What is the coolest 80's movie you have seen?

The 80's was a decade full of cool movies......


Here's what I can think of:

Dreamscape
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Beuller's Day off
Back to the Future
Stand by Me
The Golden Child
Poltergeist
Alien
Aliens
Three Amigos
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Field of Dreams
The Abyss
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop



and so much more I can go on and on.

Sixteen Candles
Nightmare on Elm Street
Breakfast Club
Ferris Beulers Day Off
Rocky?

Why does everyone love the Breakfast Club? I thought it was poorly written and had one of the single worst movie endings ever. Heathers was a far better High School movie. It was sick, but at least it came by it's sickness honestly.
The kids in the Breakfast Club were all whiny brats who blamed their parents for how horribly they treated one another, which is fake, and then Ally Sheedy, the only likeable character, gets a prom queen makeover and loses all of her originality so she can go out with Emilio Estevez, the guy who duct taped another kid's @ss shut! How does that make sense?!?! I know it's just a movie, but it's an amazingly hollow movie. I hate when non-conformist characters get make overs and then they LOVE conformity!

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It's just a great 80's flick. I can watch it over and over. It's funny and entertaining.

Different strokes for different folks as the saying goes.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Breakfast Club (1985)
Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

Friday the 13th (1980)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Wolfen (1981)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Motel Hell (1980)
Hellraiser (1987)

oh and..
Re-Animator (1985)
Ghoulies (1985)
Howling (1980)
Howling II (1985)
Howling III (1987)

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I can only agree with a lot of choices already mentioned:

Bladerunner
Aliens
Predator
Heathers

and I`ll add:

The Thing
The Terminator

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I'm a little surprised no one has said The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader is very cool.

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teen witch all the way baby yeah!

lol

What about INDY

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Untouchables, The (1987)

Scarface (1983)

Withnail and I (1987)

i am sure theres morre i missed out

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I have to admit, i cant seam to think of any 80,s movies at the moment but.......... hang on i lie i know of two!

The Full Metal Jacket (hehehee the quotes out of this movie)

And The Proffessional (aka Leon)
starring Jean Reno and Nattalie Portman.

this film is bloody brilliant!!! Absolutly loved it

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Luc Besson's Leon (aka The Professional) was released in 1994.

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well close enough, good movie anyway

Yeah, I don't know how close being off by five years is (you're not ever turning in my taxes), but regardless, definitely track down a copy of the longer, original, international cut of the movie (titled Leon). The U.S. theatrical/video version was cut by about twenty minutes. As good as The Professional is, Leon is better. Leon was finally released in the U.S. on DVD a couple years ago.

I never new leon was released in the us. i have a copy of the international version, found it on e-bay and bought it for Ł9, bargain really

i have to say i love the caption on you reply above

I'm not going to pick movies that are my favorites still to this day, necessarily, but some of the ones that were my favorites then...

1. The Breakfast Club (1985)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (1982)
4. Platoon (1986)
5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
6. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
7. The Untouchables (1987)
8. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
10. Weird Science (1985)
11. Poltergeist (1982)
12. Blue Velvet (1986)
13. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
14. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
15. Aliens (1986)
16. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
17. Scarface (1983)
18. The Bounty (1984)
19. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
20. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
21. The Killing Fields (1984)
22. Blade Runner (1982)
23. The Thing (1982)
24. Escape From New York (1982)
25. The Color Purple (1985)
26. Empire of the Sun (1987)
27. Raging Bull (1980)
28. The Beastmaster (1982)
29. Conan The Barbarian (1982)
30. Tron (1982)
31. Videodrome (1983)
32. At Close Range (1986)
33. River's Edge (1986)
34. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
35. Raising Arizona (1987)
36. Rumble Fish (1983)
37. The Outsiders (1983)
38. Cannery Row (1982)
39. Weeds (1987)
40. Brazil (1985)
41. Time Bandits (1981)
42. The Big Chill (1983)
43. Betrayed (1988)
44. Major League (1989)
45. Glory (1989)
46. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
47. Tex (1982)
48. The Flamingo Kid (1984)
49. Kansas (1988)
50. Caddyshack (1980)
51. Ghostbusters (1984)
52. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
53. The Karate Kid (1984)
54. Used Cars (1980)
55. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
56. Stand by Me (1986)
57. The 'burbs (1989)
58. The Lost Boys (1987)
59. Gross Anatomy (1989)
60. The Fly (1986)
61. The Fly II (1989)
62. Say Anything... (1989)
63. Popeye (1980)
64. The World According to Garp (1982)
65. The Goonies (1985)
66. Romancing the Stone (1984)
67. Caveman (1981)
68. Dreamscape (1984)
69. Enemy Mine (1985)
70. Innerspace (1987)
71. Excalibur (1981)
72. Legend (1985)
73. The Dark Crystal (1982)
74. Heavy Metal (1981)
75. Man Hunter (1986)
76. The Evil dead (1981)
77. The Evil Dead II (1987)
78. Dragonslayer (1981)
79. Willow (1988)
80. Cocoon (1985)
81. Silverado (1985)
82. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
83. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
84. Superman II (1980)
85. Flash Gordon (1980)
86. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
87. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
88. Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
89. Nice Dreams (1981)
90. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
91. History of the World: Part I (1981)
92. Angel Heart (1987)
93. Police Academy (1984)
94. Rain Man (1988)
95. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
96. The Shining (1980)
97. The Princess Bride (1987)
98. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
99. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
100. Back to the Future (1985)
101. The Terminator (1984)

Thank God for IMDb.

Oh yeah, these are not in order of preference.

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The Gods Must Be Crazy
Altered States
The Shining
Legend
The Blues Brothers
The Lost Boys
Angel Heart
Conan the Barbarian
Big
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Goonies
Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom
The Untouchables
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
Aliens
The Golden Child
The Empire Strikes Back
Short Circuit
Excalibur
The Princess Bride
Labyrinth
Dragonslayer
Willow

Thank God for LS… he made me remember a few I forgot…

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And it's good to see you posting again Brian....


The first 11 are my favorite from the 80's....the rest are movies that I don't think have been mentioned yet and I also enjoyed.

1. The Princess Bride (1987)
2. Moonstruck (1987)
3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
4. Scrooged (1988)
5. Roxanne (1987)
6. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
7. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
8. Raiders of the Lost Arc Series (1981, 1984, 1989)
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
10. Rain Man (1988)
11. Ruthless People (1986)

Body Heat (1981)
Arthur (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Nine to Five (1980)
Fame (1980) ~ This was considered very cool when it first came out.
Private Benjamin (1980)
Tootsie (1982)
On Golden Pond (1982)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Flashdance (1983) ~ Very cool when it first came out.
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
National Lampoons Vacation (1983)
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989)
Beaches (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Parenthood (1989)
Tap (1989)

Thanks sweets, It feels good to be missed.

wow... great lists.
I think most of the ones I liked in the 80's have already been mentioned, but my favourites might be:
Aliens
The Lost Boys
Back to The Future
The Thing
Glory