Year 1984 movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1984 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out eighties, atmospheric, weird, realistic, serious and independent film films and TV shows about / with friendship, murder, flashback, father son relationship, death, cigarette smoking, photograph, dream, police and danger plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1984: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Summer of 84 (2018), Loving Pablo (2017), Terminator Genisys (2015), Billy Elliot (2000), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Ghostbusters (1984), Tetris (2023), Code of a Killer (2015), Days and Nights (2014).

List of year 1984 movies

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 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.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, political, bleak ...
Plot: distopia, brainwashing, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, surveillance, fascism, alternate reality, political corruption, female nudity, totalitarian state, propaganda ...
Time: future, year 1984, 80s, near future, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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 6.7
 46K
Summer of 84 (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer.
Style: suspense, disturbing, slasher, psychological, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, group of friends, friendship, psychopath, murder, neighbor, murder suspect, private investigation, basement, murder mystery, child killer, cop ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 2010s
Place: oregon
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 6.3
 22K
Loving Pablo (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.
Style: factual, serious, exciting, rough, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug lord, drug cartel, cocaine, journalist, pablo escobar, colombian drug cartel, assassination, congress, drug traffic, latinx lead, drug dealing, fighting crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2017, year 1982, year 1993 ...
Place: colombia, south america, panama, latin america, florida
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: time travel, cyborgs, robot, androids and robots, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, man versus machine, killer robot, dark future, terminator ...
Time: future, year 1984, 2010s, year 2017, year 1997 ...
Place: san francisco, los angeles
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 7.7
 142K
Billy Elliot (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, friendship, childhood, gay, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s ...
Place: england, northern england, london, europe
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Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Style: sincere, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, behind enemy lines, war, nazi, african american, soldier, fascism, world war, battles, war crime, racism, interracial relations ...
Time: 1940s, year 1984, 80s, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, new york, harlem ...
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 7.8
 442K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
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 7.4
 82K
Tetris (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
Style: dark comedy, captivating, dramatic, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: cold war, video game, salesman, biopic, legal, job, game, engineer, designer, puzzle, computer, economist ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 70s, year 1979
Place: japan, ussr, moscow russia, russia, soviet union
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Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020)
Genre: Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben, Sarah discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.
Style: talky, psychological, romantic, emotional, touching
Plot: christmas, holiday, hotel guest, fall in love, lawyer, christmas season, christmas party, love affair, love, lovers, relationships, couples ...
Time: year 1984
Place: new york
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Code of a Killer (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot: investigation, police, serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, murder, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries, homicide detective, biology, forensics ...
Time: year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place: england
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Days and Nights (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
Style: humorous, touching, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, estate, parents and children, accident, summer, anton chekhov, siblings relations, eagle, suicide, director, actress ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new england, usa
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 7.8
 61K
Pride (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style: touching, political, witty, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, friendship, prejudice, gay relationship, mining town, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, year 1984, year 2014, 80s ...
Place: england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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 7.5
 104K
Blood Simple (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style: neo noir, suspense, psychological, independent film, tense ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: murder, private detective, murder mystery, extramarital affair, adultery, crime gone awry, twists and turns, hired killer, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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 6.8
 38K
Body Double (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous blonde dancing ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: voyeurism, obsession, sex, exhibitionist, twists and turns, sexual intercourse, porn star, voyeur, peeping tom, serial killer, stalking, police investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984
Place: los angeles, usa
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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. ...
Style: black and white, funny, talky, clever, touching ...
Plot: screwball, showbiz, gangster, thanksgiving, mafia, female protagonist, art, comedian, girlfriend, artist, profanity, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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 7.3
 246K
Gremlins (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, christmas horror, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, monster, supernatural, small town, transformation, creature, holiday, winter, deadly creature, gremlin, father son relationship, snow ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s
Place: usa
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, manly, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, archaeology, treasure, adventurer, artifact, tombs and skeletons, good versus evil, indiana jones, crocodile, human sacrifice, survival ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1984, year 1935
Place: india, china, shanghai
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the ...
Style: anime, manga, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot: ecology, environmental, post apocalypse, nature, steampunk, insect, female protagonist, apocalypse, teenage girl, giant insect, environment, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, year 1984, middle ages, medieval times
Place: japan
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style: disturbing, rough, political, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot: genocide, journalism, vietnam war, war, photographer, civil war, photograph, brutality, anti war, friendship, photography, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1984
Place: cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, dream, supernatural horror, murder, nightmare, gory, serial killer, fear, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place: ohio, usa
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 229 min.
Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style: epic, ambiguous ending, melancholic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, gunfight, betrayal, childhood friend, corruption, criminal heroes, mobster ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, usa, america, israel, china ...
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 8.1
 117K
Paris, Texas (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style: road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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A Passage to India (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: The film is set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. It begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested (Judy Davis), who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate ...
Style: epic, scenic, talky, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: british empire, politics, british raj, lawyer, small town, racism, tourist, colonialism, culture clash, investigation, false accusation, legal ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: india, asia, bombay india, himalaya, kashmir ...
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Places in the Heart (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Style: uplifting, christian film, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: great depression, farm, blindness, racism, small town, ku klux klan, survival, friendship, mother, blind character, bittersweet, redemption ...
Time: 1930s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1935
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
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 6.9
 41K
Repo Man (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, black comedy, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, alien, surrealism, car trunk, punk rocker, absurdism, mad scientist, car chase, conspiracy theory, punk rock, ufo, business ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place: california, los angeles, arizona, usa
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 7.5
 14K
Sexmission (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, the World War III breaks out and life have been wiped out of the surface ...
Style: sexy, sexual, apocalyptic, futuristic, offbeat ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, polish, society, friendship, sexist, nudity, tribe, post apocalyptic, sex, blonde, friendship between men, underground city ...
Time: future, year 1984, near future, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie, his pal Eddie, and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous ...
Style: independent film, road movie, black and white, art house, contemplative ...
Plot: minimalism, immigrant, road trip, on the road, snow, existentialism, dialogue, coming of age, melancholy, jazz, culture clash, loneliness ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: florida, new york, ohio, cleveland ohio, hungary ...
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style: mockumentary, parody, spoof, funny, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heavy metal, music, musician, rock and roll, satire, singer, rock, music band, pianist, found footage, rock music, fame ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: seattle, middle east, austin texas, memphis, los angeles ...
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The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, book, bookstore, child protagonist, school, evil force, boy ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
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