Since the '90s and 2000 have been covered, let's start moving backwards a little further. What do you consider the best movies (or your favorite, however you want to phrase it) released in the years 1980 - 1989?

My list...

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"It's too bad she won't live. Then again, who does?...

1. BladeRunner (1982 - Ridley Scott)
2. Do the Right Thing (1989 - Spike Lee)
3. Raging Bull (1980 - Scorsese)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 - Spielberg)
5. The Last Temptation of Christ (1987 - Scorsese)
6. Amadeus (1984 - Milos Forman)
7. The Mosquito Coast (1986 - Peter Weir)
8. After Hours (1985 - Scorsese)
9. Bird (1988 - Eastwood)
10. Brazil (1985 - Terry Gilliam)


What are your picks?

Hmmm, are you sure there's 10? :D

Why are people so damning of eighties cinema? What about the sixties; a cinematic era, just as bereft of imagination in terms of mainstream cinema until the arrival of Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Miller, 1967) and Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969). It is narrow-minded to suggest that the eighties is an era not worth investigating (although I hope I detect an element of humour in your post TWT!). Holden's list gives ample proof that there are films of high quality. I don't normally indulge in lists, but if it's proof you need:

Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
The Last Emporer (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987)
Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone, 1989)
Reds (Warren Beatty, 1981)
The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe, 1984)
Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan, 1986)
A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, 1988)
Sex, Lies and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
Au Revoir les Enfants (Louis Malle, 1987)
Rumblefish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)

And there's more where that came from...

You do indeed detect that. Fine detection. :) I always make fun of the 80s, even though I love Michael Jackson, think "You Spin Me Round" is a great movie, and admire Ronald Reagan. :D I guess I like to make fun of all the odd styles...clothes, hair and such. :)

lol.... between michael jackson and the republican party, i KNEW you would have an opinion on the 80s.

Yeah, TWTCommish, I could easily name One-Hundred great movies made in the '80s. What in the Hell do the prevailing political winds and fashion trends have to do with the best cinema?

Not surprisingly, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo wouldn't be on my top Three-Thousand list, but I don't see what that has to do with filmmakers like Scorsese, Kurosawa, Gilliam, Polanski, Spike Lee, John Huston, etc.

But please, feel free to dismiss every single aspect of a time period based on superficialities and things that have nothing to do with Film or Art. Enjoy life with your blinders on!
:cool:

For those of you who can separate these things in your minds, make a few lists.;)

YEAR-by-YEAR

1980: 1) Raging Bull, 2) Tess, 3) The Empire Strikes Back, 4) The Stunt Man, 5) The Elephant Man, 6) The Shining, 7) Airplane!, 8) Bronco Billy, 9) The Blues Brothers, 10) Melvin & Howard

1981: 1) Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2) Modern Romance, 3) Pennies From Heaven, 4) Blow Out, 5) Reds, 6) Time Bandits, 7) The Long Good Friday, 8) Arthur, 9) Das Boot, 10) They All Laughed

1982: 1) BladeRunner, 2) The Thing, 3) Missing, 4) Honkytonk Man, 5) Diner, 6) Tootsie, 7) The Verdict, 8) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 9) Fitzcarraldo, 10) Conan the Barbarian, 11) The World According To Garp, 12) Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 13) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 14) Eating Raoul, 15) My Favorite Year

1983: 1) The King of Comedy, 2) Monty Python's Meaning of Life, 3) Silkwood, 4) The Right Stuff, 5) A Christmas Story, 6) The Survivors, 7) WarGames, 8) Terms of Endearment, 9) Something Wicked This Way Comes, 10) Blue Thunder

1984: 1) Amadeus, 2) Once Upon A Time in America, 3) The Killing Fields 4) This Is Spinal Tap, 5) Tightrope, 6) Ghostbusters, 7) A Soldier's Story, 8) Blood Simple, 9) Birdy, 10) All of Me, 11) Beverly Hills Cop, 12) The Pope of Greenwich Village, 13) The Terminator, 14) Romancing the Stone, 15) Starman

1985: 1) After Hours, 2) Brazil, 3) Lost in America, 4) RAN, 5) To Live & Die in L.A., 6) Witness, 7) Prizzi's Honor, 8) Fletch, 9) Pale Rider, 10) The Falcon & the Snowman

1986: 1) The Mosquito Coast, 2) Platoon, 3) Stand by Me, 4) Hoosiers, 5) The Color of Money, 6) Aliens, 7) Salvador, 8) Manhunter, 9) Blue Velvet, 10) Big Trouble in Little China

1987: 1) Broadcast News, 2) Full Metal Jacket, 3) Raising Arizona, 4) The Princess Bride, 5) Tin Men, 6) Angel Heart, 7) Roxanne, 8) Empire of the Sun, 9) RoboCop, 10) Near Dark, 11) Barfly, 12) The Hidden, 13) The Witches of Eastwick, 14) Withnail & I, 15) The Untouchables

1988: 1) The Last Temptation of Christ, 2) Bird, 3) Rain Man, 4) Midnight Run, 5) Clean & Sober, 6) Die Hard, 7) A Fish Called Wanda, 8) The Thin Blue Line, 9) Akira, 10) Eight Men Out, 11) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, 12) Mississippi Burning, 13) Bull Durham, 14) The Chocolate War, 15) The Beast

1989: 1) Do the Right Thing, 2) Roger & Me, 3) The War of the Roses, 4) Crimes & Misdemeanors, 5) sex,lies & videotape, 6) Glory, 7) Drugstore Cowboy, 8) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 9) Henry V, 10) Say Anything, 11) When Harry Met Sally..., 12) How To Get Ahead in Advertising, 13) Always, 14) Heathers, 15) Breaking In

I have actually not watched many 80s movies, but I would have to say the ones I enjoy are:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Men at Work
Sixteen Candles
Trading Places
Weird Science
Goonies*
Coming To America*
Stripes*
Ghostbusters*

EDIT - Forgot to add a few they have stars by them..:D

Yes a few Hughes movies in there, He was pretty much the man of the 80's when it came to directing teen comedies.
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Hey, it was JUST a joke. :) The 80s are so amazingly easy to make fun of...almost as easy as the 70s. :D

I know it was a joke, that's why I included only one fewer smiley face in my reply than you did in your message.
:idea:

My favorite movies of the 80s:
The Last Temptation of Holden Pike
The Holden Pike must be Crazy
The Holden Pike must be Crazy 2
Holden Pike Bless the Child
Holden Pikezilla 1985
Holden Pike of Montreal
Perfect
I could name the directors after all these movies so you'd know that I know but I don't have the time... Sorry!

Honestly though
The eighties did suck.
In every way.
Except toys in the eighties.
They kicked ***.
All the good board games, action figures, legos.
Movies?
Yeah, there're ten.
But barely.
1. A Fish Called Wanda
2. Mystery Train
3. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark / Last Crusade
5. The Empire Strikes Back / Return of the Jedi
6. Ran
7. Raising Arizona
8. The Princess Bride
9. Things Change
10. Melvin and Howard

1. Rain Man
2. the empire strikes back
3. The raiders of the lost ark
4. Full metal jacket
5.Return of the jedi
6. Batman
7. Die hard
8. beetlejuice
9. Ninja turtles
10. Back to the Future

So, does Empire count? Because it was released in 1980, which was the last year of the '70s to many technical types (the types who made a big point about how the new milenium didn't start until Jan 1, 2001).

Of course, if Empire counts, then Men at Work cannot count since it was released in 1990 (unless we're talking about the Australian band "Men at Work" of "Who Can it Be Now" fame and who were very much a part of the '80s). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie was also released in 1990.

But I can't believe that anyone would have Men at Work on their list since the only funny joke in it was stolen from "Better Off Dead" (an '80s movie that would be on my best of the '80s list).

There were lots of good movies in the '80s. Too many for me to try and list.

if ninja turtles was 1990 then move back to the future up and put back to the future 2 in there

If you can't remember a specific date then I would say it counts. :D...that's just me though.

Some other 80's movies that were ok, WOW, you're right, the 80's did suck, I can't think of any other movies.

Having to think back here....

10. Tightrope
9. Rain Man
8. The Empire Strikes Back
7. Pale Rider
6. Bird
5. No Way Out
4. The Untouchables
3. Witness
2. Scarface
1. Amadeus

Hey don't knock the 80s. I grew up there.

In no particular order.

1. Raging Bull
2. Once Upon A Time In America
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. Back to the Future
5. ET - The Extra Terristial
6. The King of Comedy
7. Field of Dreams
8. Full Metal Jacket
9. Edward Scissorhands
10. Die Hard

Looking back, Scorsese was on fire in the 80s. Raging Bull and The King of Comedy rank with Goodfellas as his best work. Zemeckis, Spielberg, Burton were just starting to flex their muscles as Sergio Leone and Kubrick's own muscles were beginning to tire.

It wasn't the greatest decade for quantity but there was a lot of quality.

Here are my top ten of the eighties, in order:

• Amadeus
  1984 / Director: Milos Forman
• Blade Runner
  1982 / Director: Ridley Scott
• Raging Bull
  1980 / Director: Martin Scorsese
• Ran
  1985 / Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
  1981 / Director: Steven Spielberg
• Glory
  1989 / Director: Edward Zwick
• Jean de Florette
  1986 / Director: Claude Berri
• Brazil
  1985 / Director: Terry Gilliam
• Cinema Paradiso
  1989 / Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
  
• Driving Miss Daisy
  1989 / Director: Bruce Beresford

01. Blade Runner (d. Ridley Scott, 1982)
02. Amadeus (d. Milos Forman, 1984)
03. Raging Bull (d. Martin Scorsese, 1980)
04. Brazil (d. Terry Gilliam, 1985)
05. Hannah and Her Sisters (d. Woody Allen, 1986)
06. The Last Temptation of Christ (d. Martin Scorsese, 1988)
07. Do the Right Thing (d. Spike Lee, 1989)
08. Gallipoli (d. Peter Weir, 1981)
09. The Shining (d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
10. The King of Comedy (d. Martin Scorsese, 1983)

Amadeus
Platoon
The Shining
Glory
Brazil
Aliens
Pale Rider
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Blues Brothers
My Left Foot

Guilty pleasure: The Breakfast Club… :D

1. Raging Bull (d. Martin Scorsese - 1980)
2. Amadeus (d. Milos Forman - 1984)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (d. Steven Spielberg - 1981)
4. RAN (d. Akira Kurosawa - 1985)
5. Once Upon A Time in America (d. Sergio Leone - 1984)
6. Do The Right Thing (d. Spike Lee - 1989)
7. The Shining (d. Stanley Kubrick - 1980)
8. After Hours (d. Martin Scorsese - 1985)
9. Brazil (d. Terry Gilliam - 1985)
10. Platoon (d. Oliver Stone - 1986)

1) Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
2) Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
3) Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
4) 37.2 Le Matin (Betty Blue) (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)
5) Star Wars: Episode Five - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
6) The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
7) Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)
8) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
9) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
10) The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)

In no particular order:

Bladerunner
This is Spinal Tap
Aliens
Withnail & I
Blood Simple
Do the Right Thing
Trading Places
The Hitcher
Stir Crazy
House of Games
Videodrome

(this goes up to eleven ;) )

1. Blade Runner
2. Jean de Florette
3. Raging Bull
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Rain Man
6. Ran
7. Amadeus
8. Reds
9. The King of Comedy
10. The Verdict

have to agree on:

The Shining (d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
Blade Runner 1982 / Director: Ridley Scott
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
Brazil 1985 / Director: Terry Gilliam
Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)

and Altman's Fool for Love (1985)

"The eighties did suck.
In every way.
Except toys in the eighties.
They kicked"

I wish i were so young.

I liked the 80's. I couldn't keep it to ten and they're not in order.

1. The Princess Bride (1987)
2. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
3. Parenthood (1989)
4. Grave of the Fireflies (1988).
5. Sophie's Choice (1982)
6. Raiders of the Lost Arc (1981)
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
8. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
9. Tootsie (1982)
10. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
11. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
12. Cinema Paradiso (1989)
13. Terms of Endearment (1983)
14. Rain Man (1988)
15. Ghost Busters (1984)
16. Ruthless People (1986)
17. Moonstruck (1987)
18. Scrooged (1988)
19. Victor/Victoria (1982)
20. Back to the Future (1985)

Guilty Pleasure: 9 to 5(1980)

Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the lost Ark
Aliens
The Terminator
Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Return of the Jedi
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan
Back to the Future
A Christmas Vacation

There seems to be no mention of Evil Dead 2 (1987) or even he original (1981). A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) i think also deserves some recognition. I know this isnt a list of 10, but they would be in mine and i feel they are quite inspirational, almost seminal horrors, especially of the 80s.

Damn! I totally forgot about Evil Dead 2, and Tootsie... I love those films!

Hei Pyro, is that Hsu Chi?

Escape From New York, Aliens, The Breakfast Club

I can't post these in any order, too tough to decide....

Blade Runner (1982, Scott)
Ran (1985, Kurosawa)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Spielberg)
Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)
After Hours (Scorsese, 1985)
Back to the Future (Zemekis, 1985)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Kirshner)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 1987)
Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1985)
The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

yup, that is 11, couldn't cut any of those...

oh yeah! how could i forget that one?
:
After Hours (Scorsese, 1985)
actually one of my faves. doesn't make me younger.

Some 80's movies that may/may not have been mentioned:

Scarface
Good Morning Vietnam
The Color Purple
Monty Python And The Meaning Of Life
Wargames
Das Boot
Aliens
E.T.
Silverado
The Lost Boys
Dead Poets Society
Excalibur

Das Boot

:yawn: :sleep:

the rest, ok! ;)

1. Blade Runner
2. The Terminator
3. Aliens
4. Withnail and I
5. Dangerous Liaisons
6. Maurice
7. Stand By Me
8. A Fish Called Wanda
9. Jean de Florette
10. The Princess Bride

How come no-one else has listed Dangerous Liaisons? I just watched it again this evening, it is such a good film!

And Stand By Me kicks the backside of The Breakfast club ;)

Evil Dead 2!!!

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In no order.

The Lost Boys
Full Metal Jacket
Weird Science
The Monster Squad
Nightmare on Elm Street II
The Evil Dead(even though it was made in the late 70's it was released in the 80's)
The Evil Dead II
Day of the Dead
Wargames
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Going back to the 80's is too hard. Some movies transcend time, and in many times, hard to tell if it's from the 80's or 90's. Well, anyhow, here's my list:

Raging Bull
When Harry Met Sally
Blade Runner
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Alien
Amadeus
Brazil
Platoon
The Shining
Once Upon a Time in America

One of my Favs from the 80's:

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I can't have just 10 so how about 19?

1. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
2. Die Hard (1988)
3. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
4. Lethal Weapon (1987)
5. Enemy Mine (1985)
6. Back to the Future (1985)
7. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
8. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
9. Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
10. Ghostbusters (1984)
11. First Blood (1982)
12. The Terminator (1984)
13. Aliens (1986)
14. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
15. Clue (1985)
16. The Goonies (1985)
17. Trading Places (1983)
18. Commando (1985)
19. Tango and Cash (1989)

Lots of others but those are my favorites

Woah, woah, woah. You needed extra space on your list so you could proudly include frippin' Commando and Tango & Cash?!? What's at number twenty, Cobra?

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:rotfl: :laugh: :laugh: :rotfl: Lordy Thats funny.

I really hated that one, one of the most worst films i'd ever seen.

The topic was top films of the 80's right? not the worst films of the 80's?

Oh hey, that could be a new thread.

It would take to long to list them all

Haha, I didn't even think about it. Somewhere along the line I just listed some of my favorites. I still stand by Commando though. I really liked that movie. Just plain fun.

Raging Bull
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Amadeus
Full Metal Jacket
Akira
Back to the Future
Platoon
The Little Mermaid-I think I'm the only one

Empire Strikes Back
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Back To The Future
Aliens
The Thing
Blade Runner
Predator
Big trouble In Little China
Terminator
Clue
16 Candles
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Highlander

sorry there are too many :)

I do not understand the bad rep the 80's get when it comes to movies, and other things for that matter:) . Anyway I remember my 80's cinematic experience being filled with coming of age pictures: Stand By Me, The Outsiders, Breakfast Club, Radio Days, etc...

The list above me includes many of my favorite films, so again I ask: Why the bad rep?

Because so much of the 80s was quite cheesy (clothes, music etc...) People just assume that everything from that decade was corny and lame I suppose. Before anyone attacks me, I didn't say that all 80s music was cheesy or bad. Just most of it. Keep in mind, something can be cheesy and still fun/good at the same time cough*Duran Duran*cough.

Bingo:yup:

Yeah but it is easy to be cheesy, wait is that cheesy?

:yup: aye.

If I'd answered this in 1990:
The Princess Bride
The Breakfast Club
The Natural
Out of Africa
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Back to the Future
Beetlejuice
Tootsie
The Terminator
Stand By Me


In retrospect, from 2005:
Fitzcarraldo
Blade Runner
Withnail and I
Broadcast News
Brazil
When Harry Met Sally
The Princess Bride
The Breakfast Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Die Hard
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Untouchables
Terminator
Empire Strikes Back

the die hard trilogy

The original Die Hard was from the '80s, but both sequels are the '90s.

Pretty in Pink
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
The Evil Dead
Platoon
Ferris Bueller
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the Thirteenth
Princess Bride

Back to the Future

Back to the Future
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Untouchables
Ghostbusters
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Adventures in Babysitting
Evil Dead
The Shining
Beetlejuice
Batman

top ten
 

1 - Scarface
2- Platoon
3- Raging Bull
4- Raiders Of The Lost Ark
5- Rain Man
6- Glory
7- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
8- Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
9- Star Wars Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi
10- Amadeus

Full Metal Jacket
The Thing
Back to the Future
The Shining
Star Wars (V,VI)
Halloween 3
Day of the Dead
Scanners
The Fly
Videodrome

Oh yeah! I forgot! Ghostbusters1 and i don't remember when the second one was made, but if in the 80s that too.

Scarface and Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver was made in 76.

And DePalma's Scarface is a steaming pile of *****.

Oh, I didn't think it was that bad, but I do enjoy the original version with Paul Muni much more :cool:

Oh, It's that bad, alright. I can hardly sit through it anymore....

:sick:

woops my bad.

Back to the Future
Raging Bull
Once Upon a Time In America
The King of Comedy
Scarface
Full Metal Jacket
Untouchables
Rain Man
Dead Poets Society
Amadeus

1. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
2. Roger & Me (Michael Moore)
3. After Hours (Martin Scorsese)
4. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
6. This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
7. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
8. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
9. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
10. Blue Velvet (David Lynch)

The Blues Brothers (Landis, 1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981)
This Is Spinal Tap (Reiner, 1984)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)
Akira (Otomo, 1988)
Scarface (DePalma, 1983)
Repo Man (Cox, 1984)
The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987)

Damn, I can't think of a 10th one.

breakfast club
porkys
fast times
empire stikes back
road warrior
pretty in pink
weird science
rambo

Rain Man
Empire Strikes Back
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part 2
The Terminator
Aliens
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Untouchables
Platoon
Die Hard

Well, they're not neccesarily the best, but they're my favorites:

Back to the Future

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Footloose

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Empire Strikes Back

Ghostbusters

Say Anything

Spaceballs

Ladyhawke

The Princess Bride

1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Raging Bull (1980)
3. Jean de Florette (1986)
4. Rain Man (1988)
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
6. Reds (1981)
7. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
8. Amadeus (1984)
9. The King of Comedy (1983)
10. Ran (1985)
11. Local Hero (1983)
12. Do the Right Thing (1989)
13. Hoosiers (1986)
14. Caddyshack (1980)
15. Manon of the Spring (1986)
16. Windwalker (1980)
17. Glory (1989)
18. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
19. Heathers (1989)
20. Diner (1982)
21. Blood Simple (1984)
22. Quest for Fire (1981)
23. The Verdict (1982)
24. Lonesome Dove (1989)
25. Witness (1985)

1. My Dinner With Andre
2. Ballad of Narayama
3. Akira
4. Blade Runner
5. Peking Opera Blues
6. Ran
7. The Unbelievable Truth
8. Project A II
9. Repo Man
10. Tampopo

It's Platoon and then a distant 2nd is probably The Breakfast Club or something.

Blade Runner (1982, Scott)
Ran (1985, Kurosawa)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Spielberg)
Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)
After Hours (Scorsese, 1985)
Back to the Future (Zemekis, 1985)
Raging Bull (1980, Scorsese)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick, 1987)
Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1985)
The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

Still not in any order, except of course, Blade Runner, which is my favorite film, well, ever.

"To bad she won't live...then again, who does?"

Had to add Raging Bull now that I have seen it. Still can't go under 11 titles, either...

In no particular order (and there will probably be more than 10!!)

Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983)
The Naked Gun (1988)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Clue (1985)
Nightmare on Elm St. (1984)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Fog (1980)
Highlander (1986)
Pet Semetary (1989)
Poltergeist (1982)
Spaceballs (1987)
Stand By Me (1986)

That'll do for now i think!

1. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Jean de Florette (1986)
3. Raging Bull (1980)
4. Rain Man (1988)
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
6. Amadeus (1984)
7. Do the Right Thing (1989)
8. Ran (1985)
9. Manon of the Spring (1986)
10. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

I don't 80's movies .. may be "die hard" was not so bad
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Out of curiosity, anybody here ever see Moving Violations??? IMO, it's hilarious!

Yep, I own that movie.
This 80's list is going to take me forever to create. I loooove movies from the 80's.
I'll be back! :D

Yep, saw it at the local 99cent theatre. It was a guilty pleasure for a long time as was Porky's 3 Booogadaboogadaboogada.

Wow! I can't believe you own it too! I think I've met 2 other people who have actually heard of this movie. I actually quote regularly from Moving Violations. Good times....

This post is driving me nuts. I have tried deleting, down to 10 movies per year, and I give. In no particular order, outside of the whole 80, 81, 82 thing . . .

1980:

The Fog
The Shining
Airplane!
Private Benjamin
Coal Miner's Daughter
Any Which Way You Can
Caddyshack
Oh Heavenly Dog
Seems Like Old Times
The Empire Strikes Back ..............


1981:

Halloween II
Escape from New York
Body Heat
Ragtime
The Postman Always Rings Twice
On Golden Pond
Absence of Malice
Modern Problems
Victory
Nighthawks
Road Games
Sharky's Machine
The Cannonball Run
Arthur
Raiders of the Lost Ark ...........


1982:

The Thing
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Poltergeist
First Blood
Rocky III
Night Shift
The Verdict
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Honkytonk Man
The World According to Garp
Missing
Tootsie
Sophie's Choice
Still of the Night
Creepshow .........................


1983:

A Christmas Story
Christine
The Dead Zone
The Outsiders
Class
WarGames
The Star Chamber
Silkwood
Terms of Endearment
The Man with Two Brains
Mr. Mom
National Lampoon's Vacation
Trading Places
The Big Chill
Eddie and the Cruisers ................


1984:

The Terminator
Tightrope
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
A Soldier's Story
Protocol
Johnny Dangerously
Bachelor Party
Splash
Places in the Heart
All of Me
Against All Odds
Romancing the Stone
Sixteen Candles
Teachers
The Karate Kid
Starman
Firestarter
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Beverly Hills Cop ...................


1985:

The Goonies
Fandango
Out of Africa
Fletch
Back to the Future
The Man with One Red Shoe
Agnes of God
Lost in America
Prizzi's Honor
Mask
Clue
Cocoon
Brewster's Million
American Flyer's
Jagged Edge
The Jewel of the Nile
The Breakfast Club
St. Elmo's Fire
Silver Bullet
Witness ......................


1986:

The Money Pit
Wildcats
The Best of Times
Platoon
¡Three Amigos!
Gung Ho
Nothing in Common
Little Shop of Horrors
Heartbreak Ridge
Crocodile Dundee
Heartburn
The Hitcher
Short Circuit
One Crazy Summer
Pretty in Pink
Big Trouble in Little China
Stand by Me
Maximum Overdrive
Hoosiers
Aliens ..........................


1987:

The Hidden
Three O'Clock High
Raising Arizona
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Roxanne
The Princess Bride
Innerspace
Harry and the Hendersons
Blind Date
Moonstruck
Stakeout
Summer School
Broadcast News
The Witches of Eastwick
Wall Street
Fatal Attraction
Creepshow 2
Predator
Full Metal Jacket
RoboCop ..................


1988:

Working Girl
Funny Farm
Scrooged
The Naked Gun
The Great Outdoors
Tequila Sunrise
Clean and Sober
Beetle Juice
They Live
Young Guns
The Accidental Tourist
Rain Man
Shoot to Kill
The Dead Pool
Big
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Die Hard
Midnight Run
A Fish Called Wanda
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? .................


1989:

The War of the Roses
Black Rain
Batman
Parenthood
Turner & Hooch
The 'Burbs
When Harry Met Sally
The Dream Team
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Major League
Tango & Cash
Cousins
Field of Dreams
Back to the Future Part II
Heathers
Always
sex,lies & videotape
Say Anything
The Abyss
The January Man
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Sea of Love
Lean on Me
Disorganized Crime
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ..........


A hint for the video clip game. I own everything I just listed, so hurry up and rent them all. Yes Holden, I own all of them, even the ones that you think suck. I feel sure I only paid .99 cents each for those, though. :D
I am curious as to how many of these, you all have seen. Anyone care to share!?!

I've seen them all, though some I've been trying to forget for the past twenty-some years.

What do I win?

Not you! I didn't mean you! Of course you've seen them all.

I was pretty damn sure of what all you hated, while I put my list together.

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

Once again...no particular order

The Lost Boys
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
E.T.
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Scarface
Batman
The Empire Strikes Back
Goonnies

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

Hey, Ðèstîñy. I enjoyed your list, lot of movies on there I saw as a kid and completely forgot existed. I'll strike-through the ones that I've seen:

1980:

The Fog
The Shining
Airplane!
Private Benjamin
Coal Miner's Daughter
Any Which Way You Can
Caddyshack
Oh Heavenly Dog
Seems Like Old Times
The Empire Strikes Back


1981:

Halloween II
Escape from New York
Body Heat
Ragtime
The Postman Always Rings Twice
On Golden Pond
Absence of Malice
Modern Problems
Victory
Nighthawks
Road Games
Sharky's Machine
The Cannonball Run
Arthur
Raiders of the Lost Ark


1982:

The Thing
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Poltergeist
First Blood
Rocky III
Night Shift
The Verdict
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Honkytonk Man
The World According to Garp
Missing
Tootsie
Sophie's Choice
Still of the Night
Creepshow


1983:

A Christmas Story
Christine
The Dead Zone
The Outsiders
Class
WarGames
The Star Chamber
Silkwood
Terms of Endearment
The Man with Two Brains
Mr. Mom
National Lampoon's Vacation
Trading Places
The Big Chill
Eddie and the Cruisers ................


1984:

The Terminator
Tightrope
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
A Soldier's Story
Protocol
Johnny Dangerously
Bachelor Party
Splash
Places in the Heart
All of Me
Against All Odds
Romancing the Stone
Sixteen Candles
Teachers
The Karate Kid
Starman
Firestarter
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Beverly Hills Cop


1985:

The Goonies
Fandango
Out of Africa
Fletch
Back to the Future
The Man with One Red Shoe
Agnes of God
Lost in America
Prizzi's Honor
Mask
Clue
Cocoon
Brewster's Million
American Flyer's
Jagged Edge
The Jewel of the Nile
The Breakfast Club
St. Elmo's Fire
Silver Bullet
Witness


1986:

The Money Pit
Wildcats
The Best of Times
Platoon
¡Three Amigos!
Gung Ho
Nothing in Common
Little Shop of Horrors
Heartbreak Ridge
Crocodile Dundee
Heartburn
The Hitcher
Short Circuit
One Crazy Summer
Pretty in Pink
Big Trouble in Little China
Stand by Me
Maximum Overdrive
Hoosiers
Aliens


1987:

The Hidden
Three O'Clock High
Raising Arizona
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Roxanne
The Princess Bride
Innerspace
Harry and the Hendersons
Blind Date
Moonstruck
Stakeout
Summer School
Broadcast News
The Witches of Eastwick
Wall Street
Fatal Attraction
Creepshow 2
Predator
Full Metal Jacket
RoboCop


1988:

Working Girl
Funny Farm
Scrooged
The Naked Gun
The Great Outdoors
Tequila Sunrise
Clean and Sober
Beetle Juice
They Live
Young Guns
The Accidental Tourist
Rain Man
Shoot to Kill
The Dead Pool
Big
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Die Hard
Midnight Run
A Fish Called Wanda
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


1989:

The War of the Roses
Black Rain
Batman
Parenthood
Turner & Hooch
The 'Burbs
When Harry Met Sally
The Dream Team
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Major League
Tango & Cash
Cousins
Field of Dreams
Back to the Future Part II
Heathers
Always
sex,lies & videotape
Say Anything
The Abyss
The January Man
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Sea of Love
Lean on Me
Disorganized Crime
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

Sorry, Ðèstîñy, but I somehow missed your post. Yes, I've seen all of them, and except for exactly 11 of 'em, I watched them all in the theatre.

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

And here's my latest list of favorite 80s movies by year (ranked in order of favoritism). These things are mutable but always fun to do.

1989:
1. Black Rain (Shohei Imamura); 2. Do the Right Thing; 3. Rikyu; 4. Tetsuo: the Iron Man; 5. Pedicab Driver; 6. Casualties of War; 7. The Unbelievable Truth; 8. How to Get Ahead in Advertising; 9. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover; 10. Sex, Lies, and Videotape; 11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; 12. A Better Tomorrow III; 13. The War of the Roses; 14. When Harry Met Sally; 15. Story of Riki; 16. Kiki’s Delivery Service; 17. Violent Cop; 18. Summer Vacation 1999; 19. Mystery Train; 20. The Master; 21. Crimes and Misdemeanors; 22. Santa Sangre;

1988:
1. Dead Ringers; 2. Akira; 3. Time of the Gypsies; 4. Drowning by Numbers; 5. The Thin Blue Line; 6. Eight Men Out; 7. A Taxing Woman's Return; 8. My Neighbor Totoro; 9. Tapeheads; 10. A Fish Called Wanda; 11. Dragons Forever; 12. Grave of Fireflies; 13. Clean and Sober; 14. The Last Temptation of Christ; 15. Alice (Svankmajer's Alice in Wonderland); 16. Frantic; 17. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka; 18. As Tears Go By; 19. Male Games; 20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; 21. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; 22. Lair of the White Worm; 23. School Daze; 24. Scrooged;

1987:
1. The Untouchables; 2. Full Metal Jacket; 3. Final Victory; 4. Withnail & I; 5. High Tide; 6. Throw Momma From the Train; 7. A Taxing Woman; 8. Matewan; 9. Roxanne; 10. Evil Dead 2; 11. Bomber Bikers of Shonan; 12. The Princess Bride; 13. Project A: Part 2; 14. The Wings of Honneamise; 15. Neo-Tokyo; 16. The Belly of an Architect; 17. Robot Carnival; 18. Hellraiser; 19. Red Sorghum; 20. Raising Arizona; 21. City on Fire; 22. Cobra Verde; 23. Zegen; 24. Planes, Trains & Automobiles; 25. Robocop; 26. Twilight of the Cockroaches; 27. Magnificent Warriors;

1986:
1. The Singing Detective (mini-series); 2. The Fly; 3. Peking Opera Blues; 4. The Mosquito Coast; 5. Aliens; 6. The Color of Money; 7. Fist of the North Star; 8. Blue Velvet; 9. Laputa; 10. Little Shop of Horrors; 11. Millionaire's Express; 12. They Were 11; 13. A Better Tomorrow; 14. Street of Crocodiles; 15. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer; 16. From Beyond; 17. Eastern Condors; 18. She's Gotta Have it; 19. Down by Law; 20. In the Line of Duty; 21. 1/2 Mensch;

1985:
1. Tampopo; 2. A Zed & Two Noughts; 3. Mr. Vampire; 4. Mishima; 5. Re-Animator; 6. Ran; 7. Dagger of Kamui; 8. Alamo Bay; 9. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure; 10. The Return of the Living Dead; 11. The Falcon and the Snowman; 12. Himatsuri; 13. To Live and Die in L.A.; 14. Police Story; 15. After Hours; 16. Night on the Galactic Railroad; 17. Kiss of the Spider Woman; 18. Brazil;

1984:
1. Repo Man; 2. Stop Making Sense; 3. Stranger Than Paradise; 4. Paris, Texas; 5. Gremlins; 6. Terminator; 7. The Funeral; 8. A Nightmare on Elm Street; 9. Wheels on Meals; 10. Macross: Do You Remember Love; 11. All of Me; 12. The Brother From Another Planet; 13. Blood Simple; 14. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; 15. Body Double; 16. Once Upon a Time in America; 17. Where the Green Ants Dream; 18. Antonio Gaudi; 19. Beautiful Dreamer; 20. The Killing Fields; 21. Dune;

1983:
1. Nostalghia; 2. Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain; 3. The Ballad of Narayama; 4. Videodrome; 5. The Man With Two Brains; 6. Scarface; 7. Project A; 8. Zelig; 9. A Christmas Story; 10. The Professional: Golgio 13; 11. Lianna; 12. Winners and Sinners; 13. The King of Comedy; 14. Baby It’s You; 15. Harmagedon;

1982:
1. Blade Runner; 2. The Draughtsman's Contract; 3. Cat People; 4. My Favorite Year; 5. Gundam 3; 6. White Dog; 7. Conan the Barbarian; 8. Arcadia of My Youth; 9. Fitzcarraldo; 10. The Prodigal Son; 11. The Snowman; 12. The Year of Living Dangerously; 13. The Marathon Family; 14. Dragon Lord; 15. Poltergeist; 16. Gorsch the Cellist; 17. Tenebre; 18. Atomic Cafe; 19. Burden of Dreams; 20. Diner;

1981:
1. My Dinner With Andre; 2. The Raiders of the Lost Ark; 3. An American Werewolf in London; 4. Blow Out; 5. Das Boot; 6. The French Lieutenant's Woman; 7. Gundam; 8. Gundam 2; 9. Time Bandits; 10. Pennies From Heaven; 11. Eijanaika; 12. Scanners;

1980:
1. Popeye; 2. The Empire Strikes Back; 3. The Long Good Friday; 4. Encounters of the Spooky Kind; 5. Don't Play With Fire; 6. Atlantic City; 7. The Falls; 8. Toward the Terra; 9. Return of the Secaucus 7; 10. The Young Master; 11. The Shining; 12. The Sword;

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Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

I'll check the rest of your's, soon. It looks like I'll be altering my favorites a tad, once I do.

Well, I did my list as a "favorites" type list, and not a flat-out what we thought was "the best". Yeah, I'll be re-doing mine soon.

For now, I copy/pasted from mine, what you haven't seen, that I thought you may enjoy the most. This wasn't easy to narrow down, either.

Ragtime
Absence of Malic
Road Games
Arthur
The Verdict
The World According to Garp
Missing
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
Tightrope
A Soldier's Story
Romancing the Stone
Starman
Fletch
Mask
American Flyer's
The Money Pit
The Hitcher
Hoosiers
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Accidental Tourist
Midnight Run
The Dream Team . . .

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

I can't say "best", because there's probably a lot of good films from then that I haven't seen, and when I was a kid I fought films like Gandhi and Out of Africa, which I'd probably enjoy today. But my favorite 10 from the 80's, during the 80's, were:

The Empire Strikes Back
Predator
Return of the Jedi
Black Rain
Lethal Weapon
Aliens
Road House
The Terminator
Red Dawn
Die Hard

those were simpler times...

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

Still haven't seen Road House...I should probably get on that...