Danton (1982), The Grey Fox (1982), A Passage to India (1984), Willow (1988), Educating Rita (1983), The Makioka Sisters (1983), Lady Jane (1986), My Bodyguard (1980) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1980s Film movies.
Storyline: Flash Gordon is an American football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov's rocketship along with his beautiful girlfriend Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by Emperor Ming the Merciless. The evil Ming has been testing Earth with unnatural disasters, and deeming our world a threat to his rule. He also intends to take Dale as his concubine, attempts to execute Flash and intends to destroy Earth. Flash must avoid the amorous attentions of Ming's daughter, and unite the warring kingdoms of Mongo to rescue Dale and save our world.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, adventure, action, space opera, superhero, comic book adaptation, aliens ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.
Plot Keywords: colonialism, independence movement, child's perspective, coming of age, family separation, loyalty, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Emily Boynton (Piper Laurie), stepmother to the three Boynton children, and mother to Ginevra (Amber Bezer), blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope (David Soul), into destroying the second will of her late husband, which would have freed the childern from her dominating influence. She takes herself and the children on vacation to Europe and the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) meets up with a woman friend, Dr. Sarah King (Jenny Seagrove), who falls in love with Raymond Boynton (John Terleskey) to Emily's disapproval. Lady Westholme (Lauren Bacall), her secretary, and Cope are following them too. The children learn about the second will, and Emily succeeds in rubbing the rest the wrong way, causing much hatred towards her. At a dig, everybody wonders about the camp, and Emily is found dead, poisoned. Poirot investigates.—Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: murder mystery, detective story, british film, crime thriller, family secrets, inheritance dispute, novel adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, romance, historical, war, drama, aviation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: From the sky will come the Black Fortress. From the Fortress will come the Slayers to devour the planet of Krull. Then shall a girl of ancient name become queen...she shall choose a king...and together they shall rule the planet. And their son shall rule the galaxy.
Plot Keywords: science fiction, fantasy, adventure, action, romance, heroic, epic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Plot Keywords: coming of age, sports, american football, high school life, class conflict, sports drama, father-son relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dreams of an inheritance turn into a nightmare for four innocent children. Locked in the deserted north wing of the family mansion. Beaten by a vicious grandmother. Tormented by a menacing caretaker. Starved and left alone to wither - and perhaps die - like FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC. Their only hope lies in escape. But a horrible truth awaits them in the main house - a truth that will push the children toward a dizzying and violent solution. FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC - living proof that even the prettiest flowers can grow deadly in the attic's darkness.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: gothic horror, family secrets, psychological thriller, dark fairy tale, betrayal, inheritance dispute, isolation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Seth Brundle was a renowned scientist whose warped experiments with teleportation transformed him into a man/fly hybrid called BrundleFly. A few months after the BrundleFly insect met its demise by his lover's, Veronica, shotgun, she dies while giving birth to their son, Martin. Seth's corrupt employer, Bartok, adopts Martin, only so Martin can solve the new problems that the still-functioning TelePods present and to use him as a science project because of the dormant insect genes. Martin is now fully grown, even though he is five, and the fly genes begin to awaken and make him just like dear, dead dad. With the help of his girlfriend, Beth, they go to wherever they can find a possible cure before Bartok finds them and brings them back, but not before Martin finishes his transformation into MartinFly, the deadliest of the BrundleFly species.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, thriller, mutation, monster, body horror, scientist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sheena's white parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, fantasy, action, jungle, superhero, comic book adaptation, female lead ...
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