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- LABYRINTH
- Released in 1986, Jim Henson's dark fantasy featured David Bowie as the Goblin King — and became a cult classic long after its modest opening weekend.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PLATOON
- Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam drama swept the 1987 Academy Awards, winning Best Picture and Best Director and bringing Stone's own wartime experience to the screen.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- MAVERICK
- Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell became one of the decade's defining screen heroes when Top Gun soared into cinemas in the summer of 1986, turning Tom Cruise into a global star.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GREMLINS
- Director Joe Dante's mischievous 1984 creatures were so memorably menacing that they helped prompt the introduction of the PG-13 rating in the United States that same year.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Blockbuster Cinema: a free large-print word search
1980s blockbuster cinema word search — free and large-print. Popcorn, darkened aisles, and the roar of a Saturday-night crowd.
About Nostalgia & Eras
Saturday nights in the 1980s had a particular electricity about them. You'd queue around the block, clutch your ticket, and find your seat just as the lights dimmed and the trailers began their thunderous roll. The decade gave us some of cinema's most thrilling hours — jet fighters and jungle soldiers, loveable monsters and teenage adventurers — all of it bigger, louder, and more dazzling than anything that had come before.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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