All Films

The Outer Plant

1984 • 25 min

Short film.

The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol

1984 • 24 min

A making of documentary for Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

Gabrielle and the Doodleman

1984 • 54 min • United Kingdom

A wheelchair bound little girl gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time.

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984 • 45 min • United States of America

Donald is shown in both animated and costumed form, interacting with emcee Dick Van Dyke and other cast members. The film not only shows Donald's life, but also depicts an extensive international tour that Donald went on in 1984 as well as showing various celebrities of the day wishing Donald happy birthday. The tour culminates in a parade in Donald's honor at Disneyland.

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

1984 • 14 min • United Kingdom

In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff and toys from the child's head, leaving him without the top of his head for most of the film. The professor then teaches the lad about illusions and perspectives, the pursuit of an object through exploring a bank of drawers, divining an object, and the migration of forms. The child then brings out a box with a tarantula in it: the professor puts his "hands" into the box and describes what he feels. The boy receives a final lesson about animation and film making; then the professor gives him a brain and his own open-book hat.

Mom's On Strike

1984 • 46 min • United States of America

An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special about an overworked housewife, who, as the title suggests, goes on strike, in order to persuade the rest of her family to share household chores.

Soldiers in Hiding

1984 • 53 min • United States of America

A portrait of several Vietnam War veterans living "off the grid." Upon returning home from the war, these men found themselves unable to exist in normal society due to the lasting psychological scars from Vietnam, and, subsequently, chose to live a life of solitude and survival in the American wilderness.

Red Guitar

1984 • 4 min

Promotional music video for the 1984 David Sylvian single. Inspired by Angus McBean's photography & directed by Anton Corbijn.

Apollo My Love

1984 • 60 min • Japan

Soichi is the heir to a major trading company, commonly known as Apollo. He is living an elegant life on a yacht when his mother-in-law offers him an arranged marriage. As a gay man, he finds the idea annoying. Apollo leaves the yacht in the hands of his boyfriend, Masao, and returns to his parents' house. However, when Apollo is away, three strangers come onto the yacht and rape Masao. When Apollo hears Masao's voice calling for help, he returns to find...

Sleepwalker

1984 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Saxon Logan's extraordinary 49 minute featurette pitches four people into a class war situation with a vicious sting in the tale.

Phantom Ladies

1984 • 45 min

Three "phantom ladies" on the pleasures and pains of transvestitism. Originally aired on the BBC1 program Real Lives.

Notes from Under the Volcano

1984 • 58 min • United States of America

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).

Yoko Ono: Then and Now

1984 • 56 min • United States of America

An in-depth look at one of the world's most controversial artists. This personal narrative features numerous songs by both Yoko and her late husband, John Lennon. These include "Imagine," "Give Peace a Chance," and "Walking on Thin Ice."

Women of Iron

1984 • 60 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

The past and present of ladies bodybuilding. Report on the feminine side of the sport of bodybuilding, with both historical and personal approaches, illustrated with images from several women contestants. The last part of the report focuses on the public disagreement over the judging views in some promotions, and the split between those for and against emphasis on muscular development.

Strong Kids, Safe Kids

1984 • 42 min • United States of America

Strong Kids, Safe Kids was put together because so many of us are concerned about the horrible potential dangers our kids face every day. Sexual molestation and abduction are an unfortunate part of our times. And as loving parents, it's up to us to teach our kids to stay safe. It's like teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street... only it's a whole lot trickier. That's where Strong Kids, Safe Kids comes in. This film brings all of the problems - and questions - out in the open. It talks to you and your kids one-on-one. The material is frank and to the point. But presented so entertainingly with music and humor that it's a delight for the whole family to watch together. Again and again.

A Good Tree

1984 • 24 min • Canada

A trio of children steal a fir tree for a Christmas tree from a grouchy neighbor and later resolve to make amends.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1984 • 48 min • United States of America

A spirited young girl disobeys her parents and runs off to the wood for the afternoon where she rudely invades the home of a family of bears, taking advantage of all its comforts and thoughtlessly wrecking things. When caught, she learns important lessons about truthfulness and respecting others' rights to privacy.

Dulce Patria

1984 • 60 min • Chile

Filmed during hard and decisive years of the democratic struggle against the regime of Augusto Pinochet, it is the first film in which a group of Chilean filmmakers, without anonymity try to give a global account of the Chilean situation of those days. The film reflects the vision and personal testimony of its director about his country at that moment.

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

1984 • 52 min • United States of America

An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "the shivers." A king hires him to rid his castle of ghosts and evil spirits, expecting him to die like all who have tried before him, but the boy is more fearless than he could have known.

Margaret Atwood: Once in August

1984 • 57 min • Canada

In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer's fiction and what motivates her characters. As one of Canada's most distinguished poets and novelists, Atwood is also one of this country's most elusive literary figures.

Minako Toriumi Love Hotel Love Graffiti Book - Afternoon Edition -

1984 • 45 min • Japan

In the afternoon, Minako in a sailor suit gets entangled in a passionate embrace...Erotic-drama distributed by Nikkatsu for home video.

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984 • 9 min

This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were created. This includes makeup for Keir Dullea's character, how the astronauts float in space, and the construction of the spaceship in which the astronauts carry out their mission. The vehicle is so large, the two largest sound stages on the MGM lot were used to construct it.

On Guard

1984 • 50 min • Australia

Set against the backdrop of modern-day Sydney, this heist-style thriller involves four politicised women from varying backgrounds, who conspire to sabotage the research programme of a multi-national firm, Utero, which is engaged in reproductive engineering. One of the women loses her diary which contains information and diagrams about the raid only a few days to count down. Will the diary fall into the wrong hands leading to the detection of the women before they have a chance to complete their mission? As the tension mounts, so the wider context of the women's lives as mothers, lovers and providers is also shown under strain indicating the many other considerations women have to take into account when embarking on any form of public activity.

My Little Pony

1984 • 22 min • United States of America

The story begins as the peaceful ponies of Dream Valley are attacked by monsters, led by Scorpan, who kidnap several ponies and take them away to Midnight Castle. Enraged, Firefly, a Pegasus pony, takes to the skies to try to find someone who can help them defeat Tirek, a centaur-like demon whose plan is to use these ponies to pull his chariot of darkness. On her way, she crashes into 12-year-old Megan's well and asks her for her help. Megan is at first reluctant to go but after being confronted by the monsters, she sets out with the ponies to rescue them.