Title: 1980s Movies: What Did People Watch?
Headings: 1980s Movies: What Did People Watch?
1980s Movies: What Did People Watch?
Movies in 1980
Top 10 Movies in 1980
Movies in 1981
Top 10 Movies in 1981
Movies in 1982
Top 10 Movies in 1982
Movies in 1983
Top 10 Movies in 1983
Movies in 1984
Top 10 Movies in 1984
Movies in 1985
Top 10 Movies in 1985
Movies in 1986
Top 10 Movies in 1986
Movies in 1987
Top 10 Movies in 1987
Top 10 Movies in 1988
Top 10 Movies in 1989

Content: Return of the Jedi
Terms of Endearment
Flashdance
Trading Places
WarGames
Octopussy
Sudden Impact
Staying Alive
Mr. Mom
Risky Business
Who won the 1983 Academy Awards? Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Director: James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
Movies in 1984
Ghostbusters was the highest grossing film in 1984. In 1984 the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) added a new rating that fit snugly between PG and R. It was called PG-13 and it indicated that a movie was deemed suitable for a viewing audience of 13 years old or higher. Three different Hollywood movies made farmers’ plight the center of the plot. Places in the Heart, Country, and The River were all set far outside of the urban setting the movie industry had focused on in recent years. One of the most anticipated movies of the year was Francis Ford Coppo