Gen X: Forgotten Films of the 1980’s
Comedies, Dramas, Action. The Eighties Were an Era of Tremendous Freedom, Creativity, and Productivity. People From The Aughts Ought to Know These Movies from 1980-1989
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- DirectorPeter BonerzStarsGabe KaplanAlex KarrasRobert KleinThe story of a group of misfits living in Miami, and their revenge against government bureaucracy. After the city refuses to pay for the damage to their car caused by a pothole, the three friends, including one with constant short-term memory loss and another who is always jumping from personality to personality, decide to steal an army howitzer and 'persuade' the mayor to change his mind.
- 1980–199456m7.8 (253)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard BartlettStarsMatt DillonJames BroderickBarbara BoltonMatt Dillon plays a young Jean Shepherd (author and narrator of A Christmas Story). Through Matt, Shep tells several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town.
- DirectorJeff WernerStarsRobby BensonLinda GrovenorCharles DurningA San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.
- DirectorPeter DouglasStarsAnn-MargretC. Thomas HowellCharles DurningA young man falls for his girlfriend's mother.
- DirectorDanny BilsonStarsLouie AndersonRichard LewisRichard BelzerCub Scout Pack 18 organizes a 25-year reunion to relive their fond boyhood memories. But when the five friends meet for a camping trip, they discover that what little they had once known about wilderness survival has dwindled to nothing.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsDonald SutherlandAdam HorovitzAmy LocaneA troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.
- DirectorMax KlevenStarsDirk BenedictLinda BlairRichard FarnsworthA Vietnam veteran passing through a small town is harassed by local bullies but he fights back, using his wartime skills, and triggers a full-scale police manhunt.
- DirectorMichelle ManningStarsJudd NelsonAlly SheedyDavid CarusoA drifter returns to his Florida hometown only to discover that his father, the local mayor, was mysteriously murdered during his absence. Vowing to find the killer and avenge his father's death, he starts his own investigation.
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsEmilio EstevezDemi MooreTom SkerrittUnable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
- DirectorThomas RickmanStarsTommy Lee JonesMartha PlimptonBrian DennehyAfter serving time for a murder he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.
- DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsMary Tyler MooreRobert PrestonSam WaterstonMike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who is dating a man with whom she is hopelessly mismatched. They become confidants and each allows the other to share their life and experiences with them.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsJason RobardsMarsha MasonDonald SutherlandStruggling single mother Nora McPhee's life is disrupted when her long-lost father Max Dugan returns in hopes of spending some time with her and her son Michael to make up for lost time because Max is dieing.
- DirectorPaul AaronTerry WinsorAlan SmitheeStarsJon CryerLynn RedgraveJD CullumA free-spirited teenager attempts to get back in touch with his overly-conservative parents after returning home from years away at a boarding school.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisSusan OliverRoger C. CarmelIn Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis movies. He then moves into a succession of jobs that he gets himself fired from including a gas station attendant and a mailman - all with disastrous results.
- DirectorAlfred SoleStarsTom SmothersCarol KaneTammy AlversonA former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
- DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsTom SelleckBess ArmstrongJack WestonDuring WW1, alcoholic American biplane pilot Patrick O'Malley is hired by spoiled daughter Eve of industrialist Bradley Tozer to locate her father, who disappeared somewhere in Asia.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsJohn CassavetesGena RowlandsSusan SarandonJohn Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
- DirectorJack FiskStarsSissy SpacekEric RobertsSam ShepardA divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.
- DirectorMartin DavidsonStarsWilliam PetersenVirginia MadsenDermot MulroneyStory of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league championship amidst the corruption and racism of the American south.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJamie Lee CurtisC. Thomas HowellPatrick SwayzeWith 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.?
- DirectorDavid SteinbergStarsJohn CandyJoe FlahertyEugene LevyA clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsDon AdamsAndrea HowardSylvia KristelMaxwell Smart is recalled to duty to help fight a villian who threatens to detonate a weapon that destroys clothing.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsDonald SutherlandJack WardenSean PennReduced 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.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsTimothy HuttonRobert UrichKim CattrallJimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
- DirectorRichard TuggleStarsAnthony Michael HallJenny WrightJeff KoberDaryl's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mix-up at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a drug dealer wants back.