Opening
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Title
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Studio
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Cast and crew
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Genre
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Medium
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J U L Y
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2
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About Last Night |
TriStar Pictures |
Edward Zwick (director); Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue (screenplay); Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi, Elizabeth Perkins, George DiCenzo, Robin Thomas, Megan Mullally, Rosanna DeSoto |
Romantic Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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Big Trouble in Little China |
20th Century Fox |
John Carpenter (director); Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax |
Action, Fantasy |
Live action
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The Great Mouse Detective |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker (directors/screenplay); Matthew O'Callaghan, Mel Shaw, Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Bruce Morris (screenplay); Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Candy Candido, Alan Young, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Frank Welker |
Family, Mystery, Comedy |
Animation
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Psycho III |
Universal Pictures |
Anthony Perkins (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin, Robert Alan Browne, Lee Garlington, Donovan Scott |
Slasher, Horror |
Live action
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4
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Under the Cherry Moon |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Prince (director); Becky Johnston (screenplay); Prince, Jerome Benton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Steven Berkoff, Emmanuelle Sallet, Alexandra Stewart, Francesca Annis |
Musical, Drama |
Live action
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11
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Club Paradise |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Harold Ramis (director/screenplay); Brian Doyle-Murray (screenplay); Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Adolph Caesar, Eugene Levy, Joanna Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray |
Comedy |
Live action
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Miracles |
Orion Pictures |
Jim Kouf (director/screenplay); Tom Conti, Teri Garr, Paul Rodriguez, Christopher Lloyd, Adalberto Martínez, Jorge Russek, Charles Rocket |
Comedy |
Live action
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18
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Aliens |
20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions |
James Cameron (director/screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Bill Paxton |
Sci-Fi, Action |
Live action
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Vamp |
New World Pictures |
Richard Wenk (director/screenplay); Donald P. Borchers (screenplay); Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Grace Jones, Billy Drago |
Comedy, Horror |
Live action
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25
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Echo Park |
Orion Pictures |
Robert Dornhelm (director); Michael Ventura (screenplay); Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Cheech MarinJohn Paragon, Cassandra Peterson |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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Haunted Honeymoon |
Orion Pictures |
Gene Wilder (director/screenplay); Terence Marsh (screenplay); Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith, Bryan Pringle, Peter Vaughan |
Comedy, Horror |
Live action
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Heartburn |
Paramount Pictures |
Mike Nichols (director); Nora Ephron (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Miloš Forman, Steven Hill, Catherine O'Hara, Mamie Gummer, Joanna Gleason |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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Maximum Overdrive |
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group |
Stephen King (director/screenplay); Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murney, Yeardley Smith, Frankie Faison, Leon Rippy, J.C. Quinn, Holter Graham |
Action, Horror |
Live action
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Out of Bounds |
Columbia Pictures |
Richard Tuggle (director); Tony Kayden (screenplay); Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Meat Loaf |
Action, Thriller |
Live action
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The Patriot |
Crown International Pictures |
Frank Harris (director); Andy Ruben, Katt Shea Ruben (screenplay); Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce, Leslie Nielsen, Glenn Withrow |
Action |
Live action
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Robotech: The Movie |
Cannon Films / Harmony Gold USA / Tatsunoko Production / Anime International Company |
Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek (directors); Ardwight Chamberlain (screenplay); Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Diane Michelle, Gregory Snegoff, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie, Greg Finley |
Sci-Fi |
Anime
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30
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The Assam Garden |
Paramount Pictures / Moving Picture Company |
Mary McMurray (director); Elisabeth Bond (screenplay); Deborah Kerr |
Drama |
Live action
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Asterix Versus Caesar |
Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Amblin Entertainment |
Jacques Barclay (director); Edward Marcus (screenplay); Jack Beaber, Bill Kearns |
Comedy, Family |
Animation
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Nothing in Common |
TriStar Pictures / Rastar |
Garry Marshall (director); Rick Podell, Michael Preminger (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong, Sela Ward |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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A U G U S T
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1
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Choke Canyon |
United Film Distribution |
Charles Bail (director); Ovidio G. Assonitis, Alfonso Brescia, Sheila Goldberg (screenplay); Stephen Collins, Janet Julian, Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen, Nicholas Pryor |
Sci-Fi |
Live action
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Flight of the Navigator |
Walt Disney Pictures / Producers Sales Organization |
Randal Kleiser (director); Michael Burton, Matt MacManus (screenplay); Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matt Adler, Howard Hesseman, Jonathan Sanger |
Sci-Fi, Comedy |
Live action
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
Paramount Pictures |
Tom McLoughlin (director/screenplay); Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renée Jones, Kerry Noonan, Darcy DeMoss, Tom Fridley, Tony Goldwyn, C.J. Graham, Dan Bradley |
Slasher |
Live action
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Good to Go |
Vidmark Entertainment |
Blaine Novak (director/screenplay); Art Garfunkel, Robert DoQui, Harris Yulin, Reginald Daughtry |
Crime, Thriller |
Live action
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Howard the Duck |
Universal Pictures / Lucasfilm / Marvel Entertainment |
Willard Huyck (director/screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay); Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Chip Zien, David Paymer, Paul Guilfoyle, Liz Sagal, Holly Robinson Peete, Richard Edson |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
Live action
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8
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One Crazy Summer |
Warner Bros. Pictures / A&M Films |
Savage Steve Holland (director/screenplay); John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joel Murray, William Hickey, Joe Flaherty, Mark Metcalf, John Matuszak, Kimberly Foster, Matt Mulhern |
Romantic Comedy |
Live action
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She's Gotta Have It |
Island Pictures / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
Spike Lee (director/screenplay); Tracy Camilla Johns, Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee, Raye Dowell, Joie Lee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Bill Lee |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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The Transformers: The Movie |
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group / Hasbro / Sunbow Productions / Toei Animation |
Nelson Shin (director); Ron Friedman (screenplay); Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Lionel Stander, Eric Idle, John Moschitta Jr., Frank Welker, Dan Gilvezan, Chris Latta, Casey Kasem, Scatman Crothers, Michael Bell, Corey Burton, Orson Welles |
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure |
Animation
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15
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Armed and Dangerous |
Columbia Pictures |
Mark L. Lester (director); Brian Grazer, James Keach, Harold Ramis, Peter Torokvei (screenplay); John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan, Brion James, Jonathan Banks, Tom Lister Jr., James Tolkan |
Comedy, Action, Crime |
Live action
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The Fly |
20th Century Fox |
David Cronenberg (director/screenplay); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo |
Sci-Fi, Horror |
Live action
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Manhunter |
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group |
Michael Mann (director/screenplay); William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan |
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure |
Live action
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22
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Extremities |
Paramount Pictures / Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
Robert M. Young (director); William Mastrosimone (screenplay); Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Alfre Woodard, Sandy Martin |
Thriller |
Live action
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Stand by Me |
Columbia Pictures |
Rob Reiner (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack, Marshall Bell, Frances Lee McCain |
Drama |
Live action
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
Cannon Films |
Tobe Hooper (director); L.M. Kit Carson (screenplay); Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Lou Perryman, Judy Kelly |
Slasher, Black Comedy |
Live action
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30
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Shanghai Surprise |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / HandMade Films |
Jim Goddard (director); John Kohn, Robert Bentley (screenplay); Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer, Clyde Kusatsu |
Comedy, Adventure |
Live action
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S E P T E M B E R
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10
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River's Edge |
Island Pictures / Hemdale Film Corporation |
Tim Hunter (director); Neal Jimenez (screenplay); Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua John Miller, Dennis Hopper |
Drama |
Live action
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12
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'night, Mother |
Universal Pictures / Aaron Spelling Productions |
Tom Moore (director); Marsha Norman (screenplay); Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer Roosendahl, Michael Kenworthy, Sari Walker |
Drama |
Live action
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13
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Avenging Force |
Cannon Films / Golan-Globus |
Sam Firstenberg (director); James Booth (screenplay); Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, John P. Ryan, William Wallace, Marc Alaimo |
Action |
Live action
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19
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Blue Velvet |
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group |
David Lynch (director/screenplay); Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, George Dickerson, Dean Stockwell |
Mystery |
Live action
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The Men's Club |
Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
Peter Medak (director); Leonard Michaels (screenplay); Roy Scheider, Harvey Keitel, Frank Langella, Treat Williams, David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Craig Wasson, Stockard Channing, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ann Wedgeworth |
Drama |
Live action
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20
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Down by Law |
Island Pictures / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
Jim Jarmusch (director/screenplay); Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Ellen Barkin, Billie Neal, Rockets Redglare, Vernel Bagneris |
Comedy |
Live action
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24
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The Name of the Rose |
20th Century Fox / ZDF / France 3 |
Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Andrew Birkin, Gerard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard (screenplay); Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Christian Slater, Valentina Vargas |
Drama, Mystery |
Live action
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26
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The Boy Who Could Fly |
20th Century Fox / Lorimar Film Entertainment |
Nick Castle (director/screenplay); Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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Crocodile Dundee |
Paramount Pictures |
Peter Faiman (director); Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard, John Meillon, Reginald VelJohnson, Terry Gill, Steve Rackman, Gerry Skilton |
Comedy |
Live action
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Half Moon Street |
20th Century Fox / RKO Pictures |
Bob Swaim (director/screenplay); Edward Behr, Paul Theroux (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Keith Buckley, Nadim Sawalha, Vincent Lindon, Michael Elwyn |
Erotic Thriller |
Live action
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That's Life! |
Columbia Pictures |
Blake Edwards (director/screenplay); Milton Wexler (screenplay); Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sally Kellerman, Robert Loggia, Jennifer Edwards, Robert Knepper, Matt Lattanzi, Chris Lemmon, Cynthia Sikes, Dana Sparks, Felicia Farr |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action
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