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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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Paap Ki Duniya
1988 · Adventure
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
1988 · Family
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Drama
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Drama
D.O.A.
1988 · Mystery
Little Nikita
1988 · Drama
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
1988 · Comedy
Penmani Aval Kanmani
1988 · Comedy
Masquerade
1988 · Drama
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
1988 · Horror
A Short Film About Killing
1988 · Crime
Vice Versa
1988 · Fantasy
Stand and Deliver
1988 · Biography
I Love Maria
1988
14 Going on 30
1988 · Romance
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Comedy
Switching Channels
1988 · Comedy
Prison
1988 · Drama
Pass the Ammo
1988 · Comedy
And God Created Woman
1988 · Drama
The House on Carroll Street
1988 · Thriller
Rudraveena
1988 · Romance
Moving
1988 · Comedy
Babette's Feast
1988 · Drama
Contagion
1988 · Thriller
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988 · Family
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
1988 · Horror
Taffin
1988 · Action
Shame
1988 · Drama
Alien from L.A.
1988 · Family
Frantic
1988 · Drama
Hairspray
1988 · Comedy
The Possessed
1988 · Drama
Daisy
1988 · Romance
Hope and Glory
1988 · Drama
Ranadheera
1988 · Thriller
Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
1988 · Thriller
Born to Defence
1988 · Thriller
Kung-Fu Master!
1988 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Adventure
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