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Thundarr The Barbarian: Season 1 (1980)
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(1983) (United States) (TV)
In the year 1994, a comet hurtles between Earth and the moon. The moon is destroyed, and the Earth loses its ozone layer--causing the entire planet to be laid waste. Centuries later, Earth has become "a world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery," inhabited by various...
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The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980)
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Fred is annoyed when an eerie new house is built next door, inhabited by the Frankenstone family.
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Ordinary People (1980)
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(1983) (USA) (TV)
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive...
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Dressed To Kill (1980)
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(1982) (USA) (TV)
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
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Prom Night (1980)
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(1981) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
For six long years, Hamilton High School seniors Kelly Lynch, Jude Cunningham, Wendy Richards and Nick McBride have been hiding the truth of what happened to ten-year-old Robin Hammond the day her broken body was discovered near an abandoned convent. The foursome keep secret...
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Airplane! (1980)
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(1983) (USA) (TV)
Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to Striker to land the plane with...
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The Blue Lagoon (1980)
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(1982) (United States) (TV)
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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(1987) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and...
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The Changeling (1980)
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(1984) (USA) (TV)
It was the perfect family vacation for composer John Russell and his family when a freak automobile accident claims the lives of his wife and daughter. Consumed by grief, John, at the request of friends, rents an old turn of the century house. Mammoth in size, the house...
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Sanford: Season 1 (1980)
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(1980-1981) (USA) (TV)
In this sequel to the hugely successful "Sanford and Son", this show picks up where the original show left off. Lamont has moved away to work on the Alaska pipeline, leaving Fred alone to run the junkyard by himself. Cal, a friend of Lamont's, moves down to Watts to help...
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Casper's First Christmas (1979)
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(1979) (United States) (TV)
Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound and more Hanna-Barbera characters get lost and decide to spend Christmas by vising Casper, the friendly ghost. But soon they encounter a not-so-friendly ghost.
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Jack Frost (1979)
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(1979) (USA) (TV)
Jack Frost ushers in winter every year, but he is upset that he is unable to interact with humans, since they cannot see him. When he falls in love with the young peasant woman Elisa, he requests to be made human and his superior, Father Winter, who agrees to make him...
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Casper The Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (1979)
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(1979) (United States) (TV)
Casper tries to pass as a human child so they can trick or treat, but their ghost roommates keep haunting every person Casper tries to obtain candy from. Casper then runs into some poor, costume-less orphans who accept Casper as a ghost.
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1979)
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(1982) (United States) (original airing) (TV)
It is the year 1839. Architect Jonathan Criswell receives a letter from his old friend Roderick Usher asking Jonathan to come and see him. Arriving along with his newlywed wife Jennifer, Jonathan finds Roderick and his sister Madeleine aged beyond their years. Roderick tells...
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When A Stranger Calls (1979)
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(1982) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
High school student Jill Johnson is traumatized over an evening of babysitting by a caller who repeatedly asks, "Have you checked the children lately?" After notifying the police, Jill is told that the calls are coming from inside the house...
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Flash Gordon: Season 1 (1979)
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(1979) (United States) (TV)
Flash Gordon blasts off to the planet Mongo with girlfriend Dale Arden and scientist Hans Zarkov to prevent evil dictator Ming the Merciless from dominating the universe. In attempting to put an end to Ming's villainy, Flash receives the aid (and often the hindrance) of...
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Godzilla: Season 2 (1979)
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(1978) (United States) (TV)
The crew of the research vessel, the Calico at one point rescue Godzooky, the young offspring of the mighty giant monster, Godzilla. Apparently, a pact was made that if the crew took care of the little guy, Godzilla would help if they needed him. As it turns out, this was a...
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Meatballs (1979)
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(1981) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
Rudy goes to summer camp full of rowdy teenagers. The head counselor is Tripper Harrison, the prank pulling, girl seducing, fun lover, teasing both his boss and the counselors at the nearby rich kids camp. He and everyone else are sick and tired of always losing the Camp...
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The Castaways On Gilligan's Island (1979)
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(1979) (United States) (original airing) (TV)
Stuck on the same island as before, the castaways find an abandoned World War II bomber that the Professor is able to repair and fly. However, in the attempt to fly to Hawaii, Gilligan falls out and has to parachute down to the island. Against their better judgment, the gang...
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Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)
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(1978) (United States) (original airing) (TV)
The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the KISS concert as a platform to...
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