100 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 1980s
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Cold Light of Day
England The 1980sFebruary, 1983. Detectives are called to a residential address in the London suburbs following reports that the drains have been clogged by human remains. One of the property’s residents, Dennis Nilsen – a mild-mannered and unassuming civil servant – is brought in for questioning, leading to the discovery of one of the most shocking and disturbing cases of serial murder ever to rock Britain.
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A Fish Called Wanda
England The 1980sA tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood. — A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
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Appuntamento a Liverpool
England The 1980sCaterina is a 20-year-old girl whose father died before her eyes in the Heysel Stadium disaster. After several years, she's summoned as an eyewitness by British police as new proof has resurfaced. Caterina recognizes her father's murderer, a Liverpool taxi driver, but doesn't say anything, choosing to track him down and exact her revenge by herself.
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The Fourth Protocol
Scotland England The 1980sLed by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.
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Hellraiser
England The 1980sHe'll tear your soul apart. — An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover while the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.
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Highlander
New York Scotland 🇪🇸 Spain The 1980s The 1940s The 16th Century The 18th CenturyThere can be only one. — He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
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Biggles
New York England The 1910s The 1980sFast food executive Jim Ferguson stepped out of his 47th floor office to go to the bathroom... and ended up in the middle of World War I. History will be grateful forever. — Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
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A View to a Kill
California England 🇫🇷 France 🇷🇺 Russia The 1980sHas James Bond finally met his match? — A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.
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My Beautiful Laundrette
England The 1980sA British-Pakistani man renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
England 🇩🇪 Germany Illinois 🇮🇹 Italy 🇫🇷 France The 1980sFor over two thousand years, Europe has survived many great disasters. Now for the real test. Chevy Chase & his family are coming from America! — The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
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Wild Geese II
England 🇦🇹 Austria 🇩🇪 Germany The 1970s The 1980sThey're back in the most spectacular rescue mission ever filmed! — A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
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Letter to Brezhnev
England The 1980sA new wave comedy … from Liverpool with Love. — The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.
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Terror at London Bridge
England The 1980s The 1880sLondon Bridge, London, England, 1888: Jack the Ripper dies in the Thames river. London Bridge, Lake Havasu, Arizona, 1985: the last original stone used to rebuild London Bridge is laid and all the city is happy...but then some strange murders start happening. Policeman Don Gregory has some suspects, but when he develops a theory that Jack the Ripper has been resurrected, no one believes him.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
England The 1980sGeorge Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen. — George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Threads
England The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sThe closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war. — Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
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Octopussy
England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇳 India 🇷🇺 Russia The 1980sJames Bond's all time high. — James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
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The Crimson Permanent Assurance
England The 1980sOur Short Feature Presentation — A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.
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Trail of the Pink Panther
🇫🇷 France England The 1980sThe Newest and Funniest 'Panther' of them all. — The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau.
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Firefox
Alaska England 🇷🇺 Russia The 1980s...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it! — The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
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Xtro
England The 1980sSome extra-terrestrials aren't friendly. — Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
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An American Werewolf in London
England The 1980sBeware the Moon. — Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
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The Great Muppet Caper
England The 1980sKermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
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Nighthawks
New York England 🇫🇷 France The 1980sA terrorist holds New York in a grip of fear - and only Stallone can take him on. — An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
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A Clockwork Orange
England The 1980sBeing the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. — In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?