Best award winning movies with good sound from 1984

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

1 Amadeus (1984)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.

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1984-09-19 | History / Music

Cast

F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce

Rating

rating icon 8.037
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People's Taste Ranking

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

Trailer

Amadeus 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 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #17 for
    sad
  2. Ranked #39 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #104 for
    critically acclaimed

Trailer

The Killing Fields trailer
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3 A Passage to India (1984)

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

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1984-12-14 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #91 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #91 for
    prissy
  3. Ranked #125 for
    globetrotting

Trailer

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4 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 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #109 for
    soggy
  2. Ranked #157 for
    like Pride & Prejudice
  3. Ranked #205 for
    fish out of water

Trailer

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes trailer
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5 Places in the Heart (1984)

In 1930s Texas, a widow and her family fight to save their home by harvesting cotton.

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1984-09-11 | Drama

Cast

Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse

Rating

rating icon 7.164
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    extraordinary
  2. Ranked #133 for
    confusing
  3. Ranked #138 for
    unfaithful partner

Trailer

Places in the Heart trailer
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6 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 7.484
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    most quotable
  2. Ranked #85 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #111 for
    deadpan

Trailer

Ghostbusters trailer
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7 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Info

1984-05-23 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Robert De Niro, James Woods

Rating

rating icon 8.422
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #36 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #249 for
    elegiac
  3. Ranked #342 for
    deservedly won Oscars

Trailer

Once Upon a Time in America trailer
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8 Purple Rain (1984)

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.

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1984-07-27 | Drama / Music

Cast

Prince, Apollonia Kotero

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #66 for
    groovy soundtrack
  2. Ranked #82 for
    musically talented actor
  3. Ranked #130 for
    tuneful

Trailer

Purple Rain trailer
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9 A Soldier's Story (1984)

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

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1984-09-14 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #61 for
    like Knives Out
  2. Ranked #108 for
    random killing
  3. Ranked #183 for
    bludgeoned to death

Trailer

A Soldier's Story trailer
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10 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

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1984-12-05 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold

Rating

rating icon 7.187
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    cocksure
  2. Ranked #45 for
    fish out of water
  3. Ranked #57 for
    potty-mouthed

Trailer

Beverly Hills Cop trailer
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