Castle in the Sky
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a... [show more]
Mayumi Tanaka
Keiko Yokozawa
Kotoe Hatsui
Hayao Miyazaki
The Goonies
The Goonies (1985)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Mikey and his friends have always wanted to go on an adventure. One night they are all in Mikey's attic and Mikey stumbles across an old map. Mikey has always wanted to know if One-eyed Willy ever was a real person and now he might. They set off and later realize that they have to go through the... [show more]
Sean Astin
Josh Brolin
Jeff Cohen
Richard Donner
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Animation, Adventure, Family
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal... [show more]
Jodi Benson
Samuel E. Wright
Rene Auberjonois
Ron Clements
John Musker
Stop Making Sense
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Documentary, Music
David Byrne walks onto the stage and does a solo "Psycho Killer." Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz join him for two more songs. The crew is busy, still setting up. Then, three more musicians and two back-up singers join the band. Everybody sings, plays, harmonizes, dances, and runs.... [show more]
David Byrne
Bernie Worrell
Alex Weir
Jonathan Demme
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride (1987)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he prefers something with... [show more]
Cary Elwes
Mandy Patinkin
Robin Wright
Rob Reiner
Savannah Smiles
Savannah Smiles (1982)
Comedy, Family
The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not-so-bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures to her. A surprising bond of love and redirection forms among the trio as the police close down on the supposed kidnappers.
Mark Miller
Donovan Scott
Bridgette Andersen
Pierre De Moro
Phar Lap
Phar Lap (1983)
Biography, Drama, Family
Phar Lap, the legendary Australian racing horse, is as well-known today for his mysterious death as for his fabulous accomplishments in life. Beginning at the end, the film flashes back to the day that Phar Lap, despite his lack of pedigree, is purchased on impulse by trainer Harry Telford. Phar Lap... [show more]
Tom Burlinson
Judy Morris
Martin Vaughan
Simon Wincer
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker battles Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Han Solo and Princess Leia reaffirm their love, and team with Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, the Ewoks, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to aid in the disruption of the Dark... [show more]
Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Richard Marquand
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children... [show more]
Henry Thomas
Drew Barrymore
Peter Coyote
Steven Spielberg
Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
A 12-year-old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It is no coincidence that at the time he "comes back", a flying saucer is found, entangled in power lines.
Joey Cramer
Paul Reubens
Cliff De Young
Randal Kleiser
Lion of the Desert
Lion of the Desert (1980)
Biography, Drama, History
In Fascist Italy pre-World War II, the cruel General Rodolfo Graziani is directly assigned by Benito Mussolini to fight in the colonial war in Libya to vanquish the Arab nation. However, his troops are frequently defeated by the national leader Omar Mukhtar and his army of Bedouins. But the Butcher... [show more]
Anthony Quinn
Oliver Reed
Rod Steiger
Moustapha Akkad
Matewan
Matewan (1987)
Drama, History
Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. UMWA organizer... [show more]
Chris Cooper
James Earl Jones
Mary McDonnell
John Sayles
Babette's Feast
Babette's Feast (1987)
Drama
In a remote 19th-century Danish village, two sisters lead a rigid life centered around their father, the local minister, and their church. Both had opportunities to leave the village: one could have married a young army officer and the other, a French opera singer. Their father objected in each... [show more]
Stéphane Audran
Bodil Kjer
Birgitte Federspiel
Gabriel Axel
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi Master's help will Luke survive when the Dark Side... [show more]
Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Irvin Kershner
Amadeus
Amadeus (1984)
Biography, Drama, Music
Antonio Salieri believes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music is divine and miraculous. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God's rewards for... [show more]
F. Murray Abraham
Tom Hulce
Elizabeth Berridge
Milos Forman
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Action, Adventure
Indiana Jones teams up with a nightclub singer named Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott and a twelve-year-old Chinese boy named Short Round. They end up in a small distressed village in India, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all their children away after a sacred precious stone was... [show more]
Harrison Ford
Kate Capshaw
Ke Huy Quan
Steven Spielberg
Zelig
Zelig (1983)
Comedy
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Patrick Horgan
Woody Allen
Deathtrap
Deathtrap (1982)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney's review and advice. The play, "Deathtrap", is a five character, two-act thriller so perfect in its... [show more]
Michael Caine
Christopher Reeve
Dyan Cannon
Sidney Lumet
Annie
Annie (1982)
Comedy, Drama, Family
In the depths of the 1930s, Annie (Aileen Quinn) is a fiery young orphan girl who must live in a miserable orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Agatha Hannigan (Carol Burnett). Her seemingly hopeless situation changes dramatically when she is selected to spend a short time at the residence of the... [show more]
Aileen Quinn
Albert Finney
Carol Burnett
John Huston
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff (1983)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be... [show more]
Sam Shepard
Scott Glenn
Ed Harris
Philip Kaufman
Radio Days
Radio Days (1987)
Comedy
Woody Allen's sentimental reminiscence about the golden age of radio. A series of vignettes involving radio personalities is intertwined with the life of a working class family in Rockaway Beach, NY circa 1942.
Mia Farrow
Dianne Wiest
Mike Starr
Woody Allen
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Comedy, Crime
Wealthy native Brit Lawrence Jamieson, living in Beaumont-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, earns most of his money through big cons on wealthy unsuspecting women. With the help of his associates, corrupt Police Inspector Andre, who provides him most of his intel, and his butler Arthur, he pulls scams... [show more]
Steve Martin
Michael Caine
Glenne Headly
Frank Oz
The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Animation, Action, Adventure
The Decepticons have invaded and taken over the Autobots' home planet, Cybertron. The Autobots are determined to fight back and go to Autobot City on Earth for supplies. Decepticons hijack and take over the ship, resulting in a fierce battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, the result of which... [show more]
Orson Welles
Robert Stack
Leonard Nimoy
Nelson Shin
Top Secret!
Top Secret! (1984)
Comedy, Crime, Music
This time Zucker and Abrahams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance.
Val Kilmer
Omar Sharif
Jeremy Kemp
Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Biography, Drama, Sport
It's the post-World War I era. Britons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running and how it fits into their respective lives differently. The son of a Lithuanian Jew, Harold, who lives a somewhat privileged life as a student at Cambridge, uses... [show more]
Ben Cross
Ian Charleson
Nicholas Farrell
Hugh Hudson
Return to Oz
Return to Oz (1985)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy Gale has recently come home to Kansas from the Land of Oz and is now almost back to perfect health since the incident of the tornado, only she cannot get that wonderful place out of her head. She frequently talks about it and cannot get any sleep at night. Aunt Em worries about her... [show more]
Fairuza Balk
Nicol Williamson
Jean Marsh
Walter Murch
My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon... [show more]
Hitoshi Takagi
Noriko Hidaka
Chika Sakamoto
Hayao Miyazaki
High Hopes
High Hopes (1988)
Comedy, Drama
The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.
Phil Davis
Ruth Sheen
Edna Doré
Mike Leigh
Entre Nous
Entre Nous (1983)
Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's... [show more]
PG
110 min
Miou-Miou
Isabelle Huppert
Guy Marchand
Diane Kurys
PG
110 min
Unknown
The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Animation, Adventure, Drama
From a riddle-speaking butterfly (Robert Klein), a unicorn (Mia Farrow) learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all of the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by... [show more]
Jeff Bridges
Mia Farrow
Angela Lansbury
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Moonlighting
Moonlighting (1982)
Drama
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only... [show more]
Jeremy Irons
Eugene Lipinski
Jiri Stanislav
Jerzy Skolimowski
Project A
Project A (1983)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts... [show more]
Jackie Chan
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Biao Yuen
Jackie Chan
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Adventure, Drama, Family
The story of two animals and their adventures. Milo, the cat, and Otis, the dog, are two animals who grew up together on the same farm. One day, the two are separated and begin a journey to find each other. The adventurous, and often perilous quest finds the two animals traveling across mountains,... [show more]
Kyôko Koizumi
Dudley Moore
Chatran
Masanori Hata
Hammett
Hammett (1982)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The novel writer Dashiell Hammett is involved in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress in San Francisco.
Frederic Forrest
Peter Boyle
Marilu Henner
Wim Wenders
Francis Ford Coppola
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire (1987)
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to... [show more]
Bruno Ganz
Solveig Dommartin
Otto Sander
Wim Wenders
U2: Rattle and Hum
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
Documentary, Music
This film documents the 1987 North American tour of the great rock band U2. Fresh with their success of their best selling album "The Joshua Tree", the band plays monster gigs. Along the way, the band takes the opportunity to indulge in some special musical activities like playing with B.B. King and... [show more]
Bono
The Edge
Adam Clayton
Phil Joanou
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The most acclaimed Star Trek adventure of all time with an important message. It is the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien probe is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In their frantic attempt to save mankind, Admiral Kirk and his crew must time travel back... [show more]
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
Leonard Nimoy
True Stories
True Stories (1986)
Comedy, Musical
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. He meets various colorful local characters, most notably Lewis Fyne, a big-hearted bachelor in search of matrimony.
David Byrne
John Goodman
Annie McEnroe
David Byrne
Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Documentary, Music
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Christie Brinkley
David Brinkley
Patrick Disanto
Godfrey Reggio
The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Animation, Adventure, Family
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.
Vincent Price
Barrie Ingham
Val Bettin
Ron Clements
Burny Mattinson
Dave Michener
Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Comedy, Drama
The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. Who is the mysterious Joanne and what's the real story behind Mona's son, James Dean Junior ?
Cher
Karen Black
Sandy Dennis
Robert Altman
Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice (1981)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. The FBI organized crime task force have no evidence that he's involved with the mob but decide to pressure him into perhaps revealing something - anything - about a murder they're sure was a mob hit. They let... [show more]
Paul Newman
Sally Field
Bob Balaban
Sydney Pollack
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Comedy
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian, attended by randy doctor Maxwell Jordan, his nurse Dulcy, renowned philosopher Dr.Leopold Sturgis and his fiancée, this is a light comedy concerning their various emotional, intellectual and sexual... [show more]
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
José Ferrer
Woody Allen
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow in Ghostbusters (1984), the once-famous band of spirit-hunters find themselves struggling to keep afloat, working odd jobs. However, when Dana Barrett and her baby, Oscar, have yet another terrifying... [show more]
Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Ivan Reitman
Summer Rental
Summer Rental (1985)
Comedy
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
John Candy
Richard Crenna
Rip Torn
Carl Reiner
Benji the Hunted
Benji the Hunted (1987)
Adventure, Family
Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?
Red Steagall
Frank Inn
Benjean
Joe Camp
Sign 'o' the Times
Sign 'o' the Times (1987)
Documentary, Music
Music legend Prince and his band perform 13 numbers, most of them from his double album, "Sign 'o' the Times." This is high-energy stuff: neon signs flash above the stage, suggesting the honky-tonk district of a big city, and between numbers there are vignettes of street life. Sheila E., Boni Boyer... [show more]
Prince
Sheila E.
Sheena Easton
Prince
David Hogan
Albert Magnoli
The Natural
The Natural (1984)
Drama, Sport
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a... [show more]
Robert Redford
Robert Duvall
Glenn Close
Barry Levinson
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Drama
Carrie Watts lives the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish is revisit, just once before she dies, Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble... [show more]
Geraldine Page
John Heard
Carlin Glynn
Peter Masterson
Hoosiers
Hoosiers (1986)
Drama, Sport
Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to lead their high school team to victory.
Gene Hackman
Barbara Hershey
Dennis Hopper
David Anspaugh
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