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Amadeus

1984

Amadeus

1984
8
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Tosca's Kiss

1984

Tosca's Kiss

1984
6.9
Memoirs of the Italian Opera by the singers and musicians of the Casa Verdi, Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. This documentary, which has achieved cult-like status among opera and music lovers, features former singers who reminisce about their careers and their past operatic roles.
Purple Rain

1984

Purple Rain

1984
6.7
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.
Electric Dreams

1984

Electric Dreams

1984
6.2
Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
Gospel According to Al Green

1984

Gospel According to Al Green

1984
4.5
The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister.
Bukas Luluhod Ang Mga Tala

1984

Bukas Luluhod Ang Mga Tala

1984
8
Rebecca is born to a poor family, a young woman whose life is defined by poverty and deprivation. But of the many things she has to endure, it is the insults that other people hurl that hurt the most. Yet despite of everything, Rebecca remains ambitious and unabashed. She pledges to herself that she will one day raise herself and her family from poverty and when that time comes, she will get back at those who had oppressed them.
Beat Street

1984

Beat Street

1984
6.9
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Suburbia

1984

Suburbia

1984
6.7
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Richard Thompson Band: Live at Rockpalast

1984

Richard Thompson Band: Live at Rockpalast

1984
The show, recorded by German TV and radio station WDR, was an incredible demonstration of Thompson's musicianship and shows a band in total harmony within itself delivering to its fullest. They carry the music of their "boss" and give him the lightness and the leeway to fully unfold his potential. The concert is an absolute must-have for every Thompson fan.
Style Wars

1984

Style Wars

1984
7.4
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Fanny Crosby

1984

Fanny Crosby

1984
Blinded soon after birth, Fanny Crosby adapted to her disability and went on to pen more than 10,000 hymns, more than any other person in history. This biography follows Crosby's life from her extraordinary childhood and her ability to memorize complete books of the Bible to her formal schooling and speech to the U.S. Congress, her role as a wife and mother, her selfless work as a nurse during the cholera epidemic and her prolific hymn writing.
Gospel

1983

Gospel

1983
Documentary / Music/Musical / Other - Never before has a film so enthusiastically captured the mood and spirit of this unique American art form. Five of the legends of Gospel music live in a concert extravaganza at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA.
Yentl

1983

Yentl

1983
6.7
In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
A Night with Lou Reed

1983

A Night with Lou Reed

1983
6
A Lou Reed concert at the Bottom Line in New York City, 1983. Tracklist: Sweet Jane, I'm Waiting For The Man, Martial Law, Don't Talk To Me About Work, Women, Waves of Fear, Walk on the Wild Side, Turn Out the Lights, New Age, Kill Your Sons, Satellite of Love, White Light / White Heat, Rock And Roll.
Billy Joel: Live From Long Island

1983

Billy Joel: Live From Long Island

1983
9
Taped at The Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, Long Island NY, on December 29, 1982. This 1983 VHS release from Fox/CBS includes the complete version of the concert originally taped for HBO.
Staying Alive

1983

Staying Alive

1983
5.7
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Copper Mountain

1983

Copper Mountain

1983
2.9
Two friends travel to a ski resort, with one looking to hit the slopes, while the other spends time trying to pick up women.
We're from Jazz

1983

We're from Jazz

1983
6.6
A music student is expelled from school because he loves jazz, a kind of music that represents the US capitalism. He hires two street musicians to form a dixie band, and goes from one city to another trying to gain fame.
Tender Mercies

1983

Tender Mercies

1983
6.7
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
The Pirates of Penzance

1983

The Pirates of Penzance

1983
5.8
In spite of being apprenticed to a Pirate King as a child, Frederic has led a very sheltered life. So when he arrives in Cornwall with his boisterous shipmates, there are a few surprises in store for him!