1980s American films

Huey Long

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

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'night, Mother

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.

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All American High: Revisited

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.6

In 1984—before cell phones, the web, and reality TV, a young director set out to document a year in the life of a typical California high school. The result was “All American High”, an unusually hones...

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Dangerous Liaisons

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.6

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as pl...

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Blood Simple

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.6

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot...

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On Golden Pond

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.6

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the ge...

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Victor/Victoria

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

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Eddie Murphy Raw

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

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