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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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Passions
1984 · Drama
Give the Devil His Due
1984 · Family
The Devil’s Gift
1984 · Horror
Impulse
1984 · Thriller
Panchavadi Palam
1984 · Comedy
Sunny
1984 · Drama
Irreconcilable Differences
1984 · Drama
’Merika
1984 · Drama
Threads
1984 · Sci-Fi
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
1984 · Romance
Windy City
1984 · Drama
The Evil That Men Do
1984 · Action
All of Me
1984 · Fantasy
My New Partner
1984 · Comedy
Dhavani Kanavugal
1984 · Drama
A Man of Principle
1984 · Drama
Scarecrow
1984 · Drama
Exterminator 2
1984 · Action
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Sci-Fi
A Year of the Quiet Sun
1984 · Romance
Mangamma Gari Manavadu
1984 · Romance
Sreekrishna Parunthu
1984 · Horror
The Bay Boy
1984 · Romance
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Romance
Blood Theatre
1984 · Comedy
The Future Is Woman
1984 · Drama
Love Unto Death
1984 · Drama
Hyperspace
1984 · Comedy
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Drama
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
1984 · Comedy
Bolero
1984 · Drama
Flashpoint
1984 · Action
C.H.U.D.
1984 · Sci-Fi
Savage Streets
1984 · Drama
The Blood of Others
1984 · History
Old Enough
1984 · Drama
My Dear Kuttichathan
1984 · Fantasy
Oxford Blues
1984 · Drama
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
1984 · Comedy
Yellow Earth
1984 · History
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