Tag Archives: 1980s
Nightforce (1987) Lawrence David Foldes, Linda Blair, James Van Patten, Richard Lynch, Action, Drama

Carla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission. Read More »
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) Mike Newell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, Dean Alexander, Drama, Sport

Chuck Murdock is an all American kid living in a sleepy town in Montana. He is the top pitcher of the little league team as well. Read More »
Vampires Kiss (1988) Robert Bierman, Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Comedy, Horror

A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a woman and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his delusions. Read More »
Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Drama

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Read More »
Calamari Union (1985) Aki Kaurismäki, Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen, Asmo Hurula, Comedy

Fourteen desperate men named Frank, band together to escape from a repressive section of Helsinki. Read More »
C.O.D. / SNAP! (1981) Chuck Vincent, Sigi Krämer, Nicholas Saunders, Marilyn Joi, Carole Davis, Comedy

Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. Read More »
La venganza del lobo negro (1980) Rafael Romero Marchent, Fernando Allende, Christian Bach, Álvaro de Luna, Action, Adventure, Drama

After two months of relative tranquility in California, the villanous old colonel is elected Governor of California. Read More »
Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Yôji Yamada, Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. Read More »
Kazoku gêmu / The Family Game (1983) Yoshimitsu Morita, Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Comedy, Drama

A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife Read More »
