The most popular movies from the 80's.
Howards End movie synopsis. In the early twentieth century London, the upper class Schlegel siblings, Margaret (Dame Emma Thompson), Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), and Tibby (Adrian Ross), are liberal, straight talking people who indulge themselves in philanthropy and in discussions of the arts and literature.
Howards End (1992) Read More
Consuming Passions movie synopsis. At his new job at Chumley’s Chocolates, Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several workers into a mixing vat, the contents of which are then sent to market.
Consuming Passions (1988) Read More
Wetherby movie storyline. Set in the town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, the film focuses on Jean Travers, a middle-aged spinster schoolteacher. One evening, she invites married friends for a dinner party, only to have some terrible repressions.
Wetherby (1985) Read More
The Bostonians movie storyline. Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Henry James, Merchant/Ivory’s The Bostonians is set among the Back Bay uppercrust of the 19th century. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), bored by his opulent lifestyle and his “proper” friends, is fascinated by his cousin, outspoken suffragette Olive Chancellor.
The Bostonians (1984) Read More
Murder on the Orient Express features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Albert Finney stars as Poirot, who is asked by his friend Bianchi (Martin Balsam), a train company director, to investigate the murder of an American business tycoon, Mr. Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark), when all are aboard the Orient Express train.
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Read More
Julia movie storyline. From “Pentimento,” the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, Julia covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play “The Children’s Hour” on Broadway.
Julia (1977) Read More