1980s Musical Films

By: Jerome Magajes

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1980
A Christmas Without Snow
Concert for Kampuchea
1981
Back to the Egg (TV special)
Beatlemania
This is Elvis
1982
The Dub Room Special
1983
The Final Cut
I Am a Hotel
Mantrap
Mary Poppins Goodbye
1985
Bring on the Night
Copacabana
Fast Forward
That’s Dancing!
1986
Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale
The Frog Prince
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1987
Beauty and the Beast
The Chipmunk Adventure
Snow White
The Return of Bruno
1988
La Bailanta
Puss in Boots
1989
Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool
Red Riding Hood

• 01
  The Apple
  Menahem Golan
• 02
  Blank Generation
  Ulli Lommel
• 03
  The Blues Brothers
  John Landis
• 04
  Can't Stop the Music
  Nancy Walker
• 05
  Coal Miner's Daughter
  Michael Apted
• 06
  Fame
  Alan Parker
• 07
  Forbidden Zone
  Richard Elfman
• 08
  The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
  Julien Temple
• 09
  The Jazz Singer
  Richard Fleischer
• 10
  Popeye
  Robert Altman
• 11
  Rockshow
  Paul McCartney
• 12
  Xanadu
  Robert Greenwald
• 13
  American Pop
  Ralph Bakshi
• 14
  The Fox and the Hound
  Ted Berman
• 15
  The Great Muppet Caper
  Jim Henson
• 16
  History of the World: Part I
  Mel Brooks
• 17
  Pennies from Heaven
  Herbert Ross
• 18
  Shock Treatment
  Jim Sharman
• 19
  Zoot Suit
  Luis Valdez
• 20
  Annie
  John Huston
• 21
  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  Colin Higgins
• 22
  Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  Amy Heckerling
• 23
  Grease 2
  Patricia Birch
• 24
  Honkytonk Man
  Clint Eastwood
• 25
  Koyaanisqatsi
  Godfrey Reggio
• 26
  One from the Heart
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 27
  Parsifal
  Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
• 28
  Pink Floyd The Wall
  Alan Parker
• 29
  The Pirate Movie
  Ken Annakin
• 30
  Smithereens
  Susan Seidelman
• 31
  Starstruck
  Gillian Armstrong
• 32
  Victor/Victoria
  Blake Edwards
• 33
  Yes, Giorgio
  Franklin J. Schaffner
• 34
  A Blade in the Dark
  Lamberto Bava
• 35
  Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin
  Tommy Chong
• 36
  Eddie and the Cruisers
  Martin Davidson
• 37
  Flashdance
  Adrian Lyne
• 38
  Get Crazy
  Allan Arkush
• 39
  La traviata
  Franco Zeffirelli
• 40
  Let's Spend the Night Together
  Hal Ashby
• 41
  Life Is a Bed of Roses
  Alain Resnais
• 42
  The Meaning of Life
  Terry Gilliam
• 43
  The Pirates of Penzance
  Wilford Leach
• 44
  Rock & Rule
  Clive A. Smith
• 45
  Staying Alive
  Sylvester Stallone
• 46
  Yentl
  Barbra Streisand
• 47
  Amadeus
  Miloš Forman
• 48
  Beat Street
  Stan Lathan
• 49
  Body Rock
  Marcelo Epstein
• 50
  Breakin'
  Joel Silberg
• 51
  Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
  Sam Firstenberg
• 52
  Carmen
  Francesco Rosi
• 53
  The Cotton Club
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 54
  Footloose
  Herbert Ross
• 55
  Give My Regards to Broad Street
  Peter Webb
• 56
  The Muppets Take Manhattan
  Frank Oz
• 57
  Purple Rain
  Albert Magnoli
• 58
  Songwriter
  Alan Rudolph
• 59
  Stop Making Sense
  Jonathan Demme
• 60
  Streets of Fire
  Walter Hill
• 61
  This Is Spinal Tap
  Rob Reiner
• 62
  Yellow Earth
  Chen Kaige
• 63
  A Chorus Line
  Richard Attenborough
• 64
  Alice in Wonderland
  Harry Harris
• 65
  Krush Groove
  Michael Schultz
• 66
  Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
  Ken Kwapis
• 67
  Sweet Dreams
  Karel Reisz
• 68
  Absolute Beginners
  Julien Temple
• 69
  An American Tail
  Don Bluth
• 70
  El amor brujo
  Carlos Saura
• 71
  La Bamba
  Luis Valdez
• 72
  Labyrinth
  Jim Henson
• 73
  Little Shop of Horrors
  Frank Oz
• 74
  'Round Midnight
  Bertrand Tavernier
• 75
  Sid & Nancy
  Alex Cox
• 76
  True Stories
  David Byrne
• 77
  Under the Cherry Moon
  Prince
• 78
  Aria
  Robert Altman
• 79
  Babette's Feast
  Gabriel Axel
• 80
  The Brave Little Toaster
  Jerry Rees
• 81
  Dirty Dancing
  Emile Ardolino
• 82
  The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
  Rod Amateau
• 83
  Ishtar
  Elaine May
• 84
  It Couldn't Happen Here
  Jack Bond
• 85
  The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
  Ken Annakin
• 86
  Salsa
  Boaz Davidson
• 87
  Slumber Party Massacre II
  Deborah Brock
• 88
  Beaches
  Garry Marshall
• 89
  Beetlejuice
  Tim Burton
• 90
  Big Time
  Chris Blum
• 91
  Bird
  Clint Eastwood
• 92
  Earth Girls Are Easy
  Julien Temple
• 93
  Moonwalker
  Jerry Kramer
• 94
  Oliver & Company
  George Scribner
• 95
  School Daze
  Spike Lee
• 96
  Stormy Monday
  Mike Figgis
• 97
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  Robert Zemeckis
• 98
  All Dogs Go to Heaven
  Don Bluth
• 99
  Boris Godounov
  Andrzej Żuławski
• 100
  The Fabulous Baker Boys
  Steve Kloves
• 101
  Great Balls of Fire
  Jim McBride
• 102
  The Little Mermaid
  Ron Clements