Movies and TvShows featuring "80s-throwback" theme.
In a small town in the 1980s, a group of kids find themselves drawn into a world of supernatural horrors and a parallel dimension known as the Upside Down. With the help of a telekinetic girl with mysterious powers, they must uncover the truth about their missing friend and stop the malevolent forces that threaten their town.
Belgium, the early 1980s. Jan Laureys wants to see the world and enjoy life, but reluctantly becomes a gendarme. His father, himself an officer in the gendarme, wants it that way. When Jan hears about the CDI, a new unit that will tackle drug criminals using American methods, he immediately applies. The CDI doesn't wear uniforms, so he can continue to parade around the barracks courtyard in his fashionable outfits. And so Jan meets Bob, an American DEA agent who comes to train the Belgian elite police force in American police techniques. After a major screw-up, the CDI loses a lot of money from the gendarme. To save face, they decide, on Bob's advice, to earn the money back by selling drugs themselves. As always, everything goes well... until it goes wrong. Especially for Jan.
During the 1984-1985 UK miners' strike, 11-year-old Billy Elliot discovers his passion for dance while his family struggles. Despite his father and brother being coal miners on strike, Billy secretly joins a ballet class. His dance teacher believes he has the talent to study at the Royal Ballet School. Jackie, Billy's father, initially opposes his dream fearing judgment, but later supports him. With the help of the community, Billy auditions for the school and overcomes obstacles. Fourteen years later, Billy performs the lead in Swan Lake, achieving his dream.
In the 2011 reboot of ThunderCats, a group of cat-like aliens, the ThunderCats, who are forced to flee their dying planet, Thundera, land on a mysterious and exotic planet called Third Earth. There, they must battle against the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra and his minions while trying to find the mystical Book of Omens, which holds the key to their survival and the future of their race.
When Karate champion Michael Rivers wins the last tournament of his career, shady businessman Ron Hall offers him the opportunity to fight in an illegal Kumite in Bulgaria against the world’s best martial artists. When Michael declines, Hall has his daughter kidnapped and, in order to rescue her, Rivers is left with no choice but to compete in the deadly tournament. Arriving in Bulgaria, he finds out that he is not the only fighter whose loved one was taken. Rivers enlists the help of trainers Master Loren, and Julie Jackson but will it be enough for him to win the tournament and save his daughter’s life?
Angry and brooding school drop-out, Hunter Hall, spends his nights driving and picking fights when an estranged family member suddenly causes him to question his lifestyle.
Three dissatisfied friends travel back in time to 1986 using a malfunctioning hot tub time machine at a ski resort. They must relive a crucial night without altering anything to ensure the birth of one of their nephews. Along the way, they encounter hilarious situations and realize the importance of their previous choices.
In a small town, a group of war veterans find themselves in a deadly standoff with a ruthless drug dealer and his gang. As the night goes on, they must use their military skills to survive and protect their fellow veterans.
Shenanigans Nite Club is a 75-minute movie that accompanies the Goose’s eponymous 2021 album. Written and directed by Will Thresher and starring all five members of Goose, SNC is the story of Mick Small and his best friend Rod on a quest to discover the truth of Mick’s father’s mysterious disappearance during a night that never ends.
Lucas is a 14-year-old socially awkward teenager who enters high school and navigates the complexities of friendship, love, and bullying. As the school's football team tries to win a championship, Lucas finds himself caught between his feelings for a popular cheerleader and his unlikely friendship with a fellow outcast. Set in 1980s Chicago, Lucas's journey explores themes of adolescence, first love, and finding one's place in the world.
In 1987, a group of counselors at a summer camp accidentally unleash a decades-old evil on the last night of camp. They must race against time to stop the evil before it claims their lives.
A multi-awarded 23 minute short film about pansexual punk rockers in a toxic relationship in London’s underground music scene
In Totally Awesome, a white male pretends to be black and infiltrates a high school, leading to hilarious and awkward situations. With dance-offs, werewolves, and pop-culture references, this parody-comedy is a must-watch for fans of 80s throwbacks.
Two will-they-won't-they friends try to keep it simple on New Year's Eve– until their house is crashed by a man from the future who tells them that the fate of the universe rests in their hands.
As the clock ticks towards midnight, a radio presenter at a small-town radio station must confront a vampire and her own personal demons. With a thunderstorm raging outside, she must navigate the late-night airwaves while trying to stay alive and maintain her sanity.
When a group of misfit teenagers encounter an ancient relic during a school trip, they find themselves caught up in a magical world, with elemental powers beyond their belief.
The two cult cops from Valais have to deal with a simple sprayer case while the rest of the department has to solve the discovery of a charred body. At the same time, the Valais, nay, the whole world, is threatened with disaster and even the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense, is involved.
Join the fluffy gentle giant, Motmot, as he navigates life through the bleak world of Strugart, until one day his life is drastically turned upside down by an unknown creature, a human boy.
"Night Shift" follows 18-year-old Cheryl and best friend Darcy as they waste away the Summer of ’85 waiting tables at the only diner in their middle of nowhere Oregon town. Suffocated by small-town conservatism and her sexist high school reputation, Cheryl longs for the day that she can finally ditch Myrtlewood and her vengeful ex, Scottie, for good. But after falling victim to a mysterious late-night animal attack, Cheryl undergoes a strange transformation that pushes her friendship with Darcy to the brink and pushes her to bite back against her tormentors once & for all.
Two video store employees discover a rare VHS tape contaminated with a bizarre mold that could hold deadly consequences.