Around the World in 80s Movies

Battle Creek Brawl (1980) | Robert Clouse

Set in 1930s Chicago, Jackie stars as Jerry Kwan, the son of a struggling grocer who has been feeling the squeeze from the local mob to pay “protection” money.  Although

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Karate Kid Part III (1989) | John G. Avildsen

Cobra Kai’s sinister karate master, John Kreese (Martin Kove), is seething with vengeance after the humiliating defeat dealt to him by Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and

Karate Kid Part II (1986) | John G. Avildsen

Daniel (Ralph Macchio) travels with Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) to his childhood home in Okinawa when he discovers his father is on his deathbed. Miyagi’s presence rekindles

The Karate Kid (1984) | John Avildsen

Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and his mother (Randee Heller) move from New Jersey to Reseda, CA , to start a new life.  It seems promising at first, but soon Daniel hate

Rocky IV (1985) | Sylvester Stallone

Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) is the latest Russian creation — a tall, strong, crushing bruiser that packs more strength in one of his punches than any three regular boxers

Rocky III (1982) | Sylvester Stallone

With Rocky III, director-screenwriter-star Stallone takes the film series into a new direction, although the underdog formula still stays intact.  Stallone realizes that

Rocky II (1979) | Sylvester Stallone

After a replay of the climax of Rocky, Rocky II picks up exactly where the first film leaves off, with Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) 

Rocky (1976) | John Avildsen

The film tells the tale of Rocky Balboa (Sylverster Stallone), a washed-up Philadelphia boxer who just barely scrapes by, fighting in small clubs for meager pay, while su

Tango & Cash (1989) | Andrei Konchalovsky

Sylvester Stallone plays Ray Tango, a flashy narco cop in the LAPD who is all business and efficient. Kurt Russell plays Gabriel Cash, more of a devil-may-care type who j

The Running Man (1987)

Set in the post-world financial demise of the year 2019, The Running Man stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as law enforcement officer and helicopter pilot Ben Richards, who end

Action Jackson (1988) | Craig R. Baxley

Carl Weathers stars as Detroit cop Jericho “Action” Jackson, who earned his nickname due to putting his body on the line time and again in the line of duty in roughhousin

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) | Tony Scott

This follow-up to the mega-smash Beverly Hills Cop sees the Beverly Hills police department stymied by the so-called Alphabet Robberies, whereby stores with monographed g

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) | Martin Brest

Eddie Murphy’s superstar-making role has him playing crafty Detroit cop Axel Foley, who travels to Beverly Hills in order to try to uncover the reasons behind the profess

Die Hard (1988) | John McTiernan

New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles to attend the swanky party of his separated wife Holly’s (Bonnie Bedelia) company on an upper floor of their

Frantic (1988) | Roman Polanski

Dr. Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) and his loving wife (Betty Buckley) travel to Paris where he is to speak at a medical convention. In their hotel room, they discover th

The Bedroom Window (1987) | Curtis Hanson

Steve Guttenberg stars as Terry Lambert, a businessman who is having an affair with his boss’s alluring French wife, Sylvia Wentworth (Isabelle Huppert).  After their lat

Still of the Night (1982) | Robert Benton

Roy Scheider plays a newly divorced New York psychiatrist named Sam Rice, who discovers that George Bynum (Josef Sommer), one of his prominent patients, has been murdered

Body Double (1984) | Brian De Palma

A struggling actor (Craig Wasson) finds a job housesitting for a rich friend of another actor (Gregg Henry). While there he spies on a neighbor (Melanie Griffith) who has

Blow Out (1981) | Brian De Palma

John Travolta stars as Jack Terry, a sound effects engineer for cheapie horror exploitation flicks. When a producer deems the victim’s screams and wind effects used in th