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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 5, 2017 0:16:57 GMT
What are your favourite TV movies of the 1980s?
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Post by Ass_E9 on Feb 5, 2017 4:01:44 GMT
Don't Go to Sleep
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 21:26:52 GMT
Blackout and The Babysitter
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Post by LaurenceBranagh on Feb 11, 2017 17:43:34 GMT
A Christmas Carol
A Man for All Seasons
Coriolanus
Gideon's Trumpet
Iolanthe
King Lear (Olivier)
Princess Ida
Ruddigore
Sweney Todd
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Kingfisher
The Mikado (Idle)
The Return of the King
The Scarlet and the Black
The Shell Seekers
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Witness for the Prosecution
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 12, 2017 17:17:01 GMT
I liked (in no particular order):
Stop Touching Me There (1983)
Am I Supposed to be This Itchy? (1988, funny comedy with Ted Bessel)
Psychic Spleen (1986)
Pain in the Arse (1984, British comedy)
Bulging Bananas (1982, comedy starring Carol Burnett and Alan Alda)
39 and Dead Forever (1981, inspirational bio-pic of Jack Benny)
Sit on it, Richie! (1985--special starring the Happy Days cast)
Why Must I Pee? (1988--psychological drama with Meredith Baxter)
Wind the Cat and Put Out the Clock! (1987, starring Mickey Rooney in an Emmy-nominated performance)
Dicksucking Shadows (1980. What happens when a gay vampire moves in next door?)
Taste the Fudge of Dracula (1989. Christopher Lee has a cooking show).
Planet of the Pies (1982 - starring a very young Dennis Quaid)
Happy Deathday! (1981 - horror flick starring Ruth Roman, Glenn Ford, Lynn Redgrave, and--as the killer--the dumb kid who falls down the hill in Little House on the Prairie)
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Post by Dontrocktheboat on Feb 13, 2017 6:29:01 GMT
Piano lessons can be murder
The burning bed
Deadly intentions
One cooks, the other doesn't
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Post by bd74 on Feb 13, 2017 19:38:15 GMT
From The Dead Of Night - a woman who has a near-death experience
The Lady And The Highwayman - similar to the 3 musketeers
Deceptions - twin sisters who trade places
The Woman He Loved - the duke and duchess of Windsor
Draw! - two older rivals in the Wild West
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 16:16:21 GMT
There are a bunch of Anthony Hopkins made for TV movies released in the 80s. These I've seen and are worthy...
Peter and Paul (1981)
A Married Man (1983)
Guilty Conscience (1985)
The Tenth Man (1988)
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Post by bd74 on Feb 15, 2017 20:17:14 GMT
I just remembered two more tv movies that I liked:
Trapped - some people trapped in a high-rise office building with a killer inside
Control - a group of people in a nuclear shelter are made to believe that a real nuclear war is taking place
I had to look these two up because I couldn't remember the titles:
Invitation To Hell - Susan Lucci playing a demonic woman
Killer In The Mirror - Ann Jillian playing identical twins, one of whom is murderous
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 11:20:18 GMT
Mostly adaptations of novels and plays.
1. Death of a Salesman (1985) - Magnificent performance by Dustin Hoffman in this Arthur Miller play.
2. Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) - Joan Hickson remains the best Miss Marple. They did the twelve novels.
3. The Tragedy of Richard III (1983) - The BBC versions of Shakespeare's plays remain close to the original.
4. The First Time (1982) - Drama about a girl on the run, with a young Jennifer Jason Leigh.
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) - Adaptation of the classic detective novel with Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes.
6. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) - Adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel about slavery.
7. Goeie Buren (1987) - Dutch farce with Piet Bambergen, translation of Ray Cooney's Run for Your Wife.
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Post by forca84 on Feb 17, 2017 1:18:05 GMT
"Blind Witness" 1989
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Post by bd74 on Feb 17, 2017 18:56:11 GMT
Another favorite that I forgot to mention:
The Lathe of Heaven - a man whose dreams can change reality
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Post by Eyeball on Feb 20, 2017 3:20:50 GMT
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 20, 2017 5:34:24 GMT
I'll second The Day After.
And one of my favorites is The Rape of Richard Beck starring Richard Crenna. The title may put people off of it, but it's really amazing how well they were able to drive home the message of a cop of all people being the victim of a violent rape and he sees first hand what the victims he hasn't been too sympathetic towards go through, and how well they were able to do that without showing anything. I think it does a better job than most attempts done in TV today, and it's really a movie that everybody needs to see.
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Post by brandomarlon2003 on Feb 20, 2017 22:24:35 GMT
Brotherhood of the Rose
The Burning Bed
Murder In Texas
Dallas: The Early Years
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
A Killer In the Family
Jake Spanner: Private Eye
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Post by fangirl1975 on Feb 20, 2017 22:27:52 GMT
I like the George C. Scott adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Policewoman Centerfold is a guilty pleasure of mine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 4:30:58 GMT
Timestalkers (1987)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Anatomy of an Illness (1984)
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Post by telegonus on Feb 21, 2017 7:48:11 GMT
The 1988 Jack The Ripper, with Michael Caine. Excellent every step of the way even if the viewer disagrees, as I do, with the Big Reveal. It's very well made, and the acting is first class.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 4:55:48 GMT
Desperate Intruder - Meg Foster & Nick Mancuso - She's blind and he's and escaped con.
Her Life as a Man Robin Douglass Marc Singer Robert Culp
Blood & Orchids - might have been a mini
Secret Weapons Linda Hamilton
Of Pure Blood Lee Remick discovers she's as an adult child of Hitler's breeding program to create a race of pure Aryans during WWII after her son's Murder in 1980's Germany.
Killer in the Family - early James Spader
Stingray 1985 Nick Mancuso (again) mysterious man helps those in need in exchange for a favor in the future. Was followed by a short lived series.
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Post by Lucy on Feb 28, 2017 4:20:33 GMT
The Terry Fox Story
Facts Of Life movie
The Ryan White Story
Gangs
The Women of Brewster Place
I think ABC, CBS, and NBC had some good afterschool specials.
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
One Too Many
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