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Monsignor (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: catholic priest, pope, world war two, religion, christian, christianity, sicilian, black market, scandal, nun, catholic, catholic church ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 50s, 1950s, post world war two
Place: italy, brooklyn new york city, rome italy
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Moonlighting (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and ...
Style: political, tense, realistic, bleak, dark comedy ...
Plot: culture clash, worker, renaissance, polish, construction worker, boss and employee, misfit, workplace, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, disorder ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: poland, london, eastern europe, england, europe ...
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Mother Lode (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish miner, who has lived in isolation for many decades ...
Style: retro, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure hunter, survival, gold, killer, aviation, airplane crash, hunter, cowboy, mine, cave, twins ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: british columbia, scotland, europe, alaska
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My Favorite Year (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star.
Style: funny, humorous, witty, touching, parody ...
Plot: writers, swashbuckler, farce, alcoholic, satire, television, gangster, sketch, fame, bad father, workplace, alcoholism ...
Time: 1950s, year 1982, 20th century, 50s, year 1954
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, new york, connecticut
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Night Shift (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, talky, intense ...
Plot: pimp, prostitution, friendship, sex club, nightlife, cons and scams, misfit, nightclub, anger, elevator, argument, gangster ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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That Night in Varennes (1982)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when revolutionists arrest the fleeing King Louis.
Style: historical drama, road movie, costume drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: french revolution, king of france, revolution, teenage prostitute, older man young girl relationship, female nudity, writers, escape attempt, aristocracy, time machine, revolutionary, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1982, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, europe
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O'Hara's Wife (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Workaholic attorney Bob O'Hara (Asner) is devastated when his wife (Hartley) dies suddenly. She returns to "haunt" him, however, (a la "Topper") and her mission is to persuade him to slow down, watch his own health, and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: afterlife, family relations, wife, children, ghost, hospital, cemetery, jail, workaholic, husband wife relationship, life support
Time: year 1982
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An enchanting comedy set in post-World War Two Britain. It studies a teenage boy's relationships and period of sexual awakening. A cricket-obsessed adolescent, Alan Duckworth lusts after his classmate Ann. When the pair score the lead roles in ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Plot: coming of age, corporal punishment, cricket, school, post war, first love, teenage protagonist, love, wartime, judaism, friends, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 80s, year 1948
Place: england, europe
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Paradise (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After their caravan is attacked and their respective families butchered by Arab marauders, teenagers David and Sarah flee across the desert. But the desert is filled with danger from the elements, animals and the unwholesome appetite of the Jackal, ...
Style: erotic, sexy, serious, captivating, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: young love, teenage sex, teenager, making love, exploitation, danger, love and romance, camel, sex scene, coming of age, love, erotica ...
Time: victorian era, year 1982, 1820s, 19th century
Place: britain, middle east, arabia
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Parasite (1982)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dystopian future, deadly creature, parasite, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, save the world, monster, survival, dystopia, alien, bio weapon, danger ...
Time: future, year 1982, year 1992, 90s, near future
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Partners (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual, detective ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, serial killer, pretending to be gay, buddy cop, glbt, murder, male pubic hair, gay subtext, investigation, law enforcement, unlikely partners ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
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Q (1982)
Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest ...
Style: detective, scary, atmospheric, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: monster, anti hero, giant monster, police investigation, kaiju, blood, skyscraper, thief, transformation, creature feature, violence spree, deadly creature ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
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Querelle (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Here is the story of a beautiful, proud and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drugs-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel ...
Style: sexual, controversial, erotic, art house, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, murder, surrealism, lgbt, male male relationship, lgbtq, psychology, sexuality, glbt, serial killer ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: During the medieval times, Martin Guerre returns to his hometown in the middle of France, after being away in the war since he was a child. Nobody recognise him, and the people who knew him suspect he is not Martin, but he knows all about his family ...
Style: atmospheric, thought provoking, historically accurate, sad, anthology ...
Plot: medieval, identity theft, adultery, tudors, ancient, courtroom drama, historical event, french history, renaissance, lawyer, philosophy, time machine ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, medieval times, year 1982, ancient times
Place: france, south of france, europe
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Private Popsicle (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Three young Israeli men join the army, and it soon turns out that they're more interested in chasing skirts than following orders.
Style: sex comedy, sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: military life, teenager, israeli, nudity, military service, sexual content, silly humor, couples, power relations, friends, disorder, fall in love ...
Time: year 1982, 50s, 20th century
Place: israel
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
Style: entertaining, touching, epic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: runaway, happy ending, youth, kidnapping, politician, memory, storytelling, police, ransom, child, neglect, family relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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The Seduction (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.
Style: slasher, sexy, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: stalker, female pubic hair, skinny dipping, obsession, female nudity, erotica, stalking, nudity, voyeur, model, gay, woman with a gun ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
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The Sender (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
Style: psychological, serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: psychic, mind control, supernatural, mental illness, mental institution, psychic power, hospital, mind game, suicide attempt, psychopath, doctors and patients, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, year 1965
Place: los angeles
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Shoot the Moon (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners.
Style: realistic, emotional, offbeat, serious, psychological ...
Plot: divorce, dysfunctional family, family relations, writers, marriage, infidelity, husband, wife, adultery, violence, youth, women ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: bay area, san francisco
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Six Pack (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racing, race, auto racing, classic car, car, motor racing, driving, children, auto mechanic, car chase, race car, redneck ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: texas, austin texas, usa, birmingham alabama
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Six Weeks (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: terminal illness, cancer, christmas, illness, cancer patient, campaign, couples, family relations, forbidden love, youth, life is a bitch, dancer's life ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new york, california
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The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests ...
Style: slasher, scary, grindhouse, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, teenager, murder, high school, gory, psychopath, women, blood, massacre, 18 year old, nudity, camp ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: venice california, los angeles, venice beach california
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Smithereens (1982)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Style: independent film, sexy, indie film, psychological thriller, grim ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: punk rock, punk, feminist, rock, rock and roll, coming of age, price of fame, visceral, bad girl, underground, feminism, pain ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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The Snowman (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story: A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes the boy on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Style: christmas classics, sweet, sad, heartbreaking, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, winter, xmas, snow, christmas spirit, cold, new year's eve, ice, dance ...
Time: 1900s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: antarctic, brighton, england
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The Soldier (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Style: retro, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, machine gun, oil, espionage, exploitation, war on terror, cavalry, undercover, soldier, race against time, kgb, hijacking ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: saudi arabia, east germany, germany, middle east, new york ...
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Soup for One (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A neurotic young New Yorker believes he has found his perfect match and desperately tries to win her over.
Style: indie film, sex comedy
Plot: food, woman, single mother, dating, obsession, friendship between men, female nudity, looking for love, dream girl
Time: year 1982
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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Split Image (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.
Style: spiritual, retro, independent film, weird
Plot: religion, hidden treasure, occult, atheism, religions or cults, true love, bare chested male, villain as protagonist, photography, blonde, van, photograph ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
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Squizzy Taylor (1982)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.
Style: crying, period piece, independent film
Plot: death of killer, breaking the law, death of protagonist, short man, urban setting, man with glasses, blond, crime victim, accountant, world war one veteran, unhappy ending, mirror ...
Time: year 1982, 1910s, 1920s
Place: melbourne, australia
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise on a two week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a life or death struggle when Khan escapes from years of ...
Style: saga, futuristic, epic, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, revenge, star trek, planet, space opera, self sacrifice, midlife crisis, space station, space, villain, trap, brainwashing ...
Time: future, year 1982, 23rd century
Place: space western
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Starstruck (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style: realistic, psychotronic, erotic, laugh out loud, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, love and romance, ambition, showbiz, rock and roll, musician's life, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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