Best Movies of 1984
Most watched in 1984
The Terminator1984 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 48m
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1984 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 58m
Ghostbusters1984 · ★ 7.5 · 1h 45m
Gremlins1984 · ★ 7.1 · 1h 46m
Once Upon a Time in America1984 · ★ 8.4 · 2h 19m
A Nightmare on Elm Street1984 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 31m
#1 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) · ★ 8.4 · 6,237 votes · 2h 19m · drama, crimeA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old li…
#2 Paris, Texas (1984) · ★ 8.1 · 2,333 votes · 2h 25m · dramaA man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeare…
#3 Amadeus (1984) · ★ 8.0 · 4,937 votes · 2h 40m · drama, history, musicDisciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus M…
#4 Warriors of the Wind (1984) · ★ 7.9 · 4,221 votes · 1h 35m · fantasy, adventure, animationAfter a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that g…
#5 The Terminator (1984) · ★ 7.7 · 15,035 votes · 1h 48m · action, thriller, science-fictionIn the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is desti…
#6 Nothing Left to Do But Cry (1984) · ★ 7.7 · 1,194 votes · 1h 52m · comedy, fantasyTwo 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.…
#7 Ghostbusters (1984) · ★ 7.5 · 10,029 votes · 1h 45m · comedy, fantasyAfter losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.…
#8 The Killing Fields (1984) · ★ 7.5 · 866 votes · 2h 22m · drama, history, warNew York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. Wh…
#9 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) · ★ 7.4 · 5,968 votes · 1h 31m · horrorTeenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child moles…
#10 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) · ★ 7.4 · 1,700 votes · 1h 22m · comedy, music"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups an…
#11 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) · ★ 7.3 · 10,408 votes · 1h 58m · action, adventureAfter arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacom…
#12 The Karate Kid (1984) · ★ 7.2 · 4,873 votes · 2h 7m · action, drama, familyNew Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thug…
#13 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) · ★ 7.2 · 4,759 votes · 1h 45m · action, comedy, crimeFast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hill…
#14 The NeverEnding Story (1984) · ★ 7.2 · 4,524 votes · 1h 41m · fantasy, adventure, dramaWhile hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the t…
#15 Stranger Than Paradise (1984) · ★ 7.2 · 622 votes · 1h 30m · comedy, dramaNew York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and Will…
#16 Gremlins (1984) · ★ 7.1 · 7,158 votes · 1h 46m · comedy, fantasy, horrorAfter receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently m…
#17 Top Secret! (1984) · ★ 7.1 · 1,466 votes · 1h 30m · comedyPopular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself c…
#18 Birdy (1984) · ★ 7.1 · 600 votes · 2h 0m · drama, warTwo young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospi…
#19 Broadway Danny Rose (1984) · ★ 7.1 · 505 votes · 1h 24m · comedy, dramaA hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a gr…
#20 Double Trouble (1984) · ★ 7.0 · 600 votes · 1h 40m · action, comedyA stuntman and a saxophonist stand in for two billionaires threatened by killers.…
#21 Starman (1984) · ★ 6.9 · 1,057 votes · 1h 55m · fantasy, romance, dramaWhen an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.…
#22 The Natural (1984) · ★ 6.9 · 697 votes · 2h 17m · dramaAn unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.…
#23 Streets of Fire (1984) · ★ 6.9 · 566 votes · 1h 33m · actionRaven 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.…
#24 Sixteen Candles (1984) · ★ 6.8 · 2,261 votes · 1h 33m · comedy, romance, dramaWith the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly olde…
#25 Romancing the Stone (1984) · ★ 6.8 · 2,128 votes · 1h 46m · action, comedy, adventureThough she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turn…
#26 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) · ★ 6.8 · 1,650 votes · 1h 53m · thriller, romance, dramaWinston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Jul…
#27 The Bounty (1984) · ★ 6.8 · 663 votes · 2h 12m · action, drama, historyAn idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.…
#28 Police Academy (1984) · ★ 6.7 · 3,105 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, crimeNew rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all an…
#29 Footloose (1984) · ★ 6.7 · 2,260 votes · 1h 47m · romance, dramaWhen 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 mus…
#30 2010 (1984) · ★ 6.7 · 1,126 votes · 1h 56m · thriller, science-fictionWhile planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Disc…
#31 Body Double (1984) · ★ 6.7 · 963 votes · 1h 54m · thriller, crime, mysteryAfter losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful…
#32 Repo Man (1984) · ★ 6.7 · 678 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, science-fictionA down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA,…
#33 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) · ★ 6.6 · 1,584 votes · 1h 45m · action, adventure, thrillerA surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.…
#34 The Last Starfighter (1984) · ★ 6.6 · 798 votes · 1h 41m · action, adventure, science-fictionVideo game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited…
#35 Revenge of the Nerds (1984) · ★ 6.5 · 818 votes · 1h 30m · comedyAt Adams College, the jocks rule from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by…
#36 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) · ★ 6.4 · 514 votes · 2h 23m · action, adventure, romanceA shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a famil…
#37 Splash (1984) · ★ 6.3 · 1,540 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, fantasy, romanceA successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.…
#38 Red Dawn (1984) · ★ 6.3 · 926 votes · 1h 54m · action, thriller, dramaIt is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.…
#39 Firestarter (1984) · ★ 6.3 · 797 votes · 1h 54m · thriller, horror, science-fictionCharlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency…
#40 Bachelor Party (1984) · ★ 6.3 · 745 votes · 1h 45m · comedyOn the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.…