THEME EXPLORATION

1980s setting

19 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
La rossa del bar
La rossa del bar
1986 · Ventura Pons
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Poussières d’amour
Poussières d’amour
1996 · Werner Schroeter
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
2008 · Phyllida Lloyd
8 femmes
8 femmes
2002 · François Ozon
A House Divided
A House Divided
1931 · William Wyler
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · J. Lee Thompson
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 · Masaki Kobayashi
Donovan’s Reef
Donovan’s Reef
1963 · John Ford
Foggy Harbour
Foggy Harbour
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Little Adventure in Rome
Little Adventure in Rome
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Paul W. S. Anderson
Acapulco
Acapulco
1952 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
Colpo gobbo all’italiana
Colpo gobbo all’italiana
1962 · Lucio Fulci
Come... Kiss... Finished!
Come... Kiss... Finished!
1986 · Yannis Dalianidis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Allen Hughes USA

Defined 1980s teen culture and suburban American life through iconic films like The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

 Martin Scorsese USA

Captured the gritty, neon-soaked energy of 1980s urban crime and excess in films like Raging Bull and Goodfellas.

 David Cronenberg Canada

Explored dystopian 1980s technological anxiety and body horror in films like Videodrome and The Fly.