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# '' Tootsie ''
# '' Trading Places '', starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
# '' WarGames '', starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy
# '' Superman III '', starring Christopher Reeve and Richard Pryor
# '' Flashdance ''
# '' Staying Alive ''
# '' Octopussy ''
# '' Mr. Mom '', starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr
# '' 48 Hours ''
# '' National Lampoon's Vacation ''
# '' Risky Business '', starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay
# '' The Verdict ''
# '' Jaws 3-D ''
# '' Never Say Never Again ''
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:'', directed by Edward Bennett , United Kingdom
:'' (''La Colmena''), directed by Mario Camus , Spain
- '' A Christmas Story ''
- '' A Nos Amours ''
- '' All The Right Moves ''
- '' Ardh Satya '', directed by Govind Nihalani , Silver Lotus Award for best Indian Actor Om Puri
- '' The Atlantis Interceptors ''
- '' Bad Boys ''
- '' The Ballad Of Narayama '' (remake of the 1958 film) - Palm d'Or award
- '' La Bestia Y La Espada Magica ''
- '' The Big Chill ''
- '' Bloodbath At The House Of Death ''
- '' Blue Thunder ''
- '' Born In Flames ''
- '' Bullshot ''
- '' Chiefs ''
- '' Christine '' directed by John Carpenter , starring Keith Gordon , John Stockwell , Alexandra Paul , Robert Prosky , Harry Dean Stanton and Kelly Preston
- '' Cracking Up ''
- '' The Crimson Permanent Assurance '', a Monty Python's short film
- '' Cross Creek ''
- '' Danton ''
- '' The Dead Zone ''
- '' Le Dernier Combat '' (''The Last Battle''), directed by Luc Besson
- '' The Dresser ''
- '' Eddie And The Cruisers ''
- '' Educating Rita ''
- '' El Norte ''
- '' Entre Nous ''
- '' Eréndira ''
- '' Flashdance ''
- '' The Fourth Man ''
- '' Get Crazy ''
- '' Jaws 3-D ''
- '' Koyaanisqatsi ''
- '' The Keep ''
- '' The King Of Comedy '', directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Jerry Lewis and Robert DeNiro
- '' Local Hero ''
- '' Lone Wolf McQuade ''
- '' Man Of Flowers ''
- '' Mickey's Christmas Carol '', a featurette which brings the character Mickey Mouse back to cinemas for the first time since 1953 .
- '' Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life ''
- '' Mr. Mom ''
- '' National Lampoon's Vacation ''
- '' Never Say Never Again ''
- '' Nostalghia ''
- '' Octopussy ''
- '' One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier)
- '' The Outsiders ''
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- '' Prénom Carmen '' (''First Name: Carmen'') - Golden Lion award
- '' Psycho II ''
- '' Reuben, Reuben ''
- '' The Right Stuff ''
- '' Risky Business ''
- '' Shaka Zulu ''
- '' Scarface ''
- '' The Scarlet And The Black ''
- '' Silkwood ''
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- '' Staying Alive ''
- '' Superman III ''
- '' Sudden Impact ''
- '' Tender Mercies ''
- '' Terms Of Endearment '', directed by James L. Brooks - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- '' Trading Places ''
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- '' Valley Girl ''
- '' WarGames ''
- '' Yentl '' - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- '' Yellowbeard ''
- '' Zelig ''
- January 8 - Gale Page , actress
- February 4 - Karen Carpenter , musician
- February 25 - Tennessee Williams , playwright
- April 4 - Gloria Swanson , actress
- April 16 - Fifi D'Orsay , actress
- April 23 - Buster Crabbe , actor
- June 12 - Norma Shearer , Academy Award winning actress
- July 5 - Harry James , bandleader who appeared in some films, and was once married to actress Betty Grable
- July 29 - Raymond Massey , actor, father of actor Daniel Massey and actress Anna Massey
- July 29 - David Niven , Academy Award winning actor
- August 3 - Carolyn Jones , actress
- August 5 - Judy Canova , entertainer
- August 29 - Simon Oakland , actor
- October 8 - Joan Hackett , actress
- October 10 - Ralph Richardson , actor, one of the theatrical knights of the English stage
- October 15 - Pat O'Brien , actor
- November 28 - Johnnie Davis , actor, singer
- December 5 - Robert Aldrich , director
- December 8 - Slim Pickens , actor
- December 28 - William Demarest , actor
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