Films
The Goonies
In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits sets out to find a pirate's ancient treasure.
Dune
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
1984
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Amadeus
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
The Brother from Another Planet
An escaped alien slave tries to adapt to life as poor, black man on the streets of Harlem while pursued by two white agents from his home world who are intent on returning him there.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension.
Purple Rain
A young musician, tormented by abuse at home, contends with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band as his star begins to rise.
The NeverEnding Story
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
The Last Starfighter
A discouraged video gamer finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force.
The Karate Kid
A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate, and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.
Gremlins
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
This is Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Never Cry Wolf
A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.
Christine
A 17-year-old nerd is consumed by passion for Christine: a red-and-white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes a vengeful evil presence that will destroy anyone who tries to come between them.
Never Cry Wolf
In the remote Canadian arctic, a naive government biologist sent to study disappearing caribou herds forms an unexpected attachment to a pair of wolves.
Brainstorm
A neuroscientist creates a device that can record people's thoughts as visual images and soon finds himself in trouble with his superiors and a group of shadowy government figures.
Koyaanisqatsi
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity, and the relationship between them.
Strange Brew
In their quest for free beer, bumbling Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie wind up working at the Elsinore Brewery. The hapless lads uncover a sinister mind-control plot spearheaded by Brewmeister Smith and must stop the scheme, while drinking plenty of their favorite sudsy beverage.
WarGames
A young hacker unwittingly initiates a US military supercomputer programmed to execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union.
Liquid Sky
An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during orgasm.
Videodrome
A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.