This cloak-and-dagger puzzle is based on the bestselling novel by John le Carré (who has a brief role as a policeman in the film under…
Browsing: Movies 1984
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Out-of-work saloon singer Rosie Velez (Divine) lurches across the desert on a burro. She’s carrying a dainty parasol and wearing a not-so-simple peasant outfit and…
The sequel-in-name-only to the first Meatballs summer camp movie (1979) takes place at Camp Sasquash where the owner, Coach Giddy (Richard Mulligan), tries to keep…
This second and final sequel to the 1973 Australian hit comedy Alvin Purple followed Alvin Rides Again (1974) and a short-lived Alvin Purple television series (1976). Gerry Sont (best known in…
After his appalling The Man Who Loved Women (1984), Blake Edwards made an excellent return to form with Micki And Maude, a well-structured farce in which Dudley Moore…
Robin Williams had his best role to date in Moscow On The Hudson – an affectionate comedy in which he played Vladimir Ivanoff, a Russian circus…
This third big-screen outing for Jim Henson’s puppets has playwright Kermit frog-marching his pals to New York to stage his college show – Manhattan Melodies -…
In the comfort and affluence of his office after the tragic death of his wife and daughter, psychoanalyst Dr Judd Stevens (Roger Moore) finds his…
Fantasy adventure from the director of The Perfect Storm and Troy (here in his first English-language movie), starring Noah Hathaway and Barret Oliver. Barret Oliver plays Bastian; a…
For the first time in over 65 million years, the Earth is passing through the tail of a comet, resulting in a mass-extinction-level event with…
Comedy legends Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made this spoof whodunnit telemovie for Thames Television in 1983. It aired on ITV on Thursday, 3 January…
“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep”. Are you ready for Freddy? In 1984, this film made former English professor Wes Craven into a horror legend,…
It is 1920, and a band of adolescent Jewish thieves roam New York City’s Lower East Side. The years pass and – thanks to Prohibition…
German director Wim Wenders miraculously accomplished what most American directors could never do – he made an absorbing film about the landscape of the human…
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster, this film takes a simple story and transforms it into a priceless work of vision, beauty, and substance.…
In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make US Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Dr James Longstreet uses his experiment on…
Cocky parking lot attendant Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) joins the police force during a recruitment drive where admission standards are relaxed to the point of…
This Children’s Film and Television Foundation (CFTVF) production revolves around a mixed-race schoolboy reggae group called The Pirates. The group plans to impress a local…
In the “Little Italy” neighbourhood of Greenwich Village in New York, cousins Charlie Moran (Mickey Rourke) – a slick-haired maître d’ at Sal’s Restaurant with…
In post-war Yorkshire, with rationing still very much in force, mild-mannered chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin) tries to prove his worth to the snobbish locals…