List of American films of 1984

A list of American films released in 1984. 
Amadeus won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The highest grossing film of 1984 was Ghostbusters.
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==A-B==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
2010: The Year We Make Contact 	Peter Hyams 	Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban, Dana Elcar 	Science fiction	sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai	W. D. Richter 	Peter Weller, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow 	Science fiction	
Against All Odds 	Taylor Hackford 	Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Richard Widmark, Dorian Harewood, Alex Karras, Jane Greer	Drama 	remake of Out of the Past
All of Me 	Carl Reiner 	Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Dana Elcar 	Comedy 	
Alley Cat 	Victor M. Ordonez 	Karin Mani, Robert Torti 	Action 	
Amadeus 	Miloš Forman 	Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Elizabeth Berridge 	Biography 	bio of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; won 8 Oscars
The Ambassador 	J. Lee Thompson 	Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson 	Thriller 	
American Dreamer 	Rick Rosenthal 	Tom Conti, JoBeth Williams, Giancarlo Giannini 	Comedy 	
Angel 	Robert Vincent O'Neill	Donna Wilkes, Dick Shawn, Susan Tyrrell 	Drama, Action 	
Bachelor Party 	Neal Israel 	Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed 	Comedy 	
Bad Manners 	Bobby Houston 	Martin Mull, Karen Black 	Comedy 	
Beat Street 	Stan Lathan 	Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis 	Drama, Music 	
Before Stonewall 	Greta Schiller 	 	Documentary 	
Best Defense 	Willard Huyck 	Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza 	Comedy 	
Beverly Hills Cop 	Martin Brest 	Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold 	Comedy 	1984 top-grossing film
Birdy 	Alan Parker 	Nicolas Cage, Matthew Modine 	Drama 	based on William Wharton novel
Blame It on Rio 	Stanley Donen 	Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper 	Comedy 	Donen's final film
Blind Date 	Nico Mastorakis 	Kirstie Alley, Joseph Bottoms, Keir Dullea 	Thriller 	
Blood Simple 	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 	John Getz, Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams 	Suspense 	first film from Coen brothers
Body Double 	Brian De Palma 	Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry 	Suspense 	
Body Rock 	Marcelo Epstein 	Lorenzo Lamas, Ray Sharkey 	Musical 	
Bolero 	John Derek 	Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Olivia d'Abo 	Drama 	won 6 Razzie awards
The Bostonians 	James Ivory 	Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave 	Drama 	based on Henry James novel
The Bounty 	Roger Donaldson 	Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis 	Drama 	remake of Mutiny on the Bounty
Breakin' 	Joel Silberg 	Lucinda Dickey, Christopher McDonald, Ice-T 	Musical 	
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo 	Sam Firstenberg 	Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Ice-T 	Musical 	sequel
Broadway Danny Rose 	Woody Allen 	Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, Nick Apollo Forte 	Comedy, Drama 	
The Brother from Another Planet 	John Sayles 	Joe Morton, Steve James 	Comedy 	
The Buddy System 	Glenn A. Jordan 	Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen 	Comedy 	
==C-G==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
C.H.U.D. 	Douglas Cheek 	John Heard, Daniel Stern 	Horror, Science fiction	
Cannonball Run II 	Hal Needham 	Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marilu Henner, Jackie Chan, Frank Sinatra	Comedy 	sequel to The Cannonball Run
Children of the Corn 	Fritz Kiersch 	Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton 	Horror 	based on a work by Stephen King
Choose Me 	Alan Rudolph 	Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Geneviève Bujold 	Drama 	
City Heat 	Richard Benjamin 	Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn 	Comedy 	
Cloak & Dagger 	Richard Franklin 	Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas 	Adventure, Family 	
Conan the Destroyer 	Richard Fleischer 	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Olivia d'Abo, Mako 	Action, Fantasy 	
The Cotton Club 	Francis Ford Coppola	Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Fred Gwynne 	Drama, Musical 	
Country 	Richard Pearce 	Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Wilford Brimley 	Drama 	
Crackers 	Louis Malle 	Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn 	Crime comedy 	
Crimes of Passion 	Ken Russell 	Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins 	Drama 	
Dreamscape 	Joseph Ruben 	Dennis Quaid, Christopher Plummer 	Science fiction 	
Dune 	David Lynch 	Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, Sean Young, Kenneth McMillan, Francesca Annis, José Ferrer, Patrick Stewart, Virginia Madsen 	Science fiction 	based on the novel by Frank Herbert
Electric Dreams 	Steve Barron 	Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen 	Comedy 	
The Evil That Men Do 	J. Lee Thompson 	Charles Bronson, José Ferrer 	Action 	
Falling in Love 	Ulu Grosbard 	Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel 	Drama 	
Fear City 	Abel Ferrara 	Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith 	Action 	
Finders Keepers 	Richard Lester 	Michael O'Keefe, Louis Gossett, Jr., Beverly D'Angelo 	Comedy 	
Firestarter 	Mark L. Lester 	Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear, Louise Fletcher 	Thriller 	based on a story by Stephen King
Firstborn 	Michael Apted 	Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Corey Haim 	Drama 	
The Flamingo Kid 	Garry Marshall 	Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo 	Comedy 	
Flashpoint 	William Tannen 	Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams 	Action 	
Footloose 	Herbert Ross 	Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker 	Drama, Musical 	
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	Joseph Zito 	Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, Kimberly Beck 	Horror 	sequel
Gallavants 	Art Vitello 	Robert Lydiard, Vic Perrin, Peter Cullen 	Animation 	
Garbo Talks 	Sidney Lumet 	Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher 	Drama 	
Ghostbusters 	Ivan Reitman 	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts 	Comedy, Science fiction	
Gimme an 'F' 	Paul Justman 	Stephen Shellen, Jennifer Cooke, Beth Miller 	Comedy 	
Girls Nite Out 	Robert Deubel 	Julia Montgomery, Rutanya Alda 	Horror 	
Grandview, U.S.A. 	Randal Kleiser 	Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Troy Donahue, John Cusack, Joan Cusack 	Drama 	
Gremlins 	Joe Dante 	Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton 	Comedy, Horror 	
==H-M==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Hard to Hold 	Larry Peerce 	Rick Springfield, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi 	Musical 	
Harry & Son 	Paul Newman 	Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin 	Drama 	
Heartbreakers 	Bobby Roth 	Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Kathryn Harrold, Carol Wayne 	Drama 	
Hot Dog... The Movie 	Peter Markle 	David Naughton, Shannon Tweed 	Comedy 	
The Hotel New Hampshire 	Tony Richardson 	Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe, Nastassja Kinski 	Comedy drama 	
The Ice Pirates 	Stewart Raffill 	Robert Urich, Anjelica Huston 	Science fiction, Comedy	
Iceman 	Fred Schepisi 	Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse 	Science fiction 	
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Steven Spielberg 	Harrison Ford, Jonathan Ke Quan, Kate Capshaw 	Action 	sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark
Irreconcilable Differences 	Charles Shyer 	Ryan O'Neal, Drew Barrymore, Shelley Long 	Comedy 	
The Jesse Owens Story 	Richard Irving 	Dorian Harewood, Dan Ammerman 	Biography 	
Johnny Dangerously 	Amy Heckerling 	Michael Keaton, Marilu Henner, Griffin Dunne, Joe Piscopo, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Danny DeVito	Comedy 	
Just the Way You Are 	Édouard Molinaro 	Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean 	Comedy 	
The Karate Kid 	John G. Avildsen 	Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka 	Drama 	
Killpoint 	Frank Harris 	Richard Roundtree, Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell 	Action 	
Lace 	William Hale 	Phoebe Cates, Angela Lansbury, Brooke Adams, Bess Armstrong, Anthony Quayle, Herbert Lom 	Drama 	TV mini-series; based on Shirley Conran novel
Lassiter 	Roger Young 	Tom Selleck, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton 	Adventure 	
The Last Starfighter 	Nick Castle 	Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart 	Science fiction 	
The Little Drummer Girl 	George Roy Hill 	Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey 	Thriller 	based on a novel by John le Carré
The Lonely Guy 	Arthur Hiller 	Steve Martin, Judith Ivey, Charles Grodin 	Comedy 	
Love Letters 	Amy Holden Jones 	Jamie Lee Curtis, James Keach, Bonnie Bartlett 	Thriller 	
Love Streams 	John Cassavetes 	Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes 	Drama 	
Making the Grade 	Dorian Walker 	Judd Nelson, Gordon Jump 	Comedy 	
Maria's Lovers 	Andrei Konchalovsky	Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum 	Drama 	
Mass Appeal 	Glenn Jordan 	Jack Lemmon, Željko Ivanek, Charles Durning 	Comedy drama 	
Meatballs Part II 	Ken Weiderhorn 	Richard Mulligan, Kim Richards 	Comedy 	sequel to Meatballs
Micki and Maude 	Blake Edwards 	Dudley Moore, Ann Reinking, Amy Irving 	Comedy 	
Mike's Murder 	James Bridges 	Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun 	Drama 	
Missing in Action 	Joseph Zito 	Chuck Norris, James Hong, M. Emmet Walsh 	Action 	
Moscow on the Hudson 	Paul Mazursky 	Robin Williams, María Conchita Alonso 	Comedy 	
Mrs. Soffel 	Gillian Armstrong 	Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann 	Drama 	
The Muppets Take Manhattan 	Frank Oz 	Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz 	Family 	
==N-S==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
The Naked Face 	Bryan Forbes 	Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould 	Mystery 	
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex 	Martha Coolidge 	Cameron Dye, Colleen Camp, Ernie Hudson 	Comedy 	
The Natural 	Barry Levinson 	Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, Barbara Hershey, Darren McGavin	Drama 	based on a novel by Bernard Malamud
The NeverEnding Story 	Wolfgang Petersen 	Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Gerald McRaney 	Fantasy 	
Night Patrol 	Jackie Kong 	Linda Blair, Murray Langston, Pat Paulsen 	Comedy 	
Night of the Comet 	Thom Eberhardt 	Catherine Mary Stewart, Geoffrey Lewis 	Science fiction	
A Nightmare on Elm Street 	Wes Craven 	Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp 	Horror 	
Ninja III: The Domination 	Sam Firstenberg 	Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey 	Action 	
No Small Affair 	Jerry Schatzberg 	Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt 	Comedy 	
Nothing Lasts Forever 	Tom Schiller 	Zach Galligan, Lauren Tom, Bill Murray 	Comedy 	
Old Enough 	Marisa Silver 	Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Danny Aiello 	Teen 	
Alyssa Milano
Once Upon a Time in America 	Sergio Leone 	Robert De Niro, James Woods, Tuesday Weld, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams, Danny Aiello 	Drama 	winner of 2 BAFTA awards; Leone's last film
Over the Brooklyn Bridge 	Menahem Golan 	Elliott Gould, Shelley Winters, Margaux Hemingway 	Comedy 	
Oxford Blues 	Robert Boris 	Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Julian Sands 	Comedy 	
Paris, Texas 	Wim Wenders 	Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell 	Drama 	
A Passage to India 	David Lean 	Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness 	Drama 	based on a novel by E. M. Forster; Lean's last film; won 2 Oscars
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak	Just Jaeckin 	Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff 	Action 	
The Philadelphia Experiment 	Stewart Raffill 	Michael Paré, Nancy Allen 	Science fiction	
Places in the Heart 	Robert Benton 	Sally Field, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan 	Drama 	Oscar for Field
Police Academy 	Hugh Wilson 	Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G. W. Bailey 	Comedy 	
The Pope of Greenwich Village 	Stuart Rosenberg 	Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Geraldine Page, M. Emmet Walsh, Burt Young 	Crime drama 	based on a novel by Vincent Patrick
Protocol 	Herbert Ross 	Goldie Hawn, Andre Gregory, Chris Sarandon 	Comedy 	
Purple Hearts 	Sidney J. Furie 	Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd 	War drama 	
Purple Rain 	Albert Magnoli 	Prince, Morris Day, Apollonia Kotero 	Drama 	
Racing with the Moon 	Richard Benjamin 	Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, Elizabeth McGovern 	Drama 	
The Razor's Edge 	John Byrum 	Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott 	Drama 	based on a novel by Somerset Maugham
Reckless 	James Foley 	Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Cliff De Young 	Romance 	
Red Dawn 	John Milius 	Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton, Ben Johnson, Powers Boothe 	Action 	
Repo Man 	Alex Cox 	Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter 	Comedy 	
Revenge of the Nerds 	Jeff Kanew 	Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Timothy Busfield 	Comedy 	
Rhinestone 	Bob Clark 	Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Ron Leibman, Richard Farnsworth 	Comedy 	8 Razzie nominations
The River 	Mark Rydell 	Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn 	Drama 	
Roadhouse 66 	John Mark Robinson 	Willem Dafoe, Judge Reinhold 	Action 	
Romancing the Stone 	Robert Zemeckis 	Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito 	Comedy 	
The Rosebud Beach Hotel 	Harry Hurwitz 	Colleen Camp, Peter Scolari, Christopher Lee 	Comedy 	
Runaway 	Michael Crichton 	Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Cynthia Rhodes 	Science fiction	
Savage Streets 	Danny Steinmann 	Linda Blair, John Vernon 	Action 	
Secret Honor 	Robert Altman 	Philip Baker Hall 	Drama 	story of Richard Nixon
Sheena 	John Guillermin 	Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass 	Adventure 	
Silent Night, Deadly Night 	Charles E. Sellier, Jr.	Lilyan Chauvin, Robert Brian Wilson, Linnea Quigley 	Horror 	
Sixteen Candles 	John Hughes 	Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry, Gedde Watanabe, Blanche Baker, Haviland Morris 	Comedy 	
A Soldier's Story 	Norman Jewison 	Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington 	Drama 	
Songwriter 	Alan Rudolph 	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon 	Drama 	
Splash 	Ron Howard 	Daryl Hannah, Tom Hanks, John Candy, Eugene Levy 	Comedy 	
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 	Leonard Nimoy 	William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei 	Science fiction	2nd sequel to Star Trek
Starman 	John Carpenter 	Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith 	Science fiction	
Stop Making Sense 	Jonathan Demme 	Talking Heads 	Documentary 	
Stranger Than Paradise 	Jim Jarmusch 	John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson 	Comedy 	
Streets of Fire 	Walter Hill 	Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe 	Action 	
Suburbia 	Penelope Spheeris 	Jennifer Clay, Flea, Christina Beck 	Comedy 	
Supergirl 	Jeannot Szwarc 	Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Faye Dunaway 	Superhero 	
Surf II 	Randall M. Badat 	Eddie Deezen, Cleavon Little, Eric Stoltz 	Comedy 	
Swing Shift 	Jonathan Demme 	Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris 	Drama 	
==T-Z==
Title 	Director 	Cast 	Genre 	Note
Tank 	Marvin J. Chomsky 	James Garner, C. Thomas Howell, Shirley Jones 	Drama, Comedy 	
Teachers 	Arthur Hiller 	Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Lee Grant 	Drama 	
The Terminator 	James Cameron 	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton 	Science fiction	
Terror in the Aisles 	Andrew J. Kuehn 	Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen 	Documentary 	
Thief of Hearts 	Douglas Day Stewart 	Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams 	Drama 	
This Is Spinal Tap 	Rob Reiner 	Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer 	Comedy 	
Tightrope 	Richard Tuggle 	Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya 	Thriller 	
Top Secret! 	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker	Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif 	Comedy 	
Under the Volcano 	John Huston 	Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset 	Drama 	based on Malcolm Lowry novel
Unfaithfully Yours 	Howard Zieff 	Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks	Comedy 	remake of 1948 film
Until September 	Richard Marquand 	Karen Allen, Thierry Lhermitte 	Romance 	
Up the Creek 	Robert Butler 	Tim Matheson, Jennifer Runyon 	Comedy 	
The Warrior and the Sorceress	John C. Broderick 	David Carradine, Maria Socas 	Action, Fantasy	
Where the Boys Are '84 	Hy Averback 	Lisa Hartman, Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn-Holly Johnson 	Comedy 	remake of 1960 film
Where the Toys Come From 	Theodore Thomas 	 	Animation 	
The Wild Life 	Art Linson 	Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson 	Comedy 	
The Woman in Red 	Gene Wilder 	Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Joseph Bologna, Kelly LeBrock 	Comedy 	
==External links==
* American films of 1984 at the Internet Movie Database
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