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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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The Big Blue
1988 · Drama
Aparan
1988 · Mystery
Shoot to Kill
1988 · Action
Satisfaction
1988 · Comedy
School Daze
1988 · Drama
Au Revoir les Enfants
1988 · Drama
Slugs
1988 · Horror
Cop
1988 · Crime
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 · Thriller
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Drama
Cherry 2000
1988 · Action
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988 · Drama
Life Is a Long Quiet River
1988 · Comedy
The In Crowd
1988 · Drama
Faceless
1988 · Horror
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 · Thriller
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988 · Action
Nekromantik
1988 · Drama
Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
1988 · Romance
Shahenshah
1988 · Action
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988 · Horror
The Black Monk
1988 · Romance
Yesterday
1988 · Drama
The Telephone
1988 · Comedy
Braddock: Missing in Action III
1988 · Action
You Can’t Hurry Love
1988 · Comedy
Crash Course
1988 · Comedy
Stranger on My Land
1988 · Drama
Earth Star Voyager
1988 · Adventure
Patti Rocks
1988 · Comedy
Vicharana
1988 · Thriller
Rockin’ with Judy Jetson
1988 · Adventure
The Couch Trip
1988 · Comedy
For Keeps?
1988 · Drama
Good Morning, Vietnam
1988 · Biography
Return of the Living Dead II
1988 · Sci-Fi
Anna Nagar Mudhal Theru
1988
Spellcaster
1988 · Horror
Manchi Donga
1988 · Drama
Cannibal Campout
1988 · Horror
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