Best 80's movie of all time?

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  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member

    Real Genius


    Popcorn anyone? Who wants a sweater? I loved the moment when Val Kilmer's character tells Gabe that they're smart, but they're nothing to the student who graduated several years before who's living in the steam tunnels of the university.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    Breakfast Club..or Platoon.
  • angelpie36426
    angelpie36426 Posts: 52 Member
    TOP GUN AND FOOTLOOSE ARE MY FAVORITES.
  • Serenity_now
    Serenity_now Posts: 13 Member
    I don't think I've seen anyone say...

    Pretty Woman or
    The Last Dragon (with Bruce Leroy)

    Along w/ those two...

    Adventures in Babysitting (just pulled that one out a couple weeks ago) :smile:
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    The Never Ending Story! With a dragon that looks like a flying cocker spaniel!
    Atrayu! I had such a huge crush on him.

    The ones I watched the most as a kid and therefore must be my favorites:

    Heathers
    Goonies
    Stand By Me
    Weird Science
    The Lost Boys
    The Outsiders
    Popeye
    The Dark Crystal
    Little Shop of Horrors
    Karate Kid
    National Lampoons Vacation
    Summer Rental
    The Breakfast Club
    Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

    Yeah, me and my sisters watched a lot of TV when we were kids. We wore out at least one Betamax machine.
  • OnMyWeigh464
    OnMyWeigh464 Posts: 447 Member
    They've pretty much all been listed lol
  • bikinibeliever
    bikinibeliever Posts: 832 Member
    The Big Chill.

    The friendship in that movie is what true friendship is all about.

    And the soundtrack is the best!!
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
    The Never Ending Story! With a dragon that looks like a flying cocker spaniel!
    Atrayu! I had such a huge crush on him.

    The ones I watched the most as a kid and therefore must be my favorites:

    Heathers
    Goonies
    Stand By Me
    Weird Science
    The Lost Boys
    The Outsiders
    Popeye
    The Dark Crystal
    Little Shop of Horrors
    Karate Kid
    National Lampoons Vacation
    Summer Rental
    The Breakfast Club
    Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

    Yeah, me and my sisters watched a lot of TV when we were kids. We wore out at least one Betamax machine.


    LOL ... Popeye... Really ??? :)) I was an extra in that movie when I was 8 yrs old ... I thought it was a floppp
  • Elen_Sia
    Elen_Sia Posts: 638 Member
    The Empire Strikes Back.
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
    My top three were :

    The Lost Boys
    Ferris Bullers Day Off
    Risky Business

    :))
  • boysandb
    boysandb Posts: 11 Member
    Ferris Bueller, without a doubt!
  • boysandb
    boysandb Posts: 11 Member
    I just ordered Ral Genius to show my kids the scene about the "tape recorders" in the lecture hall! Great flick, and was hard to find.
  • SarahMorganP
    SarahMorganP Posts: 921 Member
    Wow I haven't even heard of a lot of these. I was born in 80 though, so I guess most of these would have been when I was too young to really watch them. Guess I am going to have to start renting some!
  • HarleyQuinn_12
    HarleyQuinn_12 Posts: 363 Member
    Sixteen Candles is still my fave 80's movie and...........I still :heart: Jake Ryan!
  • adrian_indy
    adrian_indy Posts: 1,444 Member
    Big Trouble in Little China
    Conan the Barbarian
    The Last Dragon
    Airplane
    Lost Boys
    Rocky2-4
    The Neverending Story
    Aliens
    Ghostbusters
    Labyrinth
    The Outsiders
    DragonSlayer
    All 80s porn
    Predator
    The Terminator
    Commando
    Rambo, Rambo part 2
  • Hanablu2
    Hanablu2 Posts: 134 Member
    Child's Play (chucky: wanna plaaayyyy!)
    Anne of greene gables movies with Megan Follows
    St. Elmos Fire
    Back to the Future with Micheal J Fox
    An Officer and a Gentleman
  • niknak30
    niknak30 Posts: 58
    Some Kind of Wonderful

    I've watched it a million times and its still brilliant. I have it on VHS and DVD...hmmm may have to watch it this afternoon :smile:


    OMG I love love love this movie! I have loved red headed men since I first saw it!
  • niknak30
    niknak30 Posts: 58
    I LOVE 80s movies, John Hughes, the whole Brat Pack, etc. I think Say Anything might be my favorite, but there isn't a one that I won't stop and watch if I'm flicking through the channels and one comes on. Even the more obscure ones, like Youngblood or American Anthem. And of course, the ensemble casts like The Outsiders!

    I am with you on the John Hughes thing! Brilliant man - brilliant movies. When they are on TV I watch them, even when I own them on dvd and could watch them ad free
  • rhe276
    rhe276 Posts: 46
    GHOSTBUSTERS!.......mmmm, also WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT is epic......and DIE HARD and THE TERMINATOR
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I have to go with Breakfast club, but there are so, so many. Thoughts?

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    ^This! 1st movie that came to mind before opening the topic, then it was the 1st one on the list. Pretty awesome!
  • breezymom81
    breezymom81 Posts: 499 Member
    The Great Outdoors
    Tim Burtons Batman
    Uncle Buck
    Plains Trains Automobile
    Nightmare on Elm Street
    Steel Magnolias
    Parenthood
    License to Drive
    Back to School
    Caddyshack 1& 2
    Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
    Major League
    Scrooged
    Jerk
    Roxanne
    Lethal Weapon
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
    The Hitcher

    To say nothing of the "B" rated horror films
    I could go on and on and on!!!
  • kimmireads
    kimmireads Posts: 66 Member
    Oh my goodness--there are WAY TOO MANY from this era! But--was surprised I haven't seen anyone mention Stripes! I think I watched that about 16 times one summer-- after it was released to cable.:glasses:
  • yogsvr4
    yogsvr4 Posts: 149 Member
    There are only a few movies that I watch whenever I come across it while channel surfing. From the 80s that would be...

    The Princess Bride
  • issyme
    issyme Posts: 40 Member
    Definitely The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. I also liked the Gremlins!
  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    If it is movie about the 80's, then its Fast times at Ridgemont High....classic. Of course that when I was in high school, so it resinates.


    Oh and Back to the future...Awesome as well.
  • cms721
    cms721 Posts: 179 Member
    Anybody remember BREAKIN' or how about BREAKIN' 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO?? Ya, they were pretty bad. But Im going with TOP GUN for best 80's movie. It would be a good movie to see, even today. It would not look "cheesy" compared to some other 80's movies. I watched the original FOOTLOOSE last week - ya it was kinda "cheesy". There was scence where John Lithgow was using an actual typewriter - remember those??
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    LOL ... Popeye... Really ??? :)) I was an extra in that movie when I was 8 yrs old ... I thought it was a floppp

    No way! We loved it! And my boyfriend told me recently that it was one of his favorites when he was a kid too. Me and my sisters could probably still sing the songs from the movie.
  • SweetNaughtyLips
    SweetNaughtyLips Posts: 374 Member
    The Little Mermaid (My favorite movie as a child, I had all the songs memorized :smile: )
    The Breakfast Club
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Top Gun
    Dirty Dancing
    Big
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Ghostbusters
    Rain Man

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  • LauraAshley95
    LauraAshley95 Posts: 70 Member
    I have to go with Breakfast club, but there are so, so many. Thoughts?
    Breakfast Club, hands down.
  • Selma10001984
    Selma10001984 Posts: 206 Member
    Changing places and the breakfast club

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