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1980s Movies

Blue Velvet (1986)

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Blue Velvet movie storyline. College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his idyllic hometown of Lumberton to manage his father’s hardware store while his father is hospitalized.

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Platoon (1986)

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Platoon movie storyline. Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam.

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie storyline. Steven Spielberg’s thrilling, entertaining homage to 1930’s cliff-hanging adventure serials / films at Saturday matinees.

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Field of Dreams (1989)

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Field of Dreams movie storyline. Kevin Costner appeared in this – another baseball-themed film coupled with the religious themes of faith and redemption.

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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

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A Fish Called Wanda movie storyline. Members of the original anarchic Monty Python troupe with American stars – in a subversive and raucous tale that combined both British and American humor.

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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Full Metal Jacket movie storyline. Stanley Kubrick’s thought-provoking Vietnam War film was followed in the footsteps of Kubrick’s other anti-war films: Paths of Glory (1957) and Dr. Strangelove,

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Poltergeist (1982)

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Poltergeist movie storyline. A memorable supernatural horror film from co-producer/co-writer Steven Spielberg and director Tobe Hooper.

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Flashdance (1983)

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Flashdance movie storyline. The plot is every young woman’s daydream come true. Jennifer Beals holds down a macho job as a welder by day, but performs erotic dance numbers in a club at night.

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The Evil Dead (1983)

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The Evil Dead storyline. Sam Raimi and his merry band headed into woods of rural Tennessee to make a movie. They emerged with a roller coaster of a film packed with shocks, gore, and wild humor,

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Caligula (1980)

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Caligula movie storyline. The most controversial film of all time as you’ve never experienced it before! This landmark production was shrouded in secrecy since its first day of filming.