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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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Lethal Weapon
1987 · Action
Hibiscus Town
1987 · Drama
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987 · War
The Quick and the Dead
1987 · Drama
Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi
1987
Number One with a Bullet
1987 · Comedy
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Action
Some Kind of Wonderful
1987 · Drama
Working Girls
1987 · Drama
Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home
1987 · Comedy
Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home
1987 · Comedy
Mirch Masala
1987 · Drama
Northanger Abbey
1987 · Drama
Sukeban Deka: The Movie
1987 · Crime
Mônica e a Sereia do Rio
1987 · Family
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Drama
City on Fire
1987 · Action
Mannequin
1987 · Fantasy
Over the Top
1987 · Action
Personal Services
1987 · Comedy
The Last Fling
1987 · Comedy
The Truth About Alex
1987 · Drama
Stage Fright
1987 · Horror
A Taxing Woman
1987 · Comedy
The Red Spectacles
1987 · Action
Law of Desire
1987 · Comedy
From the Hip
1987 · Comedy
Black Widow
1987 · Drama
Dead of Winter
1987 · Drama
Light of Day
1987 · Drama
Come and See
1987 · Drama
LBJ: The Early Years
1987 · Drama
East of Ipswich
1987 · Drama
Nice Girls Don’t Explode
1987 · Romance
Cry Wilderness
1987 · Adventure
Dark Eyes
1987 · Drama
The Room Upstairs
1987 · Romance
Outrageous Fortune
1987 · Comedy
Radio Days
1987 · Comedy
Return to Horror High
1987 · Comedy
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