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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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Private Benjamin
1980 · Comedy
Navajeros
1980 · Drama
I Don’t Understand You Anymore
1980 · Comedy
Coast to Coast
1980 · Comedy
The First Deadly Sin
1980 · Mystery
Cries in the Night
1980 · Horror
Oh, God! Book II
1980 · Fantasy
Terror Train
1980 · Mystery
Somewhere in Time
1980 · Drama
Blank Generation
1980 · Drama
Breaking Glass
1980 · Drama
The Attic
1980 · Horror
Gloria
1980 · Drama
Playing for Time
1980 · History
Stardust Memories
1980 · Comedy
In God We Tru$t
1980 · Comedy
Union City
1980 · Drama
Judaai
1980 · Drama
Germany Pale Mother
1980 · Drama
Hopscotch
1980 · Comedy
Resurrection
1980 · Drama
Without Warning
1980 · Horror
My Bodyguard
1980 · Drama
A Deadly Secret
1980 · Drama
Burebista
1980 · History
The Calm
1980 · Drama
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Comedy
Mother's Day
1980 · Thriller
The Nest
1980 · Drama
Super Fuzz
1980 · Comedy
The Club
1980 · Drama
Ordinary People
1980 · Drama
The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
1980 · Music
The Rebel Intruders
1980 · Action
Gehrayee
1980 · Horror
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Action
Alexander the Great
1980 · Drama
The Mystery of Oberwald
1980 · Romance
The Unseen
1980 · Horror
Blood Beach
1980 · Horror
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