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1984 in home video:
The following films were released on video:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January–March | |||||
| J A N U A R Y | 1 | Twelve Months (1980) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| F E B R U A R Y | 7 | Mr. Mom | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Porky's | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Porky's II: The Next Day | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Lucky Luke The Ballad of Daltons | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Staying Alive (1983) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| M A R C H | 2 | Strange Brew | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Trading Places | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| WarGames | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| April–June | |||||
| A P R I L | 10 | D.C. Cab | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Dead Zone | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Octopussy | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Space Raiders | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Big Red (film) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Star 80 | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Sudden Impact | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Uncommon Valor | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Under Fire (1983) | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| M A Y | 4 | All the Right Moves | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Christine (1983) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Keep | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Scarface (1983) | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Silkwood | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| J U N E | 9 | The Right Stuff | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Son of Flubber | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Terms of Endearment | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y | 3 | The Dirty Dozen | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 6 | The Big Chill | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Children of the Corn (1984) | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Seven Samurai | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| A U G U S T | 10 | The Incredible Journey | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Repo Man | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Romancing the Stone | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Splash | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| S E P T E M B E R | 23 | Against All Odds | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Footloose (1984) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R | 22 | SS Experiment Camp | T-Z Video/Video City Wizard Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 25 | Never Cry Wolf | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 29 | This is Spinal Tap | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Yentl | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| N O V E M B E R | 7 | Top Secret! | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 13 | Star Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 28 | A Christmas Story | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Conan the Destroyer | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Dreamscape | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Firestarter | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Last Starfighter | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Natural | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Purple Rain | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Sixteen Candles | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| D E C E M B E R | 6 | DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| DTV: Pop & Rock | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| DTV: Golden Oldies | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Muppet Movie | Walt Disney/CBS/FOX Home Video | VHS release Laserdisc releases Betamax release | |||
| Robin Hood (1973) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 8 | The NeverEnding Story | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Police Academy | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Streets of Fire | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 23 | Becket (1964) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Damien: Omen II | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| The Exorcist | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Hurray for Betty Boop | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Moscow on the Hudson | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Misunderstood | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| National Lampoon's Vacation | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Omen | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| Taps | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
The following tapes were released in Australia in 1984:
| Australia Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | |||||
| A P R I L | Unknown | Basket Case | Rugged Films | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Fire and Ice (1983) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Hysterical | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Jaguar Lives! | Roadshow Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Rolling Thunder | American International Pictures | Betamax release VHS release | |||
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