6 'films from the 80s that you can't watch anywhere
These classics are absent from streaming services and difficult to find on DVD.
The 80s were a decade defined by the rise of video at home. During previous years, if you wanted to see a film that you had to catch in the theater or pray for a television broadcast, VHS made it possible to see almost anything in the comfort of your own house - you have experienced near a good Video store. Yet even that Streaming services like Netflix have put blockbuster and other video rental giants of the past, many best films of the decade are Nowhere , and some are not even available on DVD. Read the continuation for six classics from the 80s that you cannot look anywhere and why it can be.
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1 The sure thing (1985)
Released in the peak of comedies for gross adolescents like Porky's ,, The sure thing Boucait the trend by telling a story that you might see in an adult romantic comedy, focused only on secondary characters and their immature affairs but no less deeply felt of the heart. (For this, the late film critic Roger Ebert called the film " A small miracle. ) Yet, despite his solid pedigree - he provided John Cusack with its first main role and was carried out by Rob Reiner , which would continue to direct the classics as Support me and When Harry meets Sally —The film has not been available for a long time to broadcast. If you want to see it, you will have to find a DVD copy.
2 The abyss (1989)
Director James Cameron Has one thing about water. Even before he made Titanic and Avatar: Water path —Two of the greatest films of all time, which both present important action of action in the surface of the ocean - he made The abyss , another science fiction drama full of water in which Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth mastraunio Play scientists who meet a strange form of life in the depths. Unfortunately, while the second Avatar The film is still in theaters and Titanic is about to be 4K reissued For its 25th anniversary, it is not easy to see The abyss . The film has long been exhausted on DVD and has never been published on Blu-ray or available via streaming, apparently because perfectionist Cameron must still approve The high definition remaster.
3 Mask (1985)
Not to be confused with the 1994 comedy in which Jim Carrey The medium guy character turns into a live cartoon character in Green Face Paint, this acclaimed film by director Peter Bogdanovich ( The latest photo show ) tells the true story of the life of Roy L. "Rocky" Dennis, a teenager born with a rare genetic disorder that caused pronounced facial differences. According to Rocky since childhood during his adolescence, including a touching and provisional romance with a blind girl ( Laura Dern ), and featuring an early turning point of Che - who won the best actress at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival for the role - we remember one of the best films of the 80s. However, for all this, it is difficult to see the original version today, can -Itre because of A trial between the director and the distributor Universal images. Would have been Bogdanovich continued the film studio For millions in 1985, saying that they deleted scenes without its permission and deleted Bruce Springsteen Film music, replacing it with pieces of Bob Seger . Although Bogdanovich's favorite songs are Restored for the 2004 director's cup , you cannot find the original version on DVD - and none is available via streaming.
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4 Silkwood (1983)
The life and death of Karen Silkwood , a real employee in a plutonium factory that pleaded for unions, denounced dangerous practices in the nuclear industry and died in A 1974 suspect car accident ,, Change in history . When the time came to tell his story about the film, production attracted a host of high -level talents, from the director Mike Nichols ( The graduation ), for Co-Screenwriter Nora Ephron ( Insomnia in Seattle ), to the stars Che And, in the title role, Meryl Streep - All of which were nominated for the Oscars for their work. However, despite all these Bonafids, the film is currently not available on DVD and Blu-ray, and is nowhere on streaming services. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
5 Canon meat racing (nineteen eighty one)
A shooting of the 80s on the film Wavy Road starry It's a crazy, crazy, crazy and crazy world ,, Canon meat racing Was a franchise launched Mega-Hit in 1981, bringing together a huge list of stars (including Burt Reynolds ,, Roger Moore ,, Farrah Fawcett ,, Jackie Chan , and Dean Martin ) to participate in an illegal cross-country race. The film was extremely popular, inspiring two follow -ups and Even talk about a remake - but you will not find the original in streaming (although the rest Canonball Run II is available for digital rental).
6 Foxes (1980)
Screenwriter and producer Gerald Ayres describes the director's debut of the director Adrian Lyne ( Fatal attraction ,, Indecent Proposal ) like what would happen "if you fell Louisa May Alcott In the San Fernando valley today. Foxes capture the first days of generation X with a Giorgio Moroder soundtrack and a distribution led by Jodie Foster and including Randy Quaid ,, Scott Baio ,, Laura Dern , and the singer of the Runaways Cherie Currie . Although the classic cult about the dysfunctional arrival of four teenage girls in the late 1970s, Los Angeles obtained them Rocky horror treatment In the early 90s and released on Blu-ray in 2014, it was now exhausted and cannot be found in streaming.