Top Ten movies of the '80s

Aliens
Die Hard
The Killer (42ndStreetFreak I like your taste)
Blue Brothers
The Thing
The Shining
The Fly (Would be an idiot, if I didn't include it)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Evil Dead 1...AND 2!!!
The Terminator

Okay so there's technically eleven BUT wait there's more...

Friday the 13th
Blade Runner
Hellraiser
The Empire Strikes Back & Return of The Jedi
Planes, Trains & Automobiles


And there's probably so many more that I can't remember at the moment.

Blade Runner-I know honeykid you think it's overrated, but its just such a beautiful movie
American Werewolf in London-the story is amazing and the effects are still good to date
Labyrinth-coolest fantasy movie ever, david b is great
Die Hard-you know you love it too
Ferris Bueller's Day Off-"my sister wears alot of eye make up, some people say she looks like a whore"
Hellrasier-first torcher porn flick?
Lethal Weapon- great acting, he wasn't always crazy, lets pay him the respect he deserves
First Blood-ya rambo, still making good flicks to this day
Risky Business-just take that old record off the shelf!
Tango and Cash- again, just gotta love it
Say Anything- the love of my life better hold a boom box over his head
The Fly- there isn't a better movie like it out there
Twilight Zone The Movie- what was that little thing out on the plane?
The Breakfast Club-classic teen movie, its good
Lost Boys-f*ck twilight!

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and nightmare on elm street, i dont know how i missed that one!

When I look at the best movies of the '80's, I think it is the worst decade for film in comparison.

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Although I think it's overrated as a film, there's no denying its place in sci-fi history. I'd guess that Lang's Metropolis is the only other film that could claim to be as influencial in terms of how sci-fi films look. Without Blade Runner, there'd be no Matrix... Which is just another reason not to like it.

Fair enough honeykid, fair enough

right now

Altered States [Ken Russell] 1980
The Big Red One [Samuel Fuller] 1980
Cruising [William Fredkin] 1980
Heaven's Gate [Michael Cimino] 1980
Inside Moves [Richard Donner] 1980
Melvin and Howard [Johathan Demme] 1980
The Ninth Configuration [William Peter Blatty] 1980
The Shining [Stanley Kubrick] 1980
The Empire Strikes Back [Irvin Kershner] 1980
The Stunt Man [Richard Rush] 1980



Blow Out [Brian De Palma] 1981
Das Boot [Wolfgang Petersen] 1981
Escape From New York [John Carpenter] 1981
Fort Apache, The Bronx [Daniel Petrie] 1981
Mad Max 2 Road Warrior [George Miller] 1981
Prince of the City [Sidney Lumet] 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark [Steven Spielberg] 1981
Rollover [Alan J. Pakula] 1981
Scanners [David Cronenberg] 1981
They All Laughed [Peter Bogdanovich] 1981



48hrs [Walter Hill] 1982
Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] 1982
E.T. [Steven Spielberg] 1982
Hammett [Wem Winders] 1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip [Joe Layton] 1982
The Secret of NIMH [Don Bluth] 1982
John Carpenter's The Thing [John Carpenter] 1982
The Verdict [Sidney Lumet] 1982
Victor Victoria [Blake Edwards] 1982
White Dog [Sumuel Fuller] 1982
The World According to Garp [George Roy Hill] 1982



The Dead Zone [David Cronenberg] 1983
Le Dernier Combat [Luc Besson] 1983
The King of Comedy [Martin Scorsese] 1983
Local Hero [Bill Forsyth] 1983
Nostalghia [Andrei Tarkovsky] 1983
The Right Stuff [Philip Kaufman] 1983
Scarface [Brian De Palma] 1983
Trading Places [John Landis] 1983
Videodrome [David Cronenberg] 1983
Zelig [Woody Allen] 1983



Amadeus [Milos Forman] 1984
Body Double [Brian De Palma] 1984
Broadway Danny Rose [Woody Allen] 1984
Iceman [Fred Schepisi] 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Steven Spielberg] 1984
Mike's Murder [James Bridges] 1984
Once Upon a Time in America [Sergio Leone] 1984
Paris, Texas [Wim Wenders] 1984
Streets of fire [Walter hill] 1984
The Terminator [James Cameron] 1984



After Hours [Martin Scorsese] 1985
Brazil [Terry Gillam] 1985
Flesh & Blood [Paul Verhoeven] 1985
Fletch [Michael Ritchie] 1985
Legend [Ridley Scott] 1985
My Life as a Dog [Lasse Hallström] 1985
The Quiet Earth [Geoff Murphy] 1985
Runaway Train [Andrei Konchalovsky] 1985
To Live and Die in L.A. [William Fredkin] 1985
Year of the Dragon [Michael Cimino] 1985



Aliens [James Cameron ] 1986
Blue Velvet [David Lynch] 1986
The Color of Money [Martin Scorsese] 1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills [Paul Mazursky] 1986
Down by Law [Jim Jarmusch] 1986
Manhunter [Michael Mann] 1986
The Mosquito Coast [Peter Weir] 1986
Platoon [Oliver Stone] 1986
Salvador [Oliver Stone] 1986
Stand By Me [Rob Reiner] 1986



Angel Heart [Alan Parker] 1987
The Big Easy [Jim McBride] 1987
Evil Dead II [Sam Raimi] 1987
Full Metal Jacket [Stanley Kubrick] 1987
Hope and Glory [John Boorman] 1987
Lethal Weapon [Richard Donner] 1987
Matewan [John Sayles] 1987
The Princess Bride [Rob Reiner] 1987
RoboCop [Paul Verhoeven] 1987
Tin Men [Barry Levinson] 1987



The Beast [Kevin Reynolds] 1988
Cinema Paradiso [Giuseppe Tornatore] 1988
Colors [Dennis Hopper] 1988
Decalogue V [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VI [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VII [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VIII [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Die Hard [John McTiernan] 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ [Martin Scorsese] 1988
Midnight Run [Martin Beast] 1988
Rain Man [Barry Levinson] 1988
The Thin Blue Line [Errol Morris] 1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Pedro Almodóvar] 1988



The Abyss [James Cameron] 1989
Born on the Fourth of July [Oliver Stone] 1989
Breaking In [Bill Forsyth] 1989
Casualties of War [Brian De Palma] 1989
Cohen and Tate [Eric Red] 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover [Peter Greenaway] 1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors [Woody Allen] 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Steven Spielberg] 1989
Lean on Me [John G. Avildsen] 1989
Say Anything...[Cameron Crowe] 1989

Back to the Future II
Uncle Buck
Paris, Texas
The Breakfast Club (any of the Molly Ringwald movies)
Beetlejuice
Dirty Dancing
Steel Magnolias
Rain Man
The Shining
When Harry Met Sally

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Hold on now. Tango & Cash was good, and Commando was classic! Cobra is good too, a fine example of a good 80's action movie. I actually think that I saw that in the theater. I thought it was so cool that Stallone walked around with an unlit match in his mouth. Haha. Maybe I like them more because I was a kid when they came out. I also can't believe that I haven't seen anyone list The Karate Kid. I remember seeing that at the theater, it was a double feature with Return of the Jedi.

1. Dirty Dancing
2. Rain Man
3. The Adventures of Milo and Otis
4. The Little Mermaid
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
6. An Officer and a Gentleman
7. Terms of Endearment
8. The Fox and the Hound
9. Look Who’s Talking
10. Risky Business

1. Rain Man
2. The Brave Little Toaster
3. Glory

All in all, aside from Rain Man, nothing really intrigues me from the 80's yet, though this is probably the decade that I've seen the least of, for one reason or another.

Rain Man
Terminator
ET
Full Metal Jacket
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Batman/The Empire Strikes Back
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Little Mermaid
Dead Poets Society

There are so many great movies from what I believe is the best era in film to even choose from.

1. Some Kind Of Wonderful(My Favorite Movie)
2. Dead Poets Society (Robin Williams & Ethan Hawke are brilliant)
3. The Outsiders( what a compilation of great actors for this movie)
4. The Breakfast Club (the brilliant mind of the late John Hughes)
5. Can't Buy Me Love ( this movie may seem silly, but actually Patrick Dempsey isn't bad at all)
6. Pretty In Pink ( Molly Ringwald was great, but Jon Cryer steals the show in this one)
7. Sixteen Candles (another brilliant performance by Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall was great to.)
8. St. Elmos Fire: (another great ensemble of actors and actresses)
9. Taps: (Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise give a great performance)
10. The Princess Bride: (A Classic for all ages)
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1. Back to the Future Triology
2. Trading Places
3. The Blues Brothers
5. Brewster's Millions
6. Coming to America
7. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8. Beverley Hills Cop Triology
9. The Man with Two Brains

Fanny and Alexander
Once Upon a Time in America
Topio stin omichli
Offret - Sacrificatio
Pisma myortvogo cheloveka
Blade Runner
Elephant Man
Platoon
Lethal Weapon 1
Lethal Weapon 2

1. Elephant Man
2. The Shining
3. Fright night
4. Raging Bull
5. Poltergeist
6. Back to the Future
7. Back to the Future II
8. Ghostbusters
9. Pink Floyd the Wall
10. Uncle Buck

I think this is the weakest decade in film

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I think I had watch several old movies but could not remember the titles..too bad

Back To The Future
Blue Velvet
Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom
Raging Bull
Stop Making Sense
Red Heat
Highlander
Rain Man
The Terminator
Die Hard

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Oh man, so many good ones to choose from! In no particular order...

The Goonies
The Terminator
The Thing
Critters
Ghostbusters
Evil Dead
Aliens
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Shining