| List of years in film (table) |
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| … 1974 . 1975 . 1976 . 1977 . 1978 . 1979 . 1980 … 1981 1982 1983 -1984- 1985 1986 1987 … 1988 . 1989 . 1990 . 1991 . 1992 . 1993 . 1994 … In home video: 1981 1982 1983 -1984- 1985 1986 1987 In television: 1981 1982 1983 -1984- 1985 1986 1987 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1981 . 1982 . 1983 - 1984 - 1985 . 1986 . 1987 … … 1950s . 1960s . 1970s -1980s- 1990s . 2000s . 2010s |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
Years in film |
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| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
Contents |
Events
- The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.
- Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.
- Michael Eisner becomes head of The Walt Disney Company
Top grossing films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Beverly Hills Cop | Paramount | $234,760,478 |
| 2. | Ghostbusters | Columbia | $229,242,989 |
| 3. | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount | $179,870,271 |
| 4. | Gremlins | Warner Brothers | $148,168,459 |
| 5. | The Karate Kid | Columbia | $90,815,558 |
| 6. | Police Academy | Warner Brothers | $81,198,894 |
| 7. | Footloose | Paramount | $80,035,402 |
| 8. | Romancing the Stone | 20th Century Fox | $76,572,238 |
| 9. | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Paramount | $76,471,046 |
| 10. | Splash | Touchstone | $69,821,334 |
source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1984&p=.htm
Awards
- Best Picture: Amadeus
- Best Director: Miloš Forman - Amadeus
- Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Places in the Heart
- Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields
- Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft - A Passage to India
- Best Foreign Language Film: La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves), directed by Richard Dembo, Switzerland
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Amadeus
- Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
- Best Actress: Sally Field - Places in the Heart
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Romancing the Stone
- Best Actor: Dudley Moore - Micki + Maude
- Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Romancing the Stone
- Other
- Best Director: Miloš Forman - Amadeus
- Best Foreign English Language Film: A Passage to India, U.K. / U.S.A.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, France / W. Germany
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca), directed by Krzysztof Zanussi,
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes, United States
Films released in 1984
- 1984
- 2010
- Aaj Ki Awaaz
- Amadeus - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
- All of Me
- Bachelor Party
- The Bay Boy - 1985 Genie Award for Best Canadian Motion Picture.
- Before Stonewall
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Birdy (film)
- Blind Date
- Blood Simple
- Body Double
- Bolero
- The Bostonians
- Broadway Danny Rose
- Cannibal Holocaust
- Cannonball Run II
- Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
- Children of the Corn (film)
- Choose Me
- City Heat
- Cloak & Dagger
- The Company of Wolves, directed by Neil Jordan
- The Coolangatta Gold
- The Cotton Club (film)
- Country
- La diagonale du fou, (Dangerous Moves) - Academy Award for Foreign Language Film
- Dune
- Electric Dreams
- Eureka, directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Falling in Love (film), with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep
- Finders Keepers
- Firestarter
- The Flamingo Kid
- Footloose
- Frankenweenie
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- The Funeral aka Death Japanese Style
- Ghostbusters
- Give My Regards To Broad Street
- Gremlins
- Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- Irreconcilable Differences
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- The Jesse Owens Story
- Just the Way You Are
- The Karate Kid
- The Killing Fields - British Academy Award for Best Film
- The Last Starfighter
- The Lonely Guy
- Love Streams - Golden Bear award winner
- Making the Grade
- Mike's Murder
- Monster Dog
- Moscow on the Hudson
- Mrs. Soffel
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
- The Natural
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (March 11 - Japan)
- The NeverEnding Story (Die Unendliche Geschichte)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Night of the Comet
- Old Enough, Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Once Upon A Time In America
- Paris, Texas - Palme d'Or winner
- A Passage to India - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film
- The Philadelphia Experiment
- Places in the Heart
- Police Academy
- The Pope of Greenwich Village
- A Private Function
- Purple Rain
- Reckless
- Red Dawn
- Repo Man
- The Return of Godzilla (also known as "Godzilla 1985")
- Revenge of the Nerds
- The River
- Roadhouse 66
- Romancing the Stone - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Sheena (film)
- Sixteen Candles
- Slapstick of Another Kind, starring Jerry Lewis
- A Soldier's Story
- Splash
- Starman
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Stranger Than Paradise
- Streets of Fire
- A Sunday in the Country
- Supergirl
- The Terminator
- Terror in the Aisles
- Thief of Hearts
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Under the Volcano
- Where the Boys Are '84
- Where The Toys Come From
- Winter Flight
- The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego slonca) - Golden Lion winner
Births
- January 3 - Maya Ababadjani, actress
- February 12 - Alexandra Dahlstrom, actress
- November 22 - Scarlett Johansson, actress
- November 23 - Joseph Hooker, actor
Deaths
- January 20 - Johnny Weissmuller, actor
- January 29 - Frances Goodrich, screenwriter
- February 15 - Ethel Merman, singer, actress
- March 1 - Jackie Coogan, actor
- March 24 - Sam Jaffe, actor
- May 16 - Andy Kaufman, comedian
- May 21 - Andrea Leeds, actress
- May 21 - Ann Little, actress
- June 18 - Luis Moglia Barth, director
- July 27 - James Mason, British actor
- August 4 - Mary Miles Minter, actress
- August 5 - Richard Burton, actor
- September 17 - Richard Basehart, actor
- September 25 - Walter Pidgeon, actor
- October 21 - François Truffaut, French film director
- October 23 - Oskar Werner, actor
- October 25 - Pascale Ogier, French actress
- December 24 - Peter Lawford, actor
- December 28 - Sam Peckinpah, director
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