Best movies of the 80s?

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What do you think are the best movies of the 80s?

For me, several great ones come to mind:

Goonies
Neverending Story
Back to the Future
Wargames
Karate Kid
Gremlins
 
Parents
Spaceballs
Blade Runner
Evil Dead 2
Day Of The Dead
Street Trash
Maniac Cop
Hellraiser
Demons
The Gate
Ghostbusters
The Shining
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom
ET
Breakfest Club
Effects
The Thing
Escape From New York
Big Trouble In Little China
They Live
Swamp Thing

I can go on. And thats not even bringing up any of great martial art films of the 80's
 
Chopping Mall......where shopping will cost you an arm or a leg. there was another cheesy robot flick where a guy turned this chick he was into into a cyborg after she died.

Critters

Munchies

Something Wicked This Way Comes(this may be a 70s flick )

BUckaroo Banzai

Night of The Demons

Day of the Dead

Return of the Jedi

Transformers the Movie

GI Joe The Movie

The Neverending Story

THe Gate

The Dark Crystal

ET

Twilight Zone The Movie

Revenge of the Nerds

Porkies 1-3

Labrynth

Rocky 3? ( the one with the punisher in it and Red Sojna)

Terminator 1 ( scared the shit out of me)
 
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The Blues Brothers
The Empire Strikes Back
Porky's
Tootsie
Return of the Jedi
Star Trek II
WarGames
Ghostbusters
Beverly Hills Cop
Gremlins
Troll
The Karate Kid
Police Academy
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Back to School
Ferris Bueller
Lethal Weapon
The Naked Gun[quote name='Ugamer_X']Raging Bull.

Lock this one up folks.[/QUOTE]Get the fuck outta here.
 
[quote name='Mojimbo']
The Empire Strikes Back
Porky's
Return of the Jedi
Beverly Hills Cop
Police Academy
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Back to School
Ferris Bueller
Lethal Weapon
The Naked Gun[/quote]My $$$$a :cool:
 
Short Circuit
Real Genius(yeah i know they show this on G4 now and then but i still loved it)
The Last Star Fighter
1984
Revenge of the Nerds
Mannequin
Just one of the guys
loverboy
Say Anything
Better off Dead
Gods Must be Crazy
Vacation
European Vacation
Armed and Dangerous
Uncle Buck
Iron Eagle
Risky Business
xmas story
eddie murphy raw
the toy
Best of the Best
Bloodsport
UHF
Meatballs
The Wizard(just because its so bad, its good)
Say Anything
Batman
weekend at bernies
BIG
The Burbs
Turner and Hooch

cant think of anymore at the moment besides what has been said.
 
Loverboy is cool, but Can't Buy Me Love is the greatest Patrick Dempsey movie. I wish that shit was on Blu-Ray.
 
I can't believe nobody mentioned my favorite 80's movie:
Iron Eagle

Pretty in Pink
Say Anything
St. Elmo's Fire
Johnny B. Good (Love how Robert Downey Jr tries to steal the show in this one)
1942
All the Right Moves (Starring Tom Cruise before he became Tom Cruise)
Spies Like Us
Stripes (Bill Murray at his best and that's the fact jack!)
Volunteers (John Candy and Tom Hanks)
The Great Outdoors
 
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So bad they are good:
Megaforce (full movie is on youtube, Barry Bostwick as international Uber Merc with a heart of gold).

Battle Beyond the Stars

Dragonslayer

Shocker

Prince of Darkness

Inner space

Evil Dead 2

The Wraith

American Werewolf in London

Band of the Hand

Flash Gordon

Good Movies missing thus far:

Escape from NY
Young Guns
The Thing
Risky Business
Hellraiser
Fletch
Fasttimes @ RH
Big Trouble in Little China
Blue Velvet
Wild at Heart
Weird Science
Caddyshack
Eddie and the Cruisers
Labyrinth
Full Metal Jacket & Platoon
Krull
Lost Boys

I could go on . . .
 
[quote name='lokizz']Chopping Mall......where shopping will cost you an arm or a leg. there was another cheesy robot flick where a guy turned this chick he was into into a cyborg after she died.

Rocky 3? ( the one with the punisher in it and Red Sojna)

[/QUOTE]
That would be Rocky 4 when he went to the Soviet Union. 3 is when he fought Mr. T as Clubber Lang.
 
I could name a lot of great 80s movies. Three of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet are:
Heathers
Summer School
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
 
Back to the Future is my favorite 80's movie, if not my favorite of all time. My Fiancee and I are even having an "Enchantment Under the Sea Dance" reception for our wedding.
 
Ferris Bueller
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Platoon
Summer School
Breakfast Club
Weird Science
Karate Kid
Blade Runner
Naked Gun
Back to the Future
Young Guns
 
80's were terrible for real movies (check out the films nominated for best picture), great for comedies and adventure films. Back to the Future is my personal fav.
 
[quote name='cdeener']I can't believe nobody mentioned my favorite 80's movie:
Iron Eagle

Pretty in Pink
Say Anything
St. Elmo's Fire
Johnny B. Good (Love how Robert Downey Jr tries to steal the show in this one)
1942
All the Right Moves (Starring Tom Cruise before he became Tom Cruise)
Spies Like Us
Stripes (Bill Murray at his best and that's the fact jack!)
Volunteers (John Candy and Tom Hanks)
The Great Outdoors[/QUOTE]


I did, I too loved Iron Eagle. Doug Masters was the shit.

.also mentioned Say Anything in my post also. but i have no clue how i forgot pretty in pink. I own it on dvd.

havent seen this one mentioned yet.

Sixteen Candles
Back to School
 
Batman
Beverly Hills Cop
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!
Karate Kid
Little Mermaid
Police Story
Trading Places

That's all I can think of at the moment.

*edit* Breakfast Club. Almost forgot that one.
 
Other than those mentioned:

Coming To America
Teen Wolf
Romancing The Stone
Strange Brew
Roxanne
First Blood
Beetlejuice
Wall Street
Throw Momma From The Train
The Outsiders
A Christmas Story
When Harry Met Sally
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Predator
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
ET
Mystic Pizza
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Golden Child
American Ninja

God, a better question would be name a bad movie that came out in the 80s - the list is much smaller. The 80s ruled!
 
[quote name='Machine']How could I forget Strange Brew? What a classic![/quote]


Ditto. I used to be able to quote that movie verbatim.

Also, I'd like to add Armed and Dangerous and Big to the list.
 
[quote name='Brak']Brazil and Raging Bull.[/quote]

Wow, i knew everyone was going to say Raging Bull, so I didn't, but I can't believe I forgot about Brazil and you were the first to post it. I love, LOVE Brazil.
 
[quote name='cdeener']I can't believe nobody mentioned my favorite 80's movie:

1942
[/quote]

O.K., I have to disagree with this one. There is no way in hell this is considered a great movie from the 80s, even for nostalgic reasons. This one is just horrible, and even Spielberg mentions as much. It's a real dud with mostly terrible acting and a retarded script.
 
Can't believe nobody has mentioned my favorite movie of all time: Aliens.

but there are a ton listed in here that I do love.
 
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