80s TV Movies
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1. The Babysitter (1980 TV Movie)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Spoiled 12-year-old Tara's new best friend from next door gets hired as a live-in babysitter, but things soon go horribly wrong when Tara's mom starts hitting the bottle and fighting with her dad.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Patty Duke, William Shatner, Quinn Cummings, David Wysocki
Votes: 734
2. Thérèse Raquin (1980– )
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama
Based on the novel by Emile Zola, Therese Raquin is a tale of passion, obsession, and the psychological aftermath of an unforgivable deed. Recommended for mature audiences.
Stars: Kate Nelligan, Mona Washbourne, Brian Cox, Richard Pearson
Votes: 230
3. The Lathe of Heaven (1980 TV Movie)
105 min | Sci-Fi
In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
Directors: Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton | Stars: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks, Kevin Conway
Votes: 2,810
4. The Pee-Wee Herman Show (1981 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 58 min | Comedy
Comedy special starring Pee-Wee Herman and his friends in an adult version of the children's television show, Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) before it even existed.
Directors: Paul Reubens, Marty Callner | Stars: Paul Reubens, John Moody, John Paragon, Tito Larriva
Votes: 1,875
5. Conquest of the Earth (1980 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally locate Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
Directors: Barry Crane, Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Robyn Douglass, Lorne Greene
Votes: 633
6. Hedda Gabler (1981 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
Hedda Gabler (Dame Diana Rigg) is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman (Denis Lill). Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg (Philip Bond), turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Elizabeth Bell, Philip Bond, Kathleen Byron, Alan Dobie
Votes: 64
7. Murder Is Easy (1982 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Mystery
An American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Helen Hayes
Votes: 952
8. The Mysterious Stranger (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Family, Fantasy, Mystery
A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who ... See full summary »
Director: Peter H. Hunt | Stars: Chris Makepeace, Bernhard Wicki, Herbert Fux, Christoph Waltz
Votes: 190
9. Mazes and Monsters (1982 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, Chris Makepeace
Votes: 4,303
10. Busted (1983 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university days, he doesn't know just how disturbing.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Alan Rickman, Michael Feast, Lorna Heilbron, Dave Hill
Votes: 46
11. High School U.S.A. (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Todd Bridges, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 1,666
12. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,177
13. Girls of the White Orchid (1983 TV Movie)
98 min | Crime, Drama
In Los Angeles, the naive and lonely burger waitress and aspirant singer Carol Heath finds an advertisement in the newspaper with a job opportunity in Tokyo. She has a meeting with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ann Jillian, Thomas Byrd, Mako
Votes: 440
14. The Weather in the Streets (1983 TV Movie)
133 min | Drama, Romance
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Michael York, Lisa Eichhorn, Joanna Lumley, Rosalind Ayres
Votes: 41
15. Baby Sister (1983 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Immature dropout Annie concocts a scheme to get her older sister's live-in boyfriend to date her instead.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Ted Wass, Phoebe Cates, Pamela Bellwood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Votes: 392
16. Rubberface (1981 TV Movie)
PG | 48 min | Comedy, Drama
This film was shot in Canada and released there as, "Introducing...Janet." Janet is an overweight girl who has a knack for making the other children in school laugh...by making fun of her ... See full summary »
Directors: Glen Salzman, Rebecca Yates | Stars: Lynne Deragon, Adah Glassbourg, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Helene Udy
Votes: 978
17. Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A real-estate salesman with career and marriage problems gets hooked on cocaine and finds that not only does it not help him cope, but it makes those problems much, much worse.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Karen Grassle, Pamela Bellwood, James Spader
Votes: 538
18. Choices of the Heart (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
The film tells the story of a young missionary girl from the United States who was killed in 1980 in El Salvador together with two other missionaries.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Peter Horton, Helen Hunt, Mary McCusker
Votes: 250
19. The Ewok Adventure (1984 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd
Votes: 12,530
20. Secrets of a Married Man (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A man (Shatner) going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one (Shepherd) and he thinks he has it all. That is until her pimp starts hounding him.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: William Shatner, Michelle Phillips, Glynn Turman, Cybill Shepherd
Votes: 167
21. The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
In this made-for-television spoof, Robin Hood and his merry men must attempt to gather together the necessary ransom money to free King Richard from a nasty Duke.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: George Segal, Morgan Fairchild, Roddy McDowall, Janet Suzman
Votes: 165
22. The Burning Bed (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie
Votes: 3,438
23. Calendar Girl Murders (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Media mogul Richard Trainor is celebrating the success of his nude modeling business, and introducing the newest class of calendar models to the adoring public. The party is ruined when one of his models is murdered.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson, Robert Beltran
Votes: 958
24. The Dollmaker (1984 TV Movie)
142 min | Drama
During WWII, a hard-luck farmer leaves rural home for a big city factory job. Gertie, his woodcarver wife reluctantly joins. City life and reckless spending leave them in dire straits, so Gertie carves handmade dolls to support her family.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Amanda Plummer, Susan Kingsley
Votes: 979
25. Lace (1984)
240 min | Drama
A young actress, thought to be easy and without morals, gathers three former schoolmates to find out who her mother is.
Stars: Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates
Votes: 1,528
26. Blue Money (1985 TV Movie)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
Larry Gormley (Tim Curry) dreams of becoming a star entertainer, but until then, he drives a cab and works as chauffeur for the shady Ramirez (George S. Irving). One day he has a look in ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Tim Curry, Debby Bishop, Billy Connolly, Dermot Crowley
Votes: 290
27. Starcrossed (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
An alien woman is running from a deadly enemy and tries to hide on Earth where she meets a young mechanic, who helps her to get back home and to fight for the freedom of her people.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: James Spader, Belinda Bauer, Peter Kowanko, Clark Johnson
Votes: 605
28. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 94 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Marauders raid the Ewok village and steal a power supply they believe to be magical. Wicket helps Cindel escape the evil witch Charal, and they befriend a hermit who may help them save the village.
Directors: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat | Stars: Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Siân Phillips
Votes: 10,798
29.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
(1983)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped in the virtual reality simulation. He must find a way out before he expires.
Director: Douglas Williams | Stars: Raul Julia, Arnie Achtman, Paula Barrett, Patrick Brymer
Votes: 2,574
30. 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
When Harold, a young white man, learns that his alcoholic, handicapped father is returning home, his frustration turns into racist viciousness against the two black men who work for the family.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Zakes Mokae, John Kani
Votes: 314
31. Operation Julie (1985 TV Movie)
180 min | Crime
The real-life story of a famous police operation which resulted in a major drugs bust.
Director: Bob Mahoney | Stars: Colin Blakely, Kay Adshead, John Ainley, Peter Baldwin
Votes: 45
32. Babes in Toyland (1986 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young girl wakes up in the realm of Toyland, where she teams up with her family and friends to overthrow the evil villain, Barnaby.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 3,987
33. Assassin (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 74 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A former government operative is called out of retirement to battle a new super weapon gone bad, a cyborg. Reluctantly, the retired operative trails the cyborg and tries to destroy it.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Robert Conrad, Karen Austin, Richard Young, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 419
34. The Worst Witch (1986 TV Movie)
G | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk) is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 3,137
35. Beverly Hills Madam (1986 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
A madam to a group of high-class call girls faces a series of crises which could unravel her carefully built empire.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Melody Anderson, Donna Dixon, Terry Farrell
Votes: 416
36. An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait: Share the Warmth (1987 TV Special)
55 min | Documentary, Comedy
A concert by stand-up comic Bobcat Goldthwait.
Director: Anthony Eaton | Stars: Bobcat Goldthwait, Gabe DeMello, Dee Snider
Votes: 104
37. Timestalkers (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Scott McKenzie, a history professor, becomes involved with two time travelers from the year 2586 after making a discovery in an old photograph from 1886.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: William Devane, Lauren Hutton, John Ratzenberger, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 1,543
38. Fugitive Alien (1986 TV Movie)
102 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.
Directors: Minoru Kanaya, Kiyosumi Kuzakawa | Stars: Tatsuya Azuma, Miyuki Tanigawa, Jô Shishido, Chôei Takahashi
Votes: 873
39. Gotham (1988 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Thriller
A private detective is hired to stop his client's ex-wife from harassing him, but she's supposed to have died 10 years ago.
Director: Lloyd Fonvielle | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen, Colin Bruce, Denise Stephenson
Votes: 1,036
40. The Bourne Identity (1988)
Unrated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An injured, unconscious man washes ashore in a small French town. As he recovers, it becomes quite clear, someone is trying to kill him.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat
Votes: 4,759
41. The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hopefully on the verge of curing his Hulk condition, Banner meets his colleague, Don Blake, who is mystically linked to a Viking warrior, Thor.
Directors: Nicholas Corea, Bill Bixby | Stars: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Lee Purcell
Votes: 3,608
42. Crash Course (1988 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
A comedy about a group of teens taking driver's ed over the summer.
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Jackée Harry, Brian Bloom, Harvey Korman, Alyssa Milano
Votes: 510
43. The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Banner is held as a witness to a violent crime linked to the Kingpin, the fugitive is helped by lawyer Matt Murdock who is also the superhero, Daredevil.
Director: Bill Bixby | Stars: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Marta DuBois, Nancy Everhard
Votes: 3,033
44. Nick Knight (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
When a detective tries to cure himself of his vampirism, he is confronted by the monster whose curse turned him into a blood-sucking creature.
Director: Farhad Mann | Stars: Rick Springfield, John Kapelos, Robert Harper, Richard Fancy
Votes: 582
45.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Benefactors
(1989)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
David wants to sweep away acres of crumbling south London houses and replace them with a perfect low-rise set of homes. But he has reckoned without the opposition of his oldest friend.
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Barbara Flynn, Michael Kitchen, Alan Rickman, Harriet Walter
Votes: 11
46. The Woman in Black (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Horror, Mystery
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran
Votes: 6,134
47. Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Thatcher Horton is owner of a Denver sports arena and a couple of sports teams. Bobby Spencer a friend of Ken was one of his hockey players. It seems that Horton verbally promised him that ... See full summary »
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Alexandra Paul, William R. Moses
Votes: 442
48. Canines of the Caribbean (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A woman and her two children are accidentally cryopreserved and awaken at a time when apes dominate the planet.
Directors: Kiyosumi Fukazawa, Atsuo Okunaka | Stars: Reiko Tokunaga, Hiroko Saito, Masaaki Kaji, Hitoshi Ômae
Votes: 1,245
49. Invitation to Hell (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family moves to a suburban town only to be coerced into joining a suspicious club.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Susan Lucci, Joe Regalbuto
Votes: 2,053
50. Copper Mountain (1983 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Two friends travel to a ski resort, with one looking to hit the slopes, while the other spends time trying to pick up women.
Director: David Mitchell | Stars: Jim Carrey, Alan Thicke, Dick Gautier, Ziggy Lorenc
Votes: 2,614
51. Single Bars, Single Women (1984 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of shallow young people who gather at singles bars looking for action. In this film, they often find it.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Tony Danza, Paul Michael Glaser, Keith Gordon, Shelley Hack
Votes: 97
52. Sunset Limousine (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Struggling stand-up comic, Alan O'Black, moonlights as a limousine driver and gets mixed up in a client's shady business deal.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: John Ritter, Susan Dey, Paul Reiser, Audrie Neenan
Votes: 178
53. Desperate for Love (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into the arms of his vulnerable best friend.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Christian Slater, Tammy Lauren, Brian Bloom, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 316
54. Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes (1989 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Horror
The demonic forces in the Amityville house transfer to an ancient lamp, which finds its way to a remote California mansion where the evil manipulates a little girl by manifesting itself in the form of her dead father.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne, Lou Hancock
Votes: 3,503
55. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
At a council convened by The Great Ak, the forest being tells the story of Santa Claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton
Votes: 1,418
56. The Baron and the Kid (1984 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama, Sport
William "The Baron" Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Determined to straighten out his life, he gave up drinking and now plays ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Johnny Cash, Darren McGavin, Greg Webb, Tracy Pollan
Votes: 193
57. Prince of Bel Air (1986 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.
Director: Charles Braverman | Stars: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robert Vaughn, Patrick Labyorteaux
Votes: 644
58. The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman's husband and his lover try to drive her mad at their seaside mansion.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Sela Ward, Michael Woods, Roscoe Born, Polly Bergen
Votes: 457
59. Terror at London Bridge (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Jack the Ripper is on the loose in Lake Havasu, AZ, and it's up to a local detective (David Hasselhoff) to stop him.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Randolph Mantooth, Adrienne Barbeau
Votes: 748
60. Il fantasma di Sodoma (1988 Video)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror
Six teenagers are terrorized in an isolated villa by ghosts of Germans killed during World War II in an air raid while participating in an orgy.
Directors: Lucio Fulci, Mario Bianchi | Stars: Claudio Aliotti, Maria Concetta Salieri, Robert Egon, Luciana Ottaviani
Votes: 887
61. Nightmaster (1988 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
Steve Beck (Vince Martin) is a Karate instructor, Robby Mason (Tom Jennings) his prize student. Beck is using drugs to give him an edge. Guy Duncan (Craig Pearce) is Beck's drug connection ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Tom Jennings, Nicole Kidman, Joanne Samuel, Vince Martin
Votes: 831
62. Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983 TV Special)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.
Director: Bruce Gowers | Stars: Eddie Murphy, James Argiro, Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal
Votes: 18,498
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