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Movies of 1984

59 movies from 1984. Includes Stop Making Sense, Threads, and Amadeus.

Common vibes here: Based on a True Story · Alien Invasion · Aliens

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Stop Making Sense
91

Stop Making Sense

1984 · 88m

MusicDocumentary

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the…

Threads
86
Tubi

Threads

1984 · 117m

WarDramaScience Fiction

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects…

Amadeus
85

Amadeus

1984 · 160m

MusicBased on a True StoryDrama

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young…

This Is Spinal Tap
85

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · 82m

MusicComedy

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from…

Paris, Texas
84
Max

Paris, Texas

1984 · 145m

Amnesia & MemoryRoad TripDrama

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is.

The Times of Harvey Milk
84
Max

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984 · 90m

PoliticalBased on a True StoryDocumentary

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S.

The Terminator
83
Prime

The Terminator

1984 · 108m

Dystopian Sci-FiCyberpunkTime-Travel Sci-Fi

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah…

Warriors of the Wind
83
Max

Warriors of the Wind

1984 · 95m

AnimeDystopianAdventure

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous…

Kaos
83
Tubi

Kaos

1984 · 188m

FantasyRomanceDrama

Five stories center on a werewolf, a feudal landlord, peasants, a ghost, and a mother and her sons.

Once Upon a Time in America
82
Prime

Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · 139m

Mob / MafiaMafia & MobFriendship

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront…

Stranger Than Paradise
81
Max

Stranger Than Paradise

1984 · 90m

ComedyDrama

New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit.

Broadway Danny Rose
81
Tubi

Broadway Danny Rose

1984 · 84m

Comedy

A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob.

The Elusive Summer of '68
81

The Elusive Summer of '68

1984 · 91m

Comedy

For the young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968.

Ghostbusters
80
Hulu

Ghostbusters

1984 · 105m

Urban FantasySupernaturalMonsters

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat…

The Killing Fields
80
Prime

The Killing Fields

1984 · 142m

Based on a True StoryDramaHistory

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and…

Style Wars
79
Tubi

Style Wars

1984 · 70m

MusicDocumentaryMade-for-TV

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

A Nightmare on Elm Street
78

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · 91m

Supernatural HorrorSlasherSupernatural

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides.

A Christmas Carol
77
Tubi

A Christmas Carol

1984 · 101m

HolidaySupernaturalDrama

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his…

Love and Pigeons
77

Love and Pigeons

1984 · 107m

ComedyRomance

In a remote Siberian village, a work injury sends Vasily Kuziakin on a paid trip to a Black Sea resort as compensation.

Repo Man
76

Repo Man

1984 · 92m

Alien InvasionDark ComedyAliens

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures…

Places in the Heart
76
Tubi

Places in the Heart

1984 · 111m

Drama

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the…

Gremlins
75
Max

Gremlins

1984 · 106m

MonstersHolidayFantasy

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which…

Suburbia
75
Prime

Suburbia

1984 · 94m

DramaMusicThriller

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.

Beverly Hills Cop
74

Beverly Hills Cop

1984 · 105m

ComedyCrimeAction

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is…

Birdy
74
Prime

Birdy

1984 · 120m

DramaWar

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War.

A Passage to India
74
Prime

A Passage to India

1984 · 163m

Medical DramaMedicalDrama

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a…

Sexmission
74

Sexmission

1984 · 117m

Dystopian Sci-FiDystopianScience Fiction

Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years.

The Hit
74
Prime

The Hit

1984 · 98m

Mob / MafiaMafia & MobRoad Trip

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his…

A Soldier's Story
74
Tubi

A Soldier's Story

1984 · 101m

War DramaMilitaryMystery

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base.

Starman
73
Hulu

Starman

1984 · 115m

Alien InvasionAliensScience Fiction

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
73
Tubi

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

1984 · 98m

ActionDrama

The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols.

Bruce Lee, the Legend
73
Prime

Bruce Lee, the Legend

1984 · 88m

Martial ArtsBased on a True StoryDocumentary

The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.

Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
73

Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer

1984 · 95m

Alien InvasionRomantic ComedyAnime

As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally…

The Karate Kid
72
Netflix

The Karate Kid

1984 · 127m

Martial ArtsHigh SchoolAction

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali.

Top Secret!
72

Top Secret!

1984 · 90m

EspionageComedy

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival.

The Natural
72

The Natural

1984 · 137m

SportsDrama

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the…

The Brother from Another Planet
72
Tubi

The Brother from Another Planet

1984 · 108m

Alien InvasionAliensComedy

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Romancing the Stone
71

Romancing the Stone

1984 · 106m

Hostage & KidnappingTreasure HuntDrug Cartels & Narcos

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own.

Double Trouble
71

Double Trouble

1984 · 100m

ActionComedy

A stuntman and a saxophonist stand in for two billionaires threatened by killers.

The Muppets Take Manhattan
71

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 · 94m

RomanceComedyFamily

When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to…

All of Me
71
Prime

All of Me

1984 · 93m

ComedyFantasyRomance

Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to…

The NeverEnding Story
70

The NeverEnding Story

1984 · 101m

Epic FantasyUrban FantasyMagic

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The…

Sixteen Candles
70
Hulu

Sixteen Candles

1984 · 93m

Coming-of-AgeHigh SchoolComedy

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread.

Nineteen Eighty-Four
70
Tubi

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984 · 113m

Dystopian Sci-FiDystopianDrama

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a…

Body Double
70
Tubi

Body Double

1984 · 114m

Neo-Noir & Film NoirWhodunit & MysteryTrue Crime

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills.

Wheels on Meals
70
Prime

Wheels on Meals

1984 · 108m

Martial ArtsProceduralDetective

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful…

The Company of Wolves
70
Prime

The Company of Wolves

1984 · 95m

WerewolvesHorrorFantasy

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales.

The Element of Crime
70

The Element of Crime

1984 · 104m

CrimeDramaScience Fiction

Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls.

The Last Starfighter
69

The Last Starfighter

1984 · 101m

Military Sci-FiAlien InvasionAI & Robots

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it…

The Bounty
69
Prime

The Bounty

1984 · 132m

Period & Historical DramaBiopicBased on a True Story

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S.

The Return of Godzilla
69
Max

The Return of Godzilla

1984 · 103m

MonstersScience FictionAction

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla.

The Cotton Club
68
Tubi

The Cotton Club

1984 · 130m

Mob / MafiaMafia & MobCrime

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
67
Paramount+

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984 · 105m

Space OperaSpaceFriendship

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.

Tightrope
67

Tightrope

1984 · 115m

True CrimeSerial KillerDetective

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women.

Streets of Fire
66

Streets of Fire

1984 · 93m

Hostage & KidnappingHitman & AssassinsMusic

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim.

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