Movie Releases by Genre
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Young Sherlock Holmes
December 4, 1985
When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) decides to investigate.
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Once Bitten
November 15, 1985
A vampire Countess (Lauren Hutton) needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey).
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Transylvania 6-5000
November 8, 1985
Two skeptical reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there but something suspicious is going on - maybe there are monsters, vampires, mummies and werewolves.
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Teen Wolf
August 23, 1985
A struggling high school student discovers that his family has an unusual secret when he finds himself turning into a werewolf.
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The Bride
August 16, 1985
After years of research, the doctor (Sting) finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman (Jennifer Beals), who gets the name "Eva".
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
August 9, 1985
When Pee Wee's beloved bike is stolen, he goes on a cross-country trip to the Alamo because a "physic" tells him it's there. On the way, he finds himself in one oddball encounter after another, from posing as an escaped convict's alibi girlfriend to dancing his way out of a biker brawl in a bar to riding in a big-rig with cackling Large Marge (one year after her death). With so much going on, Pee Wee's adventure could be a Hollywood movie.
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Weird Science
August 2, 1985
Two high school geeks attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
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The Heavenly Kid
July 26, 1985
A hip guardian angel named Bobby Fantana, who died in a car race in the 60s, reluctantly agrees to watch over lonely 80s high schooler Lenny Barnes who needs guidance on how to become cool.
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The Black Cauldron
July 24, 1985
Fantasy, magic, and fun are all brewed together in Disney's legendary adventure The Black Cauldron. Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's power will be invincible. The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran, who dreams of doing heroic deeds. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam and Hen Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all. Will he have the courage to succeed? [Disney] The story is based on "The Chronicles of Prydain," a series of books for young people by Lloyd Alexander that won critical and popular acclaim in the mid-1960's.
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Red Sonja
July 3, 1985
A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.
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Return to Oz
June 21, 1985
Dorothy finds herself back in the land of her dreams where she makes delightful new friends like Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gum, as well as dangerous new enemies, the creepy Wheelers, the head-hunting Princess Mombi, and the evil Nome King. With every twist in the yellow brick road, Dorothy's struggle to return home becomes more challenging and foreboding. And the future of Oz rests in her hands. Will Dorothy be able to restore its rightful heir to the throne of the Emerald City? (Disney)
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
June 13, 1985
Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
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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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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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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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The Care Bears Movie
March 29, 1985
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
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He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
March 22, 1985
Prince Adam is sent to the world of Etheria to find his long abducted sister, Adora, and awaken her to her own destiny.
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The Dungeonmaster
February 1, 1985
A demonic wizard challenges a modern-day computer programmer to a battle of technology vs. sorcery, with the programmer's girlfriend as the prize.
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Ghoulies
January 18, 1985
A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.
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Supergirl
November 21, 1984
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
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Oh, God! You Devil
November 9, 1984
George Burns returns as God, and as Satan. They battle over the soul of a young rock star who is willing to sell his soul to the devil.
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All of Me
September 21, 1984
A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.
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Ninja III: The Domination
September 14, 1984
An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
August 17, 1984
The Green Knight challenges King Arthur's knights. But only young Gawain accepts and decapitates him. The knight takes his head and now gives Gawain one year to learn about virtues, knighthood and then face the challenge himself.
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Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
August 17, 1984
Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.
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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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Conan the Destroyer
June 29, 1984
Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.
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Ghostbusters
June 8, 1984
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson lead the cast as the “Ghostbusters,” spirit-exterminators who fearlessly take on the other-worldly evil infiltrating Manhattan, whether it manifests itself as wicked green slime or an ancient tyrant back from the dead to take over the world. The spooktacularly successful franchise captured the imagination of audiences around the world and redefined the action-comedy genre in the process. [Columbia Pictures]
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Gremlins
June 8, 1984
A cute little "mogwai" spawns demented demons when his young owner disregards the advice given by its previous owner.
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Splash
March 9, 1984
A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.
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Two of a Kind
December 16, 1983
Angels try to redeem mankind in God's eyes with Zack's (Travolta) romance with Debbie (Newton-John).
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Born in Flames
November 9, 1983
The movie that rocked the foundations of the early Indie film world, this provocative, thrilling and still-relevant classic is a comic fantasy of female rebellion set in America ten years after the Second American Revolution. When Adelaide Norris, the black radical founder of the Woman’s Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women - across all lines of race, class, and sexual preference - emerges to blow the System apart. [First Run Features]
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The Dead Zone
October 21, 1983
After a car accident puts him into a coma for 5 years, teacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) wakes up to discover he can see people's futures after touching them.
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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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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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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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Twilight Zone: The Movie
June 24, 1983
Four big name directors re-imagine classic stories from the Twilight Zone.
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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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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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Something Wicked This Way Comes
April 29, 1983
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
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Videodrome
February 4, 1983
Sci-fi horror filmmaker David Cronenberg's diabolical invader is a television show that seduces and controls its viewers. Featuring rock star Deborah Harry (in her first major film) as a kinky hostess, James Woods as a cable programmer looking for the ultimate in viewing thrills, and special make-up effects by Oscar-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome is a pulsating science fiction nightmare about a world where video can control and alter human life. (Universal)
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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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Creepshow
November 12, 1982
An anthology which tells five terrifying tales based on the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.
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Zapped!
September 3, 1982
A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies.
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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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Tempest
August 13, 1982
Unhappy middle-aged architect Philip Dimitrius leaves his wife Antonia and career for a spiritual awakening on a Greek island with his new girlfriend Aretha and teenage daughter, leading to extraordinary results for everyone around him.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
August 6, 1982
A confined but troubled rock star (Pink - Bob Geldof) descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation.
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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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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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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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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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Cat People
April 2, 1982
In this erotic remake of the 1942 classic, a young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.
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Modern Problems
December 25, 1981
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler (Chevy Chase), recently dumped by his girlfriend (Patti D'Arbanville), comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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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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Saturday the 14th
October 30, 1981
A family (Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss) moves into a house inhabited by spooky creatures and a number of close calls ensue.
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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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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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Clash of the Titans
June 12, 1981
Perseus must battle both Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
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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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Somewhere in Time
October 3, 1980
Somewhere in Time is the story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier is approached by an elderly woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman. Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there. (Universal Studio)
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Oh, God! Book II
October 3, 1980
God asks a young girl to help spread his word and influence with a slogan.
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Xanadu
August 8, 1980
The 40s meet the 80s in XANADU, a very special love story and the first lavish, old-fashioned musical to utilize today's music. Stars Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.
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Oh Heavenly Dog
July 11, 1980
A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.
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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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Forbidden Zone
March 21, 1980
The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
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All That Jazz
December 20, 1979
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
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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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Phantasm
June 1, 1979
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him.
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Jubilee
May 9, 1979
Queen Elisabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
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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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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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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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Heaven Can Wait
June 28, 1978
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
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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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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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Oh, God!
October 7, 1977
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
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The Rescuers
June 22, 1977
After receiving a panicked plea for help from an orphan named Penny, the Rescue Aid Society springs into action. They might be petite, but Bianca and her shy assistant Bernard, have what it takes to solve this case. So they set out on an adventure to free the kidnapped girl from the clutches of the evil Madame Medusa and her brutish alligator henchmen. Together, they will need their wits to get help from the local swamp folk in order to save Penny and keep Madame Medusa from retrieving the diamond in Devil's Eye.
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
May 25, 1977
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Captain Han Solo (Harrison Ford) team together with the lovable droid duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the galaxy. [20th Century Fox]
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Freaky Friday
January 21, 1977
A mother (Barbara Harris) and daughter (Jodie Foster) find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
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The Shaggy D.A.
December 17, 1976
A lawyer makes an interesting discovery that could affect his chances of getting elected to office.
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At the Earth's Core
September 1, 1976
A Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.
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Magical Mystery Tour
July 2, 1976
The Beatles charter a special bus for a surreal mystery tour.
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Face to Face
April 5, 1976
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
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The Land That Time Forgot
August 13, 1975
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
April 14, 1975
The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't your average medieval knights and horses story - for a start, due to a shortage in the kingdom, all the horses have been replaced by servants clopping coconuts together!
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Escape to Witch Mountain
March 21, 1975
Two young orphans with psychic powers prompts evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt to lure them to his mansion to exploit their powers. While escaping, they meet a friendly camper and begin to unravel the mystery of their origin. Soon, all three are fleeing townspeople who have branded the children witches ... but then IT happens!
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Phantom of the Paradise
November 1, 1974
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
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Herbie Rides Again
June 6, 1974
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
April 5, 1974
Sinbad and the vizier of Marabia, followed by evil magician Koura, seek the three golden tablets that can gain them access to the ancient temple of the Oracle of All Knowledge.
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Zardoz
February 6, 1974
In the distant future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
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The Holy Mountain
November 29, 1973
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a Christ-like character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
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Scream Blacula Scream
June 27, 1973
The vampire Mamuwalde (Blacula) is stirred by African voodoo, and is forced to kill again.
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
October 22, 1972
A group of six friends - three men and three women decidedly of the French Upper Middle Class - have their dinner plans continually interrupted due to a series of bizarre events.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
December 13, 1971
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in WWII.
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200 Motels
November 10, 1971
The great Frank Zappa's outrageous psychedelic precursor to today's music videos features "The Mothers of Invention" wreaking havoc in a typical American town. Ringo Starr narrates.
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
June 30, 1971
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
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Brewster McCloud
December 23, 1970
An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.
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Scrooge
November 5, 1970
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
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Hercules in New York
February 25, 1970
Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
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