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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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Flodder
1986 · Comedy
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Mystery
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986 · Music
Where Are the Children?
1986 · Drama
Class of Nuke ’Em High
1986 · Thriller
The Golden Child
1986 · Action
Three Amigos!
1986 · Comedy
Shatru
1986 · Drama
Shatru
1986 · Drama
The Christmas Toy
1986 · Family
Year of Enlightment
1986 · Drama
Heartbreak Ridge
1986 · Action
The Passage
1986 · Horror
Asterix in Britain
1986 · Animation
Kin-dza-dza!
1986 · Comedy
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
Gothic
1986 · Horror
Dirty Pair: Project Eden
1986 · Animation
Fluppy Dogs
1986 · Fantasy
Righting Wrongs
1986 · Thriller
Ladies Tailor
1986 · Comedy
Solarbabies
1986 · Action
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Adventure
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Adventure
The Whistle Blower
1986 · Action
Body Slam
1986 · Music
Firewalker
1986 · Action
The Wraith
1986 · Action
An American Tail
1986 · Drama
Manon of the Spring
1986 · Drama
The Wind
1986 · Horror
Tree Without Leaves
1986 · Drama
Every Time We Say Goodbye
1986 · War
Willy/Milly
1986 · Fantasy
Slaughter High
1986 · Thriller
The Decline of the American Empire
1986 · Drama
Hoosiers
1986 · Drama
Dot and the Whale
1986 · Animation
Sid and Nancy
1986 · Biography
Modern Girls
1986 · Comedy
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