Best of 1984
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1. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST PICTURE
Amadeus
Once Upon a Time in America
Paris, Texas
A Passage to India
The Killing Fields
Broadway Danny Rose
Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
The Natural
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Ghostbusters
2. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST DIRECTOR
Milos Forman - Amadeus
Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America
Wim Wenders - Paris, Texas
Roland Joffé - The Killing Fields
David Lean - A Passage to India
Márta Mészáros - Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
3. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST ACTOR
F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
Tom Hulce - Amadeus
Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields
Harry Dean Stanton - Paris, Texas
Robert De Niro - Once Upon a Time in America
Sam Waterston - The Killing Fields
Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
4. A Passage to India (1984)
PG | 164 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox
Votes: 20,902 | Gross: $27.19M
BEST ACTRESS
Judy Davis - A Passage to India
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi - Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
Vanessa Redgrave - The Bostonians
Mia Farrow - Broadway Danny Rose
5. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 378,009 | Gross: $5.32M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
James Woods - Once Upon a Time in America
Dean Stockwell - Paris, Texas
Pat Morita - The Karate Kid
Jeffrey Jones - Amadeus
Wilford Brimley - The Natural
John Malkovich - The Killing Fields
Rick Moranis - Ghostbusters
6. Paris, Texas (1984)
R | 145 min | Drama
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry
Votes: 119,199 | Gross: $2.18M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nastassja Kinski - Paris, Texas
Glenn Close - The Natural
Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India
Anna Polony - Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
Elizabeth McGovern - Once Upon a Time in America
Tuesday Weld - Once Upon a Time in America
Dianne Wiest - Footloose
7. A Passage to India (1984)
PG | 164 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox
Votes: 20,902 | Gross: $27.19M
BEST CASTING
A Passage to India
Once Upon a Time in America
Paris, Texas
The Natural
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
Broadway Danny Rose
8. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
PG | 84 min | Comedy
In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron
Votes: 26,956 | Gross: $10.60M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Broadway Danny Rose
Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
The Karate Kid
9. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Amadeus
Paris, Texas
Once Upon a Time in America
A Passage to India
The Killing Fields
The Natural
The Bostonians
10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Votes: 535,589 | Gross: $179.87M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Cotton Club
Dune
The Killing Fields
Footloose
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
11. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST EDITING
Amadeus
Once Upon a Time in America
The Killing Fields
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Natural
The Karate Kid
Paris, Texas
12. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 378,009 | Gross: $5.32M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Once Upon a Time in America
The Natural
Amadeus
A Passage to India
The Cotton Club
The Killing Fields
Paris, Texas
13. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 378,009 | Gross: $5.32M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Once Upon a Time in America
Amadeus
Dune
A Passage to India
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Cotton Club
The Bostonians
14. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Amadeus
Once Upon a Time in America
The Bostonians
The Cotton Club
A Passage to India
Dune
The Natural
15. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Amadeus
Dune
The NeverEnding Story
Once Upon a Time in America
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gremlins
The Cotton Club
16. Ghostbusters (1984)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 450,720 | Gross: $238.63M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ghostbusters
Dune
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The NeverEnding Story
Gremlins
17. The Killing Fields (1984)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands
Votes: 59,269 | Gross: $34.70M
BEST SCORE
The Killing Fields
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Dune
A Passage to India
Once Upon a Time in America
Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
The Natural
18. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Amadeus
Purple Rain
Footloose
Broadway Danny Rose
19. Purple Rain (1984)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos
Votes: 23,831 | Gross: $68.39M
BEST SONG
Purple Rain - "When Doves Cry"
The NeverEnding Story - "Never Ending Story"
Footloose - "Holding Out For A Hero"
The Karate Kid - "You're the Best"
Purple Rain - "Purple Rain"
Footloose - "Let's Hear It For the Boy"
Ghostbusters - "Ghostbusters"
20. The Cotton Club (1984)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Votes: 19,562 | Gross: $25.93M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
The Cotton Club
Footloose
Purple Rain
Amadeus
21. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,387 | Gross: $51.97M
BEST SOUND
Amadeus
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Dune
Ghostbusters
The Killing Fields
Once Upon a Time in America
The Karate Kid
22. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Votes: 535,589 | Gross: $179.87M
BEST SOUND EDITING
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Dune
Ghostbusters
The NeverEnding Story
The Killing Fields
Gremlins
Once Upon a Time in America
23. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Votes: 535,589 | Gross: $179.87M
BEST STUNTS
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Dune
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
The Karate Kid
The NeverEnding Story
The Killing Fields
24. Diary for My Children (1984)
Unrated | 106 min | Biography, Drama
Having lost her parents to Stalin's purges, a girl returns from Soviet Union to her native Hungary to live with her Stalinist aunt.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Ágnes Csere, Anna Polony, Teri Földi
Votes: 1,016
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)
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