Wheels on Meals (1984)
In Spain, a couple of mobile Chinese food cooks and an amateur detective do what they can to protect a thieving prostitute from a Count and his henchmen, who want to protect their inheritance...
Category: 1980s
Beetlejuice (1988)
The idea for Beetlejuice developed when Michael McDowell, a horror novelist and occasional television writer for “Tales from the Darkside”, sold the rights to some of his Southern Gothic novels to a former studio...
Body Heat (1981)
During a blistering heatwave, a small town Florida lawyer (Hurt, Broadcast News) picks up a well-to-do married woman (Turner, The Man with Two Brains) and begins a scorching affair hotter than the weather around them. Things get hotter...
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back continues the Star Wars saga in exciting fashion, with the Empire now having driven the Rebels from their secret base to another on an ice world called Hoth. The Empire eventually finds them...
Bull Durham (1988)
An aging minor league catcher named Crash Davis (Costner) sent to Class A ball to keep a hot new pitching prospect’s head on straight. They both also become involved with Durham Bulls groupie #1, Annie...
Rouge (1987)
In the 1930s, a young and popular prostitute named Fleur catches the eye of an heir to a chain of groceries, 12th Master Chan. He does what he can to win her over, and...
Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
A professional mafia hit man (Nicholson, The Postman Always Rings Twice) falls for an equally tenacious hit woman (Turner, Romancing the Stone), but past crimes against his family put her in a precarious standing. Prizzi’s Honor is...
Big (1988)
A boy with low self-esteem (Moscow, Just Married) makes a wish with a fortune teller vending machine at an amusement park, wishing he were “big”. Upon waking the following morning, the boy discovers he now has...
Midnight Run (1988)
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter (De Niro) will get $100,000 for bringing in an accountant (Grodin) that embezzled $15 million from a giant Chicago mob boss. It figured to be a piece of cake. Still, things...
Videodrome (1983)
The plot: A co-owner of a small uhf station seeks something more daring to show to attract more viewers. He and one of his staff stumble on a show emitted out of Pittsburgh called...