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1. Soldier Girls (1981)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary about women's basic training in Fort Georgia.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | Stars: Gregory Abing, Clara Alves, Jackie Hall, Joann Johnson
Votes: 268
2. Style Wars (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 69 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developing in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing.
Director: Tony Silver | Stars: Demon, Kase 2, Eric Haze, D. 5
Votes: 3,298
3. Old Enough (1984)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.
Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Neill Barry, Alyssa Milano
Votes: 917
4. When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary on the war between the Guatemalan military and the Mayan population, with firsthand accounts by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu.
Directors: Newton Thomas Sigel, Pamela Yates | Stars: Rigoberta Menchú, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 178
5. Almost You (1984)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Alex and Erica Boyer's marriage is in a crisis: Alex is bored by his job and his wife. When Erica has an accident that lands her in a wheelchair for some time, Alex meets Erica's young ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Brooks | Stars: Brooke Adams, Griffin Dunne, Karen Young, Marty Watt
Votes: 261 | Gross: $0.10M
6. America and Lewis Hine (1984)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about early 20th-century photographer Lewis Hine, who helped to expose grim working conditions in American factories and mines, especially the abuse and exploitation of children... See full summary »
Director: Nina Rosenblum | Stars: John Crowley, Jason Robards, Maureen Stapleton, Margaret Byington
Votes: 36
7. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.
Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman | Stars: George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, Richard Thomas, John Saxon
Votes: 10,222
8. Before Stonewall (1984)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, History
The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.
Directors: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stars: Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith
Votes: 1,190 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Blood Simple (1984)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh
Votes: 105,243 | Gross: $2.15M
10. Brady's Escape (1983)
96 min | Action, Drama, War
This movie is about the love and protection of a man from another culture from the lowly horsemen of the plains in Hungary during World War II.
Director: Pál Gábor | Stars: John Savage, Kelly Reno, Ildikó Bánsági, László Mensáros
Votes: 222
11. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez
Votes: 6,564 | Gross: $3.70M
12. Caged Heat (1974)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the crippled female warden and the corrupt prison doctor.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Juanita Brown, Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Ella Reid
Votes: 2,989 | Gross: $0.10M
13. The World of Tomorrow (1984)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Directors: Lance Bird, Tom Johnson | Stars: Jason Robards, Adora Andrews, King George VI, Fiorello LaGuardia
Votes: 77
14. The Work I've Done (1985)
56 min | Documentary
If you ask a man who he is, he'll tell you what he does, what his work is. But how will he answer when his job is finished?
Director: Kenneth Fink
15. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
Director: Rob Epstein | Stars: Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann
Votes: 6,576 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Streetwise (1984)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.
Director: Martin Bell | Stars: Annie, Eddie, Antoine, Erica
Votes: 2,960 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau (1984)
60 min | Documentary
Actress Joanne Woodward narrates the story of an emerging Republic (Palau Islands) in America's Pacific Trust Territory as it tries to maintain History's first nuclear-free national constitution.
Director: James Heddle | Stars: Stuart Beck, Roger Clark, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ibedul Yutak Gibbons
Votes: 7
18. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark
Votes: 40,655 | Gross: $2.44M
19. Stolen Kisses (1968)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 15,097
20. Seventeen (1983)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
In their final year at Muncie's Southside High School, a group of seniors hurtles toward maturity with a combination of joy, despair, and an aggravated sense of urgency. They are also ... See full summary »
Directors: Joel DeMott, Jeff Kreines
Votes: 221
21. Paris, Texas (1984)
R | 145 min | Drama
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.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry
Votes: 118,908 | Gross: $2.18M
22. Not for Publication (1984)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A tabloid reporter and her new photographer, who've recently started working for the mayor of New York City, stumble upon evidence of conspiracy and political corruption that may involve their beloved mayor.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Nancy Allen, Don Peoples, Catherine Schultz, Richard Blackburn
Votes: 270
23. Mrs. Soffel (1984)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Diane Keaton stars as a prison warden's wife who falls in love with a death row convict (Mel Gibson.) Believing he's innocent, she helps him and his convicted brother escape.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann
Votes: 3,561 | Gross: $4.39M
24. Jû-kai no mosukîto (1983)
108 min | Drama
Jukkai no Mosukito is the tragic story of a policeman who has never succeeded in anything in life and seems to be hopelessly bound to failure in all his undertakings. His ex-wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Yûya Uchida, Ann Lewis, Kyôko Koizumi, Kai Atô
Votes: 159
25. The Lift (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Liz Snoyink
Votes: 7,698
26. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,164 | Gross: $34.70M
27. Kaddish (1984)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
From an early age Yossi Klein received a special education. He was prepared for another Holocaust. So were other children in Boro Park, the largest Orthodox survivor community in America, ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Brand | Stars: Yossi Klein, Zoltan Klein, Breindy Klein, Karen Klein
Votes: 28
28. The Illusionist (1983)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenage boy (the Illusionist), dreams of becoming a magician. After his mentally challenged brother is taken to a mental institution due to an attempted strangling, the Illusionist starts a journey to rescue him from being lobotomized.
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Freek de Jonge, Jim van der Woude, Catrien Wolthuizen, Gerard Thoolen
Votes: 731
29. Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World (1985)
Documentary
A compelling study of the Hopi - a Native American tribe recognized for populating the North American continent and in particular, Arizona - that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life.
Director: Pat Ferrero
Votes: 10
30. The Hit (1984)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp
Votes: 9,538 | Gross: $0.88M
31. In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of the life, culture and food surrounding the lovers of Polka music. The title is taken from an old Polka standard. Stars of the Polka world are highlighted.
Director: Les Blank | Stars: Dick Pillar, Walter Szczypula, Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, The Marion Lush Orchestra
Votes: 362
32. Heartbreakers (1984)
R | 98 min | Drama
Blue, a struggling painter, and Eli, the son of a businessman, are childhood friends who have complicated romantic relationships, which slowly expose the state of their own friendship.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail
Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.15M
33. Hard Choices (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is... See full summary »
Director: Rick King | Stars: Margaret Klenck, Gary McCleery, John Seitz, John Sayles
Votes: 143
34. Gospel According to Al Green (1984)
94 min | Documentary, Music
The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister.
Director: Robert Mugge | Stars: Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Ken Tucker
Votes: 65
35. The Gold Diggers (1983)
89 min | Drama, Music
An avant-garde exploration of a woman's life.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Julie Christie, Colette Laffont, Hilary Westlake, David Gale
Votes: 372
36. Flight to Berlin (1984)
91 min | Drama
A woman is being taken from her German hotel to be interrogated by police agents.
Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: Tusse Silberg, Paul Freeman, Lisa Kreuzer, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 47
37. Distant Thunder (1981)
135 min | Drama
Urban sprawl and corrupt materialism have a devastating effect on farming families near Tokyo.
Director: Kichitarô Negishi | Stars: Toshiyuki Nagashima, Johnny Ohkura, Eri Ishida, Rie Yokoyama
Votes: 143
38. Far from Poland (1984)
106 min | Documentary
An attempt to cover Poland's Solidarity movement - the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country inspired by the strikes at the Gdansk Shipyard in August 1980 - and its shaping... See full summary »
Director: Jill Godmilow | Stars: Ruth Maleczech, Mark Margolis, Olek Krupa, John Perkins
Votes: 47
39. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 12,682 | Gross: $17.10M
40. Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980)
225 min | Documentary
A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.
Director: Leo Hurwitz | Stars: Peggy Lawson, Leo Hurwitz
Votes: 50
41. Dementia 13 (1963)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 8,989
42. Death Race 2000 (1975)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov
Votes: 30,895 | Gross: $8.00M
43. Cutter's Way (1981)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry
Votes: 7,634 | Gross: $1.73M
44. Cold Feet (1983)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
When each is unlucky at love, a TV writer-director and a research scientist begin seeing each other.
Director: Bruce Van Dusen | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Marissa Chibas, Blanche Baker, Marc Cronogue
Votes: 58
45. Kerouac, the Movie (1984)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Jack Kerouac was a Beat Generation writer who took the nation by storm upon the publication of his novel On the Road. Kerouac's legacy and influence are explained via interviews with ... See full summary »
Director: John Antonelli | Stars: Peter Coyote, Jack Coulter, Cindy Alwan, David Andrews
Votes: 226
46. A Flash of Green (1984)
TV-MA | 121 min | Drama
A local reporter gets involved with a corrupt county commissioner.
Director: Victor Nunez | Stars: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan, George Coe
Votes: 271
47.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
The Killing Floor
(1984)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement. He becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Damien Leake, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Farina, Ernest Rayford
Votes: 232
48. The Roommate (1984 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy
Set in 1952, this tells of two young men who are polar opposites being assigned to the same dorm room at Northwestern University.
Director: Nell Cox | Stars: Lance Guest, Barry Miller, Melissa Ford, Laurie McEathron
Votes: 63
49.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Arthur Miller: Private Conversations
(1985)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).
Director: Christian Blackwood | Stars: Arthur Miller, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Volker Schlöndorff
Votes: 134
50. Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe (1985)
60 min | Documentary
Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Poten | Stars: Peter Coyote, Robert Yellowtail
Votes: 14
51. Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1985)
58 min | Documentary, Music
The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents their collaboration on this tradition breaking opera.
Director: Mark Obenhaus | Stars: Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, Will Lyman, Robert Wilson
Votes: 58
52. Growing Up with Rockets (1985)
60 min | Documentary
The story and personal reminiscences of the children, now grown, of those who worked at Cape Canaveral during the golden age of space missions and exploration, or the heydays of American space program.
Director: Nancy Yasecko
Votes: 8
53. Huey Long (1985)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Huey Long, Russell Long, David McCullough, Jennings Randolph
Votes: 570
54. In Her Own Time (1985)
58 min | Documentary
Based on the field work of Dr. Barbara Myerhoff, this is a documentary exploring the diverse Fairfax district Jewish Community in Los Angeles, California.
Director: Lynne Littman | Star: Barbara Myerhoff
Votes: 21
55. The Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo (1985)
64 min | Documentary, History
The movie follows the struggle of the Mothers of the Plaza of Mayo, a group of mothers who challenged authorities during the repressive regime in Argentina (1976-1983), trying to discover ... See full summary »
Directors: Susana Blaustein Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo | Star: Carmen Zapata
Votes: 95
56. Louie Bluie (1985)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Yank Rachell, Ikey Robinson
Votes: 900
57. Nicaragua Was Our Home (1985)
60 min | Documentary
When American documentary filmmaker Lee Shapiro witnessed the plight of the Miskito Indians under the Nicaraguan Marxist regime, he felt moved to make a film about the suffering of this brave people.
Director: Lee Shapiro
Votes: 15
58. Rate It X (1986)
93 min | Documentary
A portrait of the various forms of male sexism existing in contemporary American society.
Directors: Paula De Koenigsberg, Lucy Winer | Stars: Lucy Winer, Ugly George, Joel M. Reed, Dwaine Tinsley
Votes: 61
59. Stripper (1985)
R | 90 min | Documentary
The background: A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own strong motive to win.
Director: Jerome Gary | Stars: Janette Boyd, Sara Costa, Kimberly Holcomb, Loree Menton
Votes: 464 | Gross: $0.09M
60. The Return of Ruben Blades (1985)
82 min | Documentary, Music
The story of Panamanian "salsa" singer Ruben Blades and his success in crossing over from the Hispanic market to the international arena.
Director: Robert Mugge | Stars: Rubén Blades, Seis del Solar, Pete Hamill, Linda Ronstadt
Votes: 23
61. Troupers (1985)
85 min | Documentary
Tells the story of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, whose creations reflect 25 years of social protest in America. The troupe's unique performing style includes comedy, satire, drama, music and dance mixed with strong political statements.
Directors: Glenn Silber, Claudia Vianello | Stars: Peter Coyote, Bill Graham
62. Wildcatter: The Story of Texas Oil (1985)
Documentary
Tells the story of the wildcatters of the Great East Texas Oil Field, providing a rollicking account of the risky business of those who drilled oil wells in areas not thought to be oil ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Tranchin | Star: William A. Owens
63. You Got to Move (1985)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
You Got to Move is a documentary by Lucy Massie Phenix (Winter Soldier) and Veronica Selver (Word Is Out) that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various... See full summary »
Directors: Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver | Stars: Myles Horton, May Justice, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bernice Robinson
Votes: 128
64. Smooth Talk (1985)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh
Votes: 3,387 | Gross: $0.02M
65. Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
A Cajun man attempts to save his town.
Director: Glen Pitre | Stars: Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie
Votes: 521 | Gross: $1.44M
66. Chain Letters (1985)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A wicked picture of the New York yuppie scene in which nine upwardly mobile Manhattanites all receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Rappaport | Stars: Mark Arnott, Reed Birney, David Brisbin, Randy Danson
Votes: 96
67. Desert Hearts (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers
Votes: 7,292 | Gross: $2.49M
68. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
PG | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
In San Francisco, an immigrant widow welcomes the new year with some unhappiness: she's sixty-two now, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors, a fortune ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung
Votes: 623
69. Hard Traveling (1986)
PG | 99 min | Drama
During the 1930s Great Depression, a widow begins a romance with an uneducated janitor but he is accused of murder as their story is moving forward.
Director: Dan Bessie | Stars: Bill Ackridge, Al Blair, Barry Corbin, Anthony Danna
Votes: 41
70. On Valentine's Day (1986)
PG | 106 min | Drama
Prequel to Horton Foote's '1918'. Two lovers elope on Valentine's day 1917. At Christmas the family are reunited but there is still anger amongst the parents about the elopment, but a reconciliation soon sets in.
Director: Ken Harrison | Stars: Hallie Foote, Michael Higgins, Richard Jenkins, William Converse-Roberts
Votes: 195
71. Parting Glances (1986)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Sherwood | Stars: John Bolger, Richard Ganoung, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan
Votes: 3,235 | Gross: $0.54M
72. Raw Tunes (1985)
72 min
Directors: Dan Lewk, Gary Levy | Stars: Gary Levy, Dan Lewk, Malcolm Hurd, Steven Peterman
73. Restless Natives (1985)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Vincent Friell, Ned Beatty, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally
Votes: 1,977
74. Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When her father goes out of town, beautiful A-student Natalie lets best friends Jeff and Polly move in. Separately and together, the trio of young teens learn much about life, love, and growing up.
Director: Linda Feferman | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Alan Boyce
Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $0.03M
75. Static (1985)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
An eccentric and possibly brilliant young man, troubled by the death of his parents, claims to be readying a world-changing invention.
Director: Mark Romanek | Stars: Keith Gordon, Amanda Plummer, Bob Gunton, Barton Heyman
Votes: 736
76. The Cosmic Eye (1986)
71 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
Directors: Faith Hubley, John Hubley | Stars: Dizzy Gillespie, Linda Atkinson, Sam Hubley, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 128
77. The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A gentle investigation of the clash of cultures when a Chinese-American family from San Francisco descends on their relatives in Peking. In HD.
Director: Peter Wang | Stars: Peter Wang, Sharon Iwai, Kelvin Han Yee, Qinqin Li
Votes: 457
78. Emoh Ruo (1985)
93 min | Comedy
Emoh Ruo is a 1985 Australian comedy film about a young couple finally move from a caravan into their first dream home only to find they have bought a real turkey.
Director: Denny Lawrence | Stars: Joy Smithers, Martin Sacks, Philip Quast, Genevieve Mooy
Votes: 93
79. The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
PG | 108 min | Drama
In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford
Votes: 5,297 | Gross: $7.47M
80. Trouble in Mind (1985)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,427 | Gross: $0.02M
81. Valley Girl (1983)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen
Votes: 18,434 | Gross: $16.80M
82. The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
98 min | Drama, History
Karl and Richard, two German soldiers captured by the Russians in World War I, become very close friends-so close that Richard shares intimate stories about his wife, Anna. Through these ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Simon | Stars: Joachim Lätsch, Peter Zimmermann, Kathrin Waligura, Christine Schorn
Votes: 157
83. Wrong World (1985)
97 min | Drama
David is a disillusioned doctor who travels with a junkie female who has her own problems.
Director: Ian Pringle | Stars: Richard Moir, Joey Kennedy, Nick Lathouris, Robbie McGregor
Votes: 36
84. A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 1,420
85. X: The Unheard Music (1986)
R | 84 min | Documentary, Music
This film is a documentary about the personalities in, and the music of, the early 1980's Los Angeles punk band X. There are studio and live performances by the band and interviews with ... See full summary »
Director: W.T. Morgan | Stars: John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, D.J. Bonebrake
Votes: 459
86. Unfinished Business (II) (1985)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History, War
Spring, 1942: F.D.R. signs executive order 9066, and more than 110,000 Japanese Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are sent to internment camps. Three young men - Min Yasui, an attorney... See full summary »
Director: Steven Okazaki | Stars: Amy Hill, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, Min Yasui
Votes: 55
87. Tom Goes to the Bar (1985)
10 min | Short, Comedy
It's business as usual at the bar. Suddenly, a man drops down from the top of the screen and hangs upside down at the bar. The bartender reacts as if it was normal and hands him a drink. Tom sips it quietly until mayhem ensues.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Tom Noonan, Billy Bastiani, Laurie Roome, Jim Henning
Votes: 88
88. A Street to Die (1985)
91 min
An Australian who has fought in Vietnam blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Arianthe Galani, Robin Ramsay
Votes: 38
89. Camera Natura (1985)
32 min | Short
A film about the Australian landscape as portrayed in the myths, maps, painting, writing, photography and cinema of white Australians.
Director: Ross Gibson
90. Decade of Women (1985)
1 min | Short
Woman's achievements from 1976 to 1985.
Director: Gillian Armstrong
91. Desert Bloom (1986)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic... See full summary »
Director: Eugene Corr | Stars: Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin
Votes: 1,096 | Gross: $0.42M
92. F/X (1986)
R | 109 min | Action, Thriller
A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young
Votes: 22,214 | Gross: $20.60M
93. Fast Talking (1984)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Steve Bisley, Tracy Mann, Peter Hehir, Denis Moore
Votes: 153 | Gross: $0.00M
94. Fran (1985)
98 min | Drama
A single mother, Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) is selflessly devoted to her children. But something is lacking in her life, and that something is the love of a man her own age. Her efforts to ... See full summary »
Director: Glenda Hambly | Stars: Noni Hazlehurst, Annie Byron, Alan Fletcher, Narelle Simpson
Votes: 123
95. Sherman's March (1985)
Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.
Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman
Votes: 2,709
96. A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (1986)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
After just completing Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, the film follows Philip Glass composing his third opera, Akhnaten, which was being commissioned by the Stuttgart Opera and the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Constance DeJong, John DeMain, Richard Einhorn, David Freeman
Votes: 22
97. All American High (1986)
59 min
An irreverent look at a year in the life of a typical suburban high school: Torrance High School in Torrance Unified District, California.
Director: Keva Rosenfeld
Votes: 46
98. Anne Trister (1986)
103 min | Drama
A Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. While creating an installation in an abandoned warehouse, she confronts her past and is increasingly drawn to her friend.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Lucie Laurier, Guy Thauvette
Votes: 301
99. Are We Winning Mommy? America & the Cold War (1986)
87 min | Documentary
Based on European and American archival footage and revealing interviews with key players on both sides of the Atlantic, this witty and incisive film examines the roots and escalation of the Cold War and its effects on American life.
Director: Barbara Margolis | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Clark Clifford, Fred W. Friendly, Anne Jackson
Votes: 15
100. Chile: Hasta Cuando? (1986)
57 min | Documentary
Filmmakers enters Chile in 1985, one of the cruelest years of Augusto Pinochet right-wing military dictatorship. With the excuse of documenting religion and Viña del Mar Festival, they witness the truth about Chile under Pinochet.
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Salvador Allende, Marion Campbell, John Denver, Berta Echegoyen
Votes: 59
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