1980s Movies

Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

When a forensic scientist is put in charge of examining a police investigation for a string of local disappearances it leads to a mysterious centre...

August 19th, 1989. Small-town teen Wyatt Stevens is gifted a Sony Camcorder for his birthday, unaware of what he's about to capture on tape.

In 1981 Montreal, four Salvadoran siblings, new to Canada, seek distance from the uprisings occurring in their home country by hitting a night club,...

The story of iconic Spanish artist Susana Estrada's struggle against censorship and sexual repression during the turbulent years following the death...

Set in the late 1980’s, it follows the local Las Vegas TV news journalist who first broke the story of Area 51.

An extraordinary man full of fame, glitz and an assiduous promoter of fitness and wellness. Richard Simmons from fitness guru to 1980s household...

Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and...

In a college dorm in 1987, four friends discover a magic 8 ball that can reveal their deepest secrets and desires. As they use it to uncover hidden...

A massive love letter to the 1980's and its awesome action movies, the film follows Daniel McKormack, a man who resurrects from his grave on a...

Akademija Republika shows a group of people gathered around the club from 1981 until 1995 and how it changed and influenced the cultural and night...

On January 13th 1985, Midnight Oil performed the Oils on the Water concert on Goat Island, Sydney, to celebrate radio Triple-J's tenth birthday,...

In 1989 a country boy doesn't want to eat potatoes at home. He wants to introduce something more exotic to his parents. One day he takes his savings...

A coming-of age set in the 1980s, about a boy and his relationship with his mother-and her-showing and not showing love.

Suburbs of Rome (Italy), Summer of 1993. On top of a wide valley, a group of four kids has built a small shelter in which they spend the afternoons...

Roxanne, Julie, and Alex are THE SUITS, martial artists granted extraordinary powers with dark side effects. The trio must reunite and overcome their...

This program illustrates how video activists have developed sophisticated use of small format video, with poetic and powerful imagery, complex mixes...

Directed by journalist Ricardo Alexandre, the documentary tells the story of the Napalm nightclub, responsible for the new wave and post-punk...

2002 documentary on the history of the 1980s New Romantic band-- Culture Club.