Indiana Jones thrilled moviegoers in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Only Fools and Horses made its TV debut.
These photos take you back to the early 80s - 1981, to be specific - capturing life around Northern Ireland as it looked then.
It was the year Northern Ireland produced one of its greatest exports, the iconic DeLorean car.
While it may have been a commercial failure, the design classic, with its gull-winged doors, went on to secure legendary status a few years later as the time-travelling car in the Back to the Future films.
The first DeLoreans can be seen rolling off the production line in this retro photo gallery, which also features days out at the horses, family fun at the motorcycle trials, shoppers queuing for the sales, and much more.
The nostalgic pictures take us inside the former home of Belfast’s oldest barber shop, which counted George Best among its customers; they show a proud mum with her New Year’s Day baby; and they capture the end of an era on the railway tracks.
Do these photos bring back any memories for you of the 80s? What do you miss most about life back then?
If you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, you might like this pictorial look back at life in 1989.
9. Panto
Jane Hobart, Florence Ambrose and Laura Chandler, chorus members in the Bangor Operatic Society's pantomime Robin Hood, performed at the town's Little Theatre, in 1981 | Belfast News Letter
10. Pure joy
Three-year-old Paul Duffus, from the Castlereagh Road, Belfast, is in dreamland as he imitates the roar of this 30cc bike at the Speed Show in the Avoniel Leisure Centre, organised by the Northern Ireland Junior Motorcycle Club, in January 1981 | Belfast News Letter
11. Famous barber shop
Joe Rice gets his hair cut in 1981 at the Tivoli barber shop, said to be the oldest in Belfast, with owner Philip McGlinchey wielding the scissors and long-serving employee Patrick Loughran holding the mirror. The hairdressing salon was based on Garfield Street at the time, but moved in 2013 to North Street. The Tivoli opened in 1912, and George Best was a former customer. | Belfast News Letter
12. Looking for a winner
Sharon Burns, from Poyntzpass, Co Down, looking for a winner at the Maze races in January 1981 | Belfast News Letter