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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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Eaten Alive!
1980 · Horror
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Drama
Phoenix 2772
1980 · Drama
Doraemon: Nobita’s Dinosaur
1980 · Fantasy
Defiance
1980 · Thriller
Brave New World
1980 · Drama
The Black Marble
1980 · Romance
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 · Biography
Death Ship
1980 · Adventure
Bad Timing
1980 · Thriller
Scared to Death
1980 · Horror
Scared to Death
1980 · Horror
The Lady Vanishes
1980 · Action
Don’t Answer the Phone!
1980 · Horror
Foxes
1980 · Drama
The Ninth Configuration
1980 · Drama
The Victim
1980 · Comedy
The Tempest
1980 · Drama
Khubsoorat
1980 · Family
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980 · Drama
North Sea Hijack
1980 · Action
Cafè Express
1980 · Comedy
Saturn 3
1980 · Adventure
Mad Max
1980 · Action
Cruising
1980 · Drama
A Leap in the Dark
1980 · Drama
Merry-Go-Round
1980 · Mystery
Aguila
1980 · Action
Do Aur Do Paanch
1980 · Drama
The Young Master
1980 · Comedy
Bye Bye Brazil
1980 · Drama
Midnight Madness
1980 · Comedy
The Fog
1980 · Thriller
Cannibal Holocaust
1980 · Adventure
Night of the Demon
1980 · Horror
Sankarabharanam
1980 · Romance
Simon
1980 · Comedy
Fatso
1980 · Drama
Animalympics
1980 · Comedy
American Gigolo
1980 · Drama
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