Joseph Ruben isn’t a director with a household name like Steven Spielberg or George Lucas, but he directed two of my favourite movies from the 1980s – Dreamscape (1984) and The Stepfather (1987).
Below is a list of his 80s movies, but he also directed some fairly well-known flicks in the 90s, as well – but that’s another post.
Sit back and relax and check out Joseph Ruben’s 80s movies.
Grab your popcorn!
Gorp (1980)
A slapstick comedy about the wacky antics of a group of waiters at a Jewish summer camp in upstate New York.
Slapstick | Comedy
Stars: Michael Lembeck, Dennis Quaid, Philip Casnoff
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Dreamscape (1984)
A man who can enter and manipulate people’s dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.
Action | Adventure | B-Action | B-Horror | Horror | Political Thriller | Psychological Thriller | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
The Stepfather (1987)
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Horror | Slasher Horror | Psychological Horror | Psychological Thriller | Thriller
Stars: Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack
True Believer (1989)
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to “specializing” in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Stars: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin
Over to You
Have you heard of Joseph Ruben before? Have you seen any of the above films? Let me know in the comments below.