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    Obex 2025 POSTER

    Obex

    2025

    English

    10

    100%

    81%

    1980s

    baltimore, maryland

    computer game

    Horror

    missing dog

    Sci-Fi

    surrealism

    Albert Birney Albert Birney Director Albert Birney Albert Birney as Conor Callie Hernandez Callie Hernandez as Mary Dorothy Dorothy as Sandy Frank Mosley Frank Mosley as Victor
    Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 2025 POSTER

    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

    2025

    English

    19

    61%

    82%

    1980s

    Action

    based on novel or book

    biography

    Biography

    depression

    Drama

    mental health

    Music

    singer-songwriter

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
    Olmo 2025 POSTER

    Olmo

    2025

    English

    1

    1980s

    Comedy

    coming of age

    Drama

    house party

    multiple sclerosis

    teenage boy

    1979, New Mexico, USA. Olmo is stuck. Today is his turn to take care of his sick father even though he is only 14-years-old and would much rather be hanging out with his best friend, Miguel. But when Olmo gets invited to a party by his beautiful neighbour Nina, he will do whatever he can to get out of his duties, embarking on a journey of mischief and chaos. As the night unfolds, he may come to love the very place from which he has spent so long trying to escape: his home.
    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 2025 POSTER

    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

    2025

    English

    12

    60%

    82%

    1980s

    based on novel or book

    biography

    Biography

    depression

    Drama

    mental health

    Music

    singer-songwriter

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
    I Swear 2025 POSTER

    I Swear

    2025

    English

    4

    1980s

    1990s

    based on true story

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    scotland

    tourette syndrome

    Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.
    The Shuffle 2025 POSTER

    The Shuffle

    2025

    English

    1980s

    Documentary

    music video

    nfl (national football league)

    short film

    Sport

    sports documentary

    The story behind the making of the 1985 Chicago Bears' rap anthem and video that became a cultural phenomenon, redefined sports entertainment, and cemented the team's larger-than-life legacy.
    Stone Cold Fox 2025 POSTER

    Stone Cold Fox

    2025

    English

    6

    1980s

    Action

    commune

    crooked cop

    revenge

    Thriller

    woman director

    In this '80s-set revenge story, the defiant Fox breaks out of an abusive commune in search of her family. But when the queenpin kidnaps her little sister and sends a crooked cop after her, Fox has no choice but to infiltrate the very place she escaped.
    May 18 2007 POSTER

    May 18

    2007

    Korean

    6.9

    9

    61%

    61%

    1980s

    Action

    democratization movement

    Drama

    gwangju

    gwangju uprising

    historical event

    History

    Ji-hoon Kim Ji-hoon Kim Director Ji-hoon Kim Ji-hoon Kim as Tae-won Kwon Tae-won Kwon as General Choi Joon-Gi Lee Joon-Gi Lee as Kang Jin-woo Sung-kee Ahn Sung-kee Ahn as Park Heung-su
    The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
    The Fence 2022 POSTER

    The Fence

    2022

    English

    6.5

    4

    93%

    93%

    1980s

    Action

    bristol

    Comedy

    council estate

    Drama

    racism

    solvent abuse

    William Stone William Stone Director Eugene Simon Eugene Simon as Andrew Knight Jayde Adams Jayde Adams as Miss Bourne Joe Sims Joe Sims as Mr. Arnold Sally Phillips Sally Phillips as Sharon Knight
    The story kicks off on Hartcliffe council estate in Bristol during the early 1980s. It follows Steven Knight, a working-class boy who has his motorbike stolen the day he buys it. Teaming up with his scoundrel friends he desperately tries to track it down before it's gone for good.
    About him & her 2023 POSTER

    About him & her

    2023

    English

    5.7

    6

    100%

    100%

    1980s

    80's

    Action

    art house

    independent film

    romance

    Romance

    Íce Mrozek Íce Mrozek Director Cristina Spruell Cristina Spruell as Her Callan McAuliffe Callan McAuliffe as Him Angela Cockrell Angela Cockrell as Phone Company Operator Elizabeth Last Elizabeth Last as Young Her
    Based on a true story, Crossed phone lines in 1989 lead to a life changing conversation between two strangers, who eventually meet in an unusual way.
    The Luckiest Man in America 2024 POSTER

    The Luckiest Man in America

    2024

    English

    6.2

    11

    67%

    57%

    1980s

    based on true story

    cheating

    game show

    scandal

    Thriller

    Samir Oliveros Samir Oliveros Director Johnny Knoxville Johnny Knoxville as Leon Hart Haley Bennett Haley Bennett as Patricia Walton Goggins Walton Goggins as Peter Maisie Williams Maisie Williams as Sylvia
    1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations.
    Deaf President Now! 2025 POSTER

    Deaf President Now!

    2025

    English

    8.0

    1

    100%

    1980s

    american sign language (asl)

    deaf

    Documentary

    student protest

    Davis Guggenheim Davis Guggenheim Director David Michael Lewin David Michael Lewin as Custodian Leland Orser Leland Orser as Greg Paul Adelstein Paul Adelstein as Jerry Tim Blake Nelson Tim Blake Nelson as Tim
    Discover the story of the greatest civil rights movement most people have never heard about. During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world's only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead a revolution—and change the course of history.
    Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers 2025 POSTER

    Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

    2025

    English

    6.2

    10

    1980s

    1990s

    child abuse

    Crime

    Documentary

    prostitution

    serial killer

    true crime

    Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.
    Notes on Blindness 2016 POSTER

    Notes on Blindness

    2016

    English

    7.0

    60

    95%

    70%

    1980s

    Action

    biography

    blindness

    Documentary

    Drama

    reenactment

    Peter Middleton Peter Middleton Director Emma Rees Emma Rees as Faculty Member Mahalia Martin-Jones Mahalia Martin-Jones as Lizzie Eileen Davies Eileen Davies as Madge Hull Simone Kirby Simone Kirby as Marilyn Hull
    After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.
    Red Christmas 2016 POSTER

    Red Christmas

    2016

    English

    4.3

    35

    45%

    17%

    1980s

    Action

    Adventure

    australia

    Comedy

    down syndrome

    Fantasy

    gore

    Horror

    murder

    slasher

    Thriller

    Craig Anderson Craig Anderson Director Sam Campbell Sam Campbell as Cletus Dee Wallace Dee Wallace as Diane Geoff Morrell Geoff Morrell as Joe Robert Anderson Robert Anderson as Sheriff
    A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell bent on tearing them apart.
    What Goes Up 2009 POSTER

    What Goes Up

    2009

    English

    5.3

    8

    14%

    31%

    1980s

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    drugs

    high school

    Jonathan Glatzer Jonathan Glatzer Director Calum Worthy Calum Worthy as Blastoff! Chorus Patrick Gilmore Patrick Gilmore as Hank Pelzman Hilary Duff Hilary Duff as Lucy Diamond Olivia Thirlby Olivia Thirlby as Tess Sullivan
    Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.
    Foster Home Seance 2018 POSTER

    Foster Home Seance

    2018

    English

    3.4

    6

    1980s

    Action

    foster brother

    Horror

    supernatural

    Frank Powers Frank Powers Director Aaron Bellman Aaron Bellman as Young Aaron Santiago Flores Santiago Flores as Young Issac Miguel Puentes II Miguel Puentes II as Young Mikey J.D. Hernandez J.D. Hernandez as Young Tommy
    When a Foster Home is stricken by tragedy the few remaining children make a pact to always keep in touch.
    Dead Ant 2017 POSTER

    Dead Ant

    2017

    English

    4.9

    11

    69%

    42%

    1980s

    Adventure

    ant

    attack

    Comedy

    glam metal

    Horror

    Music

    peyote

    rock 'n' roll

    Ron Carlson Ron Carlson Director Shawn C. Phillips Shawn C. Phillips as Sean Astin Sean Astin as Art Jake Busey Jake Busey as Merrick Sydney Sweeney Sydney Sweeney as Sam
    When the 1989 "one-hit-wonder" glam-metal band "Sonic Grave" embark on a trip to Coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an "unworldly" vicious attack, and they must "rock" themselves out of harms way.
    The Lure 2015 POSTER

    The Lure

    2015

    Polish

    6.2

    33

    71%

    1980s

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Horror

    mermaid

    musical

    Musical

    sisters

    Thriller

    warsaw, poland

    woman director

    Agnieszka Smoczynska Agnieszka Smoczynska Director Magdalena Cielecka Magdalena Cielecka as Boskie Futro Roma Gasiorowska Roma Gasiorowska as Rakieta Kinga Preis Kinga Preis as Wokalistka Krysia Michalina Olszanska Michalina Olszanska as Zlota
    Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.
    Ray & Liz 2018 POSTER

    Ray & Liz

    2018

    English

    6.7

    7

    94%

    62%

    1980s

    Action

    alcoholic

    council estate

    Drama

    neglected child

    tape recorder

    working class

    Richard Billingham Richard Billingham Director Ella Smith Ella Smith as Liz Tony Way Tony Way as Lol Justin Salinger Justin Salinger as Ray Michelle Bonnard Michelle Bonnard as Zeinab
    On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humor, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.
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