Rewinding The ’80s
Cinema Under the Influence of a Cold War, Action Stars, and Music Videos
Author: John Malahy Series: Turner Classic Movies
With nostalgia for the 1980s at an all-time high, we present the latest in our partnership with Turner Classic Movies, a lively and entertaining look at the films that defined and reflected the "Decade of Decadence" in terms of politics, social norms, fashion, and-of course-music videos.
8th December 2025
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With nostalgia for the 1980s at an all-time high, we present the latest in our partnership with Turner Classic Movies, a lively and entertaining look at the films that defined and reflected the "Decade of Decadence" in terms of politics, social norms, fashion, and-of course-music videos.
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Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of 80s cinema-with profiles of hundreds of films-and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflected a period of cultural change.
The movies were flying blind in 1980. "New Hollywood" was over and the era of auteur-driven, personal films that had defined moviemaking since the late '60s came to a symbolic end with Heaven's Gate (1980), replaced by a new world of multiplex blockbusters supported by massive marketing campaigns. But beyond the high-school comedies and hardbody action films came a new wave of cinematic excitement-an era defined by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Purple Rain, When Harry Met Sally, E.T., and Top Gun, each of which are now classics for a new generation of nostalgic movie lovers. The decade saw works that uniquely captured an era of cultural and technological change, from new indie auteurs to the highs and lows of animation, an emergent LGBTQ+ cinema, the last days of the Cold War, and the explosive impact of MTV. With wit and authority, author John Malahy provides fresh insight about the films, filmmakers, and stars who illuminated each of the exciting new facets of Hollywood throughout the decade. Illustrated with more than 200 full-color photos, Rewinding the '80s is a lively, intelligent, and immersive look at an indelibleAbout the Author
John Malahy is a film lover, a veteran of Turner Classic Movies, and a product of the 1980s. He is the author of Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics and the editor of Sidney Poitier: The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward.
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8th December 2025
