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Film Franchises, 1980-1989
- Alien
- Aliens (1986) — "Get away from her, you bitch!"
- American Ninja
- American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
- American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
- Amityville
- Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
- Amityville 3-D (1983)
- Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) — Ie the one about the evil lamp.
- The Angel Trilogy:
- Angel (1984)
- Avenging Angel (1985)
- Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)
- Anpanman film series
- Let's Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's Tear (1989)
- Ator
- Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)
- The Blade Master (1984)
- Iron Warrior (1987)
- Back to the Future — Fun with Time Travel.
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- A Better Tomorrow — The franchise that kickstarted the Heroic Bloodshed genre.
- A Better Tomorrow (1986)
- A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
- A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
- The Black Cobra (1987)
- Black Cobra 2 (1988)
- Blade Runner
- Blade Runner (1982) — A definitive, influential work of Cyberpunk.
- Blood Cult (1985)
- Revenge (1986)
- Boggy Creek
- The Boogeyman (1980)
- The Boogeyman (1980)
- The Boogeyman 2 (1983)
- Breakin'
- Breakin' (1984)
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)note
- Cheech & Chong:
- Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
- Nice Dreams (1981)
- Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
- Still Smokin (1983)
- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
- C.H.U.D.
- C.H.U.D. (1984)
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
- Care Bears
- The Care Bears Movie (1985) — Actually beat out The Black Cauldron.
- Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
- The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland (1987) — The Care Bears and their Cousins are searching for a princess, and a young girl they come across looks like her.
- Contamination (1980)
- Creepshow
- Creep Show (1982)
- Creepshow 2 (1987)
- Critters
- Critters (1986)
- Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
- "Crocodile" Dundee
- Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- The Curse
- The Curse (1987)
- Curse II: The Bite (1989)
- Deathstalker Series
- Deathstalker (1983)
- Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987)
- Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)
- Deathstalker IV: Match of the Titans (1989)
- Death Wish
- Death Wish II (1982)
- Death Wish 3 (1985)
- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
- The Decalogue (1989)
- Decalogue One
- Decalogue Two
- Decalogue Three
- Decalogue Four
- Decalogue Five
- Decalogue Six
- Decalogue Seven
- Decalogue Eight
- Decalogue Nine
- Decalogue Ten
- Demons
- Dirty Harry
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- The Dead Pool (1988)
- Dragon Ball's Non Serial Movies
- Doraemon Film Series
- Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) - also it's 2006 remake
- Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space War (1985)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)
- Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)
- Ernest P. Worrell
- Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
- Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
- Evil Dead
- The Evil Dead (1981) — The debut of Sam Raimi
- Evil Dead 2 (1987) — Ash becomes the Badass we all know and love.
- The Exterminator (1980)
- Exterminator 2 (1984)
- Faces of Death
- Faces of Death II (1981)
- Faces of Death III (1985)
- The Worst of Faces of Death (1987)
- Fantozzi
- Fantozzi contro tutti (1980)
- Fantozzi subisce ancora (1983)
- Superfantozzi (1986)
- Fantozzi va in pensione (1988)
- The Fly (1986) — The remade David Cronenberg version. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
- The Fly II (1989)
- Friday the 13th — The first film is released in 1980, and thus the 80s' Slasher Movie craze begins.
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
- Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
- Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
- Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
- Fright Night
- Future Force (1989)
- Gamera
- Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
- George's Island (1989)
- Ghostbusters — Who you gonna call?
- Ghoulies
- Ghoulies (1984)
- Ghoulies II (1988)
- The Godfrey Ho Ninja Movies
- Godzilla
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Guinea Pig - A Japanese gore-horror series. One entry was so extreme in its brutality (and maybe-realism) that actor Charlie Sheen, after seeing it, contacted the authorities, believing he'd seen a legitimate snuff film.
- Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment (1985)
- Guinea Pig: Flowers of Flesh and Blood (1985) (It was this film Sheen saw, by the way)
- Guinea Pig: He Never Dies (1986)
- Guinea Pig: Devil Woman Doctor (1986)
- Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole (1988)
- Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame (1988)
- Gundam
- Halloween
- Halloween II (1981) (1981) — Sequel directly following the 1978 original. Takes place on the same, long night.
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Laurie Strode has supposedly died in a car accident. Michael Myers next hunts out Jamie Lloyd, Laurie's daughter and Michael's niece.
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Michael Myers and his niece Jamie Lloyd share a telepathic bond, which disturbs them both.
- Hannibal Lecter
- Manhunter (1986)
- Hellraiser
- Hellraiser (1987) — "We have such sights to show you..."
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- The Howling
- The Howling (1981)
- Howling II: Stirba: Werewolf Bitch (1985)
- Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)
- Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
- Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
- The Indiana Jones trilogy is released.
- Iron Angels — the quintessential Girls with Guns Hong Kong action classic.
- Iron Angels 2
- Iron Angels 3: Midnight Angels
- Iron Eagle — A film series about piloting adventures in the vein of Top Gun. Brian Griffin keeps inadvertently ripping off their plots for his book.
- Iron Eagle (1986)
- Iron Eagle II (1988)
- It's Alive
- It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
- James Bond films — Five official films (and one unofficial film) were made in this decade.
- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- Octopussy (1983)
- Never Say Never Again (1983) — Unofficial film starring Sean Connery.
- A View to a Kill (1985) — Roger Moore's last film as Bond after 12 years.
- The Living Daylights (1987) — Timothy Dalton's first film as Bond.
- Licence to Kill (1989) — Dalton's last film as Bond.
- Jaws
- Jaws 3-D (1983)
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
- Films based on the Kamen Rider franchise
- Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King (1980) — The Kamen Rider: Skyrider movie
- Kamen Rider Super-1 (1981)
- Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima (1988)
- Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass (1988)
- Kamen Rider: Run All Over the World (1989) — 3D short film featuring the four incarnations of Kamen Rider BLACK/Black RX
- The first three The Karate Kid movies
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- The Karate Kid Part II (1986) — In which Daniel-san finds love.
- The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Lethal Weapon — Trope Codifier for the buddy cop action-comedy. "I'm getting too old for this shit."
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Lethal Weapon 2 '(1989)
- Living Dead Series
- Mad Max
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) — Sparked the "post-apocalyptic" genre.
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
- Magnificent Warriors
- MD Geist
- M.D. Geist (1986)
- Films based on the Metal Heroes franchise
- Space Sheriff Shaider (1984)
- Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! (1984)
- Choujinki Metalder (1987)
- Kidou Keiji Jiban (1989)
- Missing in Action — Starring badass incarnate Chuck Norris.
- Missing in Action (1984)
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
- Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
- Mr. Vampire:
- Mr. Vampire (1985)
- Mr. Vampire II (1986)
- Mr. Vampire III (1987)
- Mr. Vampire IV (1988)
- The Muppets
- The Great Muppet Caper (1981) — A heist film starring The Muppets in which the Baseball Diamond Necklace is stolen, and in classic Muppet style, there's plenty of Breaking the Fourth Wall moments.
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- A Nightmare on Elm Street — Sweet dreams, gentle viewers.
- Not Quite Human
- Not Quite Human (1987)
- Not Quite Human II (1989)
- Oh, God!
- Oh, God! Book II (1980)
- Oh, God! You Devil (1984)
- The Omen
- Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
- Phantasm
- Phantasm II (1988)
- Phoenix
- The Pink Panther
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) — Built around unused/recycled footage of Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau from previous installments.
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) — Ted Wass becomes a Replacement Scrappy for Peter Sellers.
- Police Academy
- Police Academy (1984) — '"DON'T MOVE, DIRTBAG!"
- Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
- Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
- Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) with Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee...
- Police Story
- Police Story (1985)
- Police Story 2 (1988)
- Poltergeist
- Poltergeist (1982) — "They're heeeeeeeere..."
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
- Poltergeist III (1988)
- Porky's
- Porky's (1982)
- Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
- Porky's Revenge! (1985)
- Predator — "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
- Predator (1987)
- Prom Night
- Prom Night (1980) (1980)
- Hello Mary-Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
- Psycho
- Psycho II (1983).
- Psycho III (1986)
- Bates Motel (1987)
- The first three Rambo movies.
- First Blood (1982) — John Rambo makes his first appearance on the big screen.
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) — John Rambo returns to Vietnam to rescue POW's from commies.
- Rambo III (1988) — Rambo fights Soviets in Afghanistan.
- The Raven Trilogy
- When the Raven flies. (1984)
- In the shadow of the Raven (1988)
- Return of the Living Dead
- Revenge of the Nerds
- Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
- Rich and Famous
- Roar
- Rocky
- Romancing the Stone
- Romancing the Stone (1984)
- The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
- Satan's Slave
- Satan's Slave (1980)
- Television films based on Scooby-Doo:
- Films based on Sesame Street
- Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985)
- Screwballs
- Loose Screws (also known as Screwballs 2) (1985)
- The Shining Duology
- The Shining (1980) — "Heeeeeere's JOHNNY!"
- Silent Night, Deadly Night— Raised a massive controversy at the time for depicting Santa Claus as a crazed killer.note
- Sleepaway Camp — Murders are committed in a summer camp. Renowned in horror circles for one hell of a Twist Ending.
- Sleepaway Camp (1983)
- Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
- Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
- Slumber Party Massacre
- The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
- Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
- Sorority House Massacre (1986)
- Star Trek
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) — KHAAAAAN!
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) — the highlight of this movie is the Row Row Row Your Boat number.
- Star Wars — The last two films of the Original Trilogy.
- Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Ewok Adventures: Two television movies, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle of Endor (1985).
- The Stepfather — "Wait a minute...who am I here?"
- The Stepfather (1987)
- Stepfather II (1989)
- St. Trinian's gets one more installment after skipping the 1970s:
- The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)
- Superman Film Series
- Superman II (1980, Richard Lester version)
- Superman III (1983)
- Supergirl (1984)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
- Films based on the Super Sentai franchise
- Denshi Sentai Denziman (1980)
- Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981)
- Dai Sentai Goggle Five (1982)
- Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (1983)
- Choudenshi Bioman (1984)
- Dengeki Sentai Changeman 1 Dengeki Sentai Changeman]] (1985) — First of two movies based on Dengeki Sentai Changeman
- Dengeki Sentai Changeman (1985) — Second of two movies based on Dengeki Sentai Changeman
- Choushinsei Flashman (1986)
- Flashman Big Rally Titan Boy (1986) — Theatrical edit of episodes 15-18
- Hikari Sentai Maskman (1987)
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (1989)
- Swamp Thing
- Swamp Thing (1982)
- The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
- Tales for All
- The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984) — Featuring the coolest snow fort ever constructed in fiction.
- The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
- Bach and Broccoli(1986)
- The Young Magician(1987)
- The Great Land of Small (1987)
- The Tadpole and the Whale(1987)
- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
- Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood (1989}
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Tiger on Beat
- Tragic Hero
- The Toxic Avenger — Troma creates their most defining film and character.
- The Toxic Avenger (1984)
- The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
- The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
- Unico
- Waldemar Daninsky:
- The Craving (1980)
- The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
- Wee Sing
- Wisely:
- The Seventh Curse (1986)
- The Legend of Wisely (1987)
- Witchboard (1986)
- Zatoichi:
- Zatoichi: Darkness is His Ally (1989)
1980
- 9 to 5
- Airplane! — Set the standard for Affectionate Parodies.
- Alien 2: On Earth
- Alligator — One of the better of the countless Jaws knockoffs.
- Altered States
- American Gigolo
- Animalympics
- The Anthropophagus Beast
- The Apple
- Atlantic City
- Bad Timing
- Bat Without Wings
- Battle Beyond the Stars
- The Big Red One
- Il Bisbetico Domato
- Bizalom
- The Blue Lagoon (1980)
- The Blues Brothers — "We're on a Mission from God."
- Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown — Last of four feature films by the Peanuts gang.
- Breaker Morant
- Bronco Billy
- Brubaker
- Caddyshack "...when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."
- Cannibal Apocalypse
- Cannibal Holocaust — King of the Video Nasties and still one of the most brutal films ever made.
- Can't Stop the Music
- Carny
- The Chain Reaction
- The Changeling
- Christmas Evil
- City of the Living Dead
- The Club
- Coal Miner's Daughter
- Contraband (1980)
- Cruising
- The Day Time Ended
- A Deadly Secret
- Death Ship
- Death Watch (1980)
- The Dogs of War
- Don't Go in the House
- Don't Go in the Woods — Slasher Movie of legendary badness.
- Dressed to Kill
- Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
- The Elephant Man — He is not an animal, he is a human being.
- Fame
- Fatso
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu — Peter Sellers' last film
- The Final Countdown
- The First Deadly Sin
- Fists of the White Lotus - also known as Clan of the White Lotus
- Flag of Iron
- Flash Gordon (1980) — Savior of the universe.
- Foam Bath
- The Fog (1980)
- From the Life of the Marionettes
- Galaxina
- The Garage (1980)
- Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
- The Ghost Dance
- Gloria
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Gregory's Girl
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
- Hardly Working
- Harlequin
- Hawk the Slayer
- He Knows You're Alone
- Hell of the Living Dead
- Herbie Goes Bananas
- Hero At Large
- HEX
- Hide In Plain Sight
- The Hollywood Knights
- Hopscotch
- House on the Edge of the Park
- How To Beat The High Cost Of Living
- Humanoids from the Deep
- The Hunter (1980)
- The Idolmaker
- Inferno (1980)
- Inspector Blunder
- Iron Chain Fighter — also known as The Convict Killer
- The Island (1980)
- The Jazz Singer
- Kagemusha
- Killer Constable
- The King and the Mockingbird
- The Last Metro
- The Last Prom
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
- The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
- Little Darlings
- The Master (1980)
- Maniac! (1980)
- Melvin and Howard
- Midnight Madness
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
- The Missing Link
- Mon oncle d'Amérique
- The Monster Club
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
- Motel Hell — Farmer Vincent makes the best smoked meat in Deep South. It is because he makes them from people.
- Mother's Day
- My Bodyguard
- The Nest
- New Year's Evil
- Night of the Demon (1980)
- The Nightmare Never Ends
- The Ninth Configuration
- The Octagon
- Oh! Heavenly Dog
- Once Upon a Spy
- One-Trick Pony
- Ordinary People
- Out of the Blue
- Patrick Still Lives
- Per Aspera Ad Astra
- Pixote
- Popeye
- Port Arthur
- Private Benjamin
- The Private Eyes
- The Pumaman
- Raging Bull
- Raise the Titanic!
- Rendezvous With Death
- Resurrection (1980)
- The Return (1980)
- The Return of the King — The Rankin/Bass Productions adaptation
- Return of the Secaucus Seven - one of the early examples of the Independent Film Movement of the 1980's
- Return to the 36th Chamber
- Roadie (1980)
- Saturn 3
- The Sea Wolves
- Somewhere in Time
- Stardust Memories
- Stir Crazy
- The Stunt Man
- Super Fuzz
- Temptation Island — Filipino Camp classic.
- Ten Tigers From Kwangtung
- Terror Train
- Two Champions of Shaolin
- The Umbrella Coup
- Urban Cowboy
- Used Cars
- Virus (1980)
- The Watcher in the Woods
- When Time Ran Out...
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- Wholly Moses!
- Who's Singing Over There?
1981
- Absence of Malice
- Absurd (1981) — Unofficial sequel to The Antropophagus Beast.
- ...All the Marbles
- American Pop
- An American Werewolf in London — Features perhaps the greatest Body Horror transformation sequence ever put to film.
- Arthur
- Les Baba Cool
- Bewitched - strictly not to be confused with the TV series of the same name.
- The Beyond
- Bloody Birthday
- Bloody Moon
- Bloody Parrot
- Blow Out
- The Boat Is Full
- Body Heat
- Das Boot
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror
- The Burning
- Bustin' Loose
- Cannibal Ferox
- The Cannonball Run — Starring Burt Reynolds and Dom De Luise.
- Carbon Copy
- Carnival Magic
- Caveman
- Chariots of Fire — Known for its iconic theme song by Vangelis.
- La Chčvre
- Christiane F.
- Clan Feuds
- Clash of the Titans — Classic Ray Harryhausen vehicle featuring the story of Perseus and Medusa.
- The Clones of Bruce Lee
- Condorman
- Coup de Torchon
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow
- Dawn of the Mummy
- A Day of Judgment
- Dead & Buried
- Deadly Blessing
- Death Hunt
- The Decline of Western Civilization
- The Devil and Max Devlin
- The Devil at Your Heels
- Diva
- Dragonslayer
- Eijanaika
- The Emperor and His Brother
- Endless Love
- Escape from New York — Call him Snake.
- Escape to Victory
- Evilspeak
- Excalibur
- An Eye for an Eye (1981)
- Eye of the Needle
- Eyes of a Stranger
- Fear No Evil
- Final Exam
- Firebird 2015 A.D.
- Fort Apache, The Bronx
- The Four Seasons
- The Fox and the Hound
- Frankenstein Island
- The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Funeral Home
- The Funhouse
- Galaxy of Terror — by Roger Corman.
- Gallipoli
- Garde ŕ vue
- Genocide (1981)
- Ghostkeeper
- Goliath Awaits
- Goodbye Pork Pie
- Graduation Day
- The Great Muppet Caper
- The Hand
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Harry's War — a one-man fight (in a tank) against the IRS.
- Heartbeeps — A movie Andy Kaufman regretted making.
- Heaven's Gate — The name synonymous with film bombs.
- Heavy Metal — A surreal Animated Anthology from Canada.
- Hell Night
- History of the World Part I
- Home Sweet Home — Loony goes on a Thanksgiving murder spree. No, this was not made by Eli Roth.
- The House by the Cemetery
- Inchon — The film that named the Money, Dear Boy trope.
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman
- Inseminoid
- Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island
- Just Before Dawn
- ''Kagero-za
- Kill and Kill Again
- Knightriders
- The Last Chase
- The Last Shark
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger
- Lion of the Desert
- Lion Vs Lion
- The Loch Ness Horror
- Looker
- Lovely But Deadly
- Man of Iron
- The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
- Masked Avengers
- Mephisto
- Mommie Dearest — Infamous biopic about Joan Crawford. "NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!"
- Modern Problems
- Ms. 45
- Muddy River
- My Bloody Valentine
- My Dinner with Andre
- The Mystery of the Third Planet
- My Young Auntie
- Mystics in Bali
- Neighbors (1981)
- Nighthawks
- Nightmare
- Night School (1981)
- The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
- Night Witches of the Sky
- On Golden Pond
- Outland — Lone honest cop vs. drug-dealers on Io.
- Pennies from Heaven
- Peter No-Tail
- Piranha Part Two: The Spawning
- The Pit
- Polyester
- Possession
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) — remade from the 1946 Film Noir.
- Prince of the City
- Le Professionnel
- The Prowler
- The Queen of Black Magic
- Quest for Fire
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr
- Ragtime
- Reds (1981)
- Return of the Deadly Blade
- The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
- Road Games
- Rubberface — originally titled Introducing... Janet, first broadcast role of Jim Carrey.
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
- Saturday the 14th
- Say a Word for Poor Hussar
- Scanners — Psychic Powers + (((David Cronenberg))) = A very messy film.
- Scream (1981)
- The Sentimental Swordsman - entire trilogy, with the second film released in 1981
- Shaolin and Wu Tang
- Sharky's Machine
- Shock Treatment — Lesser known sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- Silsila
- S.O.B.
- Son of the White Horse
- La Soupe aux choux
- Southern Comfort
- Stripes
- Student Bodies
- Taps
- Tarzan, the Ape Man
- Teddy Bear — Miś in Poland.
- There Was a Little Girl
- Thief (1981)
- Three Brothers
- The Thrilling Sword
- Time Bandits
- Tower of Death - the true final film of Bruce Lee, released 8 years after his passing.
- True Confessions
- Tuck Everlasting
- Under the Rainbow
- Up the Academy
- Vabank
- Venom (1981)
- Vuk the Little Fox
- The Wave (1981), the TV movie that served as basis for the Young Adult novel of the same name.
- What Price Honesty
- Wolfen
- The Woman Next Door
- Zoot Suit
- Zorro, the Gay Blade
1982
- 2020 Texas Gladiators
- 48 Hrs. — starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy.
- Aces Go Places
- Ace of Aces
- Aikoku Sentai Dai-Nippon
- Airplane II: The Sequel
- Alone in the Dark (1982)
- Alsino and the Condor
- Annie (1982) - the Darker and Edgier film adaptation to the musical
- Arcadia of My Youth
- Attack Force Z
- The Atomic Cafe
- Author! Author!
- Basket Case
- Battletruck
- The Beastmaster — The film beloved by HBO and the old TBS superstation.
- Begin the Beguine
- Best Friends (1982)
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Buddha's Palm
- Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
- Café Flesh
- Cannery Row
- Cat People (remake)
- Chan Is Missing
- Class of 1984
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) — Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.
- Coolie Killer
- The Dark Crystal — Jim Henson's dark fantasy tale.
- Deadly Eyes
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Death Screams
- Deathtrap
- Demon of the Lute
- Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ
- Diner — arguably the Ur-Example of Seinfeldian Conversation in film.
- Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
- The Dorm That Dripped Blood
- The Draughtsman's Contract
- Eating Raoul
- Endangered Species
- The Entity
- Espion, lčve-toi
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — "ET, phone home."
- Evil Under the Sun
- Fanny and Alexander
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Firefox — The Cool Plane.
- Five Element Ninjas
- Fitzcarraldo
- The Flight of Dragons
- Flight of the Eagle
- Forbidden World
- Forbidden Zone
- Forced Vengeance
- The Forest (1982)
- Frances
- Gandhi — Biopic of the famous pacifist leader that earned star Ben Kingsley an Oscar.
- Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes
- The Ghost (1982)
- Golden Queens Commando
- Grease 2
- The Grey Fox
- Hammett
- Harry Tracy
- Heatwave
- Heidi's Song
- Hey Good Lookin'
- Himala
- Hospital Massacre
- House of Traps
- Human Lanterns
- Humongous
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
- Identification of a Woman
- It Came from Hollywood — A clip movie of B Movies.
- The Keep
- Kid From Kwangtung
- The Last American Virgin
- The Last Unicorn
- Legendary Weapons of China
- Liquid Sky
- The Long Good Friday
- Losing Ground
- Madman
- Making Love
- The Man from Snowy River
- The Man Who Saves the World (aka "Turkish Star Wars")
- Mazes and Monsters — A Made-for-TV Movie from from the Satantic Panic and the idea that Dungeons and Dragons was evil and would damage people's minds. Starring, of all people (in his first leading role), Creator/Tom Hanks
- Megaforce
- Mercenaries from Hong Kong
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
- missing. (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
- My Favorite Year
- My Rebellious Son
- The New York Ripper
- Next of Kin (1982)
- Night Crossing
- Night Shift
- Ode to Gallantry
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- One from the Heart
- Paradise
- Parasite (1982)
- Partners (1982)
- Pieces
- Pink Force Commando
- Pink Floyd – The Wall
- The Pirate Movie
- The Plague Dogs
- Planetata na Sakrovishtata — A surreal animated flick from Bulgaria that gave Treasure Island the sci-fi treatment twenty years before Disney
- The Postman Fights Back
- Pour cent briques, t'as plus rien...
- Private Life
- Q: The Winged Serpent
- Querelle
- Rehearsal for Murder
- The Return of Martin Guerre
- Rock: It's Your Decision
- A Room in Town
- Sahara (1983)
- Santa Claus Is a Stinker
- Savannah Smiles
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
- The Secret of NIMH — Regarded as the crown jewel of Don Bluth's movies.
- The Seduction
- The Shaolin Temple
- Silent Rage
- The Soldier
- Sophie's Choice
- Sorceress
- The Spirit of the Sword
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance...
- Station for Two
- That Championship Season
- That Night in Varennes
- The Thing (1982) — A terrifying mix of Body Horror and Paranoia Fuel.
- Things Are Tough All Over
- They Call Me Bruce
- Time Masters
- Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
- Time Walker
- Tootsie
- The Toy
- Trick or Treats
- TRON
- Turkey Shoot
- Unhinged
- The Verdict
- Veronika Voss
- Victor/Victoria
- Visiting Hours
- White Dog
- Winner Takes All
- The Wizard of Oz
- A Woman Aged 33
- Wrong is Right — a political satire that became Harsher in Hindsight after 9/11.
- The World According to Garp
- Xtro
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- Yol
- Young Doctors in Love
- Zapped! (1982)
1983
- 10 to Midnight
- 2019: After the Fall of New York
- All The Right Moves
- American Nightmare (1983)
- Angst
- Another Time, Another Place
- Bad Boys (1983)
- Le Bal
- Bastard Swordsman
- Betrayal
- The Big Chill
- Bill Cosby: Himself
- Blue Thunder
- BMX Bandits
- The Boxer's Omen - How much Mind Screw can you cram in a movie? Yes.
- Brainstorm
- Breathless
- Bullshot
- Carmen
- Chained Heat (1983)
- The Champions (1983)
- Christine — Stephen King's story about a killer car.
- A Christmas Story — One of the most widely-watched Christmas specials.
- Class (1983)
- Les Compčres
- Confidentially Yours
- Conquest
- Cujo — The antithesis of the Big Friendly Dog.
- Curtains
- Danton
- The Day After — World War III movie that got theatrical distribution in some countries.
- Descendant of the Sun
- D.C. Cab
- The Deadly Spawn
- The Dead Zone
- Deal of the Century
- Doctor Detroit
- Don Camillo
- Dont Eat The Pictures
- The Dresser
- Duel to the Death
- Easy Money
- Eddie and the Cruisers
- Educating Rita
- El Norte
- The Enchantress
- Entre Nous
- Escape from the Bronx — a.k.a. Escape 2000
- The Exterminators of the Year 3000
- Fantasy Mission Force
- The Final Terror
- Fire and Ice (1983)
- Flashdance
- The Fourth Man
- Frightmare (1983)
- Get Crazy
- Gorky Park
- Gramps Is in the Resistance
- Háry János
- High School U.S.A.
- Hófehér
- Holy Flame of the Martial World
- Hostage (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
- House of the Long Shadows
- The House on Sorority Row
- Hundra
- The Hunger
- I Am the Cheese
- The Invisible Woman (1983) — unsold TV pilot with Bob Denver and Alexa Hamilton
- Ironmaster
- Joysticks
- The Killing of Satan
- The King of Comedy
- Koyaanisqatsi
- Krull
- The Lady Assassin
- Last Year's Snow Was Falling
- Legend of the Eight Samurai
- De Lift
- Local Hero
- The Lonely Lady
- Lone Wolf McQuade
- The Lords of Discipline
- Losin' It
- My Lucky Stars
- The Makioka Sisters
- The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
- The Man with Two Brains
- Master of the World (1983)
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
- Molly (1983)
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- Mortuary (1983)
- Moon Rainbow
- Mr. Mom
- My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)
- Nate and Hayes — Good pirates and a missionary fight evil pirates, cannibals and Imperial Germans.
- Never Cry Wolf
- Nightmares
- A Night to Dismember
- Nostalghia
- Of Unknown Origin
- On the Wrong Track
- The Osterman Weekend
- The Outsiders — A war between teenagers.
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
- Pauline at the Beach
- The Phantom of the Opera (1983)
- Pod People
- Portrait In Crystal
- Prisoners of the Lost Universe
- Private School
- Project A
- Quarterback Princess
- The Revolt of Job
- The Return of Captain Invincible
- The Right Stuff — Classic Air Force movie.
- Risky Business — Tom Cruise film debut.
- Rock and Rule
- Rumble Fish
- Sans Soleil
- Scalps
- Scarecrow (1983) — Kids Are Cruel and Break the Cutie.
- Scarface (1983) — Ultra-violent gangster movie of the 1980s and favorite of hip-hop culture. Was also a remake of the 1932 film of the same name. Say hello to his little friend.
- The Scarlet and the Black
- Seeding of a Ghost
- Self Defense
- Shaolin Intruders
- Shaolin Prince
- Silkwood
- Skywhales
- Sledgehammer (1983)
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
- Special Bulletin — Terrorists hold Charleston, South Carolina, hostage with the threat of detonating a nuclear weapon in a Made-for-TV Movie that presents the action as a news report on the crisis.
- Star 80
- The Star Chamber
- Strange Brew — Based off of The Great White North sketches, this is the first movie Rick Moranis ever did.
- Strange Invaders
- Streamers
- Stroker Ace
- The Survivors
- Sweet Sixteen
- Tender Mercies
- Terms of Endearment
- The Terry Fox Story
- Testament
- To Be or Not to Be — The Mel Brooks remake.
- Trading Places
- Twice Upon a Time
- Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Two of a Kind (1983)
- Uncommon Valor
- Under Fire
- Utu
- Valley Girl
- Videodrome — People keep putting Betamax cassettes into James Woods' vagina. Yes, you read that right.
- Vigilante
- La Ville des Pirates
- Usurpers of Emperor's Power
- WarGames
- Warrior of the Lost World
- Warriors of the Wasteland
- Wartime Romance
- Where the Toys Come From
- The Wicked Lady — Remake of the 1945 film.
- Without a Trace (1983)
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- Yellowbeard
- Yentl
- Yor: The Hunter from the Future — A favorite of Spoony's.
- Zelig — Woody Allen is a chameleon-like figure who turns up in real-life events.
- Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain — the quintessential staple of post-modern Wuxia.
1984
- All of Me
- Amadeus — Oscar-winning Dramedy about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- American Dreamer
- The Annunciation
- Another Country
- Bachelor Party
- Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
- Birdy
- Blame It on Rio
- Blastfighter
- Bless Their Little Hearts
- Blood Simple
- Bloodsuckers from Outer Space
- Body Double
- Bolero
- The Bounty
- Broadway Danny Rose
- The Brother from Another Planet
- The Burning Bed
- Camila
- Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
- Children of the Corn (1984) — A film based on a Stephen King short story that somehow managed to spawn eight sequels (and counting). note
- Choose Me
- A Christmas Carol (1984)
- City Heat
- City Limits
- Cloak & Dagger (1984)
- The Company of Wolves
- Conan the Destroyer
- The Cotton Club
- Countdown to Looking Glass
- Dangerous Moves
- Devil Fish
- Don't Open Till Christmas
- Draw!
- Dreamscape
- Dune (1984)
- The Dungeonmaster
- The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
- Electric Dreams
- The Element of Crime
- The Elm-Chanted Forest
- Epic (1984)
- The Evil That Men Do — Charles Bronson as a hitman sent to murder a Torture Technician.
- Fatal Games
- Fear City
- Final Justice
- Firestarter — A little girl is targeted because she possesses psychic powers.
- Flashpoint (1984)
- Footloose
- Frankenweenie
- Full Moon In Paris
- The Funeral
- Gallavants
- Give My Regards to Broad Street — Paul McCartney's live-action masterpiece.
- Gremlins (1984) — Comedy about fuzzy little creatures that turn into scaly troublemakers.
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Guest from the Future — Soviet sci-fi classic.
- Heroic Times
- The Hills Have Eyes Part II
- Hong Kong 1941
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
- I Believe in Santa Claus
- Iceman (1984)
- The Ice Pirates
- The Initiation
- Invitation to Hell
- Irreconcilable Differences
- Johnny Dangerously
- Just the Way You Are
- Katy La Oruga
- Kidco
- The Killing Fields
- The Last Starfighter — Trope maker for the Ascended Fanboy.
- Loafing and Camouflage
- The Lonely Guy
- Long Road To Gallantry
- The Manhunt
- Mario (1984)
- Micki & Maude
- Mister India
- Moscow on the Hudson
- The Music Of The Spheres
- My Friend Ivan Lapshin
- The Natural
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Nemo
- The Neverending Story — Classic fantasy film with a mother of all Tear Jerker moments.
- The New Gladiators
- Night of the Comet
- The Night They Saved Christmas
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- The Ninja Mission
- Non ci resta che piangere
- Once Upon a Time in America — Sergio Leone's classic gangster epic.
- Opium and the Kung Fu Master
- Paris, Texas
- A Passage to India
- The Philadelphia Experiment
- Places in the Heart
- Prehistoric Beast
- The Prey
- Protocol (1984)
- Purple Rain — Starring Prince.
- Radio City Fantasy
- Rats: Night of Terror
- Razorback
- The Razor's Edge
- Red Dawn (1984) — "Wolverines!"
- Repo Man
- The Return of Godzilla — The King of the Monsters returns and almost turns the Cold War into WWIII.
- Rhinestone
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter
- Runaway
- Samson and Sally
- Savage Streets
- Scream for Help
- Secret Honor
- Secret Service of the Imperial Court
- Sesión continua
- Sex Mission
- Sheena
- Sixteen Candles
- A Soldier's Story
- Sole Survivor
- Splash- Romantic Comedy Fantasy Film about a mermaid that made Tom Hanks' movie career.
- Splash Too (1988)
- Starman
- The Star of Cottonland
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Stop Making Sense — a concert film taken from Talking Heads' final tour in 1983.
- Stranger Than Paradise
- Streets of Fire: A Rock and Roll Fable — A Cult Classic packed with action and music.
- Suburbia
- A Sunday in the Country
- The Supreme Swordsman
- Swing Shift
- Tank
- Teachers (1984)
- The Terminator — The quintessential killer cyborg movie
- Thief of Hearts
- This is Spın̈al Tap — One of the most famous mockumentaries.
- Threads
- Tightrope
- The Times of Harvey Milk
- Top Secret!
- Trancers
- Up the Creek
1985
- The Adventures of Mark Twain
- After Hours
- Agnes of God
- Alice in Wonderland
- Alien Outlaw
- Angry Harvest
- Asterix Versus Caesar
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
- The Bad Seed
- Barbarian Queen
- Battle of Moscow
- Before Stonewall
- Better Off Dead
- The Black Cauldron — One of Disney's greatest failures.
- Blackout
- Bliss
- Blood Debts
- Brazil — Terry Gilliam's take on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
- The Breakfast Club
- Brewster's Millions (1985)
- The Bride
- Cat's Eye
- Cemetery of Terror
- A Certain Sacrifice
- Chiller
- A Chorus Line
- C.K. dezerterzy
- Clue — "I didn't do it!"
- Cocoon
- Code of Silence
- Colonel Redl
- The Color Purple
- Commando — So Bad, It's Good Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
- The Compleat Al
- Copacabana
- Crime Wave
- Crimewave (1985)
- Cut and Run
- Danger Has Two Faces
- D.A.R.Y.L.
- Death Warmed Up
- Def-Con 4
- Desert Hearts
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Dinosaur!
- Disciples of the 36th Chamber
- Dr Otto And The Riddle Of The Gloom Beam
- Does Humor Belong in Music?
- The Emerald Forest — a boy is kidnapped in the Amazon and grows up native.
- Enemy Mine
- Explorers
- The Falcon and the Snowman
- Fandango
- Flesh+Blood (1985)
- Fletch
- Fool for Love
- The Galaxy Invader
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Goonies — A group of kids try to save their hometown by searching for One-Eyed Willy's treasure.
- Gotcha (1985)
- Gymkata — A notoriously bad martial arts movie.
- Heart of Dragon
- Head Office
- Heaven Help Us
- The Heavenly Kid
- Hold-up
- Hong Kong Godfather
- Into the Night
- Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
- Jagged Edge
- Just One of the Guys
- The Journey of Natty Gann
- King David
- Kiss of the Spider Woman — Indie film nominated for Best Picture.
- Krush Groove
- Ladyhawke
- The Last Dragon
- Legend (1985)
- The Legend of Billie Jean — Fair is fair! note
- Lifeforce — Part vampire movie, part zombie apocolypse, part Mind Screw.
- Lost in America
- Lust in the Dust
- Making Contact
- The Man with One Red Shoe
- Marie (1985)
- Mask (1985)
- Mata Hari (1985)
- Maxie
- Mischief
- Mishima A Life In Four Chapters
- Moving Violations
- The Mutilator — Best tagline ever.
- My Beautiful Laundrette
- My Life as a Dog — The boy doesn't become a dog. He suffers Sanity Slippage thinking he is a dog.
- My Science Project
- My Sweet Little Village
- The Nail Gun Massacre
- Night on the Galactic Railroad
- The Official Story
- Once Bitten — A very young Jim Carrey in a vampire sex comedy.
- One Magic Christmas — Disney's retelling of It's a Wonderful Life
- The Oracle
- Out of Africa
- Pale Rider
- Parking (1985)
- The Peanut Butter Solution
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure — Pee-Wee Herman goes to great lengths to get his stolen bicycle back.
- Perfect (1985)
- Peter No-Tail In America — (a sequel to the above-listed Peter No-Tail from 1981)
- Phenomena
- Police
- Prizzi's Honor
- Private Resort
- Pulgasari — North Korea's attempt at a Kaiju film.
- The Purple Rose of Cairo
- The Quiet Earth
- Radioactive Dreams
- Ran
- Real Genius
- Re-Animator —Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders...and another one in a dish on his desk.
- Red Sonja
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — And ends because the film bombed.
- Return to Oz — A Darker and Edgier view of the Land of Oz.
- Revolution (1985)
- The Ripper
- A Room with a View
- Runaway Train
- Rustlers' Rhapsody
- Santa Claus: The Movie
- Secret Admirer
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
- Shoah
- Silverado
- Silver Bullet — Adaption of Stephen King's Cycle Of The Werewolf. Features one of the oddest kills in horror movie history.note
- Silip: Daughters of Eve
- Smooth Talk (1985)
- South Bronx Heroes
- Space Transformers
- Les Spécialistes
- Spies Like Us
- Stand Alone
- Starchaser: The Legend of Orin — an animated poor man's version of Star Wars.
- The Statue of Liberty
- St. Elmo's Fire
- The Stuff — ""Are you eating it, or is it eating you?"
- Summer Rental
- The Sure Thing
- Sweet Dreams
- Tampopo
- Teen Wolf
- That Was Then... This Is Now
- Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
- Three Men and a Cradle
- To Live and Die in L.A.
- Transylvania 6-5000
- The Treasure Of Swamp Castle
- Treasure of the Amazon
- The Trip to Bountiful
- Trouble in Mind
- Tuff Turf
- Vision Quest
- Volunteers
- Warning Sign
- War of the God Monsters — made by cribbing a ton of footage off the Ultra Series.
- Water
- Weird Science — Can't score with women? Just build one.
- When Father Was Away on Business
- White Nights
- Wild Wind
- Witness
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
- Year of the Dragon
- Yes, Madam
- Young Lady Chatterley II
- Young Sherlock Holmes
- The Young Vagabond
- A Zed and Two Noughts
1986
- 8 Million Ways to Die
- 9˝ Weeks
- Abel
- About Last Night...
- Absolute Beginners
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit
- Amazons
- America 3000
- An American Tail — Somewhere, out there, beneath the pale moonlight...
- April Fools' Day
- Armed and Dangerous
- Armor of God
- The Assault
- Asterix in Britain
- Avenging Force
- Back to School
- Band of the Hand — Troubled youths becomes drug cartel-busting warriors.
- The Best of Times
- Betty Blue
- Big Fun in the Big Town
- Big Trouble in Little China — John Carpenter's tribute to the Hong Kong action genre.
- Biggles: Adventures in Time
- The Big Hurt
- Black Moon Rising
- Blue Velvet
- The Boy Who Could Fly
- Captain EO — Short Disney 3D film starring Michael Jackson.
- Caravaggio
- Castle in the Sky
- Cat City
- Children of a Lesser God
- Chopping Mall
- The Christmas Toy
- City in Panic
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- Class of Nuke 'Em High
- Clockwise
- Club Paradise — A star-studded cast go on vacation in the Caribbean.
- Cobra —"Crime is a disease. Meet the cure."
- The Color of Money
- Combat Shock
- Come and See — One of the most bleak, brutal, and merciless tales of War Is Hell ever put to film.
- Crawlspace
- Crimes of the Heart
- Crossroads (1986)
- Cry Wilderness
- Dakota Harris a.k.a Sky Pirates.
- Dead End Drive-In
- Deadly Friend — Four words: Death by thrown basketball.
- Dead Man's Letters
- Deadtime Stories
- The Decline of the American Empire
- Defence of the Realm
- The Delta Force
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Down by Law
- Eliminators
- Every Time We Say Goodbye
- Fair Game
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off — Matthew Broderick turns skipping school into an art form.
- Final Score (1986)
- A Fine Mess
- Firefighter
- Fire with Fire (1986)
- Flight of the Navigator — The ultimate fantasy adventure...if you don't mind ending up eight years in the future having not aged a day and with no idea why. When you're a pre-teen.
- From Beyond
- Les Fugitifs
- Fugitive Alien
- F/X: Murder by Illusion
- Ginger and Fred
- The Golden Child — He wants the knife.
- Gothic
- The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach! — The original film adaptation of Super Mario Bros.
- The Great Mouse Detective
- The Green Ray
- Gung Ho
- Half Moon Street
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- Haunted Honeymoon
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer — If slasher films made you root for the killers, this film will remind you of the reality of such a man.
- Heroes Shed No Tears
- Highlander — "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!"
- High Stakes
- The Hitcher
- Hong Kil Dong
- Hoosiers
- House
- Howard the Duck — An Old Shame of George Lucas.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Burbank Animation)
- Inspecteur Lavardin
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- Ivanhoe (Burbank Animation)
- Jake Speed
- Jean de Florette
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Killer Party
- Kin-Dza-Dza!
- King Kong Lives
- Labyrinth
- Lady Jane
- The Last Days of Patton
- Legacy of Rage
- Let's Get Harry
- Link
- Little Shop of Horrors — Based on a musical, which itself is based on a 1960 Roger Corman B-movie.
- The Little Witch
- Long Live Servatius
- Lucas
- The Magic Crystal
- Malcolm
- The Malibu Bikini Shop
- The Manhattan Project
- Manon des Sources
- Matador
- Maximum Overdrive — Comet close to the earth turns various devices and vehicles homicidal towards mankind.
- Millionaires' Express
- The Mission
- Mona Lisa
- The Money Pit — Tom Hanks and Shelley Long try to spruce up a house.
- Monster in the Closet
- The Mosquito Coast
- Muzzy in Gondoland
- My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
- My Pet Monster
- The Name of the Rose
- Neon Maniacs
- Never Too Young to Die — For all your Gene Simmons-as-a-transgender terrorist vs. John Stamos-as-a-high-school-gymnast/son-of-a-superspy needs.
- 'night, Mother
- Night of the Creeps == Thrill me.
- No Dead Heroes
- No Retreat, No Surrender
- Nothing in Common
- Parting Glances — One of the first movies to portray not only the AIDS crisis, but LGBT people as actual people. Stars Steve Buscemi in his feature film debut.
- Peggy Sue Got Married —A time travel storynote that spawned a LOT of fanfics aping the concept.
- Peking Opera Blues
- The Pied Piper
- Pirates
- Platoon — Oliver Stone's War Is Hell story.
- Popeye Doyle — Reimagining of The French Connection starring Ed O'Neill.
- Pretty in Pink — Quintessential Molly Ringwald movie.
- Project A-Ko
- RAD
- Rainbow War
- Raw Deal (1986)
- Rawhead Rex
- Reform School Girls
- Return to Mayberry
- The Richest Cat in the World
- River's Edge
- Robot Holocaust
- Roller Blade
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnęamise
- Royal Warriors
- Running Scared (1986)
- Ruthless People
- The Sacrifice
- Salvador
- Shanghai Surprise
- Sherman's March
- She's Gotta Have It
- Short Circuit
- Sid & Nancy
- Sky Bandits
- Slaughter High
- Solarbabies
- Something Wild
- Sound Eroticism
- Soul Man
- SpaceCamp
- Stand by Me — Four boys search for a dead body.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home — The one with the whales.
- Static
- Stewardess School
- Sweet Liberty
- TerrorVision
- ˇThree Amigos!
- Top Gun — The ultimate aviation film, as well a major source of Ho Yay.
- Tough Guys
- The Transformers: The Movie — The big one for the G1 series.
- Trick or Treat
- Troll
- True Stories
- Truth or Dare?: A Critical Madness
1987
- Adventures in Babysitting
- Amazing Grace and Chuck
- Amazon Women on the Moon
- Angel Heart
- Au revoir les enfants
- Babette's Feast
- Baby Boom (1987)
- Back to the Beach
- Bad Taste — Peter Jackson's first film.
- Bagdad Cafe
- La Bamba
- The Barbarians
- Barfly
- *batteries not included
- The Bedroom Window
- The Believers
- Best Seller
- The Big Easy
- Black Widow (1987)
- Blind Chance
- Blind Date
- Blood Harvest
- Blood Rage
- Blue Monkey — Does not actually feature any primates of any color.
- Born in East L.A.
- The Brave Little Toaster — A toaster, a radio, a lamp, a heating blanket, and a vacuum cleaner head to the big city to find their "master".
- Broadcast News
- Burglar
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Captive Hearts
- Cherry 2000
- A Chinese Ghost Story
- The Chipmunk Adventure
- Course Completed
- Creepozoids
- Criminally Insane II
- Cry Freedom
- Dark Age
- Date with an Angel
- The Dead (1987)
- Deadly Prey
- Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
- Dirty Dancing — No one puts Baby in a corner.
- Dolls (1987)
- Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz
- Dragnet
- Eastern Condors
- Empire of the Sun
- Escape from Sobibór
- Extreme Prejudice
- Faceless
- Fatal Attraction — "I won't be ignored, Dan."
- Fatal Beauty
- Flaming Brothers
- Flowers in the Attic (1987)
- Forever Evil (1987)
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
- The Fourth Protocol
- From a Whisper to a Scream
- Full Metal Jacket — Stanley Kubrick's war movie. Best known for R. Lee Ermey as the quintessential Drill Sergeant Nasty.
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
- The Gate
- G.I. Joe: The Movie
- Gold Through the Fire
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Hamburger Hill
- The Hanoi Hilton
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii
- Harry and the Hendersons
- The Hidden
- Hope and Glory
- House of Games
- House II: The Second Story
- Hunk
- Innerspace
- In the Mood
- Ishtar
- Jane and the Lost City
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
- Killer Workout
- The Last Emperor
- Leonard Part 6 — A film so bad, even the star Bill Cosby went around telling people not to see it instead of promoting it.
- Less Than Zero
- The Lighthorsemen
- Like Father Like Son (1987)
- The Lost Boys — Stay up all night. Sleep all day. Never grow old. It's fun to be a vampire.
- Made in Heaven (1987)
- Maid to Order (1987)
- Mannequin
- Masters of the Universe — "I HAVE THE POWER!!!!"
- Matewan
- Maurice
- Miami Connection
- The Monster Squad
- Moonstruck
- Near Dark — ...It's actually not very fun to be a vampire.
- Nekromantik
- Nightmare at Noon
- Night of the Demons (1988)
- No Retreat, No Surrender 2
- No Way Out (1987)
- Nukie — Perhaps the very worst of the ET clones.
- Nuts
- Opera (1987)
- Orphans
- The Outing
- Outrageous Fortune
- Overboard (1987)
- Over the Top
- Pathfinder (1987)
- Pelle the Conqueror
- Phantom Soldiers
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Prick Up Your Ears
- Prince of Darkness — "You will not be saved by the holy ghost...you will not be saved by the god Plutonium...YOU. WILL. NOT. BE. SAVED."
- The Princess Bride — The best movie no one's heard of, it seems. Inconceivable!
- Princess From the Moon
- The Principal
- Radio Days
- Raising Arizona — "You ate SAND?!?!?"
- Rampage (1987)
- The Red Spectacles
- Return to Horror High
- RoboCop (1987) - Dead or alive, you're coming with him.
- Robot Carnival
- Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
- Rock Odyssey
- Rolling Vengeance
- R.O.T.O.R.
- Roxanne
- The Running Man — A film that is basically a collection of Arnie's cheesiest one-liners.
- The Secret of My Success
- September (1987)
- Shy People
- The Sicilian
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- Spaceballs — Parody of Star Wars and straight-up fairy tale.
- StageFright -Aquarius-
- Stakeout
- Steel Dawn — After the End, Patrick Swayze is a man with a Cool Sword who rights wrongs.
- Straight to Hell
- Street Trash
- Strike Commando — Reb Brown doing his best Rambo impression.
- Stripped to Kill
- Summer Camp Nightmare
- Summer School
- Surf Nazis Must Die
- Suspect
- A Taxing Woman
- Three Men and a Baby
- Three O'Clock High — typical teen comedy about a nerd who has to face the bully.
- Throw Momma from the Train
- Time of the Apes
- Tin Men — the second of Barry Levinson's Baltimore trilogy.
- Too Much: The Robot With a Heart
- Top Kids
- Tough Guys Don't Dance
- Under the Sun of Satan
- The Untouchables (1987) — Brian De Palma's classic about Elliot Ness and his fight to bring down Al Capone.
- The Video Dead
- Wall Street
- War Dog
- The Whales of August
- Who's That Girl
- Wild Thing
- Wings of Desire
- Wish You Were Here (1987)
- The Witches of Eastwick
- Yeelen
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
- Zombie Nightmare
1988
- 18 Again! (1988)
- 555
- 976-EVIL
- Above the Law (1988)
- The Accidental Tourist
- The Accused
- Action Jackson
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Of all the Terry Gilliam movies, this one is the Terry-Gilliamiest.
- After Death
- AKIRA — Japan's Sci-fi thriller that made people in the West take animation seriously.
- Alice (1988)
- Alien from L.A.
- Alien Nation
- American Gothic (1988)
- Amsterdamned
- And God Created Woman (1988)
- Apartment Zero — A disturbing Argentine-British thriller that you won't be forgetting anytime soon.
- Ariel (1988)
- Around the World in 80 Days (Burbank Animation)
- Bad Dreams
- Bat*21
- Beaches — Two childhood friends and their life are examined.
- The Bear
- The Beast of War
- Beetlejuice — Tim Burton's iconic horror comedy.
- Betrayed
- Beyond the Pyramids: Legend of the White Lion
- Big — About adulthood, childhood, and dancing on a giant keypad.
- The Big Blue
- Big Business (1988)
- The Big Heat (1988)
- Big Top Pee-wee
- Biloxi Blues
- The Blob (1988) — The remake.
- Bloodsport — Jean-Claude Van Damme's breakout film.
- The Blue Iguana
- The Brain (1988)
- Brain Damage
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Bull Durham
- Camille Claudel
- The Carpenter
- La Casa 3
- Celia
- Cheerleader Camp
- Child's Play (1988) — Wanna play?
- The Chocolate War
- Cinema Paradiso
- City War
- City Warriors
- Cocktail — Considered the worst movie of 1988, starring Tom Cruise.
- Colors
- Coming to America — Classic Eddie Murphy comedy.
- Cop
- Crime of the Age
- Crossing Delancey
- Curse of Snakes Valley (Polish-Russian movie "Klątwa Doliny Węży")
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- Dangerous Liaisons
- David and the Magic Pearl
- Dead Heat
- Dead Ringers
- Death Cage
- Destroyer (1988)
- Die Hard — A shoeless Bruce Willis fights a German Alan Rickman.
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Distant Voices, Still Lives
- Dominick and Eugene
- Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator
- The Dragon Family
- Dragons Forever
- Drowning by Numbers
- Earth Girls Are Easy
- Eight Men Out
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
- Az Erdő Kapitánya
- Evil Angels (released outside Australia and New Zealand as A Cry in the Dark)
- Evil Dead Trap
- Evil Laugh
- Felix the Cat: The Movie (received limited releases in 1988 and 1989, but got shuffled back to The Shelf of Movie Languishment for two more years after that)
- A Fish Called Wanda — Classic ensemble comedy starring John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis.
- FleshEater
- For Keeps
- Frantic
- Funny Farm
- Gandahar — Also called Light Years
- Ghost Town (1988)
- Gorillas in the Mist
- Grandmother's House
- Grave of the Fireflies — A movie so depressing and so terrifying that you can never watch this more than once in your entire life.
- The Great Outdoors
- Hack-O-Lantern
- Hairspray — Starring Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono and Divine. Made into a musical and later another movie in 2007.
- Hanussen
- Hell Comes to Frogtown
- Hero and the Terror
- Hero of Tomorrow
- High Spirits
- Hobgoblins — They're over here. They're over there. What can you do with these hobgoblins?
- Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
- Hot to Trot
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- The Inspector Wears Skirts
- In the Aftermath: Angels Never Sleep
- In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon
- Jack's Back
- Johnny Be Good
- Judgment In Berlin
- To Kill a Dragon
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- Kingsajz
- Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
- Lady In White
- The Lair of the White Worm
- The Land Before Time — A young long neck, three-horn, beak-face, flyer, and spike-tail travel to find a lush, fertile land.
- The Last Slumber Party
- The Last Temptation of Christ
- Last Rites
- License to Drive
- Little Nikita
- Mac and Me — The infamous E.T. rip-off that endorsed McDonald's and Coca-Cola.
- Macho Dancer
- Maniac Cop — Deranged former cop starts to kill New York citizens.
- Married to the Mob
- Men Behind the Sun
- Midnight Run
- The Milagro Beanfield War
- Miracle Mile
- Mississippi Burning
- Missing Link
- Monkey Shines
- Moon over Parador
- Moonwalker — Michael Jackson's Mind Screw opus.
- Moving
- The Music Teacher
- My Best Friend is a Vampire
- My Neighbor Totoro — The movie that gave Studio Ghibli its mascot.
- My Stepmother Is an Alien
- Mystic Pizza
- The Naked Gun — The film that solidified Leslie Nielsen's back half of his career as a comedy maker.
- Natutulog Pa Ang Diyos — translated: God Is Still Sleeping.
- The Needle — Rocker Viktor Tsoi fights drug dealers.
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
- Nightfall (1988)
- Nightmare Beach
- Off Limits
- Oliver & Company — Underrated Disney classic.
- Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss — Made for TV sequel to A Christmas Story.
- Once Upon a Texas Train
- On Our Own
- On The Silver Globe
- Paperhouse
- Patty Hearst
- Prison
- Pulse
- Pumpkinhead
- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
- Rabid Grannies — Exactly What It Says on the Tin.note
- Rain Man — Considered the best movie of 1988, starring Tom Cruise note and Dustin Hoffman.
- Red Heat
- Red Scorpion
- Ricky 1
- Robowar
- Robo Vampire
- Running on Empty
- Salaam Bombay!
- Scamper the Penguin
- Scarecrows
- Scrooged — Darkly comic, yet nostalgic and enjoyable, Christmas film that is a modern update of A Christmas Carol.
- The Serpent and the Rainbow — Wes Craven's take on voodoo mythos.
- The Seventh Sign
- Shoot to Kill
- Slugs — Slugs mutated by toxic waste start to eat people.
- Space Mutiny
- Stand and Deliver
- Stealing Heaven
- Stealing Home
- Straight Up
- Sunset
- Switching Channels
- Talk Radio
- Tapeheads
- Tequila Sunrise
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- They Live! — Special kind of sunglasses reveal an alien conspiracy. So put them on.
- The Thin Blue Line
- Things Change
- Three Against the World
- Three Headed Monster
- Three Seats for the 26th
- Tiger Cage
- Too Beautiful To Die
- Torch Song Trilogy
- Traxx
- Treasure Island (1988)
- Troma's War
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream Biopic of Preston Tucker. Very Loosely Based on a True Story.
- Twins
- Two Moon Junction
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- The Undertaker
- Uninvited
- The Vanishing — The original
- Vibes
- Vice Versa
- Waxwork
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — The most famous fusion of live action and animation in a movie.
- Willow — A Tolkienesque fantasy.
- Without a Clue
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Working Girl
- The Wrong Guys
- Young Einstein
- Young Guns
- Zombi 3D
1989
- The Abyss — The second time James Cameron does an alien movie.
- The Asthenic Syndrome
- All Dogs Go to Heaven — A gambling German Shepard cheats death to continue what he loves, but a Heartwarming Orphan might change his attitude.
- Always — Steven Spielberg's remake of one of his favorite films.
- Asterix and the Big Fight
- Batman (1989) — Tim Burton's interpretation of Gotham City's protector, without the camp elements.
- Best of the Best
- The BFG
- The Big Picture
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Black Rain
- Black Rainbow
- Blind Fury
- Bloodfist
- Bloody Brotherhood
- The Bloody Video Horror That Made Me Puke on My Aunt Gertrude
- Blue Steel
- The Book of Manson
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Brenda Starr
- Bride of Re-Animator
- The 'Burbs
- Burning Ambition
- Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
- Casualties of War
- Cat Chaser
- Chances Are
- China White
- The Church
- Clownhouse
- Cohen and Tate
- City Cops
- A City of Sadness
- Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
- Communion
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
- The Corsican Brothers
- Creating Rem Lezar
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Cy Warrior
- Cyborg (1989)
- Daredreamer
- Dark Heritage
- Dead Calm
- The Dead Next Door
- The Dead Pit
- Dead Poets Society — "Oh captain, my captain!"
- Death Spa
- DeepStar Six
- De Nuremberg ŕ Nuremberg
- Dial Code Santa Claus
- Do the Right Thing
- Dr. Caligari
- The Dream Team
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Drugstore Cowboy
- Erik the Viking
- The Fabulous Baker Boys
- Family Business
- Farewell To The King
- Fat Man and Little Boy
- Field of Dreams — "If you build it, they will come."
- Final Run
- For All Mankind
- Future Force
- Ghosts Can't Do It
- Gleaming the Cube
- Glory
- Food of the Gods 2
- God of Gamblers
- Godzilla vs. Biollante
- Going Overboard
- Great Balls of Fire!
- Gunhed
- Harlem Nights
- Heathers — Teens Are Monsters, Adults Are Useless, and high school is the universe, because people sure seem to think it is.
- The Heist (1989)
- Henry V (1989) —the Kenneth Branagh version of Shakespeare's play.
- Her Alibi
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- The Horror Show
- How I Got Into College
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising
- An Innocent Man
- Intruder
- Iron Butterfly (1989)
- The January Man
- Jesus of Montreal
- Joan of Arc of Mongolia
- Johnny Handsome
- Juliana
- Just Heroes
- K-9
- Kickboxer — A man avenges his brother's murder by training to be... well, guess.
- Kiki's Delivery Service — Hayao Miyazaki's entertaining tale about a witch delivering sweets.
- The Killer (1989)
- Killer Angels - and it's sequel, Devil Hunters
- Killer Crocodile — and its sequel, Killer Crocodile 2
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
- Knick Knack
- Laser Mission
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Las Vegas Bloodbath
- Lean on Me
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America — Spinal Tap with outlandish oompah band from the Russian steppes.
- Let It Ride
- Leviathan (1989) — "Natura non confundenda est."
- Listen to Me
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Little Monsters
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
- Little Sweetheart — Long story short, really fucked up nine year old, her much more normal friend and two bank robbers meet. Hilarity does not ensue.
- Lock Up
- Longtime Companion
- Lords of the Deep
- Look Who's Talking — The world from a baby's eyes and Bruce Willis' voice.
- Major League
- Marie Antoinette
- Meet the Feebles — Often described as Muppets for adults, on crack.
- Millennium (1989)
- Moontrap
- My Heart is That Eternal Rose
- My Left Foot
- Mystery Train
- Nam Angels
- New York Stories
- Next of Kin (1989)
- Nightwish (1989)
- No Holds Barred — Hulk Hogan's first starring role!
- Not Quite Human II
- Our Friend Power 5 — South Korean Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers: Go-Bots Mock Buster film.
- Parenthood — Everybody learns a lesson about family.
- Parents — Horror film starring Randy Quaid about a boy whose parents are cannibals.
- Parinda
- Patlabor: The Movie
- Penn & Teller Get Killed
- Pet Sematary — "Sometimes, dead is better."
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
- The Phantom of the Opera (1989) — The Robert Englund version.
- Pink Cadillac
- Prancer
- Princess Madam
- Proud and Confident
- Psycho Cop — Satan worshiping cop kills people.
- The Punisher (1989) — The 1989 live-action adaptation with Dolph Lundgren as the main hero.
- Puppet Master — Full Moon Features' longest running franchise gets its start.
- Renegades
- Resan Till Melonia
- The Return of the Musketeers
- Reynard the Fox
- Road House (1989) — Patrick Swayze doing roundhouse kicks. Peter Griffin loves this movie.
- The Rocket Boy
- Roger & Me
- Russian Terminator
- The Salute Of The Jugger
- Santa Sangre
- Say Anything...
- Sea of Love
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- The Seventh Continent
- sex, lies, and videotape
- She-Devil — Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
- She's Out of Control
- Shirley Valentine
- Shocker — Serial Killer makes a Deal with the Devil and becomes a Body Surfing Psycho Electro.
- Shocking Dark
- Shoot to Kill
- Shotgun (1989)
- Shredder Orpheus
- Sidewalk Stories
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas
- Skin Deep
- Slipstream (1989) — sci-fi Road Movie but with airplanes, with Mark Hamill as the villain.
- Small Sacrifices
- Society — had a limited premiere this year and a full release in 1992
- Special Friends
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier — Sybok wants to help you with your pain; however, watching this movie will only increase it.
- Steel Magnolias — According to Gilbert Gottfried, if a man watches this movie for 5 minutes, he'll grow a vagina.
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
- Survival Quest
- Sweet Home (1989) — A Japanese horror film that spawned a very rare horror-style RPG for the NES (only in Japan) and years later, inspired Resident Evil.
- Sweetie
- The Tall Guy
- Tango and Cash — One of the best 'bad' buddy cop films ever made.
- Teen Witch
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man
- Three Fugitives
- Troop Beverly Hills
- True Believer
- Turner and Hooch
- UHF — Weird Al at his best.
- Uncle Buck — John Candy as a man who, while softhearted, can bring out his tough side.
- Unmasked Part 25
- Vagabond (1985)
- Valmont
- Vampire's Kiss
- Vice Academy
- Violent Cop
- Violent Shit
- Warlock (1989)
- The War of the Roses — Think your marriage is on the rocks? Danny DeVito has a story for you...
- Weekend at Bernie's
- We're No Angels
- What Happened to Santiago
- When Harry Met Sally... — "I'll have what she's having."
- Who's Harry Crumb?
- Willy the Sparrow
- Wind In The Willows
- Wired
- The Wizard — A sorry excuse to advertise Nintendo products.
- The Wizard of Speed and Time
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2
- The Woman in Black
Cartoon Shorts
- Aardman Animations
- Creature Comforts (1989)
- A Grand Day Out (1989)
- All Nothing (1980)
- Anna & Bella (1985)
- Balance (1989)
- The Big Snit (1985)
- The Cat Came Back (1988)
- Charade (1984)
- Le Cheval de fer (1989)
- Club of the Discarded (1989)
- The Cow (1989)
- Crac (1981)
- The Creation (1981)
- The Dingles (1988)
- Doctor DeSoto (1984)
- Fairy Tale Sits on the Doorstep (1987)
- The Fly (1980)
- The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil (1986)
- A Greek Tragedy (1986)
- Hair Piece (1984)
- The Hill Farm (1989)
- Home on the Rails (1981)
- I'll Return as the Rain (circa 1986)*
- Lupo the Butcher (1987)
- The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
- Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
- Mother for a Little Mammoth (1981)
- Moto Perpetuo (1981)
- Moon Breath Beat (1980)
- Once Upon a Dog (1982)
- Paradise (1984)
- Pixar Shorts
- The Adventures of André & Wally B. (1984)
- Luxo Jr. (1986)
- Tin Toy (1988)
- Plasticine Crow (1981)
- Second Class Mail (1985)
- 64,000,000 Years Ago (1981)
- The Snowman (1982)
- Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983)
- Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice (1987)
- Sundae In New York (1983)
- Suur Toll (1980)
- Tango (1982)
- Technological Threat (1988)
- The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981)
- Tummy Trouble (1989), the first of three Roger Rabbit Shorts
- The Vanished World of Gloves (1982)
- Vykrutasy (1988)
- Your Face (1987)
Live-Action Short Films
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
- Disciples of the Crow (1983)
- Fake Fruit Factory (1986)
- First Winter (1981)
- Illusions (1982)
- A Jury of Her Peers (1980)
- The Lunch Date (1989)
- Making Waves (1987)
- Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
- Overnight Sensation (1984)
- Peel (1982)
- Possibly in Michigan (1983)
- Precious Images (1986)
- Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)
- A Shocking Accident (1982)
- Shoeshine (1987)
- Suzanne, Suzanne (1982)
- Up (1984)
- Violet (1981)
- With Hands Raised (1985)
- Work Experience (1989)
