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Descent Into Hell (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Descente aux enfers
director: Francis Girod actor: Claude Brasseur / Sophie Marceau …
other title: Discesa all'inferno / Abstieg zur Hölle …
The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...
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Kamikaze (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kamikaze
director: Didier Grousset actor: Richard Bohringer / Dominique Lavanant …
other title: Kamikaze - TV-Tod live / Kamikaze – TV-Tod live
1986 film by Didier Grousset
Nov. 11, 2025 to watch > A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.
Thriller LucBesson SciFi 1980s RichardBohringer
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Terminus (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Terminus
director: Pierre-William Glenn actor: Johnny Hallyday / Karen Allen …
A lone driver navigates a high-tech truck through dangerous territory in a deadly cross-country racing sport. After the guidance system fails, a new driver must bond with the truck's AI while dodging attacks and uncovering sinister plots.
Nov. 12, 2025 watched
Mad Max influenced-sci-fi that's an incomprehensible mess by the end of which I didn't know or care what happened to the characters.

Only earns that half-star by having Jürgen Prochnow in a red troll wig.
JohnnyHallyday JurgenProchnow ActionSciFi Action 1980s
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Thief (1981)
Thief
8.2 (8 ratings) director: Michael Mann actor: James Caan / Tuesday Weld …
other title: Strade violente / Voldens gade …
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
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The Heroes (1980) WikiData IMDb
少林英雄
director: Pao Hsueh-Li / Wu Ma actor: Ti Lung / Shih Szu …
other title: Ti Lung - Die tödliche Kobra / 少林英雄 …
Former Shaolin man Marshal Kao takes his former classmates prisoner and, instead of executing them, proposes to his Qing commander that he torture them until they're willing to fight on behalf of the Qings. The 'torture' comes to look increasingly like strenuous kung fu training with Kao putting the prisoners through their paces. The Qing governor and his aides become suspicious of Kao's motives, although the beautiful Princess Shao Lung develops her own ideas about him.
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap
8.6 (8 ratings) director: Rob Reiner actor: Christopher Guest / Michael McKean …
other title: On the Rocks / Spinal Tap …
"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 dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers
8.8 (8 ratings) director: John Landis actor: Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi …
other title: The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues / Blues Brothers …
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
March 1, 2026 watched
One of my all time faves!

Seen multiple times over the decades. This latest watch (28 February 2026) was of the extended version (2hrs 28mins), which I missed in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
Musical Comedon USA 1980s Soul
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8.1 (7 ratings) director: John Hughes actor: Steve Martin / John Candy …
other title: Un biglietto in due / Røvtur på 1. klasse …
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
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Stripes (1981)
Stripes
director: Ivan Reitman actor: Bill Murray / Harold Ramis …
other title: Stripes - Un plotone di svitati / Røven af 4. division …
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.
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Vampires on Bikini Beach (1988) IMDb TMDB
Vampires on Bikini Beach
director: Mark Headley actor: Jennifer Badham / Todd Kaufman …
Two teenagers find a book called "The Book of the Dead," and soon they discover that a vampire cult, which needs the book to raise the dead so they can take over the world, is after them.
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Fright Night Part 2
director: Tommy Lee Wallace actor: Roddy McDowall / William Ragsdale …
other title: Ammazzavampiri 2 / Gysertimen 2 …
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!
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Mad Love (1985) IMDb TMDB
L'Amour braque
director: Andrzej Żuławski actor: Sophie Marceau / Tchéky Karyo …
other title: Amour braque - L'amore balordo / Skør kærlighed …
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
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L'unique (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
L'Unique
director: Jérôme Diamant-Berger actor: Julia Migenes / Sami Frey …
other title: L'Unique / The Original
A famous rock singer is being overtaken. Vox, the album and live producer of the singer, prepares a real revolution with the help of a scientist. With holography, they would like to create the perfect copy of the star.