These ’80s Movies Have 1 Million Admissions… But Everyone Forgets About Them

Ours Boys (1985)

1,016,144 entries

Since the deafening success of his À nous les petits Anglaises! in 1976 (5.7 million admissions!), Michel Lang found himself propelled and shot almost one film a year from 1977 to 1982. Nine years after his first success, he returned with a sort of symbolic sequel, À we boys, which does not achieve the score of its predecessor. The film does, however, identify some beginners, including Franck Dubosc and Eric Elmosnino.

The Elevator (1984)

Warner Columbia

1,329,418 entries

The Elevator is the second feature film by Dick Maas after Rigor mortis (1981), it tells the investigation of an elevator repairman to elucidate the unexplained deaths that one of his devices seems to cause a little more each day. A well-executed B series from the Netherlands and Grand Prix at the Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival at the time.

After the War (1989)

AMLF

1,430,796 entries

Following the success of Le Grand chemin in 1987 (more than 3 million admissions), Jean-Loup Hubert’s new film was eagerly awaited. It will be After the war, the story, in 1944, of a German military deserter and two children who wish to find their mother. Their chance meeting will change their lives. The director turns his own children, Antoine and Julien, and Richard Bohringer takes on the role of the soldier with emotion.

The Beater (1983)

1,935,094 entries

Alain Delon is directing a film with Alain Delon, co-written and produced by Alain Delon. Despite its theatrical success, Le Battant will be the actor’s last staging. The story is that of a mobster coming out of prison and getting help from a mobster, who is none other than the one who sent him behind bars. Delon is supported on screen by Anne Parillaud (with whom he had filmed For the Skin of a Cop), François Périer as mafia chief and Pierre Mondy as an investigator like no other.

Chorus Line (1986)

UGC Distribution

1,002,781 entries

Footlose and Purple Rain have just come out when Richard Attenborough releases Chorus Line, which explores behind the scenes of a Broadway musical show through the floors of casting auditions. Attenborough was then crowned with the success of Gandhi and A Bridge Too Far. This film, adapted from a Broadway musical, will disappoint the public and the critics, but will still exceed one million admissions in France. Note that the choreographer director of the fictional piece is interpreted by Michael Douglas.

Doctors in Love (1982)

Prodis

1,092,743 entries

Among the curiosities forgotten by many, there is the first feature film by Garry Marshall (yes, that of Pretty Woman, Frankie & Johnny or even Happy New Year. Bringing together Michael McKean (Chuck in Better Call Saul) and Sean Young (Blade Runner , Ace Ventura), Doctors in Love parodies medical soaps.

Golden Child (1987)

IPU

1,117,382 entries

Any resemblance to the Beverly Hills Cop 2 poster that was released a few months later in France is purely coincidental… or not! Still, Eddie Murphy embodies here the police officer Chandler Jarrell, responsible for finding a sacred child endowed with magical powers. He then learns that he is “the Chosen One” and that his mission is of vital importance.

Golden Child, the sacred child of Tibet is clearly not the best known of the comedies worn by Murphy, but it still offers the opportunity to see Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones) incarnate the “satanic” Sardo Numspa”. A film signed by Michael Ritchie (Vote McKay).

Heads or Tails (1980)

CCFC

1,194,710 entries
The Philippe Noiret Association – Michael Serrault directed by Robert Enrico and co-written and dialogued by Michel Audiard, Pile ou face tells the story of the investigation into the mysterious death of Madame Morlaix, a woman who fell through the window of her apartment building. Convinced that her death is not accidental, the inspector strongly suspects her husband, a boring accountant.

The Headmaster (1988)

columbia

1,194,334 entries

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