Best movies of 1984

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh,

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Actors : Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : James Cameron,

A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs.

Actors : Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

Actors : Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Actors : Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, John Louie,
Directors : Joe Dante,

A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

Actors : Jonathan Ke Quan, Kate Capshaw, Harrison Ford, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : John Candy, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.

Actors : Zack Norman, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Emilio Estevez,
Directors : Alex Cox,

Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry,
Directors : John Hughes,

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special, as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Actors : Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

Actors : Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

Actors : Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.

Actors : Charles Martin Smith, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : W.D. Richter,

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.

Actors : Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney, Barret Oliver,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

Actors : Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.