Classic movies of the 80's

[Hollywood]

My 12 year old daughter had discovered the movie "Say anything" with John Cusak and, in an attempt to get me to watch the movie, told me that it is a classic. I wouldn't go that far but we started talking, my wife included, about movies that were. The Breakfast Club and 16 Candles.

What do you all think are movies that defined the 80's?

 

[Linderbee]

Say Anything (IMHO) is an 80's classic. Without a doubt. I'd put Pretty In Pink over 16 Candles, but Breakfast Club tops the list for me.

Raiders of the Lost Ark et all, Nightmare on Elm Street...gotta think on some others.

 

[Hollywood]

Say Anything (IMHO) is an 80's classic. Without a doubt. I'd put Pretty In Pink over 16 Candles, but Breakfast Club tops the list for me.

Raiders of the Lost Ark et all, Nightmare on Elm Street...gotta think on some others.

Forgot about Pretty in Pink. Good one.

 

[Gaddabout]

80's classics?

Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's, and Weird Science would be the Hughes contributions for me. I showed my wife Say Anything the other night and she loved it. Cameron Crowe's one of my favorites.

But classics? Hmmm ... let's just say we all agree on the Indiana Jones and Back to the Future series. Star Wars Trilogy was technically an 80s thing, but we all think of it as 70s because the first one came out in 77. Other 80s classics:

- Amadeus
- Platoon
- Blade Runner
- Ran
- Das Boot
- Do the Right Thing
- Princess Bride
- Ghostbusters
- Field of Dreams
- Hoosiers
- Big
- Fish Called Wanda
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- This is Spinal Tap
- Airplane

I can't think of anymore, but first person to mention Chariots of Fire or Big Chill gets the back of my hand.

 

[Hollywood]

I don't know about Amadeus and wasn't Big in the 90's


OH, I just thought about Tron.

 

[Linderbee]

Big was 80's...

Although I loved Amadeus, that one I kinda questioned, too.

 

[Hollywood]

Summer School. How didn't I think of that.

 

[Louis]

Revenge of the Nerds

Back to the Future

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Fast Time at Ridgemont High

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Summer School. How didn't I think of that.

I stop and watch that show, everytime I see it on TV.

 

[Hollywood]

My father worked as a sub for awhile...last name - Shoop

 

[Mulli]

I stop and watch that show, everytime I see it on TV.

:scream:

Tension breaker. Had to be done.

 

[nathan]

Here's the imdb top 50 for the 80's with the ones I've seen and liked in bold.
Rank Title
1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3 Boot, Das (1981)
4 The Shining (1980)
5 Raging Bull (1980)
6 Aliens (1986)
7 The Elephant Man (1980)
8 Amadeus (1984)
9 Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
10 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
11 Ran (1985)
12 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
13 Blade Runner (1982)
14 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
15 Back to the Future (1985)
16 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
17 Platoon (1986)
18 Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
19 Gandhi (1982)
20 Die Hard (1988)
21 The Princess Bride (1987)
22 Spoorloos (1988)
23 Stand by Me (1986)
24 Glory (1989)
25 The Thing (1982)
26 Hotaru no haka (1988)
27 Manon des sources (1986)
28 Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
29 Scarface (1983)
30 The Terminator (1984)
31 A Christmas Story (1983)
32 The Killing Fields (1984)
33 Tonari no Totoro (1988)
34 Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
35 Fanny och Alexander (1982)
36 Brazil (1985)
37 The Untouchables (1987)
38 Kagemusha (1980)
39 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
40 Rain Man (1988)
41 Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
42 This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
43 Henry V (1989)
44 Dip huet seung hung (1989)
45 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
46 The Right Stuff (1983)
47 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
48 The Last Emperor (1987)
49 The Blues Brothers (1980)
50 Majo no takkyûbin (1989)

 

[PortlandCardFan]

Where in the hell is -

Better off Dead

????

 

[Renz]

Big Trouble in Little China

Weird Science (maybe not for 12-year-olds, but hilarious)

Footloose

Romancing the Stone

Back to School

Some Kind of Wonderful

 

[Heucrazy]

Nathan,


How in the world have you not seen "A Christmas Story"?

You are missing out on a great piece of Americana.

 

[AzCards21]

Where in the hell is -

Better off Dead

????

Holy crap I was going to ask the same thing.

I want my 2 dollars!!

 

[AzCards21]

Nathan,


How in the world have you not seen "A Christmas Story"?

You are missing out on a great piece of Americana.

And rent Platoon while your at it. Good movie.

 

[Hollywood]

And rent Platoon while your at it. Good movie.

Also The Golden Child and Blues Brothers.

 

[Beaver]

One Crazy Summer

 

[Beaver]

The Goonies
The Burbs
Crocodile Dundee

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Raising Arizona
Princess Bride
Three Amigos

I watched those over and over in hs.

 

[Renz]

The Karate Kid and The Karate Kid II.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Red Dawn
Clash Of The Titans

 

[Renz]

Red Dawn

Heck yeah! I can't believe I forgot that one. One of my favorite "guilty pleasures".

 

[Gaddabout]

Heck yeah! I can't believe I forgot that one. One of my favorite "guilty pleasures".

Wolverines!