1980s
| Film Title | Release Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatso | February 1, 1980 | ||
| Inferno | April 2, 1980 | ||
| Headin' for Broadway | May 1980 | ||
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | May 21, 1980 | co-production with Lucasfilm, rights will be handed to Walt Disney Pictures by May 2020 | |
| Brubaker | June 20, 1980 | ||
| The Stunt Man | June 27, 1980 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. | |
| Oh Heavenly Dog | July 11, 1980 | ||
| Middle Age Crazy | July 25, 1980 | ||
| Willie & Phil | August 15, 1980 | ||
| Health | September 12, 1980 | ||
| My Bodyguard | September 26, 1980 | ||
| Sam Marlow, Private Eye | October 3, 1980 | ||
| Terror Train | October 3, 1980 | ||
| Kagemusha | October 6, 1980 | ||
| Loving Couples | October 24, 1980 | ||
| A Change of Seasons | December 1, 1980 | ||
| Tribute | December 14, 1980 | ||
| Nine to Five | December 19, 1980 | ||
| Prisoners | 1981 | ||
| Fort Apache, The Bronx | February 6, 1981 | ||
| Eyewitness | February 13, 1981 | ||
| On the Right Track | March 6, 1981 | ||
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | March 20, 1981 | ||
| Hardly Working | April 3, 1981 | ||
| Death Hunt | May 22, 1981 | ||
| Savage Harvest | May 23, 1981 | ||
| History of the World, Part I | June 12, 1981 | ||
| The Cannonball Run | June 19, 1981 | rights now belong to HBO | |
| Zorro, The Gay Blade | July 17, 1981 | ||
| Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | August 28, 1981 | ||
| The Woman Inside | September 1981 | ||
| Southern Comfort | September 25, 1981 | ||
| Tattoo | October 9, 1981 | ||
| Shock Treatment | October 31, 1981 | ||
| Taps | December 18, 1981 | ||
| Modern Problems | December 25, 1981 | ||
| The Amateur | February 12, 1982 | ||
| Quest for Fire | February 12, 1982 | ||
| Melanie | February 12, 1982 | ||
| Making Love | March 5, 1982 | ||
| Porky's | March 19, 1982 | ||
| Eating Raoul | March 24, 1982 | ||
| I Ought to Be in Pictures | March 26, 1982 | ||
| Visiting Hours | May 28, 1982 | ||
| Author! Author! | June 18, 1982 | ||
| Megaforce | June 25, 1982 | ||
| Young Doctors in Love | July 16, 1982 | Distribution only; produced by ABC Motion Pictures | |
| Six Pack | July 16, 1982 | ||
| The Pirate Movie | August 6, 1982 | ||
| I, the Jury | October 9, 1982 | ||
| Monsignor | October 22, 1982 | ||
| National Lampoon's Class Reunion | October 29, 1982 | ||
| The Man from Snowy River | November 5, 1982 | ||
| The Verdict | December 8, 1982 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. |
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| The Hot Touch | December 10, 1982 | ||
| Kiss Me Goodbye | December 22, 1982 | ||
| The Entity | February 4, 1983 | ||
| Without a Trace | February 4, 1983 | ||
| The King of Comedy | February 18, 1983 | ||
| Max Dugan Returns | March 25, 1983 | ||
| Heart Like a Wheel | April 1, 1983 | ||
| Tough Enough | May 20, 1983 | ||
| Bill Cosby: Himself | May 20, 1983 | ||
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | May 25, 1983 | co-production with Lucasfilm, rights will be handed to Walt Disney Pictures by May 2020 | |
| Porky's II: The Next Day | June 24, 1983 | ||
| Mr. Mom | July 22, 1983 | Distribution only; produced by Sherwood Productions; rights now belong to MGM | |
| The Star Chamber | August 5, 1983 | ||
| Phar Lap | August 10, 1983 | ||
| Fire and Ice | August 27, 1983 | Distribution only; produced by PSO | |
| The Osterman Weekend | October 14, 1983 | ||
| All the Right Moves | October 21, 1983 | ||
| A Night in Heaven | November 18, 1983 | ||
| Silkwood | December 14, 1983 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Distribution only; produced by ABC Motion Pictures |
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| Two of a Kind | December 16, 1983 | ||
| To Be or Not to Be | December 16, 1983 | ||
| The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | 1984 | ||
| Careful, He Might Hear You | January 1, 1984 | ||
| Unfaithfully Yours | February 10, 1984 | ||
| Blame It on Rio | February 17, 1984 | ||
| Nankyoku Monogatari | March 30, 1984 | ||
| Romancing the Stone | March 30, 1984 | ||
| The Stone Boy | April 4, 1984 | ||
| Kidco | April 13, 1984 | ||
| The Buddy System | May 4, 1984 | ||
| Rhinestone | June 21, 1984 | ||
| Bachelor Party | June 29, 1984 | ||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | July 9, 1984 | ||
| Revenge of the Nerds | July 20, 1984 | ||
| The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! | August 15, 1984 | Distribution only; produced by Sherwood Productions; rights now belong to MGM | |
| Dreamscape | August 15, 1984 | Distribution only | |
| Impulse | September 28, 1984 | ||
| Give My Regards to Broad Street | October 23, 1984 | ||
| Paris, Texas | November 2, 1984 | ||
| Gimme an 'F' | November 16, 1984 | ||
| The Flamingo Kid | December 21, 1984 | Distribution only; produced by ABC Motion Pictures | |
| Johnny Dangerously | December 21, 1984 | ||
| Mischief | February 8, 1985 | ||
| Turk 182 | February 15, 1985 | ||
| Porky's Revenge | March 22, 1985 | ||
| Almost You | March 29, 1985 | ||
| Ladyhawke | April 12, 1985 | International distribution only; co-production with Warner Bros. | |
| Moving Violations | April 19, 1985 | ||
| Secret Places | May 10, 1985 | ||
| Prizzi's Honor | June 13, 1985 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. USA distribution only; produced by ABC Motion Pictures |
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| Cocoon | June 21, 1985 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. | |
| The Man with One Red Shoe | July 19, 1985 | ||
| Key Exchange | August 14, 1985 | ||
| Warning Sign | August 23, 1985 | ||
| Joshua Then and Now | September 20, 1985 | ||
| Plenty | September 20, 1985 | ||
| The Doctor and the Devils | October 4, 1985 | ||
| Commando | October 4, 1985 | ||
| Bad Medicine | November 22, 1985 | ||
| The Jewel of the Nile | December 11, 1985 | ||
| Brazil | December 18, 1985 | International distribution only; Universal Pictures handled U.S. distribution | |
| Enemy Mine | December 20, 1985 | ||
| The Boy in Blue | January 17, 1986 | ||
| Stripper | January 31, 1986 | ||
| Power | January 31, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures; rights now belong to Warner Bros. | |
| The Vindicator | February 14, 1986 | ||
| Death of an Angel | March 7, 1986 | ||
| Highlander | March 7, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by EMI Films; rights now belong to StudioCanal | |
| Lucas | March 28, 1986 | ||
| Legend | April 18, 1986 | International distribution only; Universal Pictures handled U.S. distribution | |
| SpaceCamp | June 6, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by ABC Motion Pictures | |
| The Manhattan Project | June 13, 1986 | ||
| Big Trouble in Little China | July 2, 1986 | ||
| Aliens | July 18, 1986 | ||
| The Boy Who Could Fly | August 14, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures; rights now belong to Warner Bros. | |
| The Fly | August 15, 1986 | ||
| The Name of the Rose | September 24, 1986 | ||
| Half Moon Street | September 26, 1986 | ||
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | October 10, 1986 | ||
| Streets of Gold | November 14, 1986 | ||
| The Morning After | December 25, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures; rights now belong to Warner Bros. | |
| Wisdom | December 31, 1986 | Distribution only; produced by Gladden Entertainment; rights now owned by Warner Brothers | |
| Black Widow | February 6, 1987 | ||
| Mannequin | February 13, 1987 | USA Theatrical distribution only; produced by Gladden Entertainment; rights now owned by MGM | |
| Raising Arizona | March 6, 1987 | ||
| Project X | April 17, 1987 | ||
| Predator | June 12, 1987 | ||
| Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | July 10, 1987 | ||
| The Pick-up Artist | September 18, 1987 | ||
| Big Shots | October 2, 1987 | Distribution only; produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures; rights now belong to Warner Bros. | |
| The Princess Bride | October 9, 1987 | USA distribution only; U.S. rights now belong to MGM | |
| The Sicilian | October 23, 1987 | ||
| Less Than Zero | November 6, 1987 | ||
| Wall Street | December 11, 1987 | ||
| Broadcast News | December 16, 1987 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. |
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| Satisfaction | February 12, 1988 | ||
| A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | February 27, 1988 | ||
| Off Limits | March 11, 1988 | ||
| Bad Dreams | April 8, 1988 | ||
| Big | June 3, 1988 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. | |
| License to Drive | July 6, 1988 | ||
| Die Hard | July 15, 1988 | ||
| Young Guns | August 12, 1988 | Distribution only; produced by Morgan Creek Productions; rights now owned by Lionsgate | |
| Dead Ringers | September 23, 1988 | Distribution only; produced by Morgan Creek Productions; rights now owned by Warner Bros. | |
| Alien Nation | October 7, 1988 | ||
| Cocoon: The Return | November 23, 1988 | ||
| Working Girl | December 21, 1988 | Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. |
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| Gleaming the Cube | January 13, 1989 | ||
| The Fly II | February 10, 1989 | ||
| Skin Deep | March 3, 1989 | Distribution only; produced by Morgan Creek Productions; rights now belong to Warner Bros. | |
| Say Anything... | April 14, 1989 | ||
| How I Got into College | May 19, 1989 | ||
| Weekend at Bernie's | July 5, 1989 | Distribution only; produced by Gladden Entertainment; rights now belong to MGM | |
| The Favorite | August 9, 1989 | ||
| The Abyss | August 9, 1989 | ||
| Millennium | August 25, 1989 | Distribution only; produced by Gladden Entertainment | |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | October 13, 1989 | ||
| When the Whales Came | October 20, 1989 | ||
| Worth Winning | October 27, 1989 | ||
| The War of the Roses | December 8, 1989 | Nominee of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. |
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