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Footloose; February 17
Repo Man; March 2
This is Spinal Tap; March 2
Splash; March 9
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; March 11 (in Japan; the film that started Studio Ghibli)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; March 30
Romancing the Stone; March 30
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; April 13 (spoiler: it was not the final chapter)
Iceman; April 13
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; May 23
Once Upon a Time in America; June 1 (Sergio Leone's final film)
Star Trek III: the Search for Spock; June 1
Ghostbusters; June 8
Gremlins; June 8
Top Secret!; June 8
The Karate Kid; June 22
The Last Starfighter; July 13
The Muppets Take Manhattan; July 13
The NeverEnding Story; July 20
Revenge of the Nerds; July 20
Purple Rain; July 27
The Philadelphia Experiment; August 3
Red Dawn; August 10
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension; August 15
Dreamscape; August 15
Amadeus; September 19
Body Double; October 26
The Terminator; October 26
The Killing Fields; November 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street; November 9
Beverly Hills Cop; December 5
2010: The Year We Make Contact; December 7
The Cotton Club; December 14
Dune; December 14 (I unironically like that version best)
1984; December 14
A Passage to India; December 14 (David Lean's final film)
Starman; December 14
The Return of Godzilla; December 15 (in Japan; a return to a more dramatic, less goofy portrayal of Godzilla)
twoamartist
I was 16. What a great year. Saw some of these at the Drive In!
redheadedrobot
#34 Music by Toto gets me everytime I rewatch this version 😂
BrittasaurusRexxx
Some absolute bangers on that list!
mystreT
I wanna go back
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
#4: Darryl Hannah's character was named Madison. In 1983, 0 newborns in the U.S. had that name. In 1984, 42 did. In 1985, 299 did. It peaked in 2001 with 22,162. https://www.everything-birthday.com/name/f/Madison
circlebreaker
#2
Swinglowmysweetballs
I was 16 in 1984 and watched all these movies, I remember watching Nightmare on elm Street in the cinema, was an awesome night.
painkiller1968
spiderjohn36
A lot of great movies that year. I highly recommend two of the more overlooked of those flicks: Buckaroo Banzai, and The Killing Fields.
KommSusserTod
Yo, can we bring back the epicness of 70s and 80s movie posters?
twofingerdoubletap
I saw most of those in the theater.
rooser
devolutionary
I still want to be Buckaroo Banzai when I grow up.
TrapperGinHawkeye
I was 10 and I watched all of them, likely over the next few years!!! Superchannel (Canadian Movie Channels) was awesome back in the day. “R” didn’t seem to matter back then.
anoldiebutagoodie
Holy moly! I was 15 that year. Some of these movies were so important at the time! Is it just me, or are there ridiculous amounts of major classics that year?
SecretAgentSuperBooger
sydneygirl
I love this movie!
deejaynoob
Here I was, minding my own business, and having a good day.....then I see this. Didn't think I needed to be reminded I'm ancient, but here we are.
Jace99
This makes me sad. Now all we get are sequels and remakes. Borrrrrriing.
ThisIsMyShadowBanAccount
I do feel compelled to point out that about a fifth of these are sequels or remakes, and of those that aren't, 11 have had their own sequels or remakes, to varying degrees of artistic integrity.
ElbowDeepInAJedi
I'm old.
Snooj
#1 No lie, one of my most favorite movies is Footloose with the commentary turned on. You need to experience it.
Gamerm0m
I was 14 and saw a lot of these in the theater. $2.00 tickets and $5 for popcorn and 2 drinks. Those were the days!
MyPseudoIsAlduinSkyrimStoleItFromMe
I was 6 that year so I've watch most of those film on beta max ot vhs. The 80s were amazing at entertainment
AbeFromanPartyOf3
I snuck out of summer basketball camp to go see Ghostbusters. Good times.
Hellstorm99
#17 death blossom!
jsexton
Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier from Zur and the Ko-Dan armada. Fuck yes.
jaqdem
Wow. What a year!
britdick
Jeez, Louise. What a year. I am one of those rare folks who LOVED “2010” - 👽.
SectsPanther
You are not alone. I can quote the whole thing.
sleestacks
“If it has to taste like this, I don’t care of my electrolytes are balanced.”
happywalker
The22ndDoctor
Most people quote it by accident. "My God, it's full of stars" was never in 2001, only 2010.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
R.I.P. Harry Dean Stanton
DecentUsernameUnavailable
avoiding tense situations...
SecretAgentSuperBooger
rcgom
hey kid, you do speed? you do now, all repo men do speed.
C141Clay
cuttlesquirt
I am also spawned that year.... between revenge of the nerds and purple rain. This makes sense.
janedope
Same!
MachineInterface
Pretty good year imo
cardinal29
Guy I was dating loved Sci-fi, we saw a lot of these.
guitarfourtysix
Oh man I didn't know Repo Man was produced by Mike Nesmith
Nahnahyeah
Also an 84 baby and I didn't know so many of these were the same year. Really glad Dune was on there.
90sWereGold
84 baby. I was most surprised by Amadeus. Figured that was 90s
EarthTourist
Yeah holy shit
Datsinginguy
For movies? Absolutely! And music too.
newsguycraigevans
Some real bangers in there
grayone64
Seeing this list reminds me how much time I spent in cinemas in the early 80s. There are only 2 movies I didn't see.
lordelordelorde
Which two
GigiDundas
I saw The Karate Kid in the theater on my 6th birthday, it was probably my first theater experience because it's definitely the first I remember.
CairoLen
I saw a lot of them on VHS a few years later, and a few in the cinema.
koops
From memory around that time ticket prices, for a kid/concession, was ~$2.50aud.
grayone64
I was an adult living in Scotland. If I remember correctly it cost £2:50.
azizlight2
I never knew these all came out in 1984... what a great year
bitchgotaname
Amazing! so many great movies
neospor1n
It was a good year, 86 was also pretty epic
DVSBSTrD
Reagan got reelected: a great year for entertainment is always a terrible year for reality.
IamMadeOfShamrocks
Many of these movies have become iconic. Can't think of anything that came out recently that has had the same cultural impact.
Mershkaderk
Surely Anan Quantumania. A veritable classic.
Mershkaderk
Ant man.
Ghlargh
Sometimes it takes a few years before a movie rises above the rest. The original Terminator movie wasn't really that big, the big one was Terminator 2 which then drew new attention to the first movie. Other movies were just average at release and only came to be viewed as great movies a decade or two later.
tentacularfleshscape
Culture is infinitely more fragmented now. There's YouTubers we've never heard of with five million subscribers
IamMadeOfShamrocks
The same thing applies to music I feel. And TV shows. And video games. So much choice and content it all gets spread so thinly.
PragmaticPrimate
The movie industry on the other hand is much less fragmented than it was then
tentacularfleshscape
Which I imagine would mean less chances taken