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Twice in a Lifetime
November 8, 1985
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the very sexy barmaid and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
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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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Krush Groove
October 25, 1985
In this movie based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings, up-and-coming manager Russell Walker manages all the hottest acts on the record label Krush Groove Records, which include Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Kurtis Blow, while Rick (Rubin) produces the label's records. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell doesn't have the money to press records, he borrows money from a street hustler. At the same time, Russell and and his brother Run both compete for the heart of R&B singer Sheila E.
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Sweet Dreams
October 11, 1985
The story of Patsy Cline (Jessica Lange), the velvet-voiced country music singer who died a tragic death at the height of her fame.
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Jagged Edge
October 4, 1985
A wealthy woman is murdered in her beach house. The husband is allegedly knocked out first. He inherits all her inherited wealth. He has a female corporate lawyer, criminal prosecutor 4 years ago, represent him in court. Guilty?
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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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Agnes of God
September 27, 1985
When a naive novice nun (Meg Tilly) is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist (Jane Fonda) investigates her case.
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Streetwalkin'
September 20, 1985
A young high school dropout working as a prostitute spends one fateful evening turning tricks and avoiding her lover, an emotionally unstable pimp now out for blood.
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
September 20, 1985
A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
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Stand Alone
September 1, 1985
A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.
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Flesh+Blood
August 30, 1985
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors--commoners.
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Compromising Positions
August 30, 1985
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
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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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American Flyers
August 16, 1985
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains. Marcus doesn't tell David that he has a brain aneurysm which could render him paralyzed or dead at any given moment. While David powerfully heads for the victory, Marcus has to realize that the contest is now beyond his capabilities. / Features great views of the Rockies and an insight in the tactics of bicycle races.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
July 26, 1985
A re-release of the 1985 drama starring William Hurt and Raul Julia as a gay window trimmer and a political activist locked together in South American prison cell.
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The Legend of Billie Jean
July 19, 1985
A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.
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The Coca-Cola Kid
July 14, 1985
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
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St. Elmo's Fire
June 28, 1985
The film that defined the "Brat Pack". A group of recent Georgetown grads in the Washington DC area struggles to get on with their lives and with each other.
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Prizzi's Honor
June 14, 1985
A professional hitman and hitwoman fall in love.
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Perfect
June 7, 1985
A female aerobics instructor (Jamie Lee Curtis) meets a male reporter (John Travolta) doing a story for Rolling Stone Magazine on the body-building & health club industry in California, but it clearly isn't love at first sight.
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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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The Purple Rose of Cairo
May 2, 1985
A Depression-era waitress spends every free moment she has at the cinema because the grand stories she finds there distract her from her pitiful life, but when a dashing character from one of the films becomes smitten with her and leaves his celluloid world, she finds herself in the middle of her own fantasy romance.
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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 Company of Wolves
April 19, 1985
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
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Desperately Seeking Susan
April 12, 1985
A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.
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Ladyhawke
April 12, 1985
The thief Gaston escapes dungeon of medieval Aquila thru the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
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1984
March 22, 1985
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
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The Last Dragon
March 22, 1985
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
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Mask
March 22, 1985
A teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
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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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The Sure Thing
March 1, 1985
A college student (John Cusack) plans a cross-country trip to get laid, but ends up traveling with a young woman (Daphne Zuniga). They hate each other, so naturally...
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Certain Fury
March 1, 1985
During a shooting in court young prostitute Scarlet manages to flee. In a state of confusion, the black Tracy, who was arrested for a minor delict, follows her. When she decides to leave Scarlett, an accident makes it impossible. So they're bound together on a flight from the police and some of the meanest criminals of New York.
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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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Turk 182
February 15, 1985
Jimmy Lynch (Timothy Hutton) is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue, is denied benefits by the city.
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Vision Quest
February 15, 1985
A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington (Matthew Modine) has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter (Linda Fiorentino) takes up temporary residence at his home.
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The Breakfast Club
February 15, 1985
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. What we did WAS wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us...in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at seven o'clock this morning... - The Breakfast Club
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Heaven Help Us
February 8, 1985
A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
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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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Witness
February 8, 1985
Samuel Lap (Haas) a young Amish boy witnesses a murder while visiting Philadelphia with his mother Rachel (McGillis). Detective John Book (Ford) goes undercover in Amish country when he realizes the killer is a corrupt cop out to kill the only witness.
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The Killing Fields
February 1, 1985
A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians.
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A Passage to India
February 1, 1985
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
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Fandango
January 25, 1985
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
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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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Tuff Turf
January 11, 1985
The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.
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The River
January 11, 1985
A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
December 21, 1984
A developer attempts to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers aren't having it.
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The Flamingo Kid
December 21, 1984
A recent high school graduate (Matt Dillon) unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody (Richard Crenna).
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Birdy
December 21, 1984
After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
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Starman
December 14, 1984
An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona.
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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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Beverly Hills Cop
December 5, 1984
Axel Foley, a freewheeling Detroit cop investigating the murder of his friend, finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
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Falling in Love
November 21, 1984
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.
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Missing in Action
November 16, 1984
Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there.
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No Small Affair
November 9, 1984
16 y.o. Charles loves to photograph. A cute girl's photo ends up in his camera. He later sees the older Laura singing in a bar. He takes a lot more photos of her and ends seeing her again, wishing to help her career.
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A Soldier's Story
November 2, 1984
An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.
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Paris, Texas
November 2, 1984
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
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Firstborn
October 26, 1984
A teen must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
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Crimes of Passion
October 19, 1984
A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher.
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The Razor's Edge
October 19, 1984
He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge.
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Songwriter
October 14, 1984
Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson) is a country music star who has become fed up with the industry. With some help from an old friend (Kris Kristofferson) he attempts to right some wrongs and get back at the ruthless promoter who swindled him.
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Eureka
October 5, 1984
In 1925, Arctic prospector Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) becomes a rich man when he strikes gold, but twenty years later, he faces major personal and family problems.
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Places in the Heart
October 5, 1984
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.
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Teachers
October 5, 1984
A well meaning but burned-out high school teacher tries to maintain order against the backdrop of a pending lawsuit against his school district when it comes to light they gave a diploma to an illiterate student.
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Irreconcilable Differences
September 28, 1984
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
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The Wild Life
September 28, 1984
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
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Threads
September 23, 1984
Documentary-style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England, and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
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The Evil That Men Do
September 21, 1984
A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.
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Amadeus
September 12, 1984
Amadeus portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life.
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Flashpoint
August 31, 1984
Two Texas border guards, a young hotshot and his older and more cynical partner, find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the cryptic info they've found on the dead driver. Soon, the Feds are running all over the place, and it looks like the jeep may be linked to the JFK assassination. But the Feds are trying to cover it up, and eliminate anyone who knows about the jeep.
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Bolero
August 31, 1984
Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.
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Choose Me
August 29, 1984
Love doctor radio host Nancy, bar owner Eve, Pearl, drifter Mickey et al meet in LA.
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Oxford Blues
August 24, 1984
A young American hustler pursues the girl of his dreams to Oxford, where he must enroll to obtain her.
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Last Hurrah for Chivalry
August 17, 1984
A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.
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Red Dawn
August 10, 1984
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
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Phar Lap
August 10, 1984
The life of the 1930s Australian champion race horse who dies mysteriously in California.
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The Philadelphia Experiment
August 3, 1984
A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy invisibility experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
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Grandview, U.S.A.
August 3, 1984
With only a week left before graduation, a young dreamer itches to renounce an uninspiring scholarship, stand up to his despotic father and pursue a career in oceanography. But, has anyone ever spread his wings away from Grandview, U.S.A.?
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The Bostonians
August 2, 1984
A love triangle between Boston suffragist Olive Chancellor (Redgrave), her protegée Verena Tarrant (Potter), and southern lawyer Basil Ransom (Reeve).
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Purple Rain
July 27, 1984
The Kid (Prince) meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues. [Warner Bros.]
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Stranger Than Paradise
July 25, 1984
A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along with a friend, they eventually end up visiting their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to Florida where they lose all their money gambling before unwittingly gaining a fortune.
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The NeverEnding Story
July 20, 1984
A dreamy young boy discovers an extraordinary storybook-and the fantastical world within its pages. (Warner Bros.)
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Electric Dreams
July 20, 1984
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
July 13, 1984
Kermit and his friends go to New York to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.
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The Karate Kid
June 22, 1984
A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
June 22, 1984
Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.
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Under the Volcano
June 13, 1984
The last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul who retreats to alcohol for solace.
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Beat Street
June 8, 1984
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.
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Streets of Fire
June 1, 1984
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
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Once Upon a Time in America
June 1, 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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The Element of Crime
May 14, 1984
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
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The Natural
May 11, 1984
An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.
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Breakin'
May 4, 1984
A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
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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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Swing Shift
April 13, 1984
A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.
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Iceman
April 13, 1984
A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.
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Suburbia
April 13, 1984
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
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Moscow on the Hudson
April 6, 1984
When a Russian musician defects in Bloomingdale's department store in New York City, he learns that adjusting to American life is more difficult than he expected.
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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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L'Argent
March 23, 1984
A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder.
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