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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Alligator
( 1980 )
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.
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Pink Cadillac
( 1989 )
Skip tracer Tommy Nowak (Clint Eastwood) is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn (Bernadette Peters) for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also being chased by her husband Roy McGuinn (Timothy Carhart) and his birth right/neo-nazi friends for taking their counterfeit money. Nowak eventually captures Lou Ann in Reno, Nevada, but agrees to stop at her sister's on the way back to see her baby. There, she finds her husband and his whacked out friend. A struggle begins and Roy takes off with her baby. Now it's up to Tommy to get the baby back.
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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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Fletch Lives
( 1989 )
After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.
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Mermaids
( 1990 )
An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.
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Going Overboard
( 1989 )
Schecky Moskowitz, a deservedly-struggling young comedian, lands a menial job on the cruise ship that's holding the Miss Universe pageant. The Big Man On Deck for this voyage is Dickie Diamond, the ship's comedian and all-around ladies' man. As an assorted array of thugs, Panamanian mercenaries, and terrorists try to storm the ship, Schecky hopes for one big chance to prove himself and enter the exciting world of cruise-ship comedy.
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Young Einstein
( 1988 )
Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beautiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Porky's Revenge
( 1985 )
As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team.
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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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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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The Willies
( 1990 )
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. There are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.
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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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We're No Angels
( 1989 )
Two escaped cons only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
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Three Fugitives
( 1989 )
A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.
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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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Hot Moves
( 1984 )
Four Venice Beach boys make a pact to lose their virginity before beginning their senior year of high school.
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Seems Like Old Times
( 1980 )
Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.
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Up the Creek
( 1984 )
Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life.
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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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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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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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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
( 1989 )
Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.
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Shocker
( 1989 )
A murderous TV repairman, Horace Pinker is killing people in a small town left, right and center. He eventually finds the home of Lt. Parker, who is investigating his crimes, and savagely murders Parker's wife, son and daughter. His other son, Jonathan has a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams, and he directs his father to Pinker's business, where a small group of officers enter. Pinker escapes in a horrific spree, killing four officers and then targeting Jonathan's girlfriend, Alison. Another dream leads Jonathan and his dad to a residence where they catch Pinker in in the act of kidnapping. Pinker is arrested after a fight with Jonathan and sentenced to die in the electric chair. When executed, Pinker - who supposedly had given his soul to the devil in exchange for the power to come back as an energy source - takes over people's bodies and continues committing murders, until Jonathan devises a plan to bring Pinker into the real world, and then cut off his power source...
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American Gigolo
( 1980 )
A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
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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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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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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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Let It Ride
( 1989 )
A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?
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The Sure Thing
( 1985 )
A college student plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman. They hate each other, so naturally...
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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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Witchcraft
( 1989 )
A new mother and her child move into her mother-in-law's dark old mansion. She soon begns to suspect that neither the house nor her mother-in-law are quite what they seem to be.
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No Small Affair
( 1984 )
The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in love with her, when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as singer in a bar, but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 23 years old, he wants to help her and starts an ad campaign behind her back... with unexpected results.
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The Woman in Red
( 1984 )
On his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte, an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her, but what would his wife say?
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Almost an Angel
( 1990 )
A small-time crook becomes convinced he has become an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.
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The Care Bears Movie
( 1985 )
The Care Bears watch over a young brother and sister who have lost their trust in humanity. Meanwhile an evil wizard wishes to cover the Earth in concrete.
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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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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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Firstborn
( 1984 )
A teen must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
( 1981 )
When an ordinary woman is exposed to a unique mix of chemicals, she begins to uncontrollably physically shrink.
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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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Poison Ivy
( 1985 )
It's summer once again and kids flock from everywhere to go to Camp Pinewood in Clifton, Maine (originally filmed in Georgia). Dennis Baxter is the new camp counselor who has the hots for Rhonda, the new nurse. Timmy is the shy kid with no self esteem who takes every chance to run away; Tody is the overweight kid who wants to be a comedian; Brian is the poet; Bobby is the athletically gifted one; and Jerry is the slick talking, high dealing city boy from Philadelphia. The camp is lead by the fearless Big Irv.
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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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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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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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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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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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Herbie Goes Bananas
( 1980 )
The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
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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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Great Balls of Fire!
( 1989 )
The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.
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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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The Muppets Take Manhattan
( 1984 )
The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding one young and idealistic enough to take their show. After several mishaps and much confusion, things begin to come together for them.
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
( 1984 )
A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. The mother dies soon afterwards. An ape enters the house and kills the father, and a female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
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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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Dream a Little Dream
( 1989 )
An accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher into the body of a bratty teenager. The problem? The kid prefers dreamworld limbo to real life.
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Renegades
( 1989 )
An undercover cop forms an alliance with a Native American to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient Lakota tribal lance.
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The Return of Swamp Thing
( 1989 )
In this tongue-in-cheek sequel, the benevolent bog creature falls for the vegetarian, plant-loving daughter of the evil scientist who created him.
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Not Quite Human II
( 1989 )
Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?
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Mac and Me
( 1988 )
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
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Family Business
( 1989 )
An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can the 2 convince Adam's now honest dad to join?Let us see what happens.
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Hardbodies
( 1984 )
Three middle-aged daddies visit California to have a marvelous time at the beach. When they learn that a nice apartment and an expensive cabriolet isn't enough for them to score with the chicks, they employ a student to help them. At first he's as disgusted of them and his job as his girlfriend, but soon they find out how to use the situation to everyone's benefit.
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Oh, God! You Devil
( 1984 )
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the Almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul.
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The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
( 1980 )
When Noah Dugan agrees to fly missionary Bernadette Lafleur and her cargo of animals to a remote island, its only because he is on the run from a couple of bookies. What neither of them know is that two of Miss Lafleur's young students have stowed away with the animals & Miss Lafleur's transistor radio has interfered with the plane's instruments and they're all now miles off course. After a forced landing on a remote island, Dugan, Bernadette, Bobby and Julie discover that they are not alone. Together with two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded on the island since WWII, they must turn the plane into a seaworthy boat if they are ever to make it home. When Bobby and Julie insist that they cannot leave the animals behind, the converted plane truly becomes a second Noah's Ark
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Best Defense
( 1984 )
A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later.
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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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Rhinestone
( 1984 )
A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.
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Wicked Stepmother
( 1989 )
A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
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Hero at Large
( 1980 )
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.
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She's Out of Control
( 1989 )
When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.
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Trail of the Pink Panther
( 1982 )
A journalist attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Inspector Clouseau.
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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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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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Beyond the Stars
( 1989 )
This Sci-Fi Drama centers around the teen-age Eric, son of a computer scientist who worked for the Apollo mission which sent the first human to the moon. Eric, determined to become an astronaut himself one day, befriends Paul Andrews, the thirteenth man on the moon. Paul is avoided by other astronauts nowadays, because he was very rude and rebuffing when he returned from space. Only slowly Eric learns that Paul discovered something, during his excursion on the moon, that he keeps as a secret.
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Swing Shift
( 1984 )
A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
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The Toxic Avenger Part II
( 1989 )
The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.
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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 Night They Saved Christmas
( 1984 )
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her children to convince her husband (who works for the company) that the first site is where the oil they want is. Along the way, Sa...Read all
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The Hotel New Hampshire
( 1984 )
The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
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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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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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Collision Course
( 1989 )
A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.
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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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Electric Dreams
( 1984 )
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
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Tarzan in Manhattan
( 1989 )
Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.
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Ghoulies
( 1984 )
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
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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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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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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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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
( 1984 )
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
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