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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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Fame
1980 · Drama
The Long Riders
1980 · Western
The Buddha Assassinator
1980 · Action
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · Thriller
The Constant Factor
1980 · Drama
Friday the 13th
1980 · Horror
Happy Birthday, Gemini
1980 · Comedy
Rising Damp
1980 · Comedy
Chhutir Ghonta
1980 · Drama
Hussy
1980 · Romance
The Gamekeeper
1980 · Drama
Goodbye Pork Pie
1980 · Comedy
Beyond Evil
1980 · Horror
Gideon’s Trumpet
1980 · Drama
The Private Eyes
1980 · Mystery
Macabre
1980 · Horror
Ram Balram
1980 · Drama
Alien 2: On Earth
1980 · Horror
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Drama
The Tin Drum
1980 · Drama
Prostitute
1980 · Drama
Inferno
1980 · Horror
Zigeunerweisen
1980 · Mystery
The Psychotronic Man
1980 · Horror
The Return
1980 · Thriller
When Time Ran Out...
1980 · Action
Serial
1980 · Comedy
Tom Horn
1980 · Action
City of Women
1980 · Comedy
Girl with the Golden Panties
1980 · Thriller
Killer Constable
1980 · Drama
The Changeling
1980 · Horror
Le Guignolo
1980 · Comedy
Aasha
1980 · Family
Narada Vijaya
1980
Forbidden Zone
1980 · Fantasy
Little Darlings
1980 · Drama
Tusk
1980 · Drama
The Burning Train
1980 · Thriller
Madness
1980 · Crime
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