100 Greatest Movies 1980s
This list is a list of the best films in the 1980s by critical praise and awards. Included by both movie critics and audiences mainly from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic which both give out reasons for the films' success. Excluding animated films, (have list of that,) remakes of classic films, films derived from television series and films that have been critically negative/panned by critics and audiences. No specific ranking. Chosen for their quality, direction, script, cinematography, acting, storyline, originality and success.
Not including successful sequels as they are listed below here;
-Superman II
-Aliens
Not including successful sequels as they are listed below here;
-Superman II
-Aliens
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- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne ArcherA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.*Sissy Spacek (Anne Archer)
*Harrison Ford (Michael Douglas)
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- - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsGlenn CloseJohn MalkovichMichelle PfeifferA scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.*Jeff Bridges (John Malkovich)
*Frances McDormand (Michelle Pfeiffer)
*Julianne Moore (Uma Thurman)
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- - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsCherNicolas CageOlympia DukakisLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.*Sally Field (Cher)
*Tom Hanks (Nicolas Cage) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
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- - DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsGene HackmanBarbara HersheyDennis HopperA coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.*Sally Field (Barbara Hershey)
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- - DirectorRon SheltonStarsKevin CostnerSusan SarandonTim RobbinsA fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.*Harrison Ford (Kevin Costner)
*Jeff Bridges (Tim Robbins) - DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.*Tom Hanks (Kevin Costner)
*Sigourney Weaver (Amy Madigan)
*Jeff Bridges (Ray Liotta) - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsWilliam HurtAlbert BrooksHolly HunterTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
*Frances McDormand (Holly Hunter)
*Robin Williams (Albert Brooks) - DirectorCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin KlineIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.*Robin Williams (John Cleese)
*Sigourney Weaver (Jamie Lee Curtis)
*Steve Martin (Michael Palin)
*Gene Hackman (Kevin Kline) - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.*Robin Williams (Dan Aykroyd)
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- - DirectorJohn HustonStarsJack NicholsonKathleen TurnerRobert LoggiaTwo professional assassins fall in love.*Emma Thompson (Kathleen Turner)
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJack LemmonSissy SpacekMelanie MayronWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.Must see
- - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.*Tom Hanks (Matthew Broderick)
*Jeff Birdges (Cary Elwes)
^ - DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsRobert DuvallTess HarperBetty BuckleyA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.Must see
- - DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.*Steve Martin (Billy Crystal)
*Glenn Close (Meg Ryan)
^ - 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.*Sean Connery (Donald Sutherland)
*Jeff Bridges (Timothy Hutton) - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
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- - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.*Sissy Spacek (Debra Winger)
*Robin Williams (Danny Devito)
*Jeff Bridges (Jeff Daniels)
*Robert Duvall (John Lithgow)
^ - DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.*Julianne Moore (Robin Wright)
*Jeff Bridges (Cary Elwes)
*Anthony Hopkins (Christopher Guest)
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^ - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe PesciThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.*Meryl Streep (Cathy Moriaty)
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- - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Including Temple of Doom and the Last Crusade
*Sigourney Weaver (Karen Allen)
*Michael Caine (John Rhys-Davies)
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- - 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.*Daniel Day-Lewis (John Hurt)
*Maggie Smith (Anne Bancroft)
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- - DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
- DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsWilliam HurtKathleen TurnerGeena DavisAn emotionally distant writer of travel guides must carry on with his life after his son is killed and his marriage crumbles.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
*Sigourney Weaver (Geena Davis)
*Sally Field (Kathleen Turner) - DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsNick NolteEd HarrisGene HackmanThree journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.*Robert Duvall (Nick Nolte)
*Jeff Bridges (Ed Harris)
*Glenn Close (Joanna Cassidy)
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- - DirectorSteve KlovesStarsJeff BridgesMichelle PfeifferBeau BridgesThe lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.*Julianne Moore (Michelle Pfeiffer)
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- - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsRichard GereDebra WingerDavid KeithA young man must complete his work at a Navy Officer Candidate School to become an aviator, with the help of a tough Gunnery Sergeant and his new girlfriend.*Jeff Bridges (Richard Gere)
*Sally Field (Debra Winger)
^ - DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly PartonThree female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.*Gene Hackman (Dabney Coleman)
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^ - DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.*Tom Hanks (Ethan Hawke)
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- - DirectorMike NicholsStarsMelanie GriffithHarrison FordSigourney WeaverWhen a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.*Sally Field (Melanie Griffith)
*Tom Hanks (Alec Baldwin)
*Frances McDormand (Joan Cusack)
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- - DirectorFred SchepisiStarsMeryl StreepSam NeillDale ReevesA mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.*Jeff Bridges (Sam Neill)
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- - DirectorSydney PollackStarsPaul NewmanSally FieldBob BalabanWhen a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.*Sigourney Weaver (Melinda Dillon)
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- - DirectorSidney LumetStarsRiver PhoenixChristine LahtiJudd HirschThe eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live his own life.
- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaCarol BurnettLen CariouThree couples vacation together every season. After one divorces, feelings of betrayal and more spawn criticisms of one another, but the things that keep them together are stronger than those which might pull them apart.*Dustin Hoffman (Alan Alda)
- DirectorBud YorkinStarsGene HackmanAnn-MargretEllen BurstynA 50-year-old married man begins an extramarital relationship which creates uncomfortable friction in his family between his long-time wife and grown children.*Sigourney Weaver (Amy Madigan)
*Meryl Streep (Ally Sheedy)
*Glenn Close (Ann-Margret)
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- - DirectorMark RydellStarsKatharine HepburnHenry FondaJane FondaNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.-
^ - DirectorSidney LumetStarsPaul NewmanCharlotte RamplingJack WardenAn outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.Must see
- - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert RedfordRobert DuvallGlenn CloseA middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.*Sally Field (Kim Basinger)
*Meryl Streep (Barbara Hershey)
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- - DirectorJames BridgesStarsJohn TravoltaDebra WingerScott GlennBud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.*Sissy Spacek (Debra Winger)
*Jeff Bridges (John Travolta) - DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVitoA married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.*Sigourney Weaver (Kathleen Turner)
*Robin Williams (Danny Devito)
*Harrison Ford (Michael Douglas) - DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsAmy IrvingPeter RiegertReizl BozykA Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsDiane KeatonJessica LangeSissy SpacekThree southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.*Sally Field (Diane Keaton)
*Meryl Streep (Tess Harper)
*Jeff Bridges (Sam Shepard)
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- - DirectorMartin RittStarsSally FieldJames GarnerBrian KerwinEmma moves to a ranch with her son after a divorce and befriends the older Murphy, but things turn complicated when her ex shows up.Must see
- - DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsJessica LangeArmin Mueller-StahlFrederic ForrestA lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.*Kirk Douglas (Armin Mueller Stahl)
*Robert Duvall (Frederic Forrest)
*Sally Field (Jessica Lange) - DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper LaurieA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
*Susan Sarandon (Marlee Matlin) - DirectorPeter MastersonStarsGeraldine PageJohn HeardCarlin GlynnIn 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.-
- DirectorRichard PearceStarsJessica LangeSam ShepardWilford BrimleyGilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife decides to fight for her family.*Jeff Bridges (Sam Shepard)
*Sally Field (Jessica Lange) - DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsBuck HenryJulie CarmenWhen a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.*Meryl Streep (Gena Rowlands)
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsRobert De NiroCharles GrodinYaphet KottoA bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.*Robin Williams (Charles Grodin)
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- - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. TranIn 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.*Denzel Washington (Forest Whitaker)
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- - DirectorJohn HughesStarsMatthew BroderickAlan RuckMia SaraA popular high school student, admired by his peers, decides to take a day off from school and goes to extreme lengths to pull it off, to the chagrin of his Dean, who'll do anything to stop him.*Tom Hanks (Matthew Broderick)
*Sigourney Weaver (Jennifer Grey) - DirectorPaul BrickmanStarsTom CruiseRebecca De MornayJoe PantolianoA Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
*Susan Sarandon (Rebecca De Mornay)
^ - DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.*Richard Pryor (Eddie Murphy)
*Steve Martin (Dan Aykroyd)
*Carol Burnett (Jamie Lee Curtis) - - DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenMichael DouglasTamara TunieAn impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.*Frances McDormand (Sean Young)
*Tom Hanks (Charlie Sheen)
*Glenn Close (Daryl Hannah)
*Jack Lemmon (Martin Sheen)
*Gene Hackman (Michael Douglas) - DirectorHector BabencoStarsJack NicholsonMeryl StreepCarroll BakerAn alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.*Robin Williams (Nathan Lane)
*Jeff Bridges (Michael O'Keefe) - DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsSteve GuttenbergMickey RourkeKevin BaconA group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.*Sally Field (Ellen Barkin)
*Tom Hanks (Kevin Bacon)
*Jeff Bridges (Tim Daly)
*Harrison Ford (Mickey Rourke)
*Steve Martin (Daniel Stern)
*Robin Williams (Steve Guttenberg) - DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsKevin KlineScott GlennKevin CostnerA misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.*Robin Williams (Kevin Costner)
*Tom Hanks (Kevin Kline)
*Steve Martin (John Cleese)
*Richard Pryor (Danny Glover)
*Jeff Bridges (Scott Glenn) - DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam WaterstonHaing S. NgorJohn MalkovichA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.*Dustin Hoffman (Sam Waterston)
*Tom Hanks (John Malkovich)
*Robert Duvall (Craig T Nelson)
^ - DirectorWarren BeattyStarsWarren BeattyDiane KeatonEdward HerrmannA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.*Sally Field (Diane Keaton)
- DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Must see
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^ - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJerry LewisDiahnne AbbottA passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.*Meryl Streep (Sandra Bernhard)
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- - DirectorPeter WeirStarsHarrison FordKelly McGillisLukas HaasWhile protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.*Frances McDormand (Kelly McGillis)
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- - DirectorRobert BentonStarsSally FieldLindsay CrouseEd HarrisIn central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.*Jeff Bridges (John Malkovich)
*Sigourney Weaver (Amy Madigan)
*Denzel Washington (Danny Glover)
*Robin Williams (Ed Harris)
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- - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSam ShepardScott GlennEd HarrisThe U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.*Robin Williams (Ed Harris)
*Harrison Ford (Sam Shepard)
*Dustin Hoffman (Scott Glenn)
*Jeff Bridges (Dennis Quaid)
*Robert De Niro (Fred Ward)
*Sigourney Weaver (Veronica Cartwright)
*Meryl Streep (Barbara Hershey)
*Susan Sarandon (Pamela Reed)
^ - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.*Angela Bassett (Whoopi Goldberg)
*Denzel Washington (Danny Glover) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsDustin HoffmanJessica LangeTeri GarrMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.*Sally Field (Geena Davis)
*Gene Hackman (Dabney Coleman)
*Steve Martin (Bill Murray)
*Meryl Streep (Teri Garr)
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- - DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem DafoeChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.*Denzel Washington (Keith David)
*Jeff Bridges (Willem Dafoe)
*Morgan Freeman (Forest Whitaker)
*Gene Hackman (Tom Berenger)
*Tom Hanks (Charlie Sheen)
^ - DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperThe 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.*Sissy Spacek (Laura Dern)
*Kevin Spacey (Kyle MacLachlan)
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- - DirectorMichael AptedStarsSigourney WeaverBryan BrownJulie HarrisThe story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.Must see
- - DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsDenzel WashingtonKevin KlineJosette SimonSouth African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.*Tom Hanks (Kevin Kline)
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- - DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim BasingerThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.*Harrison Ford (Michael Keaton)
*Glenn Close (Kim Basinger)
^ - DirectorOliver StoneStarsTom CruiseBryan LarkinRaymond J. BarryThe biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.*Tom Hanks (Tom Cruise)
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De NiroA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsWilliam HurtRaul JuliaSonia BragaA gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison. The gay man narrates the stories of two fake movies and his own life.*Jeff Bridges (William Hurt)
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseRodney DangerfieldBill MurrayAn exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.*Don Rickles (Chevy Chase)
*Steve Martin (Michael O'Keefe)
*Robin Williams (Bill Murray)
^ - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.*Julianne Moore (Elizabeth Perkins)
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- - DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsBill MurrayDan AykroydSigourney WeaverThree parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.*Steve Martin (Dan Aykroyd)
*Rodney Dangerfield (Bill Murray)
*Robin Williams (Harold Ramis) - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Must see
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- - DirectorLouis MalleStarsBurt LancasterSusan SarandonKate ReidIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.Must see
- - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty 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.Trilogy
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^ - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsNicolas CageHolly HunterTrey WilsonWhen a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.*Frances McDormand (Holly Hunter)
*Tom Hanks (Nicolas Cage)
*Jeff Bridges (John Goodman) - DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsBen KingsleyJohn GielgudRohini HattangadiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.*Sigourney Weaver (Candice Bergen)
*Dustin Hoffman (Martin Sheen)
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- - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie BedeliaA New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.Franchise
*Glenn Close (Bonnie Bedelia)
*Harrison Ford (Bruce Willis)
*Anthony Hopkins (Alan Rickman) - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Franchise
*Sigourney Weaver (Linda Hamilton)
*Harrison Ford (Arnold Schwarzenegger) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.-
^ - DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Must see
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- - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.*Susan Sarandon (Shelley Duvall)
- 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.*Sigourney Weaver (Julie Hagerty)
*Robin Williams (Robert Hays)
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- - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael J. FoxSean PennDon HarveyDuring the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.*Tom Hanks (Sean Penn)
*Jeff Bridges (Michael J Fox) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda RichardsonA young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.*Jeff Bridges (John Malkovich)
*Frances McDormand (Miranda Richardson)
^ - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJeff BridgesKaren AllenCharles Martin SmithAn alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.*Sigourney Weaver (Karen Allen)
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- - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovernA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.*Sigourney Weaver (Elizabeth McGovern)
*Jeff Bridges (James Woods)
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- - DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.^
- 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.*Gene Hackman (Richard Dreyfus)
*Susan Sarandon (Amy Irving) - DirectorSteve GordonStarsDudley MooreLiza MinnelliJohn GielgudAlcoholic billionaire playboy Arthur Bach must marry a woman he does not love, or he will be cut off from his $750,000,000 fortune. But when Arthur falls in love with a poor waitress, he must decide if he wants to choose love or money.
- 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.*Steve Martin (Dan Aykroyd)
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^ - DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael CaineJulie WaltersMichael WilliamsAn alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.*Judi Dench (Julie Walters)
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- - DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsTom BerengerGlenn CloseJeff GoldblumA group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.*Dustin Hoffman (Tom Berenger)
*Robin Williams (William Hurt)
*Tom Hanks (Kevin Kline)
*Jeff Bridges (Jeff Goldblum)
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- - DirectorKarel ReiszStarsMeryl StreepJeremy IronsHilton McRaeAnna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.*Sean Connery (Jeremy Irons)
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