1.9.8.0.1.9.8.9.
by Perception_de_Ambiguity | created - 12 Apr 2016 | updated - 02 Oct 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The South (1988)
R | 127 min | Drama
The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando E. Solanas | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz
Votes: 1,067
2. Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion (1985)
113 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Kohn | Stars: Peter Hudson, Trulshig Rinpoche
Votes: 21
3. Charles Manson Superstar (1989 Video)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
For forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolas Schreck | Stars: Charles Manson, Nikolas Schreck, Zeena Schreck, James N. Mason
Votes: 464
4. Vampire's Kiss (1988)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Ashley
Votes: 20,915 | Gross: $0.73M
5. Naked Spaces: Living Is Round (1985)
135 min | Documentary
Explores the rhythm and ritual life in the rural environment of six West African countries: Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, and Senegal.
Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha | Stars: Barbara Christian, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Linda Peckham
Votes: 40
6. The Terrorizers (1986)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku
Votes: 5,508
7. Illuminated Texts (1982)
180 min | Mystery
A montage provides a meditation on opposing extremes and the inevitability of destruction.
Director: R. Bruce Elder | Stars: Anna Pafomow, Henry Jesionka, R. Bruce Elder, Jim Smith
Votes: 65
8. Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 2: The Lighted Clearing (1988)
281 min
Director: R. Bruce Elder | Stars: R. Bruce Elder, Seth Feldman, Ellen Ladowsky, Yasmina Ramzy
Votes: 8
9. Scissere (1982)
88 min | Drama
A recently released mental patient imagines himself living the lives of three different people he randomly encounters.
Director: Peter Mettler | Stars: Anthony Downes, Greg Krantz, Christie MacFadyen, Sandy MacFadyen
Votes: 62
10. The Architecture of Doom (1989)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, History
An absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cohen | Stars: Rolf Arsenius, Bruno Ganz, Sam Gray, Martin Bormann
Votes: 1,137
11. Yi ge si zhe dui sheng zhe de fang wen (1988)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Jianzhong Huang | Stars: Lantian Chang, Li Da, Yuan Ji, Fang Bing Ling
Votes: 29
12. The Hunger (1983)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Cliff De Young
Votes: 29,055 | Gross: $5.98M
13. Swimming Stone (1982)
14 min | Short
Fluidity of stone. Subatomic motion asserting a surface. Mind loop wandering. Visitation of sound matrix. Liquid solid. Nature transforms a planetary cycle. Relations of a timeless void.
Director: Robert E. Fulton
Votes: 24
14. The Mind of Clay (1985)
92 min | Documentary, Drama
Director Mani Kaul poetically observes the ancient art of pottery and its deep cultural significance.
Director: Mani Kaul | Stars: Robin Das, Anita Kanwar, Ashok Sharma
Votes: 75
15. Germany Pale Mother (1980)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Votes: 847
16. Quest for Fire (1981)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 24,131 | Gross: $20.96M
17. Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989)
75 min | Documentary, War
Documentary examines the 'blind spot' of the evaluators of aerial footage of the IG Farben industrial plant taken by the Americans in 1944.
Director: Harun Farocki | Stars: Ulrike Grote, Harun Farocki
Votes: 323
18. Mania (1985)
92 min | Adventure
A brilliant program analyst and married mother of two goes for a stroll in the dense National Garden on a sweltering Athenian afternoon. There, wild animalistic instincts emerge, and the park turns into a tricky, lush but savage jungle.
Director: Giorgos Panousopoulos | Stars: Alessandra Vanzi, Aris Retsos, Antonis Theodorakopoulos, Andreas Andreopoulos
Votes: 159
19. The Lathe of Heaven (1980 TV Movie)
105 min | Sci-Fi
In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
Directors: Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton | Stars: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks, Kevin Conway
Votes: 2,810
20. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
89 min
Envisions an epic quest for transcendence and self-knowledge: Bill Viola describes this work as a "personal investigation of the inner states and connections to animal consciousness we all carry within."
Director: Bill Viola
Votes: 97
21. No Mercy, No Future (1981)
110 min | Drama
Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Elisabeth Stepanek, Nguyen Chi Danh, Karl Heinz Reimann, Jorge Reis
Votes: 138
22. La femme enfant (1980)
96 min | Drama
Elisabeth, a 11 year old girl, visits Marcel, a mute gardener every morning with whom she shares a very particular friendship. During three years, their bond grows stronger, as Marcel seems to be the only person she can connect to.
Director: Raphaële Billetdoux | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Pénélope Palmer, Michel Robin, Hélène Surgère
Votes: 172
23. My American Uncle (1980)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud
Votes: 6,852
25. Student Bodies (1981)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
Directors: Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie | Stars: Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson, Joe Flood
Votes: 5,366 | Gross: $5.17M
26. Golven (1982)
92 min | Drama
Director: Annette Apon | Stars: Aat Ceelen, Thea Korterink, Michel van Rooy, Truus te Selle
Votes: 41
27. Parents (1989)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky
Votes: 8,586 | Gross: $0.87M
28. From the Life of the Marionettes (1980 TV Movie)
R | 104 min | Drama
An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Rita Russek
Votes: 4,751
29. Possession (1981)
R | 124 min | Drama, Horror
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent
Votes: 42,880 | Gross: $1.11M
30. Cobra Verde (1987)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile
Votes: 8,427
31. The Entity (1982)
R | 125 min | Drama, Horror
A woman is tormented by an invisible being.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe
Votes: 18,276 | Gross: $13.28M
32. Betty Blue (1986)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland
Votes: 23,347 | Gross: $2.00M
33. Forbidden Zone (1980)
R | 74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon
Votes: 5,446
34. Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 3,370
35. Lodz Ghetto (1988)
103 min | Documentary
The Polish city of Lodz was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entire duration of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna | Stars: Jerzy Kosinski, Theodore Bikel, Julie Cohen, Lynn Cohen
Votes: 63
36. Violent Cop (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano
Votes: 12,997 | Gross: $0.00M
37. Love Streams (1984)
PG-13 | 141 min | Drama
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls reunite after years apart.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 6,636
39. Out of the Blue (1980)
R | 94 min | Drama
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon
Votes: 3,982
40. Das Boot (1985)
TV-MA | 293 min | Drama, War
A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 33,427
41. Razorback (1984)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 7,879 | Gross: $0.15M
42. Snakes and Ladders (1980 TV Movie)
30 min | Mystery
A man awakens to find himself immersed in a real-life scenario of a board game with an ever expanding cartography.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Pascal Bonitzer, Jean-Loup Rivière
Votes: 169
43.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Northwest Passage
(1989)
Unrated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 16,852
44. Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 3: The Body and the World (1988)
240 min
Director: R. Bruce Elder
Votes: 11
45. Le crime d'amour (1982)
78 min | Drama
To escape anonymity, a young man takes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.
Director: Guy Gilles | Stars: Macha Méril, Richard Berry, Jacques Penot, Manuel Gélin
Votes: 64
46. Breathless (1983)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate - but when will it end?
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan
Votes: 10,443 | Gross: $19.91M
47. L'ange (1982)
64 min | Animation, Fantasy
A surreal, nightmarish collection of imagery.
Director: Patrick Bokanowski | Stars: Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture, Jacques Faure
Votes: 634
48. Manuel on the Island of Wonders (1984)
130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Manuel's fantasy travel through Time goes from Long Ago (Episode 1 - O jardim proibido / Le Jardin interdit) through Now (Episode 2 - O pique-nique dos sonhos / Le Pique-nique des rêves), ... See full summary »
Stars: Ruben de Freitas, Teresa Madruga, Fernando Heitor, Marco Paulo de Freitas
Votes: 258
49. Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods (1988)
268 min
Elder's most philosophical film, subtly woven connections proceed under a contemplative regime that solicits the memories of the whole cycle in more delicate ways.
Director: R. Bruce Elder | Stars: R. Bruce Elder, Seth Feldman, Ellen Ladowsky, Yasmina Ramzy
Votes: 10
50. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (1981)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Udo Kier, Marina Pierro, Patrick Magee, Gérard Zalcberg
Votes: 1,485
51. Wisdom Tree (1986)
33 min | Short
A young woman looks after her aging grandmother to receive her wisdom.
Director: Rajan Khosa | Stars: Vidya Gouri Bakhle, Yashwant Das, Kitu Gidwani
Votes: 25
52. So Is This (1982)
48 min | Documentary
Experimental short in which sentences are formed by displaying one word at a time and at alternating speeds.
Director: Michael Snow
Votes: 226
53. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 44,144
54. Born in Flames (1983)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are dealt with by the government.
Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy
Votes: 2,061
55. Die Katze (1988)
118 min | Crime, Thriller
Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realise is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Joachim Kemmer, Heinz Hoenig
Votes: 973
56. American Gigolo (1980)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt
Votes: 29,453 | Gross: $23.00M
57. 78 Tours (1985)
4 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A waltz played with an accordion starts a short story about the running time.
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
Votes: 598
58. Call It Sleep (1982 Video)
41 min | Short
A global, strategic evaluation of the social forces comprising the society of the spectacle. It is conceived from the view that, if individuals are to gain control over their lives, the ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer | Star: Bruce Parry
Votes: 6
59. Taipei Story (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko, Su-Yun Ko
Votes: 3,914 | Gross: $0.01M
60. The Second Journey (To Uluru) (1981)
74 min | Documentary
Filmed years after "At Urulu" in very different conditions, showcases the burnt landscape around a monolith in a land inhabited for millennia.
Directors: Arthur Cantrill, Corinne Cantrill
Votes: 25
61. Adi Shankaracharya (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama
The first Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Adi Shankaracharya - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy. The ... See full summary »
Director: G.V. Iyer | Stars: Sarvadaman Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Leela Narayana Rao
Votes: 312
62. Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.
Director: Hark Tsui | Stars: Lieh Lo, Chen-Chi Lin, Albert Au, Tin Sang Lung
Votes: 1,097
63. S certy nejsou zerty (1985)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Petr's greedy stepmother steals everything from her stepson. Meanwhile, Petr meets two daughters of a local duke. He falls in love with one of them, but she is very proud and Petr means ... See full summary »
Director: Hynek Bocan | Stars: Vladimír Dlouhý, Ondrej Vetchý, Jana Dítetová, Josef Kemr
Votes: 1,351
64. Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980)
58 min | Documentary
This highly influential film in architecture and planning circles by William H. Whyte analyzes the success and failures of urban spaces. Observing the natural order of spaces and the way ... See full summary »
Director: William H. Whyte | Star: William H. Whyte
Votes: 184
65. Nostos: The Return (1989)
85 min | Adventure, History
At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventure is delayed by many natural obstacles... See full summary »
Director: Franco Piavoli | Stars: Luigi Mezzanotte, Branca de Camargo, Alex Carozzo, Paola Agosti
Votes: 518
66. First Contact (1982)
58 min | Documentary
Directors: Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Stars: Richard Oxenburgh, Daniel Leahy, Mick Leahy, James Taylor
Votes: 277
67. Magino Village: A Tale (1987)
222 min | Documentary, Drama
The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after the collective moved to Magino village. Unique to this film are fictional reenactments of the ... See full summary »
Director: Shinsuke Ogawa | Stars: Tatsumi Hijikata, Junko Miyashita, Takahiro Tamura, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
Votes: 64
68. Ordnung (1980)
96 min | Drama
Herbert is a civil engineer who has quit his job, changed his behavior and become very indifferent and apathetic against people and to most things. His wife convinces him to go to a clinic, but will it change him?
Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Stars: Heinz Lieven, Dorothea Moritz, Ingrid Domann, Peter Schütze
Votes: 97
69. Neo Tokyo (1987)
50 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A trilogy of separate stories. In "Labyrinth labyrinthos", a girl and her cat enter a strange world. In "Running Man", a racer takes on the ultimate opponent. In "Construction Cancellation Order", a man must shut down worker robots.
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Rintarô, Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Hideko Yoshida, Masane Tsukayama, Yû Mizushima, Iemasa Kayumi
Votes: 4,281
70. The Quiet Earth (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace
Votes: 27,634 | Gross: $2.12M
71. The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17 | 85 min | Horror
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Votes: 232,450 | Gross: $2.40M
72. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 916,708 | Gross: $45.60M
73. Lamentations a Monument for the Dead World (1985)
437 min | History, Mystery
Like Ezekiel's vision in the valley of dry bones, a typos of a new beginning. In among all the feelings of loss and deprivation occur intimations of the final culbute general, of the ... See full summary »
Director: R. Bruce Elder | Stars: Michael Cartmell, Robert Fothergill, Kristina Jones, David King
Votes: 38
74. Psycho II (1983)
R | 113 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia
Votes: 31,082 | Gross: $34.73M
75. Frantic (1988)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare
Votes: 57,816 | Gross: $17.64M
76. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele
Votes: 31,207 | Gross: $14.30M
77. Bad Blood (1986)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer
Votes: 9,320 | Gross: $0.02M
78. Sans Soleil (1983)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Amilcar Cabral, Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle, Riyoko Ikeda
Votes: 12,135 | Gross: $0.03M
79. Angel's Egg (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Mako Hyôdô, Jinpachi Nezu, Keiichi Noda
Votes: 12,010
80. Veronika Voss (1982)
R | 104 min | Drama
Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Votes: 7,789
81. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson
Votes: 572,736 | Gross: $118.50M
82. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,307,147 | Gross: $210.61M
83. Le soleil, la mer, le coeur et les étoiles (1984)
35 min | Short
Directors: Marc Hurtado, Éric Hurtado
84. L'autre rive (1986)
28 min | Short, Fantasy
"Show me the other side / Turn me around / Open me up" (M.H.)
Directors: Marc Hurtado, Éric Hurtado
Votes: 10
85. Tron (1982)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan
Votes: 129,325 | Gross: $33.00M
86. The Elephant Man (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A 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.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Votes: 258,510
87. No Frank in Lumberton (1988 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of David Lynch's Blue Velvet in Wilmington North Carolina in 1985 by Peter Braatz.
Director: Peter Braatz | Stars: Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 48
88. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,757 | Gross: $8.55M
89. The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
23 min | Short
A woman goes through a series of sexual assignations that involve varying degrees of violence. A voiceover provides her musings on sex, violence, power and control.
Director: Richard Kern | Stars: Lydia Lunch, Norman Westberg, Brian Moran, J.G. Thirlwell
Votes: 405
90. Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1990 TV Movie)
137 min | Drama
Two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone or something named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree on a barren stretch of road, inhabiting a drama spun from their own consciousness.
Director: Samuel Beckett | Stars: Lawrence Held, Bud Thorpe, Alan Mendell, Rick Cluchey
Votes: 46
91. Põrgu (1983)
17 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
The film brings to life in one nightmarish vision three detailed engravings from the early 30s created by Estonian artist Eduard Viiralt: "The Preacher", "Cabaret" and "Hell".
Director: Rein Raamat
Votes: 303
92. Roar (1981)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.
Director: Noel Marshall | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Noel Marshall, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Votes: 4,589
94. Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983 TV Movie)
112 min | Drama
An elderly Japanese American (Ryu Chishu) recalls his emigration to Hawaii and life during World War II.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Shirô Itô, Haruko Katô, Kiichi Nakai, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 9
95. 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: 105,302 | Gross: $2.15M
96. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,241 | Gross: $32.87M
97. The Cyclist (1989)
82 min | Drama
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Reza Maleki
Votes: 2,340
98. Life Is a Dream (1986)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy
A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Sylvain Thirolle, Roch Leibovici, Bénédicte Sire, Laurence Cortadellas
Votes: 126
99. Robinson's Garden (1987)
119 min | Drama
A hippie-like girl tries to turn an abandoned industrial site into an urban oasis full of greenery.
Director: Masashi Yamamoto | Stars: Kumiko Ohta, Kou Machida, Tuko Ueno, Cheebo
Votes: 163
100. Dawn of an Evil Millennium (1988)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Horror
Epic Super-8 short about a demon summoned to Earth who takes command of a souped-up 1970 Oldsmobile and goes on a road-kill rampage.
Director: Damon Packard | Stars: Ronald Lacey, Miles O'Keeffe, Damon Packard
Votes: 174
Tell Your Friends