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NFT: ***Official Movie Thread - Best of the 80s movies***

Grey Pilgrim : 7/13/2022 12:50 pm
I'll start!

1. Say Anything

2. Chances Are

3. Back To School

4. Overboard

5. Breakfast Club

6. :excited:
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man, I can't imagine  
santacruzom : 7/13/2022 1:43 pm : link
being a kid now is nearly as exciting as being a kid in the 80s was. We had that insane anticipation towards summer blockbusters that could only be seen in the theater, and we couldn't just choose endless hours of other content we liked to combat it. I don't think there's a modern equivalent to that.
......  
Route 9 : 7/13/2022 1:46 pm : link
Back to the Future
Midnight Run
Full Metal Jacket
Wall Street
Lethal Weapon
E.T.
Rain Man
......  
Route 9 : 7/13/2022 1:49 pm : link
Now that I'm older, the best part of The Breakfast Club is the principal lol

I'll give you the answer to that question, Mr. Bender, next Saturday. Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns.
Blue Velvet  
Chris in Philly : 7/13/2022 1:51 pm : link
Raging Bull
Bull Durham
The Road Warrior
Raising Arizona
The Right Stuff
King of Comedy
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.  
Klaatu : 7/13/2022 2:11 pm : link
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Airplane.
Heavy Metal.
E.T.
Tron.
First Blood.
Die Hard.
The Terminator.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
......  
Route 9 : 7/13/2022 2:16 pm : link
Oh yeah. Trading places.
Underated in my view  
CRinCA : 7/13/2022 2:28 pm : link
“The Sure Thing”.
Ghostbusters!  
Chris684 : 7/13/2022 2:37 pm : link
..
Midnight Run has been on the Showtimes  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 7/13/2022 3:03 pm : link
And it's almost perfectly cast and acted across the board, from De Niro to Grodin, Farina, Ashton and Pantoliano.
Wow, a lot of the movies mentioned are pure crap.  
Crispino : 7/13/2022 3:10 pm : link
An indictment of the era if they make the list.
Which is not to say there weren’t plenty of …  
Crispino : 7/13/2022 3:13 pm : link
good movies during the ‘80’s.😀
Batman  
mattnyg05 : 7/13/2022 3:29 pm : link
Robocop
The Dekalog by Kieslowki  
Producer : 7/13/2022 3:39 pm : link
is pobably the film achievemwnt of the decade, though it's actually 10 films.

Followed closely by #2. Blue Velvet. Then in no particular order, off the top of my head...

3. Robocop
4. The River's Edge
5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
6. Terminator
7. Re-Animator
8. Evil Dead 2
9. Return of the Living Dead
10. Sex, lies, and videotape
these selections disappoint,  
bluefin : 7/13/2022 3:39 pm : link
Roy will only spare UConn
King of Comedy is a good call  
Producer : 7/13/2022 3:42 pm : link
I'd have to get that on my top 10 list.
Wall Street  
PatersonPlank : 7/13/2022 3:45 pm : link
Alien (technically 1979)
Aliens
Terminator
Rain Man
Caddyshack
Empire Strikes Back
RE: these selections disappoint,  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/13/2022 3:47 pm : link
In comment 15752992 bluefin said:
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Roy will only spare UConn


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Good Call!
RE: RE: these selections disappoint,  
bluefin : 7/13/2022 3:50 pm : link
In comment 15753006 Grey Pilgrim said:
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In comment 15752992 bluefin said:


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Roy will only spare UConn



I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Good Call!

thanks Pilgrim, you’re our best and only friend
RE: RE: RE: these selections disappoint,  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/13/2022 3:52 pm : link
In comment 15753013 bluefin said:
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In comment 15753006 Grey Pilgrim said:


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In comment 15752992 bluefin said:


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Roy will only spare UConn



I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Good Call!


thanks Pilgrim, you’re our best and only friend


lol
Goonies, Stand by Me, Karate Kids, Rambo, Breakfast Club  
KDavies : 7/13/2022 4:08 pm : link
honorable mention for Just One of the Guys as the first pair of boobs I saw
How has no one mentioned Buckaroo Bonzai yet?  
RCPhoenix : 7/13/2022 4:24 pm : link
"Hey, hey, hey — don't be mean. We don't have to be mean. 'Cause, remember: no matter where you go... there you are."
Weird Science!  
Optimus-NY : 7/13/2022 4:27 pm : link



Weird Science Bar Scene: Gary's Blues (1985) - ( New Window )
One more...  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/13/2022 6:30 pm : link
Hannah and Her Sisters
In any order  
Ira : 7/13/2022 6:46 pm : link
The Empire Strikes Back
The Return of the Jedi
Terminator
Raiders
...  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 7/13/2022 6:46 pm : link
I'll add some: Field of Dreams, Big, Hoosiers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raging Bull, ET, The Big Chill, Dead Poets Society, Mississippi Burning, & Platoon. I'm sure I'm missing a ton of '80s flicks that I love/loved.

Spaceballs needs an honorable mention. I saw that when it came out & about 3/4ths of the jokes went over the head of this child. 'I bet she gives great helmet.' Hahaha. I had no clue WTF that meant when I saw it the first time.
Agree on The Sure Thing  
Hazlet Giant's Fan : 7/13/2022 7:33 pm : link
Meatballs and The Last American Virgin
Some lesser remembered that deserve mention  
steve in ky : 7/13/2022 7:44 pm : link
Atlantic City, Broadcast News, Lost in America, Once Upon a Time in America, Amadeus
Das Boot...  
BamaBlue : 7/13/2022 7:57 pm : link
Dead Poet's Society
Full Metal Jacket
The Right Stuff
Coming to America
ET
Good Morning Vietnam
Platoon
Raging Bull

My favorite movie of all time: Field of Dreams
Lots of good entertaining movies mentioned, most of which  
Jimmy Googs : 7/13/2022 8:04 pm : link
aren't exactly "Best" type movies. And way too many teenager-type movies noted.

Chariots of Fire is the best movie of the 1980s. Hoosiers and Raiders on the podium next to it...
The Shining  
US1 Giants : 7/13/2022 8:17 pm : link
.
Keep in mind, this is  
Dave on the UWS : 7/13/2022 8:30 pm : link
Rolling Stone’s list. If it had strong social commentary or made a statement, it made the list. They’re NOT the American Film Institute .
Platoon  
OC2.0 : 7/13/2022 11:02 pm : link
Top of the hill.
RE: Off the top of my head....  
OC2.0 : 7/13/2022 11:04 pm : link
In comment 15752719 John In CO said:
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ghostbusters, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, At Close Range, Die Hard, Breakfast Club, Back to the Future I and II

At Close Range, very underrated. Walken's best flick imo
Two, courtesy of John Milius:  
Klaatu : 7/14/2022 6:32 am : link
Red Dawn and Conan the Barbarian.
Odd that they didn’t  
Dave on the UWS : 7/14/2022 7:04 am : link
list the movie that bear out “Raiders” for beat picture. It’s right up their alley “Chariots of Fire”
What...  
Brown_Hornet : 7/14/2022 9:21 am : link
...no love for Tootsie?!

- Fast Times
- Breakfast Club
- Raising Arizona
- The Shining
- Princess Bride (my fav)


And of course...
- This is Spinal Tap!
RE: What...  
Jimmy Googs : 7/14/2022 9:58 am : link
In comment 15753689 Brown_Hornet said:
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...no love for Tootsie?!

- Fast Times
- Breakfast Club
- Raising Arizona
- The Shining
- Princess Bride (my fav)


And of course...
- This is Spinal Tap!


BH - big Tootsie fan here!
Once Upon a Time in America  
Greg from LI : 7/14/2022 10:02 am : link
Very underrated.

Also very underrated is To Live and Die in LA
Thing  
Spiciest Memelord : 7/14/2022 12:59 pm : link
Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, Kagemusha, Ran
RE: Lots of good entertaining movies mentioned, most of which  
Route 9 : 7/14/2022 1:12 pm : link
In comment 15753288 Jimmy Googs said:
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aren't exactly "Best" type movies. And way too many teenager-type movies noted.

Chariots of Fire is the best movie of the 1980s. Hoosiers and Raiders on the podium next to it...


Adventure films can be well received.

E.T. may be a kids movie but it is a quality movie production wise.
A top 13  
giantstock : 7/15/2022 12:38 am : link
1-- Raiders of the Lost Ark
2-- The Empire Strikes Back
3-- Die Hard
4-- Aliens
5-- Ghostbusters
6-- The Shining
7-- The Terminator
8-- Bull Durham
9-- E.T.
10- Midnight Run
11- The Road Warrior
12- 48 Hours
13- Caddyshack
RE: RE: What...  
giantstock : 7/15/2022 12:41 am : link
In comment 15753751 Jimmy Googs said:
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...no love for Tootsie?!

- Fast Times
- Breakfast Club
- Raising Arizona
- The Shining
- Princess Bride (my fav)


And of course...
- This is Spinal Tap!



BH - big Tootsie fan here!


Forgot all about Tootsie. I put it ahead of Aliens at number 4.

Maybe ahead of Die Hard at 3. Only behind Raiders of teh Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back.
RE: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.  
giantstock : 7/15/2022 12:46 am : link
In comment 15752835 Klaatu said:
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Airplane.
Heavy Metal.
E.T.
Tron.
First Blood.
Die Hard.
The Terminator.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.


Yes -- The Wrath of Khan!!! Another I forgot.
No love for Flamingo Kid?  
Matt M. : 7/15/2022 8:43 am : link
Solid 80s movie.
Or The Natural?  
Matt M. : 7/15/2022 8:46 am : link
My favorite baseball movie. I still try to watch this every year at the start of the baseball season.
RE: No love for Flamingo Kid?  
Brown_Hornet : 7/15/2022 11:06 am : link
In comment 15754614 Matt M. said:
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Solid 80s movie.
I really liked that one.

Dad and I played a lot of Gin when I was a kid.
RE: RE: No love for Flamingo Kid?  
NYGgolfer : 7/15/2022 11:10 am : link
In comment 15754720 Brown_Hornet said:
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In comment 15754614 Matt M. said:


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Solid 80s movie.

I really liked that one.

Dad and I played a lot of Gin when I was a kid.


So did we. Good movie that I haven't seen in years. Will have to find on Netflix.

Sweet Ginger Brown!
Two of my favorites  
Bill in Del : 7/15/2022 8:14 pm : link
Splash
Moonstruck
Can't leave this off the list  
Bill in Del : 7/15/2022 8:37 pm : link
The Pope of Greenwich Village
RE: Wall Street  
PatersonPlank : 7/15/2022 9:32 pm : link
In comment 15753002 PatersonPlank said:
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Alien (technically 1979)
Aliens
Terminator
Rain Man
Caddyshack
Empire Strikes Back


Can't believe I forgot Star Trek 2- The Wrath of Khan!
after a horrible Star Trek one, they fell back to Kirk's arch-villian to save the franchise. What a movie, still holds up too.





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