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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1980s
3,430 movies from the 1980s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Tezaab
1988 · Drama
Heart of a Dog
1988 · Comedy
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988 · Comedy
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988 · Fantasy
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988 · Drama
Child’s Play
1988 · Horror
Moonnam Pakkam
1988 · Family
In the Aftermath
1988 · Animation
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
1988 · Fantasy
Missing Link
1988 · Adventure
Everybody’s All-American
1988 · Drama
They Live
1988 · Action
The Brain
1988 · Horror
Mukthi
1988 · Drama
Midnight Cop
1988 · Thriller
Hide and Go Shriek
1988 · Horror
Black Roses
1988 · Horror
The Jester
1988 · Family
Feds
1988 · Comedy
Deadly Dreams
1988 · Thriller
Checking Out
1988 · Comedy
Red Scorpion
1988 · Adventure
In the Shadow of the Raven
1988 · Drama
In the Shadow of the Raven
1988 · Drama
Dance ’Til Dawn
1988 · Family
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988 · Thriller
The Lair of the White Worm
1988 · Horror
Ariel
1988 · Comedy
Things Change
1988 · Drama
Dayavan
1988 · Action
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988 · Fantasy
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
1988 · Fantasy
The Drifter
1988 · Thriller
The Kiss
1988 · Drama
Pumpkinhead
1988 · Fantasy
The Accused
1988 · Drama
Mystic Pizza
1988 · Drama
Another Woman
1988 · Drama
Purgatory
1988 · Action
Cohen and Tate
1988 · Crime
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