Best 80's movies

my list would be:

summer school
goonies
monster squad
bill and ted's excellent adventure
indiana jones and last crusade
raiders of the lost ark
indiana jones and the temple of doom
back to the future
back the future 2
back to the future 3
sixteen candles
breakfast club
wierd since
can't buy me love

All of those, plus:

3 O'Clock High
How I Got Into College
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

superdoug wrote:All of those, plus:

3 O'Clock High
How I Got Into College
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I forgot ferris shame on me.

i'd like to add:

rock and roll high school
soul man
star man

the shining
superman 2
batman
back to the future 1 and 2
the terminator
santa sangre
helraiser 1 and 2
nightmare on elm street 1 and 3

All your lists are FAIL because you did not mention, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. That is the greatest movie of the 80's and perhaps of all time.

On Golden Pond
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Indiana Jones flicks
Stars Wars ROTJ and ESB
Raging Bull
Witness
Field of Dreams
ET
Coal Miners Daughter

Ric Magnum wrote:All your lists are FAIL because you did not mention, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. That is the greatest movie of the 80's and perhaps of all time.

i forgot little trouble it is awesome.

kidspider2099 wrote:my list would be:
goonies
bill and ted's excellent adventure
indiana jones and last crusade
raiders of the lost ark
indiana jones and the temple of doom
back to the future
back the future 2
breakfast club
wierd science

superdoug wrote:Ferris Bueller's Day Off

prescribeddrone wrote:the shining
the terminator
nightmare on elm street 1 and 3

Ric Magnum wrote:All your lists are FAIL because you did not mention, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. That is the greatest movie of the 80's and perhaps of all time.

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Ghostbusters
Stars Wars ROTJ and ESB

These are on my list, as well as:
Friday the 13th: Parts I-IV, VI & VII.
Legend
Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Repo Man
Night of the Creeps
Night of the Comet
The Thing
Conan the Barbarian & Destroyer

...you know, we should do, like, ones that are listed more than a certain amount of times--say 3?--to from a master list of some sort for others to look at for reference, so that they can see those movies that they may be missing out on. That'd be neat. My Horror/Fantasy professor made a list for us and I'm still digging through it. Cool stuff. Just thought that might be a neat idea. Same for the 90's movie thread that I'm about to head over to. Food for thought.

Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
E.T.
Blade Runner
Amadeus
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Platoon
Trading Places
After Hours
The Color Purple
The Last Temptation of Christ
Wings of Desire
Do The Right Thing
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Robocop
Lethal Weapon
Down By Law
Mystery Train
Carpenter's 1982 remake of The Thing

Pretty in Pink
The Breakfast Club
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Legend
Hellraiser
The Lost Boys
Cujo

I love the 80's also and here are some that you guys forgot to mention and that I love watching.

The Last Dragon
Breakin
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo
Krush Groove
Pump Up The Volume
Heathers
Wierd Science
Purple Rain
Desperately Seeking Susan
Some Kind of Wonderful

Honorable Mentions:
Porkys
Risky Business
Just One of the Guys
The Karate Kid
St. Elmo's Fire
The Outsiders
Adventures in Babysitting (Thor's first apperance lol)
Beetlejuice
Stand by Me
Rocky IV

Debaser77 wrote:
Blade Runner
Gremlins
Platoon
Trading Places
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Definitely.

MillionDollarGeek wrote:I love the 80's also and here are some that you guys forgot to mention and that I love watching.

The Outsiders
Adventures in Babysitting (Thor's first appearance lol)
Beetlejuice
Stand by Me

Agreed.

Back To The Future III and Pump Up The Volume both came out in 1990! They do not belooooong!

No one mentioned these, so I will include them!

Better Off Dead
Real Genius
Clue
Airplane
Secret Admirer
Lethal Weapon 2 (the first was mentioned, but I've always preferred the second!)
One Crazy Summer
Vacation
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
A Christmas Story
Say Anything
Naked Gun
Aliens
The Toy (Richard Pryor dressed as Spider-Man!)
Creepshow (it has one of my favorite movie openings and endings ever! And I dare you not to get a chill when Leslie Nielson leaves Ted Danson on the beach buried up to his neck as the music starts playing!)
Heavy Metal!
C.H.O.M.P.S. (I haven't seen this since I was 6, but I remember thinking it was the ginchiest!)
Neverending Story
Cloak & Dagger
Flight of the Navigator
Innerspace
Romancing The Stone
Star Trek II (The best one, IMO!)
Remo Williams
Poltergeist! (The movie that scared the poop out of my 5 year old self!)
Rock & Rule
The Secret Of Nimh
Tron
D.A.R.Y.L.
Young Guns
Young Sherlock Holmes
Willow
Zapped! (you have to love those movies where the guy gets powers!)
Modern Problems (Another guy gets powers movie! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LIKE IT! *nose twitches*)
My Science Project (This is one people should see if they haven't, it's about a couple guys in high school who uncover a hidden power source for a space ship on an old military base. Time and space wackiness ensue! I'm always surprised how many people haven't heard of this one)
Short Circuit


Aaaaaah! I coud go on, but I should stop there!

Damn... I forgot to mention one awesome ass 80's movie that defined a whole generation of kids in America.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

ohh young sherlock holmes good choice that!

Nymn wrote:

Better Off Dead
Real Genius
Airplane
One Crazy Summer
Vacation
A Christmas Story
Say Anything
Naked Gun
Aliens
Creepshow
Heavy Metal!
Innerspace
Star Trek II
The Secret Of Nimh
Tron

Agreed on all these.

Other ones I forgot to add on my list:

Blood Simple
Raising Arizona

Say Anything is Iconic... Go out to your girlfriend's house, bring a boom box, put it over your head, and watch the magic happen.

Nymn wrote:Back To The Future III and Pump Up The Volume both came out in 1990! They do not belooooong!

No one mentioned these, so I will include them!

Vacation
Aliens
Creepshow (it has one of my favorite movie openings and endings ever! And I dare you not to get a chill when Leslie Nielson leaves Ted Danson on the beach buried up to his neck as the music starts playing!)
Heavy Metal!
Neverending Story
Flight of the Navigator
Innerspace
Poltergeist! (The movie that scared the poop out of my 5 year old self!)
Willow
Rock & Rule
My Science Project (This is one people should see if they haven't, it's about a couple guys in high school who uncover a hidden power source for a space ship on an old military base. Time and space wackiness ensue! I'm always surprised how many people haven't heard of this one)

Agreed, but with the last two. I still need to see them before I judge. Never heard of the last one, but the second to last kind of rings a bell.

MillionDollarGeek wrote:Damn... I forgot to mention one awesome ass 80's movie that defined a whole generation of kids in America.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

OMG! How did we screw that up?!

BlueMaxx wrote:
Agreed, but with the last two. I still need to see them before I judge. Never heard of the last one, but the second to last kind of rings a bell.

Rock & Rule is an animated movie about a post-apocolyptic future where humans are all gone and animals have evolved to become the dominant species. It's got some great 80's bands doing the music and the story and animation are really good. I recommend it!

My Science Project is one of those over-looked gems from the mid-80's. The story and effects are actually pretty good and it has some funny scenes in it.

And I can't believe I forgot Fast Times, too! But looking at my DVD collection, I noticed some more I didn't mention:

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Highlander!
Real Men
The Princess Bride
Caddyshack
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Last Unicorn
Dream A Little Dream
First Blood
Commando!
Electric Dreams
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Beverly Hills Cop II! (another sequel I preferred over the original)
Escape From New York! SNAAAAAKE!
Howard The Freakin' Duck!
Pink Floyd: The Wall! I had a strange obsession with this one when I first saw it!
Splash
Nate and Hayes! A great pirate movie starring Tommy Lee Jones and, uh...Danny Noonan from Caddyshack!
The Money Pit!
Excalibuuuurrrrr!
Explorers!
Teen Wolf! Brought to you by the one and only Jeph Loeb! How can you go wrong?!
Time Bandits!
They Live! Featuring one of the longest fist fights in movie history, I think!
Vice Versa! One of Judge Reinhold's best roles, IMO.

Goonies
The Thing
Wall Street
Amadeus
Transformers the Movie
The Blues Brothers
The Fly
Aliens
Raging Bull
Excalibur
Star Trek II
The Little Mermaid
The Elephant Man
Full Metal jacket
Scarface
Rain Man
Glory
The Color of Money

Seconded on The Fly, Glory, and The Princess Bride. I need to add those to my list too.

I was on an 80's movie binge a couple months ago.

Red Sonja
Space Camp
Monster Squad
Ice Pirates
Beastmaster
The Right Stuff
The 'burbs'


so many more I can't remember.

Aaaaaahhh, the Beastmaster! That one is great. Mark Singer at his best!

"This beast is fierce!"