Keyword: 1980s

Becoming Astrid

7.3

2018

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Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous childrens books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.

Worried About the Boy

7.1

2010

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In 1980 young George ODowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Stranges trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss, on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk, George turns to Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. Georges spell with McLarens group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming, where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.

Brooklyn Rules

6.4

2007

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Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.

Excursion

7.1

2018

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A mystery thriller about a 1980s devoted Czechoslovakian communist party member visiting his future self in London (UK), to make sure Socialism still prospers.

National Security

7.1

2012

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On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

4.1

1981

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Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, whos getting married, helps him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?

The Cokeville Miracle

5

2015

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Children who were held hostage in their elementary school tell stories of miraculous things, but many adults are skeptical that the Cokeville Miracle ever truly happened.

Silk

4

1986

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Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

David Bowie: The Last Five Years

7.5

2017

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A documentary about David Bowies final two albums The Next Day (2013) and Blackstar (2016) and Broadway musical Lazarus.

Ordinary Person

5.8

2017

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An up-righteous police officer with a wife and son gets involved with a conspiracy after he arrested a murderer by chance. His weakness was his son needed an operation to treat his legs. Which path to choose? Righteousness or conspiracy?

Carla's Song

6.9

1996

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1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; shes suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and help her face her past. Once home, Carlas nightmarish memories take over, and she and George are thrown into the thick of the U.S. war against the Sandinistas. A mystery develops over where Carlas boyfriend is, and the key to his whereabouts may be her friend Bradley, a bitter American aid worker. She finds her family, the Contras attack, and she and the Scot face their choices.

The Girl

6.6

2009

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Story of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.