Description: just some great 80’s movies to definitely watch with more to come. new movies added every day as i go through the list.
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The Mighty Quinn
( 1989 )
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
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The 'Burbs
( 1989 )
An overstressed suburbanite and his fellow neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult.
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The Fly II
( 1989 )
The almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
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Wicked Stepmother
( 1989 )
A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
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Who's Harry Crumb?
( 1989 )
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
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Three Fugitives
( 1989 )
A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.
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Big Bird in Japan
( 1989 )
While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go. The woman, however, is hiding a secret.
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Gleaming the Cube
( 1989 )
A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
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DeepStar Six
( 1989 )
At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
( 1989 )
Jack Spade returns home from the army in his old ghetto neighborhood when his brother, Junebug dies from O.G. - over gold. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crime lord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the '70s.
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Young Einstein
( 1988 )
Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beautiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.
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Mac and Me
( 1988 )
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
( 1988 )
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and Annika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a river in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to a children's home. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
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Russkies
( 1987 )
A group of American boys and a shipwrecked Russian sailor become friends during the Cold War.
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The Barbarians
( 1987 )
Two twin barbarians seek revenge from the warlord who massacred their tribe and captured them when they were small children.
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Mio in the Land of Faraway
( 1987 )
A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transported from his dull life with his cold adoptive parents to a pastoral land where he discovers his real father is the king. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil knight Kato.
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Brewster's Millions
( 1985 )
A minor league baseball player has to spend thirty million dollars in thirty days, in order to inherit three hundred million dollars. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the deal.
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Private Resort
( 1985 )
The story of two adolescent boys who are guests at a Florida resort for the week-end. Their only interest is, of course, chasing girls, but fate has much more in store for them.
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Just One of the Guys
( 1985 )
Terry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at the Sun Tribune go to two guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him".
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The Return of the Living Dead
( 1985 )
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
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Fraternity Vacation
( 1985 )
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
( 1985 )
A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.
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Cat's Eye
( 1985 )
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
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Ladyhawke
( 1985 )
The thief Gaston escapes dungeon of medieval Aquila thru the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
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The Care Bears Movie
( 1985 )
The Care Bears watch over a young brother and sister who have lost their trust in humanity. Meanwhile an evil wizard wishes to cover the Earth in concrete.
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The Last Dragon
( 1985 )
In New York City, a young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight a martial arts expert corrupted with power, and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
( 1985 )
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.
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Mask
( 1985 )
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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Porky's Revenge
( 1985 )
As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team.
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The Sure Thing
( 1985 )
A college student plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman. They hate each other, so naturally...
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Vision Quest
( 1985 )
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.
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The Breakfast Club
( 1985 )
Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
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Poison Ivy
( 1985 )
It's summer once again and kids flock from everywhere to go to Camp Pinewood in Clifton, Maine (originally filmed in Georgia). Dennis Baxter is the new camp counselor who has the hots for Rhonda, the new nurse. Timmy is the shy kid with no self esteem who takes every chance to run away; Tody is the overweight kid who wants to be a comedian; Brian is the poet; Bobby is the athletically gifted one; and Jerry is the slick talking, high dealing city boy from Philadelphia. The camp is lead by the fearless Big Irv.
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Witness
( 1985 )
When a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.
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Heavenly Bodies
( 1985 )
A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.
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Protocol
( 1984 )
A woman (Goldie Hawn) saves life of Emir of Ohtar (Richard Romanus) in Washington.
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
( 1984 )
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
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Johnny Dangerously
( 1984 )
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.
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The Flamingo Kid
( 1984 )
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
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The Flight of Dragons
( 1984 )
A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.
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Runaway
( 1984 )
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.
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Dune
( 1984 )
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.
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Starman
( 1984 )
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.
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The Night They Saved Christmas
( 1984 )
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Sa...Read all
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Beverly Hills Cop
( 1984 )
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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The Ewok Adventure
( 1984 )
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
( 1984 )
The monstrous spirit of a slain janitor seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.
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Night of the Comet
( 1984 )
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
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No Small Affair
( 1984 )
The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in love with her, when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as singer in a bar, but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 23 years old, he wants to help her and starts an ad campaign behind her back... with unexpected results.
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Oh, God! You Devil
( 1984 )
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the Almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul.
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Ghoulies
( 1984 )
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
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The Terminator
( 1984 )
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.
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Firstborn
( 1984 )
A teen must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
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Hot Moves
( 1984 )
Four Venice Beach boys make a pact to lose their virginity before beginning their senior year of high school.
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All of Me
( 1984 )
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.
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Dreamscape
( 1984 )
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.
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The Woman in Red
( 1984 )
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?
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Revenge of the Nerds
( 1984 )
At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
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Cloak & Dagger
( 1984 )
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
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Red Dawn
( 1984 )
It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
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Meatballs Part II
( 1984 )
The first in-name-only sequel to the first Meatballs summer camp movie sets us at Camp Sasquash where the owner Giddy tries to keep his camp open after it's threatened with foreclosure after Hershey, the militant owner of Camp Patton located just across the lake, wants to buy the entire lake to expand Camp Patton. Giddy suggests settling the issue with the traditional end-of-the-summer boxing match over rights to the lake. Meanwhile, a tough, inner city punk, nicknamed Flash, is at Camp Sasquash for community service as a counselor-in-training where he sets his sights on the naive and intellectual Cheryl, while Flash's young charges befriend an alien, whom they name Meathead, also staying at the camp for the summer. Fresh Face Jeremy O. arrives to Camp Sasquash after his car broke down and he stumbles upon the mess hall. Jeremy O provides Flash and Meathead with encouragement and indepth analytics to counter all of Hershey's diabolical intent.
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Best Defense
( 1984 )
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.
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Electric Dreams
( 1984 )
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
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Supergirl
( 1984 )
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.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
( 1984 )
The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding one young and idealistic enough to take their show. After several mishaps and much confusion, things begin to come together for them.
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The Last Starfighter
( 1984 )
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.
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Cannonball Run II
( 1984 )
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
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Bachelor Party
( 1984 )
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
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Conan the Destroyer
( 1984 )
Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.
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Rhinestone
( 1984 )
A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.
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The Karate Kid
( 1984 )
A Japanese martial arts instructor agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
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Gremlins
( 1984 )
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
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Ghostbusters
( 1984 )
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.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
( 1984 )
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.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( 1984 )
In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.
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Once Upon a Time in America
( 1984 )
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.
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Making the Grade
( 1984 )
A spoiled rich young man hires a young hustler, who lives in a broken car and owes money to a dicey loan shark, to take his place in his elite prep school and graduate for him.
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Firestarter
( 1984 )
A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telekinetic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic.
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Sixteen Candles
( 1984 )
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
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Hardbodies
( 1984 )
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 chicks, they employ a student to help them. At first he's as disgusted of them and his job as his girlfriend, but soon they find out how to use the situation to everyone's benefit.
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Breakin'
( 1984 )
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
( 1984 )
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.
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Swing Shift
( 1984 )
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.
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Moscow on the Hudson
( 1984 )
When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's department store in New York, he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.
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The NeverEnding Story
( 1984 )
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
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Up the Creek
( 1984 )
Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life.
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Romancing the Stone
( 1984 )
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.
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
( 1984 )
A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon afterwards. An ape enters the house and kills the father, and a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
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Police Academy
( 1984 )
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.
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The Ice Pirates
( 1984 )
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.
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The Hotel New Hampshire
( 1984 )
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.
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Children of the Corn
( 1984 )
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.
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Splash
( 1984 )
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.
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Repo Man
( 1984 )
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
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Footloose
( 1984 )
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
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