2025-05-06 Opera (1987) imdb.com
Director: Dario ArgentoSynopsis: A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Cast: Cristina Marsillach as Betty, Ian Charleson as Marco, Urbano Barberini as Inspector Alan Santini, Daria Nicolodi as Mira, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni as Giulia, William McNamara as Stefano
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| Betty, Marco, Mira | Betty, Mira | Betty | Monster inspector, Betty | Betty |
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2024-12-02 Paris, Texas (1984) imdb.com
Director: Wim WendersSynopsis: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton as Travis, Nastassja Kinski as Jane, Dean Stockwell as Walt, Hunter Carson as Hunter, Aurore Clément as Anne
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2024-09-03 Ghostbusters (1984) imdb.com
Director: Ivan ReitmanSynopsis: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting 'ghostbusters' who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Cast: Bill Murray as Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz, Jordan Charney as Dean Yager, Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler, Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore, Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett, Rick Moranis as Louis Tully, Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
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| Peter Venkman | Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler | Egon Spengler, Janine Melnitz | Dana Barrett | Louis Tully, Dana | |
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2024-07-15 Dead Calm (1989) imdb.com
Director: Phillip NoyceSynopsis: An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Cast: Nicole Kidman as Rae Ingram, Sam Neill as John Ingram, Billy Zane as Hughie Warriner
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2024-05-01 Day of the Dead (1985) imdb.com
Director: George A. RomeroSynopsis: A small group of scientists and soldiers take refuge in an underground missile silo where they struggle to control the flesh-eating dead that walks the Earth above.
Cast: Lori Cardille as Sarah, Terry Alexander as John, Jarlath Conroy as William McDermott, Richard Liberty as Dr. Logan, Joseph Pilato as Captain Rhodes, Anthony Dileo Jr. as Pvt. Miguel Salazar, Gary Klar as Steel, Taso N. Stavrakis as Torrez, Sherman Howard as Bub
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| Sarah | Sarah, McDermott | William McDermott | ||
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| Pvt. Miguel Salazar | Pvt. Miguel Salazar, Sarah | John | Dr. Logan | |
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| Torrez, Dr. Logan, Steel | Captain Rhodes, Sarah | Captain Rhodes | Steel | Bub |
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| Zombies | Zombies kill Captain Rhodes | Sarah, John escape by helicopter | John, McDermott at the beach | |
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2024-01-12 Southern Comfort (1981) imdb.com
Director: Walter HillSynopsis: A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Cast: Keith Carradine as Spencer, Powers Boothe as Hardin, Fred Ward as Reece, T.K. Carter as Cribbs, Lewis Smith as Stuckey, Les Lannom as Casper, Brion James as Trapper, Sonny Landham as Hunter
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| The National Guard unit | The lake in the forest | Casper | Hardin |
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2023-09-01 Risky Business (1983) imdb.com
Director: Paul BrickmanSynopsis: Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
Cast: Tom Cruise as Joel Goodson, Rebecca De Mornay as Lana, Curtis Armstrong as Miles, Richard Masur as Rutherford, Bruce A.Young as Jackie, Shera Danese as Vicki, Joe Pantoliano as Guido, Janet Carroll as Joel's Mother, Nicholas Pryor as Joel's Father
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| Joel | Miles, Joel | Joel, Jackie | Joel, Lana | |
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| Vicki, Joel, Lana | Joel, Vicki | Joel, Rutherford | Joel, Vicki, Guido | Joel tries to study |
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2023-08-26 Beetlejuice (1988) imdb.com
Director: Tim BurtonSynopsis: After an untimely death, a newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
Cast: Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland, Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland, Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz, Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz
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| Outside monsters | Adam | Adam, Barbara | |||
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2023-08-17 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) imdb.com
Director: Tim BurtonSynopsis: The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Cast: Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, Elizabeth Daily as Dottie, Daryl Keith Roach as Chuck, Mark Holton as Francis, Diane Salinger as Simone, Judd Omen as Mickey, James Brolin as Self - as 'P. W.', Morgan Fairchild as Self - as 'Dottie'
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| Imaginary race | The wonderful bike | Francis | ||
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| At WB studio | Back home | Fire at the pet shop | ||
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2023-05-18 Videodrome (1983) imdb.com
Director: David CronenbergSynopsis: As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon 'Videodrome,' a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Cast: James Woods as Max Renn, Sonja Smits as Bianca O'Blivion, Debbie Harry as Nicki Brand, Peter Dvorsky as Harlan, Leslie Carlson as Barry Convex
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| Max Renn | Max, Harlan | With Barry Convex | Max transfigured | |
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2022-11-27 Thief (1981) imdb.com
Director: Michael MannSynopsis: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Cast: James Caan as Frank, Tuesday Weld as Jessie, Robert Prosky as Leo, Willie Nelson as Okla
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2022-11-09 Chocolat (1988) imdb.com
Director: Claire DenisSynopsis: A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protée — a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty — and the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society.
Cast: Mireille Perrier as France Dalens, Cécile Ducasse as France enfant, Isaach De Bankolé as Protée, Giulia Boschi as Aimée Dalens, François Cluzet as Marc Dalens, Emmet Judson Williamson as William J. Park
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2022-09-18 No End (1985) imdb.com
Director: Krzysztof KieślowskiSynopsis: 1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.
Cast: Grażyna Szapołowska as Urszula Zyro (Ulla), Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Antek Zyro, Maria Pakulnis as Joanna Stach, Aleksander Bardini as Rechtsanwalt Mieczyslaw Labrador, Artur Barciś as Dariusz Stach, Krzysztof Krzemiński as Jacek Zyro, Marek Kondrat as Tomek, Antek's friend, Elżbieta Kilarska as Antek's Mother
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| Ulla, Antek's ghost | Ulla | Ulla, Joanna Stach | Lawyer Mieczyslaw Labrador | ||
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2022-09-11 Victor/Victoria (1982) imdb.com
Director: Blake EdwardsSynopsis: A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Cast: Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski, Robert Preston as Carroll 'Toddy' Todd, James Garner as King Marchand, Lesley Ann Warren as Norma Cassady, Alex Karras as 'Squash' Bernstein, John Rhys-Davies as Andre Cassell, Graham Stark as Waiter, David Gant as Restaurant Manager, Norman Chancer as Sal Andratti
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| Victoria's audition | In the restaurant, cockroach scene: Toddy, Victoria, Waiter | Toddy, Victoria | |||
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2022-08-29 They All Laughed (1981) imdb.com
Director: Peter BogdanovichSynopsis: New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
Cast: Audrey Hepburn as Angela Niotes, Ben Gazzara as John Russo, Patti Hansen as Sam, John Ritter as Charles Rutledge, Dorothy Stratten as Dolores Martin, Blaine Novak as Arthur Brodsky, Linda MacEwen as Amy Lester, George Morfogen as Leon Leondopolous, Colleen Camp as Christy Miller
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| Leon, Amy | John, Arthur | John | John, Deborah/Sam | Sam |
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| Christy, Arthur, Charles | Charles, Christy | John, Angela | Charles | Charles, Dolores |
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| Dolores | Sam, Dolores | John, Dolores, Alice, Christy | Angela | |
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2022-04-15 Evil Dead II (1987) imdb.com
Director: Sam RaimiSynopsis: Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from 'The Book of the Dead.' As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
Cast: Bruce Campbell as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams, Sarah Berry as Annie Knowby, Richard Domeier as Ed Getley, Dan Hicks as Jake, Kassie DePaiva as Bobby Joe, Denise Bixler as Linda
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| The haunted cabin | Ash | Dead Londa | Dead Linda dancing | Annie, Ed | |
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2022-04-08 The Evil Dead (1981) imdb.com
Director: Sam RaimiSynopsis: When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
Cast: Bruce Campbell as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams, Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl, Richard DeManincor as Scott, Betsy Baker as Linda, Theresa Tilly as Shelly
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| The arrival | Linda, Cheryl, Shelly | Shelly | Ash reads the black magic book | ||
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| Ash | Scott, Ash | Scott | Cheryl | Linda, Cheryl, Shelly | Linda dead |
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| Linda - the evil dead | Cheryl - evil dead | Scott fights the evil dead | Ash leaves the haunted house | ||
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2022-04-05 Tenebre (1982) imdb.com
Director: Dario ArgentoSynopsis: An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.
Cast: Anthony Franciosa as Peter Neal, John Saxon as Bullmer, Daria Nicolodi as Anne, Giuliano Gemma as Detective Germani, Christian Borromeo as Gianni, Mirella D'Angelo as Tilde, Ania Pieroni as Elsa Manni, Eva Robins as Girl on Beach, Carola Stagnaro as Detective Altieri, John Steiner as Christiano Berti, Lara Wendel as Maria Alboretto, Mirella Banti as Marion
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| Anne, Peter Neal | Anne | Anne, Peter Neal, Gianni | Anne, Peter Neal | Gianni killed |
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| Elsa Manni | Elsa Manni killed | Marion | Tilde, Marion | Marion dead |
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| Detective Germani | Anne, Peter Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Detective Germani | Anne screaming | Peter Neal | |
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2022-03-11 Body Heat (1981) imdb.com
Director: Lawrence KasdanSynopsis: In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Cast: William Hurt as Ned Racine, Kathleen Turner as Matty Walker, Richard Crenna as Edmund Walker, Ted Danson as Peter Lowenstein, J.A. Preston as Oscar Grace, Mickey Rourke as Teddy Lewis, Kim Zimmer as Mary Ann
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| Ned | Ned, Teddy | Ned, Peter | ||
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2022-01-18 Diner (1982) imdb.com
Director: Barry LevinsonSynopsis: Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Cast: Steve Guttenberg as Edward 'Eddie' Simmons, Daniel Stern as Laurence 'Shrevie' Schreiber, Mickey Rourke as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell, Kevin Bacon as Timothy Fenwick Jr., Tim Daly as William 'Billy' Howard, Ellen Barkin as Beth Schreiber, Paul Reiser as Modell, Kathryn Dowling as Barbara, Colette Blonigan as Carol Heathrow
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| Diner | Eddie, Shrevie | Timothy Fenwick | Timothy drunk | |
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2022-01-07 Assa (1987) imdb.com
Director: Sergey SolovyovSynopsis: ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
Cast: Sergei Bugayev as Bananan, Tatyana Drubich as Alika, Stanislav Govorukhin as Krymov, Viktor Tsoy as Himself
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| Krymov | Krymov killed | Alika | ||
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2021-11-15 Castle In The Sky (1986) imdb.com
Director: Hayao MiyazakiSynopsis: 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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| Sheeta abducted | Saved by the crystal | With Pazu | |
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2021-11-07 Possession (1981) imdb.com
Director: Andrzej ZulawskiSynopsis: A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
Cast: Isabelle Adjani as Anna, Helen, Sam Neill as Mark, Margit Carstensen as Margit Gluckmeister, Heinz Bennent as Heinrich
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| Mark, Zimmerman | Mark, Anna | Their son Bob | Mark | |
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2021-10-31 An American Werewolf in London (1981) imdb.com
Director: John LandisSynopsis: Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Cast: David Naughton as David Kessler, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price, Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman, John Woodvine as Dr. J. S. Hirsch
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| Poster | On the road | David, Jack at "The Slaughtered Lamb" | |
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2021-09-20 The Thing (1982) imdb.com
Director: John CarpenterSynopsis: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Cast: Kurt Russell as helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady
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Youtube. The blood test
| The station | The dog | The crew | MacReady | |
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2020-10-12 Zombi 3 (1988)
Director: Lucio Fulci, Bruno MatteiSynopsis: The muddled production history of this sloppy horror film was so convoluted that for years it was assumed that schlockmeister Bruno Mattei (Inferno dei Morti-Viventi) had completed the project after the failing health of principal director Lucio Fulci had forced the cult legend to abandon it. It was subsequently revealed that co-producer Claudio Fragasso, who had directed such abominations as Monster Dog and La Casa 5, was the man responsible for the resultant mess (albeit with Mattei's assistance on location in the Philippines). The story line and approach bear little resemblance to Fulci's much-admired 1979 cult favorite Zombi 2, revolving around scientists at a top-secret research facility working on a biological weapon called Death One, which mutates and kills the living and reanimates the dead. Naturally, there is a leak, and the rest of the film concerns the spreading infection, zombie attacks, and their effect on a trio of vacationing soldiers and a group of stereotypically daft young people in and around a contaminated hotel. Where Fulci's Zombi 2 had taken elements of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (released in Italy in a re-edited Dario Argento version as Zombi) and introduced more traditional Haitian voodoo mythology to the plot line, this film attempts to play off not only its predecessors, but Day of the Dead, the jokey American remake Return of the Living Dead, and Romero's own 1972 bio-terror film The Crazies as well. Lowlights include a zombie baby ripping from its mother's womb Alien-style to tear off someone's face, a legless zombie attacking her ex-boyfriend in a swimming pool, and -- most groan-inducing of all -- a zombie DJ concluding the entire sorry affair by dedicating a record to "all the undead around the world." American exploitation director Deran Serafian leads a cast including Beatrice Ring, Luciano Pigozzi, and Massimo Vanni, while Franco Di Girolamo handled the gore effects. - By Robert Firsching
Cast: Deran Sarafian as Kenny, Beatrice Ring as Patricia
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10kbullets.com
| Military commanders | GIs | Glenn, Patricia | Patricia |
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2020-10-11 Aenigma (1987) imdb.com
Director: Lucio FulciSynopsis: Horror legend Lucio Fulci directed this substandard supernatural thriller. Lara Naszinski develops a psychic link with a comatose student who was the victim of a cruel prank at a Boston girls' school. Together, the girls wreak havoc upon their bullying tormentors. Fulci eschews his usual gory set-pieces here for bizarre murders involving living statues and killer snails, and the plot, cribbed from Richard Franklin's superior Patrick (1978), is weak and underdeveloped. - By Robert Firsching
Cast: Jared Martin as Dr.Anderson, Riccardo Acerbi as Mr.Vernon, Milijana Zirojevic as Kathy, Lara Lamberti as Eva, Jennifer Naud as Grace, Sophie d'Aulan as Kim, usica Zegarac as Mary
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2019-12-23 Die Hard (1988) imdb.com
Director: John McTiernanSynopsis: It's Christmas time in L.A., and there's an employee party in progress on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Corporation building. The revelry comes to a violent end when the partygoers are taken hostage by a group of terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), who plan to steal the 600 million dollars locked in Nakatomi's high-tech safe. In truth, Gruber and his henchmen are only pretending to be politically motivated to throw the authorities off track; also in truth, Gruber has no intention of allowing anyone to get out of the building alive. Meanwhile, New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) has come to L.A. to visit his estranged wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), who happens to be one of the hostages. Disregarding the orders of the authorities surrounding the building, McClane, who fears nothing (except heights), takes on the villains, armed with one handgun and plenty of chutzpah. Until Die Hard came along, Bruce Willis was merely that wisecracking guy on Moonlighting. After the film's profits started rolling in, Willis found himself one of the highest-paid and most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Bruce Willis as John McClane, Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, Bonnie Bedelia as Holly McClane, Alexander Godunov as Karl, Clarence Gilyard Jr. as Theo, Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell, Paul Gleason as Dwayne T. Robinson, James Shigeta as Takagi, Andreas Wisniewski as Tony
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2019-12-13 Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) imdb.com
Director: Charles E. Sellier, Jr.Synopsis: Offended parents and others protested this slasher film when it was released in 1984 because it portrays Billy (Robert Brian Wilson) as a toy-store Santa Claus who goes on a rampage and axes people to death while still in his Santa garb. Four sequels prove the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. When Billy was just a boy he saw someone dressed as Santa murder his parents at Christmastime. Billy's stint in an orphanage did nothing to unwarp his mind (he is tied to his bed for "misbehavior"), and when he starts playing Santa in the store -- much against his wishes since he is deathly afraid of both Christmas and Santa Claus, he first only frightens the children who come to see him. Then his mind snaps, and he repeats the scene he saw as a child, on one person after another, in full gory color. - By Eleanor Mannikka
Cast: Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior, Gilmer McCormick as Sister Margaret, Toni Nero as Pamela, Robert Brian Wilson as Billy at 18, Britt Leach as Mr. Sims, Danny Wagner as Billy at 8, Will Hare as Grandpa, Charles Dierkop as Killer Santa
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| Billy with Granddad | Billy in the car with parents | Fake Santa robs the store | Fake Sanata kills Mom | Sister Margaret, MotherSuperior, Billy |
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2019-09-08 Heaven's Gate (1980) imdb.com
Director: Michael CiminoSynopsis: A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Cast: Kris Kristofferson as James Averill, Christopher Walken as Nathan D. Champion, Sam Waterston as Frank Canton, Isabelle Huppert as Ella Watson
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2019-06-18 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) imdb.com
Director: John CarpenterSynopsis: The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. One-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is strong-armed into rescuing the chief executive. He is aided, not always willingly, by a tough gal (Adrienne Barbeau) and a manic cab driver (Ernest Borgnine). Escape from New York was followed by a sequel of sorts in 1996, Escape From L.A., again starring Kurt Russell. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken, Lee Van Cleef as Bob Hauk, Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie, Donald Pleasence as President of the United States, Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York, Harry Dean Stanton as Brain, Adrienne Barbeau as Maggie, Frank Doubleday as Romero
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2019-04-06 The Running Man (1987) imdb.com
Director: Paul Michael GlaserSynopsis: Directed by former Starsky and Hutch TV star Paul Michael Glaser, this post-apocalyptic science fiction yarn satirized American entertainment, mocking pro wrestling, game shows, and law-and-order reality programming. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ben Richards, a cop in the totalitarian America of 2019, framed for massacring rioting civilians during a famine. After escaping from jail, Richards tries to prove his innocence, but his efforts are thwarted at every turn by a regime in need of a scapegoat. Richards is captured along with an innocent civilian, Amber Mendez (Maria Conchita Alonso), and they are forced to participate in a violent game show called "The Running Man," hosted by the unctuous Damon Killian (Richard Dawson). The object of the game for Richards and Mendez: obtain freedom by staying alive against a gauntlet of skillful assassins like "Subzero" (Prof. Toru Tanaka) and "Captain Freedom" (Jesse Ventura), each armed with unique weapons like razor-sharp hockey sticks and chainsaws. With the help of some fellow "contestants," Richards is able to tap into government computers and prove his innocence. The Running Man was very loosely based on a short story by Stephen King, who wrote it under the name Richard Bachman. - By Karl Williams
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben "Butcher of Bakersfield" Richards, Maria Conchita Alonso as Amber Mendez, Richard Dawson as Damon Killian, Running Man Game-Show Host
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2018-12-17 36.15 code Père Noël (1989) imdb.com
Director: René ManzorCast: Brigitte Fossey as Julie de Frémont, Louis Ducreux as Papy, Alain Lalanne as Thomas de Frémont, Patrick Floersheim as Père Noël
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| Julie with her aid | Papy, Thomas | Santa the invador | Thomas in his gear |
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2017-08-06 Good Riddance (1980) imdb.com
Director: Francis MankiewiczSynopsis: A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.
Cast: Marie Tifo as Michelle, Charlotte Laurier as Manon, Germain Houde as Guy, Roger Lebel as Maurice
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2017-03-16 What Have I done To Deserve this? (1984) imdb.com
Director: Pedro AlmodvarSynopsis: Filmmaker Pedro Almodvar, the Luis Buuel of the 1980s, cooks up another perversely funny descent into urban hell in What Have I Done to Deserve This? Carmen Maura plays a middle-class housewife hemmed in by her wildly eccentric relatives. Her principal purpose in life is a balancing act: to keep her head fastened on securely while all others are losing theirs. Film buffs will have a field day toting up Almodvar's visual and verbal allusions to the works of Buuel, Brian De Palma, Billy Wilder, John Waters, and even Andy Warhol. What Have I Done to Deserve This? was originally titled Que He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto? - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Carmen Maura as Gloria, Verónica Forqué as Cristal, Angel de Andres Lopez as Antonio, Chus Lampreave as Grandmother, Juan Martinez as Toni
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2017-03-15 Dark Habits (1983) imdb.com
Director: Pedro AlmodóvarSynopsis: A nightclub singer seeks refuge with gay nuns on dope in a Madrid convent
Cast: Cristina Sanchez Pascual as Yolanda, Julieta Serrano as Superiora, Mary Carrillo as Marquesa
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| Marquesa with nuns | Yolanda, Superiora | Dinner in the convent | Superiora using heroin |
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2017-01-16 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) imdb.com
Director: Robert ZemeckisSynopsis: In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in the ghettolike "Toontown" where their movements are sharply monitored by the human power establishment. The Toons are permitted to perform in a Cotton Club-style nightspot but are forbidden to patronize the joint. One of Toontown's leading citizens, whacked-out Roger Rabbit, is framed for the murder of human nightclub owner Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye). Private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), whose prejudice against Toons stems from the time that his brother was killed by a falling cartoon piano, reluctantly agrees to clear Roger of the accusation. Most of the sociopolitical undertones of the original novel were weeded out out of the 1988 film version, with emphasis shifted to its basic "evil land developer" plotline --and, more enjoyably, to a stream of eye-popping special effects. With the combined facilities of animator Richard Williams, Disney, Warner Bros., Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, the film allows us to believe (at least for 90 minutes) that "toons" exist, and that they are capable of interacting with 3-dimensional human beings. Virtually every major cartoon character of the late 1940s shows up, with the exceptions of Felix the Cat and Popeye the Sailor, whose licensees couldn't come to terms with the producers. Of the film's newly minted Toons, the most memorable is Roger Rabbit's curvaceous bride Jessica (voiced, uncredited, by Kathleen Turner). The human element is well-represented by Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, and Joanna Cassidy; also watch for action-film producer Joel Silver as Roger Rabbit's Tex Avery-style director. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom, Joanna Cassidy as Dolores, Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit, Stubby Kaye as Marvin Acme, Betsy Brantley as Jessica Rabbit, performance model, Amy Irving as Jessica Rabbit's (Singing), Lou Hirsch as Baby Herman
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| Baby Herman | Jessica Rabbit dancing | Jessica, Eddie, Marin Acme | Marvin Acme, Jessica Rabbit | Eddie, Jessica | Rabbit, Eddie |
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2015-11-14 They Live (1988) imdb.com
Director: John CarpenterSynopsis: John Carpenter wrote and directed this science fiction thriller about a group of aliens who try to take over the world by disguising themselves as Young Republicans. Wrestler Roddy Piper stars as John Nada, a drifted who makes his way into an immense encampment for the homeless. There he stumbles upon a conspiracy concerning aliens who have hypnotized the populace through subliminal messages transmitted through television, magazines, posters, and movies. When Nada looks through special Ray-Bans developed by the resistance leaders, the aliens lose their clean-cut "Dan Quayle" looks and resemble crusty-looking reptiles. Nada joins the underground, teaming up with rebel-leader Frank (Keith David) to eradicate the lizard-like aliens from the body politic. - By Paul Brenner
Cast: Roddy Piper as John Nada, Keith David as Frank, Meg Foster as Holly
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2015-08-31 Brazil (1985) imdb.com
Director: Terry GilliamSynopsis: Brazil constitutes Terry Gilliam's enormously ambitious follow-up to his 1981 Time Bandits. It also represents the second installment in a trilogy of Gilliam films on imagination versus reality, that began with Bandits and ended in 1989 with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. To create this wild, visually audacious satire, Gilliam combines dystopian elements from Orwell, Huxley and Kafka (plus a central character who mirrors Walter Mitty) with his own trademark, Monty Python-esque, jet black British humor and his gift for extraordinary visual invention. The results are thoroughly unprecedented in the cinema.
Jonathan Pryce stars as Sam Lowry, a civil servant who chooses to blind himself to the decaying, drone-like world around him. It's a world marred by oppressive automatization and towering bureaucracy, and populated by tyrannical guards who strongarm lawbreakers. And Lowry is stuck in the middle of this nightmare. Whenever real life becomes too oppressive, Sam fantasizes (to the tune of Ary Baroso's 1930s hit "Brazil") about sailing through the clouds as a winged superhero, and rescuing beautiful Jill Layton (Kim Greist) from a giant, Samurai warrior. The omnipresent computer that controls everything in the "real" world malfunctions, causing an innocent citizen to be arrested and tortured to death. When Sam routinely investigates the error, he meets - and pursues Jill , literally the girl of his dreams. But in real life, she's a tough-as-nails truck driver who initially wants nothing to do with him. It turns out that she is suspected of underground activities, in connection with a terrorist network wanted for bombing public places. The price Sam pays for his association with her is a close encounter with the man in charge of torturing troublesome citizens (Michael Palin). He is rescued - at the last minute - by maintenance man Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) who moonlights as a terrorist, but that only represents the beginning of his plight, for now the "system" is onto him.
Gilliam ran into enormous problems with Brazil. Universal - which produced the picture - originally slated it for release in 1984, but the studio - intimidated by the film's whopping length of 142 minutes - demanded that Gilliam trim the film to bring it in under two hours and alter the pessimistic ending. Gilliam refused; Universal shelved the picture for a year. In response, the director took out a full page ad in Variety asking studio president Sid Sheinberg when the film would be released. Sensing tremendous pressure, Universal bowed to Gilliam's insistence on fewer cuts but still demanded a happy ending. Gilliam trimmed only eleven minutes and altered the conclusion just slightly (instead of cutting to black, it fades into puffy white clouds on a blue sky, with a reprise of the title tune). It was thus released in early 1985 at 131 minutes, and of course became a seminal work; many critics regarded it at the time as the best film of the eighties. - By Nathan Southern
Cast: Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry, Michael Palin as Jack Lint, Kim Greist as Jill Layton, Robert De Niro as Harry Tuttle, Katherine Helmond as Ida Lowrey
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2015-07-27 Labyrinth (1986) imdb.com
Director: Jim HensonSynopsis: George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment. She is baby-sitting her little brother when she cavalierly wishes that goblins would take him away. She gets her wish, and a coterie of goblins abduct him. She then encounters Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of a mystical world one step removed from reality. He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center. As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins. - By Paul Brenner
Cast: David Bowie as Jareth, Jennifer Connelly as Sarah, Toby Froud as Toby, Brian Henson as Hoggle, Shari Weiser as Hoggle, Ron Mueck as Ludo/Ludo's Voice/Firey 2/Goblin
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2015-07-14 The Green Ray (1986) imdb.com
Director: Eric RohmerSynopsis: It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...
Cast: Marie Riviere as Delphine, Carita as Lena, Vincent Gauthier as Jacques
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2014-06-14 Atlantic City (1980) imdb.com
Director: Louis MalleSynopsis: Burt Lancaster stars as Lou, an aging mob flunkey, barely making a living in Atlantic City. Susan Sarandon plays Sally, a casino croupier whose husband Dave (Robert Joy) steals a large supply of drugs from the mob. When he is killed, the narcotics pass to the unwilling Sally. Lou, in the midst of longtime affair with middle-aged gangster's widow Grace (Kate Reid), falls for the much younger Sally, becoming her savior by killing the mob thugs sent to shut her up. The killings serve a therapeutic value for Lou, proving that he hasn't lost his old panache. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Burt Lancaster as Lou, Susan Sarandon as Sally, Michel Piccoli as Joseph, Kate Reid as Grace
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2014-05-16 Radio Days (1987) imdb.com
Director: Woody AllenSynopsis: Woody Allen's gentle and nostalgic tribute to the glory days of radio and coming-of-age during World War II plays like Fellini's Amarcord filtered through Neil Simon. The nominal star is Seth Green as Joe, a teenage Jewish boy, growing up with a house full of relatives in Brooklyn. Allen cuts between Joe's working class neighborhood of Rockaway Beach, Queens, and the glittery and glamorous world of radio in Manhattan. - By Paul Brenner
Cast: Mia Farrow as Sally White, Seth Green as Little Joe, Julie Kavner as Mother, Michael Tucker as Father, Dianne Wiest as Aunt Bea, Kenneth Mars as Rabbi Baumel, Woody Allen as Narrator
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| Mom, Dad | Collecting money for Israel | With Rabbi | Aunt Bea with her bf 1 | Sally | |
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2014-04-18 Stardust Memories imdb.com
Director: Woody AllenSynopsis: Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. Sandy Bates (Allen) sits in a train at a train station, the car filled with very unhappy looking people. In a train on another set of tracks, Bates sees a wonderful party going on. A beautiful woman blows him a kiss as the happy train pulls out of the station. Bates is a famous film director who has been invited to attend a festival of his work being held at the Stardust hotel. He attends the event, but is ceaselessly harassed by fans who accost him and repel him in equal measure. While consistently hearing the complaints from fans, critics, and even space aliens that his earlier comedies are superior to his dramatic work, Bates juggles a trio of women in his private life. His encounters during the course of the retrospective force Bates to take a long look at himself. Sharon Stone makes one of her first film appearances as the woman who blows Sandy a kiss. - By Perry Seibert
Cast: Woody Allen as Sandy Bates, Charlotte Rampling as Dorrie, Marie-Christine Barrault as Isobel, Jessica Harper as Daisy
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2014-02-08 Zelig (1983) imdb.com
Director: Woody AllenSynopsis: Leonard Zelig, the "human chameleon", is profiled in this mock-documentary. Director Woody Allen appears as Zelig in scenes that purport to be vintage newsreel clips of the 1920s and 1930s, but are actually clever recreations, "aged" and scratched-up Citizen Kane-style by special-effects maestros Joel Hynick, Stuart Robinson and R. Greenberg Associates. An appropriately pompous narrator details the life and times of Leonard Zelig, whose overwhelming desire for conformity is manifested in his ability to take on the facial and vocal characteristics of whomever he happens to be around at the moment. He shows up at batting practice with Babe Ruth, among William Randolph Hearst's guests as San Simeon, side by side with Pope Pius at the Vatican, and peering anxiously over the shoulder of Adolf Hitler at the Nuremberg Rally. Becoming a celebrity in his own right, Zelig inspires a song, a dance craze, and a Warner Bros. biopic. Mia Farrow plays Dr. Eudora Fletcher , a psychiatrist who tries to "reach" Zelig and ultimately falls in love with him (all of Farrow's scenes are in black-and-white and allegedly culled from archive footage; Ellen Garrison, whose resemblance to Farrow is uncanny, plays the older Dr. Fletcher in the interview sequences). In the manner of Reds, the influence of the fictional Leonard Zelig on popular culture is discussed by such real-life notables as Susan Sontag, Irving Howe, Saul Bellow and Dr. Bruno Bettenheim. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, Mia Farrow as Dr. Eudora Fletcher, Garrett M. Brown as Actor Zelig, Susan Sontag as Herself, Irving Howe as Himself, Saul Bellow as Himself, Bricktop as Herself, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim as Himself, Prof. John Morion Blum as Himself, Wendy Craig as Herself
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Vincent Canby
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2013-04-06 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) imdb.com
Director: Sergio LeoneSynopsis: Director Sergio Leone's sprawling crime epic follows a group of Jewish mobsters (including Robert_De_Niro, James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern) who rise in the ranks of organized crime in 1920s New York City. Their story unfolds in flashbacks as ringleader Noodles (De Niro) returns to Brooklyn some 30 years later to reunite and reminisce with his cohorts. Nominated for two Golden Globes, this gritty drama was Leone's last directorial effort.
Cast: Robert De Niro as David "Noodles" Aaronson, James Woods as Max, Elizabeth McGovern as Deborah, Treat Williams as Jimmy O'Donnell, Tuesday Weld as Carol
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2013-01-10 Django 2 - Il grande ritorno (1987) imdb.com
Nello RossatiWiki
Franco Nero as Django, Christopher Connelly as 'El Diablo' Orlowsky, Licinia Lentinias Countess Isabelle
| Django, Orlowsky's victims | Orlowsky | Orlowsky's slaves | Orlowsky's ship | Slaves at work | |
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2012-12-21 Gremlins (1984) imdb.com
Joe Danteen.wikipedia.org
rogerebert.suntimes.com
Youtube. In the bar
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2012-09-15 The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) imdb.com
Woody AllenFilm
R.Ebert
lucasmcnelly.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
youtube.com
youtube.com
Mia Farrow as Cecilia, Jeff Daniels as Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd, Danny Aiello as Monk
| With sister in the diner | In the movie theater | With husband Monk | With Tom Baxter | Desperate in the street |
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2012-09-05 Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) imdb.com
Stephen Chiodoen.wikipedia.org
dailydead.com
| Mike, Debbie | At the spaceship | In the spaceship | |
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| Talking to Dave | Killer KLown | Mike, Debbie | In the drugstore |
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| Curtis Mooney | Killer klowns | At the police station | Debbie and killer klowns |
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2012-01-19 The Woman Next Door (1981) imdb.com
François Truffauten.wikipedia.org
R.Ebert
Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Coudray
Fanny Ardant as Mathilde Bauchard
Henri Garcin as Philippe Bauchard
Michèle Baumgartner as Arlette Coudray
Véronique Silver as Madame Odile Jouve
| With wife | Mathilde | Guests | With Mme Jouve |
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2011-11-24 Love in a Fallen City (1984) imdb.com
Ann HuiFilm
Yun-Fat Chow as Fan Liu-Yuan, Cora Miao as Pai Liu-So
| In Shanghai | With Mom | With Mrs.Hsu | On the way to HK | |
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2011-10-29 Holy Blood (1989) imdb.com
Alejandro JodorowskyR.Ebert
rogerebert.suntimes.com
Destruction of the temple
Axel Jodorowsky as Fenix, Adan Jodorowsky as Young Fenix, Faviola Elenka Tapia as Young Alma, Blanca Guerra as Concha, Guy Stockwell as Orgo, Sabrina Dennison as Alma, Thelma Tixou as The Tattooed Woman
| In the psychiaric hospital | The eagle from the tattoo | Destruction of the "church" | |||
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| With monster gf | Alma | Alma with dead Mom | Fenix hallucinating | ||
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2011-06-11 Full Moon in Paris (1984) imdb.com
Eric Rohmerspiritualityandpractice.com
filmsdefrance.com
Wiki. Pascale Ogier
Pascale Ogier as Louise, Fabrice Luchini as Octave
2011-05-28 The Aviator's Wife (1981) imdb.com
Eric Rohmeren.wikipedia.org
dvdbeaver.com
slantmagazine.com
Philippe Marlaud as François, Marie Rivière as Anne, Anne-Laure Meury as Lucie
| Francois, Lucie | Anne |
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2011-03-05 Swann in Love (1984) imdb.com
Volker SchlöndorffR.Ebert
Jeremy Irons as Charles Swann, Ornella Muti as Odette de Crecy, Alain Delon as Baron de Charlus
| At the concert | With Odetta | At the brothel | With Odetta | |
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2011-02-23 Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) imdb.com
Woody AllenFilm
R.Ebert
Barbara Hershey as Lee, Michael Caine as Elliot, Mia Farrow as Hannah, Dianne Wiest as Holly, Max von Sydow as Frederick, Woody Allen as Mickey
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2010-09-15 Story of Women (1988) imdb.com
Claude ChabrolR.Ebert
Film
Isabelle Huppert as Marie, Francois Cluzet as Paul
| With friend | Prepairing for the first abortion | With son | Husband has returned from the camp | With hooker friend | |
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| With family | With husband | Town festival. Lover wins goose | With lover | Sister of dead patient | With lover |
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| Arrest | With lawyer | Prosecutor | Waiting for the sentence | Blasphemous prayer |
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2010-05-23 The Dead (1987) imdb.com
FilmSparknotes
James Joyce. Dubliners
lib.ru
R.Ebert
Sheila Johnston
GU
Anjelica Huston as Gretta Conroy, Donal McCann as Gabriel Conroy
| At the table | The piano piece: Gabriel, Conroy, Molly, Ivors | The dance | Mr.Malins, his mother | The Morkans |
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2010-04-20 The Last Metro (1980) imdb.com
Francois Truffauten.wikipedia.org
oldschoolreviews.com
dvdtalk.com
daily.greencine.com
Catherine Deneuve as Marion Steiner, Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Granger
daily.greencine.com
2010-01-03 Matador (1986) imdb.com
Pedro AlmodovarFilm
CHARLES TAYLOR
Youtube. R.Ebert, Matador
Antonio Banderas as Angel Jimenez
Eva Cobo as Eva
Assumpta Serna as Maria Cardenal
Nacho Martinez as Diego
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2009-12-04 Ladyhawke (1985) imdb.com
Richard Donnercrazy4cinema.com
en.wikipedia.org
youtube.com
Rutger Hauer as Captain Navarre
Michelle Pfeiffer as Isabeau d'Anjou
shockdom.com
2009-09-18 The Heifer (1985) imdb.com
Luis García Berlangaask.com
answers.com
en.wikipedia.org
tu.tv
2009-09-11 Bycicles are for the summer (1984) imdb.com
Jaime Chavarrien.wikipedia.org
2008-08-23 Empire of the Sun (1987) imdb.com
Steven SpielbergWiki
R.Ebert
J.Berardinelli
Pedro Groppo
Christian Bale as Jamie Graham upload.wikimedia.org
2008-02-08 Raising Arizona (1987) imdb.com
Joel CoenR.Ebert
Nicolas Cage as H.I. McDunnough, Holly Hunter as Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough optimusfilms.20m.com montrealfilmjournal.com
2007-11-30 ZEGEN (1987) imdb.com
Shohei ImamuraWiki
2007-07-07 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) imdb.com
Pedro AlmodovarDesson Howe
Julieta Serrano as Lucia, Carmen Maura as Pepa
Carmen Maura as Pepa
nwfilm.org alturl.com
2004-08-14 Airplane! (1980) imdb.com
Jim Abrahams, David Zuckerbbc.co.uk
2002-04-07 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) imdb.com
Steven SpielbergCal (1984) imdb.com
Pat O'ConnorCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989) imdb.com
Woody AllenEbert
Martin Landau as Judah Rosenthal
Martin Landau as Judah Rosenthal, Anjelica Huston as Dolores Paley
Martin Landau as Judah Rosenthal, Jerry Orbach as Jack
Crusoe (1988) imdb.com
Caleb DeschanelDanton (1983) imdb.com
Andrzej WajdaFrom Wajda's site
R.Ebert
Wikipedia on Georges Danton
Gerard Depardieu as Danton
Excalibur (1981) imdb.com
John BoormanFull Metal Jacket (1987) imdb.com
Stanley KubrickPlot
R.Ebert
R.Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
Vincent D'Onofrio as Private Gomer Pyle, R.Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
Vincent D'Onofrio as Private Gomer Pyle
Sniper moviebadgirls.com
Local Hero (1983) imdb.com
Bill ForsythNew Year's Day (1989) imdb.com
Henry JaglomRan (1985) imdb.com
Akira KurosawaRed Sorghum (1987) imdb.com
Yimou ZhangSweetie (1989) imdb.com
Jane CampionThat Summer of White Roses (1989) imdb.com
Rajko GrlicThe Last Temptation of Christ (1988) imdb.com
Martin ScorseseThe Shining (1980) imdb.com
Stanley KubrickThe Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) imdb.com
Director: Philip KaufmanSynopsis: In Philip Kaufman's surprisingly successful film adaptation of Czech author Milan Kundera's demanding 1984 best-seller, Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Tomas, an overly amorous Prague surgeon, while Juliette Binoche plays Tereza, the waiflike beauty whom he marries. Even though he's supposedly committed, Tomas continues his wanton womanizing, notably with his silken mistress Sabina (Lena Olin). Escaping the 1968 Russian invasion of Prague by heading for Geneva, Sabina takes up with another man and unexpectedly develops a friendship with Tereza. Meanwhile, Tomas, who previously was interested only in sex, becomes politicized by the collapse of Czechoslovakia's Dubcek regime. The Unbearable Lightness of Being may be too leisurely for some viewers, but other viewers may feel the same warm sense of inner satisfaction that is felt after finishing a good, long novel. - By Hal Erickson
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis as Tomas, Juliette Binoche as Tereza, Lena Olin as Sabina, Derek DeLint as Franz
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Novel
R.Ebert
washingtonpost.com
guardian.co.uk
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