Movie Releases by Genre
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The Bounty
May 4, 1984
Fed up with their captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship crew decides to take action.
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Romancing the Stone
March 30, 1984
After her sister is kidnapped by thugs amidst their search for a priceless gem in the Colombian jungle, a romance novelist (Kathleen Turner) realizes that her own life is in danger! And when she sets out to rescue her sister, she meets a handsome fortune seeker (Michael Douglas), who more than sidetracks her!
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
March 30, 1984
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
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The Ice Pirates
March 16, 1984
In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
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Against All Odds
March 2, 1984
Terry Brogan (Bridges), a football player who is fired from the team, is recruited by an old friend (Woods) to track down a girlfriend in Mexico.
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El Norte
January 27, 1984
Mayan Indian peasants escape oppression in Guatemala and flee to the United States.
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BMX Bandits
December 29, 1983
Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Nicole Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.
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The Right Stuff
October 21, 1983
The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program.
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Never Say Never Again
October 7, 1983
A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
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Fire and Ice
August 26, 1983
At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.
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National Lampoon's Vacation
July 29, 1983
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more difficult than they ever anticipated.
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Krull
July 29, 1983
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.
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Jaws 3-D
July 22, 1983
The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a SeaWorld theme park after a 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.
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Son of the White Mare
July 13, 1983
In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.
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Yellowbeard
June 24, 1983
After serving two decades in prison, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) breaks out determined to recover the treasure that he buried so long ago, alongside his son, old crew, and the British Navy.
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Superman III
June 17, 1983
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and evil Man of Steel.
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Octopussy
June 10, 1983
A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed up by the mysterious Octopussy, used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces.
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
The Millennnium Falcon flashes through hyperspace and creatures from all over the galaxy defy the Galactic Empire. After rescuing Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Leia (Carrie Fisher) from certain doom at the hands of crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Luke (Mark Hamill) rejoins Yoda. Only by completing his Jedi training can he become a true Jedi Knight and defeat Darth Vader and the dark side of the Force.
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The Black Stallion Returns
March 25, 1983
When the Black is stolen in exotic Morrocco, his young owner must embark on a series of daring adventures to get him back. (MGM)
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High Road to China
March 18, 1983
During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot (Tom Selleck) is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist (Bess Armstrong) to find her father who disappeared in Asia.
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The Dark Crystal
December 17, 1982
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world.
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The Last Unicorn
November 19, 1982
A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil King who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns.
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The Man from Snowy River
November 5, 1982
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
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First Blood
October 22, 1982
John Rambo (Stallone) escapes from jail and utilizes the skills he learned in war to evade the sheriff who arrested him.
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The Beastmaster
August 20, 1982
A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.
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The Pirate Movie
August 6, 1982
The crew of a large ship sail the high seas encountering other pirates from other ships. The boy from the ship ends up having to save his girlfriend who is kidnapped by a bunch of other pirates.
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The Secret of NIMH
July 16, 1982
To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected.
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TRON
July 9, 1982
A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
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Firefox
June 18, 1982
A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
June 11, 1982
When an imaginative boy meets a lost alien, it is the beginning of one of cinema's most endearing friendships as Elliot (Henry Thomas) helps the marvelous creature he calls E.T. find his way back home before government agents can capture him.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
June 4, 1982
With the aide of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
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Conan the Barbarian
May 14, 1982
Conan (Schwarzenegger) seeks revenge from the group lead by Thulsa Doom who killed his parents and enslaved him.
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Paradise
May 7, 1982
In the Victorian period, two teenagers, David and Sarah, travel with a caravan from Baghdad to Damascus. At an oasis, the white slave agent known as the Jackal raids them, mainly to add the beautiful young Sarah to his harem. Only David and Sarah narrowly escape, and all the others are slayed in the massacre. Their flight leads them to a beautiful oasis - their paradise - where they discover love and sex. However, the Jackal has not given up on Sarah yet, and David must lure him to his death, or be killed by him.
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The Sword and the Sorcerer
April 30, 1982
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.
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Quest for Fire
February 12, 1982
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
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Time Bandits
November 6, 1981
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time traveling dwarves as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
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Galaxy of Terror
October 1, 1981
A science fiction suspense thriller, in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations.
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Gallipoli
August 28, 1981
Two Australian sprinters (Gibson & Lee) leave their dreams of competing to sign up for World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they fight in vain against the larger Turkish army.
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An Eye for an Eye
August 14, 1981
A SFPD undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner's death and destroy a drug-smuggling ring operated by the Chinese Triads.
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Condorman
August 7, 1981
Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.
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Heavy Metal
August 7, 1981
A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Tarzan the Ape Man
July 24, 1981
“The Blue Lagoon” with elephants. - Roger Ebert. While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker (Bo Derek) meets Tarzan (Miles O'Keeffe), and the two become fascinated by each other.
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Zorro: The Gay Blade
July 17, 1981
Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot figure out how to continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, luck stays with Vega when his long-lost twin brother Ramon, who was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, whom is also flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth, appears for a visit. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but wishes to make some changes. Bunny becomes 'the Gay Blade' in which his new suits are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored, and Bunny insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte a long-time critic of Captain Esteban's policies, and who has a crush on her masked hero.
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The Fox and the Hound
July 10, 1981
Two childhood friends find themselves forced to become enemies.
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The Great Muppet Caper
June 26, 1981
Kermit, Gonzo, and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
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For Your Eyes Only
June 26, 1981
James Bond, Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
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Dragonslayer
June 26, 1981
A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.
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Superman II
June 19, 1981
A trio of Krypton villains threaten havoc on Earth, while Superman and Lois Lane are just becoming involved in a long awaited love affair -- an affair which may cost Superman his super powers. [Warner Bros.]
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 12, 1981
You're in for thrills as Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) confronts snakes, Nazis and one astonishing cliffhanger after another -- all topped off by the discovery and opening of the mystical Ark of the Covenant. [Paramount Pictures]
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Clash of the Titans
June 12, 1981
Perseus must battle both Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
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Death Hunt
May 21, 1981
In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.
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Excalibur
April 10, 1981
The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in Excalibur. All the elements of Sir Thomas Malory's classic Le Morte Darthur are here: Arthur (Nigel Terry) removing the sword Excalibur from the stone; the Round Table's noble birth and tragic decline; the heroic attempts to recover the Holy Grail; and the shifting balance of power between wily wizard Merlin (Nicol Williamson) and evil sorceress Morgana (Helen Mirren). [Warner Bros.]
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Knightriders
April 10, 1981
The members of a traveling Renaissance Faire, who saddle up on motorcycles instead of horses, ride from town to town to stage medieval jousting tournaments with combatants in suits of armor and wielding lances, battle-axes, maces and broadswords. The spectacle of this violent pageant soon garners national attention, much to the dismay of the current king of this Camelot. A challenger to his throne arises as they try to maintain their fairytale existence in a world wrought with corruption.
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Back Roads
March 13, 1981
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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The Dogs of War
February 13, 1981
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
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Flash Gordon
December 5, 1980
Emperor Ming of planet Mongo is bored, and the only thing that seems to appease his ennui is to slowly destroy that celestial trifle known as Earth-- bombarding his new plaything with hailstorms and earthquakes. While Earth’s inhabitants scramble to understand what is happening to their planet, Dr. Hans Zarkov figures out the space coordinates of the origin of attack and commandeers a rocket. But before take-off, he inadvertently kidnaps beautiful New York reporter, Dale Arden, and famed football player, Flash Gordon. Will these mere Earthlings be able to stop the wrath of Emperor Ming? Maybe not, but Flash Gordon is no mere Earthling; he’s a New York Jet.
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Heaven's Gate
November 19, 1980
A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
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Battle Beyond the Stars
September 8, 1980
A young farmer sets out to recruit mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet, which is under threat of invasion by the evil tyrant Sador and his armada of aggressors.
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The Blue Lagoon
July 2, 1980
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
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Herbie Goes Bananas
June 25, 1980
Our favorite little VW beetle helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
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Rough Cut
June 20, 1980
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.
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Bronco Billy
June 11, 1980
The Wild West has been tamed, leaving no place for a group of romantic roustabouts except their small traveling show. Meanwhile a desperate heiress (Sondra Locke), who has been left stranded by her con-artist husband, will do anything for a ride to the next town—even if that means allowing a blindfolded Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) to throw knives at her for a scant audience. So begins a tumultuous relationship and roller coaster adventure.
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The Mountain Men
June 1, 1980
A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.
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Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
May 30, 1980
Charlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students.
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
May 21, 1980
Three years after the events of Star Wars, Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion?s defeat on the ice planet Hoth, Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side, Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin. In the midst of a fierce lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord, Luke faces a startling revelation. [20th Century Fox]
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ffolkes
April 18, 1980
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
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When Time Ran Out...
March 28, 1980
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
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Death Ship
March 7, 1980
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
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Saturn 3
February 15, 1980
Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot robot.
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Mad Max
February 15, 1980
Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), an Australian policeman, sets out to avenge his wife and son.
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Cannibal Holocaust
February 7, 1980
During a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.
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Cuba
December 21, 1979
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train General Batista's Army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
December 7, 1979
When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop it.
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The Black Stallion
October 13, 1979
A boy forges a special friendship with a wild stallion after both are shipwrecked on a deserted island. (MGM)
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Time After Time
September 28, 1979
H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
September 20, 1979
A 20th-century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero.
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Hanover Street
September 13, 1979
Margaret (Lesley-Anne Down) is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David (Harrison Ford), an American pilot.
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Unidentified Flying Oddball
July 26, 1979
[Also known as "A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court"] Astronaut Tom Trimble and his robot companion are unexpectedly hurled backward in time during a routine space flight and end up prisoners at the Court of King Arthur in sixth-century England. Adding to Tom's plight is his discovery of a sinister plot to overthrow the King, with the outcome resting on the flash-and-dazzle of the equipment at hand – from the 20th century. [Disney]
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Moonraker
June 29, 1979
James Bond, Agent 007, investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
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The Muppet Movie
June 22, 1979
After a fateful meeting with a big-time talent agent, Kermit the Frog heads for Hollywood dreaming of show biz. Along the way, Fozzie Bear, the Great Gonzo and the dazzling Miss Piggy join him in hopes of becoming film stars too. But all bets are off when Kermit falls into the clutches of Doc Hopper (Charles Durning), a fast-food mogul seeking to promote his French-fried frog-leg franchise. (Walt Disney)
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The In-Laws
June 15, 1979
On the eve of their children's marriage, NYC in-laws Sheldon Kornpett and Vince Ricardo embark on a series of misadventures involving the CIA, the Treasury Department and Central American dictators.
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
May 18, 1979
An extension of the previous film, wherein a cache of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.
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A Little Romance
April 27, 1979
This 1979 romantic tale captures a young Diane Lane in her screen debut as an American teenager living in Paris, who meets and falls in love with a French teenager (Theolonious Bernard).
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The Great Train Robbery
February 2, 1979
Also known as "The First Great Train Robbery." In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
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Superman
December 15, 1978
An adventure re-told, spanning the Man of Steel's life from his Krypton infancy and Midwest boyhood to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent and through his titanic struggle with archnemesis Lex Luthor. [Warner Bros.]
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The Lord of the Rings
November 15, 1978
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
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Watership Down
November 1, 1978
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.
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The Wiz
October 24, 1978
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
October 8, 1978
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.
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Battlestar Galactica
September 17, 1978
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
July 24, 1978
Small town band hits it big, but they must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.
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Jaws 2
June 16, 1978
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
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Capricorn One
June 2, 1978
A NASA Mars mission won't work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once. But then they have to keep the secret.
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Corvette Summer
June 2, 1978
A high school grad and a hooker-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.
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Return from Witch Mountain
March 10, 1978
The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction.
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Candleshoe
December 16, 1977
Small-time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long-lost granddaughter, so she can search for clues to the location of the treasure. Unbeknownst to Bundage AND her ladyship, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke, and Priory and the children help her ladyship try to keep her home and pride. Joined by Casey, they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur and an old major all at the same time!
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
November 16, 1977
Power repairman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) has an extraordinary encounter with a strange spacecraft while out on a call. Recurring visions of a mountain fuel an increasing obsession that drives him to an emotional breaking point. Desperate to understand what he has experienced, he finds an ally in Jillian (Melinda Dillon), a single mother who believes her son has been abducted by the aliens. Meanwhile an international group of scientists led by French expert Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut) search for a breakthrough in human-alien communication. Their collective quest culminates in a remote Wyoming rendezvous and an event of unequalled importance in all of human history. [Sony Pictures]
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Pete's Dragon
November 3, 1977
When Pete, an orphan, and his best friend Elliot, an invisible green dragon, wander into the seaside village of Passamaquoddy, the townspeople think he's behind a slew of hilarious mishaps. But after a daring rescue, they change their tune and believe in Pete's fire-breathing buddy.
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Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
August 24, 1977
This is the third of the Charlie Brown features. In it, the Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.
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The Spy Who Loved Me
August 3, 1977
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed.
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