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Subgenre Sampler
Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (1985)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
- Highly watchable updating of Sherlock Holmes, with his teenage incarnation plumbing 'thugee' cult mysteries in Victorian London. Notable at the…
Zed and Two Noughts, A (1985)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Andrea Ferreol, Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon… - Enigmatic visual essay centres around a pair of identical twin zoologists and a paraplegic Spanish seductress! A difficult but rewarding film…
1984 (1984)- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. John Hurt, Richard Burton - Adaptation of George Orwell's novel remains faithful to his book and is thus a despairing experience. John Hurt and Richard Burton represent the…
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren - Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
A Soldier's Story (1984)- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Howard Jr. Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans… - In charge of an inquiry into the murder of a black sergeant on an army base in 1944, investigator Howard E Rollins Jnr uncovers a knot of racial…
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)- Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi
Feat. Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson - Realistic and poignant drama that depicts the tentative yet soulful romance that blooms between a Polish woman and an American soldier who is…
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)- Dir. W.D. Richter
Feat. Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin… - This offbeat genre film has been described as a silly movie for smart people. A bored neurosurgeon (Buck) decides to become a rock star and defender…
After The Rehearsal (1984)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann, Lena Olin - Television film from Ingmar Bergman, which takes place entirely within a theatre – wherein a veteran director reflects on his career and…
Against All Odds (1984)- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods - Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
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