Events
- Unknown - Paramount Communications begins operations
Television series debuts
Films
- January 13 - The Experts
- February 10 - Cousins
- April 7 - Major League
- April 21 - Pet Sematary
- May 24 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- June 9 - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- July 28 - Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- August 18 - Let It Ride
- August 30 - Shirley Valentine
- September 22 - Black Rain
- October 20 - Fat Man and Little Boy
- November 17 - Harlem Nights
- December 15 - We're No Angels
Other
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