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1980s Short Movies

Public list by WPS with 101 movies or TV shows/series

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Mickey's Christmas Carol(1983)

3.8/5 (with 382 votes)

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

Directed by Burny Mattinson

Michael Jackson's Thriller(1983)

14min | Horror, Music
4.1/5 (with 280 votes)

A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a horde of bloody-thirsty zombies.

Directed by John Landis - With Ola Ray, Vincent Price

Frankenweenie(1984)

3.5/5 (with 171 votes)

When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

Captain EO(1986)

3.4/5 (with 67 votes)

In this 3-D science fiction film that was shown at Disney theme parks, the infamous Captain EO and his ragtag crew are sent on a diplomatic mission through space to deliver a gift to the mysterious and menacing Supreme Leader of a desolate industrial planet.

Rocky VI(1986)

9min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 23 votes)

Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.

Tin Toy(1988)

3.1/5 (with 191 votes)

Babies are hardly monster-like, unless you're a toy. After escaping a drooling baby, Tinny realizes that he wants to be played with after all. But in the amount of time it takes him to discover this, the baby's attention moves on to other things only an infant could find interesting.

Directed by John Lasseter

Red's Dream(1987)

3.1/5 (with 136 votes)

Life as the sole sale item in the clearance corner of Eben's Bikes can get lonely. So Red, a unicycle, dreams up a clown owner and his own juggling act that steals the show. But all too soon, the applause turns into the sound of rainfall, as reality rushes back. Red must resign himself to sitting in the corner and await his fate.

Directed by John Lasseter

Possibly in Michigan(1983)

12min | Horror, Music, Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.

Directed by Cecelia Condit

DAICON IV Opening Animation(1983)

3.7/5 (with 10 votes)

A girl is visited by two men from a space ship. They give her water she needs for her daicon (radish). On her journey to deliver the water, she crosses paths with iconic characters from comic books, live-action films, literature and animation.

Directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga

The Dirk Diggler Story(1988)

31min | Comedy, Drama
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed male porn star. The character was modeled on American porn actor John Holmes. The film was later expanded into Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights.

Mr. Boogedy(1986)

3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300 years previously.

Chronos(1985)

50min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 33 votes)

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

Directed by Ron Fricke
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The Crimson Permanent Assurance(1983)

PG
| 16min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 47 votes)

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

An Exercise in Discipline: Peel(1983)

9min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 17 votes)

After throwing his orange peel out of the car window, a boy is kicked out of the car by his father, and forced to pick up every piece.

Directed by Jane Campion

Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century(1980)

2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

Duck Dodgers finds Marvin Martian's hideout.

Directed by Chuck Jones

Black Angel(1980)

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

A knight returns home from the Crusades to find his village devastated by disease and his family gone. He roams the forest searching for them, until he finds a mysterious maiden who is being held prisoner by a black knight. In order to free her, he must confront her captor.

Directed by Roger Christian

The Return of Bruno(1987)

3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

A "documentary" about the major influence that a '60s rock singer named Bruno has had on rock music, as attested to by such rock legends as Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson and the Bee Gees, among others.

Directed by James Yukich - With Bill Graham, Brian Wilson, Bruce Willis, Clive Davis, Dick Clark, Elton John, ...

Call Me Tonight(1986)

1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Rumi's met a lot of guys through her job, and it's probably fair to assume that most of them could be said to have some sort of problem, but a man who literally turns into a beast when he gets turned on may be outside of this perky call girl's field of expertise. Still, a little challenge every now and again stimulates the mind and makes life so much more interesting, so she's willing to give it a shot.

Directed by Tatsuya Okamoto

Soup or Sonic(1980)

9min | Animation
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

The coyote chases the road runner, but in this one he actually succeeds, to his bemusement.

Directed by Chuck Jones

Geometry(1987)

9min | Comedy, Horror
3.0/5 (with 24 votes)

A boy is tired of failing geometry, so he summons a demon.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story(1987)

3.6/5 (with 24 votes)

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

Directed by Todd Haynes

Ghost Rider(1982)

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Kevin, feeling very sad and lonely after spending his first day in a new junior high school, meets a young girl on his bus ride home who drops a pencil and suddenly disappears. Is this mysterious young girl the ghost of a girl who died on a bus years before? And why is she so adamant that Kevin learns bus safety rules?

The French as Seen by…(1988)

1h 16min | War, Documentary, Drama
3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

Thunder(1982)

3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways. Designs drawn in the air with light and long-exposure cinematography.

The Strike(1988)

59min | TV Movie, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Paul, a former miner, writes a hard-hitting screenplay about his own experiences of the 1984 miners' strike. However, the Hollywood production company that gets hold of his script turns it into a ludicrously sensationalist and anachronistic action film, starring Al Pacino as Arthur Scargill, and Meryl Streep as his wife.

The Great Cognito(1982)

4min | Animation
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

The film tells of a music hall impressionist who caricatures personalities from the second world war. Animated by Barry Bruce at Will Vinton Productions.

Directed by Will Vinton

Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time(1987)

4.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Everyone in Philip's science class has a great idea for a report--everyone that is, except Philip. That evening, he listens to a son playing on his boom box, and it provides him with inspiration: DINOSAURS! The next day at the museum, Phillip discovers that the search for the truth about these magnificent animals and their astonishing 160-million-year success on the earth is the most fascinating mystery tale he's ever heard. What follows is an exciting collection of established theories and fascinating speculation.

Directed by Ray Cioni, Kelli Bixler, Will Vinton - With Fred Savage

Hansel and Gretel(1983)

3.2/5 (with 17 votes)

Tim Burton's reimagined classic combines live action and stop motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods. It is known for having aired only once on Disney Channel, on Halloween Night in 1983.

Directed by Tim Burton

The Cap(1985)

24min | Drama

A baseball crazed 12 year old gets, and loses, a prized cap. A father struggles for dignity in his son's eyes. Based on Morley Callaghan's short story "A Cap for Steve.".

Directed by Robert A. Duncan - With Michael Ironside

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo(1976)

21min | Comedy, Crime
1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.

Directed by Danny DeVito
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