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
|