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| 1980 |
1980 Airplane! Comedy / Romance PG, 88 Minutes
Director: Jim Abrahams More Info
Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Barbara Billingsley, Kenneth Tobey, Ethel Merman, James Hong Leslie Nielsen found his niche as a character actor in this parody of the "Airport" disaster movies. When the passengers and its crew get sick from the food, the fate of the plane depends on a combat fatigued pilot (Robert Hays) and his long-lost love (Julie Hagerty) who also happens to be a stewardess on the flight. Great cliches, gags, and sly humor. |
1980 American Gigolo Drama / Romance / Thriller R, 117 Minutes
Director: Paul Schrader More Info
Starring: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt, K Callan, Macdonald Carey, Bill Duke, Brian Davies, Carole Cook, David Cryer Male hooker Julian Kay (Richard Gere) provides his services among the Beverly Hills matrons. When an ex-client is murdered, Julian is in big trouble. He is framed for the murder and becomes the prime suspect. The one person who can help is Michelle (Lauren Hutton) with whom he is enjoying an intense relationship, but she is married to Senator Charles Stratton (Brian Davies). Will Michelle's love for Julian be the answer to his problems? |
1980 Atlantic City Drama / Romance R, 104 Minutes
Director: Louis Malle More Info
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Robert Goulet, Wallace Shawn, Angus MacInnes Struggling, Atlantic City casino worker Sally (Susan Sarandon) becomes a partner with aging gangster Lou (Burt Lancaster) in a plot to make some easy money through the selling of drugs. Big problems arise when her estranged husband (Robert Joy) is killed, and the Mafia targets Sally. Lou steps in and saves Sally and, at the same time, proves to himself that he still has gangster skills. The film was nominated for several Oscars including Best Picture, Actor (Lancaster), Actress (Sarandon), and Director. |
1980 Fame Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance R, 134 Minutes
Director: Alan Parker More Info
Starring: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Anne Meara, Barry Miller, Debbie Allen, Joanna Merlin, Eddie Barth This story focuses on students–Coco (Irene Cara), Doris (Maureen Teefy), Montgomery (Paul McCrane), Raul (Barry Miller), and Bruno (Lee Curreri)–at New York High School for the Performing Arts. From auditions through ensuing years at school, they cope with their teenage problems and keep up with academics in their own unique ways as they work through training that may lead to stardom. The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Song ("Fame"). |
1980 The Hearse Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Romance PG, 100 Minutes
Director: George Bowers More Info
Starring: Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton, Med Flory, Donald Petrie, Perry Lang, Nicholas Shields, Christopher McDonald, Allison Balson Jane (Trish Van Devere) is a young teacher who inherits a mansion from her aunt. She moves in and doesn't understand why her neighbors do not like her until she learns that they believe her aunt was possessed by the devil, and she looks like her aunt. Jane is frightened–especially when she becomes the potential object of destruction by a hearse and its eerie driver that keep appearing at her door. |
1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan Drama / Romance N/R, 108 Minutes
Director: James Ivory More Info
Starring: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New Rival directors Lilliana (Anne Baxter) and Pierre (Robert Powell), who differ in their plans for the mode of presentation, fight for the right to bring to the stage a long-lost play written by Jane Austen when she was a mere 12 years old. During their competition for the rights to present the play, they also vie for actress Ariadne (Sean Young) to perform in the play–and the intrigue continues. |
1980 The Last Metro Foreign / Drama / Romance PG, 133 Minutes
Director: Francois Truffaut More Info
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Andrea Ferreol, Marcel Berbert, Richard Bohringer, Paulette Dubost During the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) strives to save both her Jewish husband Lucas (Heinz Bennent) and the Theatre Montmarte. The only hope of saving the Montmarte is a new play in which Marion stars, while director Lucas hides in the basement listening in on rehearsals. Meanwhile, there is a romantic attraction between Marion and the play's leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), but they manage to resist temptations as Marion chooses to remain loyal to her country and to her husband. |
1980 Popeye Family / Comedy / Musical / Romance PG, 114 Minutes
Director: Robert Altman More Info
Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Richard Libertini, Linda Hunt, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon This financially less-than-successful rendition of the cartoon character who is "strong to the finish because he eats his spinach" is still OK, but slow, fare as Robin Williams plays the "human" version of Popeye the sailorman, and Shelley Duvall plays the light of his life, Olive Oyl. Popeye and Olive Oyl get together, and Popeye adopts Swee'pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), but problems lie ahead with Bluto (Paul L. Smith). |
1980 Superman II Action / Sci-Fi / Romance PG, 127 Minutes
Director: Richard Lester More Info
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains. |
1980 Xanadu Fantasy / Musical / Romance PG, 93 Minutes
Director: Robert Greenwald More Info
Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss, Katie Hanley, Sandahl Bergman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Coral Browne, Fred McCarren Kira (Olivia Newton-John) is an angel who returns to Earth to inspire a young artist, Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). Years before, Kira had inspired wealthy, but older, Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), and she conspires for Sonny and Danny to meet. They become friends and decide to turn an abandoned building into a nightclub featuring 1940s and 1980s music, neon lights, and roller skating–and Xanadu is created. Now it is time for Kira to move on, but she and Sonny have fallen in love. Will they be able to convince the gods to allow them to stay together? |
| 1981 |
1981 Back Roads Comedy / Romance R, 94 Minutes
Director: Martin Ritt More Info
Starring: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other. |
1981 Diva Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance R, 123 Minutes
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix More Info
Starring: Frederic Andrei, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Jacques Fabbri, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Deruaz, Roland Bertin, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Thuy An Luu, Anny Romand This mystery thriller involves problems encountered by young Parisian courier Jules (Frederic Andrei) when he tapes an opera performance. His tape is confused with one that involves mob action, and his life is thus placed in jeopardy. |
1981 Endless Love Drama / Romance R, 115 Minutes
Director: Franco Zeffirelli More Info
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Tom Cruise, Robert Moore, Richard Kiley, Beatrice Straight, James Spader, Penelope Milford Seventeen-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields) fall in love, but Jade's father has had enough of David and bans him from their house. David's solution to his problem: burn down their house, rescue the family, and become a hero. David does carry out the arson but is caught and sent to a reformatory where he remains obsessed with reuniting with Jade. "Endless Love" marks the film debut of Tom Cruise, and the title song was nominated for an Oscar for Best song. |
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Drama / Romance R, 127 Minutes
Director: Karel Reisz More Info
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae, Emily Morgan, Charlotte Mitchell, Peter Vaughan, Liz Smith, Leo McKern, David Warner, Alun Armstrong This "story within a story" is centered on two actors, Anna and Mike (Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons), who have roles as Victorian lovers. While their fictional characters overcome adversities, the actors who play them lose in their own romantic relationship. |
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice Drama / Thriller / Romance R, 122 Minutes
Director: Bob Rafelson More Info
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, William Traylor, Thomas Hill, Albert Henderson In this remake of the 1946 film, Jack Nicholson stars as Frank Chambers, the drifter who takes a job at Nick Papadakis' (John Colicos) diner and is soon involved in an affair with Nick's wife Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick has no idea that the affair is going on as Frank and Cora plot to kill Frank and collect on his insurance. But fate steps in, and "living happily ever after" may not be as easy as Frank and Cora think. |
1981 Reds Drama / Romance PG, 200 Minutes
Director: Warren Beatty More Info
Starring: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Edward Herrmann, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Ian Wolfe This movie tells the story of the Russian Revolution and mixes in the love story of John and Louise (Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton) who are swept up in the momentum of change. Academy Awards were received by Warren Beatty for his directing and Maureen Stapleton for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Actress (Keaton), and Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson). |
1981 The Woman Next Door Foreign / Drama / Romance R, 106 Minutes
Director: Francois Truffaut More Info
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Veronique Silver, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Olivier Becquaert, Nicole Vaughier, Muriel Combe As a couple, Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) and Mathilde (Fanny Ardant) enjoyed a passionate affair years ago that ended unhappily. Years later, after Bernard had married Arlette (Michele Baumgartner) and Mathilde had married Philippe (Henri Garcin), the couples find themselves to be next-door neighbors. It doesn't take long for Bernard and Mathilde to rekindle their relationship, but their mutual obsession is doomed to failure. |
| 1982 |
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance PG, 84 Minutes
Director: Ken Finkleman More Info
Starring: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, John Dehner In this sequel (starring most of the original cast), the first passenger shuttle takes off for the moon, but there's a computer on board that kills the crew. Now, it is up to Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and stewardess Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) to turn off the computer and save the passengers. Not as hilarious as the first movie, but it does have some amusing gags. Cameo appearances by Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, and Sonny Bono, among others. |
1982 Cannery Row Drama / Romance PG, 120 Minutes
Director: David S. Ward More Info
Starring: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, Art LaFleur John Steinbeck's novel, set in Monterey, California, is brought to the screen with Nick Nolte as the marine biologist, Doc, who falls for local floozy Suzy (Debra Winger) after he meets her at the Bear Flag Restaurant. Romance blooms between the two but quickly turns sour. Meanwhile, Cannery Row inhabitants–including Mac (M. Emmet Walsh)–hope that Doc and Suzy will get back together because their love is the one thing in Doc and Suzy's lives that really counts. |
1982 Cat People Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Romance R, 118 Minutes
Director: Paul Schrader More Info
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, Annette O'Toole, John Heard, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr., Scott Paulin, John Larroquette, Frankie Faison, Ray Wise Nastassja Kinski stars as beautiful dress designer Irena Gallier with a bizarre family trait: when she makes love, she turns into a savage black panther and ravages her mate. The only one she can safely make love to is her brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell)–another cat person. But she loves Oliver Yates (John Heard), the head of a zoo, whom she would kill if aroused. A good–and scary–film. Remake of the 1942 movie starring Simone Simon. |
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Comedy / Musical / Romance R, 92 Minutes
Director: Amy Heckerling More Info
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Eric Stoltz, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss Lifestyles of teenagers–including jobs, sex, and drugs–are wryly depicted in this film. The story is based on Cameron Crowe's book relating his experiences when he returned to high school and pretended to be a student. While stoned student Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) spends much of his time arguing with his history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston), other students–including Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Linda (Phoebe Cates), Mark (Brian Backer), and Mike (Robert Romanus)–visit the shopping mall, surf, eat fast-food, and experiment with sex. When they do attend class, wild havoc is often the order of the day. |
1982 Grease 2 Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance PG, 114 Minutes
Director: Patricia Birch More Info
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lorna Luft, Adrian Zmed, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens, Maureen Teefy In the 1960s, exchange student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield) arrives at Rydell High School and is attracted to Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer). But, Stephanie is a leader of the Pink Ladies who are hippies and whose bylaws state that they may only go out with the T-Birds bikers. To what extremes will Michael go to get a date with Stephanie? |
1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Drama / Horror / Romance TV, 150 Minutes
Director: Michael Tuchner More Info
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, Robert Powell, John Gielgud, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Webb, Roland Culver This made-for-TV miniseries stars Anthony Hopkins as the hunchback Quasimodo who is the bell ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral. Quasimodo leaves the bell tower and attends a festival during which, through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up the victim of a flogging. The sensuous gypsy Esmeralda (Lesley-Anne Down) consoles him by bringing him water, and Quasimodo falls in love with her. Later, after she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda and brings her to the safety of the cathedral. But, his love for Esmeralda is doomed because she is in love with handsome soldier Phoebus (Robert Powell). This film features an outstanding supporting cast to provide an enthralling version of Victor Hugo's novel. |
1982 Ivanhoe Adventure / Drama / Romance TV, 150 Minutes
Director: Douglas Camfield More Info
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey, Lysette Anthony, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Pickup, George Innes This TV version of the Sir Walter Scott classic is well done; the photography is excellent, with good performances all around. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) returns to England after the Crusades only to immediately get involved in a struggle against the tyranny of Prince John (Ronald Pickup). King Richard (Julian Glover) has been kidnapped, and Prince John refuses to pay the ransom. With help from Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)–whose Jewish father, Isaac of York (James Mason), was held by the anti-Semites and Ivanhoe rescued–Ivanhoe finds hope in rescuing the throne of England. Then, Ivanhoe's partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) will right many of the wrongs in England. |
1982 Liar's Moon Drama / Romance PG, 106 Minutes
Director: David Fisher More Info
Starring: Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Hoyt Axton, Margaret Blye, Broderick Crawford, Christopher Connelly, Molly McCarthy, Tiffany Stettner, Yvonne De Carlo, Susan Tyrrell As a member of the working class, Jack Duncan (Matt Dillon) falls in love with Ginny Peterson (Cindy Fisher) whose father, Alex (Christopher Connelly), is a banker and wants no part of Jack's lower-class status. Despite family objections, Jack and Ginny fall in love and elope. But many problems lie ahead for the unsuspecting couple. |
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Full listing of Romance movies from the 1980's | 1984 (1984)
About Last Night... (1986)
Absolute Beginners (1986)
Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
Against All Odds (1984)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Airplane! (1980)
All of Me (1984)
All the Right Moves (1983)
American Dreamer (1984)
American Gigolo (1980)
Another Country (1984)
Arch of Triumph (1985)
Atlantic City (1980)
Aviator (1985)
Babes in Toyland (1986)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Baby Boom (1987)
Baby It's You (1983)
Bachelor Party (1984)
Back Roads (1981)
Baja Oklahoma (1988)
Barfly (1987)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Big (1988)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Blood and Sand (1989)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Bostonians (1984)
Broadcast News (1987)
Bull Durham (1988)
Cal (1984)
Cannery Row (1982)
Cat People (1982)
Chances Are (1989)
Cocktail (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Commando (1985)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Diva (1981)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
Endless Love (1981)
Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989)
Falling in Love (1984)
Fame (1980)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Flamingo Kid, The (1984)
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Flashdance (1983)
Footloose (1984)
French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Goodbye, New York (1985)
Grease 2 (1982)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Harlem Nights (1989)
Hearse, The (1980)
Heartburn (1986)
Heathers (1989)
Hello Again (1987)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hiding Out (1987)
High Spirits (1988)
Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1982)
Hurlevent (1985)
Iron Eagle II (1988)
Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
Ivanhoe (1982)
Jagged Edge (1985)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Jane Eyre (1983)
January Man, The (1989)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Karate Kid, Part II, The (1986)
Lady Jane (1986)
Last Metro, The (1980)
Less Than Zero (1987)
Liar's Moon (1982)
Look Who's Talking (1989)
Love Songs (1984)
Lovesick (1983)
Lucas (1986)
Mannequin (1987)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Mischief (1985)
Moonstruck (1987)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Near Dark (1987)
Night is Young, The (1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
Out of Africa (1985)
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Outsiders, The (1983)
Paradise (1982)
Perfect (1985)
Pick-Up Artist (1987)
Popeye (1980)
Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Reds (1981)
Road House (1989)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Say Anything (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Some Girls (1988)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Splash (1984)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Starman (1984)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Stormy Monday (1988)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Subway (1985)
Summer Rental (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Superman II (1980)
Sure Thing, The (1985)
Svengali (1983)
Teachers (1984)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Tiger's Tale, A (1988)
To Die For (1989)
Tootsie (1982)
Top Gun (1986)
Top Secret! (1984)
Tough Enough (1983)
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Valley Girl (1983)
Valmont (1989)
Weird Science (1985)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Witness (1985)
Woman Next Door (1981)
World According to Garp (1982)
Xanadu (1980)
Yentl (1983)
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