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Police AcademyPolice Academy (1984)
Dir. Hugh Wilson
Feat. Steve Guttenberg, Michael Winslow, Kim Cattrall
Original of a long–series of 80s comedies lampooning various misfit recruits to a chaotic Police Academy. Stars Steve Guttenberg and Kim…
ProtocolProtocol (1984)
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus
Goldie Hawn plays a charmingly naive cocktail waitress who ends up employed at the White House after saving the president's life, in this…
Punky Brewster (TV Series)Punky Brewster (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Soleil Moon-Frye, George Gaynes
Colourful family sitcom with Soleil Moon Frye attaining semi–iconic status as the feisty orphan adopted by a grumpy old widower.
Revenge of the NerdsRevenge of the Nerds (1984)
Dir. Jeff Kanew
Feat. Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards
Distinguished among 80s comedies by its unique agenda in which two bespectacled, buck–toothed nerds battle it out with the college…
Secret HonorSecret Honor (1984) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Philip Baker Hall
A fictionalized monologue adapted from the stage by playwrights Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, with the great Philip Baker Hall as former…
She'll Be Wearing Pink PyjamasShe'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1984)
Dir. John Goldschmidt
Feat. Julie Walters, Anthony Higgins
Eight women come together to have a crack at a week–long survival course, so as to let off some steam and gather life–focus. Leading…
Sixteen CandlesSixteen Candles (1984) Recommended
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling
Molly Ringwald became a star in this first of John Hughes' hip and eminently enjoyable movies about adolescence in the 1980s.
SplashSplash (1984)
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah
Winning comic fantasy with Tom Hanks falling for mermaid Daryl Hannah.
This Is Spinal TapThis Is Spinal Tap (1984) Aro Favourite
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
Brilliant parody of a burnt–out British Heavy–Metal band on tour in America, filmed in the classic tradition of a rock documentary. A…
Top Secret!Top Secret! (1984) Recommended
Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Feat. Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp
No secret this is one of the best of the Abrahams/Zucker Bros comedies (FLYING HIGH) with Val Kilmer as a rather dim, Elvis–type singer who, in…

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