Favorite 80's Movie?

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  • _Sara_A_
    _Sara_A_ Posts: 113 Member
    Dirty Dancing, Heathers, Breakfast Club
  • surlydave
    surlydave Posts: 512 Member
    You've Got Mail - love it.:happy:

    1998
  • wildcata77
    wildcata77 Posts: 660
    Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club, all the Molly Ringwald movies, Princess Bride, Dirty Dancing!!!

    I love reading these...I can't believe I forgot Top Gun. KI watched that movie hundreds of times in HS. And the first movie I ever remember watching was ET when I was 5 or 6. I could still watch that now...can't wait to show it to my kids!

    Absolute fave is Say, Anything. And I think this was 90's, but Don't Tell Mom, The Babysitter's Dead is one of my faves.
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
    Too many movies to list. If you had to pin me down I would say Star Wars Episode V - Empire Strikes Back. It eeks in as it came out in 1980 and was the best of the three original Star Wars.

    Here are some other 80's movies that are often forgotten:
    The Gods Must Be Crazy
    Running Scared
    White Nights (I am no fan of dance, but Gregory Hines was good and was underrated as an actor)
    Dead Poets Society (Look back at that cast and see who went on to some nice careers)
    Against All Odds (Typical 80's sexy movie)
    Beverly Hills Cop
    Fatal Attraction
    The Natural
    Full Metal Jacket
    Airplane
    Christmas Story
    The Right Stuff
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Bull Durham
    Field of Dreams
    Hooisers
    Untouchables

    I could go on and on....
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    Stand By Me

    This! I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen!

    That quote would be from Say Anything...
  • alpha1029
    alpha1029 Posts: 139
    I can't believe I forgot to add these:

    - Willow "Your mother was a lizard!" (When I was younger I thought that Sorsha was the most beautiful person that ever existed and I was going to name my first daughter after her.)

    - The Neverending Story. I still cry like a baby when the horse dies in the swamp. I actually grew up thinking that Atreyu was a girl. Didn't realize it was a boy until like the mid-90's. Oops!
  • fat2fitKara
    fat2fitKara Posts: 136
    E.T...
  • sho3girl
    sho3girl Posts: 10,799 Member
    Wierd Science
    16 Candles
    St Elmos Fire
    The Outsiders
    Girls just want to have fun
    Say Anything

    ,,, this my kind of post!!!
  • fat2fitKara
    fat2fitKara Posts: 136
    Stand By Me

    This! I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen!

    That quote would be from Say Anything...

    Oh crap, I knew that.. That's probably why I should MFP while at work. Say Anything is my favorite, Stand By Me would also be in my top 5 from the 80s.
  • _Calvin_
    _Calvin_ Posts: 122 Member
    I'm shocked no one mentioned Risky Business.

    Also, am I the only one that loved that stupid movie One Crazy Summer?
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I love so many of them but the soundtracks were great too.

    The theme song to "Mannequin" is great ("Nothing's Gonna' Stop Us Now" by Starship). I still listen to it today and exercise to it along with other great 80's tunes.

    In fact, that is included in my 80's Movies Soundtracks article and you can even play a clip of it here:

    http://hookedonmovies.net/movie-soundtracks-from-the-80s/

    It appears that the Flash player is no longer working in the current version of Firefox and probably not in Apple devices. I'll need to fix that.

    But you can still enjoy a flashback to the 80's greatness by scrolling the page.


    Thanks for the link! Great memories! :happy:
  • spicypepper
    spicypepper Posts: 1,016 Member
    I've got a ton of favs; but the top of my list has to be

    Breakfast Club
    Sixteen Candles
    Better off Dead (I want my $2)
    A Christmas Story
    Dirty Dancing (Swoon)
    The Princess Bride (Inconceivable)
    Bill and Ted's excellent adventure (Most excellent)
    Beetlejuice
  • LizHowerton
    LizHowerton Posts: 329 Member
    Scarface
    Good morning Vietnam
    Silkwood
    Back to the Future
    Risky Business
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Big
  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    Big! They've been playing it a lot on HBO lately. I always say I want the trampoline. :smile:
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    Going to add as a PS Catholic Boys and Tremors....
  • jzsor12
    jzsor12 Posts: 69
    back to the future. hands down :)
    definitely!
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    the little mermiad. 1989 still the 80's lol. the goonies, lost boys, the breakfest club
  • Boobookittyfq
    Boobookittyfq Posts: 454 Member
    Back to the Future!!!
    The Breakfast Club
    16 candles
    Pretty in Pink
    Ferris Buller
    Rain Man
    Airplane
    Adventures in Baby Sitting
    Beverly Hills Cop
    Coming to America
    Blood Sport
    The Never Ending Story


    i can keep on 80's baby right here :heart: the 80's
  • Boobookittyfq
    Boobookittyfq Posts: 454 Member
    Back to the Future!!!
    The Breakfast Club
    16 candles
    Pretty in Pink
    Ferris Buller
    Rain Man
    Airplane
    Adventures in Baby Sitting
    Beverly Hills Cop
    Coming to America
    Blood Sport
    The Never Ending Story


    i can keep on 80's baby right here :heart: the 80's


    FORGOT Bill and Ted!! Gremlins
  • plumnbagel
    plumnbagel Posts: 184 Member
    Heathers
  • BigBrewski
    BigBrewski Posts: 922 Member
    Wow reading thru this thread makes me realized they really DON'T make them like they use to...ALL great movies and I am not sure I can pick 20 out of ALL the ones listed.
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    Goonies is on right now....too funny!!!
  • beach_please
    beach_please Posts: 533 Member
    Say Anything.

    And when John Cusack holds the boombox over his head outside her window playing "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel... *sigh* :ohwell:
  • Icelandic_Saga
    Icelandic_Saga Posts: 2,926 Member
    Breakfast club DUH
  • obrendao
    obrendao Posts: 318
    For me they are:

    Comedy: Raising Arizona
    Drama: The Color Purple
    Horror: Dead Ringers
  • lachesissss
    lachesissss Posts: 1,298 Member
    Pretty in Pink and An Officer and A Gentleman!
  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    Silence of the Lambs
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Star Wars I suppose
  • lshaunessy
    lshaunessy Posts: 64
    Young Guns
    Die Hard
    An Officer and a Gentleman
    Short Circuit (Number Five is ALIVE!)
    Howard the Duck (cheesy but too funny)
    The Secret of Nimh
    Karate Kid
  • stepherzzzzz
    stepherzzzzz Posts: 469 Member
    Stand By Me

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