837 Films & TV Shows Set In United States of America During The 1980s
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Rent
New York The 1980s The 1990sThe story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.
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Death of a Cheerleader
California The 1980sA remake of the cult classic, inspired by Randall Sullivan’s Rolling Stone article of the same name about the real life murder of a popular, affluent and beautiful Northern California high school cheerleader at the hands of a classmate.
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In Search of Darkness
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1980sA Journey Into Iconic '80s Horror — An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
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In Search of the Last Action Heroes
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1980sThe most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
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18 to Party
New York The 1980sWhat are you waiting for? — It’s 1984 and outside a small-town nightclub, a group of 8th graders gather, grappling with a spate of recent suicides, UFO sightings, their absentee parents, and each other.
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Arizona California The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990sShe broke all the rules. — With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.
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Ella Fitzgerald - Just One of Those Things
New York The 1930s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1940sElla Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS retraces this extraordinary journey.
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Cola Wars
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1980sTraces the long and ferocious battle between Cola and Pepsi. — Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the "New Coke" debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been the undisputed leader in the multibillion dollar global soda industry--stodgy, predictable, but indisputably top dog--while Pepsi had been the upstart No. 2, forever poking at its big brother with cutting edge advertising. But in 1985, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Coca-Cola's executives took a step so daring that no one in either company could believe it: they changed the formula of the most popular beverage on the planet.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
Pennsylvania The 1980sA slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.
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Angèle, Virtuoso
New York Quebec The 1970s The 1980s The 1990sThe unconventional story of virtuoso violinist Angèle Dubeau and her incredible journey from a small Quebec rural town to Julliard and eventually, to the world stage.
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The Devil Next Door: Limited Series
Ohio The 1980s The 1990sThe Devil Next Door tells the story of John Demjanjuk, a retired Ukrainian-American automotive worker in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio in the 1980s who is accused as being a notoriously cruel Nazi death camp guard during World War II, known as Ivan the Terrible.
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Mindhunter: Season 2
Georgia The 1980sAn agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
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GLOW: Season 3
Nevada The 1980sIn 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
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Stranger Things: Stranger Things 3
Indiana The 1980sBudding romance. A brand-new mall. And rabid rats running toward danger. It's the summer of 1985 in Hawkins ... and one summer can change everything.
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When They See Us: Miniseries
New York The 1980sFive teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
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Galveston
Texas Louisiana The 1980sHell is real — After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
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Aquaman
Atlantic Ocean 🇮🇹 Italy Maine Massachusetts 🇪🇭 Western Sahara The 2010s The 1980s The 1990sHome Is Calling — Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people and then the surface world. Standing in his way is Arthur Curry, Orm's half-human, half-Atlantean brother and true heir to the throne.
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Shakedown
California The 1980s‘Shakedown’ was a series of parties founded by and for African American women in Los Angeles that featured go-go dancing and strip shows for the city’s lesbian underground scene. Inspired by transwoman Mahogany who, as the mother of the scene, presided over queer strip shows and balls for non-heterosexual audiences in the 1980s, butch Ronnie Ron created, produced and presented the new shows. In them, the largely female clientele from the ‘hood’ slipped dollar notes into lap dancers’ panties while celebrating lesbian sexuality to pulsating hip-hop beats.
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Gotti
New York The 1980sHe showed the world who's boss. — John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
California The 1980s The 2010sReal heroes. Not actual size. — Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.
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Cruise
New York The 1980s’87 was heaven… — Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the wrong side of the tracks falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.
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Billionaire Boys Club
California The 1980sYoung. Handsome. And cunning. — A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
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Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Oregon The 2010s The 1980sWorld War III Begins on Your Toy Shelf — A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree.
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The House That Jack Built
Washington The 1970s The 1980sBrokeback Wayne — Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
New York Scotland Wales England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇧🇷 Brazil The 1970s The 1980sFearless lives forever — Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
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