DUNE (1984)

*

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Sound

THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE (1984)

***

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Supporting Actress (Geraldine Page)

A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984)

 ***1/2 (P) / *** (M)

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft)

 - Best Original Music Score

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Picture

 - Best Actress (Judy Davis)

 - Best Director (David Lean)

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

 - Best Film Editing

 - Best Cinematography

 - Best Art Direction

 - Best Costume Design

 - Best Sound

THE TERMINATOR (1984)

 ***

REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984)

 zero stars

POLICE ACADEMY (1984)

 1/2 star

PHAR LAP (1984)

 *

A SOLDIER'S STORY (1984)

 **1/2 (P) / **1/2 (M)

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Picture

 - Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar)

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

THE KILLING FIELDS (1984)

 **** (P) / ***1/2 (M)

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Supporting Actor (Haing S. Ngor)

 - Best Film Editing

 - Best Cinematography

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Picture

 - Best Actor (Sam Waterson)

 - Best Director (Roland Joffe)

 - Best Adapted Screenplay

THE WOMAN IN RED (1984)

 **

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Original Song ("I Just Called to Say I Love You")

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984)

 *** (P) / ***1/2 (M)

OSCAR WINS:

 - Best Visual Effects

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Original Music Score

JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY (1984)

 **

THE KARATE KID (1984)

 ***

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Supporting Actor (Pat Morita)

GREMLINS (1984)

 ***

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE (1984)

 **

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

 **

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Visual Effects

 - Best Original Song ("Ghostbusters")

THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984)

 ***1/2 (P) / ***1/2 (M)

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Original Song Score

FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984)

* 

FOOTLOOSE (1984)

 *

OSCAR NOMINATIONS:

 - Best Original Song ("Footloose")

 - Best Original Song ("Let's Hear It for the Boy")

FIRESTARTER (1984)

 **1/2