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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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Dragnet
1987 · Comedy
The Romancing Star
1987 · Comedy
Hidden City
1987 · Thriller
Spaceballs
1987 · Adventure
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
1987 · Romance
Not Quite Human
1987 · Family
Roxanne
1987 · Comedy
Withnail & I
1987 · Drama
The End of Eternity
1987
Enga Chinna Rasa
1987
Predator
1987 · Action
Million Dollar Mystery
1987 · Comedy
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Fantasy
The Man with Three Coffins
1987 · Drama
The Veldt
1987 · Horror
The Believers
1987 · Drama
Benji the Hunted
1987 · Adventure
The Stepfather
1987 · Thriller
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Fantasy
The Untouchables
1987 · Drama
Three Kinds of Heat
1987 · Action
Peter Pan
1987 · Comedy
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive
1987 · Horror
Mr. India
1987 · Drama
Long Gone
1987 · Comedy
Enemy Territory
1987 · Action
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 · Drama
Ernest Goes to Camp
1987 · Comedy
Tampopo
1987 · Comedy
Dark Age
1987 · Adventure
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Action
Intervista
1987 · Comedy
Ishtar
1987 · Adventure
Cathy
1987 · Comedy
Dance Dance
1987 · Music
The Gate
1987 · Fantasy
Snow White
1987 · Family
Under the Sun of Satan
1987 · Drama
Good Morning, Babylon
1987 · Drama
Cassandra
1987 · Horror
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