Drama Movies
The Killing Fields (1984)
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S….
Falling in Love (1984)
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the…
Special Effects (1984)
After murdering a young would-be actress, megalomaniacal movie director Chris Neville sets about making a feature based on the murder, casting the dead woman’s clueless husband as the patsy, and…
No Small Affair (1984)
A 16-year-old aspiring photographer pursues a beautiful “older woman” of 22, a down-on-her-luck rock singer.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
George Orwell’s novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
On the Line (1984)
A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mexico.
Toy Soldiers (1984)
While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with…
Firstborn (1984)
Because he’s the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way…
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among…
Thief of Hearts (1984)
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn’t know that he has broken into her…
The Razor’s Edge (1984)
An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is…
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who’s attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest…
Songwriter (1984)
Doc Jenkins may be one of country music’s most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He’s split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw…
Garbo Talks (1984)
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta…
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the…
The Burning Bed (1984)
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there’s not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night,…
Teachers (1984)
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write….
A Flash of Green (1984)
A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer’s latest project.
Quest (1984)
On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in…
Vigil (1984)
Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss’s father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is…
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.
Heartsounds (1984)
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn’t seem equipped to…
Country (1984)
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight…
Heartbreakers (1984)
Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli, Blue’s best friend, works for his father’s garment…
The River Rat (1984)
On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot,…
The Wild Life (1984)
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.