American films of 1984

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Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters

A list of American films released in 1984.
Amadeus won the Academy Award for Best Picture but the highest grossing film was Ghostbusters.





Contents

[edit] A-B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Rating
1984
2010 Peter Hyams Sci-Fi MGM PG
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Across the 8th Dimension		 W. D. Richter Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox PG
Against All Odds Taylor Hackford Neo-noir Columbia Pictures R
All of Me Carl Reiner Steve Martin Fantasy comedy Universal Pictures PG
American Dreamer Rick Rosenthal Adventure comedy CBS Theatrical Films PG
Angel Robert Vincent O'Neill Action thriller New World Pictures R
Another State of Mind Mike Ness, Dennis Danell Documentary
Bachelor Party (film) Neal Israel Tom Hanks Comedy 20th Century Fox R
Beat Street Stan Lathan Hip-hop drama Orion Pictures PG
Best Defense Willard Huyck Comedy Paramount Pictures R
Beverly Hills Cop Martin Brest Eddie Murphy Action comedy Paramount Pictures R
Birdy (film) Alan Parker TriStar Pictures R
Blame It on Rio Stanley Donen Romantic comedy 20th Century Fox R
Blind Date Nico Mastorakis Horror thriller R
Blood Simple Joel Coen Neo-noir R
Body Double Brian De Palma Psycho-thriller Columbia Pictures R
Body Rock Marcelo Epstein Musical PG-13
The Bostonians James Ivory
The Bounty Roger Donaldson Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis Historical thriller Orion Pictures PG
The Boy Who Loved Trolls Harvey Laidman Fantasy adventure
Breakin' Joel Silberg Hip-hop musical Cannon Pictures PG
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Sam Firstenberg Hip-hop musical Cannon Pictures PG
Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen Comedy drama Orion Pictures, Academy Award nominated PG
The Brother from Another Planet John Sayles Comedy drama R

[edit] C-D

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Rating
C.H.U.D. Douglas Cheek Horror, Sci-Fi Universal Pictures R
Cannonball Run II Hal Needham Burt Reynolds Road comedy Warner Bros. PG
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure John Korty Sci-Fi Made for TV
Children of the Corn Fritz Kiersch Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton Horror R
Choose Me Alan Rudolph Romantic comedy drama Independent R
A Christmas Carol Clive Donner TV film
City Heat Richard Benjamin Action comedy Warner Bros.
Cloak & Dagger Richard Franklin Action drama Universal Pictures
Conan the Destroyer Richard Fleischer Action Universal Pictures
The Cotton Club (film)
Countdown to Looking Glass
Country (film)
Crackers (1984 film)
Crimes of Passion (film)
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
The Dark Mirror (1946 film)
Delivery Boys
Dangerous Moves
Dreamscape (film)
Dune (film)

[edit] E-G

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Rating
Electric Dreams Steve Barron Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi Virgin PG
The Element of Crime
Emmanuelle 4
Eureka
Exterminator 2
Falling in Love
Family Secrets
Final Justice
Finders Keepers
Firestarter Drew Barrymore
First Graders
Firstborn (film)
The Flamingo Kid Garry Marshall Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Janet Jones Comedy First movie to receive the rating PG-13, though released after Red Dawn and Dreamscape
Flashpoint
Dick Fontaine
Footloose Kevin Bacon Musical
Forbidden (1984 film)
Frankenweenie
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Slasher
The Funeral (1984 film)
Gallavants
Garbo Talks
Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson, David Margulies, Steven Tash, Jennifer Runyon, Slavitza Jovan, Michael Ensign, Alice Drummond, Jordan Charney Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi PG
Gimme an 'F' Paul Justman Stephen Shellen, Mark Keyloun, Jennifer Cooke, Beth Miller, Daphne Ashbrook, Karen Lee Kelly, Sarah Miles, Clyde Kusatsu, Doris Hess, John Karlen, Karyn Harrison, Tyra Ferrell, Patricia Duff, Leslie Ryan, Audrey Saunders Comedy R
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Going Back
Gone Are the Dayes
The Goodbye People
Grace Quigley
Grandview, U.S.A. Randal Kleiser Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell Comedy
Gremlins Joe Dante Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Susan Burgess, Scott Brady, Arnie Moore, Corey Feldman, Harry Carey Jr., Zach Galligan, Dick Miller, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday, Donald Elson, Belinda Balaski Comedy, Fantasy, Horror PG
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

[edit] H-L

Title Director Cast Genre Notes Rating
Heartbreakers (film) Bobby Roth Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Drama Jethro Films Production R
The Hit
The Horror Movies
Hot Dog... The Movie
The Ice Pirates
Iceman (film)
Improper Conduct
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Harrison Ford
Interface (film)
Irreconcilable Differences (film)
The Jesse Owens Story
Johnny Dangerously
Just the Way You Are (film)
The Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita Action, Drama
Karin's Face
Kidco
Kim
King Lear (1984 film)
The Last Starfighter
Lily in Love
The Little Drummer Girl
Loafing and Camouflage
The Lonely Guy
Love Streams

[edit] M-O

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
MacArthur's Children
Making the Grade (film)
Marlene (1984 film)
Master of the Game (mini-series)
Meantime (film)
Meatballs 2
Micki + Maude
The Miracle Continues
Missing in Action (film)
Mister Roberts
Model Behaviour (film)
Monaco Forever
Monster Dog
Moscow on the Hudson
Mrs. Soffel
The Muppets Take Manhattan
My New Partner
The Natural (film)
The NeverEnding Story Wolfgang Peterson Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Noah Hathaway Adventure, Fantasy
Next of Kin (1984 film)
Nickel Mountain
Night Patrol
The Night They Saved Christmas
Night of the Comet
A Nightmare on Elm Street Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp Horror, Slasher
Nineteen Eighty-Four (film)
Ninja III: The Domination
No Man's Land (1984 film)
No Small Affair
Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld
Nothing Lasts Forever (film)
Old Enough
Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone Drama Sergio Leone's final film
One Night Stand (1984 film)
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Oxford Blues

[edit] P-R

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Paris, Texas (film)
The Party Animal
A Passage to India (film)
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak
The Philadelphia Experiment (film)
Places in the Heart
Police Academy (film)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Protocol (film)
Purple Rain Prince Musical, Romance
Racing with the Moon
The Razor's Edge (1984 film)
Razorback (film)
Red Dawn John Milius Patrick Swayze,C. Thomas Howell Jennifer Grey, Lea Thompson Action, Politicial First movie to ever be released with the PG-13 rating
Rent Control (film)
Repo Man
Revenge of the Nerds
Rhinestone Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton
The River Rat
The River (1984 film) Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek
Roadhouse 66
Rodney Rude Live Volume 1
Romancing the Stone Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Runaway (1984 film)
Rupert and the Frog Song

[edit] S

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Savage Streets
Scarred (1984 film)
Screenplay Porno
Secret Honor
Sexmission
Shaolin Warrior
Silent Night, Deadly Night Charles E. Sellier Jr. Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Britt Leach, Leo Geter Slasher
The Silent Scream
Sixteen Candles John Hughes Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling Teen, Romantic comedy
Slapstick of Another Kind
Sloane
A Soldier's Story
Something About Amelia
Space Riders
Speed (IMAX)
Splash (film) Daryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, John Candy
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Sci-Fi
Starman (film)
Stop Making Sense
Stranger Than Paradise
Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name
Streets of Fire
Suburbia (film)
A Summer in St. Tropez
Summertime Blues (film)
A Sunday in the Country
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Supergirl Helen Slater
Surf II
Swing Shift
Sword of the Valiant

[edit] T-Z

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Tank
Teachers
The Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton Action, Sci-Fi
Terror in the Aisles
The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade
The Prey (1984 film)
The Ratings Game
The Wannsee Conference (film)
Thief of Hearts
This Is Spinal Tap
Threads
Tightrope (film)
Top Secret!
Under the Volcano (film)
Unfaithfully Yours
Until September
Up the Creek
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Waterwalker
Wet Gold
Wheels on Meals
When the Raven Flies
Where the Boys Are '84
Where the Green Ants Dream
The Wild Life (film)
The Woman in Red (film)
The Year of the Quiet Sun

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