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Theme: Films of 1984

2010 (1984)

5 May 200113 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

2001: A Space Odyssey Sequel

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, …
Category: Science Fiction

Access Code (1984)

9 April 199920 June 2025

Rating: ★

Computer Surveillance Conspiracy Thriller

Director: Mark Sobel
Actors: Martin Landau, Michael Ansara, Michael Durrell
Category: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)

16 April 199910 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Funky Inventor Hero vs Alien Invaders

Director: W.D. Richter
Actors: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, …
Category: Science Fiction

All Of Me (1984)

3 July 19993 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Bodyswap Comedy

Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Richard Libertini, …
Category: Fantasy

Angel (1984)

1 June 199926 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Teenage Hooker vs a Psycho

Director: Robert Vincent O'Neill
Actors: Donna Wilkes, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, …
Category: Horror

Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984)

10 March 201417 May 2021

Rating: 0­

Evil Doll/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Chester N. Turner
Category: Horror

Blind Date (1984)

5 January 20225 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Blind Man Tracks a Serial Killer

Director: Nico Mastorakis
Actors: Joseph Bottoms, Kirstie Alley, Keir Dullea, James Daughton, …
Category: Horror

Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)

3 July 199915 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Spoof

Director: Ray Cameron
Actors: Kenny Everett, Pamela Stephenson, Vincent Price, Gareth Hunt, …
Category: Horror

Body Double (1984)

16 January 200022 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Deborah Shelton, Gregg Henry, …
Category: Horror

The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

3 June 200026 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Black Alien Visitor Comedy

Director: John Sayles
Actors: Joe Morton, John Sayles, David Strathairn, Leonard Jackson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Children of the Corn (1984)

5 June 200018 July 2023

Rating: ★

Pagan Child Cult/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Actors: Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton, Courtney Gains, Robby Kiger, …
Category: Horror

Chocky (1984)

13 August 201915 February 2023

Rating: ★★★

Boy and Invisible Alien Companion

Director: Christopher Hodson, Vic Hughes
Actors: Andrew Ellams, James Hazeldine, Carol Drinkwater, Glynis Brooks, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Christmas Carol (1984)

25 December 202425 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Clive Donner
Actors: George C. Scott, Edward Woodward, David Warner, Frank Finlay, …
Category: Fantasy

Cloak and Dagger (1984)

17 April 200124 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Children’s Spy Caper/Invisible Companion

Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Christina Nigra, Michael Murphy, …
Category: Fantasy

The Company of Wolves (1984)

6 May 200131 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Little Red Riding Hood with Werewolves

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

31 May 200126 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia D'Abo, Tracey Walter, …
Category: Fantasy

Crimes of Passion (1984)

4 February 200522 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts
Category: Horror

Death Warmed Up (1984)

3 July 20022 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Mad Scientist/Zombie Splatter

Director: David Blyth
Actors: Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, Gary Day, William Upjohn, …
Category: Horror

Dorian Gray as Reflected in the Popular Press (1984)

30 November 200227 August 2020

Rating: ★

Surrealism

Director: Ulrike Ottinger
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Veruschka
Category: Fantasy

Dream One (1984)

21 March 201028 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction

Director: Arnaud Selignac
Actors: Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, Charley Boorman, …
Category: Fantasy

Dreamscape (1984)

18 July 200024 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Psychic Dream Therapists-Assassins

Director: Joseph Ruben
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune (1984)

1 February 200117 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Sting, Jurgen Prochnow, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Dungeonmaster (1984)

20 August 200528 June 2024

Rating: ★

Warrior’s Virtual Quest/Anthology

Director: David Allen, John Carl Buechler, Charles Band, Rosemarie Turko, …
Actors: Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll
Category: Fantasy

Electric Dreams (1984)

14 June 200216 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Computer Falls in Love

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Bud Cort
Category: Science Fiction

The Element of Crime (1984)

16 December 20006 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Decayed Future Thriller

Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Michael Elphick, Me Me Lai, Esmond Knight
Category: Science Fiction

The Ewok Adventure (1984)

21 December 200227 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Children’s Planetary Adventure/Star Wars Spinoff

Director: John Korty
Actors: Aubree Miller, Warwick Davis, Eric Walker, Debbie Carrington, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fear City (1984)

30 June 201522 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Serial Killer Targets Strippers

Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Tom Berenger, Melanie Griffith, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, …
Category: Horror

Firestarter (1984)

29 July 200214 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

Pyrokinesis/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mark L. Lester
Actors: Drew Barrymore, George C. Scott, David Keith, Martin Sheen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

2 November 200014 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Crispin Glover, Kimberley Beck, Corey Feldman, Judie Aronson, …
Category: Horror

Future-Kill (1984)

13 March 200629 March 2021

Rating: ★

Killer Cyborg

Director: Ronald W. Moore
Actors: Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns
Category: Science Fiction

Ghostbusters (1984)

16 December 200013 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, …
Category: Fantasy

Godzilla 1985 (1984)

13 December 200221 September 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer
Actors: Ken Tanaka, Raymond Burr, Yosuke Natsuki, Yasuko Sawaguchi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gremlins (1984)

16 February 20004 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Malicious Creatures

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Dick Miller, …
Category: Fantasy

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

17 August 20129 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Revisionist Tarzan Film

Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Andie McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, …
Category: Fantasy

Gwendoline (1984)

20 June 200228 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Lost City Quest/Softcore Fetishism/Comic Strip Adaptation

Director: Just Jaeckin
Actors: Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff
Category: Fantasy

Hail Mary (1984)

13 December 200328 May 2021

Rating: 0­

Modern Day Immaculate Conception

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche
Category: Fantasy

The Happy Ghost (1984)

27 June 202427 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Ghost Comedy

Director: Clifton Ko Chi Sum
Actors: Raymond Pak-Ming Wong, Bonnie Law, Loletta Lee
Category: Fantasy

The Ice Pirates (1984)

1 April 200325 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: Robert Urich, Mary Crosby, Michael D. Roberts, John Matuszak, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iceman (1984)

27 April 20037 September 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Revived Caveman

Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse, James Tolkan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Impulse (1984)

10 March 200113 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Mass Insanity Inducing Biospill

Director: Graham Baker
Actors: Meg Tilly, Tim Matheson, Hume Cronyn, Bill Paxton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

2 August 20037 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

High Adventure in India

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Category: Fantasy

The Initiation (1984)

28 October 202028 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Larry Stewart
Actors: Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager
Category: Horror

The Invisible Man (1984)

22 April 202522 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Invisible Man/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Brian Lighthill
Actors: Pip Donaghy, David Gwillim, Lila Kaye, Ron Pember, …
Category: Science Fiction

Invisible Strangler (1984)

11 September 20038 June 2023

Rating: 0­

Astral Killer

Director: John Florea
Actors: Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Elke Sommer, Frank Ashmore
Category: Horror

The Jar (1984)

28 December 20225 April 2025

Rating: 0­

Cursed Jar

Director: Bruce Toscano
Category: Horror

Kaos (1984)

12 April 200330 May 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Luigi Pirandello Anthology/Werewolf/Ghosts

Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Actors: Margarita Lozano, Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Franchi, Bigro Barone, …
Category: Fantasy

The Last Starfighter (1984)

20 June 200226 December 2024

Rating: ★

Videogame Junkie Joins Intergalactic War

Director: Nick Castle
Actors: Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lensman (1984)

12 February 200127 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Anime/Space Opera

Director: Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Science Fiction

Meatballs Part II (1984)

23 February 20041 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Summer Camp Comedy/Alien Visitor

Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Actors: Richard Mulligan, John Mengatti, John Laroquette, Kim Richards, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

27 February 200313 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Dabney Coleman, Art Carney, James Coco, John Landis, …
Category: Fantasy

Mutant (1984)

2 February 201713 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Toxic Waste Zombies

Director: John 'Bud' Cardos
Actors: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Cary Guffey
Category: Horror

Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)

12 December 200513 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

Anime/Post-Holocaust Environmentalism

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Neverending Story (1984)

9 January 200230 June 2021

Rating: ★★½

Fantasy Adventure Inside an Interactive Book

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Sydney Bromley, Moses Gunn, …
Category: Fantasy

The Next One (1984)

8 May 20014 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Visitor

Director: Nico Mastorakis
Actors: Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Peter Hobbs, Jeremy Licht
Category: Science Fiction

Night of the Comet (1984)

11 February 200131 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Bimbos

Director: Thom Eberhardt
Actors: Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

5 September 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakely, …
Category: Horror

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

8 May 20021 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Dystopia

Director: Michael Radford
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Category: Science Fiction

The Noah’s Ark Principle (1984)

3 December 20007 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Action Aboard a Weather Satellite

Director: Roland Emmerich
Category: Science Fiction

The Phantom Treehouse (1984)

13 July 20177 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Boy’s Adventure on a Magic Island

Director: Paul Williams
Category: Fantasy

The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

2 July 20015 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Time Travel Experiment Amok

Director: Stewart Raffill
Actors: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Eric Christmas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Razorback (1984)

2 December 20066 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Boar

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, David Argue, …
Category: Horror

Red Dawn (1984)

11 January 20031 February 2023

Rating: ★

Communist Invasion of the USA

Director: John Milius
Actors: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Powers Boothe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Repo Man (1984)

2 February 200316 September 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Punk Film

Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Sy Richardson, Olivia Barash, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rocktober Blood (1984)

8 April 202030 August 2024

Rating: ½

Psycho Rock Star Returns from the Dead

Director: Beverly Sebastian
Category: Horror

Runaway (1984)

30 July 20017 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Police Amok-Robot Squad

Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Cynthia Rhodes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Scream for Help (1984)

1 February 201214 February 2023

Rating: ★

Psycho-Thriller/Slasher Film

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Rocco Sisto, Corey Parker
Category: Horror

Second Time Lucky (1984)

25 January 20038 June 2021

Rating: 0­

Adam and Eve Comedy

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Diane Franklin, Robert Morley, Roger Wilson, Robert Helpmann, …
Category: Fantasy

Sex Mission (1984)

13 April 202213 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Women-Ruled Future Comedy

Director: Juliusz Machulski
Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Tukaszewicz
Category: Science Fiction

Sheena (1984)

1 February 200113 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Jungle Girl

Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Trevor Thomas
Category: Fantasy

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

19 October 200324 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Christmas Slasher Film/Psycho Santa

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr
Actors: Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Linnea Quigley
Category: Horror

The Silent One (1984)

23 December 200014 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Deaf Polynesian Boy Befriends a Sea Turtle

Director: Yvonne Mackay
Actors: Anzac Wallace, George Henare, Pat Evison
Category: Fantasy

Splash! (1984)

24 November 20027 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, …
Category: Fantasy

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

17 August 20008 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: Leonard Nimoy
Actors: William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starman (1984)

5 May 200019 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Alien Visitor

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
Category: Science Fiction

Starship (1984)

5 October 20205 October 2020

Rating: ★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy, Ralph Cotterill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Supergirl (1984)

5 July 200027 July 2023

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Hart Bochner, Peter O'Toole, …
Category: Science Fiction

Surf II (1984)

13 February 201913 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Comedy

Director: Randall Badat
Actors: Eddie Deezen, Linda Kerridge, Eric Stoltz, Jeffrey Rogers, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)

1 November 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Terminator (1984)

16 December 20038 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Time-Travelling Killer Android

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, …
Category: Science Fiction

Threads (1984)

30 November 202114 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Nuclear War

Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, Michael O'Hagan
Category: Science Fiction

Tightrope (1984)

5 November 200016 April 2025

Rating: ★★

S&M/Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Richard Tuggle
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold, Alison Eastwood, Dan Hedaya
Category: Horror

The Toxic Avenger (1984)

31 May 200121 October 2024

Rating: 0­

Mutant Superhero/Bad Taste Splatter/Troma Film

Director: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
Actors: Mitchell Cohen, Andree Maranda, Pat Ryan Jr, Gary Schneider, …
Category: Horror

Trial Run (1984)

13 December 20027 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Feminist Slasher

Director: Melanie Read
Actors: Annie Whittle, Martyn Sanderson, Judith Gibson
Category: Horror

The Tripods [Season 1] (1984)

7 December 20217 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Earth After an Alien Invasion

Director: Christopher Barry, Graham Theakston
Actors: John Shackley, Jim Baker, Ceri Seel, Charlotte Long, …
Category: Science Fiction

V: The Final Battle (1984)

4 May 20093 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Alien Invasion

Director: Richard T. Heffron
Actors: Marc Singer, Michael Ironside, Jane Badler, Faye Grant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

4 February 201625 October 2024

Rating: 0­

Alien Visitors Musical Comedy

Director: James Fargo
Actors: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Ruth Gordon, Michael Berryman, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

8 December 201515 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: John Broderick
Actors: David Carradine, Luke Askew, Anthony de Longis
Category: Fantasy

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1984)

19 July 201312 June 2025

Rating: ½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Hector Olivera
Actors: Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher, Edward Morrow
Category: Fantasy

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