Films Released in the 1970s and 1980s

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  1. 2. A 1981 neo-noir political thriller directed by Brian De Palma starring John Travolta as a movie sound recordist who accidentally captures audio proof of a political assassination.
  2. 3. A 1984 period biographical drama directed by Milos Forman that chronicles the fictionalized, intense rivalry between composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri in Vienna.
  3. 5. A 1980 independent psychological drama following a young woman haunted by the lingering societal legacy and reputation of her husband's deceased first wife.
  4. 7. A 1989 superhero film directed by Tim Burton starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader and Jack Nicholson as his disfigured arch-nemesis, the Joker.
  5. 8. A 1986 war film written and directed by Oliver Stone based on his own military experiences, exploring the moral dualism faced by a soldier during the Vietnam War.
  6. 10. A 1983 romantic drama following a passionate Pittsburgh steel mill welder who moonlights as an exotic dancer while dreaming of entering a prestigious ballet academy.
  7. 11. A 1973 independent British period drama depicting the early adulthood struggles of an impoverished orphan navigating Victorian London's industrial working conditions.
  8. 14. A 1979 historical drama chronicling the decadent, violent, and highly controversial reign of the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
  9. 16. A 1985 epic action drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that serves as a military adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, set in feudal Japan.
  10. 17. A 1979 West German horror film directed by Werner Herzog that serves as a stylized, atmospheric homage to F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent vampire film.
  11. 19. A 1983 crime drama directed by Brian De Palma starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who rises to become a powerful, cocaine-addicted drug kingpin in Miami.
  12. 22. A 1982 musical comedy-drama directed by John Huston about a spunky depression-era orphan who is invited to stay at the mansion of billionaire Oliver Warbucks.
  13. 24. A 1979 epic war drama directed by Francis Ford Coppola tracking a secret river mission in Vietnam to assassinate a rogue Special Forces Colonel named Kurtz.
  14. 25. A 1982 romantic comedy directed by Sydney Pollack starring Dustin Hoffman as a talented but volatile actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a role on a popular daytime soap opera.
  15. 26. A 1978 superhero film directed by Richard Donner starring Christopher Reeve as the iconic Man of Steel defending Metropolis from the schemes of Lex Luthor.
  16. 27. A 1976 sports drama written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as an uneducated, working-class Italian-American boxer who gets an improbable shot at the world heavyweight championship.
  17. 30. A 1987 romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison starring Cher as a widowed Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered younger brother.
  18. 31. A 1982 biographical drama directed by Richard Attenborough that details the life of the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule.
  19. 35. A 1985 dystopian satirical science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam centered on a low-level bureaucrat trying to correct an administrative error in a highly bureaucratized, totalitarian society.
  20. 37. A 1987 science fiction action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite military rescue team stalked by a technologically advanced alien trophy hunter in a Central American jungle.
  21. 38. A 1981 independent animated musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale featuring an updated, contemporary synth-pop soundtrack.
  22. 41. A 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson starring David Bowie as the Goblin King and featuring a cast of complex animatronic puppets.
  23. 42. A 1985 independent post-apocalyptic thriller detailing a lone survivor navigating a toxic, isolated wasteland caused by an industrial chemical disaster.
  24. 43. A 1989 psychological horror thriller directed by Rob Reiner about a famous novelist held captive by an obsessed fan who forces him to rewrite his latest book.
  25. 47. A 1978 musical romantic comedy starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John that explores the high school romance between a leather-jacketed greaser and a wholesome Australian transfer student.
  26. 48. A 1977 surrealist horror film directed by David Lynch in his feature debut, following a man navigating a bleak industrial landscape and caring for his grossly deformed infant child.
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  1. 1. A 1982 supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper about a suburban California family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct their youngest daughter through a television screen.
  2. 4. A 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg centered on a man-eating great white shark that terrorizes the fictional resort town of Amity Island.
  3. 6. A 1974 neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski starring Jack Nicholson as a private investigator who uncovers a massive conspiracy involving Los Angeles water rights.
  4. 9. A 1979 romantic comedy-drama filmed in black-and-white, tracking the complicated romantic life of a twice-divorced television writer living in New York City.
  5. 12. A 1987 cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven centered on a terminally wounded Detroit police officer resurrected as a cyborg law enforcer struggling with his past memories.
  6. 13. A 1984 comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante about a young man who receives a strange, cuddly creature as a pet, which then spawns destructive monsters when rules are broken.
  7. 15. A 1972 musical drama directed by Bob Fosse starring Liza Minnelli as an American lounge singer performing at the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi party.
  8. 18. A 1976 satirical drama directed by Sidney Lumet about a struggling television network that ruthlessly exploits the mental breakdown of its veteran news anchor for high ratings.
  9. 20. A 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott following the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo as they are stalked by a predatory extraterrestrial creature.
  10. 21. A 1980 teen musical drama directed by Alan Parker that chronicles the lives and struggles of students attending the High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
  11. 23. A 1973 supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin concerning the demonic possession of a twelve-year-old girl and her mother's desperate attempts to win her back through a ritual.
  12. 28. A 1981 romantic comedy starring Dudley Moore as a wealthy, alcoholic New York playboy who falls for a working-class girl from Queens and risks losing his inheritance.
  13. 29. A 1981 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg concerning an underground subculture of individuals with powerful telekinetic and telepathic abilities capable of exploding human heads.
  14. 32. A 1972 survival thriller directed by John Boorman following four city men whose canoeing trip down a remote Georgia river turns into a violent nightmare.
  15. 33. A 1988 fantasy comedy directed by Tim Burton about a recently deceased couple who hire a malicious "bio-exorcist" to scare away the new living inhabitants of their home.
  16. 34. A 1986 sports film directed by Hal Needham centered on a small-town teenager who overcomes corrupt corporate sponsors to compete in a major local BMX racing event.
  17. 36. A 1980 satirical parody comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers, set entirely aboard a troubled commercial flight with a traumatized former fighter pilot at the controls.
  18. 37. A 1983 horror sequel directed by Richard Franklin that follows Norman Bates after his release from a mental institution as he attempts to return to a normal life at his motel.
  19. 39. A 1974 independent romantic drama set along the Moroccan coastline detailing the unexpected reunion of two former wartime lovers.
  20. 40. A 1979 musical anti-war comedy-drama directed by Milos Forman about a draft-board draftee from Oklahoma who meets and befriends a group of New York City hippies.
  21. 44. A 1981 epic historical drama directed by and starring Warren Beatty about the life and career of John Reed, the American journalist who chronicled the Russian Revolution.
  22. 45. A 1978 independent slasher film directed by John Carpenter starring Jamie Lee Curtis as a teenage babysitter targeted by an escaped psychiatric patient wearing a white mask.
  23. 46. A 1970 satirical dark comedy film directed by Robert Altman following a unit of medical personnel at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.
  24. 47. A 1986 independent sports drama tracking an underdog fighter navigating the brutal, unregulated subculture of illegal underground bare-knuckle boxing leagues.