Favorite Movies From The '80s?

The 1980's might have been the last really good decade for movies.

Anyone care to share their favorites?

i had so many 80s favorites..not in any order

back to the future movies
weird science
indiana jones..the first ones
full metal jacket
aliens
empire strikes back(best star wars movie)

i'm sure i liked more but am coming up blank

E.T (1982)
Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Die Hard (1988)
Ghostbuster (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Airplane (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Terminator (1984)
Platoon (1986)

To name a few

- Simon

Command Alt Ego said:

The 1980's might have been the last really good decade for movies.

Anyone care to share their favorites?

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Lord of the Rings I, II and III
Iron Man
Galaxy Quest
Stranger than Fiction
Forrest Gump
Shindler's List
Apollo 13
Up
The Blind Side
Avatar

Oh, wait those have all been in the last twenty or so years. Don't think I agree with the premise about the 80's being the last decade for good movies. I would agree that the really great movies are few and far between though.

The Goonies!

iWhat said:

The Goonies!

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Oh dear!

- Simon

To be completely Honest my favorite movie of all is from the 80s

The Last Starfighter

Second fav is from 1993

Meteor Man

Neither was a box office hit or received any critical acclaim, but they both appealed to me and I re-watch them on a fairly regular basis

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sixteen Candles
Taps

Maybe a little juvenille...but classic 80's movies...

One of my favorites from the 1980's:

Blade Runner (1982)

- Nick

got to be terminator.

I'll add RoboCop and When Harry Met Sally.

Hmm....

Cobra
Terminator
Commando
Back To The Future Trilogy
Aliens
The Shining


Plus too many I can't remember at the moment! I disagree about the 80's being the best time for movies though, in fact I think that a lot of great films are still being made. Granted a lot of trash too, but that has always been.
Inception is one of the greatest films of all time, and that's last year, and go back to the 70's and you have classics like One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and Chinatown.
Just my opinion, but the 80's were actually quite poor in comparison.

Oh BLASPHEMY!!!!!!
Nobody said "Spinal Tap",
the one with the Marshall that goes up to...

why does it go to 11?!

lets face it, that movie is terrible, dero

(i know thats its charm, but still)

robduckyworth said:

why does it go to 11?!

lets face it, that movie is terrible, dero

(i know thats its charm, but still)

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That would be like another movie that is godawful, but still brings in the $$$$

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(just five years older then the mentioned era)
;D

Spinal Tap is not terrible, it's genius!
Te RHPS is rubbish.

why not just make 10 go a little louder?

But these go to 11. lol.

codda said:

Taps

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I like that movie too...

Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Lost Boys
Red Dawn


...to name a few 80's classics...with 80's feel... There are a bunch - I'll have to come back to this thread

I was an 80's kid who grew up in Chicago so I got these as my personal faves:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Blues Brothers
Weird Science
The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
Risky Business
Uncle Buck

also while looking through my fave 80's DVD's...

Escape From New York
Beat Street
Style Wars
War Games
Krush Groove
Scarface
Aliens
Robocop
To Live and Die in L.A.
Naked Gun
Fletch
Caddyshack
Stripes
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Color Purple
Die Hard

How oh how oh how could I forget the Blue Brothers? Great Film!

- Simon