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Blunt

1987

Blunt

1987
4
Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the Soviet Union. In love with double agent Guy Burgess, he helps Burgess get yet another treasonous British agent to safety in Moscow. When Burgess unexpectedly defects as well, the government becomes suspicious of Blunt, but investigators have trouble believing such a refined and aristocratic gentleman would ever betray his nation and his class.
On Fire

1987

On Fire

1987
Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then falls into a deep depression because, while most people look forward to retirement, he doesn't. So, his wife and children do their best to lift his spirits but all he does is push them away.
Babes in Toyland

1986

Babes in Toyland

1986
5.5
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.
The Last Days of Patton

1986

The Last Days of Patton

1986
6.2
Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dramatic change of lifestyle, Patton is involved in an auto wreck that leaves him in critical condition. While his body fails him, Patton introspectively reminisces about his relationship with his spouse, Beatrice; his childhood; and his days on the WWI battlefields.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

1986
5.9
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle

1986

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

1986
5.3
It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a nasty fever, while dodging cats, owls and a guest's noisy dog.
Can You Feel Me Dancing?

1986

Can You Feel Me Dancing?

1986
6
Based on a true story. Karin is a young blind girl who's been encouraged by her overprotective parents to encounter life boldly. Karin meets a handsome young man named Richie, who falls in love with her. Seeking greater independence from her family, Karin becomes romantically involved with him. But Richie's love, too, smothers Karin, who realizes that she is trading one dependency for another. After entering and winning a dance contest, Karin feels strong and determined to find her own way. She accepts the fact that she must face the unknown in order to grow.
A Fight for Jenny

1986

A Fight for Jenny

1986
7
When Kelsey remarries, her struggle to get custody of her daughter from her first marriage is complicated by her current husband being black.
Liza in London

1986

Liza in London

1986
Liza Minnelli in concert at the London Palladium.
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

1986

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

1986
5.2
This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.
The Gladiator

1986

The Gladiator

1986
5.9
A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges.
Prince of Bel Air

1986

Prince of Bel Air

1986
4.5
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.
Shattered Spirits

1986

Shattered Spirits

1986
5.4
When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1986

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1986
5.4
This is a animated adaptation of the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Coming Through

1985

Coming Through

1985
4
While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.
Wild Horses

1985

Wild Horses

1985
5
An over-the-hill rodeo champion gets fired from his assembly line job in Texas. He and a buddy then decide to head to Wyoming to get a job herding mustangs. His wife gives him her his blessing, knowing he needs to find something which satisfies his spirit. They sign up for a roundup headed by a veteran cowboy. With the job, he finds himself cross-wise of a corrupt government official, who is making big profits on the illegal sale of wild horses.
Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985
3.5
A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.
Izzy & Moe

1985

Izzy & Moe

1985
4
The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.
Death of a Salesman

1985

Death of a Salesman

1985
6.9
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Chiller

1985

Chiller

1985
4.1
A wealthy industrialist arranges for his body to be kept on ice in a high-tech cryonic chamber. When the instructions are not followed properly, he emerges from the frozen crypt as an empty, soulless creature with an appetite for destruction.