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    Favorite 80s and 90s movies?

    Posts: 251 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    So my boys are finally old enough (16, 16, and 11) to see most of the awesome movies that we got to see back in the good old days! We've already done Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghostbusters, The Breakfast Club, Amadeus, and The Princess Bride. We don't do horror movies, but other than that, they are willing to watch both comedies and dramas. What other movies should be on the list? Thanks!

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    • Posts: 251 Member
      (They don't like scary/ horror movies, but I think I should insist that they watch The Sixth Sense, don't you?)
    • Posts: 98 Member
      Rain Man, Pretty In Pink, Back to the Future, The Karate Kid, Airplane!, Caddyshack, Stand by Me, Big, Police Academy, Good Morning Vietnam...I think these are some good movies. :D
    • Posts: 2,926 Member
      Goonies never say die!!!
    • Posts: 756 Member
      The Breakfast Club
      The Goonies
      Back to the Future
      The Princess Bride
      Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
      Ferris Bullers Day Off
      Labyrinth
      Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
      Wayne's World
      The Little Mermaid
      Short Circuit
      Flight of the Navigator
      Really I could go on for days and days but I'll stop here.
    • Posts: 878 Member
      Top Gun and Face/Off! And yes, I think they should definitely watch The Sixth Sense!
    • Posts: 1,271 Member
      Jurassic Park! I was watching it on TV the other day and was like "Dang, this is still a really good/scary movie!" Stands the test of time.

      The original three Indiana Jones films are awesome, too.
    • Posts: 1,194 Member
      Can I also add a few good ones?

      Drop Dead Fred
      Happy Gilmore
      Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
      Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (not really horror, they'll laugh at how bad it is)
    • Posts: 1,288 Member
      Show them the movie "IT". It's a touching coming of age story about a group of friends who later reunite as adults.
    • Posts: 1,194 Member
      Show them the movie "IT". It's a touching coming of age story about a group of friends who later reunite as adults.

      Bahahahahahaha! GOLD!

      If we're going that route, then Carrie is really only about a very sad teenager who decides the rest of her school needs to be warmed up with a good old fire.
    • Posts: 642 Member
      Ferris Beuhler's Day Off. Full stop.

      Edit: Missed the FBDO reference in the OP. That being out, I'd recommend Weird Science and Real Genius.
    • Posts: 2,242 Member
      LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS!!!!!!

      Labyrinth

      Goonies
    • Posts: 75 Member
      back to the future
    • Posts: 707 Member
      I read the stand then was appalled by the made for TV version....too many Breakfast Club stars trying to be witty, brave or evil!
    • Posts: 123 Member
      Ace Ventura
      Back to the future
      last boy scout
      True Romance
      Fifth element
      Drunken Master (1978) I cheated! :tongue:
    • Posts: 1,234 Member
      Weekend at Bernie's ❤

      My favorite movie of all time. Stupid funny, you can't take it seriously.

      I honestly quote it on a daily basis.
    • Posts: 111
      Some great ones are already listed so I won't mention them again, but some others are:

      Stand by Me (Edit: Just noticed this one was said, but it's worth repeating)
      The Outsiders
      Born in East L.A.
      Canadian Bacon
      Uncle Buck
      Robin Hood: Men in Tights
      Spaceballs
      Beetlejuice
      Edward Scissorhands
      Mermaids
      The Addams Family
      Election
      The English Patient
      Good Will Hunting
      Joe vs the Volcano


      Sheesh, I could go on and on...
    • Posts: 1,288 Member
      Election

      While I agree this is a great movie, I would wait on this one. It might be okay for the 16 year olds (if they have seen rated R movies before and you are comfortable with showing them sexual content), but it's definitely NOT okay for a 11 year old. I didn't see Election until I was 16 or 17 I believe.
    • Posts: 542 Member
      A Christmas Story
    • Posts: 162 Member
      Better Off Dead

      ''I want my two dollars!!!!!''
    • Posts: 2,926 Member
      Dont forget the princess bride ;)
      have fun storming the castle!!
    • Posts: 840 Member
      Dirty dancing and Point Break (Patrick Swazey nom nom nom (RIP)).
    • Posts: 2,889 Member
      No one has mentioned National Lampoon's Vacation yet. Great movie!
    • Posts: 251 Member
      Thank you! That should keep us in movies for a little while! I'd forgotten about some of those!
    • Posts: 17
      Goonies, Gremlins, Spies Like Us, Fletch, Stripes, Predator.....and Tombstone!!!!!!
    • Posts: 365 Member
      The Running Man!

      Edit - i've just realised this is to recommend for kids to watch... My bad.

      Short Circuit 1 and 2. Epic.
    • Posts: 17
      Forgot about Weird Science.....Nice!
    • Posts: 37
      A League of Their Own!!! And it just so happens to be on now.
    • Posts: 74
      No one's mentioned Say Anything?
      Welp, that's my pick. At least for the 16 y.o's.
    • Posts: 365 Member
      Oh.

      Geeky movies == Win.

      So... All of the Star Trek films. Pick of the bunch are Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home. :D
    • Posts: 224 Member
      Show them the movie "IT". It's a touching coming of age story about a group of friends who later reunite as adults.

      OMG! You are seriously wrong! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That freakin' movie STILL gives me nightmares! Clowns in the gutter freak me out!
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