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Tag Archives: 1980s
Crimes of Passion (1984) Ken Russell, Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison, Drama, Romance, Thriller

The thirty year-old hard-worker Bobby Grady is married with two children to the frigid Amy Grady and their marriage is in crisis. Read More »
Altered States (1980) Ken Russell, William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

It’s the late 1960’s. Just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad Read More »
Dead of Winter (1987) Arthur Penn, Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Katie McGovern is a struggling actress living with her husband and her student brother, who is visiting. Read More »
Ren xia ren / The Dead and the Deadly (1982) Wu Ma, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam, Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Read More »
Knights and Emeralds (1986) Ian Emes, Christopher Wild, Beverly Hills, Warren Mitchell, Drama, Music

A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. Read More »
Jane B. par Agnès V. / Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988) Agnès Varda, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Biography, Fantasy

Actress and recording star Jane Birkin and filmmaker Agnes Varda shared an interest in feminism.
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Orions belte / Orions Belt (1985) Ola Solum, Tristan de Vere Cole, Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Action, Adventure, Thriller

A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station. The they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place. Read More »
Cujo (1983) Lewis Teague, Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Horror, Thriller

Monstrous canine evil stalks a helpless isolated family in rural Maine. Read More »
True Believer (1989) Joseph Ruben, James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Drama, Crime

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Read More »