Phaseknox Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I grew up in the 80s (I’m 52), and I watched a ridiculous amount of movies during that decade. The following are some of my favorites (in alphabetical order): Airplane! Aliens All of Me American Ninja An American Werewolf in London An Officer and a Gentleman Back to School Back to the Future Back to the Future Part II Bad Girls Batman Beaches Beverly Hills Cop Beverly Hills Cop II Big Big Business Bloodsport The Blue Lagoon The Breakfast Club Breaking All the Rules Bustin’ Loose Caddyshack Can’t Buy Me Love Christine A Christmas Story Clash of the Titans Cloak & Dagger Coal Miner’s Daughter Cocktail Coming to America Conan the Barbarian Conan the Destroyer Crocodile Dundee Crocodile Dundee II Cujo D.A.R.Y.L. The Dead Zone Die Hard Down and Out in Beverly Hills Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Enemy Mine Escape From New York E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Evil Dead 2 Excalibur Ferris Bueller’s Day Off First Blood Flash Gordon The Fly Footloose 48 Hrs. Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Gremlins Heathers The Hitcher The Howling Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Just One of the Guys The Karate Kid The Karate Kid Part II The Karate Kid Part III Kickboxer La Bamba The Last Dragon The Legend of Billie Jean Less Than Zero Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon 2 The Lonely Guy Lone Wolf McQuade Losin’ It The Lost Boys Lucas Mannequin The Man With Two Brains Mask Modern Problems The Naked Gun National Lampoon’s Vacation National Lampoon’s European Vacation National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation A Nightmare on Elm Street Night of the Comet 9 to 5 Ninja III: The Domination No Retreat, No Surrender No Retreat, No Surrender II Once Bitten The Outsiders Overboard Pet Semetary Planes, Trains & Automobiles Police Academy Poltergeist Popeye Porky’s Pretty in Pink The Princess Bride Private Resort Raiders of the Lost Ark Rain Man Red Sonja Repo Man Revenge of the Nerds Revenge of the Ninja Risky Business Road House RoboCop Rocky III Rocky IV Rumble Fish The Running Man Scanners The Secret of My Success Sixteen Candles Some Kind of Wonderful Splash Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Stir Crazy Summer School Superman II The Terminator Thrashin’ Three Amigos! Three O’Clock High Trading Places Tron Tuff Turf Turner & Hooch Twilight Zone - The Movie Wall Street WarGames Weird Science When Harry Met Sally Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Wizard Xanadu What are your favorite 80s movies? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I can't even get started with this, it'd be endless. I grew up with so much 80s cinema, it's obscene. One that always sticks in my mind as really 80s in all the best ways possible is The Hitcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I can't even get started with this, it'd be endless. I grew up with so much 80s cinema, it's obscene. Yeah, easily my favorite decade for movies. 9 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: One that always sticks in my mind as really 80s in all the best ways possible is The Hitcher. I knew that there were going to be some movies that I forgot to put on my list, and The Hitcher is one of them. Added! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Blade Runner Back to the Future Blame it on Rio Only B movies in the '80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Blade Runner I know that it might sound crazy since I’m a big sci-fi fan, but I didn’t really like Blade Runner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 All of them? I mean the 80's was great for movies but it wasn't my favorite decade. Probably third behind the 90's and 70's. I love a lot of movies from the 80's though but I'll keep this list tight. Lethal Weapon Robocop Predator Rocky Three The Empire Strikes Back The Thing The Goonies The Lost Boys Top Gun Raiders of the Lost Ark Blood Sport Above the Law Pretty much anything from Hong Kong in this decade Near Dark Aliens Beverly Hills Cop The Karate Kid 48 Hours The Golden Child Hollywood Shuffle Blade Runner Back to the Future Akira there's a TON more I'm forgetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: All of them? I mean the 80's was great for movies but it wasn't my favorite decade. Probably third behind the 90's and 70's. I love a lot of movies from the 80's though but I'll keep this list tight. Lethal Weapon Robocop Predator Rocky Three The Empire Strikes Back The Thing The Goonies The Lost Boys Top Gun Raiders of the Lost Ark Blood Sport Above the Law Pretty much anything from Hong Kong in this decade Near Dark Aliens Beverly Hills Cop The Karate Kid 48 Hours The Golden Child Hollywood Shuffle Blade Runner Back to the Future Akira there's a TON more I'm forgetting. Crazy thing is I just saw 48 Hours maybe last year? No idea how I managed that especially because it has Murphy in it and was made by Walter Hill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: Crazy thing is I just saw 48 Hours maybe last year? No idea how I managed that especially because it has Murphy in it and was made by Walter Hill. You know there's a sequel right? Another 48 Hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 For a long time back to the future was my favourite. Followed by ghostbusters. Of course Batman topped them when it came out but I feel like Batman is a 90s movie despite coming out in 1989. But I like most 80s movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 42 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: You know there's a sequel right? Another 48 Hours. I'm not really sure I liked it that much actually. I totally get what he was going for with Nick Nolte's character but I think he kind of overstepped the line to just being annoyingly over the top a bit too often for me. Like the near-constant peeling out with that Caddy to drive to every single location for some reason made me wanna punch him lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I'm not really sure I liked it that much actually. I totally get what he was going for with Nick Nolte's character but I think he kind of overstepped the line to just being annoyingly over the top a bit too often for me. Like the near-constant peeling out with that Caddy to drive to every single location for some reason made me wanna punch him lol He's a lot more likeable in the sequel, but yeah... he was an asshole. That movie was never supposed to be an action comedy. Originally Stallone was supposed to star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: He's a lot more likeable in the sequel, but yeah... he was an asshole. That movie was never supposed to be an action comedy. Originally Stallone was supposed to star. I will say though, I really liked the ending. I liked the kind of mutual understand and semi-respect level they reached and it felt surprisingly endearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 The Blood Of Hero's Night Of The Comet Repo Man My Science Project Day Of The Dead Creepshow Evil Dead Evil Dead 2 Thief Night Of The Creeps Return Of The Living Dead They Live From Beyond Halloween 3 Halloween 2 To Live And Die In LA Manhunter Martial Club Demons Hellraiser Hellraiser 2 Christine Prince Of Darkness Big Trouble In Little China Top Secret Videodrome Reanimator The Wraith Dreamscape Invaders From Mars The Blob The Gate Spaceballs The Hidden Weird Science 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 @Phaseknox One of the films on your list is from the 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, SimpleG said: The Blood Of Hero's Night Of The Comet Repo Man My Science Project Day Of The Dead Creepshow Evil Dead Evil Dead 2 Thief Night Of The Creeps Return Of The Living Dead They Live From Beyond Halloween 3 Halloween 2 To Live And Die In LA Manhunter Martial Club Demons Hellraiser Hellraiser 2 Christine Prince Of Darkness Big Trouble In Little China Top Secret Videodrome Reanimator The Wraith Dreamscape Invaders From Mars The Blob The Gate Spaceballs The Hidden Weird Science Thanks for reminding me about Evil Dead 2, Night of the Comet and Repo Man, they were supposed to be on my list. Added! 14 minutes ago, SimpleG said: @Phaseknox One of the films on your list is from the 90's Really? Which one, I’ll remove it. I originally included a few movies that I thought were from the 80s, but they were from the 70s and 90s so I removed them. I guess one slipped through the cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Just now, Phaseknox said: Thanks for reminding me about Evil Dead 2, Night of the Comet and Repo Man, they were supposed to be on my list. Added! Really? Which one, I’ll remove it. I originally included a few movies that I thought were from the 80s, but they were from 70s and 90s so I removed them. I guess one slipped through the cracks. Gremlins 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I scrolled specifically to see Some Kind of Wonderful. I was not disappointed. My two favorite 80s movies? RAD and Thrashin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Big Trouble in Little China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 7:56 PM, SimpleG said: Gremlins 2 Gremlins 2 was released in 1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The Last Starfighter The Explorers The Boy Who Could Fly Flight of the Navigator Leviathan Deep Star Six Fist of the Northstar (Animation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 27 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Gremlins 2 was released in 1990 Yes it was and ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 37 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Gremlins 2 was released in 1990 He was pointing that out to OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 17 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Yes it was and ? Oh - you were pointing it out to @Phaseknox My bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 50 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Oh - you were pointing it out to @Phaseknox My bad! No worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Emblazon said: I scrolled specifically to see Some Kind of Wonderful. I was not disappointed. 9 hours ago, Emblazon said: My two favorite 80s movies? RAD and Thrashin'. Were you a skater? I was in the 80s and 90s. I watched Thrashin’ a lot. 8 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Oh - you were pointing it out to @Phaseknox My bad! Yeah, I originally had Gremlins 2 on my list and @SimpleG let me know that it was a 90s movie and not an 80s one so I removed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I saw Gremlins 2 in the theater. I'm old, too. Too many movies to list. I was a kid in the 80's too, but much younger than op. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 15 hours ago, Emblazon said: I scrolled specifically to see Some Kind of Wonderful. I was not disappointed. I must say I am surprised and pleased to see I'm not the only one that loved that movie. Mary Stuart Masterson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 two more that I'm ashamed I forgot... The Last Dragon and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 3 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: two more that I'm ashamed I forgot... The Last Dragon and Didn’t you look at my list for reference before making yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 34 minutes ago, Phaseknox said: Didn’t you look at my list for reference before making yours? Nope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I'm going to drop an anime here, because it's still one of the best war films of all time. Grace of the Fireflies That was late-80s, right? 1988, but didn't come to the US until '93. That should still count. 1988 was a good year for anime. That's also the same year as My Neighbor Totoro and Akira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Monster Squad. Another Shane Black classic. No way in hell it gets made today with the same script, but seeing wolfman get blown up, and then his body reassembles? Win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Just now, Emblazon said: Monster Squad. Another Shane Black classic. No way in hell it gets made today with the same script, but seeing wolfman get blown up, and then his body reassembles? Win. Wolfman's got nards! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Phaseknox said: Were you a skater? I was in the 80s and 90s. I watched Thrashin’ a lot. @SimpleG I raced BMX, and dabbled in skating. I could watch RAD on an endless loop and never tire of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 8:19 PM, Emblazon said: Monster Squad. Another Shane Black classic. No way in hell it gets made today with the same script, but seeing wolfman get blown up, and then his body reassembles? Win. That movie was PG I think when it should have been an R. Like you said, no way that movie gets made today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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