Movies by Lists - MGM 100th Anniversary 1980s Movies (36 [36]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 2010A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer. | 1984 | Peter Hyams | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.8 (52.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| All Dogs Go to HeavenA canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all. | 1989 | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical | 6.7 (46.1K votes) | 84 | 20240416 |
| Cannery RowMonterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the mo | 1982 | David S. Ward | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (3.7K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Christmas Story, AIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift. | 1983 | Bob Clark | Comedy, Family | 7.9 (145.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Clash of the TitansPerseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda. | 1981 | Desmond Davis | Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.9 (43.4K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| DinerA group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore. | 1982 | Barry Levinson (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (20.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Dry White Season, AA white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a... | 1989 | Euzhan Palcy | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (5.7K votes) | 106 | 20220806 |
| FameA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts. | 1980 | Alan Parker | Drama, Music, Musical | 6.6 (22.1K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Fish Called Wanda, AIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister. | 1988 | Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Comedy, Crime | 7.5 (139.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Formula, TheThe synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it. | 1980 | John G. Avildsen (*) | Crime, Thriller | 5.6 (2.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Hunger, TheA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist. | 1983 | Tony Scott (*) | Drama, Horror | 6.7 (25.2K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| I'm Gonna Git You SuckaIn this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big. | 1988 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Action, Comedy, Crime | 6.6 (13.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| MoonstruckLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry. | 1987 | Norman Jewison (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (57.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| My Favorite YearAn aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast. | 1982 | Richard Benjamin | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (9.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| OctopussyA fake Fabergé egg, and a fellow Agent's death, lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. | 1983 | John Glen | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 6.5 (103.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| OverboardA cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife. | 1987 | Garry Marshall (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.9 (67.1K votes) | 112 | 20240228 |
| Pennies From HeavenDuring the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher. | 1981 | Herbert Ross | Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (5.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Pink Floyd The WallA confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone. | 1982 | Alan Parker | Drama, Fantasy, Music | 8.0 (79.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| PoltergeistA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts. | 1982 | Tobe Hooper (*) | Horror, Thriller | 7.3 (156.3K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Pope of Greenwich Village, TheTwo cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences. | 1984 | Stuart Rosenberg (*) | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.7 (8.6K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Red DawnIt is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces. | 1984 | John Milius | Action, Drama, Thriller, War | 6.4 (54.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Rocky IIIRocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion. | 1982 | Sylvester Stallone | Drama, Sport | 6.8 (184.8K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Rocky IVRocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | Drama, Sport | 6.9 (198.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Running ScaredTwo street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past. | 1986 | Peter Hyams | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (12.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Secret of NIMH, TheTo save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected. | 1982 | Don Bluth | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (39.9K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| SpaceballsA star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs. | 1987 | Mel Brooks (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (184.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Strange BrewCanada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it. | 1983 | Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (16.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| To Live and Die in L AA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. | 1985 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (32.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Victor VictoriaA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life. | 1982 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Music, Romance | 7.6 (20.9K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| View To A Kill, AThe recovery of a microchip off the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. | 1985 | John Glen | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 6.3 (95.2K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| W [W is War]A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. | 1983 | John Badham (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (103.8K votes) | 114 | 20230424 |
| WarGamesA young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. | 1983 | John Badham (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (97K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Whose Life Is It AnywayRichard Dreyfuss stars in this black comedy as a sculptor who becomesparalyzed after an auto accident and fights the hospital administrationfor the right to die. | 1981 | John Badham (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (2.8K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Year of Living Dangerously, TheA young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer. | 1982 | Peter Weir (*) | Drama, Romance, War | 7.1 (20.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| YentlA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training. | 1983 | Barbra Streisand | Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.6 (13.8K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
| YoungbloodA 17 year old farm boy is offered an ice hockey tryout. His brother drives him to Canada. He has fast legs, slow fists, but is chosen. Will he learn to use his fists and play ice hockey the Canuck way? Will he get the coach's cute... | 1986 | Peter Markle | Drama, Romance, Sport | 6.2 (15.9K votes) | 110 | 20240504 |