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The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.


The year's highest-grossing film was Beverly Hills Cop. Ghostbusters overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed the third placed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and executive produced the fourth placed Gremlins.[1]


U.S. boxoffice grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom achieving this.[1]Beverly Hills Cop made it three for films released in 1984 after its performance during 1985 took it to rentals of $108 million.[2] Other popular films included The NeverEnding Story, which was the most expensive film produced in West Germany, The Karate Kid and Romancing the Stone. A high number of sci-fi/fantasy films were released in 1984.




Contents






  • 1 Highest-grossing films


    • 1.1 United States and Canada


    • 1.2 International




  • 2 Events


  • 3 Awards


  • 4 1984 Wide-release films in the U.S.


    • 4.1 January–March


    • 4.2 April–June


    • 4.3 July–September


    • 4.4 October–December




  • 5 Notable films released in 1984


  • 6 Births


  • 7 Notable deaths


  • 8 Film debuts


  • 9 See also


  • 10 Notes


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





Highest-grossing films



United States and Canada



The top ten 1984 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:








































































Highest-grossing films of 1984[3]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross

1.

Beverly Hills Cop

Paramount
$234,760,478

2.

Ghostbusters

Columbia
$229,242,989

3.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Paramount
$179,870,271

4.

Gremlins

Warner Bros.
$153,083,102

5.

The Karate Kid

Columbia
$90,815,558

6.

Police Academy

Warner Bros.
$81,198,894

7.

Footloose

Paramount
$80,035,402

8.

Romancing the Stone

20th Century Fox
$76,572,238

9.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Paramount
$76,471,076

10.

Splash

Touchstone
$69,821,334


International





























































































International market Title Director Production country Revenue Admissions Source(s)

France

Marche à l'ombre

Michel Blanc

France
N/A
6,168,425
[4]

Germany

Police Academy

Hugh Wilson

United States
N/A
5,187,443
[5]

India

Tohfa

K. Raghavendra Rao

India

₹90,000,000
N/A
[6]

Italy

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Steven Spielberg

United States
N/A
838,309
[7]

Japan

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Steven Spielberg

United States

¥3,200,000,000
N/A
[8]

South Korea

Project A

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong
₩1,189,308,000
396,436

[9][10][11]

Soviet Union

Disco Dancer
Babbar Subhash

India
$75,900,000
60,900,000

[n 3][15]

Spain

Gremlins

Joe Dante

United States
N/A
3,202,047
[16]

United States and Canada

Beverly Hills Cop

Martin Brest

United States
$234,760,478
67,150,000
[17]


Events



  • February 15 - The Walt Disney Studios establishes Touchstone Pictures to release films with more mature subject matter than the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner.

  • March 30 - Romancing the Stone is released and propelled stars Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito and director Robert Zemeckis to super-stardom. The film also gave Zemeckis his first box office hit, which gave Universal Pictures confidence to allow him to direct his next film, Back to the Future.

  • April 6 - Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film, Where the Boys Are '84.

  • May 4 - The first of the year's breakdancing musicals is released, Breakin'. It is soon followed by Beat Street and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

  • July 1 - The Motion Picture Association of America institutes the PG-13 rating, as a response to violent horror films such as Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

  • July 27 - Prince's first film Purple Rain is released.

  • August 25 - Ghostbusters becomes the biggest grossing comedy film of all-time in the United States exceeding Tootsie's $177.2 million[18] going on to gross $229.2 million in its initial run.[19] It is overtaken by Beverly Hills Cop in summer 1985[20] but regains the record after its re-release in August 1985.[21] It also became the biggest grossing film released by Columbia Pictures.

  • September 22 - Michael Eisner becomes head of Walt Disney Productions, while Frank Wells became chief operating officer and Jeffrey Katzenberg was named chairman.

  • December 5 - Beverly Hills Cop is released. It will go on to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. at the time, the highest grossing comedy of all time at the time, as well as the highest grossing R-Rated film of all time, a record it would hold for 19 years.


  • Annie's Coming Out wins 3 Australian Film Institute Awards including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.



Awards
























































































































Category/Organization
42nd Golden Globe Awards
January 27, 1985

38th BAFTA Awards
March 5, 1985

57th Academy Awards
March 25, 1985
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Film Amadeus Romancing the Stone The Killing Fields
Amadeus
Best Director
Miloš Forman
Amadeus

Wim Wenders
Paris, Texas

Miloš Forman
Amadeus
Best Actor
F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus

Dudley Moore
Micki & Maude

Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields

F. Murray Abraham
Amadeus
Best Actress
Sally Field
Places in the Heart

Kathleen Turner
Romancing the Stone

Maggie Smith
A Private Function

Sally Field
Places in the Heart
Best Supporting Actor
Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields

Denholm Elliott
A Private Function

Haing S. Ngor
The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress
Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India

Liz Smith
A Private Function

Peggy Ashcroft
A Passage to India
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer

The Killing Fields
Bruce Robinson

Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
Best Screenplay, Original
Broadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen

Places in the Heart
Robert Benton
Best Foreign Language Film
A Passage to India
United Kingdom

Carmen
France

La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves)
Switzerland

Golden Raspberry Awards:




Worst Picture: Bolero


Worst Director: John Derek - Bolero


Worst Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Rhinestone


Worst Actress: Bo Derek - Bolero


Worst Supporting Actor: Brooke Shields (with a moustache) - Sahara


Worst Supporting Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson - Where the Boys Are '84


Worst Screenplay: John Derek - Bolero



Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):



Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / West Germany


Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):



A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland


Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):



Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States


1984 Wide-release films in the U.S.



January–March





























































































































































































































Opening
Title
Studio
Cast and crew
Genre
Medium

J
A
N
U
A
R
Y

13
Angel New World Pictures Robert Vincent O'Neill (director/screenplay); Joseph Michael Cala (screenplay); Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, Donna Wilkes

Action, Thriller

Live action
Hot Dog…The Movie MGM/UA
Peter Markle (director); Mike Marvin (screenplay); David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy N. Smith, John Patrick Neger, Frank Koppola, Shannon Tweed

Sex comedy, Ski

Live action
20
The Buddy System 20th Century Fox
Glenn A. Jordan (director); Mary Agnes Donoghue (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton
Romantic comedy
Live action
27
Broadway Danny Rose Orion Pictures Corporation
Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Corbett Monica, Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan
Comedy
Live action
The Lonely Guy Aspen Film Society / Universal Pictures

Arthur Hiller (director); Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels, Neil Simon (screenplay); Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass
Romantic comedy
Live action
El Norte American Playhouse / Channel Four Films / Independent Productions / Island Alive / Cinecom International / PBS

Gregory Nava (director/screenplay); Anna Thomas (screenplay); Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva, Enrique Castillo, Tony Plana
Drama
Live action

F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y

3
Reckless MGM/UA
James Foley (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Cliff De Young, Lois Smith, Adam Baldwin

Romance, Drama

Live action
10
Unfaithfully Yours 20th Century Fox
Howard Zieff (director); Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson, Robert Klane (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Albert Brooks
Romantic comedy
Live action
17
Blame It on Rio 20th Century Fox
Stanley Donen (director); Charlie Peters, Larry Gelbart (screenplay); Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, José Lewgoy
Romantic comedy
Live action
Crackers Universal Pictures
Louis Malle (director); Jeffrey Fiskin (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Larry Riley, Trinidad Silva, Christine Baranski

Comedy, Crime

Live action
Footloose
Paramount Pictures / Phoenix Pictures / IndieProd Company Productions

Herbert Ross (director); Dean Pitchford (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Laughlin

Musical, Dance, Drama

Live action
Lassiter Warner Bros.
Roger Young (director); David Taylor (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Bob Hoskins, Joe Regalbuto, Ed Lauter, Warren Clarke

Spy, Action, Adventure

Live action

M
A
R
C
H

2
Against All Odds Columbia Pictures
Taylor Hackford (director); Eric Hughes (screenplay); Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Dorian Harewood, Swoosie Kurtz, Saul Rubinek

Romance, Neo-noir, Thriller

Live action
Harry & Son Orion Pictures
Paul Newman (director/screenplay); Ronald L. Buck (screenplay); Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley, Judith Ivey, Ossie Davis, Morgan Freeman, Katherine Borowitz, Maury Chaykin, Joanne Woodward
Drama
Live action
Repo Man Edge City / Universal Pictures

Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, Fox Harris

Science fiction, Comedy

Live action
This is Spinal Tap Embassy Pictures
Rob Reiner (director/screenplay); Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, June Chadwick, Tony Hendra, Bruno Kirby
Mockumentary
Live action
9
Children of the Corn Angeles Entertainment Group / Cinema Group / Hal Roach Studios / Inverness / Planet Productions / New World Pictures

Fritz Kiersch (director); George Goldsmith (screenplay); Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy, Julie Maddalena, John Philbin
Horror
Live action
The Hotel New Hampshire Filmline Productions / The Producers' Circle / Woodfall Film Productions / Yellowbill Productions Ltd. / Orion Pictures

Tony Richardson (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Paul McCrane, Wallace Shawn, Lisa Banes, Jennifer Dundas, Seth Green

Comedy, Drama

Live action
Mike's Murder
The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.

James Bridges (director/screenplay); Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Paul Winfield, Darrell Larson, Brooke Alderson, Robert Crosson, Daniel Shor, William Ostrander

Mystery, Thriller

Live action

Pete's Dragon (re-release)
Walt Disney Pictures
Don Chaffey (director); Malcolm Marmorstein (screenplay); Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Jeff Conaway, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean, Jim Backus, Sean Marshall, Charlie Callas

Musical, Fantasy, Comedy

Live action, Animation
Splash Touchstone Pictures
Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Jeff Doucette, David Knell, Royce D. Applegate, Dody Goodman

Romantic comedy, Fantasy

Live action
16
Tank
Lorimar Productions / Universal Pictures

Marvin J. Chomsky (director); Dan Gordon (screenplay); James Garner, G.D. Spradlin, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Jenilee Harrison, James Cromwell, Dorian Harewood, Mark Herrier, Sandy Ward, John Hancock

Action, Comedy, Drama

Live action
23
Police Academy
The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.

Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Neal Israel, Pat Proft (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Andrew Rubin, G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes
Comedy
Live action
Racing with the Moon Paramount Pictures
Richard Benjamin (director); Steven Kloves (screenplay); Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda, Max Showalter, Bob Maroff, Crispin Glover, Barbara Howard, John Brandon
Drama
Live action
30
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Warner Bros.
Hugh Hudson (director); P.H. Vazak, Michael Austin (screenplay); Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell
Adventure
Live action
Misunderstood MGM/UA
Jerry Schatzberg (director); Barra Grant (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox, Maureen Kerwin, Susan Anspach
Drama
Live action
Purple Hearts
The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.

Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Rick Natkin (screenplay); Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee, Annie McEnroe, Paul McCrane, Cyril O'Reilly

War, Drama

Live action
Romancing the Stone 20th Century Fox
Robert Zemeckis (director); Diane Thomas (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda

Romantic comedy, Adventure

Live action


April–June




















































































































































































































































Opening
Title
Studio
Cast and crew
Genre
Medium

A
P
R
I
L

6
Moscow on the Hudson Columbia Pictures
Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Robin Williams, María Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey, Savely Kramarov, Oleg Rudnik, Elya Baskin, Yakov Smirnoff

Romantic comedy, Drama

Live action
The Stone Boy 20th Century Fox
Christopher Cain (director); Gina Berriault (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Jason Presson, Glenn Close, Susan Rinell, Dean Cain, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Fisher, Gail Youngs, Wilford Brimley
Drama
Live action
Up the Creek
Samuel Z. Arkoff & Louis S. Arkoff Production / Orion Pictures

Robert Butler (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Tim Matheson, Dan Monahan, Stephen Furst, Jeff East, Sandy Helberg, Blaine Novak, James B. Sikking, Jennifer Runyon, John Hillerman
Comedy
Live action
Where the Boys Are '84
ITC Productions / Tri-Star Pictures

Hy Averback (director); Stu Krieger, Jeff Burkhart (screenplay); Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Howard McGillin, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Alana Stewart, Christopher McDonald, Daniel McDonald
Sex comedy
Live action
13
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Paramount Pictures
Joseph Zito (director); Barney Cohen (screenplay); Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman, E. Erich Anderson, Joan Freeman, Crispin Glover, Alan Hayes, Barbara Howard
Slasher
Live action
Iceman Universal Studios
Fred Schepisi (director); John Drimmer, Chip Proser (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Richard Monette, James Tolkan
Science fiction
Live action
Kidco 20th Century Fox
Ronald F. Maxwell (director); Bennett Tramer (screenplay); Scott Schwartz, Clifton James, Charles Hallahan, Maggie Blye, Cinnamon Idles, Tristine Skyler, Elizabeth Gorcey, Ron Rifkin
Comedy
Live action
Phar Lap 20th Century Fox
Simon Wincer (director); David Williamson (screenplay); Tom Burlinson, Towering Inferno, Richard Morgan, Robert Grubb, Martin Vaughan, Celia De Burgh, Ron Leibman, Henry Duvall, Pat Thomson, Georgia Carr

Biography, Drama

Live action
Swing Shift Warner Bros.
Jonathan Demme (director); Nancy Dowd, Bo Goldman, Ron Nyswaner (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Belita Moreno, Holly Hunter

War, Romance, Drama

Live action
27
Love Letters New World Pictures
Amy Holden Jones (director/screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, James Keach, Bonnie Bartlett, Matt Clark, Amy Madigan, Brian Wood, Phil Coccioletti, Larry Cedar, Rance Howard, Jeff Doucette, Sally Kirkland

Romance, Drama

Live action

M
A
Y

4
Alphabet City Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Amos Poe (director/screenplay); Gregory K. Heller, Robert Seidman (screenplay); Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Kenny Marino, Kate Vernon

Crime, Drama

Live action
The Bounty
Orion Pictures Corporation / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Roger Donaldson (director); Robert Bolt (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette

History, Drama

Live action
Breakin'
Cannon Films / Golan-Globus / MGM/UA
Joel Silberg (director); Charles Parker, Allen DeBevoise (screenplay); Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quiñones, Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers, Ice-T, Scratcher, Ben Lokey, Phineas Newborn III, Christopher McDonald

Dance, Comedy, Drama

Live action
Sixteen Candles
Universal Pictures / Channel Productions

John Hughes (director/screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Paul Dooley, Justin Henry, Anthony Michael Hall, Carlin Glynn, Haviland Morris, Blanche Baker, Gedde Watanabe

Coming-of-Age, Comedy

Live action
11
Firestarter
Dino de Laurentiis Company / Universal Pictures

Mark L. Lester (director); Stanley Mann (screenplay); David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Art Carney, Louise Fletcher

Science fiction, Horror

Live action
The Natural Tri-Star Pictures
Barry Levinson (director); Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry (screenplay); Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, Michael Madsen

Sports, Drama

Live action
18
Making the Grade
Cannon Film Distributors / MGM/UA
Dorian Walker (director); Charles Gayle, Gene Quintano (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dana Olsen

Teen, Comedy

Live action
23
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures

Steven Spielberg (director); Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Jonathan Ke Quan, Roy Chiao, David Yip

Action, Adventure

Live action

J
U
N
E

1
Once Upon a Time in America
The Ladd Company / Embassy International Pictures / PSO Enterprises / Rafran Cinematografica / Warner Bros.

Sergio Leone (director/screenplay); Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini (screenplay); Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe

Epic, Crime, Drama

Live action
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Paramount Pictures
Leonard Nimoy (director); Harve Bennett (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Merritt Butrick, Robin Curtis, Christopher Lloyd, Mark Lenard, Carl Steven, Vadia Potenza, Stephen Manley, Joe W. Davis
Science fiction
Live action
Streets of Fire
Universal Pictures / RKO Pictures / A Hill-Gordon-Silver Production

Walter Hill (director/screenplay); Larry Gross (screenplay); Michael Paré, Diane Lane, E.G. Daily, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Lawson, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton

Musical, Action, Neo-noir, Comedy, Drama

Live action
6
Beat Street Orion Pictures
Stan Lathan (director); Andrew Davis, David Gilbert, Paul Golding, Steven Hager (screenplay); Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago, Robert Taylor, Lee Chamberlin, Mary Alice, Shawn Elliot, Jim Borrelli, Dean Elliott, Franc. Reyes

Dance, Drama

Live action
8
Ghostbusters Delphi Films / Black Rhino Productions / Columbia Pictures

Ivan Reitman (director); Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (screenplay); Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, David Margulies

Supernatural, Comedy

Live action
Gremlins
Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment

Joe Dante (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Keye Luke, Dick Miller
Comedy horror
Live action
Top Secret! Paramount Pictures
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker (directors/screenplay); Martyn Burke (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Christopher Villiers, Billy J. Mitchell, Jeremy Kemp, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Warren Clarke

Action, Comedy

Live action
15
Under the Volcano Universal Pictures
John Huston (director); Guy Gallo (screenplay); Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado

Biography, Drama

Live action
22
The Karate Kid Delphi II Productions / Jerry Weintraub Productions / Columbia Pictures

John G. Avildsen (director); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, William Zabka, Randee Heller

Martial arts, Drama

Live action
Rhinestone 20th Century Fox
Bob Clark (director); Phil Alden Robinson, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson

Musical, Comedy

Live action
29
Bachelor Party 20th Century Fox
Neal Israel (director/screenplay); Pat Proft (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Barbara Stuart, Robert Prescott, William Tepper, Wendie Jo Sperber
Comedy
Live action
Cannonball Run II
Golden Harvest / Warner Bros.

Hal Needham (director/screenplay); Harvey Miller (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jamie Farr, Marilu Henner, Telly Savalas, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Anton, Catherine Bach, Jackie Chan, Richard Kiel, Frank Sinatra
Comedy
Live action
Conan the Destroyer
Dino de Laurentiis Company / Universal Pictures

Richard Fleischer (director); Stanley Mann (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter, Olivia d'Abo, Sarah Douglas

Sword and sorcery, Adventure

Live action


July–September




















































































































































































































































































Opening
Title
Studio
Cast and crew
Genre
Medium

J
U
L
Y

13
The Last Starfighter
Lorimar Productions / Universal Pictures

Nick Castle (director); Jonathan R. Betuel (screenplay); Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Norman Snow, Barbara Bosson, Chris Hebert, Dan Mason, Vernon Washington

Science fiction, Space opera

Live action
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Henson Associates / Tri-Star Pictures

Frank Oz (director/screenplay); Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses (screenplay); Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Bruce Edward Hall, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Brian Muehl

Musical, Comedy

Live action
20
Best Defense Cinema Group Ventures / Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures

Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver, Mark Arnott, Peter Michael Goetz, Tom Noonan, David Rasche, Paul Comi, John Hostetter
Comedy
Live action
Electric Dreams
MGM/UA / Virgin Films

Steve Barron (director); Rusty Lemorande (screenplay); Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield, Bud Cort, Don Fellows, Miriam Margolyes, Giorgio Moroder, Koo Stark

Romantic comedy, Science fiction

Live action
The NeverEnding Story
Producers Sales Organization / Warner Bros.

Wolfgang Petersen (director/screenplay); Herman Weigel (screenplay); Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn, Alan Oppenheimer, Thomas Hill, Deep Roy, Tilo Prückner

Epic, Fantasy

Live action
Revenge of the Nerds
Interscope Communications / 20th Century Fox

Jeff Kanew (director); Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai (screenplay); Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Julie Montgomery, Michelle Meyrink, Ted McGinley, Matt Salinger, Donald Gibb, John Goodman, Bernie Casey
Comedy
Live action
25
Moon Madness MGM/UA Mike Marshall (director); Jimmy Shuman, Mike Marshall
Comedy
Animation
27

The Jungle Book (re-release)
Walt Disney Productions
Wolfgang Reitherman (director); Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry, Floyd Norman, Bill Peet (screenplay); Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, Clint Howard

Musical, Comedy, Adventure

Animation
Meatballs Part II Tri-Star Pictures
Ken Wiederhorn (director); Bruce Franklin Singer (screenplay); Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, John Mengatti, Kim Richards, Archie Hahn, Misty Rowe, John Larroquette, Paul Reubens, Joe Nipote, Jason Hervey, Elayne Boosler, Nancy Glass, Felix Silla, Donald Gibb
Comedy
Live action
Purple Rain Purple Films / Warner Bros.

Albert Magnoli (director/screenplay); William Blinn (screenplay); Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Jill Jones, Dez Dickerson, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, The Revolution, The Time, Apollonia 6

Rock musical, Drama

Live action

A
U
G
U
S
T

2
The Bostonians Almi Pictures
James Ivory (director); Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay); Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Barbara Bryne, Linda Hunt, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, John Van Ness Philip, Wallace Shawn

Romance, Drama

Live action
3
Grandview, U.S.A.
CBS Theatrical Films / Warner Bros.

Randal Kleiser (director); Ken Hixon (screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Carole Cook, John Philbin, Ramon Bieri, Elizabeth Gorcey, M. Emmet Walsh, Troy Donahue, William Windom, Michael Winslow, John Cusack, Joan Cusack
Comedy
Live action
Joy of Sex Paramount Pictures
Martha Coolidge (director); Kathleen Rowell, J.J. Salter (screenplay); Cameron Dye, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson, Lisa Langlois, Darren Dalton, Christopher Lloyd
Comedy
Live action
The Philadelphia Experiment Cienma Group / New World Pictures

Stewart Raffill (director); Wallace C. Bennett (screenplay); Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Louise Latham, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ralph Manza, Kene Holliday
Science fiction
Live action
10
Cloak & Dagger Universal Pictures
Richard Franklin (director); Tom Holland (screenplay); Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, William Forsythe, Tim Rossovich, Eloy Casados, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan

Spy, Adventure

Live action
Red Dawn MGM/UA
John Milius (director/screenplay); Kevin Reynolds (screenplay); Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Darren Dalton, Jennifer Grey, Brad Savage, Doug Toby, Powers Boothe, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton

War, Drama

Live action
15
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Sherwood Productions / 20th Century Fox

W. D. Richter (director); Earl Mac Rauch (screenplay); Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Lewis Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Billy Vera, Christopher Lloyd, Rosalind Cash, Carl Lumbly

Science fiction, Romance, Adventure, Comedy

Live action
The Woman in Red Orion Pictures
Gene Wilder (director/screenplay); Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Gilda Radner, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna, Judith Ivey, Michael Zorek
Romantic comedy
Live action
17
Sheena Columbia Pictures
John Guillermin (director); Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Leslie Stevens (screenplay); Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Princess Elizabeth, France Zobda, Trevor Thomas, Clifton Jones, John Forgeham, Errol John

Action, Adventure, Drama

Live action
Tightrope
The Malpaso Company / Warner Bros.

Richard Tuggle, Clint Eastwood (directors); Richard Tuggle (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck, Rod Masterson, Marco St. John

Suspense, Thriller

Live action
24
Oxford Blues
MGM/UA / 20th Century Fox

Robert Boris (director/screenplay); Rob Lowe, Amanda Pays, Julian Sands, Ally Sheedy, Julian Firth, Alan Howard, Gail Strickland, Michael Gough, Aubrey Morris, Anthony Calf, Cary Elwes

Sports, Comedy, Drama

Live action
29
Choose Me Island Alive
Alan Rudolph (director/screenplay); Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, John Larroquette, Edward Ruscha, Gailard Sartain

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Live action
31
Bolero City Films / Cannon Film Distributors

John Derek (director/screenplay); Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregon, Olivia d'Abo, Greg Bensen, Ian Cochrane, Mirta Miller

Romance, Drama

Live action
C.H.U.D. New World Pictures Douglas Cheek (director); Parnell Hall (screenplay); John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist, J.C. Quinn, Michael O'Hare, Peter Michael Goetz, Sam McMurray, Frankie R. Faison

Science fiction, Horror

Live action
Flashpoint
HBO Pictures / Silver Screen Partners / Tri-Star Pictures
William Tannen (director); Dennis Shryack, Michael Butler (screenplay); Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Jean Smart, Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Guy Boyd

Action, Crime, Drama

Live action

S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R

7
The Brother from Another Planet Cinecom Pictures
John Sayles (director/screenplay); Joe Morton, Sidney "Piankhy" Sheriff Jr., Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez, Yves Rene, Peter Richardson, Ginny Yang, Daryl Edwards, Steve James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs
Science fiction
Live action
14
A Soldier's Story Columbia Pictures
Norman Jewison (director); Charles Fuller (screenplay); Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, David Harris, Dennis Lipscomb, Larry Riley, Robert Townsend, Denzel Washington, William Allen Young, John Hancock, Patti LaBelle, Trey Wilson, Wings Hauser
Drama
Live action
19
Amadeus
The Saul Zaentz Company / Orion Pictures

Miloš Forman (director); Peter Shaffer (screenplay); F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Charles Kay

Historical, Drama

Live action
21
All of Me
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment / Kings Road Entertainment / Universal Pictures

Carl Reiner (director); Phil Alden Robinson, Henry Olek (screenplay); Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Dana Elcar, Jason Bernard, Selma Diamond, Eric Christmas, Gailard Sartain, Neva Patterson, Michael Ensign, Peggy Feury

Fantasy, Comedy

Live action
Places in the Heart Tri-Star Pictures
Robert Benton (director/screenplay); Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Danny Glover, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Ray Baker, Amy Madigan, Yankton Hatten, Gennie James, Lane Smith, Terry O'Quinn
Drama
Live action
Windy City
CBS Theatrical Films / Warner Bros.

Armyan Bernstein (director/screenplay); John Shea, Kate Capshaw, Josh Mostel, Jim Borrelli, Jeffrey DeMunn, Eric Pierpoint, Lewis J. Stadlen
Drama
Live action
28
Country
Touchstone Films / Far West Productions / Pangaea Corporation

Richard Pearce (director); William D. Wittliff (screenplay); Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley, Matt Clark, Therese Graham, Levi L. Knebel, Jim Haynie, Sandra Seacat, Alex Harvey, Stephanie Stacie-Poyner
Drama
Live action
Irreconcilable Differences Warner Bros.
Charles Shyer (director/screenplay); Nancy Meyers (screenplay); Albert Finney, Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore, Sam Wanamaker, Allen Garfield, Sharon Stone, Beverlee Reed, Hortensia Colorado, David Graf, Jessica Christensen

Comedy, Drama

Live action
The River Rat Paramount Pictures
Thomas Rickman (director/screenplay); Martha Plimpton, Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith

Family, Drama

Live action
The Wild Life Universal Pictures
Art Linson (director); Cameron Crowe (screenplay); Christopher Penn, Eric Stoltz, Jenny Wright, Lea Thompson, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Brin Berliner, Rick Moranis, Hart Bochner, Randy Quaid

Comedy, Drama

Live action


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Opening
Title
Studio
Cast and crew
Genre
Medium

O
C
T
O
B
E
R

5
Teachers Aaron Russo Productions / MGM/UA

Arthur Hiller (director); W. R. McKinney (screenplay); Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover, Morgan Freeman

Satire, Comedy, Drama

Live action
12
Garbo Talks MGM/UA
Sidney Lumet (director); Larry Grusin (screenplay); Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Loudon, Harvey Fierstein, Hermione Gingold

Comedy, Drama

Live action
Songwriter Tri-Star Pictures
Alan Rudolph (director); Bud Shrake (screenplay); Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Lesley Ann Warren, Rip Torn, Melinda Dillon

Satire, Comedy

Live action
19
Crimes of Passion New World Pictures
Ken Russell (director); Barry Sandler (screenplay); Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts, Bruce Davison, Yvonne McCord, Stephen Lee, Louise Sorel
Erotic thriller
Live action
The Razor's Edge Columbia Pictures
John Byrum (director/screenplay); Bill Murray (screenplay); Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, James Keach, Peter Vaughan, Brian Doyle-Murray, Faith Brook, Saeed Jaffrey, Richard Oldfield
Drama
Live action
Stop Making Sense
Arnold Stiefel Company / Cinecom Pictures / Palm Pictures

Jonathan Demme (director/screenplay); Talking Heads (screenplay); Talking Heads
Concert
Live action
Thief of Hearts
Simpson/Bruckheimer / Paramount Pictures

Douglas Day Stewart (director/screenplay); Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso, Christine Ebersole, George Wendt

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Live action
26
American Dreamer
CBS Theatrical Films / Warner Bros.

Rick Rosenthal (director); David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf (screenplay); JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini, Coral Browne, Léon Zitrone

Romantic comedy, Thriller

Live action
Body Double Delphi II Productions / Columbia Pictures

Brian De Palma (director/screenplay); Robert J. Avrech (screenplay); Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, Melanie Griffith, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd, Dennis Franz, David Haskell, Al Israel, Douglas Warhit
Erotic thriller
Live action
Give My Regards to Broad Street
MPL Communications / 20th Century Fox
Peter Webb (director); Paul McCartney (screenplay); Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Linda McCartney, Tracey Ullman, Ralph Richardson, John Paul Jones, John Bennett, John Burgess

Musical, Drama

Live action
Paris, Texas Road Movies / Filmproduktion GmbH / Argos Films S.A. / 20th Century Fox

Wim Wenders (director); L. M. Kit Carson, Sam Shepard (screenplay); Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Berry, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Claresie Mobley, Hunter Carson

Road, Drama

Live action
The Terminator
Hemdale / Pacific Western Productions / Cinema '84 / Orion Pictures

James Cameron (director/screenplay); Gale Anne Hurd (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Earl Boen, Bess Motta, Rick Rossovich

Science fiction, Action

Live action
Terror in the Aisles Kaleidoscope Films / Universal Pictures

Andrew J. Kuehn (director); Margery Doppelt (screenplay); Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen
Documentary
Live action

N
O
V
E
M
B
E
R

2
The Killing Fields
Goldcrest Films / International Film Investors / Enigma Productions / Warner Bros.

Roland Joffé (director); Bruce Robinson (screenplay); Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Spalding Gray, Bill Patterson, Athol Fugard

Biography, Drama

Live action
9
A Nightmare on Elm Street
New Line Cinema / Media Home Entertainment / Smart Egg Pictures

Wes Craven (director/screenplay); Robert Englund, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Johnny Depp, Joe Unger, Charles Fleischer
Slasher
Live action
No Small Affair Columbia Pictures
Jerry Schatzberg (director); Craig Bolotin (screenplay); Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette, E.G. Daily, Ann Wedgeworth, Jeffrey Tambor, Tim Robbins, Hamilton Camp, Scott Getlin, Judith Baldwin, Jennifer Tilly, Kene Holliday, Tate Donovan

Comedy, Drama

Live action
Oh, God! You Devil Warner Bros.
Paul Bogart (director); Andrew Bergman (screenplay); George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart, Eugene Roche
Comedy
Live action
Samson & Sally Dansk Tegnefilm
Jannik Hastrup (director/screenplay); Bent Haller, Li Vilstrup (screenplay); Jesper Klein, Helle Hertz, Per Pallesen, Bodil Udsen, Poul Thomsen, Kristen Peuliche, Berthe Qvistgaard, Claus Ryskjær, Preben Neergaard, Ole Ernst

Romance, Family

Animation
Silent Night, Deadly Night Slayride Productions Inc. / Tri-Star Pictures

Charles E. Sellier Jr. (director); Michael Hickey (screenplay); Robert Brian Wilson, Alex Burton, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero
Slasher
Live action
16
Just the Way You Are MGM/UA
Édouard Molinaro (director); Allan Burns (screenplay); Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, Catherine Salviat, Robert Carradine, Alexandra Paul, Lance Guest, Tim Daly

Comedy, Drama

Live action
B.C. Rock Almi Pictures Tony Hendra (screenplay); Jim Vallely, Jonathan Schmock, Joseph Plewa

Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Animation
Missing in Action The Cannon Group, Inc.
Joseph Zito (director); James Bruner (screenplay); Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, Ernie Ortega, James Hong, Erich Anderson

Action, Drama

Live action
Night of the Comet Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt Productions / Film Development Fund / Atlantic Releasing Corporation

Thom Eberhardt (director/screenplay); Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov, Geoffrey Lewis, Peter Fox, John Achorn, Michael Bowen

Science fiction, Horror, Comedy

Live action
Night Patrol RSL Company / Vis Arts Consultants Inc. / New World Pictures

Jackie Kong (director/screenplay); Murray Langston, William A. Levey, Bill Osco (screenplay); Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Billy Barty, Murray Langston, Pat Morita, Andrew Dice Clay, Jaye P. Morgan, Vic Dunlop
Comedy
Live action
21

A Christmas Story (re-release)
MGM/UA
Bob Clark (director/screenplay); Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown (screenplay); Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward
Comedy
Live action
Falling in Love Paramount Pictures
Ulu Grosbard (director); Michael Cristofer (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, David Clennon, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo

Romance, Drama

Live action
Supergirl Artistry / Investors In Industry / Robert Fleming Leasing / St. Michael Finance / Tri-Star Pictures

Jeannot Szwarc (director); David Odell (screenplay); Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Peter Cook, Mia Farrow, Marc McClure, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter O'Toole
Superhero
Live action
28
Gallavants Marvel Productions Art Vitello (director); Jack Mendelsohn (screenplay); Robert Lydiard, Vic Perrin, Peter Cullen, Joyce Gittlin Family
Animation

D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R

5
Beverly Hills Cop
Simpson/Bruckheimer / Eddie Murphy Productions / Paramount Pictures

Martin Brest (director); Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Stephen Elliott, Paul Reiser, Jonathan Banks, Gilbert R. Hill, Bronson Pinchot

Action, Comedy

Live action
7
2010 MGM/UA
Peter Hyams (director/screenplay); Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, Madolyn Smith, Saveliy Kramarov, Taliesin Jaffe, James McEachin, Mary Jo Deschanel
Science fiction
Live action
City Heat
The Malpaso Company / Warner Bros.

Richard Benjamin (director); Blake Edwards ("Sam O. Brown"), Joseph C. Stinson (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara, Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco, William Sanderson

Action, Crime, Comedy

Live action
14
The Cotton Club Totally Independent Productions / American Zoetrope / Producers Sales Organization / Orion Pictures

Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); William Kennedy (screenplay); Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Fred Gwynne

Crime, Drama

Live action
Dune
Dino De Laurentiis Corporation / Universal Pictures

David Lynch (director/screenplay); Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Freddie Jones, Richard Jordan, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Silvana Mangano, Everett McGill, Kenneth McMillan, Jack Nance, Siân Phillips, Jürgen Prochnow, Paul Smith, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Dean Stockwell, Max von Sydow, Alicia Roanne Witt, Sean Young

Epic, Science fiction

Live action
Katy Caterpillar
Walt Disney Pictures / Atlantic Releasing Corporation / MGM/UA

Ardwight Chamberlain (director); Jack Mendelsohn (screenplay); Barbara Goodson

Adventure Family

Animation
1984
Virgin Films / Umbrella-Rosenblum Films / 20th Century Fox

Michael Radford (director/screenplay); John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker, Andrew Wilde, Corina Seddon

Dystopian, Science fiction

Live action
A Passage to India
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment / HBO Films / Columbia Pictures

David Lean (director/screenplay); Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, Michael Culver, Clive Swift, Art Malik, Saeed Jaffrey, Ann Firbank, Roshan Seth, Richard Wilson

Epic, History, Drama

Live action
Runaway Tri-Star Pictures
Michael Crichton (director/screenplay); Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, G.W. Bailey, Joey Cramer, Chris Mulkey, Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Paul Chan, Marilyn Schreffler

Science fiction, Action

Live action
Starman Columbia Pictures
John Carpenter (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Dean Riesner (screenplay); Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards, John Walter Davis

Science fiction, Romance

Live action
19
The River Universal Pictures
Mark Rydell (director); Robert Dillon, Julian Barry (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Don Hood, Billy "Green" Bush, James Tolkan
Drama
Live action
21
Birdy A&M Films / Tri-Star Pictures

Alan Parker (director); Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr (screenplay); Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby
Drama
Live action
The Flamingo Kid
ABC Motion Pictures / 20th Century Fox

Alan Parker (director); Sandy Kroopf, Jack Behr (screenplay); Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Richard Crenna, Janet Jones, Jessica Walter, Fisher Stevens, Bronson Pinchot, Marisa Tomei, Steven Weber, Martha Gehman, Leon Robinson
Comedy
Live action
Johnny Dangerously 20th Century Fox
Amy Heckerling (director); Harry Colomby, Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff, Norman Steinberg (screenplay); Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Richard Dimitri, Danny DeVito

Parody, Comedy

Live action
Micki & Maude 20th Century Fox
Blake Edwards (director); Jonathan Reynolds (screenplay); Ann Reinking, Amy Irving, Dudley Moore, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn, Hard Boiled Haggerty, John Pleshette, Andre Rousimmoff
Comedy
Live action

Pinocchio (re-release)

Walt Disney Productions / RKO Radio Pictures

Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson; Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee (directors); Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia (screenplay); Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro

Musical, Fantasy

Animation
26
Mrs. Soffel MGM/UA
Gillian Armstrong (director); Ron Nyswaner (screenplay); Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Trini Alvarado, Jennifer Dundas, Danny Corkill, Harley Cross, Terry O'Quinn
Drama
Live action


Notable films released in 1984


U.S.A. unless stated


#




  • 1984, directed by Michael Radford, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton - (U.K.)


  • 2010, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Dana Elcar, Helen Mirren


A




  • Aaj Ki Awaaz (Today's Voice), directed by Ravi Chopra, starring Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, and Nana Patekar (India)


  • Abnormal Family: Older Brother's Bride (Hentai kazoku: Aniki no yomesan), directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Ren Osugi (Japan)


  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, directed by W. D. Richter, starring Peter Weller and Jeff Goldblum


  • After the Rehearsal (Efter repetitionen), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Lena Olin - (Sweden)


  • Against All Odds, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Alex Karras, Richard Widmark, Jane Greer


  • All of Me, directed by Carl Reiner, starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin


  • Alley Cat, co-directed by Victor M. Ordonez, Eduardo Palmos, and Al Valletta, starring Karin Mani, and Robert Torti


  • Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman, starring F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture


  • The Ambassador, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Robert Mitchum, Rock Hudson and Ellen Burstyn


  • American Dreamer, directed by Rick Rosenthal, starring JoBeth Williams


  • Annie's Coming Out, starring Angela Punch McGregor - (Australia)


  • Another Country, starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth - (U.K.)


  • The Annunciation (Angyali üdvözlet) - (Hungary)


  • Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (Murder in the Senate) - (Argentina)


B




  • Bachelor Party, starring Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, Tawny Kitaen


  • Bad Manners, aka Growing Pains, starring Martin Mull and Karen Black


  • Balkan Spy (Balkanski spijun) - (Yugoslavia)


  • Ballad of the Little Soldier (Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten), a documentary film about child soldiers directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)


  • The Bay Boy, starring Liv Ullmann and Kiefer Sutherland - (Canada/France) - Genie Award for Best Canadian Motion Picture.


  • Bayan Ko:This Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim) - (Philippines)


  • Beat Street, starring Rae Dawn Chong


  • Before Stonewall, a documentary film


  • Best Defense, starring Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw


  • Beverly Hills Cop, directed by Martin Brest, starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Bronson Pinchot


  • Beyond the Walls (Me'Ahorei Hasoragim) - (Israel)


  • Bianca, directed by and starring Nanni Moretti - (Italy)


  • Bicycles Are for the Summer (Las bicycletas son para el verano) - (Spain)


  • Birdy, directed by Alan Parker, starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage, music from Peter Gabriel


  • Blame It on Rio, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Demi Moore, Michelle Johnson


  • Blind Date, starring Kirstie Alley


  • Blood Simple, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (debut), starring John Getz, Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh


  • Body Double, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Deborah Shelton, Gregg Henry


  • Bolero, starring Bo Derek


  • The Bostonians, directed by James Ivory, starring Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy - (U.S.A./U.K.)


  • The Bounty, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson - (U.K.)

  • Breakin'

  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo


  • Broadway Danny Rose - directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello


  • The Brother from Another Planet, directed by John Sayles, starring Joe Morton


  • The Buddy System, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Wil Wheaton, Nancy Allen


C




  • C.H.U.D., starring John Heard and Daniel Stern


  • Cal, starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren - (U.K.)


  • Camila, directed by María Luisa Bemberg - (Argentina)


  • Cannonball Run II, starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra


  • Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, a television film starring Warwick Davis


  • Carmen, a cinematic opera directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Plácido Domingo - (France/Italy)


  • The Chain, directed by Jack Gold - (U.K.)


  • Chaos (Kaos) - (Italy)


  • The Children (Les enfants), directed by Marguerite Duras - (France)


  • Children of the Corn, starring Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton


  • Choose Me, directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Lesley Ann Warren, Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine


  • Ciske de Rat (Ciske the Rat) - (Netherlands)


  • City Heat, directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Jane Alexander, Richard Roundtree, Rip Torn


  • Cloak & Dagger, starring Henry Thomas and Dabney Coleman


  • Comfort and Joy, directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Bill Paterson - (U.K.)


  • The Company of Wolves, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Stephen Rea, Angela Lansbury, Sarah Patterson - (U.K.)


  • Conan the Destroyer, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo


  • The Coolangatta Gold - (Australia)


  • Le Cop, starring Philippe Noiret - (France)


  • The Cotton Club, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, James Remar, Bob Hoskins, Fred Gwynne, Nicolas Cage


  • Country, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard


  • Crackers, directed by Louis Malle, starring Donald Sutherland and Sean Penn


  • Crimes of Passion, directed by Ken Russell, starring Kathleen Turner and Anthony Perkins


D




  • The Dark Glow of the Mountains (Gasherbrum - Der leuchtende Berg), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)


  • The Descendant of the Snow Leopard (Potomok belogo barsa) - (U.S.S.R.)


  • La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves), starring Michel Piccoli - (France/Switzerland) - Academy Award for Foreign Language Film


  • Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek) - (Hungary)


  • Draw!, starring Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Graham Jarvis, Derek McGrath, Linda Sorenson


  • Dreamscape, starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer


  • Dune, directed by David Lynch, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, Sean Young, Francesca Annis, Jürgen Prochnow, Kenneth McMillan, José Ferrer, Max von Sydow


E




  • Electric Dreams, starring Virginia Madsen and Bud Cort


  • The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element), directed by Lars von Trier - (Denmark)


  • The Evil That Men Do, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson


F




  • Falling in Love, directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep


  • Farewell to the Ark (Saraba hakobune) - (Japan)


  • Fear City, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Dee Williams


  • Finders Keepers, starring Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett, Jr.


  • Firestarter, directed by Mark L. Lester, starring Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear


  • Firstborn, starring Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Teri Garr


  • The Flamingo Kid, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Matt Dillon and Héctor Elizondo


  • Flashpoint, starring Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Jean Smart, Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer


  • Flowers of Reverie (Szirmok, virágok, koszorúk) - (Hungary)


  • Flügel und Fesseln, directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms - (West Germany)


  • Footloose, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, Dianne Wiest


  • Formula of Love (Formula lyubvi) - (U.S.S.R.)


  • Frankenweenie, directed by Tim Burton


  • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, directed by Joseph Zito, starring Kimberly Beck and Corey Feldman


  • Full Moon in Paris (Les Nuits de la pleine lune), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)


  • The Funeral aka Death Japanese Style - (Japan)


G



  • Gallavants


  • Garbo Talks, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks


  • Ghostbusters, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson


  • Give My Regards to Broad Street - written by and starring Paul McCartney, with Ringo Starr - (U.K.)


  • Grandview, U.S.A., starring Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze


  • Gremlins, directed by Joe Dante, starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates


  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson in his final role - (U.K.)


H




  • Hard to Hold, starring Rick Springfield


  • Harry & Son, directed by and starring Paul Newman, with Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Judith Ivey, Ossie Davis, Joanne Woodward


  • Heartbreakers, starring Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Kathryn Harrold, Max Gail, Carol Wayne


  • Henry IV (Enrico IV), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale - Italy


  • The Hit, directed by Stephen Frears, starring John Hurt and Terence Stamp - (U.K.)


  • The Holy Innocents (Los santos inocentes) - (Spain)


  • The Hotel New Hampshire, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Nastassja Kinski, Beau Bridges, Matthew Modine


I




  • Iceman, directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse


  • The Ice Pirates, starring Robert Urich and Mary Crosby


  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Kate Capshaw


  • Irreconcilable Differences, starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Drew Barrymore


J




  • The Jesse Owens Story, starring Dorian Harewood


  • John the Fearless (Jan zonder vrees) - (Belgium)


  • Johnny Dangerously, starring Michael Keaton, Marilu Henner, Joe Piscopo, Danny DeVito, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle


  • Just the Way You Are, starring Kristy McNichol


K




  • The Karate Kid, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita


  • Kidco, starring Scott Schwartz


  • The Killing Fields, directed by Roland Joffé, starring Sam Waterston, John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor - (U.K.) - British Academy Award for Best Film


  • Klassenverhältnisse, directed by Straub-Huillet - (France/West Germany)


L




  • Lassiter, starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour


  • The Last Days of Pompeii, TV miniseries, starring Laurence Olivier, Olivia Hussey, Siobhán McKenna, Franco Nero, Ned Beatty, Nicholas Clay, Ernest Borgnine


  • The Last Starfighter, starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart


  • The Little Drummer Girl, directed by George Roy Hill, starring Diane Keaton

  • Little House: The Last Farewell

  • Little House: Bless All the Dear Children


  • Loafing and Camouflage (Lufa ke Paralayi) - (Greece)


  • The Lonely Guy, starring Steve Martin and Charles Grodin


  • Love and Pigeons (Lyubov i golubi) - (U.S.S.R.)


  • Love Letters, starring Jamie Lee Curtis


  • Love Streams, directed by and starring John Cassavetes, with Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel - Golden Bear award winner


M




  • MacArthur's Children (Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan) - (Japan)


  • Macross: Do You Remember Love? (Chōjikū Yōsai Makurosu: Ai Oboete Imasu ka) - (Japan)


  • Making the Grade, starring Judd Nelson


  • The Man from Majorca (Mannen från Mallorca), directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)


  • A Man of Principle (Cóndores no entierran todos los días) - (Colombia)


  • Man Under Suspicion (Morgen in Alabama), starring Maximilian Schell - (West Germany)


  • Maria's Lovers, starring Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum


  • Mashaal, starring Dilip Kumar and Anil Kapoor - (India)


  • Mass Appeal, starring Jack Lemmon, Željko Ivanek, Charles Durning

  • Meatballs Part II


  • Mermaid Legend (Ningyo Densetsu) - (Japan)


  • Micki & Maude, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Dudley Moore, Ann Reinking, Amy Irving


  • Mike's Murder, directed by James Bridges, starring Debra Winger


  • The Miracle of Joe Petrel (Umitsubame Jyo no kiseki) - (Japan)


  • Missing in Action, starring Chuck Norris


  • Misunderstood, starring Henry Thomas and Gene Hackman


  • Monster Dog (Leviatán), starring Alice Cooper - (Spain)


  • Moscow on the Hudson, directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Robin Williams


  • Mrs. Soffel, directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson


  • The Muppets Take Manhattan, directed by Frank Oz


  • My First Wife, starring John Hargreaves - (Australia)


N




  • The Naked Face, starring Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Anne Archer, Art Carney


  • The Natural, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Barbara Hershey, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth


  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) - (Japan)


  • The NeverEnding Story (Die Unendliche Geschichte) - directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Barret Oliver and Noah Hathaway - (West Germany)


  • Night of the Comet, starring Catherine Mary Stewart and Robert Beltran


  • A Nightmare on Elm Street, directed by Wes Craven, starring Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley


  • Night Patrol, starring Linda Blair and The Unknown Comic


  • The Ninja Mission (Misja ninja) - (Sweden)


  • Nothing Lasts Forever, starring Zach Galligan, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd

  • Nothing Left to Do But Cry


O




  • Oh, God! You Devil, starring George Burns


  • Old Enough, starring Rainbow Harvest and Danny Aiello, Sundance Grand Jury Prize


  • On the Top of the Cherry Tree (Gore na chereshata) - (Bulgaria)


  • Once Upon a Time in America, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams - (Italy/U.S.A.)


  • Opasen char (Dangerous Charm) - (Bulgaria)


  • Over the Brooklyn Bridge, starring Elliott Gould, Shelley Winters, Sid Caesar


  • Oxford Blues, starring Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Gail Strickland


P-Q




  • Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski - Palme d'Or winner


  • A Passage to India, directed by David Lean, starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox - (U.K.) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film


  • Pehlivan - (Turkey)


  • The Philadelphia Experiment, starring Michael Paré and Nancy Allen


  • Places in the Heart, directed by Robert Benton, starring Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Lindsay Crouse, Amy Madigan


  • Police Academy, directed by Hugh Wilson, starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith


  • The Pope of Greenwich Village, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Geraldine Page


  • A Private Function, directed by Malcolm Mowbray, starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith - (U.K.)


  • Protocol, starring Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Gail Strickland


  • Purple Hearts, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Ken Wahl and Cheryl Ladd


  • Purple Rain, starring Prince


  • Quilombo - (Brazil)


R




  • Raaj Tilak, starring Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra - (India)


  • The Razor's Edge, starring Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott


  • Reckless, starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah


  • Red Dawn, directed by John Milius, starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson


  • Repentance (Pokayaniye) - (U.S.S.R.)


  • Repo Man, directed by Alex Cox, starring Emilio Estevez, Dick Rude, Harry Dean Stanton


  • The Return of Godzilla (also known as "Godzilla 1985") - (Japan)


  • Revenge of the Nerds, starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Timothy Busfield


  • Rhinestone, starring Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton


  • The River, directed by Mark Rydell, starring Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson


  • The Road to Bresson (De weg naar Bresson), starring Robert Bresson, Louis Malle, Andrei Tarkovsky, Orson Welles - (Netherlands)


  • Roadhouse 66, starring Willem Dafoe and Judge Reinhold


  • Romancing the Stone, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)


  • Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter) - (Sweden)


  • Runaway, directed by Michael Crichton, starring Tom Selleck


S




  • Saaransh (The Gist), directed by Mahesh Bhatt - (India)


  • Secret Honor, directed by Robert Altman, starring Philip Baker Hall


  • Sharaabi (Drunkard), directed by Prakash Mehra, starring Amitabh Bachchan - (India)


  • Sheena, starring Tanya Roberts

  • Silent Night, Deadly Night


  • Sixteen Candles, written and directed by John Hughes, starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Gedde Watanabe


  • Slapstick of Another Kind, starring Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman


  • Slunce, seno, jahody - (Czechoslovakia)


  • A Soldier's Story, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington


  • The Snowdrop Festival (Slavnosti sněženek), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)

  • Solomon Northup's Odyssey


  • Songwriter, starring Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Lesley Ann Warren


  • Splash, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy


  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, directed by and starring Leonard Nimoy, with William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd, Judith Anderson


  • Starman, directed by John Carpenter, starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen


  • Stop Making Sense, a concert film directed by Jonathan Demme featuring Talking Heads


  • Stranger Than Paradise, directed by Jim Jarmusch


  • Strangler vs. Strangler (Davitelj protiv davitelja) - (Yugoslavia)


  • Streets of Fire, directed by Walter Hill, starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe


  • A Summer at Grandpa's (Dong–dong de jia qi) - (Taiwan)


  • A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne), directed by Bertrand Tavernier - (France)


  • Supergirl, starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole


  • Swing Shift, directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward


  • Szaffi - (Hungary)


T




  • The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o tsare Saltanye) - (U.S.S.R.)


  • Tank, starring James Garner and Shirley Jones


  • Le Tartuffe, directed by and starring Gérard Depardieu - (France)


  • Teachers, starring Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch


  • The Terminator, directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton


  • Terror in the Aisles, starring Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen


  • Thief of Hearts, starring Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, George Wendt


  • This Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim) - (Philippines)


  • This Is Spinal Tap, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest


  • Tightrope, starring Clint Eastwood and Geneviève Bujold


  • Top Secret!, directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Val Kilmer


U-V




  • Ultraman Story (Urutoraman Sutōr) - (Japan)


  • Ultraman Zoffy: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army - (Japan)


  • Under the Volcano, directed by John Huston, starring Albert Finney and Jacqueline Bisset


  • Unfaithfully Yours, starring Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks


  • Until September, starring Karen Allen


  • Up the Creek, starring Tim Matheson and Jennifer Runyon


  • Veneno para las hadas (Poison for the Fairies) - (Mexico)


  • Vigil - (New Zealand)


  • Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythira) - (Greece)


W




  • W's Tragedy (W no higeki) - (Japan)


  • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura - (Spain)


  • Wheels on Meals (Fai Chan Tse), starring Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung - (Hong Kong)


  • When the Raven Flies (Hrafninn flýgur) - (Iceland)


  • Where the Boys Are '84, starring Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Wendy Schaal


  • Where the Green Ants Dream (Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)

  • Where the Toys Come From


  • The Wild Life, starring Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson


  • The Woman in Red, directed by and starring Gene Wilder, with Gilda Radner, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Kelly Le Brock


  • Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (Gao shan xia de hua huan) - (China)


Y




  • A Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) - (Poland) - Golden Lion winner


  • Yellow Earth (Huáng tǔdì), directed by Chen Kaige - (China)



Births



  • January 6 - Priit Loog, Estonian actor

  • January 25 - Kaiji Tang, voice actor

  • January 30 - Michael Aloni, Israeli actor

  • January 30 - Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (Kid Cudi) American recording artist

  • February 12 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress

  • February 13 - Brina Palencia, voice actress

  • February 24 - Nicholas Saputra, Indonesian actor

  • March 2 - Ian Sinclair, voice actor

  • March 7 - Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer

  • March 10 - Olivia Wilde, American actress

  • March 20 - Christy Carlson Romano, American stage and film actress and singer

  • March 25 - Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress

  • April 2 - Ashley Peldon, American actress

  • April 8


    • Taran Noah Smith, American actor


    • Kirsten Storms, American actress



  • April 10


    • Cara DeLizia, American actress


    • Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress



  • April 18 - America Ferrera, American actress

  • April 21- Praveenprem, South Indian actor

  • June 13 - Phillip Van Dyke, American actor

  • June 19 - Paul Dano, American actor

  • June 24 - Lucien Dodge, voice actor

  • June 30 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer and actress

  • July 7 - Ross Malinger, American actor

  • July 11 - Serinda Swan, Canadian actress

  • July 14 - Britta Soll, Estonian actress

  • July 19 - Andrea Libman, Canadian actress, voice actress, pianist, and singer

  • July 27


    • Taylor Schilling, American actress


    • Kenny Wormald, American actor



  • September 3 - Garrett Hedlund, American actor

  • September 18 - Nina Arianda, American actress

  • September 19 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor and model

  • September 22 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress

  • September 22 - Jordan Vogt-Roberts, American film director

  • September 23 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer

  • September 27 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter

  • October 3 - Ashlee Simpson, American actress and singer

  • October 25 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress

  • October 27 - Kelly Osbourne, English actress and singer

  • November 16 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress

  • November 17 - Lauren Maltby, American actress

  • November 21


    • Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer


    • Jena Malone, American actress



  • November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress

  • November 23 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer

  • November 28 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress

  • December 5 - Lauren London, American actress



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Month Date Name Age Country Profession
Notable films

January
11 Jack La Rue 70 USA Actor

  • A Farewell to Arms

  • The Story of Temple Drake


20 Johnny Weissmuller 79 Mexico Actor

  • Tarzan the Ape Man

  • Jungle Jim


29 Frances Goodrich 93 USA Writer

  • It's a Wonderful Life

  • Father of the Bride



February
11 Arlette Marchal 82 France Actress

  • The Cat's Pajamas

  • Blonde or Brunette


15 Ethel Merman 76 USA Singer, Actress

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

  • There's No Business Like Show Business


17 Lucille Benson 69 USA Actress

  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy

  • Mame



March
1 Jackie Coogan 69 USA Actor

  • The Kid

  • Million Dollar Legs


1 Ronald Culver 83 UK Actor

  • Dead of Night

  • Down to Earth


5 William Powell 91 USA Actor

  • The Thin Man

  • My Man Godfrey


6 Henry Wilcoxon 78 USA Actor

  • The Crusades

  • Samson and Delilah


12 Arnold Ridley 88 UK Actor, Writer

  • Dad's Army

  • The Flying Fool


24 Sam Jaffe 93 USA Actor

  • The Asphalt Jungle

  • Gunga Din


27 Jack Donohue 75 USA Director

  • Marriage on the Rocks

  • Assault on a Queen


27 Derek Francis 60 UK Actor

  • Jabberwocky

  • A Christmas Carol



April
1 George Glass 73 USA Producer, Production Manager

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  • One-Eyed Jacks


10 Ray Middleton 77 USA Actor

  • I Dream of Jeanie

  • Lady for a Night


13 Richard Hurndall 73 UK Actor

  • I, Monster

  • The Prince and the Pauper


16 Byron Haskin 84 USA Director

  • The War of the Worlds

  • I Walk Alone


18 Francis de Wolff 71 UK Actor

  • From Russia with Love

  • Carry On Cleo


18 John Lee Mahin 81 USA Screenwriter

  • Show Boat

  • No Time for Sergeants


25 Richard Benedict 64 USA Actor

  • Ace in the Hole

  • Ocean's 11


26 May McAvoy 84 USA Actress

  • Ben-Hur

  • The Jazz Singer



May
4 Diana Dors 52 UK Actress

  • Lady Godiva Rides Again

  • The Unholy Wife


10 Robert Moore 57 USA Director

  • Murder By Death

  • Chapter Two


16 Andy Kaufman 35 USA Actor

  • God Told Me To

  • Heartbeeps


16 Irwin Shaw 71 USA Screenwriter, Author

  • The Talk of the Town

  • The Young Lions


20 Peter Bull 72 UK Actor

  • Dr. Strangelove

  • The African Queen


21 Andrea Leeds 72 UK Actress

  • Stage Door

  • Swanee River


21 Ann Little 93 USA Actress

  • The Roaring Road

  • The Invaders


22 John Marley 76 USA Actor

  • The Godfather

  • Love Story


28 D'Urville Martin 45 USA Actor, Director

  • Black Caesar

  • Dolemite



June
1 Ruthelma Stevens 80 USA Actress

  • The Night Club Lady

  • The Circus Queen Murder


4 Lillian Hellman 79 USA Screenwriter, Playwright

  • The Little Foxes

  • Toys in the Attic


15 Ned Glass 78 USA Actor

  • Charade

  • West Side Story


18 Luis Moglia Barth 81 Argentine Director, Writer, Producer
¡Tango!
20 Estelle Winwood 101 UK Actress

  • The Misfits

  • The Producers


22 Joseph Losey 75 USA Director

  • The Damned

  • Accident


24 William Keighley 94 USA Director

  • The Man Who Came to Dinner

  • Each Dawn I Die



July
2 Lenore Coffee 87 USA Screenwriter

  • Young at Heart

  • Cash McCall


7 Flora Robson 82 UK Actress

  • Fire Over England

  • 7 Women


11 Hugh Morton 81 UK Actor

  • Man of the Moment

  • Quatermass and the Pit


14 Ernest Tidyman 56 UK Writer

  • The French Connection

  • Shaft


23 Carl Foreman 69 USA Writer, Producer

  • High Noon

  • The Guns of Navarone


23 Lloyd Gough 76 USA Actor

  • Sunset Boulevard

  • Earthquake


25 Akihiko Hirata 56 Japan Actor

  • Sanjuro

  • Godzilla


27 James Mason 75 Switzerland Actor, Producer

  • North by Northwest

  • Lolita


29 Woodrow Parfrey 61 USA Actor

  • Papillon

  • Charley Varrick


29 Fred Waring 84 USA Conductor

  • Syncopation

  • Varsity Show



August
4 Howard Culver 66 Hong Kong Actor

  • Halloween II

  • The Bad News Bears


4 Mary Miles Minter 82 USA Actress

  • Anne of Green Gables

  • Nurse Marjorie


5 Richard Burton 58 Switzerland Actor, Producer, Director

  • Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • Becket


5 Roland Kibbee 70 USA Screenwriter

  • The Crimson Pirate

  • Valdez Is Coming


8 Richard Deacon 63 USA Actor

  • The Young Philadelphians

  • The Spirit of St. Louis


25 Truman Capote 59 USA Writer, Actor

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

  • In Cold Blood


29 Pina Menichelli 94 Italy Actress

  • Take Care of Amelia

  • A Woman's Story



September
14 Janet Gaynor 77 USA Actress

  • A Star Is Born

  • 7th Heaven


17 Richard Basehart 70 USA Actor, Director

  • Moby Dick

  • La Strada


19 June Preisser 64 USA Actress

  • Babes in Arms

  • Sweater Girl


25 Walter Pidgeon 87 USA Actor

  • Forbidden Planet

  • How Green Was My Valley



October
9 Joan Young 84 UK Actress

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

  • The Fallen Idol


10 Leonard Rossiter 57 UK Actor

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

  • Barry Lyndon


11 H. Bruce Humberstone 82 USA Director

  • I Wake Up Screaming

  • Charlie Chan at the Olympics


16 Peggy Ann Garner 52 USA Actress

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • Nob Hill


21 François Truffaut 52 France Director, Producer, Actor

  • The 400 Blows

  • Jules and Jim


23 Oskar Werner 61 Germany Actor

  • Fahrenheit 451

  • Jules and Jim


25 Pascale Ogier 25 France Actress

  • Full Moon in Paris

  • Le Pont du Nord


26 Noel Howlett 81 UK Actor

  • Lawrence of Arabia

  • Scrooge


30 June Duprez 66 UK Actress

  • The Four Feathers

  • And Then There Were None


31 Eduardo De Filippo 84 Italy Actor, Screenwriter

  • The Gold of Naples

  • Everybody Go Home



November
1 Norman Krasna 74 USA Screenwriter, Director

  • Who Was That Lady?

  • Sunday in New York


13 Dorothy Arnold 66 USA Actress

  • The Phantom Creeps

  • The House of Fear


20 Peter Welch 62 UK Actor

  • The Admirable Crichton

  • The Secret Partner



December
2 Patty Elder 48 USA Stuntman, Actor

  • Diamonds Are Forever

  • What's Up, Doc?


3 Charles R. Davis 47 USA Art Director
Bustin' Loose
7 Jeanne Cagney 65 USA Actress

  • Yankee Doodle Dandy

  • Quicksand


8 Luther Adler 81 USA Actor

  • House of Strangers

  • D.O.A.


11 Robert E. Kent 73 USA Screenwriter

  • Rock Around the Clock

  • The Fastest Guitar Alive


11 George Waggner 81 USA Director

  • The Wolf Man

  • Horror Island


13 Margaret Livingston 89 USA Actress

  • The Lady Refuses

  • What a Widow!


24 Ian Hendry 53 UK Actor

  • Repulsion

  • Get Carter


24 Peter Lawford 61 USA Actor

  • Good News

  • Ocean's 11


24 Harry Waxman 72 UK Cinematographer

  • The Wicker Man

  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again


28 Sam Peckinpah 59 USA Director, Producer

  • The Wild Bunch

  • Straw Dogs




Film debuts




  • Jesse Bradford - Falling in Love


  • Jennifer Connelly - Once Upon a Time in America


  • Jon Cryer - No Small Affair


  • Johnny Depp - A Nightmare on Elm Street


  • Tate Donovan - No Small Affair


  • Rupert Everett - Another Country


  • Colin Firth - Another Country


  • Sarah Michelle Gellar - Over the Brooklyn Bridge


  • Bobcat Goldthwait - Massive Retaliation


  • Heather Graham - Mrs. Soffel


  • Seth Green - Billions for Boris


  • Jennifer Grey - Reckless


  • Corey Haim - Firstborn


  • Val Kilmer - Top Secret!


  • Andie MacDowell - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes


  • Kyle MacLachlan - Dune


  • Mary McDonnell - Garbo Talks


  • Frances McDormand - Blood Simple


  • Connie Nielsen - Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir


  • Chazz Palminteri - Home Free All


  • Lou Diamond Phillips - Interface


  • Martha Plimpton - The River Rat


  • Prince - Purple Rain


  • Aidan Quinn - Reckless


  • Tim Robbins - No Small Affair


  • Tim Roth - The Hit


  • Ernie Sabella - City Heat


  • Charlie Sheen - Red Dawn


  • Elisabeth Shue - The Karate Kid


  • Helen Slater - Supergirl


  • Ice-T - Breakin'


  • Jennifer Tilly - No Small Affair


  • Marisa Tomei - The Flamingo Kid


  • Jean-Claude Van Damme - Breakin'


  • Ken Watanabe - MacArthur's Children


  • Damon Wayans - Beverly Hills Cop


  • Michelle Yeoh - The Owl vs Bombo



See also



  • List of American films of 1984

  • List of British films of 1984

  • List of French films of 1984

  • List of German films of the 1980s

  • List of Bollywood films of 1984

  • List of Italian films of 1984

  • List of Japanese films of 1984

  • List of Swedish films of the 1980s



Notes





  1. ^ Disco Dancer: 60 million Soviet rubles in 1984,[12] 0.791 rubles per US dollar in 1984[13]


  2. ^ 12.43 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1984[14]


  3. ^ Disco Dancer in Soviet Union: US$75.9 million[n 1] (94.34 crore)[n 2] in 1984




References





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  18. ^ "Tootsie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 30, 2018.


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External links




  • "Was 1984 the greatest year in movies ever?" by Chris Nashawaty - Entertainment Weekly online


  • 1984 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo


  • Top 1984 Movies at the Domestic Box Office at The Numbers


  • Top 1984 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers


  • Top 1984 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office at The Numbers


  • Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb


  • Most Popular Feature Films Released 1984-01-01 to 1984-12-31 at IMDb










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