Top ten 80's movies

[Crynot]

What's your favorites?

I love:

The Breakfast Club
Better Off Dead
Weird Science
3 O'clock High
Goonies
The Rocky's
The Superman's


What have I missed?

Crynot

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[Scarface]

hmmmmmmmm.....heres a few to add:

The Shining
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (shutup QUENTIN)
Stripes
Do The Right Thing
Drugstore Cowboy
Caddyshack
Back to the Future (laugh all you want)
Raging Bull
Full Metal Jacket
Amadeus


those are some of my additions. Some weren't as great as others but still fun movies.

[Scarface]

Aright before QUENTIN starts bitchin me out for stealing all his movies i wanna thank him. I wanna thank him for helping me expand my tastes especially for movies like Sex Lies. He keeps saying i didn't understand it cuz i don't feel responsible to judge it but thats not the thing. Its a really great movie and thats why its on the list...BUT its such a great movie that i feel i couldn't rate fairly considering my life experience is limited (i'm a virgin and this is a movie about sex and deep emotions, show ya anything) for me to rate it truly. Also i wanna thank Quent for films like Do The Right Thing which opened me up to Spike Lee and he is now one of my favorite directors although it took me a while. So QUENTIN don't think i put some of those movies just to impress people and steal ur ideas. I genuinely think they are great films. Especially in a decade full of hair bands and crap movies(mostly). Now QUENT go ahead and re-list some of the movies on my list because i know they are on yours and also list the tons of movies i missed that i'm sure you have seen. No hard feelings bud. /ubb/tongue.gif

[QUENTIN]

Ok, thank you for "giving credit where credits due" and I won't bitch at you. Here are my lists:

Best 80's films

Raging Bull
Do The Right Thing
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Sid & Nancy
River's Edge
Platoon
Talk Radio
Once Upon A Time In America
Aftetr Hours
Born On The Fourth of July


Best films as 80's films

Ferris Bueler's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Stripes
Platoon
E.T. The Extra Testicle
Say Anything
After Hours
Back To The Future 1 & 2 (abso-friggin-lutely)

...and don't laugh at me, but the first to Muppet Movies were cool.



[This message has been edited by QUENTIN (edited 08-29-2000).]

[QUENTIN]

I forgot Scarface on my best of the 80's add that.

[Crynot]

I totally forgot about Ferris and the back to the futures!!!

Duh!!!!

Crynot

[HomerSimpson]

Haven't seen many 80's movies, but from what I've seen:

1.Airplane!
2.Scarface
3.A Fish Called Wanda
4.The Naked Gun
5.Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6.The Shining
7.Platoon
8.Die Hard
9.Aliens
10.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
11.Full Metal Jacket
12.The Untouchables

[Scarface]

Wow i really deserve the name "Scarface" don't i?

i'm so ashamed!
Please for give me and accept this addition of SCARFACE to my list.

[samiam418]

what about these movies that were forgotten or maybe you guys hated them so much you purposly forgot them
1.Meatballs
2.When Harry Met Sally
3.Batman
4.Arthur
5.Tootsie
6.Christine
7.American Gigolo
8.Stand By Me
9.Terms of Enderment
10.Poltergeist

[QUENTIN]

Stand By ME and When Harry Met Sally should both be on my best films as 80's films.

[Da ShadiestBro]

OK, some of you may have never heard of these movies, but I like The Last Dragon, Rad, and No Retreat No Surrender.

[samiam418]

Didn't Rad star Seth Greene from the Austin Powers movies and Can't Hardly Wait?

[Celestial-being]

Have you all forgotten (or not seen) David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers? That was fabulously acted and directed and has some of the coolest quotes...like one twin saying to another 'You'd still be a virgin if it wasn't for me!'

[BillyBobJoeMoe]

That is the dumbest thing i have ever heard! Get a life and watch some new movies!

[Da ShadiestBro]

Originally posted by samiam418:
Didn't Rad star Seth Greene from the Austin Powers movies and Can't Hardly Wait?



No, but the girl who played Becky on Full House was the leading lady. The rest of the movie is basically filled with no names.

[samiam418]

Then someone help me. What was the name of the movie where Seth Greene was a rollerblader? It was filmed in my home town of cincinnati and I've only ever caught the end where the were skating in a race in the parking garage of Riverfront Stadium home of the overpaid underacomplished Reds, It's driving me nuts! What movie is it?

[Crynot]

The movie you are thinking of is called AirBorne (I THINK) - it's got Seth Greene and Jack Black in it. Pretty lame.

Rad was a cool movie though - I guess sort of a guilty pleasure.

Crynot

[ANTBond007]

Well, the 80s? In no particular order, here are my favorites:

The Empire Strikes Back
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Back to the Future
Back to the Future II
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
The Shining
Born on the Fourth of July

[cow]

yeah the movie with Seth Greene is AirBorne

[ColonelColinCaine]

Some of my favorites are:
Ghostbusters
Platoon
Gremlins
Empire Strikes Back
Lifeforce
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
The Breakfast Club
Little Shop of Horrors
The Abyss
The Thing
Evil Dead 2
Fright Night
Aliens
After Hours
The Blob
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Twilight Zone: The Movie
There's more, but I can't think of them right now.

[samiam418]

/ubb/biggrin.gif Thank you crynot and cow that was really driving me absolutly nuts.

[Da ShadiestBro]

Another 80's flick I loved was Diner. Great movie!

[Achilleos]

I will probably get a lot of flack for this but I have to say that Tron and The Last Starfigther should definitly be in anyones 80's SciFi list. Yeah they were stupid but for the 80's I would have to say they are pretty damn cool.


... you may begin mocking me know.......

[samiam418]

Damn I forgot about The Last Starfighter that was a pretty good movie I wouldn't say great but pretty good. That movie just reminded me of another movie I liked from the 80's Space Camp.

[screamer581]

here is my top 10 of the 80's....
1.Dangerous Liasons (I can't believe that no one else hasn't said it)
2.Born On The 4th
3.Tootsie
4.Raging Bull
5.Blade Runner
6.Stand By Me (I can watch that movie every day)
7.Fast Times....... (personal fav)
8.The Shinning
9.Caddy Shack (comedy classic)
10.Airplane

other greats of the 80's----Das Boot,Raiders Of The Los Arch,E.T.,The Goonies,Evil Dead 2,Tron,Scarface,Risky Business,Ghostbusters,and The Terminator

[coolc4242]

All i know is that the best 80's movie is Die Hard. (ok well i know a lot more).

[ilovemovies]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Glory
3. Platoon
4. Witness
5. The Untouchables
6. Field of Dreams
7. Rain Man
8. Lethal Weapon
9. Do the Right Thing
10. The Right Stuff

[Crummy]

Personally, I'd have to go with...

Breakfast Club
Platoon
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
The Untouchables
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dead Poets Society
Scarface
National's Lampoons Vacation
Back to the Future (1 & 2)
Wall Street

[ColinM]

1) The Empire Strikes Back
2) Return of the Jedi
3) Raiders of the Lost Ark
4) The Untouchables
5) The Princess Bride
6) Aliens
7) The Terminator
8) The Naked Gun
9) Lethal Weapon
10) Predator

[ColinM]

If you include animated short films, Balance, the fantastic 1989 short, would be #2 on my list. Everyone should see this one!

[KornKidJedi]

Stand By Me
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Goonies
Evil Dead 2
Hair Spray
Friday The 13th part 4
Manhunter
The Breakfast Club
Blue Velvet
The Empire Strikes Back

[Commando Spidey]

Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
Back to the Future
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Buellers Day Off
GhostBusters
Indiana Jones

To name but a few

[Kavan]

Airplane
Amadeus
Back to the Future
Four Friends
Hairspray
Hoosiers
Reds
The Shining
Talk Radio
Terms of Endearment

[The Rob]

ROCKY!
Best movie ever.

[dr-movielove]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Rob:
ROCKY!
Best movie ever.</font>

I regret to inform you that Rocky came out in 1976..

[krusty bagel please]

the decade of trilogies - hmmm

The Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
Blade Runner
Raiders of the lost Ark
The Road Warrior ( New 20th anniversary Mad Max dvd is SWEET by the way)
Tron
Ice Pirates
Buckaroo Banzai (Back to the Future eat its dust! BB has an awesome new dvd upgrade too).