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1980s Musical Movies

Public list by WPS with 273 movies or TV shows/series

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Dirty Dancing(1987)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 2,723 votes)

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Labyrinth(1986)

PG
| 1h 42min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 1,229 votes)

When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.

Footloose(1984)

PG
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 875 votes)

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

Oliver & Company(1988)

G
| 1h 17min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 687 votes)

This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.

Directed by George Scribner

Flashdance(1983)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 623 votes)

Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

Grease 2(1982)

PG
| 1h 55min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 316 votes)

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?

Annie(1982)

PG
| 2h 7min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 322 votes)

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.

The Blues Brothers(1980)

R
| 2h 13min | Music, Comedy, Action, Crime
3.9/5 (with 1,876 votes)

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Forbidden Zone(1980)

1h 14min | Music, Comedy, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 38 votes)

A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.

Fame(1980)

R
| 2h 14min | Drama, Music
3.3/5 (with 189 votes)

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

Little Shop of Horrors(1986)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Horror, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 729 votes)

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.

Crossroads(1986)

R
| 1h 39min | Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 172 votes)

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

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History of the World: Part I(1981)

R
| 1h 32min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 401 votes)

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Moonwalker(1988)

PG
| 1h 33min | Fantasy, Music
3.4/5 (with 228 votes)

A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy sequence. 2 more videos are shown, and then a movie in which Michael plays a hero with magical powers. In it he is chased by drug dealer Mr. Big and saves three children. Videos included in the movie are "Smooth Criminal" and "Come Together".

Staying Alive(1983)

PG
| 1h 33min | Drama, Music
2.9/5 (with 196 votes)

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Sid and Nancy(1986)

R
| 1h 54min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 212 votes)

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

Beat Street(1984)

PG
| 1h 45min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Streets of Fire(1984)

PG
| 1h 33min | Action
3.4/5 (with 198 votes)

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

The Brave Little Toaster(1987)

3.5/5 (with 178 votes)

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old "master".

Directed by Jerry Rees

Breakin'(1984)

PG
| 1h 30min | Music, Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 78 votes)

A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

Xanadu(1980)

2.8/5 (with 113 votes)

A beautiful muse inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium into a lavish rollerskating club.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life(1983)

R
| 1h 47min | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 813 votes)

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Yentl(1983)

PG
| 2h 12min | Music, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 96 votes)

Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.

Purple Rain(1984)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 151 votes)

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.

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

Pink Floyd: The Wall(1982)

R
| 1h 35min | Music, Drama
4.0/5 (with 633 votes)

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Magicians(1982)

3.6/5 (with 23 votes)

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.

Absolute Beginners(1986)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 28 votes)

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Hansel and Gretel(1988)

3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?

'Round Midnight(1986)

2h 13min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 37 votes)

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

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