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American cinema: 1980s
Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez...
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John Glen
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin...
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Frank Oz
Midnight Run (1988)
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family...
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Martin Brest
Missing (1982)
Costa-Gavras
An American free-lance journalist, Charles Hormann, is living in a South American state with his wife Beth when a military coup erupts...
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Costa-Gavras
On Golden Pond (1981)
Mark Rydell
Norman Thayer is a retired college professor who been happily married to Ethel for almost five decades. As they have done for the past 48 years, the couple return to their summer cottage on Golden Pond, this time to celebrate Norman's eightieth birthday...
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Mark Rydell
L'Ours (1988)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
British Columbia, 1885. When his mother is killed in a rock-fall, a young bear cub must learn to fend for himself. The cub attempts to befriend a giant grizzly bear, but the latter, irritated by the youngster's attentions, pushes him away... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
British Columbia, 1885. When his mother is killed in a rock-fall, a young bear cub must learn to fend for himself. The cub attempts to befriend a giant grizzly bear, but the latter, irritated by the youngster's attentions, pushes him away... [More...]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
Radio Days (1987)
Woody Allen
Joe looks back with nostalgia to his days as a pre-adolescent living with his parents in the Rockaway district of the Queens area of New York City... [More...]
Woody Allen
Joe looks back with nostalgia to his days as a pre-adolescent living with his parents in the Rockaway district of the Queens area of New York City... [More...]
Raging Bull (1980)
Martin Scorsese
In 1964, Jake La Motta ekes out a living as a third rate stand-up comedian and raconteur. Overweight, prematurely aged and physically drained, he is a shadow of the man he once was... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
In 1964, Jake La Motta ekes out a living as a third rate stand-up comedian and raconteur. Overweight, prematurely aged and physically drained, he is a shadow of the man he once was... [More...]
Rain Man (1988)
Barry Levinson
Charlie Babbitt, a brash, twenty-something car dealer, sheds no tears when he learns that his estranged father has died, but he is outraged when he discovers that Babbitt Senior has bequeathed his entire three million dollar estate to an unknown beneficiary... [More...]
Barry Levinson
Charlie Babbitt, a brash, twenty-something car dealer, sheds no tears when he learns that his estranged father has died, but he is outraged when he discovers that Babbitt Senior has bequeathed his entire three million dollar estate to an unknown beneficiary... [More...]
September (1987)
Woody Allen
A chronic depressive in her mid-thirties, Lane hopes to recover her bearings by moving back to the country house in Vermont that she has inherited from her father... [More...]
Woody Allen
A chronic depressive in her mid-thirties, Lane hopes to recover her bearings by moving back to the country house in Vermont that she has inherited from her father... [More...]
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Spaceballs (1987)
Mel Brooks
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, the inhabitants of the planet Spaceball have poisoned their atmosphere and plan to steal all of the air from the nearby world of Druidia... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, the inhabitants of the planet Spaceball have poisoned their atmosphere and plan to steal all of the air from the nearby world of Druidia... [More...]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Nicholas Meyer
In the 23rd century, Ceti Alpha VI is selected by the Federation as a planet suitable for testing the Genesis Device, a scientific marvel that can restructure matter so as to transform a lifeless space rock into a new world teeming with life... [More...]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Leonard Nimoy
In the 23rd century, Earth is threatened by a mysterious space probe which has begun to ionise the atmosphere, causing devastating storms whilst disabling all power and communications systems... [More...]
Stardust Memories (1980)
Woody Allen
Sandy Bates is a middle-aged comedy film director whose attempt to make a more serious movie is jeopardised by his producers... [More...]
Woody Allen
Sandy Bates is a middle-aged comedy film director whose attempt to make a more serious movie is jeopardised by his producers... [More...]
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter
In 1982, the staff of an American Antarctic research station are alerted by a Norwegian helicopter pursuing an Alaskan dog across the wintry terrain... [More...]
John Carpenter
In 1982, the staff of an American Antarctic research station are alerted by a Norwegian helicopter pursuing an Alaskan dog across the wintry terrain... [More...]
The Untouchables (1987)
Brian De Palma
In 1930s Chicago, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, allowing shady entrepreneurs like Al Capone to make a fortune by peddling illicit liquor at skyrocket prices... [More...]
Brian De Palma
In 1930s Chicago, the sale of alcohol is prohibited, allowing shady entrepreneurs like Al Capone to make a fortune by peddling illicit liquor at skyrocket prices... [More...]
Zelig (1983)
Woody Allen
How strange that history has all but forgotten Leonard Zelig. The man who was a cultural phenomenon in his time seems to have disappeared without trace... [More...]
Woody Allen
How strange that history has all but forgotten Leonard Zelig. The man who was a cultural phenomenon in his time seems to have disappeared without trace... [More...]