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Johnny Dangerously (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h27Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne
Rating64%
1935. A pet shop owner catches a young boy shoplifting a puppy. To discourage the kid from a life of crime, the owner tells a story.
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h34Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Lucinda Dickey, Shabba Doo, Michael Chambers, Ice-T, John LaMotta, Lu Leonard
Rating51%
Breakin' 2 features three characters from Breakin' – Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quinones), and Turbo (Michael Chambers) – who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall. Viktor Manoel, Ice-T, and Martika (who was little known then) also appear as dancers.
The Seventh Target (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h44Directed by Claude Pinoteau, Marc Rivière, Michel Debats
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Lino Ventura, Lea Massari, Jean Poiret, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Élizabeth Bourgine, Roger Planchon
Rating63%
Bastien Grimaldi, un ancien grand reporter devenu écrivain, est victime d'agressions et de menaces de mort. Il décide, dans un premier temps, de mener son enquête lui-même. Il découvre qu'il est la cible d'un maître-chanteur, Sylvain Hagner, qui dirige un réseau d'escroquerie et d'extorsion de fonds. Ayant informé la police, celle-ci lui communique beaucoup de renseignements concernant Hagner. Il découvre aussi que Laura, sa fille adoptive, est la maîtresse de ce Hagner…
Protocol (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h36Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Gail Strickland, Cliff De Young, Andre Gregory
Rating55%
Sunny Ann Davis is a seemingly ditzy blonde who works as a cocktail waitress in Washington, D.C. She rents a small room in the home of a gay couple, has a lousy love life and drives a rust bucket of a car that she cannot afford to repair.
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984) on 20 december 1984
, 2h6Directed by Tage Danielsson
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Börje Ahlstedt, Lena Nyman, Per Oscarsson, Allan Edwall, Tommy Körberg, Georg Adelly
Rating72%
Ronja, daughter of robber-chief Mattis becomes friends with Birk Borkasson. His father, robber-chief Borka, is the main rival and fiercest enemy of Ronja's father.
The Flamingo Kid (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h40Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Matt Dillon, Héctor Elizondo, Janet Jones, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Brian McNamara
Rating61%
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) joins some friends for a day of Gin rummy at the El Flamingo Club, a private beach resort. There, he meets the girl of his dreams Carla Sampson (Janet Jones). After the Gin game and being told of the club's strict policy regarding guests, Jeffrey is upset, but not for long, since he immediately landed a job as a car valet and eventually, cabana steward. Jeffrey is a kid from a middle class Brooklyn family and his father (Elizondo) does not approve of him working at the private club.
A Christmas Carol (1984) on 17 december 1984
, 1h40Directed by Clive Donner
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, Susannah York, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward
Rating77%
The film opens with a funeral procession, presumably that of Jacob Marley, as his death is mentioned by the narrator (Roger Rees). The scene then changes to seven years later, on Christmas Eve in 1843 within the business establishment of Scrooge and Marley. Bob Cratchit (David Warner), a clerk employed by Scrooge, comments that Marley has been dead for seven years, but is gruffly ordered to return to work by Marley's surviving partner, Ebenezer Scrooge (George C. Scott). Bob then attempts to add some coal to an almost nonexistent fire, but is stopped by Scrooge, who gives him a curt and cutting lecture on clothing as protection against the cold, and that "coal burns; coal is fleeting, and coal is costly". Scrooge then declares that there will be no more coal burned in the office that day, and orders Cratchit to return to work lest he be fired.
The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) on 17 december 1984
, 2minutesDirected by Alvy Ray Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating52%
The short involves a character named André being awakened in a forest by a pesky bee named Wally B. André distracts the bee so that he can run away. Wally B. chases André and eventually catches up with him, then stings him offscreen. Wally B. later reappears with a bent stinger. Soon, though, Wally B. gets hit by André's tossed hat as a last laugh.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h42Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Jun Miho, Masami Shimojō, Tsunehiko Watase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Rating62%
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Micki + Maude (1984) on 21 december 1984
, 1h58Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Dudley Moore, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn
Rating59%
Rob Salinger (Dudley Moore) is an overworked television reporter. He is happily married to Micki (Ann Reinking), a lawyer who is a candidate to become a judge. Rob wants a child badly, but Micki decides to postpone having children in order to better pursue her new career opportunity. On an assignment, Rob interviews a young musician, Maude Guillory (Amy Irving), and is smitten with her. They begin seeing one another and, when she becomes pregnant, Maude and her father, professional wrestler Barkhas Guillory (Hard Boiled Haggerty) begin to plan her wedding to Rob.
The Masks of Death (1984) on 23 december 1984
, 1h12Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson
Rating61%
The story takes place in 1913. Sherlock Holmes, virtually in retirement, is persuaded by Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard to take on a baffling case. Three dead bodies have been found in London's East End, all with no discernible cause of death, but the expressions on their faces suggest that they all died in a state of terror.