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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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Dacait
1987 · Crime
Three for the Road
1987 · Drama
The Secret of My Succe$s
1987 · Comedy
Nombarathi Poovu
1987 · Drama
Gammat Jammat
1987 · Drama
Sansar
1987 · Drama
Making Mr. Right
1987 · Comedy
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 · Comedy
Osmanthus Alley
1987 · Drama
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Family
Aha Naa Pellanta!
1987 · Comedy
Blood Rage
1987 · Thriller
Ghost Fever
1987 · Comedy
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 · Drama
Blind Date
1987 · Comedy
Two of Us
1987 · Drama
Anguish
1987 · Horror
The Surrogate Womb
1987 · Drama
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · Comedy
The Barbarians
1987 · Fantasy
Stripped to Kill
1987 · Drama
Burglar
1987 · Crime
Street Smart
1987 · Drama
The Stepford Children
1987 · Thriller
Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise
1987 · Animation
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs
1987 · Animation
Pretty Smart
1987 · Comedy
Heat
1987 · Action
Tin Men
1987 · Drama
Witchboard
1987 · Mystery
Evil Dead II
1987 · Mystery
Raising Arizona
1987 · Adventure
Sworn Brothers
1987 · Action
Timestalkers
1987 · Western
Rags to Riches
1987 · Drama
Velaikkaran
1987 · Action
Yeelen
1987 · Drama
Angel Heart
1987 · Mystery
Twisted Nightmare
1987 · Horror
The Big Bang
1987 · Comedy
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