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best of the 80's
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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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Movie: The Lonely Guy ( 1984 )
A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend.
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Movie: Never Cry Wolf ( 1984 )
A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.
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Movie: Hot Dog... The Movie ( 1984 )
Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.
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Movie: BMX Bandits ( 1983 )
Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Nicole Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.
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Movie: Two of a Kind ( 1983 )
When God decides to destroy Earth, four angels aim to redeem mankind through a young man and woman with their own troubles.
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Movie: Scarface ( 1983 )
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: Amityville 3-D ( 1983 )
A reporter moves into the ominous Long Island house to debunk the recent supernatural events, and finds himself besieged by the evil manifestations which are connected to a hell-spawn demon lurking in the basement.
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Movie: A Christmas Story ( 1983 )
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
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Movie: The Dead Zone ( 1983 )
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.
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Movie: All the Right Moves ( 1983 )
A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.
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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: Curse of the Pink Panther ( 1983 )
Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.
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Movie: Cujo ( 1983 )
Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island ( 1983 )
Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil hunt for the varmints who stole their treasure map!
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Movie: 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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Movie: National Lampoon's Vacation ( 1983 )
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
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Movie: Jaws 3-D ( 1983 )
The sons of police chief Brody must protect customers at a SeaWorld theme park after a thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Staying Alive ( 1983 )
In this sequel to Saturday Night Fever, former disco king Tony Manero has left Brooklyn and lives in Manhattan. He stays in a cheap hotel and works as a dance instructor and as a dance-club waiter, trying to succeed as a professional Broadway dancer. Breaking away from his Brooklyn life, family, and friends has matured Tony and refined his personality, represented by his diminished accent and his avoidance of alcohol and profanity. But certain attitudes have not changed, as with his most-recent girlfriend, who sings in a local rock band.
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Movie: Porky's II: The Next Day ( 1983 )
The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.
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Movie: Twilight Zone: The Movie ( 1983 )
Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Superman III ( 1983 )
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
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Movie: Trading Places ( 1983 )
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ( 1983 )
After 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.
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Movie: Doctor Detroit ( 1983 )
A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.
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Movie: Something Wicked This Way Comes ( 1983 )
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
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Movie: Private School ( 1983 )
Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby. Christine's arch rival Jordan also has her eye on Jim, and she is willing to do whatever she can to steal him away. Jim's uber-slob buddy Bubba is going with Betsy, Christine's cynical friend, though he would probably be unfaithful if any other woman were willing to get near him. Bubba and his pals sneak into the girls' school dressed in drag in hopes of reaching the Promised Land (better known as the women's shower room), while Christine and Jim run away together for the weekend, though their escapade isn't as romantic as they had hoped.
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Movie: My Tutor ( 1983 )
A rich father hires a tutor for his son. The son is a horny teenager and the tutor is a gorgeous blonde. Complications ensue.
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Movie: The Evil Dead ( 1983 )
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
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Movie: Flashdance ( 1983 )
A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.
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Movie: The Outsiders ( 1983 )
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Max Dugan Returns ( 1983 )
An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
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Movie: Spring Break ( 1983 )
Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.
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Movie: 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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Movie: The Snowman (TV Short 1982) ( 1982 )
On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.
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Movie: 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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Movie: The Dark Crystal ( 1982 )
Another planet, another time. One thousand years ago, the mysterious Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos has began. The evil race of grotesque birdlike lizards, the Skeksis, gnomish dragons who rule their fantastic planet with an iron claw. Meanwhile, orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of the peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal which gives the Skeksis their power and restore the balance of the universe.
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Movie: The Smurfs Christmas Special (TV Short 1982) ( 1982 )
At Christmas, the Smurfs and Gargamel cross paths with two children and a stranger out to kidnap them. Can the magic of Christmas prevail?
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Movie: The Toy ( 1982 )
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
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Movie: 48 Hrs. ( 1982 )
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect.
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Movie: Trail of the Pink Panther ( 1982 )
A journalist attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Inspector Clouseau.
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Movie: The Last Unicorn ( 1982 )
A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil King who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns.
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Movie: Creepshow ( 1982 )
Five grisly tales from a kid's comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Halloween III: Season of the Witch ( 1982 )
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
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Movie: First Blood ( 1982 )
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Class of 1984 ( 1982 )
There's something strange going on at the graffiti-covered Lincoln High, as teachers are carrying loaded guns, and the students have to walk through a metal detector before they enter the classroom. Before long, the school's new music teacher, Andrew Norris, will learn firsthand that it's even worse than it looks, as the drug-plagued institution is the territory of the charismatic Peter Stegman and his brutal gang of crazed followers. Now, under those dire circumstances, it's only a matter of time before the professor and the pupil lock horns, with unforeseen consequences. But, do drastic times call for drastic measures? In the end, is there a cure for violence?
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Movie: The Beastmaster ( 1982 )
A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.
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Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High ( 1982 )
A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.
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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: TRON ( 1982 )
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.
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Movie: The Last American Virgin ( 1982 )
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
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Movie: Blade Runner ( 1982 )
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
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Movie: Annie ( 1982 )
A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.
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Movie: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 )
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
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Movie: Grease 2 ( 1982 )
A British student at a 1960s American high school must prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers.
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Movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 )
With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
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Movie: Poltergeist ( 1982 )
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
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Movie: Rocky III ( 1982 )
After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.
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Movie: Some Kind of Hero ( 1982 )
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
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Movie: Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 )
A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom.
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Movie: 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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Movie: 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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Movie: Modern Problems ( 1981 )
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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Movie: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ( 1981 )
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich community escape a horde of bandits.
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Movie: 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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Movie: The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie ( 1981 )
Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Toon shorts.
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Movie: 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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Movie: An American Werewolf in London ( 1981 )
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
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Movie: Heavy Metal ( 1981 )
A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Movie: Carbon Copy ( 1981 )
When a rich white corporate executive finds out that he has an illegitimate black son, things start falling apart for him at home, at work and in his social circles.
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Movie: Tarzan the Ape Man ( 1981 )
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
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Movie: Arthur ( 1981 )
Arthur spends his time with booze and whores. His dad has a wife lined up for him that he keeps rejecting - until it's her or being cut off from $750,000,000. Then he goes shopping where he falls in love with a shoplifter.
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Movie: Time Bandits ( 1981 )
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
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Movie: The Fox and the Hound ( 1981 )
A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting dog, their unlikely friendship faces the ultimate test.
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Movie: The Watcher in the Woods ( 1981 )
When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Dragonslayer ( 1981 )
A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.
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Movie: The Great Muppet Caper ( 1981 )
Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
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Movie: The Cannonball Run ( 1981 )
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 )
In 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.
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Movie: Clash of the Titans ( 1981 )
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
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Movie: Escape from New York ( 1981 )
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
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Movie: Outland ( 1981 )
A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io, uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.
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Movie: Bustin' Loose ( 1981 )
Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old school bus and drive a group of Special kids to Ms. Perry's Washington Farm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to give them a new home after The Clarmont Center for Children is shut down by the city. The kids have severe mental problems and Joe is not looking forward to the trip at all, but Joe later bonds with Vivian and the children, offering his support and love and changes his outlook on life. But Donald, the social worker and Vivian's lover who gave Joe his break is hot on their tail and wants Joe back in prison. Joe and Vivian must now prevent Donald from sending the children back to Philadelphia, where they'll have no future.
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Movie: 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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Movie: Excalibur ( 1981 )
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.