Year 1984
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1. The Soldier's Tale (1984)
Not Rated | 51 min | Animation
A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin, the stranger is none other than the devil.
Directors: R.O. Blechman, Christian Blackwood | Stars: Max von Sydow, Dusan Makavejev, Galina Panova, Andre Gregory
Votes: 121
2. Repentance (1984)
PG | 153 min | Drama
Varlam, the despotic mayor of a small town, dies. After his funeral, his body is repeatedly unearthed and buried again. Through flashbacks and dreamlike scenes, we witness his rise, power and ambiguities.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze, Ia Ninidze, Ketevan Abuladze
Votes: 4,905 | Gross: $0.22M
3. Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
R | 101 min | Action
Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,107
4. Paroles et musique (1984)
109 min | Drama, Music, Romance
When Peter (Nick Mancuso), Margaux's (Catherine Deneuve) American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets... See full summary »
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Christopher Lambert, Richard Anconina, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 449
Love Songs
5. The Sea Serpent (1985)
92 min | Adventure, Horror
A serpent, created by radioactivity, threatens a Spanish coastal town.
Director: Amando de Ossorio | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Power, Jared Martin, Ray Milland
Votes: 376
6. Shadows Run Black (1984)
88 min | Crime, Horror
A detective investigates a series of killings committed by a serial killer known as "The Black Angel." He begins to suspect that it might not be just a random group of murders.
Director: Howard Heard | Stars: Elizabeth Trosper, William J. Kulzer, Shea Porter, George Engelson
Votes: 527
7. City Limits (1984)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pair of teenage motorcycle gangs maintain an uneasy truce between each other in the not-too-distant future. When an evil corporation tries to take over their ruined city, the gangs must decide whether to fight their common enemy.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: John Stockwell, Darrell Larson, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones
Votes: 1,555
8. Dark of the Night (1984)
88 min | Horror, Thriller
A small-town woman, fresh to the city, buys a second-hand Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a murdered woman and her killer.
Director: Gaylene Preston | Stars: Heather Bolton, David Letch, Perry Piercy, Suzanne Lee
Votes: 265
Dark of the Night
9. Deadly Impact (1984)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A computer hacker calculates a system of monitoring the slot machines at various Las Vegas casinos, and he and his girlfriend make a killing. Other criminals kidnap the duo and force them to give up the money.
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Marcia Clingan, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Votes: 206
10. The Dungeonmaster (1984)
PG-13 | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A demonic wizard challenges a modern-day computer programmer to a battle of technology vs. sorcery, with the programmer's girlfriend as the prize.
Directors: David Allen, Charles Band, John Carl Buechler, Michael Karp, Peter Manoogian, Ted Nicolaou, Steve Stafford, Rosemarie Turko | Stars: Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll, Leslie Wing, Gina Calabrese
Votes: 2,917
11. Godzilla 1985 (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.
Directors: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Votes: 6,879 | Gross: $4.12M
12. Grace Quigley (1984)
PG | 87 min | Comedy
Grace Quigley, living alone in her New York apartment, is nearing the end of her life. One day she witnesses a murder being committed by top hitman Seymour Flint. She decides to blackmail ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte, Kit Le Fever, Chip Zien
Votes: 911
13. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Houston, David Nichols, Virginia Vincent, James Whitworth
Votes: 7,377
14. Lily in Love (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn (Christopher Plummer) is thrilled when his wife Lily (Dame Maggie Smith) writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While egocentric Fitz thinks himself ... See full summary »
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer, Adolph Green
Votes: 260 | Gross: $0.38M
15. MacArthur's Children (1984)
PG | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: Takaya Yamauchi, Yoshiyuki Ômori, Shiori Sakura, Masako Natsume
Votes: 213
16. Nickel Mountain (1984)
88 min | Drama
Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in ... See full summary »
Director: Drew Denbaum | Stars: Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Brian Kerwin
Votes: 142
17. Night Patrol (1984)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.
Director: Jackie Kong | Stars: Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Jaye P. Morgan, Jack Riley
Votes: 1,692
18. A Private Function (1984)
R | 92 min | Comedy
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray | Stars: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 3,183 | Gross: $2.53M
19. Secret Places (1984)
PG | 98 min | Drama
Secret Places follows the story of schoolgirls in England during World War II.
Director: Zelda Barron | Stars: Marie Theres Relin, Tara MacGowran, Claudine Auger, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 118
20. She (1984)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle weird creatures before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler, Harrison Muller
Votes: 2,011
21. Sword of the Valiant (1984)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The Green Knight challenges King Arthur's knights. But only young Gawain accepts and decapitates him. The knight takes his head and now gives Gawain one year to learn about virtues, knighthood and then face the challenge himself.
Director: Stephen Weeks | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson, Sean Connery
Votes: 2,520
22. The Toxic Avenger (1984)
R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion
Votes: 32,185
23. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
The vicissitudes of Gloria, a neurotic housewife, and her family's peculiar characters.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Gonzalo Suárez, Luis Hostalot, Ryo Hiruma
Votes: 11,135
24. What Waits Below (1984)
PG | 88 min | Action, Horror
An army experiment in submarine communications falls foul of the deadly secret hidden deep within the cave system housing their transmitter.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Robert Powell, Timothy Bottoms, Lisa Blount, Richard Johnson
Votes: 671
25. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.
Director: W.D. Richter | Stars: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 29,362 | Gross: $6.25M
26. After the Rehearsal (1984 TV Movie)
R | 70 min | Drama
As an aging playwright interacts with the young lead in his play after everybody's gone home, he reminisces about her mother, whom he maintained a sexual relationship with before she died.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Lena Olin, Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss
Votes: 2,938
27. Alphabet City (1984)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz
Votes: 1,134
28. The Ambassador (1984)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson, Fabio Testi
Votes: 941
29. American Dreamer (1984)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini, Coral Browne
Votes: 1,766 | Gross: $5.02M
30. Angel (1983)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun
Votes: 4,597 | Gross: $17.49M
31. Another Country (1984)
PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie
Votes: 6,968
32. The Bay Boy (1984)
R | 107 min | Drama
A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe
Votes: 752 | Gross: $0.16M
33. The Bear (1984)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Gary Busey, Cynthia Leake, Carmen Thomas, Cary Guffey
Votes: 312 | Gross: $2.69M
34. Beat Street (1984)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Music
An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant
Votes: 4,330 | Gross: $16.60M
35. Best Defense (1984)
R | 94 min | Comedy, War
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.
Director: Willard Huyck | Stars: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza
Votes: 6,420 | Gross: $19.27M
36. Beyond the Walls (1984)
R | 103 min | Drama
In Israel's Central Prison, the security officer is corrupt, supplying drugs and stirring the hatred between Jewish and Arab prisoners to his advantage. Uri, in for 12 years for armed ... See full summary »
Director: Uri Barbash | Stars: Arnon Zadok, Mohammad Bakri, Hillel Ne'eman, Assi Dayan
Votes: 369
37. The Blade Master (1983)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Muscle-bound Ator and his mute East Asian sidekick travel from the ends of the earth to save his aged mentor from the evil, mustachioed Zor.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, David Brandon, Charles Borromel
Votes: 3,898
38. Blame It on Rio (1984)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Best friends and their daughters vacation in Rio de Janeiro only for one to fall for the other's daughter.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Joseph Bologna
Votes: 11,789 | Gross: $18.64M
39. Blame It on the Night (1984)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris ... See full summary »
Director: Gene Taft | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Byron Thames, Leslie Ackerman, Richard Bakalyan
Votes: 233 | Gross: $0.20M
40. Blind Date (1984)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental device which allows him to see with the aid... See full summary »
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Kirstie Alley, James Daughton, Lana Clarkson
Votes: 2,199
41. Body Double (1984)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton
Votes: 38,260 | Gross: $8.80M
42. Body Rock (1984)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Chilly is just a guy from the streets with a talent for break-dancing. When his wicked moves catch the eye of an industry pro, Chilly finds his dreams of fame and fortune coming true, for better or for worse.
Director: Marcelo Epstein | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Vicki Frederick, Cameron Dye, Michelle Nicastro
Votes: 570 | Gross: $1.69M
43. Bolero (1984)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.
Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregón
Votes: 6,066 | Gross: $8.91M
44. The Bostonians (1984)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter
Votes: 2,442 | Gross: $1.01M
45. The Bounty (1984)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
Votes: 30,487 | Gross: $8.60M
46. Breakin' (1984)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
Director: Joel Silberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ben Lokey
Votes: 7,246 | Gross: $38.68M
47. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Susie Coelho
Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $15.10M
48. A Breed Apart (1984)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 1,902
49. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez
Votes: 6,570 | Gross: $3.70M
50. The Buddy System (1984)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton
Votes: 1,498 | Gross: $1.82M
51. Cal (1984)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, Romance
A young man fraught with guilt longs to defect from the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is drawn to the widow of a slain Protestant policeman but must hide his secret that he was involved in her husband's murder and evade the authorities.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh
Votes: 1,633
52. Camila (1984)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Susú Pecoraro, Imanol Arias, Héctor Alterio, Elena Tasisto
Votes: 1,451
53. Cannonball Run II (1984)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy
The original characters from The Cannonball Run (1981) race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Directors: Hal Needham, Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Votes: 17,438 | Gross: $28.08M
54. Carmen (1984)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Conflicts and grievances multiply, however, as it becomes apparent their views on love and commitment are fundamentally incompatible.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham
Votes: 1,715
55. Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
Unscrupulous football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) will get one million dollars tax-free if he lives up to the terms of his recently deceased father-in-law's will. He has to restore the... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson, Joe Namath
Votes: 380
56. Choose Me (1984)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 3,089 | Gross: $2.49M
57. C.H.U.D. (1984)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
Director: Douglas Cheek | Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Votes: 13,981 | Gross: $4.65M
58. The City Girl (1984)
85 min | Drama
A young woman photographer engaged to be married to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies she faces the truth about her life and helps one of the cult's victims escape.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Laura Harrington, Joe Mastroianni, Carole McGill, Peter Riegert
Votes: 66
59. Cloak & Dagger (1984)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra
Votes: 8,378 | Gross: $9.72M
60. Comfort and Joy (1984)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton
Votes: 2,355 | Gross: $1.06M
61. The Cotton Club (1984)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Votes: 19,558 | Gross: $25.93M
62. Country (1984)
PG | 105 min | Drama
Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark
Votes: 2,238 | Gross: $9.64M
63. Crackers (1984)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn
Votes: 1,547 | Gross: $0.13M
64. Crimes of Passion (1984)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt
Votes: 8,540 | Gross: $2.91M
65. Dangerous Moves (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
Director: Richard Dembo | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,486
66. Death Mask (1984)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Based on a true criminal case, Farley Granger stars as an investigator who recently lost his ten year old daughter. Just days after the death of his daughter, the investigator is given a task to solve the murder of a ten year old boy.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Farley Granger, Lee Bryant, John McCurry, Arch Johnson
Votes: 139
67. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 179,696 | Gross: $30.93M
68. Electric Dreams (1984)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Lenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort
Votes: 10,026 | Gross: $2.19M
69. The Evil That Men Do (1984)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, José Ferrer
Votes: 4,746 | Gross: $13.10M
70. The Executioner, Part II (1984)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.
Director: James Bryan | Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Antoine John Mottet, Renee Harmon
Votes: 474
71. Exterminator 2 (1984)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang.
Director: Mark Buntzman | Stars: Robert Ginty, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Geffner, Frankie Faison
Votes: 2,793 | Gross: $3.74M
72. Falling in Love (1984)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Although they live married lives, two strangers keep running into each other, starting a friendship that could blossom into so much more.
Director: Ulu Grosbard | Stars: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek
Votes: 15,465 | Gross: $10.60M
73. Fear City (1984)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 4,330
74. Finders Keepers (1984)
R | 96 min | Comedy
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson
Votes: 1,106 | Gross: $1.47M
75. Firstborn (1984)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenager must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim
Votes: 2,976 | Gross: $6.25M
76. The Flamingo Kid (1984)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman
Votes: 6,086 | Gross: $23.86M
77. A Flash of Green (1984)
TV-MA | 121 min | Drama
A local reporter gets involved with a corrupt county commissioner.
Director: Victor Nunez | Stars: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan, George Coe
Votes: 272
78. Flashpoint (1984)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway
Votes: 3,169 | Gross: $3.85M
79. Footloose (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 92,404 | Gross: $80.04M
80. Fort Saganne (1984)
180 min | Drama, History, War
Young army officer of peasant origin becomes a war hero battling in the Sahara while seducing a young woman from the aristocratic class.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau
Votes: 1,108
81. Full Moon in Paris (1984)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Louise is a suburban young interior decorator divided between a boyfriend, a lover (who is married) and the wish of having some fulfillment and some balance in her life. A change to reach ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet
Votes: 5,392 | Gross: $0.01M
82. The Funeral (1984)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 1,853
83. Garbo Talks (1984)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 1,835 | Gross: $1.49M
84. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
110 min | Documentary, Biography
Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII.
Director: George Stevens Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman, Frank Capra
Votes: 466
85. Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
PG | 108 min | Drama, Music
Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing.
Director: Peter Webb | Stars: Paul McCartney, John Burgess, Bryan Brown, Philip Jackson
Votes: 1,690 | Gross: $1.39M
86. The Goodbye People (1984)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Three eccentric losers band together in hopes of changing their luck.
Director: Herb Gardner | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed, Tony Devon
Votes: 61
87. Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
R | 97 min | Drama
With only a week left before graduation, a young dreamer itches to renounce an uninspiring scholarship, stand up to his despotic father and pursue a career in oceanography. But, has anyone ever spread his wings away from Grandview, U.S.A.?
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue
Votes: 2,282 | Gross: $4.74M
88. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Votes: 21,263 | Gross: $45.90M
89. Hard to Hold (1984)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Rick Springfield, Janet Eilber, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi
Votes: 798
90. Harry & Son (1984)
PG | 120 min | Drama
Harry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a demolition crane operator on a demolition crew.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley
Votes: 2,386
91. Heartbreakers (1984)
R | 98 min | Drama
Blue, a struggling painter, and Eli, the son of a businessman, are childhood friends who have complicated romantic relationships, which slowly expose the state of their own friendship.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail
Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.15M
92. Heart of the Stag (1984)
R | 91 min | Drama
Chilling story of a farmhand who realizes his popular boss has been committing incest with his daughter for years.
Director: Michael Firth | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Terence Cooper, Mary Regan, Anne Flannery
Votes: 130
93. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
924 min | Drama, History, War
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982.
Stars: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel
Votes: 3,335
94. Henry IV (1984)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 390
95. The Hit (1984)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp
Votes: 9,542 | Gross: $0.88M
96. Hockey Night (1984 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Sport
A female goalie player faces prejudiced opposition when she joins a boys hockey team in Parry Sound, Ontario.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Megan Follows, Rick Moranis, Gail Youngs, Henry Ramer
Votes: 540
97. The Home and the World (1984)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
When the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Years ago, her husband, a wealthy Western-educated landowner, challenged tradition by ... See full summary »
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Gopa Aich
Votes: 1,896
98. Hot Dog... The Movie (1983)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy Smith, John Patrick Reger
Votes: 3,970 | Gross: $20.31M
99. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges
Votes: 9,120 | Gross: $5.10M
100. The Ice Pirates (1984)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, Anjelica Huston
Votes: 11,849 | Gross: $14.26M
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