The Nearly Good B-Pictures of the 1980s
by Akira_Chimera | created - 06 Nov 2014 | updated - 20 Nov 2022 | PublicCan there even be a thing like 'nearly good B-pictures'? At first I wasn't so sure either. But after years of watching B-movies, more often than not I stumbled across a B-picture which I wouldn't exactly consider to be a good (or even brillant) one. On the other hand it didn't reach the absolute bottoms of z-grade moviedom that connoisseurs of this kind of pictures are used to either. It was simply a movie which, in terms of B-pictures, was competently done, had all those ingredients we love so much in this kind of movies, yes, possibly it was even done bad for all the right reasons. But nevertheless, it didn't click with me, didn't offer that special something which makes B-pictures so enjoyable. What you can expect on this list are B-pictures which are not bad per se, they are more like near misses which can still offer plenty for the B-movie fan. Especially if you are a fan of a certain subgenre, actor or whatever. So have fun browsing through the nearly, but not quite, good B-pictures of the 1980s.
If you're up to it, don't hesitate to leave a comment.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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1. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,369
2. Cannibals in the Streets (1980)
R | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Mentally unstable Vietnam vets who were held captive by the Viet Cong come back to America after being rescued carrying a dangerous virus that turns people into cannibals when bitten.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis
Votes: 4,298
3. The Unseen (1980)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Three female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being that lurks in the basement.
Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick, Lelia Goldoni, Karen Lamm
Votes: 2,306
4. Effects (1979)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
While a small film crew are shooting a low budget horror movie in a house in the woods, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur, and the movie slowly starts to turn into a "snuff" film.
Director: Dusty Nelson | Stars: Joseph Pilato, Susan Chapek, John Harrison, Bernard McKenna
Votes: 986
5. Aquella casa en las afueras (1980)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
A young girl's husband rents a lovely home just outside of Madrid so she can spend the last three months of her pregnancy in peace and luxury. Unfortunately, just as they arrive at the home... See full summary »
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Javier Escrivá, Silvia Aguilar, Alida Valli, Mara Goyanes
Votes: 118
6. Macabre (1980)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse
Votes: 3,093
7. Night of Death (1980)
Not Rated | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror
Young Martine begins working as a nurse at Deadlock House, a secluded grande retirement home, but from the beginning not everything is as it seems, strange residents each with their own ... See full summary »
Director: Raphaël Delpard | Stars: Isabelle Goguey, Charlotte de Turckheim, Michel Flavius, Betty Beckers
Votes: 597
8. The Exterminator (1980)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Steve James
Votes: 6,565
9. The Last Hunter (1980)
95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow, Tony King, Bobby Rhodes
Votes: 1,041
10. Madness (1980)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An escaped convict plays the occupants of a remote home against one another for his own sadistic pleasure while searching for the loot he buried there following a previous robbery.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Joe Dallesandro, Lorraine De Selle, Patrizia Behn, Gianni Macchia
Votes: 630
11. The Chain Reaction (1980)
92 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A holidaying couple is pursued by the thugs of a nearby nuclear storage facility's boss, who is intent on covering up an accidental leak.
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Ralph Cotterill
Votes: 1,179
12. Forbidden Zone (1980)
R | 74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
Director: Richard Elfman | Stars: Gene Cunningham, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Virginia Rose, Phil Gordon
Votes: 5,446
13. Contraband (1980)
Unrated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Someone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Marcel Bozzuffi, Saverio Marconi
Votes: 2,207
14. The Star Inspector (1980)
81 min | Sci-Fi
A commander of the Russian space police begins looking for the capitalist space pirates who have been wreaking intergalactic havoc upon the surrounding planets.
Directors: Mark Kovalyov, Vladimir Polin | Stars: Vladimir Ivashov, Yuri Gusev, Timofey Spivak, Valentina Titova
Votes: 81
15. Los últimos golpes de 'El Torete' (1980)
96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
El Torete and El Vaquilla are two juvenile delinquents with numerous criminal records that coincide in the robbery of the same bank, deciding to be companions thereafter.
Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Ángel Fernández Franco, Bernard Seray, Berta Cabré, Isabel Mestres
Votes: 227
16. Poliziotto solitudine e rabbia (1980)
103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired cop is visited by his former partner who wants him to be a bodyguard for established clientele. At first declining the offer, Nick quickly accepts and joins his friend for the job... See full summary »
Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Jutta Speidel, Arthur Brauss, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 132
17. Blow Job (1980)
78 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director: Alberto Cavallone | Stars: Danilo Micheli, Andrea Belfiore, Anna Bruna Cazzato, Mirella Venturini
Votes: 179
18. Evilspeak (1981)
R | 97 min | Horror
An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.
Director: Eric Weston | Stars: Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese, Claude Earl Jones
Votes: 4,889
19. Madhouse (1981)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror
A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis | Stars: Patricia Mickey, Michael MacRae, Dennis Robertson, Morgan Most
Votes: 2,526
20. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King
Votes: 77,802 | Gross: $21.72M
21. Mystics in Bali (1981)
86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A woman researches a book that takes her to the black magic cult of Leák in Bali. She meets an evil witch who promises to train her dark arts. But she is tricked and turned into a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck.
Director: H. Tjut Djalil | Stars: Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo, Sofia W.D., W.D. Mochtar
Votes: 1,475
22. Lifepod (2020)
90 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and passengers to abandon ship. A handful of people are trapped onboard.
Director: Bruce Bryant | Stars: Joe Penny, Kristine DeBell, Carl Lumbly, Sandy Kenyon
Votes: 328
23. Petlya Oriona (1981)
85 min | Sci-Fi
A strange phenomenon has been noticed on the outskirts of our Solar system that quickly approaches the Earth. It's called "Orion's Loop." A spaceship with a crew of people and androids ... See full summary »
Director: Vasili Levin | Stars: Leonid Bakshtaev, Gennadi Shkuratov, Vitali Doroshenko, Anatoliy Mateshko
Votes: 201
24. Student Bodies (1981)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
Directors: Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie | Stars: Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson, Joe Flood
Votes: 5,368 | Gross: $5.17M
25. Night School (1981)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Leonard Mann, Rachel Ward, Drew Snyder, Joseph R. Sicari
Votes: 3,257 | Gross: $1.17M
26. The Pit (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
Director: Lew Lehman | Stars: Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Laura Hollingsworth
Votes: 3,524
27. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis
Votes: 7,529 | Gross: $39.10M
28. High Risk (1981)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Four naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: James Brolin, Anthony Quinn, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn
Votes: 1,290
29. Cannibal Ferox (1981)
93 min | Adventure, Horror
Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova
Votes: 10,800
30. Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A drunken deer hunter, his pilot colleague and his daughter compete with a treasure hunter to reach a lake in New Zealand and uncover a WWII-era plane wreck carrying a fortune in gold.
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard
Votes: 1,154
31. Madman (1981)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A legendary psychopathic murderer stalks a summer camp.
Director: Joe Giannone | Stars: Gaylen Ross, Tony Nunziata, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones
Votes: 6,746
32. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie
Votes: 61,025 | Gross: $14.40M
33. Fangs (1981)
100 min | Horror, Musical
An Egyptian remake of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" completely reinvents O'Brien's classic, refocusing his efforts on a horde of flamboyant vampires who enjoy nothing more than a sing-along.
Director: Mohammed Shebl | Stars: Ahmed Adawiyya, Ali El Haggar, Hasan El-Emam, Mona Gabr
Votes: 118
34. Battletruck (1982)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, Bruno Lawrence
Votes: 1,532
35. Swamp Thing (1982)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess
Votes: 16,365
36. Blood Link (1982)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror
Haunted by psychic visions of murder, an American man travels to Europe where he learns that a rash of murders are being committed by someone who looks exactly like him.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Penelope Milford, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 501
37. Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A maverick motorbike racer wanders into a top-secret time-travel research test site which unintentionally teleports him to the mid-1800s and ends up having to fight violent outlaws for his survival.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Richard Masur
Votes: 2,507
38. Forbidden World (1982)
R | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Director: Allan Holzman | Stars: Don Olivera, Jesse Vint, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles
Votes: 6,301
39. One Dark Night (1982)
PG | 89 min | Horror
As part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.
Directors: Tom McLoughlin, Michael Schroeder | Stars: Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman, Robin Evans, Leslie Speights
Votes: 3,756
40. Xtro (1982)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, Maryam d'Abo
Votes: 8,143
41. Crosstalk (1982)
83 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.
Directors: Mark Egerton, Keith Salvat | Stars: Gary Day, Penny Downie, Brian McDermott, Peter Collingwood
Votes: 90
42. The Clairvoyant (1982)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Perry King, Norman Parker, Elizabeth Kemp, Kenneth McMillan
Votes: 709
43. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
R | 77 min | Horror
A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.
Director: Amy Holden Jones | Stars: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso
Votes: 17,911
44. The Aftermath (1982)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
An astronaut battles mutant cannibals after returning from space to find Earth ravaged by nuclear and biological war.
Director: Steve Barkett | Stars: Steve Barkett, Lynne Margulies, Sid Haig, Christopher Barkett
Votes: 1,014
45. Baker County, U.S.A. (1982)
R | 95 min | Thriller
When a group of college students come across a redneck in the wilderness murdering his wife's lover, they become the objects of his crazed vengeance.
Director: William Fruet | Stars: Henry Silva, Nicholas Campbell, Barbara Gordon, Gina Dick
Votes: 774
46. Double Exposure (1982)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A photographer plagued by horrific nightmares in which he kills the young female models he shoots is shocked to discover that there is a serial killer in his city who is targeting attractive women.
Director: William Byron Hillman | Stars: Michael Callan, Joanna Pettet, James Stacy, Pamela Hensley
Votes: 870
47. Klynham Summer (1982)
PG | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: John Carradine, Tracy Mann, Jono Smith, Daniel McLaren
Votes: 222
48. Angkor: Cambodia Express (1982)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
An American journalist returns to Cambodia to bring out the girlfriend he was forced to leave behind when the murderous Khmer Rouge took over the country.
Director: Lek Kitaparaporn | Stars: Robert Walker Jr., Woody Strode, Christopher George, Nancy Kwan
Votes: 111
49. Vortex (1982)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense... See full summary »
Directors: Beth B, Scott B | Stars: James Russo, Lydia Lunch, William Rice, Ann Magnuson
Votes: 116
50. Fuga dall'arcipelago maledetto (1982)
TV-PG | 96 min | Action, War
On one of his last trips before retirement, a plane of an illegal gunrunner in Vietnam is shot down where he hooks up Annie Belle, a humanitarian rebel.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: David Warbeck, Annie Belle, Tony King, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 189
51. Big Meat Eater (1982)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
Strange events occur in a small town after a mild mannered butcher hires an unusual apprentice.
Director: Chris Windsor | Stars: Clarence 'Big' Miller, George Dawson, Andrew Gillies, Stephen Dimopoulos
Votes: 402
52. The Concrete Jungle (1982)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When an unsuspecting woman, who was setup by her boyfriend to carry a stash of cocaine, is sentenced to three years in prison, she struggles to survive against the corrupt warden and the vicious inmates.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Jill St. John, Tracey E. Bregman, BarBara Luna, June Barrett
Votes: 821
53. Special Silencers (1982)
86 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Large red pills are obtained from a forest dwelling mystic, which aid in meditation. However, if used by the untrained they cause a huge tree to grow in the stomach and burst its way through the skin.
Director: Arizal | Stars: Barry Prima, Eva Arnaz, W.D. Mochtar, Dicky Zulkarnaen
Votes: 127
54. A Time to Die (1982)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama
In the final days of World War II, American spy Michael Rogan (Edward Albert Jr.) is taken prisoner, along with his wife and comrades from the French underground. A sadistic six-man ... See full summary »
Directors: Matt Cimber, Joe Tornatore | Stars: Rex Harrison, Rod Taylor, Edward Albert, Raf Vallone
Votes: 298
55. Black Commando (1982)
90 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Director: Max H. Boulois | Stars: Tony Curtis, Joanna Pettet, Max H. Boulois, Ramiro Oliveros
Votes: 83
56. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Votes: 38,087 | Gross: $11.00M
57. Curtains (1983)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
Director: Richard Ciupka | Stars: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn
Votes: 5,741
58. Screamtime (1983)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"
Directors: Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Stars: Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith
Votes: 1,013
59. The Lift (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Liz Snoyink
Votes: 7,705
60. A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1983)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
A somewhat reluctant vampire is taken out by his sexpot sister for his first "night out on the town."
Director: Mark Pirro | Stars: Mark Pirro, Lori Sutton, Bobbi Dorsch, Hugh O. Fields
Votes: 348 | Gross: $0.50M
61. The Final Terror (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All's well until the group members start getting killed by a cunning killer in the woods.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith
Votes: 3,747
62. La casa del tappeto giallo (1983)
89 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug, which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings, saying he wishes to buy the rug. But... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Lizzani | Stars: Erland Josephson, Béatrice Romand, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Milena Vukotic
Votes: 422
63. Alone Against Terror (1983)
90 min | Horror
A paraplegic women takes revenge on the people that murdered her father, after he haunts her dreams with visions of what happened to him.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Lina Romay, Mabel Escaño, Carmen Carrión, Ricardo Palacios
Votes: 99
64. Hearts and Armour (1983)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Bradamante, a woman wearing an invincible suit of armor, is travelling the countryside at the time of the Crusades. After ending up in the middle of a web of romantic and cultural tangles, ... See full summary »
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Zeudi Araya Cristaldi, Barbara De Rossi, Rick Edwards, Ronn Moss
Votes: 727
65. Women's Prison Massacre (1983)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four escaped male convicts seize control of a women's prison and proceed to terrorize the inmates, one of whom is reporter Emanuelle, incarcerated on trumped-up charges.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Gilbert Roussel | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ursula Flores, Maria Romano
Votes: 1,221
66. O Drakoulas ton Exarheion (1983)
87 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A mad scientist creates the band Music Brigades from body parts of dead musicians.
Director: Nikos Zervos | Stars: Konstantinos Tzoumas, Tzimis Panousis, Vangelis Kotronis, Isavella Mavraki
Votes: 996
67. W (II) (1983)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Beware of Nosfero's army - they worship strength and have no mercy for the weak. His dangerous cult begins a wave of terror through the wasteland. In their way is Sgt. W2 of the special police forces.
Director: Willy Milan | Stars: Anthony Alonzo, Anna Marie Gutierrez, Alicia Alonzo, Ada Alberto
Votes: 130
68. Dance of the Dwarfs (1983)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Horror
An anthropologist hires a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot to fly her into the jungle, where she is searching for a scientist who is investigating reports of a tribe of reptile-men.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Peter Fonda, John Amos, Carlos Palomino
Votes: 325
69. Thunder (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A native American named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 599
70. Deadly Force (1983)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced former police officer returns to Los Angeles as a private detective and vigilante to catch a mass murderer. When he crosses paths with his estranged wife, he tries to rekindle their relationship.
Director: Paul Aaron | Stars: Wings Hauser, Joyce Ingalls, Paul Shenar, Al Ruscio
Votes: 498 | Gross: $1.71M
71. The Initiation (1984)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.
Directors: Larry Stewart, Peter Crane | Stars: Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Daphne Zuniga, James Read
Votes: 4,488
72. Children of the Corn (1984)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin
Votes: 57,361 | Gross: $14.57M
73. Invitation to Hell (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family moves to a suburban town only to be coerced into joining a suspicious club.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto
Votes: 2,053
74. Sole Survivor (1984)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Anita Skinner, Caren L. Larkey, Peggy McClure, Roberta Kay
Votes: 2,563
75. Missing in Action (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf
Votes: 16,551 | Gross: $22.81M
76. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson
Votes: 18,816 | Gross: $2.49M
77. Decoder (1984)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A noise enthusiast discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.
Director: Muscha | Stars: FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow, Britzhold Baron De Belle
Votes: 1,048
78. C.H.U.D. (1984)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.
Director: Douglas Cheek | Stars: John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Kim Greist
Votes: 13,982 | Gross: $4.65M
79. Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli, Cosimo Cinieri
Votes: 2,205
80. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,765
81. Sleepwalker (1984)
51 min | Horror
Rich couple Angela & Richard travel to the home of brother and sister Alex and Marion for dinner but end up clashing with their hosts over their different views. And when a destructive ... See full summary »
Director: Saxon Logan | Stars: Joanna David, Nickolas Grace, Heather Page, Bill Douglas
Votes: 402
82. I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2072 Rome, Italy, the ruthless CEO of a TV network plots to stage a modern series of gladiator games for ratings while one 'contenstant' learns of a conspiracy behind the true nature of the results.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Fred Williamson, Howard Ross, Eleonora Brigliadori
Votes: 1,745
83. The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Gwendoline, a runaway nun, arrives in Hong Kong on a mission to find her father, who was last seen in the legendary Land of the Yik Yak searching for a rare butterfly. She's guided on her perilous journey by the selfish mercenary Willard.
Director: Just Jaeckin | Stars: Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman, Bernadette Lafont
Votes: 3,312 | Gross: $1.34M
84. Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
R | 101 min | Action
Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,107
85. Deadly Impact (1984)
Not Rated | 80 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A computer hacker calculates a system of monitoring the slot machines at various Las Vegas casinos, and he and his girlfriend make a killing. Other criminals kidnap the duo and force them to give up the money.
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Marcia Clingan, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Votes: 206
86. The Ewok Adventure (1984 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd
Votes: 12,516
87. Mad Warrior (1984)
75 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
World War III is over, the planet is mostly uninhabitable. On an island in the Pacific, the Islanders survive this cursed world in a fortified colony. Under the orders of the maniacal Zeus they are forced to fight each other to the death.
Director: Willy Milan | Stars: Anthony Alonzo, Jennifer Kirkham, Johnny Monteiro, Dan Alvaro
Votes: 153
88. Final Mission (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War
Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden
Votes: 221
89. The Power (1984)
R | 84 min | Horror
A few people come into possession of an ancient Aztec doll. However, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, which takes over their bodies.
Directors: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Suzy Stokey, Warren Lincoln, Lisa Erickson, Chad Cowgill
Votes: 704
90. Silent Madness (1984)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A criminally insane man is accidentally released from a mental hospital. The staff tries to cover it up, but a young psychiatrist travels to the college town where he committed several murders to warn the locals and anticipate his arrival.
Director: Simon Nuchtern | Stars: Belinda Montgomery, Viveca Lindfors, Solly Marx, Sydney Lassick
Votes: 1,594
91. Hellhole (1985)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A young woman becomes amnesiac after an attack by a hired killer. She's admitted to a mental asylum run by a ruthless doctor who experiments on her patients with a lethal drug, and her attacker just got employed there.
Directors: Pierre De Moro, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Marjoe Gortner, Richard Cox
Votes: 1,046
92. Women in Fury (1984)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in a Brazilian prison. Whilst there she is brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believes she's innocent and tries to help her.
Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Suzane Carvalho, Rossana Ghessa, Gloria Cristal, Henri Pagnoncelli
Votes: 500
93. Dark of the Night (1984)
88 min | Horror, Thriller
A small-town woman, fresh to the city, buys a second-hand Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a murdered woman and her killer.
Director: Gaylene Preston | Stars: Heather Bolton, David Letch, Perry Piercy, Suzanne Lee
Votes: 265
94. Scream for Help (1984)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto
Votes: 1,274
95. The Ninja Mission (1984)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
Swedish scientist named Karl Markov is taken hostage by the KGB. After his daughter Nadia is also kidnapped and brought deep into the heart of Russia, a group of highly trained ninjas, led ... See full summary »
Director: Mats Helge Olsson | Stars: Krzysztof Kolberger, Hanna Bieniuszewicz, Bo F. Munthe, Curt Broberg
Votes: 762
96. Dark Enemy (1984)
82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: David Haig, Douglas Storm, Martin Laing, Chris Chescoe
Votes: 78
97. Goma-2 (1984)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
A former terrorist has started a lawful career, being a truck driver. On a trip he ignores the warnings given about the mafia, which leads to them setting fire to his truck, which has his wife on board. This has to be avenged.
Director: José Antonio de la Loma | Stars: Margaux Hemingway, Lee Van Cleef, Jorge Rivero, Willie Aames
Votes: 215
98. White Fire (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Russian siblings living in Istanbul, Turkey, who work in the diamond fencing business, scheme to steal the newly discovered legendary diamond White Fire, but their rivals have other plans in mind.
Director: Jean-Marie Pallardy | Stars: Robert Ginty, Fred Williamson, Belinda Mayne, Jess Hahn
Votes: 987
99. Naked Vengeance (1985)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Deborah Tranelli, Kaz Garas, Bill McLaughlin, Ed Crick
Votes: 858
100. Lola's Secret (1984)
88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young lad's dreams come true when his family's sexy new maid seduces him, but she also has a secret that leads to trouble.
Director: Bruno Gaburro | Stars: Donatella Damiani, Scott Coffey, Gabriele Tinti, Peter Boom
Votes: 233
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