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Films in the 1980s

Title

Date

Director

The Human Factor
January 1980
Otto Preminger
Action
January 1980
Tinto Brass
Rising Damp
February 1980
Joe McGrath
Radio On
February 1980
Christopher Petit
Rude Boy
March 1980
Jack Hazan and David Mingay
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
March 1980
Ralph Thomas
Silver Dream Racer
March 1980
David Wickes
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
March 1980
Frank Launder
Sweet William
April 1980
Claude Whatham
North Sea Hijack
April 1980
Andrew V. McLaglen
Hussy
May 1980
Matthew Chapman
George and Mildred
June 1980
Peter Frazer Jones
Rough Cut
June 1980
Don Siegel
Oh! Heavenly Dog
July 1980
Joe Camp
Breaking Glass
August 1980
Brian Gibson
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
August 1980
Piers Haggard
McVicar
August 1980
Tom Clegg
The Elephant Man
September 1980
David Lynch
Hopscotch
September 1980
Ronald Neame
Prostitute
September 1980
Tony Garnett
The Awakening
October 1980
Mike Newell
The Dogs of War
December 1980
John Irvin
The Long Good Friday
February 1981
John Mackenzie
Chariots of Fire
March 1981
Hugh Hudson
The Final Conflict
March 1981
Graham Baker
Loophole
March 1981
John Quested
Nighthawks
April 1981
Bruce Malmuth
For Your Eyes Only
June 1981
John Glen
An American Werewolf in London
August 1981
John Landis
The French Lieutenant's Woman
October 1981
Karel Reisz
Reds
December 1981
Warren Beatty
Eye of the Needle
December 1981
Richard Marquand
Venom
March 1982
Piers Haggard
Britannia Hospital
May 1982
Lindsay Anderson
Pink Floyd - The Wall
July 1982
Alan Parker
Brimstone & Treacle
August 1982
Richard Loncraine
Moonlighting
August 1982
Jerzy Skolimowski
Who Dares Wins
August 1982
Ian Sharp
Giro City
November 1982
Karl Francis
Gandhi
December 1982
Richard Attenborough
Party Party
January 1983
Terry Winsor
The Missionary
March 1983
Richard Loncraine
The Hunger
April 1983
Tony Scott
The Wicked Lady
April 1983
Michael Winner
The Ploughman's Lunch
May 1983
Richard Eyre
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
May 1983
Terry Jones
Octopussy
June 1983
John Glen
Runners
August 1983
Charles Sturridge
Betrayal
October 1983
David Jones
Bullshot
October 1983
Dick Clement
The Jigsaw Man
November 1983
Terence Young
Slayground
December 1983
Terry Bedford
Champions
March 1984
John Irvin
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
March 1984
Hugh Hudson
Another Country
June 1984
Marek Kanieska
Top Secret!
June 1984
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Lassiter
September 1984
Roger Young
The Bounty
September 1984
Roger Donaldson
The Hit
September 1984
Stephen Frears
1984
October 1984
Michael Radford
The Little Drummer Girl
October 1984
George Roy Hill
Give My Regards to Broad Street
November 1984
Peter Webb
A Private Function
November 1984
Malcolm Mowbray
Success is the Best Revenge
December 1984
Jerzy Skolimowski
Don't Open Till Christmas
December 1984
Edmund Purdom
The Chain
December 1984
Jack Gold
A Passage to India
December 1984
David Lean
Water
January 1985
Dick Clement
Brazil
February 1985
Terry Gilliam
Dance With a Stranger
February 1985
Mike Newell
A View to a Kill
June 1985
John Glen
Lifeforce
June 1985
Tobe Hooper
Return to Oz
June 1985
Walter Murch
The Holcroft Covenant
September 1985
John Frankenheimer
No Surrender
September 1985
Peter Smith
Defence of the Realm
November 1985
David Drury
My Beautiful Laundrette
November 1985
Stephen Frears
Plenty
November 1985
Fred Schepisi
Death Wish 3
November 1985
Michael Winner
The Supergrass
November 1985
Peter Richardson
Turtle Diary
December 1985
John Irvin
A Room With a View
December 1985
James Ivory
Young Sherlock Holmes
December 1985
Barry Levinson
Mr Love
February 1986
Roy Battersby
Absolute Beginners
March 1986
Julien Temple
Highlander
March 1986
Russell Mulcahy
Sid & Nancy
April 1986
Alex Cox
The Whistle Blower
May 1986
Simon Langton
Mona Lisa
May 1986
Neil Jordan
Biggles
May 1986
John Hough
Terry on the Fence
May 1986
Frank Godwin
Lamb
June 1986
Colin Gregg
Half Moon Street
August 1986
Bob Swaim
Foreign Body
September 1986
Ronald Neame
The Good Father
October 1986
Mike Newell
Duet for One
December 1986
Andrei Konchalovsky
84 Charing Cross Road
January 1987
David Jones
Withnail and I
January 1987
Bruce Robinson
Prick Up Your Ears
January 1987
Stephen Frears
The Fourth Protocol
January 1987
John Mackenzie
Castaway
February 1987
Nicolas Roeg
Personal Services
March 1987
Terry Jones
Empire State
March 1987
Ron Peck
Whoops Apocalypse
March 1987
Tom Bussmann
Hellraiser
May 1987
Clive Barker
Full Metal Jacket
June 1987
Stanley Kubrick
The Living Daylights
June 1987
John Glen
Maurice
July 1987
James Ivory
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
July 1987
Sidney J. Furie
The Last of England
August 1987
Derek Jarman
A Prayer For the Dying
August 1987
Mike Hodges
Eat the Rich
August 1987
Peter Richardson
Hope and Glory
September 1987
John Boorman
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
September 1987
Stephen Frears
Bellman & True
November 1987
Richard Loncraine
Playing Away
November 1987
Horace Ove
Three Kinds of Heat
December 1987
Leslie Stevens
Salome's Last Dance
April 1988
Ken Russell
Hidden City
June 1988
Stephen Poliakoff
A Handful of Dust
June 1988
Charles Sturridge
A Fish Called Wanda
July 1988
Charles Crichton
It Couldn't Happen Here
July 1988
Jack Bond
Buster
August 1988
David Green
High Hopes
August 1988
Mike Leigh
Madame Sousatzka
September 1988
John Schlesinger
Without a Clue
October 1988
Thom Eberhardt
The Accidental Tourist
December 1988
Lawrence Kasdan
Scandal
February 1989
Michael Caton-Jones
Paperhouse
February 1989
Bernard Rose
Tree of Hands
March 1989
Giles Foster
The Tall Guy
April 1989
Mel Smith
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
May 1989
Bruce Robinson
The Rachel Papers
May 1989
Damian Harris
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
May 1989
Steven Spielberg
Getting it Right
May 1989
Randal Kleiser
For Queen and Country
May 1989
Martin Stellman
Great Balls of Fire
June 1989
Jim McBride
Licence to Kill
June 1989
John Glen
Batman
June 1989
Tim Burton
Dealers
August 1989
Colin Bucksey
Queen of Hearts
August 1989
Jon Amiel
Shirley Valentine
August 1989
Lewis Gilbert
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
August 1989
Michael Austin
Cold Light of Day
September 1989
Fhiona Louise
Wilt
November 1989
Michael Tuchner