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1980's Movies to Watch

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  • Robert J. Koster in Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

    1. Dark Night of the Scarecrow

    19811h 36mTV-14TV Movie
    6.7 (9.2K)
    In a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
    DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsCharles DurningRobert F. LyonsClaude Earl Jones
  • Don't Go to Sleep (1982)

    2. Don't Go to Sleep

    19821h 33mTV Movie
    6.5 (1.6K)
    A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
    DirectorRichard LangStarsDennis WeaverValerie HarperRobin Ignico
  • The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)

    3. The Best Little Girl in the World

    19811h 40mTV Movie
    6.3 (607)
    A young girl develops an eating disorder, alternately starving herself or throwing up food. Her parents, angry and desperate, send her to a hospital. Unfortunately, she befriends a patient who convinces her to hide her illness.
    DirectorSam O'SteenStarsCharles DurningEva Marie SaintJennifer Jason Leigh
  • JoBeth Williams, Daniel J. Travanti, and Adam Walsh in Adam (1983)

    4. Adam

    19831h 40mTV-14TV Movie
    7.2 (762)
    After their child is abducted, John and Reve Walsh are trying to find him. But, shortly after that, Adam is found dead.
    DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsDaniel J. TravantiJoBeth WilliamsMartha Scott
  • The Pit (1981)

    5. The Pit

    19811h 36mR
    5.7 (3.8K)
    A solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
    DirectorLew LehmanStarsSammy SnydersJeannie EliasSonja Smits
  • The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

    6. The Doctor and the Devils

    19851h 33mR
    6.1 (1.5K)
    In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case.
    DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsTimothy DaltonJonathan PryceTwiggy
  • V (1983)

    7. V

    19832 epsUnratedTV Mini Series
    7.8 (18K)
    A seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.
    StarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellFaye Grant
  • Simon Nash in Xtro (1982)

    8. Xtro

    19821h 24mR
    5.6 (8.7K)
    An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
    DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsPhilip SayerBernice StegersDanny Brainin
  • Alone in the Dark (1982)

    9. Alone in the Dark

    19821h 32mR63Metascore
    6.0 (7.5K)
    A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
    DirectorJack SholderStarsJack PalanceDonald PleasenceMartin Landau
  • Gandahar (1987)

    10. Gandahar

    19871h 18mPG
    7.0 (6K)
    An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
    DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie Escourrou
  • Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985)

    11. Gwen, the Book of Sand

    19851h 7m
    6.8 (425)
    Gwen is a young girl adopted by a nomad tribe in a desert post-apocalyptic world. When Gwen's friend is kidnapped, she and an old woman called Roseline embark on a trip to bring him back.
    DirectorJean-François LaguionieStarsMichel RobinLorella Di CiccoArmand Babel
  • The Changeling (1980)

    12. The Changeling

    19801h 47mR70Metascore
    7.1 (43K)
    After experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy.
    DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn Douglas
  • William Hurt in Altered States (1980)

    13. Altered States

    19801h 42mR58Metascore
    6.9 (40K)
    A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob Balaban
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

    14. 2010: The Year We Make Contact

    19841h 56mPG53Metascore
    6.7 (60K)
    A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen Mirren
  • The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    15. The Watcher in the Woods

    19801h 24mPG52Metascore
    6.1 (7.5K)
    When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
    DirectorsJohn HoughVincent McEveetyStarsBette DavisLynn-Holly JohnsonKyle Richards
  • Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)

    16. Faerie Tale Theatre

    1982–198727 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.3 (2.8K)
    A miscellany of numerous classic fairy tales' adaptations.
    StarsShelley DuvallJohn AchornPatrick DeSantis
  • Jonathan Pryce, Shawn Carson, and Vidal Peterson in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

    17. Something Wicked This Way Comes

    19831h 35mPG68Metascore
    6.7 (11K)
    In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
    DirectorJack ClaytonStarsMary Grace CanfieldRichard DavalosJake Dengel
  • Krull (1983)

    18. Krull

    19832h 1mPG45Metascore
    6.1 (38K)
    A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsKen MarshallLysette AnthonyFreddie Jones
  • Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Aubree Miller, and Eric Walker in The Ewok Adventure (1984)

    19. The Ewok Adventure

    19841h 36mTV-GTV Movie
    5.3 (13K)
    Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
    DirectorJohn KortyStarsEric WalkerWarwick DavisFionnula Flanagan
  • Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, and Carole Bouquet in Dream one (1984)

    20. Dream one

    19841h 37m
    4.4 (293)
    A young boy imagines being in a tale he's about to hear. In this magical world he encounters many famous characters from other tales, aliens and other beings and, of course, a beautiful princess.
    DirectorArnaud SélignacStarsSeth KibelJason ConneryMathilda May
  • Making Contact (1985)

    21. Making Contact

    19851h 38mPG
    4.7 (2K)
    Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJoshua MorrellEva KryllTammy Shields
  • Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Siân Phillips, and Carel Struycken in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

    22. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

    19851h 34mTV-GTV Movie
    5.4 (11K)
    Marauders raid the Ewok village and steal a power supply they believe to be magical. Wicket helps Cindel escape the evil witch Charal, and they befriend a hermit who may help them save the village.
    DirectorsJim WheatKen WheatStarsWilford BrimleyWarwick DavisAubree Miller
  • The Great Land of Small (1987)

    23. The Great Land of Small

    19871h 33mG
    5.2 (338)
    Two children enter a forest and meet Fritz a leprechaun-like creature, whose gold dust was stolen by a wicked hunter. As the hunter becomes mad, he attempts to capture Fritz and the children. who escaped to the Land of Small.
    DirectorVojtech JasnýStarsKaren ElkinMichael BlouinMichael J. Anderson
  • Radost Bokel in Momo (1986)

    24. Momo

    19861h 41m
    6.5 (2.2K)
    In the village of Momo the pace of time goes very slowly. Nobody is bothering about stress but everyone has time to chat and rest - until the day the grey men arrive. With a great selling strategy they offer the people an account to collect time. Now everybody is in stress in order to gain time for collecting, except for Momo who obviously is the only one without stress. Watching her former friends having no time at all for friendship and other social activities she decides to fight the grey men. The story is a modern fairy tale about how to use time.
    DirectorJohannes SchaafStarsRadost BokelMario AdorfArmin Mueller-Stahl
  • My Pet Monster (1986)

    25. My Pet Monster

    19861hNot RatedVideo
    4.5 (405)
    Snyder, a historian who has spent many years trying to unlock the powers of a statue, wishes to capture Max for validation of his life's work.
    DirectorsTimothy BondJay MillerDick SchneiderStarsSunny Besen ThrasherAlyson CourtYannick Bisson

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