| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Sub-Genre/Notes |
| 1980 |
| The Blue Lagoon |
Randal Kleiser |
Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern |
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Romantic adventure |
| Herbie Goes Bananas |
Vincent McEveety |
Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith, Harvey Korman |
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Family-oriented adventure |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher |
|
Space adventure |
| Superman II |
Richard Donner |
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder |
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Sci-fi adventure |
| 1981 |
| Excalibur |
John Boorman |
Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay |
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Fantasy adventure |
| Quest for Fire |
Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman |
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| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott |
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| The Road Warrior |
George Miller |
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Kjell Nilsson, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, William Zappa, Arkie Whiteley, Steve Spears, Syd Heylen, Moira Claux, David Downer, David Slingsby |
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| Time Bandits |
Terry Gilliam |
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall |
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Fantasy adventure |
| 1982 |
| Conan the Barbarian |
John Milius |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow |
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| The Dark Crystal |
Jim Henson, Frank Oz |
Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz |
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Fantasy adventure |
| Fitzcarraldo |
Werner Herzog |
Klaus Kinski, Jose Lewgoy, Miguel Angel Fuentes |
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Adventure drama |
| The Flight of Dragons |
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. |
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Television film, Animated film, Fantasy adventure |
| Motherlode |
Charlton Heston |
Charlton Heston, Nick Mancuso, Kim Basinger |
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| The Pirate Movie |
Ken Annakin |
Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton |
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| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
Nicholas Meyer |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban |
|
Space adventure |
| 1983 |
| BMX Bandits |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Angelo D'Angelo, James Lugton, Nicole Kidman |
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| The Black Stallion Returns |
Robert Dalva |
Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield |
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| The Killing of Satan |
Efren C. Pinon |
Cecile Castillo, Charlie Davao |
 |
Fantasy adventure |
| Krull |
Peter Yates |
Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones |
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| Never Cry Wolf |
Carroll Ballard |
Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq |
|
Adventure drama |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
Richard Marquand |
Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher |
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Space adventure |
| Superman III |
Richard Lester |
Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole |
|
Sci-fi adventure |
| 1984 |
| Conan the Destroyer |
Richard Fleischer |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain |
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| Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
Hugh Hudson |
Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox |
|
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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw |
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| The NeverEnding Story |
Wolfgang Peterson |
Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver |
|
Fantasy adventure |
| Romancing the Stone |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito |
|
Adventure comedy |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
Leonard Nimoy |
William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd |
|
Space adventure |
| 1985 |
| Back to the Future |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson |
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Sci-fi adventure |
| The Emerald Forest |
John Boorman |
Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, Charley Boorman |
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| The Goonies |
Steven Spielberg |
Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen |
|
Adventure comedy |
| The Jewel of the Nile |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito |
|
Adventure comedy |
| The Journey of Natty Gann |
Jeremy Kagan |
Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise |
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| King Solomon's Mines |
J. Lee Thompson |
Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom |
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| Lupin the 3rd: The Golden Legend of Babylon |
Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsu Yoshida |
|
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Anime film |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
Tim Burton |
Paul Reubens |
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Adventure comedy |
| Return to Oz |
Walter Murch |
Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh |
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Fantasy adventure |
| Runaway Train |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay |
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| Santa Claus: The Movie |
Jeannot Szwarc |
David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow |
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Fantasy adventure |
| 1986 |
| 8 Million Ways to Die |
Hal Ashby |
Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Andy Garcia |
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| An American Tail |
Don Bluth |
Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff |
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Family-oriented adventure |
| Big Trouble in Little China |
John Carpenter |
Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall |
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Fantasy adventure |
| Castaway |
Nicholas Roeg |
Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe |
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Adventure drama |
| Firewalker |
J. Lee Thompson |
Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett, Jr., Melody Anderson |
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|
| Labyrinth |
George Lucas |
Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie |
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Fantasy adventure |
| The Mosquito Coast |
Peter Weir |
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix |
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| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home |
Leonard Nimoy |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley |
|
Space Adventure |
| 1987 |
| Adventures in Babysitting |
Chris Columbus |
Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Maia Brewton |
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Adventure comedy |
| Benji the Hunted |
Joe Dante |
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Family-oriented adventure |
| The Princess Bride |
Rob Reiner |
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin |
|
Adventure comedy |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
Sidney J. Furie |
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder |
|
Sci-fi adventure |
| 1988 |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Terry Gilliam |
John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle |
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Fantasy adventure |
| The Bear |
Jean-Jacques Annaud |
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Adventure drama |
| My Neighbor Totoro |
Hayao Miyazaki |
Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi |
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Family-oriented adventure |
| Willow |
George Lucas |
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis |
|
Fantasy adventure |
| 1989 |
| The Abyss |
James Cameron |
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn |
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Sci-fi Adventure |
| Babar: The Movie |
Alan Bunce |
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Family-oriented adventure |
| Back to the Future Part II |
Robert Zemeckis |
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson |
|
Sci-fi adventure |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Stephen Herek |
Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin |
|
Adventure comedy |
| Ghostbusters II |
Ivan Reitman |
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver |
|
Fantasy comedy |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
Steven Spielberg |
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott |
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| Licence to Kill |
John Glen |
Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi |
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| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
William Shatner |
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley |
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Space adventure |
