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1984
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The year was
1984
Few years feel as unmistakably eighties as 1984. Comedy, horror, action, fantasy and teen cinema all produced films that would become permanent fixtures of popular culture.
Ghostbusters, The Terminator, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, The Karate Kid and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom helped make 1984 one of the decade's richest years for endlessly rewatchable movies.
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Essential movies from 1984
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Movies from 1984
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1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Drama
1984
A Passage to India
A Passage to India: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Romance / Neo-noir / Erotic Thriller / Action / Drama
1984
Against All Odds
Against All Odds: family and greed, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Comedy
1984
All of Me
All of Me: authority and friendship, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Biographical / Musical / Drama / Flashback / Period Drama
1984
Amadeus
A tale of genius through the jealous eyes of a faithful man — and a confession that never lets you look away.
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Comedy
1984
Bachelor Party
Bachelor Party: friendship and love, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Action / Buddy / Buddy Cop / Comedy
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
A fast-talking cop, a culture clash and a synth hook.
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War / Drama / Action
1984
Birdy
Birdy: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Crime / Neo-noir / Film Noir / Drama / Suspense / Independent / Horror / Thriller / Action / Crime Thriller / Crime Drama
1984
Blood Simple
A small-town crime with very big, very stupid consequences — and Ray is at the centre of the mess.
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Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Erotic Thriller / Erotic / Crime Drama / Crime Thriller / Crime / Drama / Slasher / Psychological Drama / Psychological Horror / Suspense / Neo-noir / Satirical / Psychological Thriller
1984
Body Double
A film about watching — and about what watching does to the watcher.
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Musical / Coming-of-age / Comedy Drama / Drama
1984
Breakin'
Breakin': friendship, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror / Monster / Zombie / Slasher / B Movie / Science Fiction
1984
C.H.U.D.
C.H.U.D.: fear and authority, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror / Supernatural / Slasher
1984
Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn: parents protecting their children and family, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Action / Mystery / Spy / Crime
1984
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger: family and freedom, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Action / Fantasy / Sword And Sorcery
1984
Conan the Destroyer
Conan the Destroyer: courage and love, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
1984
Dreamscape
Dreamscape: authority and freedom, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Action
1984
Dune
A sandstorm of prophecy, politics and prodigy — and Paul Atreides stands square in the middle of it.
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Romantic Comedy / Science Fiction / Science Fiction Comedy / Drama
1984
Electric Dreams
Electric Dreams: love and our relationship with technology, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Action / Thriller / Science Fiction / Horror
1984
Firestarter
Firestarter: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Romance / Musical / Drama / Teen / Coming-of-age / Dance
1984
Footloose
Teen rebellion, a ban on dancing and one determined outsider — Footloose still kicks up dust.
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Horror / Teen / Slasher
1984
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Fantasy / Comedy Horror / Monster / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Science Fiction / Buddy / Ghost
1984
Ghostbusters
A ragged band of scientists, a sardonic frontman and a city that refuses to behave — Ghostbusters still sells the joke.
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Monster / Comedy Horror / Christmas
1984
Gremlins
A cuddly Christmas present, three simple rules — and a small town that learns what consequences look like.
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Action / Adventure / Treasure Hunt
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
A globetrotting pulp rush that’s equal parts kid-rescue thriller and teeth-grinding ritual horror.
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Crime / Parody / Comedy
1984
Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously: loss and mortality, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Romantic Comedy / Comedy Drama / Flashback / Drama
1984
Moscow on the Hudson
Moscow on the Hudson: family and love, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Science Fiction / Science Fiction Comedy / Action / Comedy Horror / Zombie / Post-apocalyptic / Horror / Comedy
1984
Night of the Comet
Sisters, malls and a comet — Night of the Comet is a B-movie that learned how to be fun and oddly wise about survival.
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Crime
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
A long, sad fable about boys who grow up — and can’t entirely remember who they were.
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Drama
1984
Paris, Texas
A man walks out of the desert and asks to be let back into his family — simple, ruthless and utterly centred on one figure.
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Drama
1984
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart: family and heroism, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Comedy / Crime
1984
Police Academy
Misfits, pratfalls and one bloke who’d rather dodge jail than grow up.
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Comedy
1984
Protocol
Protocol: authority and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Musical / Neo-noir / Drama / Romance / Biographical
1984
Purple Rain
One musician, First Avenue and a mess of ambition — Purple Rain still hums.
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Action / Thriller / Propaganda / Disaster / Coming-of-age / War / Adventure
1984
Red Dawn
Red Dawn: family and freedom, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Teen / Comedy
1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds: the safety of home and our relationship with technology, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Treasure Hunt / Action Comedy / Romance / Romantic Comedy
1984
Romancing the Stone
A romance novelist, a smuggler, an emerald and a jungle: the adventure that taught Joan Wilder to stop waiting and start kicking.
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Action / Science Fiction / Crime
1984
Runaway
Runaway: our relationship with technology and family, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror / Slasher / Thriller / Christmas / List Of Holiday Horror Films
1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Silent Night, Deadly Night: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Teen / Coming-of-age / Romantic Comedy
1984
Sixteen Candles
Teenage longing, family oblivion and one very awkward bet — with Samantha Sam Baker keeping the whole thing human.
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Romantic Comedy / Comedy Drama / Fantasy
1984
Splash
A mermaid arrives in New York, a sensible man gets sensible about love — and the rest is splashy business.
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Action / Science Fiction / Adventure
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: our relationship with technology and family, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Romance / Science Fiction / Drama
1984
Starman
A road movie in which an alien borrows a dead husband's face and, with a borrowed curiosity, teaches a widow how to keep living.
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Action / Musical / Thriller / Drama
1984
Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire: courage and authority, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Teen / Science Fiction / Fantasy / Action / Children's
1984
Supergirl
Supergirl: love and power, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Superhero / Science Fiction / Science Fiction Comedy / Comedy
1984
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension: freedom and courage, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror / Fantasy / Monster
1984
The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves: family and parents protecting their children, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Horror
1984
The Initiation
The Initiation: family and mortality, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Romance / Drama / Teen / Martial Arts / Coming-of-age / Action
1984
The Karate Kid
A teenager, a handyman, and the long, strange apprenticeship that taught a generation how to stand up for themselves.
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Biographical / Drama
1984
The Killing Fields
A reporter’s conscience, a translator’s survival — and a film that forces you to keep looking.
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Science Fiction / Science Fiction Comedy / Action / Adventure / Coming-of-age
1984
The Last Starfighter
A trailer-park teenager, an arcade cabinet and a very old-school call to adventure.
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Musical / Children's / Comedy
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Muppets Take Manhattan: family and friendship, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Drama / Romance
1984
The Natural
The Natural: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Fantasy / Children's / Drama / Sword And Sorcery
1984
The NeverEnding Story
A boy, a book and a disappearing world — imagination as the only weapon left.
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Action / Science Fiction / Drama / Mystery / Biographical / Time-travel
1984
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment: loss and authority, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Heist / Crime / Drama / Comedy Drama / Action
1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Pope of Greenwich Village: greed and consumerism, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Drama
1984
The River
The River: family and heroism, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Sci-Fi / Action
1984
The Terminator
A relentless machine, a desperate human, and a future that won't wait.
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Romantic Comedy
1984
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red: friendship and freedom, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Crime / Erotic Thriller / Action / Slasher / Neo-noir
1984
Tightrope
Tightrope: family and the safety of home, and why this 1984 movie still matters.
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Spy / Parody
1984
Top Secret!
A rock star, a resistance, and a barrage of nonsense — Top Secret! still loves to make sense of nothing.
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