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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Lonely Lady (1983) Peter Sasdy, Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Bibi Besch, Drama
Jerilee Randall, a simple schoolgirl living in the San Fernando Valley, dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. Read More »
The Long Summer of George Adams (1982) Stuart Margolin, James Garner, Joan Hackett, Alex Harvey, Drama
James Garner stars in a lighthearted tale about the vices and virtues of small-town life, based on the novel by Weldon Hill. Read More »
To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) Kaizô Hayashi, Morio Agata, Kenji Endo, Fujiko Fukamizu, Fantasy
An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. Read More »
Shoguns Shadow (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai, Toshihiro Asari, Action, Adventure, Drama
Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. Read More »
My Case (1986) Manoel de Oliveira, Bulle Ogier, Luís Miguel Cintra, Axel Bogousslavsky, Drama, Fantasy
Four versions of the same story, first in the perspective of a theatre play, second in the perspective of a silent film Read More »
White Star (1983) Roland Klick, Dennis Hopper, Terrance Robay, Ramona Sweeny, Drama, Music
A rock music reporter and his view of the angry excited punk generation. Read More »
Prisoner of Rio (1988) Lech Majewski, Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Biography, Drama, Thriller
In 1981, Ronald Biggs was kidnapped by agents from Scotland Yard from his Brazilian hideout for his participation in the 1964 British train robbery. Read More »
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985) Linda Feferman, Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Natalie Becker is staying at home studying and working on an essay to meet the president while her father is away. Read More »
Portrait of a Nude Woman (1981) Nino Manfredi, Alberto Lattuada, Eleonora Giorgi, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Comedy, Romance
Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make love. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
The Hanoi Hilton (1987) Lionel Chetwynd, Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat, John Edwin Shaw, Drama, War
A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. Read More »
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986) Charles Braverman, Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland, Lori Loughlin, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of high school students, led by a rich boy Derek, is sick of school violence and decides to become underground vigilantes named “Brotherhood of Justice”. Read More »
Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) George Mendeluk, Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, Al Waxman, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A 14-year-old boy named Rudy is trying desperately to lose his virginity. Read More »
Forever, Lulu (1987) Amos Kollek, Hanna Schygulla, Debbie Harry, Alec Baldwin, Comedy, Mystery
A beautiful novelist gets involved with the violent underworld crime elements in New York City and becomes a target. Alec Baldwin plays the cop who pursues her killers. Read More »