Film Index
American cinema: 1980s
The Elephant Man (1980)
David Lynch
In Victorian England, Frederick Treves, a senior surgeon at the London Hospital, comes across a heavily deformed man being exhibited as a freak in the East End of London...
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David Lynch
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Irvin Kershner
The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance is followed by a swift retaliation from the Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader leading the offensive...
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Irvin Kershner
The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi
Five young college students decide to spend their vacation in an isolated cabin in the Tennessee mountains. On reaching the cabin, they sense a ghostly presence and are surprised when they find a collection of strange artefacts in the cellar...
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Sam Raimi
The Final Conflict (1981)
Graham Baker
The world is in the grip of recession and tensions in the Middle East are rising amidst a diplomatic crisis. One man can lead the way forwards, guiding mankind to a better future...
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Graham Baker
Flash Gordon (1980)
Mike Hodges
Intent on destroying the planet Earth for his own wicked amusement, the Emperor Ming the Merciless instigates a series of catastrophes which are taken to be natural disasters...
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Mike Hodges
The Fog (1980)
John Carpenter
Antonio Bay, a small Californian fishing town, is about to mark its one hundredth anniversary. On the eve of the centennial celebrations, the town's pastor, Father Malone, finds an old diary in which he uncovers a terrible secret... [More...]
John Carpenter
Antonio Bay, a small Californian fishing town, is about to mark its one hundredth anniversary. On the eve of the centennial celebrations, the town's pastor, Father Malone, finds an old diary in which he uncovers a terrible secret... [More...]
The Formula (1980)
John G. Avildsen
When Thomas Neely, a former police officer, is found dead at his Los Angeles home, his old friend Lieutenant Barney Caine is assigned to investigate his murder... [More...]
John G. Avildsen
When Thomas Neely, a former police officer, is found dead at his Los Angeles home, his old friend Lieutenant Barney Caine is assigned to investigate his murder... [More...]
Frantic (1988)
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Friday the 13th (1980)
Sean S. Cunningham
On Friday 13th June, some time in the late 1970s, a group of young people are busy renovating an old camp site which is due to be reopened... [More...]
Sean S. Cunningham
On Friday 13th June, some time in the late 1970s, a group of young people are busy renovating an old camp site which is due to be reopened... [More...]
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Barry Levinson
Saigon, 1965. During the Vietnam War, American Airman Adrian Cronauer is seconded to work as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio service... [More...]
Barry Levinson
Saigon, 1965. During the Vietnam War, American Airman Adrian Cronauer is seconded to work as a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio service... [More...]
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Halloween II (1981)
Rick Rosenthal
Michael Myers has been shot dead by Dr Loomis, or so it seemed on that fateful Halloween night in 1978. When Loomis and Sheriff Brackett fail to find the killer's body, it is apparent that he is still very much alive and will almost certainly strike again... [More...]
Rick Rosenthal
Michael Myers has been shot dead by Dr Loomis, or so it seemed on that fateful Halloween night in 1978. When Loomis and Sheriff Brackett fail to find the killer's body, it is apparent that he is still very much alive and will almost certainly strike again... [More...]
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Woody Allen
Hannah is a successful stage actress who has recently taken an extended career break so that she can raise a family with her second husband, Elliot, a financial adviser... [More...]
Woody Allen
Hannah is a successful stage actress who has recently taken an extended career break so that she can raise a family with her second husband, Elliot, a financial adviser... [More...]
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Mel Brooks
Man has barely grown accustomed to walking upright before he invents fire, marriage, art and music. Then his problems really begin..... [More...]
Mel Brooks
Man has barely grown accustomed to walking upright before he invents fire, marriage, art and music. Then his problems really begin..... [More...]
House (1986)
Steve Miner
Roger Cobb is an author who is afflicted with a severe attack of writer's block in the wake of a quick succession of personal calamities... [More...]
Steve Miner
Roger Cobb is an author who is afflicted with a severe attack of writer's block in the wake of a quick succession of personal calamities... [More...]
The House of Usher (1988)
Alan Birkinshaw
Ryan, a young American, takes his girlfriend Molly to England to visit his Uncle Roderick Usher at his ancient mansion. On the way, Ryan drives his car into a tree and knocks himself senseless... [More...]
Alan Birkinshaw
Ryan, a young American, takes his girlfriend Molly to England to visit his Uncle Roderick Usher at his ancient mansion. On the way, Ryan drives his car into a tree and knocks himself senseless... [More...]
The Howling (1981)
Joe Dante
For some time, TV news presenter Karen White has been stalked by a serial killer named Eddie Quist. She agrees to cooperate with the police to lure her persecutor into a trap but the confrontation with Eddie, at a cheap porn theatre, proves more horrific than she can ever have imagined... [More...]
Joe Dante
For some time, TV news presenter Karen White has been stalked by a serial killer named Eddie Quist. She agrees to cooperate with the police to lure her persecutor into a trap but the confrontation with Eddie, at a cheap porn theatre, proves more horrific than she can ever have imagined... [More...]
King Lear (1987)
Jean-Luc Godard
After the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, civilisation has been re-built, but mankind's artistic legacy has been lost. One man, William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth, sets about retrieving the works of his famous ancestor... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
After the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, civilisation has been re-built, but mankind's artistic legacy has been lost. One man, William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth, sets about retrieving the works of his famous ancestor... [More...]
The King of Comedy (1982)
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin... [More...]
Frank Oz
Mr Mushnik is the owner of a far from thriving florist shop in Skid Row, a less than salubrious district of New York. He tyrannises his two employees, Seymour Krelborn and Audrey Fulquard, but knows he is heading for ruin... [More...]
The Martian Chronicles [TV] (1980)
Michael Anderson
In 1999, Zeus I, the first manned mission to Mars, ends in disaster when the two-man crew are killed by a native Martian to protect his world... [More...]
Michael Anderson
In 1999, Zeus I, the first manned mission to Mars, ends in disaster when the two-man crew are killed by a native Martian to protect his world... [More...]
Max mon amour (1986)
Nagisa Ôshima
Suspecting that his wife, Margaret, is having a secret love affair, Peter Jones, a British ambassador in Paris, engages a private detective to investigate... [More...]
Nagisa Ôshima
Suspecting that his wife, Margaret, is having a secret love affair, Peter Jones, a British ambassador in Paris, engages a private detective to investigate... [More...]
Midnight Run (1988)
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
Missing (1982)
Costa-Gavras
An American free-lance journalist, Charles Hormann, is living in a South American state with his wife Beth when a military coup erupts... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
An American free-lance journalist, Charles Hormann, is living in a South American state with his wife Beth when a military coup erupts... [More...]
Music Box (1989)
Costa-Gavras
When she learns that her father, Mike Laszlo, has been indicted for alleged war crimes during World War II, high-flying lawyer Ann Talbot resolves to defend him... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
When she learns that her father, Mike Laszlo, has been indicted for alleged war crimes during World War II, high-flying lawyer Ann Talbot resolves to defend him... [More...]
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Irvin Kershner
James Bond is not the man he used to be. When he under-performs in a training exercise, M sends him to a health clinic to rid himself of all those harmful free radicals... [More...]
Irvin Kershner
James Bond is not the man he used to be. When he under-performs in a training exercise, M sends him to a health clinic to rid himself of all those harmful free radicals... [More...]
Octopussy (1983)
John Glen
Sickened by the concessions his leaders have made to Western governments, renegade Soviet General Orlov concocts a diabolical plan that will enable the Soviet Union to expand its territory using conventional forces... [More...]
John Glen
Sickened by the concessions his leaders have made to Western governments, renegade Soviet General Orlov concocts a diabolical plan that will enable the Soviet Union to expand its territory using conventional forces... [More...]
On Golden Pond (1981)
Mark Rydell
Norman Thayer is a retired college professor who been happily married to Ethel for almost five decades. As they have done for the past 48 years, the couple return to their summer cottage on Golden Pond, this time to celebrate Norman's eightieth birthday... [More...]
Mark Rydell
Norman Thayer is a retired college professor who been happily married to Ethel for almost five decades. As they have done for the past 48 years, the couple return to their summer cottage on Golden Pond, this time to celebrate Norman's eightieth birthday... [More...]
L'Ours (1988)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
British Columbia, 1885. When his mother is killed in a rock-fall, a young bear cub must learn to fend for himself. The cub attempts to befriend a giant grizzly bear, but the latter, irritated by the youngster's attentions, pushes him away... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
British Columbia, 1885. When his mother is killed in a rock-fall, a young bear cub must learn to fend for himself. The cub attempts to befriend a giant grizzly bear, but the latter, irritated by the youngster's attentions, pushes him away... [More...]