What are your favorite movies of the 80's?

[DC/Marvelfan]

Alot of really good movies came out of the 80's, even if they didn't get four or even three stars, they have become greatly loved. Then there were those that did get alot of attention.

Mine...

BATMAN

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

INDIANA JONES and THE LAST CRUSADE

The Goonies

Gremlins

Uncle Buck

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

[Shostie]

Let's not forget the John Hughes goodness that is Breakfast Club and Weird Science.

[Dreadstar]

Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, stuff like that.

[Slam_Bradley]

Raging Bull.

[Schornforce]

My top 10 80's films:

1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2. Little Shop of Horrors
3. Transformers the Movie
4. The Great Muppet Caper
5. The Little Mermaid
6. The Goonies
7. Labyrinth
8. The Dark Crystal
9. Gremlins
10. The Muppets Take Manhattan

...can you sense I like movies with puppetry and cartoons? :D

[Shellhead]

Aliens
The Road Warrior
The Thing
Terminator
The Killer
Heathers
Brazil
Ran
Die Hard
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Big
A Chinese Ghost Story
Ghostbusters
The Shining

[Karl H]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.


That is all.

[BoosterBronze]

Labrynth.

There was a point I was in real bad shape emotionally several years ago, and I started watching Labrynth daily. I would get home and pop it in.

I'm no scientist, but I think Labrynth could be marketed as a cure for depression. Such a beutiful, fun, and multilayered film.

[comicartfan]

Top Ten favorites of the 80's
1.Raiders of the Lost Ark
2.Stripes
3.Trading Places
4.Ghostbusters
5.Superman 2
6.Empire Strikes Back
7.Terminator
8. Mad Max
9.The Outsiders
10.Friday the 13th part 3 in 3-D!

[Toku King]

In no order.

Transformers: The Movie
Terminator
Aliens
Predator
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
Empire Strikes Back
Princess Bride
Return of the Jedi
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Goonies
The Great Muppet Caper
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Batman
Laberynth

[Thorlief]

Big trouble in Little China, Indiana Jones 1-2-3, Tootsie, Weird Science, Ghostbusters, Predator, The hunt for the Red October

I'm probably forgetting some

[SPAfreak]

Eleven posts and no one mentions The Princess Bride?

Inconceivable.

[jesse_custer]

Not a big fan of the 1980s movie decade, but the awesome movies it actually produced turned out to be very, very awesome:

Raging Bull
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Elephant Man
Empire Strikes Back
The Killer
Akira
Brazil
Die Hard
The Untouchables

Also, Conan the Barbarian, while not one of the greatest films or anything, kicks a lot of ass. It saddens me to think that some people believe the new Conan film should have 300-esque battle sequences. May God not have mercy on your wayward souls.

[StoneGold]

Also, Conan the Barbarian, while not one of the greatest films or anything, kicks a lot of ass. It saddens me to think that some people believe the new Conan film should have 300-esque battle sequences. May God not have mercy on your wayward souls.

This statement confuses me, if only because most of the stuff in 300 seemed to be a cinematic evolution of the fight at the place of the gods. I can only imagine if Millius had the technology available at the time, it would have been more like 300. Unless you were just talking specifically about the CG artificiality of it?

[jesse_custer]

This statement confuses me, if only because most of the stuff in 300 seemed to be a cinematic evolution of the fight at the place of the gods. I can only imagine if Millius had the technology available at the time, it would have been more like 300. Unless you were just talking specifically about the CG artificiality of it?

First, let me say that I thought the visuals in 300 were great and the best part about the movie (unfortunately, everything else was average or below average; as Alan Moore pointed out, 300 isn't even one of Miller's best works).

Second, one of the reasons why the visuals worked so well in 300 is because they emulated the simple themes of the film: glory, honor, fighting for your homeland, etc. Conan the Barbarian had no such pretension, and no Conan film should have themes of this kind. Therefore, having such visuals would not only be ripping off 300, but it would also mishmash with something that's supposed to be dirty and brutal and unglorified, like an unbathed barbarian who has sex with witches while eating children and goats (and half goat/half child hybrids).

This isn't to say that violence isn't enjoyable in Conan the Barbarian. It is. But the visual style of the film should fit the thematic material, and 300's visuals would do Conan injustice.

[DDM]

Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy:

Return of the Living Dead
Alien
Aliens
Night of the Comet
The Stuff
Fright Night
Poltergeist
Tron
The Thing
The Dark Crystal

Comedy:

Ghostbusters
Mr. Mom
Gremlins
The Goonies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper


Drama:

Wargames

[Slam_Bradley]

I was poking around IMDB and there are 35 plus movies from 1980-89 that I've seen umpteen times, but will still go out of my way to see again and again.

Top of the list (alphabetically) are

Blade Runner
Die Hard
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[The Zapper]

One Crazy Summer

[Domo Goddess]

1. Sleepaway Camp
2. Sleepaway Camp 2
3. Happy Birthday to Me
4. Screamtime

[J. Robb]

A favourite I haven't seen mentioned yet: Better Off Dead

Never gets old for me.

[LordEd1976]

Transformers the Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
Ladyhawke
Blade Runner
the Indiana Jones trilogy
Return of the Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
Wall Street
Princess Bride
Buckaroo Banzai
Batman
Superman II
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Aliens
Terminator
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Star Trek 4: the Voyage Home

[Beamish]

What, no Sixteen Candles fans?

[rick]

My Twenty Favorite Films from the 1980’s

Honestly I didn’t think that the 1980’s was really the best decade for movies. It was an era were utter garbage like Top Gun, Flashdance and Footloose were all considered classics, and the most popular director was John Hughes.

Still any decade has some good films and even a couple of greats.

My Top 20 choices, in no particular order.


1. Repo Man

2. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

3. Brazil

4. Kagemusha

5. Excalibur

6. Time Bandits

7. The Last Temptation of Christ

8. The Dead Zone

9. Knightrider

10. Die Hard

11. The Meaning of Life

12. Zelig

13. Once Upon a Time in America

14. Prince of Darkness

15. Reds

16. Hairspray

17. Day of the Dead

18. History of the World Part One

19. A Fish Called Wanda

20. Eating Raoul

[Motormouse]

Ohhhhhh, favorite 80's movies. I'll try and keep this short.
INPO
Can't Buy Me Love
A Nightmare On Elm Street
A Nightmare On Elm Street: Dream Warriors
Aliens
The Thing
Porky's
The Wanderers (70's but I only discovered it in the 80's)
The Warriors (as above)
Animal House (as above)
Tron
Beat Street
Lucas
Lost Boys
Strand By Me
Weird Science
My Science Project
Christine
Back To The Future
Top Gun
Empire & Jedi
Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
The Last Star Fighter
Rocky 3
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator
Conan The Barbarian
Poltergeist
The Untouchables
Predator
Jesus, the list is just endless, i'm gonna stop here, but there are a lot more that should be on this list!:rolleyes:

[jwd]

A few off the top of my head -

Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future
Goonies
Sixteen Candles
Die Hard
Terminator

[Christopher Cross Is God]

My favorite movies from the 80's would be:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator
Trading Places
The Road Warrior
Conan the Barbarian
Christine
Full Metal Jacket
Gandhi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future


I also liked Platoon, Predator, Die Hard, and A Fish Called Wanda, but I can't really enjoy watching these nowadays, especially compared to how I enjoyed them before. Guess they didn't hold up over time for me......I would say the same about the Star Wars & Star Trek films from the 80's.

[Motormouse]

How could i forget.........

Better Of Dead:cool:
Just One Of The Guys

[Karl H]

Can't believe no one has mentionned the 2 80's comedy gems that are:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation

[Angry_Guy]

October 15, 1981: Evil Dead

[Bo-Man]

1. Batman
2. Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back
3. Superman II
4. Star Wars: Return of The Jedi
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
6. The Terminator
7. The Road Warrior
8. Indiana Jones: Raiders of The Lost Ark
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Beetlejuice
11. The Fly
12. Back To The Future
13. Revenge of The Nerds
14. Police Academy (some films others meh)
15. Tron

[Thorlief]

Can't believe no one has mentionned the 2 80's comedy gems that are:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation

I can believe it, at least in my case

[SnowTrooper]

Die Hard
Beverly Hills Cop(1 and 2)
The Breakfast Club
Christmas Vacation
Aliens
Predator
Weird Science
Poltergeist
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
Halloween II

[Zero Hunter]

The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
Caddyshack
Fletch
Stripes
Beverly Hills Cop
48 Hours

Remember when former SNL members made good movies?

[Zero Hunter]

And a quick props to one of my favorite Kurt Russel movies.....Used Cars.

[1WEBHEAD]

Anything that has Star Wars in it's name
Back to the Future
The Breakfast club
Die Hard

[jessecuster3]

I was poking around IMDB and there are 35 plus movies from 1980-89 that I've seen umpteen times, but will still go out of my way to see again and again.

Top of the list (alphabetically) are

Blade Runner
Die Hard
Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark.

What are you slumming?


Untouchables has to be added just for the "Odessa steps" sequence. Oh yeah also a David Mamet screenplay.


Raging Bull is easily the #1, it has got to be in the top 20 of all time.


Also, House of Games, Color of Money, Big Easy, Full Metal Jacket.

[Black Atom]

A few:

Tron
Back to the Future
Top Gun
Breakin'
The Little Mermaid
Batman
Naked Gun
The Wizard
The Fox and the Hound
Airplane!
The Empire Strikes Back
Risky Business
The Last Dragon
The Karate Kid I, II
Return of the Jedi
Bloodsport
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

[ultramandingo]

......off the top of my head- and dvd collection
buckaroo banzai
return of the living dead
ran
day of the dead
blood simple
razing arizona
raging bull
blue velvet
pee wees big adventure
the thing
escape from ny
road warior
near dark
time bandits
repo man
scanners
american wearwolf in london
shining
full metal jacket
time bandits
videodrome
dead zone
once apon a time in america
silence of the lambs
der terminator
the hiden
rivers edge
blade runer
evil dead 1 n 2
the fly
brazil
king of comedy
heathers
aliens
das boot
to live and die in la
stranger than paradise
spinal tap
plus all that hong kong stuff - project a , a better tomorrow , mr vampire , chinese ghost story ect.
....the 80s ruled! - back before focus groups, cgi, eli roth and the internet