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The 90's thread got me all nostalgic about my childhood in the 80's.

What're your favorite 10 movies from the 1980's?

1. Star Wars V (although I was too little to have seen it in theaters)
2. Ghostbusters
3. Willow
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
5. Batman
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Amadeus
8. Ladyhawke (Rutger Hauer on horseback ftw!)
9. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
10. the He-Man and She-Ra movie (can't remember the title, but I watched it every day after I got home from school).

Anyone else care to share?

Indiana Jones movies.
Back to the future movies.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Rocky movies.
Die Hard movies.

And a thousand more.

Off the top of my head - Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Airplane! and Brazil (actually, I want to include Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as well, but I think one Terry Gilliam film is enough).

Erm...Blue Velvet was 80s, wasn't it? *checks* Yep, 1986.

And Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Best film of my childhood.

Off the top of my head - Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Airplane! and Brazil (actually, I want to include Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as well, but I think one Terry Gilliam film is enough).

Erm...Blue Velvet was 80s, wasn't it? *checks* Yep, 1986.

And Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Best film of my childhood.

I've never seen Time Bandits, but I did see TABM and loved it.


"Be excellent to each other." :cool:

Breakfast Club
Die Hard
Blade Runner
Aliens
Terminator
This Is Spinal Tap
Predator
Lost Boys
Clue
Flight of the Navigator

Off the top of my head. I'm sure theres plenty I've forgotten.

I've never seen Time Bandits, but I did see TABM and loved it.
It's very good. Better than TABM, I'd say. However, I'd say Brazil is my favourite Gilliam film (not including the Crimson Permanent Assurance :p)


"Be excellent to each other." :cool:
Party on, dude! :cool: :)

Evil Dead 2
Dark Crystal
Labrynth
Legend
Jedi
Mysic Pizza
Teen Witch

I'll think of more.

Speaking of movies from the 80's. Scarface has not aged well.

Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Ghostbusters I
Ghostbusters II
MacGyver (isn't a movie, but still...)

What, no Top Gun? :confused:

GOOOOOOSSE!


It's a guilty pleasure. :( :)

What no Top Gun? :confused:

GOOOOOOSSE!

Well, I already had a Val Kilmer selection up there...and Val Kilmer with a sword is way sexier than a Val Kilmer in a flight suit...

That being said, I am sad to not have included Labyrinth and Top Gun. :(

Breakfast Club


How is it possible to like that crime against film?

Transformers: The Movie (best movie ever made)
Aliens
Predator
The Terminator
ROBOCOP!!! Dead or alive, you're coming with me...
Risky Business
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
GREMLINS!!!
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2


Wow. Thinking back on it, the '80s were pretty awesome.

How is it possible to like that crime against film?

Ally Sheedy.

What, no Top Gun? :confused:

GOOOOOOSSE!


It's a guilty pleasure. :( :)

Oh good, my jaw was starting to drop lower the farther I went down the thread. I'm also going to go ahead and throw out "Lethal Weapon"...Well, I liked it.

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. Return of the Jedi
3.Scarface
4.Predator
5. Bill and Ted
6. Gremlins
7.Ghostbusters

What, no Top Gun? :confused:

GOOOOOOSSE!


It's a guilty pleasure. :( :)
Heh, Top Gun. As Val Kilmer said when asked about his first gay role (in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), "I think many people think Top Gun was my first gay role".

Clue
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Short Circuit
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Lucas
Howard the Duck
The Goonies
Back To the Future

How is it possible to like that crime against film?Because it was a fantastic movie.

Because it was a fantastic movie.

Also, because it has Ally Sheedy.

Damn, the 80´s were uber awesome indeed.

Best music, best movies, best hair styles. Damn, even Michael Jackson was human.

I don't know why anyone liked "The Empire Strikes Back." Seriously...that was one of the most boring movies I've ever watched. Everytime I watch it I struggle to get through the entire thing. Horrible, really.

Anyway, in no particular order:

1. Honey I Shrunk The Kids, even if its cheesy.
2. Back to the Future
3. Back to the Future Part Two
4. Back to the Future Part Three
5. Amadeus.

My Dinner with Andre.

It'd take too long to come up with an adequate list, but my favorite 80s movie is Blade Runner.

I think the 80s were the golden age of movies.

In no order, just amazing movies:

1. The Blues Brothers
2. Ferris Bueller's day off
3. Back to the Future
4. Airplane
5. Aliens
6. Terminator
7. Predator
8. Lone Wolf McQuade
9. Gremlins
10. Beverly Hills Cop

I can't believe the best movie EVER has not been mentioned yet.

One word: CADDYSHACK

"This is the worst lookin' hat I ever saw. You buy a hat like this I'll bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh? Oh, it looks good on you, though!"

even though I'm a huge star wars fan, I have to agree that Empire strikes back was the worst of the trilogy. btw, I was only born on 1992:) Still, my dad is from the 80s, so I've seen alot of the movies (and liked most of them, especially Return of the Jedi and Bullers day off)

And Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Best film of my childhood.

My thoughts exactly. Whe I was four years old, I memorised the entire script. Heh, I watched that movie almost every day, along with old Rocky & Bullwinkle episodes.

As for the list as a whole? Well, let's get right to it.


Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Star Wars V and VI
Back to the Future movies
Farris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Ghostbusters
Conan the Barbarian
Club Paradise (a lot of people hate it, though for all the wrong reasons...)
Star Trek movies
The Goonies (HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUUYS!)


And many others. I'm not going to go into that much detail, people. :p

even though I'm a huge star wars fan, I have to agree that Empire strikes back was the worst of the trilogy. btw, I was only born on 1992:) Still, my dad is from the 80s, so I've seen alot of the movies (and liked most of them, especially Return of the Jedi and Bullers day off)

Empire, the worst of the series? Are you on crack?

The 90's thread got me all nostalgic about my childhood in the 80's.

What're your favorite 10 movies from the 1980's?

1. Star Wars V (although I was too little to have seen it in theaters)
2. Ghostbusters
3. Willow
4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
5. Batman
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Amadeus
8. Ladyhawke (Rutger Hauer on horseback ftw!)
9. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
10. the He-Man and She-Ra movie (can't remember the title, but I watched it every day after I got home from school).

Anyone else care to share?


You watched She-Ra? I was insane about that!

Is it just me, or do the same movies keep showing up on everyone's lists?

Blues Brothers
Ghostbusters
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A Christmas Story
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Big
Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind

Is it just me, or do the same movies keep showing up on everyone's lists?

A lot of these movies are almost universally liked, or even loved... And for good reason.

The wouldn't really be top 10 movies if they only showed up on one or two lists.

Goonies was like the perfect adventure movie for kids in the 80´s. I was born in 83 and loved watching it.

Talking about kid´s movies, Neverending story was quite cool when I was a kid.

Talking about kid´s movies, Neverending story was quite cool when I was a kid.

Oh shit, I forgot to put that one on my list...

Wow, I'm the only one who said scarface.

Is it just me, or do the same movies keep showing up on everyone's lists?

Becuase they are very good movies. They wouldn't be if only a few people liked them.

More than 10, but here's the best I can think of from the '80s:

The Shining
Bladerunner
Goodfellas
Aliens
Full Metal Jacket
Terminator
Wings of Desire
Betty Blue
Brazil
Raging Bull
Caddyshack
National Lampoon's Vacation
Blues Brothers
Dawn/Day of the Dead
Evil Dead series
Das Boot
The Meaning of Life
Ghostbusters
Dead men don't wear plaid
This is Spinal Tap
Indiana Jones
Once upon a time in America (director's cut)
Repo Man
Akira
Die Hard
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Come and See
The Quiet Earth
The Hitcher
Jean de Florette
A Better Tomorrow

The Blues Brothers
Time Bandits
After Hours
Repo Man
Blade Runner
Strange Brew
Nice Dreams
The Changeling
The Road Warrior
Tron

Tron sucks.

Almost tempted to make two separate lists, for the movies I loved during the 80's, and the ones I love now. But I won't. I'm gonna go with the childhood favorites that I still love.

The Lost Boys
The Goonies
The Neverending Story
Weird Science (Yeah, that's right. I said it.)
Friday the 13th (any of them, really)
Hellraiser
Nightmare on Elm Street (basically, I'm a sucker for 80's horror, period)
Ghostbusters
Blade Runner
Terminator
Willow
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

I realize that's more than 10, but it could be expanded on into near infinity. 80's movies rock my socks off. All the way off. Hell, they rocks my socks off so hard they actually put themselves in the hamper.

Tron sucks.

Not be a grammar nazi about it, but no, I do believe that it's properly spelled, 't-r-o-l-l-s-s-u-c-k'.

Troll.

Not be a grammar nazi about it, but no, I do believe that it's properly spelled, 't-r-o-l-l-s-s-u-c-k'.

Troll.

Get off my bridge, human!

There's no way I can limit myself to naming just 10.

The Breakfast Club
Heathers
Willow
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Star Wars VI
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
The Princess Bride
Footloose
Dirty Dancing

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I'm impressed so many people mentioned Willow. I loved that movie when I was a kid. I developed my first ever crush on Val Kilmer. I used to pretend I was Sorsha.

not in any order

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire strikes back
Wargames (nerd! nerd!)
Full Metal Jacket
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Meaning of Life
Blade Runner
...

i'll add another couple later

Also, because it has Ally Sheedy.That, too.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?Shit, I forgot this one.

I also give an honorable mention to Maximum Overdrive.

Sorry to be fickle but Goodfellas was release 1990 - although it is truely amazing.

Folks have forgotten Big Trouble in Little China ------ i loved that

"Its like old Jack burton says - its all in the reflexes....."

Aliens
Wrath of Khan
The Thing

...And some others that I'm too damn lazy to think of.

Stand By Me.

dark crystal (henson and oz) favorite movie of all time
ghandi
alegro non tropo
buckaroo bonasai in the 8th dimention
dark star
all of the star trek and star wars movies released during that period (3each)
the celery stalk that ate seatle
attack of the killer tomatoes
krull
never ending story
the secret policeman's other ball, the meaning of liff, and now for something completely different.
oh yah, willow, diffinately willow, and several more i can't remember the name of.
jacob andrews.
these arn't just my favorites, but just about all i can remember the names of that i can remeber having considered worth the effort and the price to go see and that i actualy did.
i can only think of two or three that i actualy saw (not mentioned above) and would have prefered not to.
these are in no particular order other then the first two.

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Sorry to be fickle but Goodfellas was release 1990 - although it is truely amazing.

Folks have forgotten Big Trouble in Little China ------ i loved that

"Its like old Jack burton says - its all in the reflexes....."
Some good movies spilled over into the very early 90s too.