Movie Releases by Genre
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
August 28, 1992
David Lynch takes us back to the town of damned good cups of coffee and cherry pies in this film prequel to the television series where we actually meet Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) for the first time. Brought in to investigate the mysterious death of nightshift waitress Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) and later Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) unravel the bizarre clues, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings that lead to the last seven days of Laura Palmer's troubled life...and ultimately the killer. [New Line]
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Stay Tuned
August 14, 1992
A husband (John Ritter) and wife (Pam Dawber) are sucked into a hellish television set and have to survive a gauntlet of twisted versions of shows they find themselves in.
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Death Becomes Her
July 31, 1992
When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.
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Prelude to a Kiss
July 10, 1992
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
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Cool World
July 10, 1992
Cartoonist Jack Deebs (Byrne) is transported into a cartoon universe called Cool World by Holli Would (Basinger), who has fallen in love with him and wants to be human.
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
April 10, 1992
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
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Delicatessen
April 3, 1992
In a post-apocalyptic society where meat is scarce, cannibalism is no longer unsavory. And when a young ex-clown takes a job in a dilapidated deli, he's completely unaware that the butcher plans to serve him to the building's bizarre tenants. But when the butcher's nearsighted daughter falls for the clown, she'll go to absurd lengths to foil her father's plan. (Miramax)
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Porco Rosso
January 1, 1992
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
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Naked Lunch
December 27, 1991
Bill Lee becomes addicted to the insect powder he uses and accidentally kills his wife. Under the influence of the powder, he finds himself in a world of bugs and writing reports of his secret missions.
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Hook
December 11, 1991
When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
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The Addams Family
November 22, 1991
Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.
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Beauty and the Beast
November 22, 1991
This 'tale as old as time' follows the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself imprisoned in a castle of a mysterious beast. With the assistance of the castle's enchanted staff, a delightful and tender romance develops between these two unlikely friends and Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all - that true beauty comes from within.
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The Double Life of Veronique
November 22, 1991
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s international breakthrough remains one of his most beloved films, a ravishing, mysterious rumination on identity, love, and human intuition. Irène Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, emotional bond, which Kieślowski details in gorgeous reflections, colors, and movements. Aided by Slawomir Idziak’s shimmering cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner’s haunting, operatic score, Kieślowski creates one of cinema’s most purely metaphysical works. The Double Life of Véronique is an unforgettable symphony of feeling. [Criterion]
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Highlander II: The Quickening
November 1, 1991
In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield.
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Ernest Scared Stupid
October 11, 1991
Ernest unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
September 13, 1991
Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns yet again to troll the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
July 18, 1991
Bill and Ted are killed by their evil twins -- robot agents from the future -- and find themselves transported to the fiery depths below. They gamble with the Grim Reaper and end up traveling through heaven to find a great scientist to help them blow their evil twins to smithereens. (MGM)
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Truly Madly Deeply
May 24, 1991
Unable to get over the death of her musician lover, a young women gets the shock of her life when he turns up in her apartment—seemingly alive—and helps her back to the world of the living. [MGM]
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Drop Dead Fred
May 24, 1991
A young woman finds her already unstable life rocked by the presence of a rambunctious imaginary friend from childhood.
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Mannequin: On the Move
May 17, 1991
A young department store intern falls in love with a female store mannequin who is really a peasant girl fallen under a thousand year spell. She comes to life whenever he removes the cursed necklace from her.
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Switch
May 10, 1991
A sexist womanizer is killed by one of his former lovers and then reincarnated as a woman.
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Defending Your Life
April 5, 1991
In an afterlife way station resembling a block of hotels, the lives of the recently-deceased are examined in a court-like setting.
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L.A. Story
February 8, 1991
A TV meteorologist (Steve Martin) is fired after taking the weekend off and his relationship with his long-time girlfriend quickly goes south. With everything looking glum, he unexpectedly meets a British journalist (Victoria Tennant) on assignment in Los Angeles and falls instantly in love. Thinking he has little chance with her, though, and in desperation he starts a relationship with a ditzy younger woman (Sarah Jessica Parker) who introduces him to the wonders of rollerskating and colonics. All the while he longs for the journalist.
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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
February 8, 1991
A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.
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Warlock
January 11, 1991
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
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Edward Scissorhands
December 7, 1990
In this modern fairy tale, Edward is a gentle, naive creation with razor sharp scissors for hands. When he is taken home by a kindly Avon lady live with her family, his adventure in the pastel paradise of Suburbia begins! (20th Century Fox)
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The Rescuers Down Under
November 16, 1990
The R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.
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Mr. Destiny
October 12, 1990
Unhappy Larry Burrows sees what his life could've been like, had he made that winning home run as a teenager.
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Repossessed
September 14, 1990
Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.
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The Witches
August 24, 1990
A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.
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Arachnophobia
July 18, 1990
A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.
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Ghost
July 13, 1990
Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams with a psychic (Goldberg) to uncover the truth behind his murder - and to rescue his sweetheart (Moore) from a similar fate. (Paramount Pictures)
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
June 15, 1990
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
May 4, 1990
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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The Juniper Tree
April 10, 1990
Margit (Björk) and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her, ensuring the wellbeing of herself and Margit. Jóhann's son, Jóhas, sees through Katla's plan and pleads for his father to make her go away. To help Jóhas in his struggle, Margit's mother appears to Margit in visions and provides a magic amulet of protection for the boy. Will Jóhas be able to rid his family of Katla or will she continue to control them with her witchcraft?
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Nightbreed
February 16, 1990
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
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Akira
December 25, 1989
Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's 2,000 page manga, Akira begins on July 16, 1988, when what was believed to be an atomic bomb was dropped on Tokyo, completely destroying the city and marking the beginning of WWIII.
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Always
December 22, 1989
A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his one true love.
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The Little Mermaid
November 17, 1989
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
November 17, 1989
Charley B. Barkin, the German shepherd is double-crossed and murdered by his pit bull partner. He returns from heaven to seek revenge but finds redemption instead.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
August 11, 1989
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
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Kiki's Delivery Service
July 29, 1989
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
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Ghostbusters II
June 16, 1989
The Ghostbusters take up their proton packs once more to battle the forces of evil in Manhattan! After waging a war on slime that cost New York City millions, the they find themselves out of business until an ancient tyrant, preparing a return to the Earthly domain through his portrait at the Manhattan Museum of Modern Art, sets his sights on Dana Barrett's baby as the new home for his wicked soul! With the help of the Museum's possessed curator, he plans to turn New York into a really scary place to live! Now only the Ghostbusters can save New York City, by turning paranormal pest control into an art form!
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Vampire's Kiss
June 2, 1989
A frustrated Manhattan literary editor, Peter Loew (Cage), meets a mysterious woman (Beals). During a passionate night of lovemaking, the woman bites him on the neck, drawing blood. When she disappears the next morning, Peter becomes convinced that she was a vampire and that's he's become one too. As he loses himself to pressure of everyday life, he begins to act the role of a creature of the night. (MGM/UA)
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
May 5, 1989
A cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help.
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Teen Witch
April 28, 1989
High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?
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Field of Dreams
April 21, 1989
"If you build it, he will come." With thes words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Costner) is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife Annie (Madigan), Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Along the way he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann (Jones), the mysterious "Doc" Graham (Lancaster), and even the legendary "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (Liotta). (Universal)
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Castle in the Sky
April 1, 1989
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
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Chances Are
March 10, 1989
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
March 10, 1989
The enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen follow him on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures. (Sony Pictures)
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Scrooged
November 23, 1988
High-spirited high jinks on Christmas Eve put Frank Cross in a ghostly time warp in this take-off of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Cross, who has made the meteoric rise from the depths of the mailroom to TV network president, is mean, nasty, uncaring, unforgiving and has a sadistic sense of humor - perfect qualities for a modern-day Scrooge. Before the night is over, he'll be visited by a maniacal New York cab driver from the past, a present-day fairy who's into pratfalls and, finally, a ghoulish seven-foot-headless messenger from the future. (Paramount Pictures)
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High Spirits
November 18, 1988
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
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Ernest Saves Christmas
November 11, 1988
Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.
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Pumpkinhead
October 14, 1988
After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.
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Hot to Trot
August 26, 1988
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
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Mac and Me
August 12, 1988
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
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Phantasm II
July 8, 1988
Released after seven years in a mental hospital, Mike convinces his old pal Reggie to join forces with him to hunt down and destroy The Tall Man once and for all. Mike's visions lead the two to a quiet little town where a horde of flying killer balls aim to slice and dice their gruesome way through everyone.
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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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Big
June 3, 1988
At a carnival, young Josh Baskin wishes he was big only to awake the next morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy, Josh lands a job at a toy company. But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood. [Twentieth Century Fox]
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Willow
May 20, 1988
A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.
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Wings of Desire
May 6, 1988
Wim Wenders directed this enchanting fantasy about an angel who, while wandering unseen through West Berlin, falls in love with a beautiful circus performer and decides to become human. (MGM)
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Lady in White
April 22, 1988
An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a 1960s small town, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
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My Neighbor Totoro
April 16, 1988
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
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18 Again!
April 8, 1988
In this feel-good body-switchers comedy, aging worldly-wise businessman Jack Watson swaps bodies with his grandson David in the wake of an automobile accident. George Burns shines in his final leading role.
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Beetlejuice
March 30, 1988
What's a couple of stay-at-home ghosts to do when their beloved home is taken over by trendy yuppies? They call on Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), the afterlife's freelance bio-exorcist to scare off the family – and everyone gets more than she, he or it bargains for! [Warner Bros]
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Vice Versa
March 11, 1988
A divorced executive named Marshall and his 11-year-old son, Charlie, casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
February 5, 1988
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.
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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
January 1, 1988
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told a tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the Lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofridur in a Gimli of old.
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*batteries not included
December 18, 1987
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.
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Teen Wolf Too
November 20, 1987
Todd Howard is a struggling teenager. Nothing seems to be going very well for him, until he turns into a wolf.
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Like Father Like Son
October 2, 1987
A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.
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The Princess Bride
September 25, 1987
A young boy listens to while his grandfather reads him the adventures of Buttercup (Wright), the most beautiful woman in the world, and Westly (Elwes), the man she loves, in the fairy-tale kingdom of Florin. [MGM]
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House II: The Second Story
August 28, 1987
The new owner of a sinister house gets involved with reanimated corpses and demons searching for an ancient Aztec skull with magic powers.
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
August 22, 1987
Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.
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The Monster Squad
August 14, 1987
A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.
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Masters of the Universe
August 7, 1987
The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.
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The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
August 7, 1987
The Care Bears and Alice set out to stop an evil wizard from taking over Wonderland.
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The Lost Boys
July 31, 1987
Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires. (Warner Bros.)
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
July 24, 1987
The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man.
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Innerspace
July 1, 1987
A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.
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The Witches of Eastwick
June 12, 1987
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man enters their lives.
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Harry and the Hendersons
June 5, 1987
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. When they examine the body, they find it's a Bigfoot. Thinking it might be dead, they decide to take it home. But when the Bigfoot wakes up, it turns out he is far from the ferocious monster they feared. He's a friendly giant. In their attempts to keep Harry a secret, the Henderson's have to hide him from the authorities and a man who has made it his goal in life to catch a Bigfoot.
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The Gate
May 15, 1987
Kids, left home alone, accidentally unleash a horde of malevolent demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.
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Creepshow 2
May 1, 1987
Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.
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Evil Dead II
March 13, 1987
Ash (Campbell), the sole survivor of "The Evil Dead," continues his struggle with the forces of the dead, with his girlfriend Linda. The two discover a mysterious tape recorder and hear the voice of Professor Knoby reciting passages from the Necronomicon, or Book of the Dead. The professor's words invoke a spell that unleashes the spirit of evil alive in the remote forest surrounding them. Watch in terror as the plot sickens and the supernatural demons invade the cabin on a gory crusade for human victims. In desperation, Ash attempts to escape his horrific fate by battling with the gruesome ghouls with the help of some unexpected visitors. However, he discovers that he is no match for the unspeakable creatures lurking behind every door, and waiting beyond every corner. (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
February 27, 1987
Survivors of undead serial killer Freddy Krueger - who stalks his victims in their dreams - learn to take control of their own dreams in order to fight back.
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Mannequin
February 13, 1987
A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.
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The Golden Child
December 12, 1986
A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate.
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Peggy Sue Got Married
October 10, 1986
Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
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The Boy Who Could Fly
August 15, 1986
An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies.
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Big Trouble in Little China
July 2, 1986
An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.
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Labyrinth
June 27, 1986
Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn’t young Sarah’s idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King. (Sony Pictures)
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My Little Pony: The Movie
June 6, 1986
Ponyland comes under attack from the Smooze, a massive purple ooze created by an evil witch who plans to destroy the ponies' annual spring festival.
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Legend
April 18, 1986
A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.
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Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
March 21, 1986
The Care Bears try to help a young girl at summer camp who, in an effort to revamp her dorky social status to agility and skill, enters into a sinister bargain with a shape-shifting demon posing as a young boy.
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Highlander
March 7, 1986
Connor Macleod, an immortal Scottish swordsman, must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
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House
February 28, 1986
A troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.
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Troll
January 17, 1986
A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
January 17, 1986
This film tells the story of one woman's struggle for acceptance amidst a barbaric clan. Daryl Hannah is Ayla in the film version of Jean M. Auel's best seller. No historian recorded their heartaches, triumphs or names. Yet Ayla and others like her left indelible imprints. They continued humankind's long march toward civilization.... and away from more primitive groups like The Clan of the Cave Bear. Separated from her Cro-Magnon people by a calamitous earthquake, Ayla lives with a less-developed, male-dominated Neanderthal clan. She's different in appearance, in resourcefulness, in her uncommon defiance of social taboos. And from those differences arise conflicts that underscore the Cro-Magnons' evolutionary ascendancy and the Neanderthals’ mysterious disappearance from our world. [Warner Bros.]
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Brazil
December 18, 1985
Brazil is a surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mystery woman, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. [Universal Pictures]
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