1980s
Every film from the 1980s that I can recall seeing at least once at some point in my life.
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- DirectorJud TaylorStarsRon HowardRobert FoxworthMickey RourkeOld country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing. Michael De Guzman's teleplay was inspired by Paige.
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLeslie NielsenAfter the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsPatty DukeWilliam ShatnerQuinn CummingsSpoiled 12-year-old Tara's new best friend from next door gets hired as a live-in babysitter, but things soon go horribly wrong when Tara's mom starts hitting the bottle and fighting with her dad.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
- DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsScott BeachBill MelendezDaniel AndersonCharlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsMichael LearnedJohn HousemanRamon BieriA divorced woman moves to a new city, trying to rebuild her life. She joins the choir of a local church and is inspired by the choirmaster, a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept nothing but perfection from his group. As Christmas approaches and the choir practices for a performance of Handel's "Messiah', issues of racism and ageism, accusations against a young choir member, and the director's health issue threaten to undermine the performance.
- DirectorDon MedfordStarsRobert ConradErin GrayRed WestJim Brandon, a former player of the Chigago Bears, was paralyzed during the Vietnam War. When he returns, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but he doesn't succeed. After a visit to the youth prison, St. Charles, he thinks of becoming the football coach there. He decides to do it, because he likes the challenge. The boys, young delinquents, don't accept him, but he goes all out to be accepted.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsSissy SpacekTommy Lee JonesLevon HelmThe fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
- DirectorJoel OlianskyStarsRichard DreyfussAmy IrvingLee RemickPaul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsEddie BarthIrene CaraLee CurreriA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
- DirectorFerenc RofuszA fine day in the life of a fly presented completely from the fly's point of view. A fine day until something dreary happens, that is.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsPowers BootheNed BeattyIrene CaraThe real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsCharles Martin SmithStephen W. BurnsCloris LeachmanThe adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
- DirectorZbigniew Rybczynski
- DirectorTony BillStarsChris MakepeaceAdam BaldwinMatt DillonWhen a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
- DirectorEmmett AlstonStarsRoz KellyKip NivenChris WallaceDuring a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
- DirectorJack HofsissStarsHenry FondaGeorge GrizzardTimothy HuttonAiming to get in his old man's good graces, Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. Instead, the festivities serve only to make the already sour and crusty patriarch even more truculent and miserable.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsDonald SutherlandMary Tyler MooreJudd HirschThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
- DirectorFriz FrelengThe Pink Panther tries his paw at various winter sports, getting ready for the Lake Placid Olympic Games.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsRobin WilliamsShelley DuvallRay WalstonThe adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.
- DirectorPete ParsonsStarsWilliam RushtonA young boy's Christmas wish to meet Santa Claus is fulfilled when he flies him to the North Pole on Christmas Eve to a party with a host of humorous elves
- DirectorPhil RomanStarsPatricia PattsCasey CarlsonArrin SkelleyPeppermint Patty trains for a figure skating competition.
- DirectorTerry MarcelStarsTom SmothersTwiggyMartin BalsamA nervous ad executive (Tom Smothers) creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl (Twiggy) he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't catch.
- DirectorAllan MoyleStarsTim CurryTrini AlvaradoRobin JohnsonTwo ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.