Description: just some great 80’s movies to definitely watch with more to come. new movies added every day as i go through the list.
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The Secret of NIMH
( 1982 )
Mrs. Brisby, a widowed mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children on the Fitzgibbon farm. She is preparing to move her family out of the field they live in as plowing time approaches, however her son Timothy has fallen ill, and moving him could prove fatal. Mrs. Brisby visits The Great Owl, a wise creature who advises her to visit a mysterious group of rats who live beneath a rose bush on the farm. Upon visiting the rats, Brisby meets Nicodemus, the wise and mystical leader of the rats, and Justin, a friendly rat who immediately becomes attached to Mrs. Brisby. While there, she learns that her late husband, Mr. Jonathon Brisby, along with the rats, was a part of a series of experiments at a place known only as N.I.M.H. (revealed earlier in the story as the National Institute of Mental Health). The experiments performed on the mice and rats there boosted their intelligence, allowing them to read without being taught and to understand things such as complex mechanics and electricity. The rats and Mr. Brisby escaped from N.I.M.H. and came to live on the Fitzgibbon farm. The rats created a home for themselves under Mrs. Fitzgibbon's rose bush, creating an elaborate habitation of beautiful chambers, elevators, and Christmas lights. However, the rats are unhappy in their dependence on the humans, who they are stealing electricity from, and have concocted a plan to leave the farm and live independently. Because of her husband's prior relationship with the rats, they agree to help Mrs. Brisby move her home out of the path of the plow. However, the evil Jenner and his unwilling accomplice Sullivan, who wish to remain beneath the rose bush, yet plot to kill Nicodemus during the move.
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The Dream Team
( 1989 )
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
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UHF
( 1989 )
An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local public station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.
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Cujo
( 1983 )
Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
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Ladyhawke
( 1985 )
The thief Gaston escapes dungeon of medieval Aquila thru the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
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Stripes
( 1981 )
At the end of a very bad day when he realizes his life has gone and is going nowhere, John Winger is able to convince his best friend, Russell Ziskey, whose life is not much better, to enlist in the army, despite they not being obvious soldier material. In basic training, they are only two of a bunch of misfits that comprise their platoon. However, it is still John that is constantly butting heads with their drill sergeant, Sergeant Hulka. Two of their saving graces are Stella and Louise, two MPs who get them out of one scrape after another. Their entire platoon is in jeopardy of not graduating. But what happens during basic leads to their entire platoon being assigned to an overseas mission in Italy, to test a new urban assault vehicle, the EM-50 project. John and Russell decide to take the EM-50 for an unauthorized test drive to visit Stella and Louise who have been reassigned to West Germany. In the process, the rest of the platoon, Hulka, and Hulka's immediate superior, self-absorbed Captain Stillman, get caught unofficially behind enemy Communist lines in Czechoslovakia. John and Russell, with Stella and Louise's help, will have to show their true mettle as US army soldiers and in the process test the capabilities of the EM-50 to rescue their platoon without the rest of the US army knowing what's going on, and thus without any assistance beyond themselves.
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Electric Dreams
( 1984 )
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
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Krull
( 1983 )
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.
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Look Who's Talking
( 1989 )
Double-crossed, the lovelorn and very pregnant New York City accountant, Mollie, gets into James' cab and rushes to the hospital to give birth, after a failed attempt at love with a sleazy and self-centred businessman. Suddenly, Mollie is a single working mum--and what is even more disheartening--she has to embark on the nearly impossible quest to unearth the ideal father for her outspoken boy, Mikey. Could the perfect father be James, Mikey's favourite babysitter?
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Weekend at Bernie's
( 1989 )
Two losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
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When Harry Met Sally...
( 1989 )
Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from the University of Chicago. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Can a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?"
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Sudden Impact
( 1983 )
When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.
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Bad Boys
( 1983 )
Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
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DeepStar Six
( 1989 )
At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.
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Red Dawn
( 1984 )
It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
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The Toy
( 1982 )
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
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The Man with Two Brains
( 1983 )
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
( 1984 )
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.
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Witness
( 1985 )
When a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.
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K-9
( 1989 )
To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.
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Cat's Eye
( 1985 )
A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
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Mr. Mom
( 1983 )
After he's laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, a job he has no clue how to do.
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Sixteen Candles
( 1984 )
A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
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Christine
( 1983 )
A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
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Kindergarten Cop
( 1990 )
A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
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Parenthood
( 1989 )
The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.
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The Man from Snowy River
( 1982 )
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin brothers who haven't spoken for years, one of whom was Jim's father's best friend and the other of whom is the father of the girl he wants to marry. A 20 year old feud re-erupts, catching Jim and Jessica in the middle of it as Jim is accused of letting a prize stallion loose.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
( 1989 )
A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.
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Halloween II
( 1981 )
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
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The Godfather: Part III
( 1990 )
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York City and Italy in 1979, aging Mafia Don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins, while taking his nephew Vincent Mancini under his wing.
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Porky's
( 1982 )
In 1954, a group of Florida high-school guys try to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
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Prancer
( 1989 )
A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.
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Swamp Thing
( 1982 )
After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
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The Karate Kid Part III
( 1989 )
Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.
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Do the Right Thing
( 1989 )
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
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Casualties of War
( 1989 )
During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.
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Johnny Dangerously
( 1984 )
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
( 1985 )
A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.
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Great Balls of Fire!
( 1989 )
The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.
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She-Devil
( 1989 )
Ruth is a wife and mother who tries to please her husband (Bob) but finds him pulling away and spending more time at the office than at home. When he begins an affair with a famous romance novelist (Mary) and leaves Ruth to raise their kids, she decides she's had enough of playing nice docile housewife. Ruth endeavors to show Bob and Mary the truth about themselves and each other, while creating a new successful life of her own.
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Troop Beverly Hills
( 1989 )
A soon to be divorced Beverly Hills socialite is determined to prove to her husband and herself that she can finish what she starts out to do, by becoming a den mother to a troop of Beverly Hills Girl Scouts.
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Starman
( 1984 )
An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.
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Neighbors
( 1981 )
A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.
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An Officer and a Gentleman
( 1982 )
A 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.
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
( 1984 )
After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.
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Earth Girls Are Easy
( 1989 )
A Southern California girl befriends three furry aliens after their spaceship lands in her swimming pool.
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All of Me
( 1984 )
A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.
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WarGames
( 1983 )
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
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Risky Business
( 1983 )
A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.
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Cannonball Run II
( 1984 )
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
( 1983 )
A maverick motorbike racer wanders into a top-secret time-travel research test site which unintentionally teleports him to the mid-1800s and ends up having to fight violent outlaws for his survival.
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Lock Up
( 1989 )
With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden.
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Vision Quest
( 1985 )
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.
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The Wizard
( 1989 )
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship.
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Children of the Corn
( 1984 )
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
( 1982 )
A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
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Runaway
( 1984 )
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
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Cyborg
( 1989 )
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
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Look Who's Talking Too
( 1990 )
This time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister.
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Steel Magnolias
( 1989 )
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
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Kickboxer
( 1989 )
Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.
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The Punisher
( 1989 )
When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher.
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Friday the 13th Part 2
( 1981 )
Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
( 1989 )
Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy.
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Warlock
( 1989 )
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
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Tootsie
( 1982 )
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
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Night of the Comet
( 1984 )
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
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Breakin'
( 1984 )
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
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Say Anything...
( 1989 )
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
( 1989 )
Jack Spade returns home from the army in his old ghetto neighborhood when his brother, Junebug dies from O.G. - over gold. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crime lord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the '70s.
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The Barbarians
( 1987 )
Two twin barbarians seek revenge from the warlord who massacred their tribe and captured them when they were small children.
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Stir Crazy
( 1980 )
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell could keep them locked in.
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The Ice Pirates
( 1984 )
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
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My Bodyguard
( 1980 )
When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
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Superman II
( 1981 )
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
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Used Cars
( 1980 )
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
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Just One of the Guys
( 1985 )
Terry feels discriminated against when the summer jobs at the Sun Tribune go to two guys. She decides to do something about it. She dresses like a guy and gets a haircut. Will students at the other high school notice? Girls notice "him".
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The Mighty Quinn
( 1989 )
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
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Annie
( 1982 )
A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
( 1985 )
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.
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The Survivors
( 1983 )
Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
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Cloak & Dagger
( 1984 )
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
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Bachelor Party
( 1984 )
A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
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Class
( 1983 )
A young man in private school spends one crazy night out, but soon realizes the woman he hooked up with is not who he expected.
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Amityville II: The Possession
( 1982 )
A family moves into their new home, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of the teenage son. Only the local priest can save him.
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Loverboy
( 1989 )
Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. His dad will no longer pay tuition and Randy gets a job delivering pizzas. Several cute cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered". Their husbands?
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Chances Are
( 1989 )
A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.
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Mickey's Christmas Carol
( 1983 )
The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
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The Ewok Adventure
( 1984 )
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
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Dreamscape
( 1984 )
A young psychic on the run from himself is recruited by a government agency experimenting with the use of the dream-sharing technology and is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of the U.S. president.
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
( 1992 )
A young boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of until he unleashes a century old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
( 1988 )
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and Annika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a river in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to a children's home. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
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Little Monsters
( 1989 )
A boy discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.
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Easy Money
( 1983 )
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.
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etim : Decent story, 'based on true events', well made but waay too long.