11. Paris, Texas
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Harry Dean Stanton, Aurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Socorro Valdez, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson
Plot: A wondering man is discovered by his brother in the desert. The man has
lost his memory but quickly remembers his horrible past and begins to
interact with them.
12. The Killing Fields
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roland Joffé
Actors: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray
Plot: Based on the true story of a photographer in Cambodia during Pol Pot's atrocious killings.
13. Gremlins
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Dick Miller
Plot: A failed inventor brings how a new fuzzy pet for his son - but don't him
wet, feed him after midnight and especially keep him away from bright
light. When the rules are inevitably broken, something much more sinister
is released.
14. Sixteen Candles
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hughes
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris, Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall, Blanche Baker
Plot: A sixteenth birthday party for a high school girl turns awry when everything goes wrong that can.
15. North, The ( Norte, El )
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Nava
Actors: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Diane Cary, Lupe Ontiveros, Alicia del Lago
16. The Karate Kid
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Ralph Macchio, Elisabeth Shue, Pat Morita, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, William Zabka
Plot: A boy who movies into a new neighborhood, meets his Japanese neighbor who choses to teach him Karate, but that there is more to it than just fighting.
17. Stranger Than Paradise
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen
Plot: A New Yorker is dismayed when his 16-year-old Hungarian cousin shows up unexpectedly and invades his life. Although initially hostile, the two form a mutual affection and. out of complete boredom, visit their aunt in Cleveland. Onward to sunny Florida where they lose, and gain, a forture and a final twist has them ending up right where they started.
18. The NeverEnding Story
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Barret Oliver, Nicholas Gilbert, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Sydney Bromley, Drum Garrett
Plot: A boy goes on a wild adventure in a strange new world full of magic. He holds the key to saving the world but must complete a quest for the princess first.
19. The Natural
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Richard Farnsworth
Plot: A middle-aged ballplayer with a checkered past rises from the depths like a Phoenix to take a losing team to the championship. With help from his bat formed by a lightning strike, he relives the glory he should have had in youth - as a pitcher - before a woman shot him.
20. Stop Making Sense
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, David Byrne, Steven Scales, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
