# List of Columbia Pictures films (1980–1989)

The following is a list of films produced and/or released by Columbia Pictures in 1980–1989. Most films listed here were distributed theatrically in the United States by the company's distribution division, Sony Pictures Releasing (formerly known as Triumph Releasing Corporation (1982–1994) and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1988–2005)). It is one of the Big Five film studios. Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

## 1980

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| March 1980 | The American Success Company | North American and U.K. distribution only |
| May 30, 1980 | The Hollywood Knights | co-production with PolyGram Pictures |
| June 1, 1980 | The Mountain Men | — |
| June 6, 1980 | Night of the Juggler | U.S., U.K. and Australian theatrical distribution only; produced by GCC Productions |
| June 13, 1980 | Wholly Moses! | — |
| June 20, 1980 | The Blue Lagoon | — |
| July 11, 1980 | Used Cars | — |
| October 1, 1980 | Gloria | — |
| October 17, 1980 | Foolin' Around | U.S., U.K., Australian and Spanish theatrical distribution only; produced by GCC Productions |
| October 24, 1980 | It's My Turn | co-production with Rastar |
| October 31, 1980 | Touched by Love | North American distribution only; produced by Rastar and Dove, Inc. |
| December 3, 1980 | The Competition | co-production with Rastar |
| December 12, 1980 | Stir Crazy | — |
| December 12, 1980 | Tess | North American, U.K., Irish, Australian and New Zealand distribution only Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| December 19, 1980 | Seems Like Old Times | co-production with Rastar |

## 1981

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 13, 1981 | American Pop | co-production with Bakshi Productions |
| March 13, 1981 | Modern Romance | — |
| May 9, 1981 | Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge | international distribution only; co-production with Danchuck Productions and Marvel Comics |
| May 15, 1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | co-production with Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players |
| June 5, 1981 | Nice Dreams | co-production with C&C Brown Productions |
| June 26, 1981 | Stripes | — |
| June 29, 1981 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | international distribution only; produced by Golan-Globus Productions |
| July 16, 1981 | Enter the Ninja | international distribution only; produced by The Cannon Group, Inc. and First City Films |
| August 7, 1981 | Heavy Metal | Canadian film; co-production with Guardian Trust Company, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players and Potterton Productions |
| August 14, 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt | co-production with Rastar |
| September 23, 1981 | Only When I Laugh | co-production with Rastar |
| December 18, 1981 | Absence of Malice | co-production with Mirage Enterprises |
| December 18, 1981 | Neighbors | co-production with The Zanuck/Brown Company |

## 1982

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 11, 1982 | One from the Heart | North American distribution only; produced by Zoetrope Studios |
| February 11, 1982 | Death Wish II | international distribution only; produced by Golan-Globus Productions; distributed in North America by Filmways Pictures |
| March 12, 1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | co-production with Rastar |
| April 2, 1982 | Silent Rage | co-production with Topkick Productions |
| May 5, 1982 | The Street Sweeper | Mexican film; produced by Cantinflas Films S.A. |
| May 14, 1982 | Wrong Is Right | co-production with Rastar |
| May 21, 1982 | Annie | co-production with Rastar |
| June 4, 1982 | Hanky Panky | — |
| June 25, 1982 | Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by HandMade Films |
| August 4, 1982 | Things Are Tough All Over | co-production with C&C Brown Productions |
| August 13, 1982 | Tempest | — |
| August 14, 1982 | Piranha II: The Spawning | international distribution only; distributed in the U.S. by Saturn International Pictures |
| November 2, 1982 | The Missionary | North American theatrical and television distribution only; produced by HandMade Films |
| December 8, 1982 | Gandhi | co‐production with Goldcrest Films, International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India and Indo-British Films Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| December 10, 1982 | The Toy | co-production with Rastar |
| December 17, 1982 | Tootsie | co-production with Mirage Enterprises and Punch Productions Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |

## 1983

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 21, 1983 | Treasure of the Four Crowns | international distribution only; produced by The Cannon Group, Inc. |
| March 25, 1983 | Spring Break | — |
| April 21, 1983 | The Wicked Lady | select international theatrical distribution only; produced by The Cannon Group, Inc. |
| May 13, 1983 | Blue Thunder | co-production with Rastar |
| May 20, 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | co-production with Delphi Productions |
| June 22, 1983 | The Survivors | co-production with Rastar |
| July 29, 1983 | Krull | — |
| August 19, 1983 | Yor, the Hunter from the Future | North American distribution only |
| September 7, 1983 | Man, Woman and Child | international distribution only; produced by Gaylord Productions; distributed in North America by Paramount Pictures |
| September 30, 1983 | The Big Chill | co-production with Carson Productions Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| October 28, 1983 | Educating Rita | distribution outside the U.K. and Ireland only; produced by Acorn Pictures |
| December 6, 1983 | The Dresser | British film; distribution only; produced by Goldcrest Films and World Film Services Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| December 9, 1983 | Christine | co-production with Polar Film and Delphi Premier Productions |
| December 16, 1983 | The Man Who Loved Women | — |
| December 16, 1983 | Sahara | select international theatrical distribution only; produced by The Cannon Group, Inc. |

## 1984

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| March 2, 1984 | Against All Odds | co-production with Delphi Productions |
| April 6, 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | co-production with Delphi Premier Productions |
| May 4, 1984 | Hardbodies | distribution only; produced by Chroma III Productions (uncredited) |
| June 8, 1984 | Ghostbusters | co-production with Delphi Productions Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2015 |
| June 22, 1984 | The Karate Kid | co-production with Delphi II Productions |
| August 17, 1984 | Sheena | co-production with Delphi II Productions |
| September 14, 1984 | A Soldier's Story | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| October 19, 1984 | The Razor's Edge | Remake of 1946 film |
| October 26, 1984 | Body Double | co-production with Delphi II Productions |
| November 9, 1984 | No Small Affair | co-production with Delphi II Productions |
| December 14, 1984 | A Passage to India | North American distribution only; produced by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment and Home Box Office Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| December 14, 1984 | Starman | co-production with Delphi II Productions |
| December 21, 1984 | Micki & Maude | co-production with Delphi III Productions |

## 1985

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 18, 1985 | The New Kids | co-production with Fogbound, Inc. |
| February 15, 1985 | Fast Forward | co-production with Delphi III Productions and Verdon-Cedric Productions |
| March 15, 1985 | Sylvester | co-production with Rastar |
| March 29, 1985 | The Slugger's Wife | co-production with Delphi II Productions and Rastar |
| April 26, 1985 | Just One of the Guys | co-production with Summa Entertainment Group and Triton |
| May 22, 1985 | Steaming | international distribution only; produced by World Film Services; distributed in North America by New World Pictures |
| June 7, 1985 | Perfect | co-production with Delphi III Productions |
| June 20, 1985 | D.A.R.Y.L. | international distribution only; co-production with World Film Services; distributed in North America by Paramount Pictures |
| June 28, 1985 | St. Elmo's Fire | co-production with Delphi IV Productions |
| July 10, 1985 | Silverado |
| August 2, 1985 | Fright Night | co-production with Delphi IV Productions and Vistar Films |
| August 16, 1985 | The Bride | co-production with Delphi III Productions |
| September 27, 1985 | Agnes of God | co-production with Delphi IV Productions |
| October 4, 1985 | Jagged Edge | co-production with Delphi IV Productions |
| November 22, 1985 | White Nights | co-production with Delphi IV Productions and New Visions |
| December 20, 1985 | A Chorus Line | U.S. theatrical distribution only; produced by Embassy Films Associates and PolyGram Pictures |
| December 20, 1985 | All the Fault of Paradise | Italian film; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |
| December 25, 1985 | Murphy's Romance | co-production with Delphi IV Productions and Fogwood Films |

## 1986

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 14, 1986 | Quicksilver | co-production with Delphi V Productions and The IndieProd Company |
| March 7, 1986 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | distribution only; produced by Nelvana and LBS Communications |
| March 14, 1986 | Crossroads | — |
| April 18, 1986 | Desert Bloom | co-production with Delphi IV Productions and Carson Productions |
| April 25, 1986 | Crimewave | U.S. theatrical distribution only; produced by Embassy Pictures |
| April 25, 1986 | Violets Are Blue | co-production with Delphi IV Productions and Rastar |
| May 2, 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| May 2, 1986 | Saving Grace | U.S. theatrical distribution only; produced by Embassy Pictures |
| May 30, 1986 | Big Trouble | co-production with Delphi III Productions |
| June 20, 1986 | The Karate Kid Part II | co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| June 27, 1986 | American Anthem | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| July 25, 1986 | Out of Bounds | co-production with Delphi V Productions and Fries Entertainment |
| August 8, 1986 | A Fine Mess | co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| August 15, 1986 | Armed and Dangerous | co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| August 22, 1986 | Stand by Me | co-production with Act III Communications Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| August 1986 | Stewardess School | co-production with Delphi V Productions and Summa Entertainment Group |
| October 10, 1986 | That's Life! | theatrical and television distribution only; co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| November 20, 1986 | The Moro Affair | Italian film; distribution only; co-production with Yarno Cinematografica |
| December 12, 1986 | Where Are The Children? | co-production with Rastar |
| December 19, 1986 | Bewitched | Italian film; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |

## 1987

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 13, 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | co-production with Brooksfilms |
| May 15, 1987 | Ishtar | co-production with Delphi V Productions |
| June 19, 1987 | Roxanne | co-production with The IndieProd Company and L.A. Films |
| July 10, 1987 | White Water Summer | co-production with Delphi V Productions and Polar Entertainment |
| July 24, 1987 | La Bamba | distribution only; produced by New Visions |
| August 7, 1987 | Happy New Year | co-production with Delphi IV Productions |
| August 21, 1987 | The Big Easy | U.S. theatrical distribution only; produced by Kings Road Entertainment |
| September 25, 1987 | The Big Town | North American theatrical and television distribution only |
| October 9, 1987 | Someone to Watch Over Me | — |
| October 16, 1987 | Hope and Glory | North American theatrical and select international distribution only; produced by Nelson Entertainment and Goldcrest Films Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
| November 5, 1987 | My First Forty Years | Italian film; distribution only; produced by Cecchi Gori Group released in the US in October 1989 |
| November 20, 1987 | The Last Emperor | distribution in North America theatrically, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and Italy only; co-distributed by Hemdale Film Corporation in North America; produced by Recorded Picture Company Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| November 25, 1987 | Housekeeping | — |
| December 4, 1987 | The Stranger | — |
| December 18, 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | co-production with SAH Enterprises, Inc. |
| December 19, 1987 | Me and My Sister | Italian film; distribution only; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |
| December 23, 1987 | The ways of the Lord are over | Italian film; distribution |

## 1988

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| February 12, 1988 | School Daze | co-production with 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| March 4, 1988 | Pulse | co-production with Aspen Film Society |
| March 11, 1988 | Vice Versa | — |
| March 18, 1988 | Little Nikita | — |
| March 18, 1988 | Stars and Bars | — |
| April 22, 1988 | A Time of Destiny | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by Nelson Entertainment and Alive Films |
| May 6, 1988 | White Mischief | British film; North American theatrical, U.K. and Irish distribution only; produced by Nelson Entertainment, Goldcrest, Umbrella Films and BBC |
| July 29, 1988 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | co-production with Svensk Filmindustri |
| August 5, 1988 | Vibes | co-production with Imagine Entertainment |
| August 19, 1988 | The Big Blue | North American distribution with Weintraub Entertainment Group only; produced by Gaumont |
| September 2, 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | — |
| September 2, 1988 | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Italian film; distribution only; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |
| September 16, 1988 | The Beast | co-production with A&M Films |
| October 7, 1988 | Punchline | co-production with Fogwood Productions and The IndieProd Company |
| October 14, 1988 | The Little Devil | Italian film; distribution only; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |
| October 21, 1988 | Things Change | distribution outside West Germany only; co-production with Filmhaus |
| November 18, 1988 | Fresh Horses | distribution outside U.S. television only; produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group |
| December 9, 1988 | My Stepmother is an Alien | distribution outside U.S. television only; produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group and Catalina Production Group |
| December 16, 1988 | Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole | Italian film; distribution only under the Columbia Tri-Star Films Italia label; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |
| December 22, 1988 | Fantozzi Retires | Italian film; distribution only under the Columbia Tri-Star Films Italia label; produced by Cecchi Gori Group |

## 1989

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| January 27, 1989 | Physical Evidence | North American theatrical and television distribution only; co-production with Martin Ransohoff Productions |
| February 17, 1989 | True Believer | co-production with Lasker/Parkes Productions |
| March 10, 1989 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | distribution outside West Germany theatrically and Italy only; co-production with Allied Filmmakers, Prominent Features and Laura Film |
| March 24, 1989 | Troop Beverly Hills | distribution outside U.S. television only; produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group, Fries Entertainment and Avanti |
| April 14, 1989 | She's Out of Control | distribution outside U.S. television only; produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group |
| April 14, 1989 | Winter People | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by Nelson Entertainment and Castle Rock Entertainment (uncredited) |
| May 5, 1989 | Listen to Me | distribution outside U.S. television only; produced by Weintraub Entertainment Group |
| June 16, 1989 | Ghostbusters II | — |
| June 30, 1989 | The Karate Kid Part III | — |
| July 21, 1989 | Eat a Bowl of Tea | co-production with American Playhouse Theatrical Films |
| July 21, 1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | North American theatrical distribution only; produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and Nelson Entertainment Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2022 |
| August 4, 1989 | Me and Him | North American distribution only; produced by Neue Constanstin Film |
| August 18, 1989 | Casualties of War | — |
| September 15, 1989 | The Big Picture | co-production with Aspen Film Society |
| October 6, 1989 | Old Gringo | co-production with Fonda Films |
| October 13, 1989 | To Kill a Priest | distribution outside France only |
| October 27, 1989 | Immediate Family | co-production with Sanford/Pillsbury Productions |
| November 3, 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | co-production with American Playhouse Theatrical Films |