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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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Flaming Brothers
1987 · Romance
Shrutilayalu
1987 · Drama
Project A Part II
1987 · Comedy
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Action
Wish You Were Here
1987 · Drama
La Bamba
1987 · Biography
Pasivadi Pranam
1987 · Thriller
Summer School
1987 · Comedy
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle
1987 · Horror
A Chinese Ghost Story
1987 · Fantasy
RoboCop
1987 · Action
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · Adventure
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987 · Drama
Per Sollum Pillai
1987 · Family
An Autumn’s Tale
1987 · Drama
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987 · Drama
Rock Odyssey
1987 · Music
Maid to Order
1987 · Comedy
Rock ’n’ Roll Nightmare
1987 · Horror
O.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Comedy
White Water Summer
1987 · Adventure
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987 · Comedy
Eastern Condors
1987 · Action
The Brave Little Toaster
1987 · Fantasy
Bates Motel
1987 · Horror
Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam
1987 · Drama
Amrutham Gamaya
1987 · Drama
Vazhiyorakazchakal
1987 · Drama
Cheppu
1987 · Drama
January Oru Orma
1987 · Drama
Adventures in Babysitting
1987 · Action
Deadline
1987 · Drama
The Misfit Brigade
1987 · Action
Nukie
1987 · Adventure
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987 · Fantasy
Innerspace
1987 · Action
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · Action
Straight to Hell
1987 · Action
Leif
1987 · Comedy
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
1987 · Adventure
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