Movies in 1984

1984 Wide-release films in 1984.

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	13	Angel	New World Pictures	Robert Vincent O'Neill (director/screenplay); Joseph Michael Cala (screenplay); Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, Donna Wilkes	Action, Thriller	Live action
		Hot Dog…The Movie	MGM/UA	Peter Markle (director); Mike Marvin (screenplay); David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy N. Smith, John Patrick Neger, Frank Koppola, Shannon Tweed	Sex comedy, Ski	Live action
	20	The Buddy System	20th Century Fox	Glenn A. Jordan (director); Mary Agnes Donoghue (screenplay); Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton	Romantic comedy	Live action
	27	Broadway Danny Rose	Orion Pictures Corporation	Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron, Corbett Monica, Jackie Gayle, Morty Gunty, Will Jordan	Comedy	Live action
		El Norte	American Playhouse / Channel Four Films / Independent Productions / Island Alive / Cinecom International / PBS	Gregory Nava (director/screenplay); Anna Thomas (screenplay); Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva, Enrique Castillo, Tony Plana	Drama	Live action
		The Lonely Guy	Aspen Film Society / Universal Pictures	Arthur Hiller (director); Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels, Neil Simon (screenplay); Steve Martin, Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, Steve Lawrence, Robyn Douglass	Romantic comedy	Live action
F E B R U A R Y	3	Reckless	MGM/UA	James Foley (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Cliff De Young, Lois Smith, Adam Baldwin	Romance, Drama	Live action
	10	Unfaithfully Yours	20th Century Fox	Howard Zieff (director); Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson, Robert Klane (screenplay); Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Albert Brooks	Romantic comedy	Live action
	17	Blame It on Rio	20th Century Fox	Stanley Donen (director); Charlie Peters, Larry Gelbart (screenplay); Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, José Lewgoy	Romantic comedy	Live action
		Crackers	Universal Pictures	Louis Malle (director); Jeffrey Fiskin (screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, [Larry Riley (actor)|Larry Riley]], Trinidad Silva, Christine Baranski	Comedy, Crime	Live action
		Footloose	Paramount Pictures / Phoenix Pictures / IndieProd Company Productions	Herbert Ross (director); Dean Pitchford (screenplay); Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Laughlin	Musical, Dance, Drama	Live action
		Lassiter	Warner Bros.	Roger Young (director); David Taylor (screenplay); Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Bob Hoskins, Joe Regalbuto, Ed Lauter, Warren Clarke	Spy, Action, Adventure	Live action
M A R C H	2	Against All Odds	Columbia Pictures	Taylor Hackford (director); Eric Hughes (screenplay); Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Dorian Harewood, Swoosie Kurtz, Saul Rubinek	Romance, Neo-noir, Thriller	Live action
		Harry & Son	Orion Pictures	Paul Newman (director/screenplay); Ronald L. Buck (screenplay); Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley, Judith Ivey, Ossie Davis, Morgan Freeman, Katherine Borowitz, Maury Chaykin, Joanne Woodward	Drama	Live action
		Repo Man	Edge City / Universal Pictures	Alex Cox (director/screenplay); Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, Fox Harris	Science fiction, Comedy	Live action
		This is Spinal Tap	Embassy Pictures	Rob Reiner (director/screenplay); Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, June Chadwick, Tony Hendra, Bruno Kirby	Mockumentary	Live action
	9	Children of the Corn	Angeles Entertainment Group / Cinema Group / Hal Roach Studios / Inverness / Planet Productions / New World Pictures	Fritz Kiersch (director); George Goldsmith (screenplay); Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy, Julie Maddalena, John Philbin	Horror	Live action
		The Hotel New Hampshire	Filmline Productions / The Producers' Circle / Woodfall Film Productions / Yellowbill Productions Ltd. / Orion Pictures	Tony Richardson (director/screenplay); Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski, Wilford Brimley, Paul McCrane, Wallace Shawn, Lisa Banes, Jennifer Dundas, Seth Green	Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Mike's Murder	The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.	James Bridges (director/screenplay); Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun, Paul Winfield, Darrell Larson, Brooke Alderson, Robert Crosson, Daniel Shor, William Ostrander	Mystery, Thriller	Live action
		Pete's Dragon (re-release)	Walt Disney Pictures	Don Chaffey (director); Malcolm Marmorstein (screenplay); Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Jeff Conaway, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean, Jim Backus, Sean Marshall, Charlie Callas	Musical, Fantasy, Comedy	Live action, Animation
		Splash	Touchstone Pictures	Ron Howard (director); Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Jeff Doucette, David Knell, Royce D. Applegate, Dody Goodman	Romantic comedy, Fantasy	Live action
	16	Tank	Lorimar Productions / Universal Pictures	Marvin J. Chomsky (director); Dan Gordon (screenplay); James Garner, G.D. Spradlin, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Jenilee Harrison, James Cromwell, Dorian Harewood, Mark Herrier, Sandy Ward, John Hancock	Action, Comedy, Drama	Live action
	23	Police Academy	The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.	Hugh Wilson (director/screenplay); Neal Israel, Pat Proft (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Andrew Rubin, G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes	Comedy	Live action
		Racing with the Moon	Paramount Pictures	Richard Benjamin (director); Steven Kloves (screenplay); Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda, Max Showalter, Bob Maroff, Crispin Glover, Barbara Howard, John Brandon	Drama	Live action
	30	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Warner Bros.	Hugh Hudson (director); P.H. Vazak, Michael Austin (screenplay); Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell	Adventure	Live action
		Misunderstood	MGM/UA	Jerry Schatzberg (director); Barra Grant (screenplay); Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox, Maureen Kerwin, Susan Anspach	Drama	Live action
		Purple Hearts	The Ladd Company / Warner Bros.	Sidney J. Furie (director/screenplay); Rick Natkin (screenplay); Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee, Annie McEnroe, Paul McCrane, Cyril O'Reilly	War, Drama	Live action
		Romancing the Stone	20th Century Fox	Robert Zemeckis (director); Diane Thomas (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda	Romantic comedy, Adventure	Live action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	6	Moscow on the Hudson	Columbia Pictures	Paul Mazursky (director/screenplay); Leon Capetanos (screenplay); Robin Williams, María Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey, Savely Kramarov, Oleg Rudnik, Elya Baskin, Yakov Smirnoff	Romantic comedy, Drama	Live action
		The Stone Boy	20th Century Fox	Christopher Cain (director); Gina Berriault (screenplay); Robert Duvall, Jason Presson, Glenn Close, Susan Rinell, Dean Cain, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Fisher), Gail Youngs, Wilford Brimley	Drama	Live action
		Up the Creek	Samuel Z. Arkoff & Louis S. Arkoff Production / Orion Pictures	Robert Butler (director); Jim Kouf (screenplay); Tim Matheson, Dan Monahan, Stephen Furst, Jeff East, Sandy Helberg, Blaine Novak, James B. Sikking, Jennifer Runyon, John Hillerman	Comedy	Live action
		Where the Boys Are '84	ITC Productions / Tri-Star Pictures	Hy Averback (director); Stu Krieger, Jeff Burkhart (screenplay); Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Howard McGillin, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Alana Stewart, Christopher McDonald, Daniel McDonald	Sex comedy	Live action
	13	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	Paramount Pictures	Joseph Zito (director); Barney Cohen (screenplay); Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman, E. Erich Anderson, Joan Freeman, Crispin Glover, Alan Hayes, Barbara Howard	Slasher	Live action
		Iceman	Universal Studios	Fred Schepisi (director); John Drimmer, Chip Proser (screenplay); Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Richard Monette, James Tolkan	Science fiction	Live action
		Kidco	20th Century Fox	Ronald F. Maxwell (director); Bennett Tramer (screenplay); Scott Schwartz, Clifton James, Charles Hallahan, Maggie Blye, Cinnamon Idles, Tristine Skyler, Elizabeth Gorcey, Ron Rifkin	Comedy	Live action
		Phar Lap	20th Century Fox	Simon Wincer (director); David Williamson (screenplay); Tom Burlinson, Towering Inferno, Richard Morgan, Robert Grubb, Martin Vaughan, Celia De Burgh, Ron Leibman, Henry Duvall, Pat Thomson, Georgia Carr	Biography, Drama	Live action
		Swing Shift	Warner Bros.	Jonathan Demme (director); Nancy Dowd, Bo Goldman, Ron Nyswaner (screenplay); Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Belita Moreno, Holly Hunter	War, Romance, Drama	Live action
	27	Love Letters	New World Pictures	Amy Holden Jones (director/screenplay); Jamie Lee Curtis, James Keach, Bonnie Bartlett, Matt Clark, Amy Madigan, Brian Wood, Phil Coccioletti, Larry Cedar, Rance Howard, Jeff Doucette, Sally Kirkland	Romance, Drama	Live action
M A Y	4	Alphabet City	Atlantic Releasing Corporation	Amos Poe (director/screenplay); Gregory K. Heller, Robert Seidman (screenplay); Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert, Kenny Marino, Kate Vernon	Crime, Drama	Live action
		The Bounty	Orion Pictures Corporation / Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment	Roger Donaldson (director); Robert Bolt (screenplay); Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette	History, Drama	Live action
		Breakin'	Cannon Films / Golan-Globus / MGM/UA	Joel Silberg (director); Charles Parker, Allen DeBevoise (screenplay); Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quiñones, Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers, Ice-T, Scratcher, Ben Lokey, Phineas Newborn III, Christopher McDonald	Dance, Comedy, Drama	Live action
		Sixteen Candles	Universal Pictures / Channel Productions	John Hughes (director/screenplay); Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Paul Dooley, Justin Henry, Anthony Michael Hall, Carlin Glynn, Haviland Morris, Blanche Baker, Gedde Watanabe	Coming-of-Age, Comedy	Live action
	11	Firestarter	Dino de Laurentiis Company / Universal Pictures	Mark L. Lester (director); Stanley Mann (screenplay); David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Freddie Jones, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Art Carney, Louise Fletcher	Science fiction, Horror	Live action
		The Natural	Tri-Star Pictures	Barry Levinson (director); Roger Towne, Phil Dusenberry (screenplay); Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, Michael Madsen	Sports, Drama	Live action
	18	Making the Grade	Cannon Film Distributors / MGM/UA	Dorian Walker (director); Charles Gayle, Gene Quintano (screenplay); Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dana Olsen	Teen, Comedy	Live action
	23	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Lucasfilm Ltd. / Paramount Pictures	Stephen Spielberg (director); Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Jonathan Ke Quan, Roy Chiao, David Yip	Action, Adventure	Live action
J U N E	1	Once Upon a Time in America	The Ladd Company / Embassy International Pictures / PSO Enterprises / Rafran Cinematografica / Warner Bros.	Sergio Leone (director/screenplay); Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini (screenplay); Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, Danny Aiello, William Forsythe	Epic, Crime, Drama	Live action
		Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Paramount Pictures	Leonard Nimoy (director); Harve Bennett (screenplay); William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Merritt Butrick, Robin Curtis, Christopher Lloyd, Mark Lenard, Carl Steven, Vadia Potenza, Stephen Manley, Joe W. Davis	Science fiction	Live action
		Streets of Fire	Universal Pictures / RKO Pictures / A Hill-Gordon-Silver Production	Walter Hill (director/screenplay); Larry Gross (screenplay); Michael Paré, Diane Lane, E.G. Daily, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Lawson, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton	Musical, Action, Neo-noir, Comedy, Drama	Live action
	6	Beat Street	Orion Pictures	Stan Lathan (director); Andrew Davis, David Gilbert, Paul Golding, Steven Hager (screenplay); Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago, Robert Taylor, Lee Chamberlin, Mary Alice, Shawn Elliot, Jim Borrelli, Dean Elliott, Franc. Reyes	Dance, Drama	Live action
	8	Ghostbusters	Delphi Films / Black Rhino Productions / Columbia Pictures	Ivan Reitman (director); Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis (screenplay); Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, David Margulies	Supernatural, Comedy	Live action
		Gremlins	Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment	Joe Dante (director); Chris Columbus (screenplay); Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, Corey Feldman, Keye Luke, Dick Miller	Comedy horror	Live action
		Top Secret!	Paramount Pictures	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker (directors/screenplay); Martyn Burke (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Christopher Villiers, Billy J. Mitchell, Jeremy Kemp, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Warren Clarke	Action, Comedy	Live action
	15	Under the Volcano	Universal Pictures	John Huston (director); Guy Gallo (screenplay); Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Katy Jurado	Biography, Drama	Live action
	22	The Karate Kid	Delphi II Productions / Jerry Weintraub Productions / Columbia Pictures	John G. Avildsen (director); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, William Zabka, Randee Heller	Martial arts, Drama	Live action
		Rhinestone	20th Century Fox	Bob Clark (director); Phil Alden Robinson, Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson	Musical, Comedy	Live action
	29	Bachelor Party	20th Century Fox	Neal Israel (director/screenplay); Pat Proft (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Barbara Stuart, Robert Prescott, William Tepper, Wendie Jo Sperber	Comedy	Live action
		Cannonball Run II	Golden Harvest / Warner Bros.	Hal Needham (director/screenplay); Harvey Miller (screenplay); Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jamie Farr, Marilu Henner, Telly Savalas, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Anton, Catherine Bach, Jackie Chan, Richard Kiel, Frank Sinatra	Comedy	Live action
		Conan the Destroyer	Dino de Laurentiis Company / Universal Pictures	Richard Fleischer (director); Stanley Mann (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter, Olivia d'Abo, Sarah Douglas	Sword and sorcery, Adventure	Live action

July–September

• July 1984
  • July 13
    • The Last Starfighter
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • July 15
    • Draw!
  • July 20
    • Best Defense
    • Electric Dreams
    • The NeverEnding Story
    • Revenge of the Nerds
  • July 25
    • Moon Madness
  • July 27
    • The Jungle Book (re-release)
    • Meatballs Part II
    • Purple Rain
• August 1984
  • August 2
    • The Bostonians
  • August 3
    • Grandview, U.S.A.
    • Joy of Sex
    • The Philadelphia Experiment
  • August 10
    • Cloak & Dagger
    • Red Dawn
  • August 15
    • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
    • The Woman in Red
  • August 17
    • Dreamscape
    • Sheena
    • Tightrope
  • August 24
    • Oxford Blues
  • August 29
    • Choose Me
  • August 31
    • Bolero
    • C.H.U.D.
    • Flashpoint
• September 1984
  • September 7
    • The Brother from Another Planet
  • September 14
    • A Soldier's Story
  • September 19
    • Amadeus
  • September 21
    • All of Me
    • Places in the Heart
    • Windy City
  • September 28
    • Country
    • Irreconcilable Differences
    • The River Rat
    • The Wild Life

October–December

• October 1984
  • October 5
    • Code Name: Wild Geese
    • Teachers
  • October 12
    • Garbo Talks
    • Songwriter
  • October 19
    • Crimes of Passion
    • The Razor's Edge
    • Stop Making Sense
    • Thief of Hearts
  • October 26
    • American Dreamer
    • Body Double
    • Give My Regards to Broad Street
    • Paris, Texas
    • The Terminator
    • Terror in the Aisles
• November 1984
  • November 2
    • The Killing Fields
  • November 9
    • A Nightmare on Elm Street
    • No Small Affair
    • Oh, God! You Devil
    • Samson & Sally
    • Silent Night, Deadly Night
  • November 16
    • Just the Way You Are
    • Missing in Action
    • Night of the Comet
    • Night Patrol
  • November 21
    • A Christmas Story (re-release)
    • Falling in Love
    • The Little Magician and the Bad Mark
    • Supergirl
  • November 28
    • Gallavants
• December 1984
  • December 5
    • Beverly Hills Cop
  • December 7
    • 2010
    • City Heat
  • December 14
    • The Cotton Club
    • Dune
    • Katy Caterpillar
    • 1984
    • A Passage to India
    • Runaway
    • Starman
  • December 19
    • The River
  • December 21
    • Birdy
    • The Flamingo Kid
    • Johnny Dangerously
    • Micki & Maude
    • Pinocchio (re-release)
  • December 26
    • Mrs. Soffel

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