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Revenge of the Nerds

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Poster for the movie "Revenge of the Nerds"

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

R 90 min - Comedy - 20 July 1984
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At Adams College, the jocks rule the school from their house on high, the Alpha Beta fraternity. So when a group of socially-challenged misfits try to go Greek, they're instantly rejected by every house on campus. Deciding to start their own fraternity to protect their outcast brothers, the campus nerds soon find themselves in a battle royale as the Alpha Betas try to crush their new rivals.

Director:  Jeff Kanew
Writers:  Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai
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Gremlins

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Gremlins (1984)

PG 106 min - Fantasy, Horror, Comedy - 7 June 1984
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When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.

Director:  Joe Dante
Writers:  Chris Columbus
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The Karate Kid

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The Karate Kid (1984)

PG 126 min - Action, Family, Drama - 22 June 1984
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After some violent confrontations with his new classmates, Daniel LaRusso learns karate from Japanese handyman Mr. Miyagi, in order to defend himself.

Director:  John G. Avildsen
Writers:  Robert Mark Kamen
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The Ice Pirates

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The Ice Pirates (1984)

PG 91 min - Action, Science Fiction, Comedy - 16 March 1984
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The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor (John Carradine) presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.

Director:  Stewart Raffill
Writers:  Stanford Sherman, Stewart Raffill
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The Terminator

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The Terminator (1984)

R 108 min - Action, Thriller, Science Fiction - 26 October 1984
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In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Director:  James Cameron
Writers:  Gale Anne Hurd, James Cameron
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Night of the Comet

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Night of the Comet (1984)

PG-13 95 min - Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction - 16 November 1984
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Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.

Director:  Thom Eberhardt
Writers:  Thom Eberhardt
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Police Academy

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Police Academy (1984)

R 96 min - Comedy, Crime - 22 March 1984
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New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

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Sixteen Candles

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Sixteen Candles (1984)

PG 93 min - Comedy - 4 May 1984
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Samantha's life is going downhill fast. She has a crush on the most popular boy in school, but the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her sixteenth birthday!

Director:  John Hughes
Writers:  John Hughes
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Romancing the Stone

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Romancing the Stone (1984)

PG 106 min - Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance - 30 March 1984
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Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle...

Director:  Robert Zemeckis

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Missing in Action

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Missing in Action (1984)

R 101 min - Action, Adventure, Thriller, War - 16 November 1984
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American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Director:  Joseph Zito
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