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Tag Archives: 1980s
Pantsu no ana (1984) Norifumi Suzuki, Momoko Kikuchi, Yôichi Yamamoto, Yumi Yano
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. Read More »
Robinsonada or My English Grandfather aka Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa (1987) Nana Dzhordzhadze, Janri Lolashvili, Nineli Chankvetadze, Guram Pirtskhalava
The story, in flashback, of the death of a British Telegraph engineer in Georgia, USSR in 1920. Read More »
Consuming Passions (1988) Giles Foster, Jonathan Pryce, Vanessa Redgrave, Tyler Butterworth
At his new job at Chumley’s Chocolates, Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several workers Read More »
The Tall Guy (1989) Mel Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson
Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). Read More »
As Time Goes by (1988) Barry Peak, Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles, Ray Barrett
A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes Read More »
Crazy Moon (1987) Allan Eastman, Kiefer Sutherland, Vanessa Vaughan, Peter Spence
A rich but slightly odd teenager has various adventures with his older brother who leads him astray. Read More »
The Informer AKA Jin shou zhi (1980) Chung Wang, Danny Lee, Hing-Yin Kam
Wang Chung plays a cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits who are after a drug runner. Read More »
Campus Man (1987) Ron Casden, John Dye, Steven Lyon, Morgan Fairchild
Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He’s got what it takes, but what he doesn’t have is enough money to stay in college. Read More »
Loaf and Camouflage AKA Loufa kai Parallagi (1984) Nicos Perakis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spiridakis
The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory Read More »
Near Death (1989) Frederick Wiseman
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman profiles the doctors, nurses, physicians Read More »
The Big Red One (1980) Samuel Fuller, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine
The story of a hardened army sergeant and four of his men, from their first fight Read More »
Heroes for Hire (1984) John Lloyd, Bruce Baron, Robert Marius, Jim Moss
Miami 1980, doctor transplants some sort of metal object into a patient arm. Read More »
All the Wrong Spies AKA Wo ai Ye Lai Xiang (1983) Teddy Robin Kwan, George Lam, Brigitte Lin
In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo Read More »
The Phone Call (1989) Allan A. Goldstein, Michael Sarrazin, Linda Smith, Ron Lea
A married man calls the wrong number for phone-sex and winds up being stalked by a psychotic man. Read More »