| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| 10 to Midnight |
J. Lee Thompson |
Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens |
Action |
|
| All the Right Moves |
Michael Chapman |
Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn |
Drama |
|
| Americana |
David Carradine |
David Carradine, Barbara Hershey |
Drama |
|
| Amityville 3-D |
Richard Fleischer |
Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy |
Horror |
2nd sequel to The Amityville Horror |
| Angelo My Love |
Robert Duvall |
|
Drama |
|
| Anna to the Infinite Power |
Robert Wiemer |
Dina Merrill, Jack Gilford |
Sci-fi |
|
| Baby It's You |
John Sayles |
Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin |
Drama |
|
| Bad Boys |
Rick Rosenthal |
Sean Penn, Esai Morales, Reni Santoni, Ally Sheedy |
Drama |
|
| The Big Chill |
Lawrence Kasdan |
Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Meg Tilly, Mary Kay Place |
Drama |
3 Academy Award nominations |
| Bill Cosby: Himself |
Bill Cosby |
Bill Cosby |
Comedy |
|
| The Black Stallion Returns |
Robert Dalva |
Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Teri Garr |
Family |
sequel to The Black Stallion |
| Blue Thunder |
John Badham |
Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern |
Action |
|
| Born in Flames |
Lizzie Borden |
Jeanne Satterfield |
16 mm film |
|
| Brainstorm |
Douglas Trumbull |
Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher |
Drama, Science fiction |
Wood's final film |
| Breathless |
Jim McBride |
Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky |
Drama |
remake of 1960 film |
| Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? |
Henry Jaglom |
Karen Black, Michael Emil |
Comedy |
|
| Chicken Ranch |
Nick Broomfield |
|
Documentary |
|
| Christine |
John Carpenter |
Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton |
Thriller |
based on novel by Stephen King |
| A Christmas Story |
Bob Clark |
Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon |
Comedy |
based on story by Jean Shepherd |
| Circle of Power |
Bobby Roth |
Yvette Mimieux |
Drama |
|
| Class |
Lewis John Carlino |
Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson |
Comedy |
|
| Copkiller |
Roberto Faenza |
Harvey Keitel, John Lydon |
Drama |
|
| Cracking Up |
Jerry Lewis |
Jerry Lewis, Herb Edelman, Zane Busby |
Comedy |
|
| Cross Creek |
Martin Ritt |
Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Rip Torn, Alfre Woodard, Dana Hill |
Biography |
story of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| Cujo |
Lewis Teague |
Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone |
Horror |
based on Stephen King novel |
| D.C. Cab |
Joel Schumacher |
Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Gary Busey |
Comedy |
|
| Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island |
Friz Freleng |
Mel Blanc, June Foray |
Animation |
Compilation |
| Daniel |
Sidney Lumet |
Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse |
Drama |
| The Day After |
Nicholas Meyer |
Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow, John Cullum, Jeff East |
Drama |
TV film; 12 Emmy nominations |
| The Dead Zone |
David Cronenberg |
Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams |
Thriller |
based on Stephen King novel |
| Deal of the Century |
William Friedkin |
Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver |
Comedy |
|
| Doctor Detroit |
Michael Pressman |
Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, Lynn Whitfield |
Comedy |
|
| Easy Money |
James Signorelli |
Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Jennifer Jason Leigh |
Comedy |
|
| Eddie and the Cruisers |
Martin Davidson |
Michael Paré, Tom Berenger, Ellen Barkin |
Drama |
|
| Eddie Macon's Run |
Jeff Kanew |
Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell |
Crime |
|
| El Norte |
Gregory Nava |
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando |
Drama |
|
| Eureka |
Nicolas Roeg |
Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer |
Drama |
|
| Exposed |
James Toback |
Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel |
Drama |
|
| Ferestadeh |
Parviz Sayyad |
Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick |
Drama |
|
| Flashdance |
Adrian Lyne |
Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Belinda Bauer |
Drama |
|
| Get Crazy |
Allan Arkush |
Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Lou Reed |
Comedy |
|
| Going Berserk |
David Steinberg |
John Candy, Eugene Levy, Pat Hingle |
Comedy |
|
| Gorky Park |
Michael Apted |
William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy |
Crime drama |
based on Martin Cruz Smith novel |
| Heart Like a Wheel |
Jonathan Kaplan |
Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges |
Biography |
story of Shirley Muldowney |
| Hercules |
Luigi Cozzi |
Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning |
Fantasy |
|
| High Road to China |
Brian G. Hutton |
Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Wilford Brimley |
Adventure |
|
| The House on Sorority Row |
Mark Ronson |
Kathryn McNeil, Eileen Davidson |
Horror |
|
| The Hunger |
Tony Scott |
Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie |
Horror |
|
| Independence Day |
Robert Mandel |
Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Dianne Wiest |
Drama |
|
| Jaws 3-D |
Joe Alves |
Bess Armstrong, Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr. |
Thriller |
2nd sequel to Jaws |
| The Keep |
Michael Mann |
Scott Glenn, Jürgen Prochnow, Ian McKellen |
Horror |
|
| The King of Comedy |
Martin Scorsese |
Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis |
Comedy |
|
| Lianna |
John Sayles |
Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries |
Drama |
|
| Liquid Sky |
Slava Tsukerman |
Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard |
Drama |
|
| Lone Wolf McQuade |
Steve Carver |
Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera |
Action |
|
| The Lonely Lady |
Peter Sasdy |
Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Joseph Cali, Bibi Besch, Anthony Holland, Ray Liotta |
Drama |
based on Harold Robbins novel; 11 Razzie nominations |
| The Lords of Discipline |
Franc Roddam |
David Keith, G. D. Spradlin |
Drama |
based on Pat Conroy novel |
| Losin' It |
Curtis Hanson |
Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, Shelley Long |
Comedy |
|
| Lovesick |
Marshall Brickman |
Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern |
Comedy |
|
| The Man Who Loved Women |
Blake Edwards |
Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Sela Ward, Marilu Henner |
Drama |
remake of 1977 French film |
| The Man with Two Brains |
Carl Reiner |
Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner |
Comedy |
|
| Max Dugan Returns |
Herbert Ross |
Jason Robards, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick |
Comedy |
written by Neil Simon |
| Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn |
Charles Band |
Kelly Preston, Tim Thomerson |
Sci-fi |
|
| Mickey's Christmas Carol |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
|
Animation |
|
| Mr. Mom |
Stan Dragoti |
Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull |
Comedy |
|
| My Tutor |
George Bowers |
Caren Kaye, Matt Lattanzi, Crispin Glover |
Comedy |
|
| Nate and Hayes |
Ferdinand Fairfax, John Hughes |
Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe |
Action |
|
| National Lampoon's Vacation |
Harold Ramis |
Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Christie Brinkley |
Comedy |
|
| Never Cry Wolf |
Carroll Ballard |
Brian Dennehy, Charles Martin Smith |
Drama |
|
| Night Warning |
Bill Asher |
Bo Svenson, Julia Duffy, Bill Paxton |
Horror |
|
| A Night in Heaven |
John G. Avildsen |
Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren |
Drama |
|
| Nightmares |
Joseph Sargent |
Lance Henriksen, Emilio Estevez |
Horror |
|
| Of Unknown Origin |
George P. Cosmatos |
Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale |
Horror |
|
| The Osterman Weekend |
Sam Peckinpah |
Rutger Hauer, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster, John Hurt, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver |
Suspense |
based on Robert Ludlum novel; Peckinpah's final film |
| The Outsiders |
Francis Ford Coppola |
C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Leif Garrett |
Drama |
based on S. E. Hinton novel |
| The Pirates of Penzance |
Wilford Leach |
Kevin Kline, Tony Azito, Angela Lansbury |
Operetta |
|
| Porky's II: The Next Day |
Bob Clark |
Mark Herrier, Kaki Hunter |
Comedy |
sequel to Porky's |
| Private School |
Noel Black |
Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine |
Comedy |
|
| Psycho II |
Richard Franklin |
Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Vera Miles |
Horror |
sequel to Psycho |
| Reuben, Reuben |
Robert Ellis Miller |
Tom Conti, Kelly McGillis |
Drama, Comedy |
|
| Revenge of the Ninja |
Sam Firstenberg |
Sho Kosugi, Arthur Roberts |
Action |
|
| Richard Pryor: Here and Now |
Richard Pryor |
Richard Pryor |
Comedy |
|
| The Right Stuff |
Philip Kaufman |
Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank Lance Henriksen, Barbara Hershey, Kim Stanley |
Drama, Biography |
based on book by Tom Wolfe; won 4 Academy Awards |
| Risky Business |
Paul Brickman |
Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot |
Comedy |
|
| Romantic Comedy |
Arthur Hiller |
Dudley Moore, Mary Steenbergen |
Comedy |
|
| Rumble Fish |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Nicolas Cage, Diana Scarwid, Vincent Spano, Dennis Hopper |
Drama |
based on S. E. Hinton novel |
| Running Brave |
D.S. Everett |
Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Graham Greene |
Biography |
story of Billy Mills |
| Sahara |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Brooke Shields, Lambert Wilson |
Drama |
|
| Scarface |
Brian De Palma |
Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia |
Crime drama |
|
| Silkwood |
Mike Nichols |
Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Fred Ward |
Drama |
|
| Sleepaway Camp |
Robert Hiltzik |
Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten |
Horror |
|
| Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 |
Dick Lowry |
Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick |
Comedy |
2nd Smokey and the Bandit sequel |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes |
Jack Clayton |
Jonathan Pryce, Jason Robards, Pam Grier |
Fantasy |
based on Ray Bradbury story |
| Space Raiders |
Howard R. Cohen |
Vince Edwards |
Sci-fi |
|
| Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone |
Lamont Johnson |
Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson |
Science fiction |
|
| Spring Break |
Sean S. Cunningham |
Perry Lang, Corinne Wahl |
Comedy |
|
| Star 80 |
Bob Fosse |
Eric Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Cliff Robertson |
Drama, Biography |
story of Dorothy Stratten |
| The Star Chamber |
Peter Hyams |
Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto |
Crime drama |
|
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
Richard Marquand |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams |
Science fiction |
3rd Star Wars film released |
| Staying Alive |
Sylvester Stallone |
John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes |
Musical, Drama |
sequel to Saturday Night Fever; 5 Razzie nominations |
| Still Smokin (film) |
Tommy Chong |
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong |
Comedy |
|
| The Sting II |
Jeremy Kagan |
Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr, Karl Malden |
Crime comedy |
sequel to The Sting |
| Strange Brew |
Rick Moranis |
Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Max von Sydow |
Comedy |
based on SCTV characters |
| Strange Invaders |
Michael Laughlin |
Paul Le Mat, Diana Scarwid, Nancy Allen |
Sci-fi, Comedy |
|
| Streamers |
Robert Altman |
Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza |
Drama |
based on David Rabe play |
| Stroker Ace |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Jim Nabors, Ned Beatty, Loni Anderson |
Comedy |
5 Razzie nominations |
| Sudden Impact |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle |
Crime drama |
3rd sequel to Dirty Harry |
| Superman III |
Richard Lester |
Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole |
Action |
2nd sequel to Superman |
| The Survivors |
Michael Ritchie |
Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed |
Comedy |
|
| Table for Five |
Robert Lieberman |
Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Roxana Zal |
Drama |
|
| Tender Mercies |
Bruce Beresford |
Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin |
Drama |
Academy Award for Duvall |
| Terms of Endearment |
James L. Brooks |
Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow |
Drama, Comedy |
won 5 Academy Awards |
| Testament |
Lynne Littman |
Jane Alexander, William Devane, Roxana Zal |
Drama |
|
| To Be or Not to Be |
Alan Johnson |
Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, José Ferrer, Tim Matheson |
Comedy |
remake of 1942 film |
| Tough Enough |
Richard Fleischer |
Dennis Quaid, Pam Grier, Stan Shaw |
Drama |
|
| Trading Places |
John Landis |
Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy |
Comedy |
won two BAFTA awards |
| Trenchcoat |
Michael Tuchner |
Robert Hays, Margot Kidder |
Comedy |
|
| Twilight Zone: The Movie |
John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller, Steven Spielberg |
Vic Morrow, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Scatman Crothers, Kevin McCarthy, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks |
Science fiction |
based on the television series; Morrow's final film |
| Twice Upon a Time |
John Korty |
|
Animation |
|
| Two of a Kind |
John Herzfeld |
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning |
Romantic comedy |
5 Razzie nominations |
| Uncommon Valor |
Ted Kotcheff |
Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Patrick Swayze |
Action, War |
|
| Under Fire |
Roger Spottiswoode |
Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris |
Drama |
|
| Valley Girl |
Martha Coolidge |
Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Frederic Forrest, Colleen Camp |
Comedy |
|
| Videodrome |
David Cronenberg |
James Woods, Deborah Harry |
Sci-fi |
|
| Vigilante |
William Lustig |
Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Rutanya Alda |
Action |
|
| Walking the Edge |
Norbert Meisel |
Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell |
Action |
|
| WarGames |
John Badham |
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy, John Wood |
Drama |
|
| Warrior of the Lost World |
David Worth |
Donald Pleasence, Persis Khambatta, Fred Williamson |
Sci-fi |
|
| Wavelength |
Mike Gray |
Robert Carradine, Keenan Wynn |
Sci-fi |
|
| Winds of War |
Dan Curtis |
Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, John Houseman, Polly Bergen, Jan-Michael Vincent |
War, Drama |
based on Herman Wouk novel; made for TV mini-series |
| Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore |
Rick Reinert |
|
Animation |
|
| Without a Trace |
Stanley R. Jaffe |
Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes |
Drama |
|
| Yentl |
Barbra Streisand |
Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving |
Musical |
|
| Zelig |
Woody Allen |
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow |
Mockumentary |
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