8 Million Ways to Die (
1986) | IMDb:
5.7
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Starring:
Jeff Bridges
,
Rosanna Arquette
,
Randy Brooks
,
Alexandra Paul
,
Andy García
,
Tommy Lister Jr.
Footloose (
1984) | IMDb:
6.6
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Starring:
Kevin Bacon
,
Lori Singer
,
John Lithgow
,
Dianne Wiest
,
Chris Penn
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
Class (
1983) | IMDb:
6
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Starring:
Jacqueline Bisset
,
Rob Lowe
,
Andrew McCarthy
,
Cliff Robertson
,
Stuart Margolin
,
John Cusack
Pennies from Heaven (
1981) | IMDb:
6.5
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Starring:
Steve Martin
,
Bernadette Peters
,
Jessica Harper
,
Vernel Bagneris
,
John McMartin
,
John Karlen
Prophecy (
1979) | IMDb:
5.5
When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can't ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub for testing and soon finds himself the target of an angry mutant grizzly.
Starring:
Talia Shire
,
Robert Foxworth
,
Armand Assante
,
Richard Dysart
,
Victoria Racimo
,
George Clutesi
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (
1978) | IMDb:
4.2
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.
F.I.S.T. (
1978) | IMDb:
6.4
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone
,
Rod Steiger
,
Peter Boyle
,
Melinda Dillon
,
David Huffman
,
Kevin Conway