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| 151 |  | They Live (1988) |  2.9904 91 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$8.89
| Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, ...more about They Live starring Roddy Piper and Keith David |
| 152 |  | 'Breaker' Morant (1980) | 2.9892 33 reviews | NA |
$20.95
| During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though ...more about 'Breaker' Morant starring Edward Woodward | |
| 153 |  | Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984) | 2.9887 27 reviews | NA | Biography, Documentary |
$20.95
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone ...more about Times of Harvey Milk starring Anne Kronenberg and Tory Hartmann |
| 154 |  | Fright Night (1985) | 2.9879 34 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Comedy |
$3.95
| A teenager obsessed with old horror movies is convinced his new neighbors are a vampire and his day ...more about Fright Night starring William Ragsdale and Amanda Bearse |
| 155 |  | Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | 2.9854 59 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$3.92
| The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human ...more about Born on the Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise and Raymond J. Barry |
| 156 |  | Witness (1985) | 2.9852 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Romance |
$7.97
| Samuel Lap is a young Amish boy who witnesses a murder in Philadelphia while traveling with his ...more about Witness starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis |
| 157 |  | Dragonslayer (1981) | 2.9818 49 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$3.90
| A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his ...more about Dragonslayer starring Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke |
| 158 |  | Meaning of Life, The (1983) | 2.9816 34 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy |
$8.11
| The comedy groups last full length movie returns to the feel of the hugely popular BBC TV show. It ...more about Meaning of Life starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese |
| 159 |  | Blue Velvet (1986) | 2.9811 129 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$5.69
| A man returns to his home town after being away and discovers a severed human ear in a field. Not ...more about Blue Velvet starring Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan |
| 160 |  | Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) | 2.9798 51 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Romance, Teen |
$8.99
| Loner Keith keeps to himself preferring to paint alone, but when he finds out the girl of his ...more about Some Kind of Wonderful starring Eric Stoltz and John Ashton |
| 161 |  | Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987) | 2.9778 44 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$5.99
| Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist ...more about Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors starring Nan Martin and Heather Langenkamp |
| 162 |  | Stripes (1981) | 2.9777 38 reviews | R | War, Comedy |
$4.43
| Thanks to a run of bad luck and go-nowhere jobs, John convinces Russell to join the army so they ...more about Stripes starring Harold Ramis and Warren Oates |
| 163 |  | Broadcast News (1987) | 2.9772 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$7.10
| Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who ...more about Broadcast News starring William Hurt and Albert Brooks |
| 164 |  | Angel Heart (1987) | 2.9766 41 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$6.33
| Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that ...more about Angel Heart starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro |
| 165 |  | Wild Man (1989) | 2.9762 14 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Wild Man | |
| 166 |  | Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988) | 2.9760 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$14.85
| Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with ...more about Unbearable Lightness of Being starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche |
| 167 |  | Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | 2.9755 34 reviews | NA |
$6.35
| At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a ...more about Coal Miner's Daughter starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones | |
| 168 |  | Sure Thing, The (1985) | 2.9716 39 reviews | NA | Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$5.81
| Two college co-eds take a road trip together to California despite their obvious disgust for each ...more about Sure Thing starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga |
| 169 |  | Willow (1988) | 2.9716 72 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
$7.50
| Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they ...more about Willow starring Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley |
| 170 |  | Pretty in Pink (1986) | 2.9709 52 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Teen |
$5.15
| Rich kid, Blane, becomes enamored with local outsider, Andie, at the record store. The two struggle ...more about Pretty in Pink starring Molly Ringwald and Harry Dean Stanton |
| 171 |  | Silverado (1985) | 2.9660 41 reviews | NA | Action, Western, Comedy |
$9.26
| A group of unlikely cowboys travel together to Silverado to overthrow a wicked rancher and a ...more about Silverado starring Kevin Kline and Scott Glenn |
| 172 |  | Highlander (1986) | 2.9656 53 reviews | R | Action, Fantasy |
$5.07
| A rare clan of immortals can only be killed by one of their own kind. Many have been alive for ...more about Highlander starring Christopher Lambert and Roxanne Hart |
| 173 |  | Company of Wolves, The (1984) | 2.9650 35 reviews | R | Fantasy, Horror |
$16.08
| This movie is in fact a magical bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their ...more about Company of Wolves starring Angela Lansbury and David Warner |
| 174 |  | Karate Kid, The (1984) | 2.9630 41 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Family, Sports |
$7.79
| Daniel and his mother move from New Jersy to California. She has a wonderful new job but Daniel ...more about Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio and Elisabeth Shue |
| 175 |  | Paris, Texas (1984) | 2.9625 42 reviews | NA | Drama |
$9.98
| A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his ...more about Paris starring Harry Dean Stanton and Bernhard Wicki |
| 176 |  | Kagemusha (1980) | 2.9624 32 reviews | PG | Drama, History, War |
$26.99
| When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds ...more about Kagemusha |
| 177 |  | Goonies, The (1985) | 2.9599 51 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Comedy, Family |
$8.24
| A group of west coast kids facing their last days together before a development paves over their ...more about Goonies starring Sean Astin and Josh Brolin |
| 178 |  | Fatal Attraction (1987) | 2.9571 60 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$2.10
| Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two ...more about Fatal Attraction starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close |
| 179 |  | Splash (1984) | 2.9556 22 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$7.02
| Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later he ...more about Splash starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah |
| 180 |  | Xanadu (1980) | 2.9552 26 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
$5.95
| The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as ...more about Xanadu starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly |
| 181 |  | For Your Eyes Only (1981) | 2.9532 49 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$9.27
| A British spy trawler is accidentally sunk off the coast of a Warsaw pact county. On board is a ...more about For Your Eyes Only starring Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet |
| 182 |  | Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) | 2.9530 34 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$9.59
| A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces Radio. He turns ...more about Good Morning starring Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker |
| 183 |  | Fog, The (1980) | 2.9518 71 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$4.76
| The Centenary of the small sea town, Antonio Bay, is approaching. While the townsfolk prepare to ...more about Fog starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 184 |  | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) | 2.9513 59 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Horror |
$2.10
| Tommy returns to the grave to make sure Jason is dead and accidently brings him back to life. Now ...more about Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives starring Bob Larkin and Jennifer Cooke |
| 185 |  | Elephant Man, The (1980) | 2.9494 47 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$3.90
| Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring ...more about Elephant Man starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt |
| 186 | | Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) | 2.9489 23 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is ...more about Kiss of the Spider Woman starring William Hurt and Raul Julia |
| 187 |  | Accidental Tourist, The (1988) | 2.9488 42 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance |
$8.35
| After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. ...more about Accidental Tourist starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner |
| 188 |  | Natural, The (1984) | 2.9473 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Sports |
$4.24
| An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take ...more about Natural starring Robert Redford and Glenn Close |
| 189 |  | Commando (1985) | 2.9443 29 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
$7.65
| Colonel Matrix has retired and is living with his 10 year old daughter in the country. His Daughter ...more about Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong |
| 190 |  | Dead & Buried (1981) | 2.9439 48 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.62
| Potters Bluff, Rhode Island. may seem to be a sleepy little town. At least for the casual visitor ...more about Dead & Buried starring James Farentino and Melody Anderson |
| 191 |  | Hellraiser (1987) | 2.9435 49 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror |
$5.07
| Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into ...more about Hellraiser starring Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins |
| 192 |  | Great Muppet Caper, The (1981) | 2.9386 26 reviews | G | Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$13.99
| Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy ...more about Great Muppet Caper starring Jim Henson and Charles Grodin |
| 193 |  | Return to Oz (1985) | 2.9386 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz, and even believes that her friends have sent ...more about Return to Oz starring Fairuza Balk and Nicol Williamson |
| 194 |  | Clash of the Titans (1981) | 2.9372 55 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family |
$3.59
| Perseus has to rescue Andromeda, before she has to marry a monster. Zeus has set up a few tests for ...more about Clash of the Titans starring Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom |
| 195 |  | Changeling, The (1980) | 2.9361 25 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$5.84
| A man whose family is killed in a road accident retires to a lonely mansion and begins to ...more about Changeling starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere |
| 196 |  | Hidden, The (1987) | 2.9360 35 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$4.29
| An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and ...more about Hidden starring Joey Aresco and Kyle MacLachlan |
| 197 |  | Top Secret! (1984) | 2.9354 37 reviews | NA | Action, Comedy |
$3.90
| This time Zucker and Abrams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer ...more about Top Secret! starring Val Kilmer and Lucy Gutteridge |
| 198 |  | Somewhere in Time (1980) | 2.9353 29 reviews | PG | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$5.95
| Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs ...more about Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour |
| 199 |  | Ladyhawke (1985) | 2.9344 36 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
$9.48
| Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly ...more about Ladyhawke starring Matthew Broderick and Rutger Hauer |
| 200 |  | Coming to America (1988) | 2.9344 26 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. ...more about Coming to America starring Arsenio Hall and James Earl Jones |
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