This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Summary: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Release Date: June 01, 1984

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Sergio Leone

Writers: Harry Grey

, Leonardo Benvenuti

, Piero De Bernardi

Runtime: 3 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Ladd Company, Warner Bros., Producers Sales Organization (PSO)

Distributor: Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Countries: United States, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,321,508

International: $ 152,582

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Summary: Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Release Date: November 25, 1987

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Anime

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Writers: Hayao Miyazaki

, Cindy Davis

, Donald H. Hewitt

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

Production: Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo

Distributor: R&G Video, Starmaker Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, GKIDS, Fathom Events, HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 495,770

International: $ 8,358,198

Amadeus (1984)

Summary: The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Release Date: September 19, 1984

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Peter Shaffer

, Zdenek Mahler

Runtime: 2 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: AMLF, The Saul Zaentz Company

Distributor: Viacom, HBO/Cannon Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Weintraub Entertainment Group, Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,973,029

International: $ 93,762

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Summary: Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in rea...

Release Date: November 16, 1984

Genre: Horror

Director: Wes Craven

Writer: Wes Craven

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Media Home Entertainment, Smart Egg Pictures

Distributor: Image Entertainment, Media Home Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO), USA Network, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Elite Entertainment, Video Treasures, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie budget: $ 1,800,000

Domestic: $ 25,624,448

International: $ 60,686

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Summary: A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

Release Date: April 19, 1985

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Neil Jordan

Writers: Angela Carter

, Neil Jordan

, Charles Perrault

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Palace Pictures

Distributor: Cannon Film Distributors, Vestron Video, Hen's Tooth Video, Avid Home Entertainment, Carlton International Media, Scream Factory

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,389,334

C.H.U.D. (1984)

Summary: A bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.

Release Date: August 31, 1984

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Douglas Cheek

Writers: Parnell Hall

, Shepard Abbott

, Christopher Curry

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: New World Pictures, C.H.U.D. Productions

Distributor: New World Pictures, Home Box Office (HBO), Image Entertainment, Media Home Entertainment, Video Treasures, Starmaker Entertainment, Lakeshore International, Sci-Fi Channel, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Arrow Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,250,000

Domestic: $ 4,654,423

Red Dawn (1984)

Summary: It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.

Release Date: August 10, 1984

Genres: Action, Drama

Director: John Milius

Writers: Kevin Reynolds

, John Milius

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: United Artists, Valkyrie Films

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Shout Select

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 38,376,497

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Summary: In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Release Date: May 23, 1984

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Willard Huyck

, Gloria Katz

, George Lucas

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Indiana Jones

Movie budget: $ 28,000,000

Domestic: $ 179,870,271

International: $ 153,237,000

Heavenly Bodies (1984)

Summary: A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.

Release Date: February 01, 1985

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Lawrence Dane

Writers: Lawrence Dane

, Ron Base

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Producers Sales Organization (PSO), RSL Entertainment, Moviecorp VIII, Playboy Enterprises

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, Key Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,839,623

Dune (1984)

Summary: A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Release Date: December 14, 1984

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: David Lynch

Writers: Frank Herbert

, David Lynch

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Distributor: Artisan Entertainment, Disney Channel, MCA Home Video, MCA Television, MCA/Universal Home Video, The Criterion Channel, Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), WGN

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,925,690

International: $ 54,126

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Summary: At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.

Release Date: August 10, 1984

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jeff Kanew

Writers: Tim Metcalfe

, Miguel Tejada-Flores

, Steve Zacharias

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Interscope Communications, Zacharias-Buhai Productions

Distributor: CBS/Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Television, G4, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,874,452

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)

Summary: The night before the school festival, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all the world functions come to a stop, the only ones that are not affected are a select group of student friends.

Release Date: February 11, 1984

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Writers: Mamoru Oshii

, Rumiko Takahashi

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Kitty Films, Pierrot

Distributor: Central Park Media, Discotek Media, International Channel, The Sci-Fi Channel, U.S. Manga Corp.

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Ciske the Rat (1984)

Summary: A poor 11-year-old schoolboy with a heart of gold grows up in 1930s Amsterdam.

Release Date: March 29, 1984

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Guido Pieters

Writers: Karin Loomans

, Piet Bakker

Runtime: 3 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Sigma Film Productions

Distributor: Award Films International

Country: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Police Academy (1984)

Summary: A group of good-hearted, but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.

Release Date: March 23, 1984

Genre: Comedy

Director: Hugh Wilson

Writers: Neal Israel

, Pat Proft

, Hugh Wilson

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Ladd Company, Warner Bros.

Distributor: HBO Max, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Police Academy

Movie budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 81,198,894

The Karate Kid (1984)

Summary: A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

Release Date: June 22, 1984

Genres: Action, Drama, Family

Director: John G. Avildsen

Writer: Robert Mark Kamen

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Columbia Pictures, Delphi II Productions, Jerry Weintraub Productions

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), BYUtv, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Peacock, Pluto TV, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: The Karate Kid

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 91,077,276

International: $ 42,043

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Summary: Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Release Date: October 05, 1984

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Director: W.D. Richter

Writer: Earl Mac Rauch

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Sherwood Productions

Distributor: Vestron Video, Image Entertainment, Video Treasures, Comedy Central, MGM Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Shout Select, Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 6,254,148