Subgenre Sampler
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Much Ado About Nothing (1984)
- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Cherie Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Michael Elphick
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984)
- Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Art Carney, James Coco, Dabney Coleman…
- The third in the series of live–action musical feature films starring Jim Henson's Muppets sees Kermit and friends go to New York City to get…
Murder Rock (Dancing Death) (1984)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Olga Karlatos, Ray Lovelock, Claudio Cassinelli
- Enjoyably bonkers Italian giallo horror with a retro–futuristic vibe, set in a prestigious New York ballet school beset by a series of sexually…
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
My New Partner (Les Ripoux) (1984)
- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte
- The genial Phillipe Noiret plays a slobbish corrupt cop saddled with a straight–laced partner in this hilarious caper comedy. It's a delight…
Natural, The (1984)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
- The classic novel by Bernard Malamud gets a typical Hollywood going over, with Robert Redford playing a young dreamer who aspires to baseball…
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no tani no Naushika; Warriors of the Wind) (1984)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- In a strange post–apocalyptic world, a young girl has to save her people from the huge insects that threaten them.
An extraordinary early…
Neverending Story, The (1984)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Barret Oliver, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn
- A boy escapes the neighbourhood bullies by retreating into a mysterious book, where fantasical and exhilirating adventures take flight. Visually…
Night Court (TV Series) (1984-1992)
- Feat. John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Harry Anderson
- Subversive courtroom sitcom set around the antics of Manhattan legal personal – judge, prosecutor, defence counsel, bailiffs – who must…
Night of the Comet (1984)
- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, Kelli Maroney
- Terrific B–movie where a comet hits earth and two surviving valley girls must fight the resulting cannibal zombie apocalypse. Trashy in all the…