The Excellent Eighties 50 Movies Collection
This is a list of the 50 films included on the Mill Creek DVD Collection.
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- DirectorJud TaylorStarsRon HowardRobert FoxworthMickey RourkeOld country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to stand trial for first-degree murder after the mercy killing. Michael De Guzman's teleplay was inspired by Paige.
- DirectorGeorge KaczenderStarsRobert MitchumLee MajorsValerie PerrineA millionaire is suspected of buying an ad agency to use it as a way of brainwashing the public for his political ends.
- DirectorMax KlevenStarsDavid HasselhoffLinda BlairTony BrubakerA trio of hapless bounty hunters are recruited by a shady bail bondsman to try to keep a witness in drug trial alive to testify.
- DirectorJohn GlenisterStarsIan RichardsonAnthony HopkinsMichael WilliamsThe story of Anthony Blunt, the "fourth man" in a notorious 1951 spy scandal.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsLindsay WagnerJameson ParkerDabney ColemanCallie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, this is her story.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsJason ConneryFrancesco QuinnJinny SteffanIn 1942, a commando is assigned to protect Winston Churchill when it is learned that the Nazis are plotting to kidnap him.
- DirectorDavid Oliver PfeilStarsDaniel RoebuckCynthia ThompsonDarren YoungThanks to a strange crystal, a shy student finds himself in the Stone Age, where he falls in love with a beautiful cave woman and helps her clan stave off a tribe of cannibals.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsPaul CarafotesVictor FrenchLelia GoldoniJohn Carluccio, a partially deaf teenager, becomes alienated when prevented from playing football because of his handicap. He must deal with his parents, coach, teammates, his new girlfriend, and a bad crowd he almost falls into, before confronting the school board.
- StarsElizabeth HurleyStephen DillaneNigel Le VaillantAn English girl marries a German lawyer in the 1930s and they try to live as normal a life as they can in Hitler's Germany. When Allied bombs start falling on German cities, Christabel takes her two young sons to a village in the mountains. Then she learns that her husband and some of his friends have been arrested for plotting to assassinate Hitler. She travels to the prison where he is held, wondering if telling the commandant that she knows Winston Churchill will help her husband or seal his fate. This is said to be based on a true story.
- DirectorWilliam BrayneStarsMartin DalePeter IvattsMike LaneA missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy agencies are intensely interested.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsJim DavisChristopher MitchumDorothy MaloneAliens visit the solar-powered house of a middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp that transports it back to prehistoric times.
- DirectorPeter LilienthalStarsJoe PesciKaren LudwigFrank VincentJoe Pesci is a small man looking for a big break. Owner of a bowling alley and nightclub in Jersey, Ruby Dennis (Pesci) sets his sights on making it big in Vegas. But Ruby finds more than he gambled for and in the end is a much bigger man for it.
- DirectorMark PirroStarsJohn McCaffertyRobyn BlytheBeanoChuck Toedan's the host of a game show featuring death row convicts competing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hit man hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.
- DirectorPierluigi CiriaciStarsBrett Baxter ClarkFred WilliamsonMark GregoryLatin American revolutionaries invade a military base on Puerto Rico, and steal a nuclear bomb, killing a pregnant woman in the process. Captain Beck (Fred Williamson) is assigned to track the revolutionaries to their home turf, and recover the weapon. The late woman's husband, eager for revenge, accompanies Beck to an area near the Nicaraguan border, where they encounter hostile revolutionary forces.
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsLee MarvinMiou-MiouJean CarmetA fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented than he is--and begins to terrorize him instead of the other way around.
- DirectorPeter WernerStarsRobert ConradRed WestJoan SweenyA retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school and raises morale so that they are able to win the "brass-axe" competition versus another local military academy.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsDiana RiggEdward FoxHelena Bonham CarterWhen compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley (Christopher Plummer) has lost his estate and all of his money playing dice, he realizes that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena (Helena Bonham Carter). In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Harry Wrotham (Edward Fox). Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Justin Vulcan (Marcus Gilbert), who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Harry Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes Staverley Court and Miss Serena. Lord Justin Vulcan wins and is simply pleased that he has saved someone from the nasty Wrotham, he thinks no more about the event. One evening, however, Vulcan's friend Lord Peter Gillingham (Robert Addie) insists upon them going to Staverley Court to take a look at Vulcan's "prize". When arriving there, Vulcan finds Serena Staverley more beautiful than he ever imagined.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsJames BrolinAnthony QuinnLindsay WagnerFour naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime.
- DirectorLawrence BassoffStarsJohn Allen NelsonSteve LevittDeborah SheltonA computer nerd makes a deal with the Devil and gets a new beefcake body.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAnthony GearyJudith LightMark HarmonDoctor Kyle Richards takes a job managing an office in the Hamptons where herpes runs rampant. He is frustrated by the community's denial and decides to go public with the epidemic to raise public awareness about the problem.
- DirectorGeorge MendelukStarsWilliam ShatnerHal HolbrookVan JohnsonBased on the novel by Charles Templeton, a secret service chief leads a game of cat and mouse when a gang of third-world terrorists kidnap the President.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsEmma SammsOliver ReedClaire BloomSwashbuckling tale of romance, betrayal, jealousy, banditry, murder, and court intrigue set in the 1660s, during the Restoration to the English throne of King Charles II.
- DirectorColin GreggStarsLiam NeesonHarry TowbHugh O'ConorAn Irish reform school priest questions his calling as a young, epileptic runaway arrives. Each recognizes the other as kindred spirits and escape together. As police close in and money dwindles, the desperate priest makes bad decisions.
- DirectorBJ DavisStarsBrandon LeeDebi A. MonahanErnest BorgnineAction superstar Brandon Lee portrays rebellious government agent Michael Gold who is sent on a desperate mission to a Soviet-controlled African nation in order to uncover a top-secret laser weapons operation and destroy it.
- DirectorDavid FisherStarsMatt DillonCindy FisherHoyt AxtonA poor kid elopes with a banker's daughter.
- DirectorMichael LaughlinStarsJodie FosterJohn LithgowMichael MurphyAn orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.
- DirectorTerrell TannenStarsJohn HustonPeléPeter FoxA group of orphans and their guardian get together to try to save their orphanage.
- DirectorDavid BeairdStarsDeborah ForemanSam J. JonesSean McCloryA free-spirited young woman (Deborah Foreman) upsets the status quo at a stuffy Brentwood limousine service.
- DirectorMichael FischaStarsSusan BlakelyJohn SaxonTina CasparyAfter being bitten by a mysterious pet-shop owner, house-wife Leslie begins a gruesome transformation into a werewolf. Her only hope is her young daughter Jennifer who races against time to stop Leslie from turning into an animal for good.
- DirectorTonino RicciStarsTreat WilliamsJanet AgrenAntonio FargasDavid must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark?
- DirectorFrank HarrisStarsGregg HenrySimone GriffethMichael J. PollardAgent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsLesley Ann WarrenRita MorenoDianne KayThe story of three Las Vegas showgirls, each at a different stage in her career.
- DirectorBigas LunaStarsDennis HopperMichael MoriartyAntonella MurgiaA man discovers that his girlfriend is a "stigmata" (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucified) and tries to keep her out of the hands of a greedy TV preacher who plans to exploit her to make money for himself.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchChic MurrayYim HoontrakulTwo Westerners, Barbara Dean (Dame Judi Dench), bank employee, and Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest), C.I.A. analyst within the U.S. Embassy, meet a short time before the fall of Saigon.
- DirectorTom McGowanStarsMaurice GrandmaisonPaul WhartonJohn MasonA story of the settling in the West and the hardship and determination it took to do it.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBurt LancasterLauren HuttonPamela ReedThe publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
- DirectorWilliam WesleyStarsTed VernonMichael David SimmsRichard VidanCriminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryBarry NewmanNicholas PryorAlexandra McKay is a woman who's been blind for twenty years and is afraid that people will just try to get close to her because of her condition, so she ultimately stays to herself and her trusty guide dog, Emma. When Richard Chapman enters her life, a romance develops and McKay begins to let the outside world in to her private world. The prospect of an operation arises that will restore McKay's eyesight, but the fear of what it will do to her relationship with Chapman and the concern over the fate of her guide dog weigh heavily upon her decision to do the procedure.
- DirectorTerrell TannenStarsNed BeattyMia SaraMichael MadsenA married man suffering from midlife crisis obsesses over a girl from his romantic fantasy. He meets her exact duplicate on vacation and helps her get rid of her abusive husband. They run off together but a caller starts blackmailing him.
- DirectorBruce MorrisonStarsCliff RobertsonLeif GarrettLisa HarrowWith the accidental discovery of a lethal bio-agent at her research facility, Dr. Christine Ruben decides to double cross her own government by stealing the deadly formula to keep it out of the clutches of the military, whom she doesn't trust. To make her rendezvous with some confederates who promise to get her out of the country, she recruits daredevil driver Judd Pierson and his partner Casey Lee, who are down on their luck and take the job without knowing what they're getting into.
- DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsBob PeckMark HamillKitty AldridgeIn the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
- DirectorRobert WiemerStarsSarah Jessica ParkerNancy AddisonTom SheaWhen a teenage girl witnesses a plane crash, she talks with one of the injured passengers...only to find out he was actually killed in the accident.
- DirectorMatt CimberJoe TornatoreStarsRex HarrisonRod TaylorEdward AlbertIn the final days of World War II, American spy Michael Rogan (Edward Albert Jr.) is taken prisoner, along with his wife and comrades from the French underground. A sadistic six-man interrogation team fails to get any information out of Rogan, and brutally murder his wife and fellow conspirators, shoot him, and leave him for dead. After the war, Rogan sets out on a mission of bloodshed and terror that takes him across Europe. Haunted, wounded, and relentlessly driven by his hatred and his memory, Rogan avenges the senseless murders, one by one. The leader of the interrogating team and Rogan's ultimate target is Von Osten (Rex Harrison), now a major political force in post-war Germany. Von Osten is on the verge of gaining the Chancellery and becoming a puppet for the Americans. Rogan carefully stalks his prey, dodging American agents and tensely awaiting his chance. In the final confrontation, Rogan must face both his memory and his tormentor, but it is Von Osten that must stare into the steely eyes of hatred and look justice square in the face.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsYannick BissonWinston RekertAndrew BednarskiToby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.
- DirectorSándor SimóStarsMichael SarrazinTowje KleinerConstanze EngelbrechtBased on a true story, this film is a dramatization of the events that led to the destruction of one of the most famous trains in history, the Orient Express.
- DirectorHerb FreedStarsBetsy RussellGerard ChristopherKristi SomersA strong-willed female stock car driver challenges her chauvinistic crush to a race to win his respect- and get him into bed.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark HarmonLuis PrendesRitza BrownIn a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government now arrive by Jeep and demand the two men be turned over to them. The warrior refuses, citing the sacred laws of hospitality. The soldiers shoot dead one of the men and carry off the other -- a political foe of the new government. The warrior mounts his camel and rides off to rescue his kidnapped guest.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJeff GoldblumMiranda RichardsonAnémoneAmerican writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.
- DirectorColin GreggStarsAlan BatesMax WallLiz SmithWhen Johnny (Gary Oldman), an aimless young man, is sent to prison, he entrusts his beloved dog Evie to the care of his former lover and best friend Frank (Sir Alan Bates). When he gets out of prison, he must face difficulties at home. Added to this is the fact that he might need to give up Evie to Frank.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsTed DansonRichard MasurRachel TicotinA Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.