top 10 movies of the 80's

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We will start a list of our favorite movies from the 80's.

Alien/ Aliens (I think they're both 80's?)
Is Star Wars 80's?

Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are.

Only Aliens is 80's

Flying High!/Airplane! should be in the top 10

Platoon

It's one of my b/f top ten probably, but I didn't like it that much, the ending didn't sit well with me.

Sixteen Candles

Indiana Jones

The Breakfast Club

Back to the future

we forgot this Christmas classic "A Christmas Story."

A Fish Called Wanda
Dead Poets Society

You can't forget these winners:

Top Gun
Ferris Bueller's Day off
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Back to the Future
(and Dirty Dancing... shhh)

Bachelor Party!

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Weird Science and National Lampoon's Vacation. Best-movies-ever.

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When was Caddyshack made?

Trading Places.

The Terminator.

Commando

Predator (I guess I was an Arnold fan back in the day...)

Rocky IV (That's the one with Dolph Lundgren, right?)

Universal Soldier (or was that in 1990?)

Batman (Tim Burton's version. Pretty sure that came out the summer of 1989.)

The Princess Bride

E.T.

Indianna Jones

Oh yeah, Caddyshack, total mid-80's. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Police Academy...

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Ghostbusters! Dang I saw those movies on a double date.

Oh, we're forgetting two monsters, I saw these on a double feature: Die Hard and Big.

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Oh, what about Karate Kid! OH YEAH DANIEL-SAN!

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Bleah. Too many karate kid movies.

Christmas Vacation

The first won was way hella cool.

Christmas Vacation was more early 90's I think.

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Ah man, Robocop!

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Roxanne, INNERSPACE (one of my favorites that I totally forgot about...), Spaceballs, Glory, STAND BY ME, GOONIES.

If not Christmas Vacation, then National Lampoon's Family Vacation, when they go to Wally World.

Oh geez... What about Smokey and the Bandit? Wasn't that early 80's? And Rambo/Cobra?

pretty in pink

St. Elmo's Fire

Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo.


YOU KNOW YOU SAW IT!

Me too I just got the DVD (finally) a few weeks ago.

Ferris Buller's Day off (All time Favorite)
Top Gun
16 Candles
Back to the Future

Ah SD, how could I forget Goonies.

Beverly Hills Cop, Tango & Cash, 48 Hours, The Running Man, The Toy, Trading Places, Stripes, Lethal Weapon...

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Did anyone like About Last Night? I did.

Oh man, how could I forget Young Guns!

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Bull Durham,

One of the best baseball movies everrrrrrrrrrrr

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure- may I say, a very accurate portrayl of so much world history.

EXCELLENT!

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Did anyone say Field of Dreams?

Say Anything brought a whole new awareness to the sport of Kick Boxing

I used to think Lost Boys was the coolest movie ever when I was a kid. Saw it again recently, a lot more lame this time around. Speaking of the Corey's, what about License To Drive?

Oh, and what about The Outsiders? I thought that movie was cool as hell. Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise , Diane Lane... a helluva cast.

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Yeah, The Outsiders was a very good movie. Just saw Rain Man again last night, and thought it was awesome. There was also a movie with Robin Williams and Robert Deniro called The Awakening that I really thought was good. Also, Goodfellas. Was A Bronx Tale filmed in the late 80's? If so, that one was good too.

Also, Dangerous Liaisons. John Malkovich is a weird guy, and I hate the way he talks, but he's been in some pretty good flicks.

"Basic Instinct"

Impressed the hell out of me.

Didn't know Sharon could act too.

That movie was a trip.

The infamous interrogation scene is still mimicked.

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My favourite movies of the '80's were (some still are)

Back to the Future.

The Breakfast Club.

Pretty in Pink.

Weird Science.

The Goonies.

The National Lampoons Vacation movies.

The Lost Boys.

Made In Heaven.

Stand By Me.

Nightmare on Elm Street.

Footloose.

Some Kind Of Wonderful.

The Pirate Movie.

Less Than Zero.

Lucas.

Wow...I watched a lot of television in the '80's!

I liked a lot of those, two. That Less Than Zero movie was rough. Filmed in my home town though.

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Hey, how about Blade Runner?

Blade Runner ruled.

I still think Die Hard defined the Action/Adventure genre. It was incredible. Still is today.

Remember all those Blake Edwards movies? Blind Date with Bruce Willis, A Fine Mess with Ted Danson, and a few others. They kinda sucked but had funny moments.

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I think "Blind Date" was a gutbuster.

Her boyfriend kept chasing them everywhere and accusing Bruce of *******************funnnny.

Yeah, it was John Laroquette. Excellent. One hallmark of Blake Edwards movies is there is always a foot race with the cast.

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