71. The Brother from Another Planet
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Sayles
Actors: Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs, Tom Wright, Daryl Edwards, Leonard Jackson
Plot: An alien from another planet scuffles through Earth trying to adapt and understand human ways.
72. Frankenweenie
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver, Joseph Maher, Roz Braverman, Paul Bartel
Plot: A young boy attempts to bring his dead dog back to life using electricity.
73. The Loveless
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter, J. Don Ferguson, Tina L'Hotsky, Lawrence Matarese
74. Double Trouble ( Non c'è due senza quattro )
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Enzo Barboni
Actors: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, April Clough, Harold Bergman, C.V. Wood Jr., Dary Reis
75. Songwriter
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Rudolph
Actors: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, Mickey Raphael
76. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Hudson
Actors: Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Cheryl Campbell
Plot: A realistic version of the story of Tarzan. A man who has been raised by apes is brought back and attempts to assimilate in to "civilized" society.
77. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: W.D. Richter
Actors: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith
Plot: Buckaroo Banzai is everything: hero, musician, scientist, etc... He has invented a device that will allow him to travel through solid mater by using the eighth dimension, and the aliens are after it!
78. The Stone Boy
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Christopher Cain
Actors: Robert Duvall, Jason Presson, Glenn Close, Dean Cain, Frederic Forrest, Susan Rinell
79. Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang, Giorgio Moroder
Actors: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Brigitte Helm, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
Plot: The first ever restoration to the sci-fi classic Metropolis, also made it more appealing to the MTV 80s generation with a modern pop-rock score orchestrated by Giorgio Moroder. Even though this version is accompanied by new shots, new special effects and color tinting, it was the first version since the original Berlin premiere in 1927 that followed closely the original script.
80. Until September
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Karen Allen, Thierry Lhermitte, Christopher Cazenove, Hutton Cobb, Michael Mellinger, Nitza Shaul
