837 Films & TV Shows Set In United States of America During The 1980s
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Maine The 1980sYour fears are unleashed — In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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A Dog's Purpose
Michigan Illinois The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 2000sEvery dog happens for a reason. — A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
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I, Tonya
Michigan Oregon 🇳🇴 Norway 🇫🇷 France The 1990s The 1970s The 1980s The 2000sFitting in is overrated — Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
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Borg vs McEnroe
New York England 🇸🇪 Sweden The 1980s The 1970sSome stars shine forever — The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.
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All Eyez on Me
New York Nevada Maryland California The 1970s The 1990s The 1980sLegends never die — All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
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Crown Heights
New York The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sWhen Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
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Roxanne, Roxanne
New York The 1980sThe most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
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American Wrestler: The Wizard
California The 1980sHe escaped one war, only to face another. — In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
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Dolores
California The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sRebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother. — Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice, soon becomes a fight for gender equality within the same union she is eventually forced to leave. As she wrestles with raising 11 children, three marriages, and is nearly beaten to death by a San Francisco tactical police squad, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her new found feminism with racial and class justice.
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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
🇨🇦 Canada Louisiana North Dakota The 1930s The 1950s The 1970s The 1960s The 1980sDocumentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends.
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My Friend Dahmer
Ohio The 1970s The 1980sJeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This is the story before that story — Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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Hello Again
New York The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 2000s The 2010sA Musical Love Affair Spinning Through Time — Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.
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Menendez: Blood Brothers
California The 1980s The 1990sLyle and Eric Menendez were nice, educated boys from Beverly Hills, which makes the murder of their parents even more inexplicable. Never-before-seen details emerge in this investigation into their lives.
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Dating Game Killer
Washington New York New Hampshire California Texas The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 2000s The 2010sA grieving mother seeks justice against the serial killer who killed her daughter.
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The Americans: Season 5
District of Columbia The 1980sIn season five, the arranged marriage of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings grows more passionate and genuine in the midst of the escalating Cold War. Paige’s budding romance with Matthew, the son of their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman, further complicates matters since Stan – Philip’s best friend – remains the greatest threat to the Jennings’ safety.
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GLOW: Season 1
California The 1980sIn 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
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Stranger Things: Stranger Things 2
Indiana The 1980sIt's been nearly a year since Will's strange disappearance. But life's hardly back to normal in Hawkins. Not even close.
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Assassin's Creed
🇲🇽 Mexico Texas England 🇪🇸 Spain The 1980s The 2010s The 14th CenturyYour destiny is in your blood. — Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descendant of the secret 'Assassins' society. After gaining incredible knowledge and skills, he is now poised to take on the oppressive Knights Templar in the present day.
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Hands of Stone
New York Nevada Louisiana Quebec 🇵🇦 Panama The 1980s The 1960s The 1970s The 2000sNo más. No surrender. — The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
🇲🇽 Mexico New Jersey Kansas Delaware District of Columbia Africa - General The 1980s The 2010sJustice or revenge — Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
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X-Men: Apocalypse
Ohio Virginia District of Columbia New York 🇩🇪 Germany 🇵🇱 Poland 🇪🇬 Egypt The 1980sOnly the strong will survive — After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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Now You See Me 2
🇨🇳 China England New York New Jersey 🇲🇴 Macao Tokyo Prefecture New South Wales The 2010s The 1980sYou haven't seen anything yet. — One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
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Pete's Dragon
Oregon The 1970s The 1980sSome secrets are too big to keep. — For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
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Everybody Wants Some!!
Texas The 1980sHere for a good time not a long time — A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
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The Accountant
Illinois District of Columbia The 1980s The 2010sCalculate your choices. — As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
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