HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.
Notable entries missing include:
Legend (1985)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Hellraiser (1987)
Scanners (1981)
The Thing (1982)
They Live (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
Bloodsport (1988)
Brazil (1985)
List of Nominees and Winners.
Harrison Ford in "Witness"
James Garner in "Murphy's Romance"
William Hurt in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" - WINNER
Jack Nicholson in "Prizzi’s Honor"
Jon Voight in "Runaway Train"
Don Ameche in "Cocoon" - WINNER
Klaus Maria Brandauer in "Out of Africa"
William Hickey in "Prizzi’s Honor"
Robert Loggia in "Jagged Edge"
Eric Roberts in "Runaway Train"
Anne Bancroft in "Agnes of God"
Whoopi Goldberg in "The Color Purple"
Jessica Lange in "Sweet Dreams"
Geraldine Page in "The Trip to Bountiful" - WINNER
Meryl Streep in "Out of Africa"
Margaret Avery in "The Color Purple"
Anjelica Huston in "Prizzi’s Honor" - WINNER
Amy Madigan in "Twice in a Lifetime"
Meg Tilly in "Agnes of God"
Oprah Winfrey in "The Color Purple"
"Brazil" Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
"The Color Purple" Art Direction: J. Michael Riva, Robert W. Welch; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
"Out of Africa" Art Direction: Stephen Grimes; Set Decoration: Josie MacAvin - WINNER
"Ran" Art Direction: Yoshiro Muraki, Shinobu Muraki
"Witness" Art Direction: Stan Jolley; Set Decoration: John Anderson
"The Color Purple" Allen Daviau
"Murphy’s Romance" William A. Fraker
"Out of Africa" David Watkin - WINNER
"Ran" Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai
"Witness" John Seale
"The Color Purple" Aggie Guerard Rodgers
"The Journey of Natty Gann" Albert Wolsky
"Out of Africa" Milena Canonero
"Prizzi’s Honor" Donfeld
"Ran" Emi Wada - WINNER
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" Hector Babenco
"Out of Africa" Sydney Pollack - WINNER
"Prizzi’s Honor" John Huston
"Ran" Akira Kurosawa
"Witness" Peter Weir
"Broken Rainbow" Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers - WINNER
"Las Madres--The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers
"Soldiers in Hiding" Japhet Asher, Producer
"The Statue of Liberty" Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
"Unfinished Business" Steven Okazaki, Producer
"The Courage to Care" Robert Gardner, Producer
"Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date" Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, Producers
"Making Overtures--The Story of a Community Orchestra" Barbara Willis Sweete, Producer
"Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements" David Goodman, Producer - WINNER
"The Wizard of the Strings" Alan Edelstein, Producer
"A Chorus Line" John Bloom
"Out of Africa" Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn
"Prizzi’s Honor" Rudi Fehr, Kaja Fehr
"Runaway Train" Henry Richardson
"Witness" Thom Noble - WINNER
"Angry Harvest" Federal Republic of Germany
"Colonel Redl" Hungary
"The Official Story" Argentina - WINNER
"Three Men and a Cradle" France
"When Father Was Away on Business" Yugoslavia
"The Color Purple" Ken Chase
"Mask" Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek - WINNER
"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" Carl Fullerton
"Agnes of God" Georges Delerue
"The Color Purple" Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
"Out of Africa" John Barry - WINNER
"Silverado" Bruce Broughton
"Witness" Maurice Jarre
"Miss Celie’s Blues (Sister)" from "The Color Purple" Music by Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton; Lyric by Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie
"The Power of Love" from "Back to the Future" Music by Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla; Lyric by Huey Lewis
"Say You, Say Me" from "White Nights" Music and Lyric by Lionel Richie - WINNER
"Separate Lives (Love Theme from ‘White Nights’)" from "White Nights" Music and Lyric by Stephen Bishop
"Surprise, Surprise" from "A Chorus Line" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Edward Kleban
"The Color Purple" Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, Producers
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" David Weisman, Producer
"Out of Africa" Sydney Pollack, Producer - WINNER
"Prizzi’s Honor" John Foreman, Producer
"Witness" Edward S. Feldman, Producer
"Anna & Bella" Cilia Van Dijk, Producer - WINNER
"The Big Snit" Richard Condie and Michael Scott, Producers
"Second Class Mail" Alison Snowden, Producer
"Graffiti" Dianna Costello, Producer
"Molly’s Pilgrim" Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer, Producers - WINNER
"Rainbow War" Bob Rogers, Producer
"Back to the Future" Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan
"A Chorus Line" Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys, Chris Newman
"Ladyhawke" Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bud Alper
"Out of Africa" Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford - WINNER
"Silverado" Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O’Connell, David Ronne
"Back to the Future" Charles L. Campbell, Robert Rutledge - WINNER
"Ladyhawke" Bob Henderson, Alan Murray
"Rambo: First Blood Part II" Frederick J. Brown
"Cocoon" Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, David Berry - WINNER
"Return to Oz" Will Vinton, Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, Michael Lloyd
"Young Sherlock Holmes" Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis, David Allen
"The Color Purple" Menno Meyjes
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" Leonard Schrader
"Out of Africa" Kurt Luedtke - WINNER
"Prizzi’s Honor" Richard Condon, Janet Roach
"The Trip to Bountiful" Horton Foote
"Back to the Future" Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
"Brazil" Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
"The Official Story" Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
"The Purple Rose of Cairo" Woody Allen
"Witness" Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace - WINNER
All movies showcased as segments or referenced with footage within this 80s horror movie documentary listed in order of first appearance.
Missing on Trakt:
- The Texas Chainsaw Manicure (1984), short by Bill Mosley (it's also missing on IMDB). Except for the "headcheese" clip no additional footage has appeared online.
In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
104 movies missing. Imported from external source.
Updated 04.16.24 according to IMDB
A list of every film mentioned in the documentary In Search of Tomorrow.
List by hotsake
A list of every film mentioned in the documentary In Search of Darkness.
UPDATED to include the films mentioned in the follow-up documentary In Search of Darkness: Part II.
List by hotsake
Shortlist from The Oscars 1985-1989 nominees.
Netflix Genre
Each week, the FilmSack crew picks a strange movie from the bowels of Netflix streaming and splatters it all over your inner ear. Sometimes it’s a long forgotten horror movie from the 70′. Sometimes it’s a under the radar gem of brilliance from last year. One way or the other, this is not your typical movie show.
Join Scott Johnson and his FilmSack pals, Brian Ibbot, Brian Dunaway, and Randy Jordan, as they swim in a big vat of film-nerd sweat, and capture it all on tape!
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Titles containing a large portion of the actual conflict.
Action: 1980s
by Nathan the Blom