Movie Releases by Genre
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Salaam Bombay!
October 7, 1988
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys of India.
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Kansas
September 23, 1988
A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds himself involved in the robber's plans.
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Running on Empty
September 9, 1988
The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.
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The Thin Blue Line
September 1, 1988
A documentary which argues that Randall Harris was wrongly convicted of the murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood by corrupt system of justice.
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Married to the Mob
August 19, 1988
After her husband is killed, Angela sees a way out of the Mafia. However, her husband's boss has other ideas - he wants her for himself. Undercover FBI agent Mike Downey finds himself falling in love with her too.
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Young Guns
August 12, 1988
When his mentor is gunned down in cold blood, William Bonney sees fit to avenge him. With his friends backing him up, William delivers his own personal brand of justice, acting as judge, jury and executioner all with one pull of the trigger. News of his notorious actions spreads wide and far and soon the name of "Billie the Kid" becomes legendary.
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A Fish Called Wanda
July 29, 1988
In this zany comedy, four disparate characters (John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin) attempt a daring jewel heist.
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Midnight Run
July 20, 1988
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (De Niro) is offered $100,000 from a bail bondsman to capture fugitive accountant Jonathan "the Duke" Mardukas (Grodin) and bring him to Los Angeles in time for his trial date. Walsh must avoid a rival bounty hunter, the FBI, and the mob to earn his payday.
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Die Hard
July 15, 1988
When terrorists take over a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve, visting New York cop John McClane (Willis) thwarts their plans.
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The Dead Pool
July 13, 1988
Dirty Harry Callahan investigates and strange game in which individuals bet on who will be the next celebrity to die. The game gets more serious for Dirty Harry when he becomes the next bet.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
June 21, 1988
Gumshoe detective Eddie Valiant (Hoskins) is on the job in both Hollywood and Toontown, and the line between reality and fantasy gets blurred as Eddie tries to solve a major "who dunnit." He's thrown for quite a set of curves when he meets Jessica Rabbit, the sultry "toon" who whispers "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." When Eddie gets mixed up with the fast-talking "toon" Roger Rabbit (Fleischer) he finds himself crossing paths with such characters as the hilarious Baby Herman, Benny the Cab, the sinister Judge Doom and more, in a wacky adventure of a lifetime. (Buena Vista)
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Red Heat
June 17, 1988
Two cops, one from Russia, the other from Chicago, team up to capture a Russian drug dealer hiding out somewhere in America.
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The Presidio
June 10, 1988
A San Francisco civilian police detective (Mark Harmon) is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer (Sean Connery) while dating his daughter.
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Maniac Cop
May 13, 1988
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
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Above the Law
April 22, 1988
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
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Colors
April 15, 1988
Set in the East L.A. barrio, Colors stars Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as very different cops, both in age and temperment, hand picked for the city's anti-gang campaign. As partners, they daily drive their unmarked car through the warring Los Angeles neighborhoods. Their simple code of endurance: Keep peace in the streets at any price! [MGM]
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Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
March 18, 1988
Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy (1984), flies to Florida to receive an award. In the city he meets the cynical Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. Harris wants to put himself in a favourable light in front of the high military hierarchy but, at the airport, Lassard exchanges his bag with another one...Hilarity ensues.
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Prison
March 4, 1988
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
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Frantic
February 26, 1988
In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.
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Shoot to Kill
February 12, 1988
An F.B.I. Agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.
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Action Jackson
February 12, 1988
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
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Throw Momma from the Train
December 11, 1987
A bitter ex-husband and a put-upon momma's boy both want their respective former spouse and mother dead. Who will pull it off?
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Wall Street
December 11, 1987
Bud Fox has his sights set on conquering Wall Street. When legendary broker, Gordon Gekko, takes him under his wing, Fox figures he's on his way. But the road to success is paved with all sorts of corrupt acts that compromise his integrity and sense of self. Will he be able to get out before it's too late, that is, if Gekko will let him out?
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Less Than Zero
November 6, 1987
A college kid (Andrew McCarthy) returns to Beverly Hills for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's (Jami Gertz) request, but he discovers that his old best friend (Robert Downey Jr.) has an out-of-control drug habit and has become beholden to some really bad dudes. (James Spader et al) Great soundtrack includes tracks by L.L. Cool J. and Poison.
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
November 6, 1987
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
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Suspect
October 23, 1987
When a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense.
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No Man's Land
October 23, 1987
A rookie police officer goes undercover and infiltrates a car stealing ring.
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House of Games
October 14, 1987
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
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Someone to Watch Over Me
October 9, 1987
A married New York cop falls for the socialite murder witness he's been assigned to protect.
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Near Dark
October 3, 1987
A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
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The Pick-up Artist
September 18, 1987
A womanizer (Robert Downey Jr.) meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia (Molly Ringwald).
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The Principal
September 18, 1987
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.
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The Big Easy
August 21, 1987
Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. He begins a relationship with her as the killings continue only to have charges filed against him for accepting bribes as he stumbles on a police corruption Sting. While this is happening, the criminals insist that none of the crime gangs are behind the killings.
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No Way Out
August 14, 1987
A coverup and witchhunt ensue after a politician (Gene Hackman) accidentally puts his mistress (Sean Young) in jeopardy.
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Stakeout
August 5, 1987
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
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RoboCop
July 17, 1987
When Officer Alex J. Murphy (Weller) is murdered in a futuristic crime-ridden Detroit, scientists and doctors decide to turn him into a "Robocop". He seeks revenge when memories of his past life return.
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Adventures in Babysitting
July 3, 1987
A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.
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Dragnet
June 26, 1987
The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
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The Believers
June 10, 1987
A New York psychiatrist finds that a brujerĂa-inspired cult, which believes in child sacrifice, has a keen interest in his own son.
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The Untouchables
June 3, 1987
Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone with a small, hand-picked team.
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Beverly Hills Cop II
May 20, 1987
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate the shooting of Chief Bogomil and a series of "alphabet crimes."
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River's Edge
May 8, 1987
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.
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Extreme Prejudice
April 24, 1987
A Texas Ranger (Nick Nolte) and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
April 3, 1987
The motley crew of Police Academy graduates have been assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime that is plaguing their streets.
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Street Smart
March 20, 1987
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
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Raising Arizona
March 13, 1987
A surreal, hyperactive farce in which a bumbling petty thief and the lady cop who keeps arresting him fall in love and decide to start a family. When they discover they can't have babies, they steal one from a furniture mogul who has just sired a set of quintuplets. The joys of parenthood are soon marred, however, by the difficulties of raising an infant on the run. The none-too-bright couple must flee across the southwestern desert in order to elude the villainous biker that has been hired to retrieve the tyke. [20th Century Fox]
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Heat
March 13, 1987
Las Vegas is the backdrop for all the torrid action of heat, as Burt Reynolds plays the soft-hearted bodyguard who's out to protect his friends.
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Lethal Weapon
March 6, 1987
Riggs (Mel Gibson) is a volatile, unregistered risk-taker, known as a "lethal weapon" by his law enforcement colleagues. Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is the conservative detective with a solid reputation. Forced to form an uneasy alliance, they begin to unravel the mystery of an apparent suicide that turns out to be murder -- and more. [Warner Bros.]
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Black Widow
February 6, 1987
A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.
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The Bedroom Window
January 16, 1987
Terry (Steve Guttenburg) is having an affair with his boss' wife Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert). One night after an office party they are together and Sylvia witnesses an attack on Denise (Elizabeth McGovern) from Terry's bedroom window. She doesn't want to expose their relationship and so is reluctant about talking to the police. Terry, wanting to help, gives the police the description of the attacker. He soon becomes the main suspect in the case. He then sets to find the real rapist/killer with some help from victim Denise.
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Wisdom
January 2, 1987
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.
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No Mercy
December 19, 1986
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
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Something Wild
November 7, 1986
Charles (Daniels) accepts a ride from Lulu (Griffith) and finds himself on the road to her hometown. At her high school reunion they meet her ex-husband Ray Sinclair (Liotta) who wants her back.
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52 Pick-Up
November 7, 1986
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
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Tough Guys
October 3, 1986
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
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The Name of the Rose
September 24, 1986
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
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Down by Law
September 20, 1986
Two innocent people are arrested. An interesting third person, with broken English, joins them in their cell. On his idea, they decide to escape from the prison. Their journey is the rest of the movie.
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Shanghai Surprise
August 29, 1986
Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
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Reform School Girls
August 22, 1986
Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
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Manhunter
August 22, 1986
FBI Agent Will Graham (Petersen) has captured the diabolical Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Cox), nearly losing more than just his mind in the process. But when Graham is called out of retirement to hunt the psychopath known as "The Tooth Fairy" (Noonan) he must once again confront the horrors of "Hannibal The Cannibal". If Will Graham enters the mind of the serial killer, can he ever come back? (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
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Armed and Dangerous
August 15, 1986
A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.
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A Fine Mess
August 8, 1986
An actor and a chef fathom a plot to fix a horse race and attempt at capitalizing it, while striving to tackle two of the hitmen responsible for the scheme.
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Out of Bounds
July 25, 1986
Daryl's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mix-up at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a drug dealer wants back.
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Ruthless People
June 27, 1986
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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Running Scared
June 27, 1986
Two street-smart Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.
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Legal Eagles
June 20, 1986
A New York district attorney works and flirts with his adversary and her kooky artist client, who is on trial for a murder she didn't commit.
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Mona Lisa
June 13, 1986
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
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Raw Deal
June 6, 1986
A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.
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Jake Speed
May 30, 1986
In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
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Cobra
May 23, 1986
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
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No Retreat, No Surrender
May 2, 1986
Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan.
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Blue City
May 2, 1986
A drifter returns to his Florida hometown only to discover that his father, the local mayor, was the victim of a mysterious murder during his absence. Vowing to find the killer and avenge his fathers death, he starts his own investigation.
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Crimewave
April 25, 1986
A pair of crazy exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a alarm security company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder.
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8 Million Ways to Die
April 25, 1986
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.
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At Close Range
April 18, 1986
In 1978 Pennsylvania, an absentee father is reacquainted with his estranged teenage sons who become intrigued with his romanticized life of crime.
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Wise Guys
April 18, 1986
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose two hundred fifty thousand dollars, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City, and comedy follows.
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Band of the Hand
April 11, 1986
Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.
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Trouble in Mind
March 1, 1986
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
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Quicksilver
February 14, 1986
Jack (Kevin Bacon) was doing great trading shares until he wasn't. He gets a job on a bike at Quicksilver speed delivery. There he befriends Hector and the cute Terri. Jack gets an enemy in the criminal Gypsy.
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F/X
February 7, 1986
A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
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Black Moon Rising
January 10, 1986
A thief, Quint, is hired by the Justice Department to steal incriminating tapes from a corrupt corporation. The tapes vanish when Quint hides them in the back of a hydrodynamic powered racing car that is stolen by a hot car ring.
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Clue
December 13, 1985
Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. And now, with this special videocassette version, you can see all three surprise endings! Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes. [Paramount Pictures]
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That Was Then... This Is Now
November 8, 1985
Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one (Craig Sheffer) is growing up, and the other (Emilio Estevez) is staying young and reckless.
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Target
November 8, 1985
When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.
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To Live and Die in L.A.
November 1, 1985
A bold Secret Service (William Petersen) agent straddles the line to bring down the counterfeiter (Willem DaFoe) who killed his partner.
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Death Wish 3
November 1, 1985
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
October 11, 1985
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
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The Boys Next Door
October 1, 1985
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
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Year of the Dragon
August 16, 1985
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
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Prizzi's Honor
June 14, 1985
A professional hitman and hitwoman fall in love.
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Fletch
May 31, 1985
Chevy Chase is at his best in this suspense-packed comedy thriller based on Gregory McDonald's best-seller. Irwin Fletch, a.k.a. Fletch (Chase), is an investigative reporter who's constantly changing his identity. While working on a drug expose, Fletch attracts the attention of a strange businessman (Tim Matheson) who wants to be killed so his wife will inherit more insurance. The wily Fletch senses a scam, and soon he's up to his byline in frame-ups, murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. It'll be the story of the year, if he can stay alive to meet his deadline. [Universal]
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Code of Silence
May 3, 1985
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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Stick
April 26, 1985
Released from prison, Stick meets up with a friend and joins him on a job delivering a bag. His friend gets killed in the setup. Stick gets away and is ready to forget all and see his daughter, but they won't forget.
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The Hit
March 8, 1985
Ten years later, after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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Into the Night
February 22, 1985
After discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help a beautiful model on the run from some totally dangerous people.
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The Mean Season
February 15, 1985
Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story.
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The Falcon and the Snowman
February 8, 1985
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
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Blood Simple
January 18, 1985
Deep in the heart of Texas, a sleazy bar owner suspects his wife of having an affair and hires a private detective to confirm his suspicions—only to have the crosshairs turned back on himself. [Janus Films]
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Johnny Dangerously
December 21, 1984
Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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The Cotton Club
December 14, 1984
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.
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