NFT: What's the MOST 80s movie?

That’s pretty 80’s

In comment 15483126 big_blue said:

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That’s pretty 80’s

Great pick. I love that film.

And it's totally 80s to the max. ;)

Porkys II?

and St Elmo's Fire.

at Ridgemont High.

In comment 15483131 bw in dc said:

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and St Elmo's Fire.

Agreed. I hate those fucking movies. So awful, especially St. Elmo's Fire.

Oops. Thought it said worst. Never ... Mind.

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or One Crazy Summer. Nothing says 80s more than John Cusack.

Without a doubt.

St Elmo's Fire would be second

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And The Sure Thing

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In comment 15483132 Professor Falken said:

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at Ridgemont High.

This would be my pick. Early 80s perfectly encapsulated.

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In comment 15483132 Professor Falken said:

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at Ridgemont High.

This.

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that’s all.

In comment 15483132 Professor Falken said:

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at Ridgemont High.

This one does it for me. Especially the Pat Benatar look-alikes.

Though I have a hard time disagreeing with Working Girl

In comment 15483137 Giantsfan79 said:

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Came here for this.

is up there. " Yes, it's a B-movie, and at times it feels like a protracted episode of Knight Rider, the A-Team or the aforementioned Miami Vice. But is that a bad thing?"

It's an 80s thing.

Love that flick, lol.

Any John Hughes flick.

Sequel to snf. Or rocky 4

Or Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

'No shirts. No shoes. No dice.'

Real Genius.
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo :-)

Gordon Gekko

Spring Break (1983) - always reminds me of the 80's.

...Breakfast Club.

Vacation

Top Gun
Road House

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Valley Girl gets another vote. Nicolas Cage's first film. This film is blatently every 80's stereotype you can think off.

Scarface - I'd also put forth Scarface. Coke, guns, Miami Vice outfits.

Miami Vice- same as Scarface

In comment 15483127 Producer said:

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In comment 15483126 big_blue said: Quote: That’s pretty 80’s Great pick. I love that film. And it's totally 80s to the max. ;)

Starts as a typical comic teenage let’s get laid movie, turns serious in second half with a soul robbing hard punch in the gut ending. Not sure what the 80s is but does that describe it?

imo

80's hair cuts- Fighting a rebel war in designer jeans

was Weird Science.

Fast Times & Sixteen Candles are great ones as well.

or maybe Ferris Bueller. But any quintessential 80s movie should have a gratuitous antiCommie victory lap- which is what makes it so cringy and anachronistic. So maybe Rocky 4?

is the right choice here...

Totally 80s

and Breakfast Club, yep.

when I think "80s movie".

seeing Ferris Bueller mentioned....

WarGames

It fits two classic '80s themes - the advent of home computers and Cold War conflict.

spillover from one decade to the next. To me, there's a lot of Fast Times that's more evocative of the 70s than the 80s. The John Hughes movies are more of a snapshot of 80s culture IMO.
Some others:
Rivers Edge, Wall Street, Secret of My Success, Karate Kid, Teen Wolf, Heathers, St. Elmo's, Lost Boys, Revenge of the Nerds.

In comment 15483708 Enzo said:

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spillover from one decade to the next. To me, there's a lot of Fast Times that's more evocative of the 70s than the 80s. The John Hughes movies are more of a snapshot of 80s culture IMO. Some others: Rivers Edge, Wall Street, Secret of My Success, Karate Kid, Teen Wolf, Heathers, St. Elmo's, Lost Boys, Revenge of the Nerds.

Fast Times was based on writer Cameron Crowe’s experience as an undercover high school student in the late 70s, so that makes sense.

And Top Gun are up there. The classic snobs vs slobs, where the slobs win but at a cost, big hair, awesome overly done soundtracks and hateable bad guys.

Going from 8-18 that decade, this thread is quite a walk down memory lane. The first movie I thought of when I saw the thread title was Working Girl and agree with a lot of the others mentioned. I still can hardly believe that Jeff Bridges was both the hot football star from Against All Odds AND The Dude in The Big Lebowski.

In comment 15483287 elpeces said:

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Real Genius. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo :-)

LOL, I came here to say "Real Genius".

music, hair, the problems...

with Melanie.

for workplace age, Working Girl (comedy) and Wall Street (serious).

But, a number that immediately come to mind as both representative of the 80s and tied to the 80s:

Top Gun
Back to the Future
Karate Kid
Fast Times
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club (these are the two most iconic Hughes films, in my opinion)
Rocky IV
Wall Street
Goonies
Die Hard
First Blood/Rmabo: First Blood Part II
Ferris Beuller
Gremlins
Dirty Dancing
Stand By ME
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Porky's
Police Academy
Footloose
Big
Do the Right Thing

I know Working Girl seems to represent the 80s in terms of the hair, the office culture, etc. but it is not one that immediately came to mind.

I would love to pick a John Cusack movie, because I think of him as an iconic 80s actor, but I'm not sure any of the films are quite there.