Best award winning movies with an exciting finale from 1984

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an exciting finale from 1984! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an exciting finale from 1984, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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.

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1984-05-23 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw

Rating

rating icon 7.298
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #50 for
    third wheel
  2. Ranked #91 for
    globetrotting
  3. Ranked #104 for
    swashbuckler

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom trailer
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2 The Killing Fields (1984)

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

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1984-11-23 | Drama / History

Cast

Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor

Rating

rating icon 7.475
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    sad
  2. Ranked #39 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #105 for
    critically acclaimed

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The Killing Fields trailer
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3 Amadeus (1984)

Disciplined Italian composer Antonia Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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1984-09-19 | History / Music

Cast

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce

Rating

rating icon 8.032
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #8 for
    immensely talented
  2. Ranked #14 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #17 for
    bawdy

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Amadeus trailer
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4 Razorback (1984)

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

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1984-04-19 | Horror

Cast

Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #23 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #193 for
    lumberjack
  3. Ranked #215 for
    frothing at mouth

Trailer

Razorback trailer
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5 Paris, Texas (1984)

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

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1984-07-16 | Drama

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski

Rating

rating icon 8.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #38 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #83 for
    ambling
  3. Ranked #151 for
    foster father

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Paris, Texas trailer
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6 The Terminator (1984)

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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1984-10-26 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn

Rating

rating icon 7.66
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #30 for
    implacable
  2. Ranked #49 for
    cyborg
  3. Ranked #89 for
    cat-and-mouse

Trailer

The Terminator trailer
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7 The Natural (1984)

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.

Info

1984-05-11 | Drama

Cast

Robert Redford, Robert Duvall

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    arthurian
  2. Ranked #55 for
    femme fatale
  3. Ranked #77 for
    fluke

Trailer

The Natural trailer
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8 Ghostbusters (1984)

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

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1984-06-08 | Comedy / Fantasy

Cast

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd

Rating

rating icon 7.49
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    most quotable
  2. Ranked #82 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #109 for
    deadpan

Trailer

Ghostbusters trailer
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9 The Karate Kid (1984)

Daniel moves to Los Angeles with his mother, Lucille, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of high school students, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei, John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.

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1984-06-22 | Action / Drama

Cast

Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita

Rating

rating icon 7.191
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #42 for
    punching bag
  2. Ranked #61 for
    jock
  3. Ranked #67 for
    father figure

Trailer

The Karate Kid trailer
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10 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

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1984-03-30 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm

Rating

rating icon 6.342
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #112 for
    soggy
  2. Ranked #157 for
    like Pride & Prejudice
  3. Ranked #204 for
    fish out of water

Trailer

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes trailer
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