1980s
- 1980 Can't Stop the Music, written by Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr
- A Change of Seasons, written by Erich Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal
- Cruising, written by William Friedkin
- The Formula, written by Steve Shagan
- It's My Turn, written by Eleanor Bergstein
- Middle Age Crazy, written by Carl Kleinschmidt
- Raise the Titanic!, written by Adam Kennedy and Eric Hughes
- Touched by Love, written by Hesper Anderson
- Windows, written by Barry Siegel
- Xanadu, written by Richard C. Danus and Marc C. Rubel
- 1981 Mommie Dearest, screenplay by Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner and Robert Getchell, based on the book by Christina Crawford
- Endless Love, screenplay by Judith Rascoe, based on the novel by Scott Spencer
- Heaven's Gate, written by Michael Cimino
- S.O.B., written by Blake Edwards
- Tarzan, the Ape Man, screenplay by Tom Rowe and Gary Goddard, based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- 1982 Inchon, written by Robin Moore and Laird Koenig
- Annie, screenplay by Carol Sobieski, based on the play by Thomas Meehan, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie created by Harold Gray (uncredited)
- Butterfly, screenplay by John Goff and Matt Cimber, adaptation by Matt Cimber, based on the novel by James M. Cain
- The Pirate Movie, written by Trevor Farrant, "ripped off from" Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance
- Yes, Giorgio, screenplay by Norman Steinberg, "suggested" by the novel by Annie Piper
- 1983 The Lonely Lady, screenplay by John Kershaw and Shawn Randall, adaptation by Ellen Shephard, from the novel by Harold Robbins
- Flashdance, screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley
- Hercules, screenplay by Luigi Cozzi
- Jaws 3-D, screenplay by Richard Matheson and Carl Gottlieb, story by Guerdon Trueblood, "suggested" by the Peter Benchley novel Jaws
- Two of a Kind, written by John Herzfeld
- 1984 Bolero, written by John Derek
- Cannonball Run II, screenplay by Harvey Miller, Hal Needham and Albert S. Ruddy
- Rhinestone, screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson and Sylvester Stallone, story by Phil Alden Robinson
- Sheena, screenplay by David Newman and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., story by David Newman and Leslie Stevens, based on the comic by S.M. Eiger and Will Eisner (uncredited)
- Where the Boys Are '84, screenplay by Stu Krieger and Jeff Burkhart, "suggested" by the novel by Glendon Swarthout
- 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II, screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and James Cameron, story by Kevin Jarre, based on characters created by David Morrell
- Fever Pitch, written by Richard Brooks
- Perfect, screenplay by Aaron Latham and James Bridges, based on articles in Rolling Stone magazine by Aaron Latham
- Rocky IV, written by Sylvester Stallone
- Year of the Dragon, screenplay by Oliver Stone and Michael Cimino, based on the novel by Robert Daley
- 1986 Howard the Duck, written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on the Marvel Comics character created by Steve Gerber
- Cobra, screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, based on the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling
- 9½ Weeks, screenplay by Patricia Louisiana Knop & Zalman King and Sarah Kernochan, based on the novel by Elizabeth McNeill
- Shanghai Surprise, screenplay by John Kohn and Robert Bentley, based on the novel Faraday's Flowers by Tony Kenrick
- Under the Cherry Moon, screenplay by Becky Johnston
- 1987 Leonard Part 6, screenplay by Jonathan Reynolds, story by Bill Cosby
- Ishtar, written by Elaine May
- Jaws: The Revenge, screenplay by Michael deGuzma, based on characters created by Peter Benchley
- Tough Guys Don't Dance, screenplay by Norman Mailer, based on his novel
- Who's That Girl?, screenplay by Andrew Smith and Ken Finkleman, story by Andrew Smith
- 1988 Cocktail, screenplay by Heywood Gould, based on his book
- Hot to Trot, screenplay by Steven Neigher, Hugo Gilbert and Charlie Peters, story by Steven Neigher and Hugo Gilbert
- Mac and Me, written by Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke
- Rambo III, written by Sylvester Stallone and Sheldon Lettich, based on characters created by David Morrell
- Willow, screenplay by Bob Dolman, story by George Lucas
- 1989 Harlem Nights, written by Eddie Murphy
- The Karate Kid, Part III, screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, based on characters created by Robert Mark Kamen
- Road House, screenplay by David Lee Henry and Hilary Henkin, story by David Lee Henry
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, screenplay by David Loughery, story by William Shatner & Harve Bennett & David Loughery, based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry
- Tango & Cash, written by Randy Feldman
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