Most underrated 80s movie ever

With Julia Roberts. And I have actually ate at this pizza place in Mystic, Connecticut and it was great.

Night of the Comet
The Hidden

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Hollywood Knights. Poor man,s Animal House with an impressive cast. So off the radar most people have never seen it. Hilarious.

Love this movie. Poor man’s American Graffiti though.

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With Julia Roberts. And I have actually ate at this pizza place in Mystic, Connecticut and it was great.

Holy shit, I've never actually heard anyone claim that pizza was even edible let alone great. I'm especially shocked someone with a Yalebowl handle, presumably from New Haven, would say it.

Full Metal Jacket

threads with the word underrated in it going forward. Maybe a ban, like with political threads.

I feel like most people consider something underrated if either: most critics don't like it, but most audiences do or many people just didn't see it due to limited distribution.

half this thread is classics.

Like when I see Citizen Kane and the Godfather on the most underrated movies of all time thread. Those are the exact opposite of underrated.

Or I could just care less about these threads and I'm not sure any of you really want that.

Hollywood Knights and Midnight Run

tremendous flicks...

Dangerfield and Pesci were so damn funny.

"Let me just lick the bride."

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threads with the word underrated in it going forward. Maybe a ban, like with political threads. I feel like most people consider something underrated if either: most critics don't like it, but most audiences do or many people just didn't see it due to limited distribution. half this thread is classics. Like when I see Citizen Kane and the Godfather on the most underrated movies of all time thread. Those are the exact opposite of underrated. Or I could just care less about these threads and I'm not sure any of you really want that.

Bbi'ers also get triggered by the term JAG XD

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Night of the Comet The Hidden

weird, I always think of Night of the Comet as a comedy but it is definitely a horror movie as well.

watched Ping Pong Summer?

It's a free rental on Roku right now. It's an "80's movie" that was shot in 2014.

I still can't decide if it's the worst movie I've ever seen. But I couldn't stop watching it. So bad, it was almost good.

In comment 14132343 yalebowl said:

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With Julia Roberts. And I have actually ate at this pizza place in Mystic, Connecticut and it was great.

+1.

that final scene when Galen fights the dragon

that was a good movie

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Hilarity ensues when John Candy and Rip Torn beat Richard Crenna in a boat race.

Such a quotable movie. Love it. “Mama, can I go play in the basement with Yorku?’

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Can't believe I almost forgot that one

When they peel back the bedsheets and it’s not the boy but a slimy breathing humanoid, it gave me hella creeps. Still does.

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Good call. Couldn’t be made today with Joel playing a Korean man but a fun movie. Always wanted the sequel. Would have been great if the foe was a rogue trainee.

Candy and Aykroyd are hilarious. John Candy's killer bear story around the fireplace is an amazing scene. The Ol' 96er, etc.

Also, great end credits sequence.
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Explorers? I named my 2nd bike "The Thunder Road."

All 80’s movies about kids on bikes exploring things are the best movies. Goonies principal among them. Explorers up there too.

Mrs. Monahan: You pollute the air with your smoking. You reek of liquor and god knows what else. You're an ecological menace!

Monty: Yeah, well you were the inspiration for twin beds.

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With Kevin Bacon and Sean Astin. Great movie. Weird Science RoboCop

Beat me to it on WWS. Recommend it to friends all the time. Loved to hate that a-hole Vick!

starring Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy and Martha Plimpton. Never made it to dvd though.

Also, Cloak & Dagger and Nothing But Trouble. Maybe even Labyrinth.

My original list included White Water Summer and Summer Rental, but those were taken already.
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2 I didn't see suggested, Porky's and Hot Dog.

See, an ordinary person spends his life getting out of tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting INTO tense situations.

You ever read this? Diuretix, The Science of Matter Over Mind? That book'll change your life. I found it in the back of a Maserati in Beverly Hills....know what I mean?

Some nice friends you got there, Otto.
-Thanks....I made em myself!

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In comment 14132130 ImThatGuy said: Quote: Can't believe I almost forgot that one When they peel back the bedsheets and it’s not the boy but a slimy breathing humanoid, it gave me hella creeps. Still does.

Last Starfighter also had a notably strong theme song and soundtrack. Anyone who doesn’t tear up a little when Alex and Maggie head for the stars in the end probably just doesn’t have a heart.

River's Edge

not an award winner, but funny.

movie buff and Blu ray movie collector so here is mine .Check them out if you get a chance

Night of the Creeps
Vamp
To Live and Die in LA
The Wild Life
The Keep
Sole Survivor
Vigilante
Maniac
The New Kids

cheesy summer camp flick, made good bc of the antics of Bill Murray in his prime

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Night of the Comet The Hidden

Anyone who brings up "The Hidden" deserves a banquet in their honor.

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cheesy summer camp flick, made good bc of the antics of Bill Murray in his prime

With Wudy the Wabbit?

by Scorsese

Also check director Walter Hill..Southern Comfort,Johnny Handsome,Red Heat,Extreme Prejudice.

with a young Jeff Daniels being sidetracked by "wild" Melanie Griffith. Complete with young, psychotic Ray Liotta.


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Very strange little Scorcese film with Griffen Dunne and Rosanna Arquette set one night in the Village.
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but what a great film. Barry Levinson.
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not an award winner, but funny.

That's one of my wife's favorite movies.

Another good entry for this is also one of her favorites: Let It Ride, with Richard Dreyfuss and David Johansen.

1. 48 Hours
2. Beverly Hill Cop
3. At Close Range
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. First Blood
6. The Karate Kid
7. Rvenege of the Nerds
8. Stand By Me
9. Young Guns

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River's Edge

loved it.

Should have been able to tell Crispin Glover was going to wind up batshit crazy by how well he played that part.

No one did loony like Crispin Glover, because he IS loony. Dennis Hopper is great in it too.

Did you know that one was loosely based on a true story?
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aren't "underrated" at all. A lot of them are classics, or at least all-timers.

Fright Night
Monster squad
Dreamscape
Strange Invaders
Night of the Creeps

If I come across it when it's on, I'll watch it every time.

underrated movies but one i left off is Night Shift ...I really wish it would get the blu ray treatment .Its long overdue

w/ John Cusak


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Time Bandits
Johnny Dangerously
Just One of the Guys
Top Secret
Harlem Nights

(These may be too "popular" but...)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Can't Buy Me Love
Romancing the Stone
Police Academy

"I don't hate people, I just seem to feel better when they're not around"

Falcon and the Snowman

Quite a cast.
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Quite a cast. Link - ( New Window )

the one-ders (pronounced oh-need-ers)

80's?