1984

Top 10 of the year

The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 1984, via TMDB discover rankings.

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Movies

1
Film
The Terminator
- “Hasta la Vista, baby.”
- “I'll be back.”
- “Your future is in its hands.”
★ 7.7 · 14,615 votes
2
Film
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- “After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone.”
- “He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.”
- “If adventure has a name... it must be Indiana Jones.”
★ 7.3 · 10,115 votes
3
Film
Ghostbusters
- “After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.”
- “I love you. I really love you. Ditto.”
- “They're here to save the world.”
★ 7.5 · 9,745 votes
4
Film
Gremlins
- “After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.”
- “After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently…”
- “Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.”
★ 7.1 · 6,978 votes
5
Film
Once Upon a Time in America
- “A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.”
- “A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over…”
- “Crime, passion and lust for power.”
★ 8.4 · 6,040 votes
6
Film
A Nightmare on Elm Street
- “[singing]One, two, Freddy's coming for you.Three, four, better lock your door.Five, six, grab your crucifix.Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.Nine, ten, never sleep again.”
- “[to Glen] Whatever you do... don't fall asleep.”
- “I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy.”
★ 7.3 · 5,730 votes
7
Film
Amadeus
- “From now on we are enemies, you and I.”
- “That was Mozart. That! That giggling dirty-minded creature I had just seen, crawling on the floor!”
- “While my father prayed earnestly to God, to protect commerce, I would offer up secretly the proudest prayer a boy could think of: "Lord, make me a great composer. Let me celebrate Your glory through music and be celebrated myself. Make me famous through the world, dear God. Make me immortal.”
★ 8.0 · 4,753 votes
8
Film
The Karate Kid
- “He taught him the secret to karate lies in the mind and heart. Not in the hands.”
- “New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali.”
- “You want to know the difference between a master and a beginner? The master has failed more times that the beginner has ever tried.”
★ 7.2 · 4,712 votes
9
Film
Beverly Hills Cop
- “Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.”
- “He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop on vacation in Beverly Hills.”
- “This is the cleanest and nicest police car I've ever been in in my life. This thing's nicer than my apartment.”
★ 7.2 · 4,597 votes
10
Film
The NeverEnding Story
- “A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!”
- “The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.”
- “While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story.”
★ 7.2 · 4,382 votes

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