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Never on Tuesday (1987)
What’s this all about? Never on Tuesday tells the story of two horny males of indeterminate age (I’m guessing early college-age, but this is never made clear), who accidentally crash their car…
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Moonstruck (1987)
What’s this all about? Cher plays a widow whose name doesn’t matter. She agrees to marry a man that she doesn’t love; then almost immediately has sex with that man’s brother. Then…
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Raising Arizona (1987)
What’s this all about? Raising Arizona tells the story of the ill-fated kidnapping of one of a set of quintuplets. It’s full of wacky characters, like three-time loser stick-up man, H.I. McDunnough…
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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
What’s this all about? This is it. The first movie that I remember seeing Nicolas Cage in. PSGM came out when I was 9. I saw it in the theater, and remember…
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The Boy in Blue (1986)
What’s this all about? The Boy in Blue is a biopic about that famous all-American sportsman, Ned Hanlan. What’s that? You’ve never heard of him? America’s most famous sculler? Yeah. Me neither.…
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Birdy (1984)
What’s this all about? Birdy tells the story of two young men, Al (Nicolas Cage), who enjoys female breasts, and Birdy (Matthew Modine), who doesn’t. They both go to Vietnam, although to…
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The Cotton Club (1984)
What’s this all about? Francis Ford Coppola’s back with another tale of gangsters. It’s almost like he stumbled into success with The Godfather, then spent the rest of his career trying to…
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Racing With The Moon (1984)
What’s this all about? Racing With The Moon tells the story of two teenage friends in the winter of 1942, as they prepare to ship off the the Marine Corps to fight…
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Rumble Fish (1983)
What’s this all about? Matt Dillon plays a moron punk who is sad because his older brother, Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourk), is a better moron punk than he is. Like much of…
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Valley Girl (1983)
What’s this all about? Valley Girl Is a coming-of-age fish-out-of-water teen comedy romance about Julie, a preppy girl from “the valley” who dresses like a 60-year-old librarian and must choose between two…
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The Outsiders (1983)
What’s this all about? The Outsiders is a coming of age story about a group of young men in the 1960’s. It tells the tale of conflict between these boys, another group…
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
What’s this all about? Fast Times at Ridgemont High is sort of the archetype of the 80’s teen comedy, featuring several loosely interlaced stories about wacky and sometimes relatable characters. The typical…