Decade

Dec 9, 1989

1h 36m

★ 7.0

The 1980s as seen by MTV

Overview

Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.

Genres

Documentary

Music

History

Production Companies

MTV

MTV News and Docs

Decade Trailers

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Cast

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Eric Bogosian

Self

John Mellencamp

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Spike Lee

Self - Host

Linda Ellerbee

Self

David Byrne

Self

Don Henley

Self

George Michael

Self

Lou Reed

Self

Roseanne Barr

Self

Frank Zappa

Self

Steven Tyler

Self

John Malkovich

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

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Heysel 85

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When 39 people are killed prior to the European Cup at the Brussels Heysel stadium in 1985, the mayor's daughter and an Italian journalist are torn between their professional assignments, family, and human nature.

7.8

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

May 28, 2003

Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are — and to rescue Stella.

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Claudio

Nov 4, 2022

Claudio walks around the city without realizing that he is being followed.

0.0

Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)

Mar 26, 2025

A young girl (Esme James) yearns to express her love for classic Doctor Who, in the face of a disapproving mother (Sophie Aldred) and antagonistic classmates.

6.8

Sardou, autoportrait

Mar 29, 2024

No overview available.

0.0

Neverland

Jun 7, 2025

A 200 year old vampire takes his newly initiated love on her first feed.

7.0

Becoming Astrid

Sep 14, 2018

When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combination of both miracle and calamity came to shape her entire life. It was an event that transformed her into one of the most inspiring women of our age and the storyteller a whole world would come to love. This is the story of when a young Astrid, despite the expectations of her time and religious upbringing, decided to break free from society's norms and follow her heart.

5.8

Giant

Jan 8, 2026

Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership, Naz’s unorthodox style, cocky persona, and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing’s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of ’80s and 90’s Britain.

0.0

When Liberty Burns

Mar 7, 2020

An in-depth analysis on the 40th Anniversary of the life and untimely death of Arthur Lee McDuffie at the hands of Miami Dade police officers.

5.6

Valley Girl

May 8, 2020

Set to a new wave '80s soundtrack, Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

7.0

Our Time

Jan 1, 2004

A bored boy decides to go out and have some fun, but what to wear?

7.6

Big George Foreman

Apr 27, 2023

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

6.6

Basquiat

Aug 9, 1996

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

4.8

Deaner '89

Sep 6, 2024

Party animal Dean Murdoch travels back in time to his college days of 1989.

7.7

Freddie Mercury the Video Collection

Jun 27, 2000

Freddie Mercury lives again in this compilation of his best solo material. Included are the live and studio versions of 'Barcelona', Freddie's smash hit rendition of 'The Great Pretender' and 'Living On My Own'.

6.3

Jackass: The Movie

Oct 25, 2002

Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf course, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on.

7.2

Hunger

May 15, 2008

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

0.0

Whispers of Freedom

Nov 1, 2024

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the last daring attempts to escape across the infamous Berlin Wall.

6.5

Charlie Wilson's War

Dec 19, 2007

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.