Great 80's Flicks

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I was just going over my list of favorite movies, and I noticed that almost all of them are from the ninety's. Does anyone have any recommendations for 80's movies (and no 16 Candles or Breakfast Club crap either).
 
Back to the Future
Beverly Hills Cop
Blues Brothers
Diehard
Empire Strikes Back
First Blood (AKA Rambo)
Ghostbusters
All 3 Indiana Joneses
Karate Kid 1 and 2
Lethal Weapon
Naked Gun
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Predator
The Princess Bride
Rain Man
Return of the Jedi
Rocky 3 and 4
Short Circuit
Spaceballs
Superman 2 (the only 1 I ever liked)
Terminator
Top Gun
and last but not least, Weekend at Bernie's

Looking back at this list, I see a lot of really cheesy movies, but these are the ones I grew up with.
 
The Aliens series. Although the original was in '79 or so, and 4 was int he 90's, they're still my favorite movies of all time.
 
Hello? How could anyone forget 'Better off Dead'. 80's Cult Classic!
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Wow, maybe I wasn't so far behind. So far the only one's I have to add are:

Say Anything
Beverlly Hills Cop
Blues Brothers
Planes, trains, and automobiles
First Blood
and Short Circuit
 
the breakfast club
pretty in pink
weird science
sixteen candles
ferris bueller
stand by me
the outsiders
say anything
better off dead
st. elmo's fire
 
No love for Goonies??

Empire of the Sun is good IMO, it's a Spielberg flick that isn't all well known.

Anything Rodney Dangerfield.

Indiana Jones

Short Circuit (Johnny 5!!!!)

I'd list more, but I'm exhausted from just getting back from the Black Crows concert
 
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If you are an American, and really want to experience fine movies rent these

roadhouse
Rambo trilogy
star wars
Spaceballs
great outdoors
summer rental
robocop
ghostbusters
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
anything with
john candy, sylvester stallone, arnold Schwarzenegger,
 
don't forget Evil Dead, Major League, Staying Alive, Coming to America, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure are the others I can think of that weren't mentioned
 
A few random recommendations:

Airplane!
Amadeus
Big
Blade Runner
Blood Simple
Brazil
Do the Right Thing
Once Upon a Time in America
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
Ran
Say Anything
This Is Spinal Tap
Tootsie

You can't go wrong with any of those.
 
Some 80's GEMS you've probably missed:

- Manhunter : The first movie done about Hannibal Lector, made by Michael Mann (Miami Vice). Starring the guy from CSI. Fantastic movie....but very 80's, from the clothes to the rampant use of Neon and modern art just about everywhere, to the synth-heavy musical score. When you get done watching it you'll go "my god it was like a 2 hour miami vice episode".....which, since it was done by Michael Mann, is why :)

- To Live and Die in LA: A decent 80's Popcorn Flick, also starring that guy from CSI and Manhunter, and Willem Dafoe. I never saw this in the 80's but I remember the title song was a top 10 hit for Wang Chung. And WTF was up with naming your band Wang Chung anyhow...!?

- Phantasm II: Dont bother looking for it on DVD yet, its only out as a region 2 and the transfer sucks. But its a great 80's horror movie...one of the best.

- Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo....................................ok just testing you to see if you're awake.
 
Some of my favorites that no one has mentioned:

JUST ONE OF THE GUYS

AMERICAN NINJA (Michael Dudikoff is the man)
 
if anyone has knowledge of obscure 80's movies please help:

this movie revolved around spitting contests. basically, take the Karate kid, take out the karate and replace it with spitting. It takes an amazing dramatic turn though-- the main character, who is the spitting champ, duh, burns his tongue on a hot cup of coffee right before the finals. For some reason, this confines him to a wheelchair and heavy bandaging. He then hits rock bottom and almost commits suicide but his girlfriend, who never gave up hope, saves him. he then goes on to win the championship.


If anyone knows the title of this movie, $10000000 is yours.
 
Oh shit, nobodies mentioned the Last Dragon.

you are the last dragon, you possess the power of the glow!
 
Real Genius, it has some great quotes
Chris Knight: So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight: Not right now.
Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards.
 
Raising Arizona
Gremlins
Three O'Clock High
Porky's
Revenge of the Nerds
Rad
Glory
Highlander
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Platoon
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Running Man
Willow
 
[quote name='Apossum']Oh shit, nobodies mentioned the Last Dragon.

you are the last dragon, you possess the power of the glow![/QUOTE]

The ironic thing? Even I wasn't thinking about it.

My recommendations to the list:

The Decline of Western Civilization
The Crippled Masters
Rad
Thrashin'
Monster Squad

myke.
 
some great ones have been listed, but to add

clash of the titans

Princess Bride

Hoosiers

Top Gun

Iron Eagle

Flash Gordon ( I liked it)

Caddyshack

Gallipoli ( a first view of mel gibson)

ET

Star Trek wrath of kahn

Rock 3

Poltergeist

War Games

Mr. Mom

National Lampoon's vacation

Cheech and Chong's Still Smokin'

Red Dawn

The Natural

The Killing Fields

Romancing the Stone -- The Jewel of the Nile

Commando

Crocodile Dundee

Good Morning, Vietnam

Full Metal Jacket

The Running Man

Wall Street

Colors

Die Hard

Dead Poet's Society

Field of Dreams

Uncle Buck

When Harry Met Sally
 
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