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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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Kill Me Again
1989 · Action
Masque of the Red Death
1989 · Drama
Lankeshwarudu
1989 · Drama
Worth Winning
1989 · Romance
Masque of the Red Death
1989 · Drama
Shocker
1989 · Thriller
The Bear
1989 · Adventure
Elves
1989 · Horror
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1989 · Action
Gross Anatomy
1989 · Comedy
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Biography
Next of Kin
1989 · Action
Ghosts Can’t Do It
1989 · Romance
Ghosts Can’t Do It
1989 · Romance
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989 · Thriller
The Architecture of Doom
1989 · Documentary
Breaking In
1989 · Adventure
Look Who's Talking
1989 · Comedy
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Drama
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 · Drama
Dr. Alien
1989 · Comedy
The Magic Portal
1989 · Animation
Dasharatham
1989 · Drama
Drugstore Cowboy
1989 · Drama
An Innocent Man
1989 · Action
The Punisher
1989 · Action
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989 · Comedy
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
1989 · Drama
Martians Go Home
1989 · Comedy
Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster
1989 · Action
Beyond the Door III
1989 · Horror
Robot Jox
1989 · Action
Think Big
1989 · Comedy
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Drama
Kala Bazaar
1989 · Action
Not Quite Human II
1989 · Family
Blood and Sand
1989 · Romance
Bloodfist
1989 · Thriller
Black Rain
1989 · Action
Spider’s Web
1989 · Drama
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