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New on the Movies of the 80s Substack: The Criterion Collection of the 80s the first in a series. Up first: Burroughs: The Movie (1983)
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January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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New video: Lonely Hearts 1983 Aussie Romance movie.
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Movies of the 80s Lonely Hearts
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January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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The Fight to Get More Movies for Adult Audiences Made Didn't Start Yesterday and it's not Limited to Hollywood Boardrooms. The Fight to Make the 1983 movie, Lonely Hearts Reflects this Battle.
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The Fight for Adult Movies Didn’t Start Yesterday
Long before studios became allergic to risk, filmmakers were already fighting to make quiet, human stories. Paul Cox’s Lonely Hearts is proof this struggle didn’t begin in the streaming era.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Top 10 80s Movie Ripoffs Ranked by IMDB Audience Score.
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Top 10 Shameless 80s Movie Ripoffs, Ranked by IMDb Audience Scores
From Escape from New York to Alien and Predator, these shameless 80s movie ripoffs cashed in on Hollywood hits—and became cult favorites. Here are the Top 10 ranked by IMDb audience ratings.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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The Lost Fourth Segment of National Lampoon's Movie Madness.
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The Lost Fourth Segment of a National Lampoon Film: Henry Jaglom’s Vanishing Act
A look into the forgotten fourth segment of a 1980s National Lampoon anthology, directed by Henry Jaglom, and why it disappeared before audiences ever saw it.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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New on the Substack: The Most Cursed Movie of the 80s The Legend of the Lone Ranger.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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New video alert: The Golden Seal released in August 1983.
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Movies of the 80s Shorts The Golden Seal
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January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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In our latest Movies of the 80s Side Quest we dig into what Batman might have looked like in 1983.
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Movies of the 80s Side Quest: Batman 83 The Batman That Never Was
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January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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New Video Alert! We're looking back at Deadly Force from July 1983 starring Wings Hauser.
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Movies of the 80s Deadly Force
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January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Just what would Batman have looked like in 1983? We take a closer look at the script Warner Bros. commissioned in 1983 when they planned to bring Batman to the big screen.
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Batman in 1983: The Movie We Almost Got Before Tim Burton Changed Everything
What would Batman have looked like in 1983, before Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, and Jack Nicholson.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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We follow the unlikely Oscar campaign of Tender Mercies which succeeded even after Universal Pictures gave up on it.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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New Video: Robert Duvall's Best Actor Winning Role in Tender Mercies
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Movies of the 80s Tender Mercies
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January 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Movies of the 80s: Steel and the Death of Stuntman A.J Bakunas.
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Movies of the 80s: 'Steel' and the Death of A.J Bakunas
The forgotten 1980 movie Steel is a bizarre and tragic rabbit hole.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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New Video Alert: Happy New Year. Our first video of 2026 is on Bruce Beresford's Aussie surfing flick: Puberty Blues
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Movies of the 80s Puberty Blues
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January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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New video alert: We're covering the 1983 hit slasher movie Madman.
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Movies of the 80s Madman
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December 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Movies of the 80s Somewhere in Time The Sensitive Side of Superman.
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Movies of the 80s: 'Somewhere in Time' The Sensitive Side of Superman
Somewhere in Time is beloved by those who love a classic Hollywood romance.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Carnival Magic: How a Forgotten Kids Movie Became an 80s Cult Curiosity
Carnival Magic (1983): How a Forgotten Kids Movie Became an ’80s Cult Curiosity
A filmmaker known for sleazy schlock once made a kids movie to honor his dying wife and star. This is the story and tragedies surrounding the so-bad-it's-good hit, Carnival Magic
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December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Paddy Chayevsky and Ken Russell went to war over Altered States.
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Altered States (1980): When Paddy Chayefsky and Ken Russell Went to War
Behind-the-scenes chaos fueled Altered States (1980). Writer Paddy Chayefsky clashed with Ken Russell, birthing one of cinema’s strangest trips.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Michael Mann's Thief Defined the Look of Crime in the 80s.
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Before Miami Vice: How Michael Mann’s Thief Invented the 1980s Crime Look
Michael Mann’s Thief (1981) wasn’t just a heist movie — it was the blueprint for the entire 1980s crime aesthetic. From James Caan’s haunting performance to the neon glow and Tangerine Dream score, Th...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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When Hair Met Latex The Practical Magic of The Howling
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When Hair Met Latex: The Practical Magic of The Howling (1981)
Joe Dante’s The Howling (1981) transformed werewolf horror through Rob Bottin’s groundbreaking practical effects — a tactile, terrifying feat of 80s movie magic.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Ever heard of Pogo Possum or The Okeyfenoke Swamp? I Go Pogo was the first animated feature film of the 1980s.
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Movies of the 80s: 'I Go Pogo'
What was I Go Pogo? It's a forgotten 1980s animated movie.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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New Video Drop: We're covering Tom Conti's Academy Award nominated performance in Reuben Reuben
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Movies of the 80s Reuben Reuben
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December 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The Eighties were a fascinating time for women in sports moves as a spate of them were released in the late 70s and early 80s, to varying quality and success. Take for instance 1983's Blue Skies Again...
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Blue Skies Again (1983): A Feminist Sports Movie That Trips Over Its Own Ideals
Blue Skies Again is a deeply forgotten sports movie but it does have something to say about early 80s sexism, even if it is merely accidental.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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New Video Alert: Enigma starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill. Released in January 1983. It's a cold war spy flick.
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Movies of the 80s Enigma
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December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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The Ebay listing for this French poster for the 1983 movie Better Late Than Never claims the movie is 'Erotic.' The film stars David Niven and Art Carney. Erotic????
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December 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM