Favorite 80s Movie(s)

[Lei K]

I'm somewhat of an 80s geek when it comes to music and movies. Name the best movie(s), in your opinion, of that decade and tell why you chose em.

[Vanguard]

Karate Kid
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones

I can't think of specific reasons, but I found these films very entertaining and define my view of the 80's.

I also like cult classics like Pee Wee's Big Adventure and The Wizard, but mainly because they "take me back".

[tikiyaki]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, of course....Aloha Mr Hand....

[mel]

Some of my favorite scifi movies of all time came out in the 1980s....

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
2. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Star Wars VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983)

- three GREAT movies that define the genre of that decade for me.

Not too far behind...

4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - the best of the Star Trek movies.
5. E.T. (1982) - one of the most charming scifi movies ever.
6. Aliens (1986) - sequel to 1979's original Ridley Scott movie; good action.
7. Blade Runner (1982) - a dark, moody and grim future and what we are probably moving to....
8. Starman (1984) - one of the better scifi movies with a romantic twist to it.
9. Splash (1984) - a funny comedy about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid. I guess this can be scifi since there is a lunatic scientist involved and mermaids are purely legend or speculative at best.
10. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (1989) - Sean Connery was a definite plus in this outing.

Other movies...

Romancing the Stone (1984)
Footloose (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Top Gun (1986)

[Konaguy]

I think a lot of my favorite 80s movies have been mentioned.But what about

Beverly Hills Cop I & II
RoboCop I & II
Code of Silence
Trading Places
Fletch
Ghostbusters
Stakeout
Lethal Weapon I & II
Above the Law

[modpirate]

All the obvious ones already mentioned, but I wanted to add my personal favorite, The Lost Boys. Greatest vampire movie EVER.

[Lei K]

A lot of the movies mentioned already I love.

Also...

The Goonies (CLASSIC!) Great cast, I love Data, 00negative, lol!

Clue (I love Tim Curry!!!)

When I play the game I'm always Ms. Scarlet, in the movie Mrs. White owned it. Madeline Kahn was hilarious! I love all of her lines.

One of my favorite exchanges...

Colonel Mustard: How many husbands have you had?
Mrs. White: Mine or other women's?
Colonel Mustard: Yours.
Mrs. White: Five.
Colonel Mustard: Five?
Mrs. White: Yes, just the five. Husbands should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.
Colonel Mustard: You lure men to their deaths like a spider with flies.
Mrs. White: Flies are where men are most vulnerable.
Colonel Mustard: Right!

:p

Quite obviously from my actions on another thread I'm also very fond of The Princess Bride. :D

[cezanne]

My memory is weak at the moment so Im just sponging off what's listed so far with random quotes

Top Gun "No there's two O's in Goose"
Beverly Hills Cop "We're not falling for he banana in the tailpipe trick"
48 Hours "I'm your worst nightmare...I'm a niggah with a badge!"
Animal House "That boy is a P-I-G pig!"
Down and Out in Beverly Hills "Matisse! Matisse!"

Lots more tho...

[mel]

All of the ones I mentioned previously I either have them on DVD or a few VHS tapes. Some were originally on Beta too! Adding to my list and which I also have on DVD:

more sci-fi

Cocoon
Cocoon The Return
Short Circuit
Enemy Mine
The Terminator
The Terminator 2
Coneheads
Poltergeist
The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome


Haven't gotten around to getting the DVDs

War Games
Back to the Future
Ladyhawke
Excalubar
The Final Countdown
Krull
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
The Abyss
Legend
Red Dawn
Threads
Christine

I like scifi, so the above titles had to be listed... in addition I also have and enjoy

Rain Man (came out in 1989)
Passenger 57
Goodmorning Vietnam
My Cousin Vinney
The Karate Kid
Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf 2 (on double DVD for $5.50 @ Walmart)
Coal Miner's Daughter
La Bamba

The good thing about 80s movies, many of them have aged well and can be found at the Walmart bargain DVD bins for $7.50 or less. I have a bunch that I bought from the $5.50 bin.

[blueyecicle]

No one has mentioned "The Princess Bride??":eek:
Or the oringinal Carrie

[blueyecicle]

My memory is weak at the moment so Im just sponging off what's listed so far with random quotes

Top Gun "No there's two O's in Goose"
Beverly Hills Cop "We're not falling for he banana in the tailpipe trick"
48 Hours "I'm your worst nightmare...I'm a niggah with a badge!"
Animal House "That boy is a P-I-G pig!"
Down and Out in Beverly Hills "Matisse! Matisse!"

Lots more tho...

Just for the Animal House....I live in Springfield which is a stones throw from Cottage Grove, Oregon where Animal House was filmed....they still every year have a HUGE Toga Party to celebrate tha movie....FYI.:D

[Lei K]

No one has mentioned "The Princess Bride??":eek:
Or the oringinal Carrie


I did! I did! Gooooo look again. LOL! Can't forget farmboy. :D

[Mike_Lowery]

Bueller, 16 Candles

[cezanne]

No one has mentioned "The Princess Bride??":eek:
Or the oringinal Carrie

Man I forgot to put Princess Bride on my list too... "Thath inconthievable!"

OT Blueyecicle check yer pm plz... danke.

[craigwatanabe]

Although it didn't come out in the 80's this movie is reminiscent of that era: The Wedding Singer. That movie just pulled it all together with the actors, soundtrack and of course...THE HAIR!!:D

[Hilo Artist]

Vision Quest- Go Lauden Swain!
Stallone's Rocky and Rambo
The Last Dragon
Breakfast Club
No Mans Land- Charlie Sheen
Outsiders
Road House
Offiicer and a Gentleman
Wisdom - Demi Moore and Emilio Estevez
Blue Lagoon & Endless Love- reminds me of high school girlfriend
Anything George Lucas!
Karate Kid 1 & 2
Hawaii based movies- Aloha Summer & North Shore
Japanese movie- Shogun's Ninja- starring Sanada Hiroyuki
Blood Sport- Jean Claud Van Dam

80's seemed like a decade of movies that were timeless!

[alohabear]

Weird Science
The Last American Virgin
Stand By Me
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
Less Than Zero
The Sure Thing
Say Anything
River's Edge
Blue Velvet
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2


Just to name a few...I saw a lot of movies in the 80's

[mel]

Adding "The Last Emperor" to this list. The movie was an academy award winner that came out in 1987. Great film about the last days of Chinese dynastic rule.

[Hellbent]

when i got married last year i tried to get my wife to go along with finding a preacher who would speak with a lisp
mawwage, lawv, twue lawv.... :)
she didnt go for it

[TATTRAT]

LOL!was that Spaceballs, lol


Time Bandits
Labyrinth
Temple Of Doom
Dark Crystal
48 Hours
Die hard
Big
Full Metal Jacket
Big Trouble in Little China
Golden Child
Good Fellas
Better Off Dead
Weird Science
Breakfast Club
FTARH
Airplane
Aliens
Superman
The Deep
Abyss
Coming to America
The Money Pit
...

[DannyWilliams]

:confused:

Strange this is Favorite Movies of the 80's right?


Hate to be POINTING fingers folks cuz I am seeing listings of faves that came out in the 70's and 90's folks:D

There is a site called IMDB ya know


sooooooo not to repeat a fave already listed I am throwin in a gem and I would die happy if I the soundtrack ever got re-released is......

THE PIRATE MOVIE



yes something about that Kristy McNichol number keeps buzzing in my head

[kdramafan]

1. Streets Of Fire
2. Eddie And The Cruisers
3. Little Shop of Horrors - Remake 1986

[cezanne]

:confused:

Strange this is Favorite Movies of the 80's right?


Hate to be POINTING fingers folks cuz I am seeing listings of faves that came out in the 70's and 90's folks:D

There is a site called IMDB ya know


sooooooo not to repeat a fave already listed I am throwin in a gem and I would die happy if I the soundtrack ever got re-released is......

THE PIRATE MOVIE



yes something about that Kristy McNichol number keeps buzzing in my head

Animal House (1978) sorry

[na alii]

Gotcha
Adventures of Babysitting

[alohabear]

:confused:

Strange this is Favorite Movies of the 80's right?


Hate to be POINTING fingers folks cuz I am seeing listings of faves that came out in the 70's and 90's folks:D

There is a site called IMDB ya know


sooooooo not to repeat a fave already listed I am throwin in a gem and I would die happy if I the soundtrack ever got re-released is......

THE PIRATE MOVIE



yes something about that Kristy McNichol number keeps buzzing in my headHow about The Ice Pirates? Mary Crosby.....yummm!

Also anything with Betsy Russell and Phoebe Cates(Private School)

[DannyWilliams]

How about The Ice Pirates? Mary Crosby.....yummm!

Also anything with Betsy Russell and Phoebe Cates(Private School)


I do remember those movies via HBO when I used to have the service while living in Hawaii.....

At least ICE PIRATES is avail on DVD

PRIVATE SCHOOL is n/a at the moment when I last checked :(

[na alii]

8 Million Ways to Die
9 to 5
10 to Midnight
100 Ways To Murder Your Wife
18 Again
3 'O Clock High
48 Hrs
9½ Weeks
About Last Night
Abyss
The Accused
Action Jackson
Adventures In Babysitting
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Aenigma
After Hours
Against All Odds
Akira
Always
Airplane
All About Ah Long
The Allnighter
All of Me
All The Right Moves
Aliens
Altered States
Amadeus
Amazon Women On The Moon
American Gigolo
American Scream
American Flyers
American Werewolf
Angel
Annie
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Apple
April Fools Day
Arthur
Autumn's Tale, An
Avenging Force
Baby Boom
Back To School
Back To The Beach
Back To The Future
Back To The Future II
Bachelor Party
Bad Boys
Bad Taste
Band of the Hand
Batman
Battle Beyond the Stars
Beastmaster
Beat Street
Beetlejuice
Best of The Best
Best Little Wh*rehouse in Texas
Best Seller
Better Off Dead
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
The Beyond
Big
Big Business
The Big Chill
The Big Easy
Big Shots
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill & Ted's Exc. Adventure
The Black Cat
Black Rain
Black Widow
Blade Runner
Blame It On The Night
Blind Date
The Blob
Bloodsport
Blow Out
Blue Lagoon
Blue Thunder
Blue Velvet
Blues Brothers
BMX Bandits
Body Beat
Body Double
Body Heat
Born on the 4th July
The Boy who could fly
Brainstorm
Brazil
The Breakfast Club
Breakin' [Breakdance]
Breakin' 2:
Electric Boogaloo
Breathless
Brewster's Millions
Brotherhood Of Justice
Bull Durham
The Burbs
Caddyshack
Can't Buy Me Love
Casualties of War
Catholic Boys
Casual Sex?
Cat's Eye
A Certain Sacrifice
Cherry 2000
Children of the Corn
Child's Play
The Chipmunk Adventure
Chorus Line, A
Christine
Christmas Story, A
Circuitry Man
City of the Living Dead
City on Fire
Class
Class of 1984
Clue
Cobra
Cocktail
Cocoon
Color of Money
The Color Purple
Coming To America
Commando
Communion
Conan the Barbarian
CondorMan
Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court
Contraband
Creepers
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Critters
Crocodile Dundee
Crossing Delancey
Crossroads
Crystal Heart
Dance Academy
Dance 'til Dawn
Dangerous Liaisons
The Dark Crystal
Darkman
D.A.R.Y.L.
Day of the Dead
Deadly Friend
Dead Heat
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Poet's Society
Dead Zone
Death Wish 2
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 4
Delta Force
Desperately Seeking Susan
Detective School Dropouts
Die Hard
Diner
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Disorderlies
Doctor Detroit
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Don't Tell Her It's Me
Do the Right Thing
Double Switch
Dr. Alien
The Dragon that Wasn't
Dream a Little Dream
Dream to Believe
Dreamscape
Driving Miss Daisy
Drugstore Cowboy
Earth Girls are Easy
Easy Money
Eating Raoul
Eddie & The Cruisers
Edge of Sanity
Electric Dreams
The Elephant Man
ELVIRA, Mistress Of..
Elvis & Me
Empire Strikes Back
The Entity
Escape from New York
E.T.
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
Explorers
The Exterminator
The Fabulous Stains
Fame
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Fatal Attraction
Fear City
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Field of Dreams
Firestarter
First Blood
Fish Called Wanda, A
The Flamingo Kid
Flashdance
Flash Gordon
Fletch
Flight of The Navigator
Flowers in The Attic
The Fly
For Keeps
The Fog
Footloose
For Your Eyes Only
Frankenweenie
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th part II
Fright Night
From Beyond
Full Metal Jacket
F/X
The Gate
Gates Of Hell
Gandhi -New
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Ghost Writer
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Girls Of Summer
Gleaming the Cube
Glory
Going Undercover
Golden Child
Good Morning, Vietnam
Goonies
Gotcha!
Grandview, USA
Grease II
Great Balls of Fire
Great Mouse Detective
Gregory's Girl
Gremlins
HairSpray
Halloween II
Happy Together
Hardbodies
Heathers
Heaven Help Us
Heavenly Kid
Hello Again
Hellraiser
Hiding Out
Highlander
Hills Have Eyes II
The Hitcher
House
House II
House By The Cemetary
House of Games
Howard The Duck
The Howling
The Hunger
Ice Pirates
Igor and the Lunatics
Illegally Yours
I'm gonna get you Sucka
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Inferno
InnerSpace
Into the Night
Iron Eagle
Irreconcilable Differences
Jack's Back
Johnny Dangerously
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Just One Of The Guys
K-9
Kansas
Karate Kid
Karate Kid Part II
The Killer
Killer Klowns From Outer
Space
The King of Comedy
The Kiss
Krull
Krush Groove
Labyrinth
Ladyhawke
Lady in White
Land Before Time
Last American Virgin
The Last Dragon
The Last Starfighter
The Last Unicorn
Lean on Me
Legend
Legend of Billie Jean
Less than Zero
Lethal Weapon
Licence to Kill
License To Drive
Lifeforce
Light Of Day
Like Father, Like Son
Lisa
Listen to me
Little Darlings
The Little Mermaid
Little Monsters
Little Shop of Horrors
Live and Die in LA
The Living Daylights
The Lonely Lady
Loose Cannons
Lost Boys
Loverboy
Lucas
Mad Max 2
Mad Max 3
Making Mr. Right
Making the Grade
Manhunter
Mannequin
Man with One Red Shoe
Man with Two Brains
Married to the Mob
Mask
Masquerade
Masters of the Universe
Mausoleum
Maximum Overdrive
The Meaning of Life
The Mean Season
Meatballs
Micki & Maude
Midnight Madness
Midnight Run
Millennium
Miracles
Mischief
Mississippi Burning
Modern Girls
The Money Pit
Monkey Shines
The Monster Squad
Moon Over Parador
Monty Python
MoonWalker
Moving Violations
Mr. Mom
Muppets Take Manhattan
My Best Friend
is a Vampire
My Bodyguard
My Mom's a Werewolf
My Science Project
My Stepmother is an Alien
Mystic Pizza
Naked Gun
Name Of The Rose
The Naples Connection
Nat. Lampoons Vacation
Near Dark
Neon Maniacs
Never Ending Story
Never Ending Story II
Never Say Never Again
The New York Ripper
The Night Before
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare on Elm Street II
Nighthawks
Night Of The Comet
Night Of The Creeps
Night Of The Demons
Night Shift
Nine to Five
No Man's Land -New
No Retreat, No Surrender
No Retreat, No Surrender 2
North Shore
No Way Out
Oliver & Company
Once Bitten
One Crazy Summer
One Dark Night
One from the Heart
Options
Ordinary People
Outrageous Fortune
Outsiders
Overboard
Over The Top
Oxford Blues
Paperhouse
Pass The Ammo
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Pennies From Heaven
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Phenomena
The Pick-Up Artist -New
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Pirate Movie
Plain Clothes
Planes, Trains &
Automobiles
Platoon
Playing for Keeps
Police Academy
Poltergeist
Poltergeist II
Poltergeist III
Porkys
Predator
Pretty In Pink
The Princess Bride
The Principal
Private Benjamin
Private School
Prom Night
Pulse
Purple Rain
Purple Rose of Cairo
Quest For Fire
Quiet Earth
Rachel Papers
Rad
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rain Man
Raise The Titanic
Raising Arizona
Rambo
Ratboy
Raw Deal
Re-Animator
Real Genius
Real Men
Reckless
Red Dawn
Reform School Girls
Remo Williams
Renegades
Repo Man
The Rescue
Return of The Jedi
Return Of The Living Dead
Return Of Living Dead II
Return to OZ
Revenge
Revenge of The Nerds
The Right Stuff
Risky Business
Road House
The Road Warrior
Robocop
Rock & Rule
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Romancing The Stone
Rose Petal Place
Roxanne
The Running Man
Running Scared
Rumble Fish
Ruthless People
Sakura Killers
Santa Claus: The Movie
Satisfaction
Savage Streets
Savannah Smiles
Say Anything
Scanners
Scarface
Screwballs
Secret Admirer
Secret of My Success
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Seems Like Old Times
The Sender
Seven Doors Of Death
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Shag: The Movie
Shanghai Surprise
She's Having A Baby
The Shining
Shock Treatment
Short Circuit
Silver Bullet
Sixteen Candles
Six Weeks
Slamdance
Sleepaway Camp
The Smuggler
Society
Solarbabies
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Something Wild
Somewhere In Time
Sorority Babes in Slimeball
Bowl-O-Rama
Soul Man
Southern Comfort
Spaceballs
Space Camp
Space Mutiny
Spinal Tap
Splash
Spring Break
Spring Fever
St. Elmo's Fire
Stakeout
Stand By Me
Starchaser: Legend of Orin
Starman
Star Trek II:
Star Trek III:
The search for Spock
Star Trek IV:
The Voyage Home
Staying Alive
Staying Together
Stewardess School
Stop Making Sense
Strange Brew
Streets of Fire
Stripes
The Stuff
Suburbia
Sudden Impact
Summer Rental
Summer School
Superman II
Superman III
Superman IV
Supergirl
The Sure Thing
Switching Channels
The Sword and the Sorcerer
T.A.P.S.
Teen Witch
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf Too
Tenebre
Tequila Sunrise
Terminator
Terms Of Endearment
Tex
Thief
Thief of Hearts
The Thing
They Live
This is Spinal Tap
Thrashin'
Three for the Road
Throw Momma From
The Train
Thunder Run
Time Bandits
Times Square
To live and Die in LA
Tokyo Pop
Tootsie
Trading Places
Trancers
Transformers: Movie
Tremors
Trick or Treat
Troll
Tron
Top Gun
Top Secret
Tough Guys
Toxic Avenger
Troop Beverly Hills
Tuff Turf
Turk 182!
Twilight Zone: Movie
Twins
Two Of A Kind
UHF
Uncle Buck
Uncommon Valor
Under The Cherry Moon
The Untouchables
Urban Cowboy
Used Cars
Valet Girls
Valley Girl
Vamp
Vibes
Vice Versa
Victor / Victoria
Videodrome
View to a Kill
Vision Quest
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Wall Street
WarGames
War Of The Roses
Watcher in the Woods
Weekend At Bernie's
Weird Science
Welcome to 18
When Harry Met Sally
White Dog
White Nights
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who's That Girl
The Wild Life
Willow
Winners Take All
Withnail and I
Without a Clue
Without a Trace
Witness
The Wizard
Wizard of Speed and Time
Wolfen
Woman In Red
Working Girl
The Worst Witch
Worth Winning
The Wraith
The Wrong Guys
Xanadu
Youngblood
Young Einstein
Young Guns
Young Sherlock Holmes
Zapped!
Zone Troopers

[acousticlady]

Wow! that's a lot of movies!

My personal favorites:

Real Genius - cause I actually knew a few people just like that,

and,

Young Einstein - cause I actually know a few people just like that :D

[buzz1941]

The one I watch over and over --- my first DVD purchase -- is "Local Hero."

[zff]

Hmm... "Ladyhawke" and "The Final Countdown" have already been mentioned. Ok, how about "The Gods Must Be Crazy"? That movie was HILARIOUS.