Pluto

A rebellious city boy finds himself in an uptight Midwestern town where dancing and therefore all youthful joy has been banned.

Footloose

Michael Douglas plays Dan, a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest while his wife is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever.

Fatal Attraction

The summer of 1964... Two FBI agents--one a tight-jawed, by-the-book type, the other an experienced Southern lawman who knows how to handle people--head the government's investigation into the disappearance of three civil rights activists in Mississippi.

Mississippi Burning

In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materializing the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Oscar-winner Paul Newman (Hud, Nobody's Fool) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." Dwight Schultz (The Temp, Star Trek: First Contact) is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant scientist attempting to bring the startling mission to fruition. And Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, and Natasha Richardson co-star in this "stunning, profoundly moving" film (Michael Medved, Sneak Previews) that re-creates one of history's most compelling chapters; one that resulted in the mushroom-shaped specter that changed the world forever.

Fat Man and Little Boy

Julian Kay has it all: the Mercedes, the clothes, access to Beverly Hills' swankiest establishments, and a stable of rich, female clients. But it all falls apart after he does a favor for his former pimp and the trick turns up dead a short while later.

American Gigolo (1980)

The lives of a group of teenagers are thrown into a moral spin when one murders his girlfriend. Faced with the brutal reality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police.

River's Edge

One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin.

Children of a Lesser God

A Philadelphia sound-effects man witnesses and records a car accident that turns out to be a politically motivated murder.

Blow Out

A psycho-killer stalks two New York City women--one a frustrated housewife, the other a street-smart hooker who teams up with the first woman's son to trap the murderer. The film reaches a shocking climax when the slayer's real identity is revealed.

Dressed to Kill

A sensual mystery thriller about strange happenings in a small North Carolina town. A college student stumbles across a bizarre mystery and wants to know more, perhaps too much more.

Blue Velvet

Based on the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, this delectable thriller stars Colin Firth and Annette Bening as embittered aristocrats who weave a wicked web of cruel intentions and savage seductions. Directed by the great Milos Forman.

Valmont

Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly star in this psychological drama about a wealthy young woman who becomes tangled in a web of passion, deceit and heart-stopping suspense after her stepfather wants her killed.

Masquerade

Urban ghetto kids from the South Bronx find creative outlets in painting graffiti, breakdancing, rapping, and developing new disco D.J. routines.

Beat Street

After narrowing down hundreds of Broadway hopefuls, choreographer Zach (Michael Douglas) leads a select group of dancers on an audition that could change their lives forever in this stunning adaptation of the hit Broadway musical.

A Chorus Line

This character study centers on the agonies and delights of a widower and his artistically inclined son, who try to salvage their relationship after the father gets fired from his construction job.

Harry And Son

A son wants to be like his father and earn himself a place in the family crime syndicate. Together with his brother, he forms his own gang to gain his dad's respect. Efforts backfire as the father fears that he is losing control.

At Close Range

A young writer sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him.

Somewhere In Time

Winner of two Academy Awards®, TENDER MERCIES is a compassionate love story tracing the relationship between a burnt-out country western star and the young widow he meets in a small Texas motel.

Tender Mercies

Attorney Oldman successfully defends accused killer Kevin Bacon. It is only after proving his client's innocence by discrediting eyewitness, that Oldman discovers Bacon is guilty--and intends to kill again.

Criminal Law

A compelling drama based on the real experiences of journalist Richard Boyle in strife-ridden El Salvador in 1980-81.

Salvador

This intriguing film features John Heard as a boozy, belligerent Vietnam vet who seeks passionate revenge on a murderer after his aimless friend (Jeff Bridges) is falsely accused of the crime.

Cutter's Way

Solomon Northup was a black man in the mid 19th century who was born a freeman and worked as a carpenter and part-time musician. Approached to play for a group of men, he is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Francis Ford Coppola's lavish, 1930s-era epic comes to a vivid new life in this newly remastered and restored version featuring never-before-seen scenes and musical sequences.

Cotton Club Encore

Three mutilated bodies are found in Moscow's Gorky Park, and it's up to Russian police officer Arkady Renko to find the maniacal killer. From the best-selling mystery novel by Martin Cruz Smith.

'80s Drama Movies

All '80s Drama Movies, listed alphabetically