are you 40 years old These are the movies that were hits when you were born

Were you born in 1984? So you’re getting ready to celebrate your 40th birthday this year, if you haven’t already! But do you know which works left their mark on the world of cinema when you were born?

Happy birthday, we offer you a little trip through cinematic time, a look in the rear-view mirror of the seventh art to find out which movies are exactly your age.

Do you know, for example, which feature films were at the French box office in 1984? Which one was rated best by AlloCiné viewers? Who won the most awards?

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Michel Blanc and Gerard Lanvin top the box office

In France, it was the comedy Marche à l’ombre, directed by Gérard Lanvin and Michel Blanc, which topped the charts with 6.18 million tickets sold in French cinemas in 1984. It is directly followed by another famous French comedy, Claude Zide’s Les Ripoux, and the second opus of the famous Indiana Jones saga.

Internationally, according to the Box Office Mojo site, it’s Beverly Hills Cop, the acclaimed action comedy directed by Eddie Murphy, that sits at the top of the podium.

1. Walk in the Shadow (6.1 million records)
2. Les Ripoux (5.8 million hits)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (5.6 million admissions)
4. Amadeus (4.5 million records)
5. Morphalous (3.6 million records)

Sergio Leone tops the AlloCiné ratings

Considered the best film of the 80s, Once Upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone’s unforgettable mural that closes his “Trilogy of Time,” is also the best-rated film of 1984 by AlloCiné viewers, averaging 4,500 out of 5 stars.

That year’s top 5 goes to great directors, as it also includes Milos Forman’s Amadeus, Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas, Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa, and even Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

1. Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone (4500 of 5)
2. Amadeusby Milos Forman (5 of 4289)
3. Nausicaa of the Wind Valley by Hayao Miyazaki (4,227 of 5)
4. Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (5 of 4187)
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomSteven Spielberg (4145 of 5)

Oscar and Cesar in 1984

As for ceremonies, the year you were born it was James L. Brooks’ dramatic comedy Tender Passions, which won 5 different Oscars (including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Shirley MacLaine). Robert Duvall won the best actor award for his performance in the film “Tender Happiness”.

In France, at the end of the 9th César ceremony, two films arrived together: A nos amours by Maurice Pialat and Le Bal by Ettore Scola, who was also chosen as best director.

As for the actors, Isabelle Adjani won Best Actress for her role in L’Ete Murderer, while Kolush won Best Actor for his unforgettable Chao Pantini.

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