1984 Movies

Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts, who battles boredom and a tyrannical captain to the admiration of Ensign Pulver, Doc, and the crew.

A documentary reconstruction of the events of June 1956 in Poznań based on accounts of witnesses and participants of the strike as well as security service employees. The picture is dominated by photographic and film archives from state resources and unique ma...

Mr Brittain is determined that this year the school will do a really different Christmas show. Unfortunately Miss Jarvis has always organised the nativity play, and this is her last year before retirement. She is unlikely to change her ways without a battle.

Chantal Akerman was commissioned by Visions to make this short film for £20,000. It was first shown on 21 November 1984, on Channel 4. Akerman herself plays the role of a director visiting Hollywood to find financing from an uncle she hardly knows. Very little...

Story concerns two friends, Freya and Irmtraut and their relationships with the same man, Traugott, who finds it impossible to choose between the two women.

"I have been working with found materials since 1980. For me the process has been similar to nostalgia. In both experiences there is an overwhelming desire to perfectly recreate the original. Although this seductive temptation is deadening and also impossible,...

A flash flood sweeps a boy and his sister onto an island in the Mississippi River, where they are trapped with a cougar and her new born cubs. In an effort to escape the island, they find themselves threatened by two ruthless river-men who will stop at nothin...

When and where this was is unknown. Only one day at dawn, a chicken, as soon as it was born, called the sun its mother.

Art animation by Julian Józef Antonisz.

An Arizona policeman and his pilot buddy discover a scheme to rob Las Vegas slot machines by computer.

Fire Concubine takes up Thai boxing to avenge her brother's death. This does not go down well with the local mafia who arrange for a witch to put a deadly curse on her.

Paquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies, he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.

A Professor finds his life turned upside down after he decides to combat crime.

Two prisoners escape from the prison and they end up hidding in a small remote village trying to cross the borders.

A crazed killer wanders around killing several young women with various weapons. Is there a motive for these crimes or is it purely for the joy of killing?