Category: 1980s

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1980s / Drama / Thriller

Witness (1985)

Director Peter Weir (The Mosquito Coast, The Truman Show), in his first American production, crafts this thriller based on subtle touches and honest characterizations to success.  His film would earn 8 Academy Award nominations, including...

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1980s / Drama

Rain Man (1988)

Cruise (Cocktail, Top Gun) stars as self-absorbed California businessman Charlie Babbitt, who heads to the Midwest to attend his estranged father’s funeral and to see what will happen to his $3 million estate.  Surely it...

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1980s / Adventure / Drama

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

One of the more overlooked gems in Harrison Ford’s (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Return of the Jedi) career, The Mosquito Coast gives the perennial everyman hero personality the chance to branch out by playing...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo III (1988)

A purely propagandist return of the popular 1980s hero sees Stallone donning the tightly-bound bandana to the forehead again for another one-man rescue attempt.  This time it’s a bit more personal as his former...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of those films that doesn’t really have much going for it these days save for the social significance for the time in which it was released, where...

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1980s / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

Jagged Edge (1985)

In San Francisco, a rich heiress and her maid are found murdered, leaving the husband everything, including the accusation for the killings.  That man is Jack Forrester (Bridges, Starman), whose marriage allowed him to rise...

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1980s / Action / Thriller

A View to a Kill (1985)

A View to a Kill is a notable film for some because it would mark the final appearance of Roger Moore (Octopussy, The Cannonball Run) as 007.  In my mind, it’s more notable because it is...

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1980s / Drama / Romance / Thriller

Fatal Attraction (1987)

This modern rehash of Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me would go on to be the second highest-grossing film of 1987 in the US (bested narrowly by 3 Men and a Baby). It would instantly make “fatal attraction”...

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1980s / Comedy / Horror

Fright Night (1985)

“…Nobody wants to see vampire killers anymore. Or vampires. Apparently, all they want are demented madmen running around in ski masks hacking up young virgins.” – Peter Vincent Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) is a typical suburban...

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1980s / Comedy / Horror

Night of the Comet (1984)

Looking back on the film in hindsight, it occurs to me that there are some striking parallels between the events in this movie and one that would come almost two decades later, 28 Days Later. ...