Hampshire
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Tony RichardsonActors : Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges
1984
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.Genre : Drama, Sci-FiDirector : Michael RadfordActors : John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Ninja III: The Domination
An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman’s body.Genre : Action, Fantasy, ThrillerDirector : Sam FirstenbergActors : Sh? Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung
Blood Simple
A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her lover. However, nothing is simple when blood is involved.Genre : Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector : Joel CoenActors : Ethan Coen, John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Blame It on Rio
Best friends and their daughters vacation in Rio de Janeiro only for one to fall for the other’s daughter.Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Stanley DonenActors : Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna
The Wild Life
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Art LinsonActors : Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Eric Stoltz, Jenny Wright
The Karate Kid
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.Genre : Action, Drama, FamilyDirector : John G. AvildsenActors : Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove
She
In a post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers’ quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle weird creatures before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.Genre : Action, Adventure, FantasyDirector : Avi NesherActors : Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler, Harrison Muller
A Soldier's Story
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.Genre : Crime, Drama, MysteryDirector : Norman JewisonActors : Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier
Streets of Fire
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.Genre : Action, Crime, DramaDirector : Walter HillActors : Michael Par?, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan
Dune
A Duke’s son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father’s evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor’s rule.Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-FiDirector : David LynchActors : Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Dreamscape
A young psychic on the run from himself is recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the U.S. president.Genre : Action, Adventure, HorrorDirector : Joseph RubenActors : Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock’s body.Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-FiDirector : Leonard NimoyActors : William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.Genre : Action, Comedy, CrimeDirector : Stuart RosenbergActors : Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page
Gremlins
A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, HorrorDirector : Joe DanteActors : Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, John Louie
Zware jongens
Add a PlotGenre : ComedyDirector : Add a PlotActors : Gaston Berghmans, Leo Martin, Yvonne Verbeeck, Chris Cauwenbergs
The Philadelphia Experiment
A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy “invisibility” experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.Genre : Adventure, Drama, RomanceDirector : Stewart RaffillActors : Michael Par?, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco
2010
A joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn what happened to the Discovery, and H.A.L.Genre : Adventure, Mystery, Sci-FiDirector : Peter HyamsActors : Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban
The Toxic Avenger
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.Genre : Action, Comedy, HorrorDirector : Michael HerzActors : Lloyd Kaufman, Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.Genre : Adventure, Comedy, RomanceDirector : W.D. RichterActors : Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum
Breakin'
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.Genre : Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector : Joel SilbergActors : Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ben Lokey
Savage Streets
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.Genre : Action, Crime, DramaDirector : Danny SteinmannActors : Tom DeSimone, Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer
Greystoke
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.Genre : Adventure, DramaDirector : Hugh HudsonActors : Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
This Is Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap, one of England’s loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.Genre : Comedy, MusicDirector : Rob ReinerActors : Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer
Red Dawn
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.Genre : Action, DramaDirector : John MiliusActors : Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Joseph ZitoActors : Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.Genre : Comedy, Drama, MusicalDirector : Sam FirstenbergActors : Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Susie Coelho
Conan the Destroyer
Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.Genre : Action, Adventure, FantasyDirector : Richard FleischerActors : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d’Abo, Wilt Chamberlain
Places in the Heart
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.Genre : DramaDirector : Robert BentonActors : Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Once Upon a Time in America
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.Genre : Crime, DramaDirector : Sergio LeoneActors : Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Birdy
After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.Genre : Drama, WarDirector : Alan ParkerActors : Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron
Cloak & Dagger
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.Genre : Action, Adventure, CrimeDirector : Richard FranklinActors : Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra
Revenge of the Nerds
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.Genre : ComedyDirector : Jeff KanewActors : Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it’s a more difficult task than they anticipated.Genre : Adventure, Comedy, DramaDirector : Frank OzActors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.Genre : Action, AdventureDirector : Steven SpielbergActors : Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Teachers
A well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Arthur HillerActors : Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio
Up the Creek
Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life.Genre : ComedyDirector : Robert ButlerActors : Tim Matheson, Jennifer Runyon, Stephen Furst, Dan Monahan
C.H.U.D.
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.Genre : Horror, Sci-FiDirector : Douglas CheekActors : John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Tightrope
New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block (Clint Eastwood) goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close to the target, the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.Genre : Crime, Mystery, ThrillerDirector : Clint EastwoodActors : Clint Eastwood, Genevi?ve Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood
Runaway
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots… and his son becomes a target.Genre : Action, Crime, Sci-FiDirector : Michael CrichtonActors : Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley
The Mutilator
A teenager who accidentally committed matricide finds himself being hunted together with his girlfriend and mates by his now crazed father.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Buddy CooperActors : John Douglass, Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock
Angel
Molly, a highschooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.Genre : Action, Crime, ThrillerDirector : Robert Vincent O’NeilActors : Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun
The Company of Wolves
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.Genre : Drama, Fantasy, HorrorDirector : Neil JordanActors : Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden
The Terminator
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity’s future salvation.Genre : Action, Sci-FiDirector : James CameronActors : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Swing Shift
A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.Genre : Drama, Romance, WarDirector : Jonathan DemmeActors : Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Fred Ward
Night of the Comet
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.Genre : Comedy, Horror, Sci-FiDirector : Thom EberhardtActors : Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Police Academy
A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.Genre : ComedyDirector : Hugh WilsonActors : Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith
Starman
An alien takes the form of a young widow’s husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.Genre : Romance, Sci-FiDirector : John CarpenterActors : Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
The Woman in Red
On his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte, an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her, but what would his wife say?Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : Gene WilderActors : Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna
Ghoulies
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, HorrorDirector : Luca BercoviciActors : Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance
Tank
Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he “stops” a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack’s son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.Genre : Action, Comedy, DramaDirector : Marvin J. ChomskyActors : James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier
Romancing the Stone
A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.Genre : Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector : Robert ZemeckisActors : Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman
The Bounty
Fed up with their Captain’s harsh discipline, a sailing ship’s crew decides to take action.Genre : Adventure, Drama, HistoryDirector : Roger DonaldsonActors : Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.Genre : HorrorDirector : Wes CravenActors : Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Body Double
A young actor’s obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.Genre : Crime, Drama, MysteryDirector : Brian De PalmaActors : Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton
Amadeus
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him.Genre : Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector : Wolfgang Amadeus MozartActors : Antonio Salieri, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Bolero
Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.Genre : Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector : John DerekActors : Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obreg
Splash
A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saved him from drowning as a boy. He falls in love with her, not knowing who or what she is.Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, RomanceDirector : Ron HowardActors : Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy
Stranger Than Paradise
A New Yorker’s life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.Genre : Comedy, DramaDirector : Jim JarmuschActors : John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
They're Playing with Fire
A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.Genre : Crime, Horror, ThrillerDirector : Howard AvedisActors : Sybil Danning, Eric Brown, Andrew Prine, Paul Clemens
The Cotton Club
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner and guests (e.g. gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-30s Harlem.Genre : Crime, Drama, MusicDirector : Francis Ford CoppolaActors : Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Best Defense
A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later.Genre : Comedy, WarDirector : Willard HuyckActors : Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza
Firestarter
A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.Genre : Action, Horror, Sci-FiDirector : Mark L. LesterActors : Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear
Kuai can che
Two Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who’s been targeted by a ruthless gang.Genre : Action, Comedy, CrimeDirector : Sammo Kam-Bo HungActors : Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez
Purple Rain
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.Genre : Drama, Music, RomanceDirector : Albert MagnoliActors : Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos
Sheena
Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.Genre : Adventure, FantasyDirector : John GuillerminActors : Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro
Children of the Corn
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.Genre : Horror, ThrillerDirector : Fritz KierschActors : Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin
Ghostbusters
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.Genre : Action, Comedy, FantasyDirector : Ivan ReitmanActors : Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
The NeverEnding Story
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.Genre : Adventure, Drama, FamilyDirector : Wolfgang PetersenActors : Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Where the Boys Are
Four college coeds, virginal Jennie, outgoing Carole, wealthy and spoiled Southern belle Sandra and horny Laurie, travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become… See full summary??Genre : ComedyDirector : See full summaryActors : Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn-Holly Johnson
Crimes of Passion
A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher.Genre : Drama, Romance, ThrillerDirector : Ken RussellActors : Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt
A Passage to India
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.Genre : Adventure, Drama, HistoryDirector : David LeanActors : Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox
Johnny Dangerously
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother’s skyrocketing medical bills.Genre : Comedy, CrimeDirector : Amy HeckerlingActors : Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton
Joy of Sex
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies. Meanwhile, hormone-crazed Alan Holt pursues some sex for … See full summary??Genre : Comedy, RomanceDirector : See full summaryActors : Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson
The Lost Empire
Seeking revenge, officer Angel Wolfe, her Native American friend Whitestar, and outlaw Heather infiltrate a fortified island where an undead wizard and his evil cult force captured women to take part in gladiatorial tournaments.Genre : Action, Adventure, ComedyDirector : Jim WynorskiActors : Melanie Vincz, Raven De La Croix, Angela Aames, Paul Coufos
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