Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

Teachers

1984

English

6.1

♡ 8

61%

Arthur Hiller Director

Allen Garfield as Carl Rosenberg

Lee Grant as Dr. Donna Burke

Richard Mulligan as Herbert Gower

Morgan Freeman as Lewis

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.

Blame It on Rio

1984

English

5.8

♡ 17

Action

Comedy

infidelity

older man younger woman relationship

Stanley Donen Director

Valerie Harper as Karen Hollis

Michael Caine as Matthew Hollis

Demi Moore as Nicole 'Nikki' Hollis

Joseph Bologna as Victor Lyons

Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!

City Heat

1984

English

5.5

♡ 22

22%

Richard Benjamin Director

Art LaFleur as Bruiser

Clint Eastwood as Lieutenant Speer

William Sanderson as Lonnie Ash

Beau Starr as Pitt Lookout

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

Special Effects

1984

English

5.4

♡ 15

43%

Larry Cohen Director

Kris Evans as Cosmetician

Larry Cohen as Journalist

H. Richard Greene as Leon Gruskin

Eric Bogosian as Neville

After murdering a young would-be actress, megalomaniacal movie director Chris Neville sets about making a feature based on the murder, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the part of the dead actress.

The Flamingo Kid

1984

English

6.2

♡ 14

86%

55%

Action

beach resort

brooklyn, new york city

Garry Marshall Director

Richard Stahl as Charlie Cooper

Googy Gress as Freddy

Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis

Marisa Tomei as Mandy

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

The Killing Fields

1984

English

7.8

♡ 41

91%

Action

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Roland Joffé Director

John Malkovich as Al Rockoff

Julian Sands as Jon Swain

Craig T. Nelson as Military Attaché

Joanna Merlin as Schanberg's Sister

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

Vigil

1984

English

6.8

♡ 8

60%

Vincent Ward Director

Maurice Trewern as

Eric Griffin as

Josie Herlihy as

Sadie Marriner as

Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss's father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job by her grandfather. Toss's fairly innocent relationship with Ethan is severed when he forms a relationship with her mother.

Threads

1984

English

7.9

♡ 51

100%

Mick Jackson Director

Michael O'Hagan as Chief Supt. Hirst

Steve Halliwell as Information Officer

Colin Ward-Lewis as Newscaster

Ed Bishop as US President

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Roadhouse 66

1984

English

5.4

♡ 14

49%

John Mark Robinson Director

Judge Reinhold as Beckman Hallsgood Jr.

Willem Dafoe as Johnny Harte

Kate Vernon as Melissa Duran

Peter Van Norden as Moss

Beckman driving a '55 Thunderbird on Route 66 hooks up with Johnny after hoodlum Hoot and his gang shoot his car. Continuous conflicts between Hoot and Beckman make Beckman and Johnny determant to teach him a lesson.

No Small Affair

1984

English

5.5

♡ 8

57%

Jerry Schatzberg Director

Jon Cryer as Charles Cummings

George Wendt as Jake

Demi Moore as Laura Victor

Tim Robbins as Nelson

A 16-year-old aspiring photographer pursues a beautiful "older woman" of 22, a down-on-her-luck rock singer.

Razorback

1984

English

6.0

♡ 18

58%

Russell Mulcahy Director

Judy Morris as Beth Winters

Gregory Harrison as Carl Winters

John Howard as Danny

John Ewart as Turner

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

The Evil That Men Do

1984

English

5.9

♡ 8

40%

Action

based on novel or book

J. Lee Thompson Director

John Glover as Briggs

Jorge Luke as Cillero

Charles Bronson as Holland

Joseph Maher as Molloch

A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.

Making the Grade

1984

English

5.6

♡ 6

55%

Dorian Walker Director

Walter Olkewicz as Coach Wordman

Andrew Dice Clay as Dice

Judd Nelson as Eddie Keaton

David Kallaway as Scared Boy

Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.

The Lonely Guy

1984

English

6.2

♡ 8

50%

47%

Action

based on novel or book

Comedy

loneliness

manhattan, new york city

Romance

romantic comedy

romcom

Arthur Hiller Director

Beau Starr as 2nd Cop

Steve Lawrence as Jack

Merv Griffin as Merv Griffin

Andy Garcia as (uncredited)

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Beat Street

1984

English

6.5

♡ 14

57%

Stan Lathan Director

Tonya Pinkins as Angela

Mary Alice as Cora

Ralph Cole Jr. as Dancer

Kadeem Hardison as High School Student

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Favourites of the Moon

1984

French

6.9

♡ 6

86%

Otar Iosseliani Director

Gaspard Flori as Christian Laplace

Bernard Eisenschitz as Gustave

René Vo Van Mihn as Jean

Mathieu Amalric as Julien

A porcelain table service and a painting from the 19th century pass from hand to hand and deteriorate over time, sealing the fate of different characters who cross paths in Paris.

Electric Dreams

1984

English

6.4

♡ 17

45%

Steve Barron Director

Maxwell Caulfield as Bill

Koo Stark as Girl in Soap Opera

Patsy Smart as Lady in Ticket Line

Virginia Madsen as Madeline Robistat

Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.

Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street

1984

Cn

5.8

♡ 8

34%

Action

Comedy

Hark Tsui Director

Karl Maka as Albert Au

Ken Boyle as CIA Agent

Sylvia Chang as Supt. Nancy Ho

Peter Graves as Tom Collins

A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must help the police recover it.

28 Up

1984

English

8.1

♡ 6

Action

Biography

Documentary

Michael Apted Director

Lynn Johnson as Herself

Neil Hughes as Himself

Paul Kligerman as Himself

Michael Apted as Interviewer

Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.

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No Small Affair

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The Evil That Men Do

Making the Grade

The Lonely Guy

Beat Street

Favourites of the Moon

Electric Dreams

Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street

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