80s film recommendations

[stwschool]

So I'm on a bit of an 80s thing at the moment with my film-watching. All the typical 80s goodness such as back to the future, robocop, terminator, karate kid, short circuit, flight of the navigator, etc. The question is, can any of you guys suggest any more I should be adding to the list for my 80s fix?

[geoken]

Red Dawn, Blade Runner

[cmay]

. Aliens. close encounter of the third kind, gremlins.

[kostkon]

All the John Hughes movies (he recently died, unfortunately), like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Vacation, etc. etc.

[stwschool]

Ah Blade Runner, yep, gotta do that, one of my favourites (incidentally the adventure game based on it was fantastic). I never got round to the John Hughes films so I'll have to grab those soon as possible and try them out :)

[cmay]

Breakfast club is one of my favorite movies. i value it very much and it has a dedicated place in my movie collection . you should take time to see that one :)

[JillSwift]

Uncle Buck

Candy at his finest.

[SlugSlug]

Uncle Buck

Candy at his finest.


top film!

[swoll1980]

License to Drive
The Lost Boys
Gleaming the Cube
Terminator
Total Recall
Robocop
The Never Ending Story
Labyrinth
Innerspace
The Princess Bride
Top Gun
Willow
Risky Business
Rain Man
Indiana Jones 1-2-3
E.T.
The Navigator
Short Circuit
Rocky III IV
First Blood
War of the Roses

[Sporkman]

Risky Business
Top Gun
Lost Boys
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
9 1/2 weeks
Less Than Zero

[ugm6hr]

Love some of the 80s films...

Beverley Hills Cops 1&2 (Eddie Murphy's funny, if you don't remember)
Lethal Weapon 1-3 (classic action comedy)
Die Hard (one-liner action)

Looking at that list, looks like the 80s was just full of sequels and triquels?

[stwschool]

Damn how could I forget Uncle Buck! Damn I love that film! Total Recall definitely goes on the list and I'll have to dig out my top gun dvd too.

Does anyone else notice that they got away with a lot more back then than they do these days in terms of gratuitous sex, violence and bad language?

[stwschool]

Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2 were genius. 3 wasn't! Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are definitely going on the list. Damn the school will be annoyed when I kill their internet connection....

[ugm6hr]

Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2 were genius. 3 wasn't!

Agreed. 3 was completely unrelated to the 2 original films.

Top Gun is the quintessential 80s film though. Never ages either... the opening states it is set in the Indian Ocean Present Day

:guitar:

[Exodist]

I believe its late 80's..
But anyway. "American Psycho" staring Cristian Bale is one of my all time favs...

[JillSwift]

This page at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/chart/1980s) may be useful to you.

[binbash]

Indiana Jones 1-2-3
Risky Business
Rain Man

My fav

[stwschool]

This page at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/chart/1980s) may be useful to you.
Mookbarked :) Gracius senorita, a most excellent contribution (which reminds me.. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures.. trashy but great fun).

[cptrohn]

Taps (Timoty Hutton, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise) Drama about students at a military school taking over the campus...


The Outsiders of course....(can't beleive nobodu mentioned it) A veritable who's who of young Hollywood at the Time... C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Sweazy, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez and Matt Dillon all give stellar performances and it's a true classic of any decade.

[cptrohn]

Oh and of course The Warriors.... can't forget that one. Oh and Caddyshack.

[swoll1980]

I forgot,

full metal jacket
Platoon
Casualties of War
Back II the Future 1-2-3

[swoll1980]

Oh and of course The Warriors.... can't forget that one.

That was late 70s

[cptrohn]

That was late 70s

1979 to be exact... but close enough to 1980 to count.:)


Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Porky's as well.

[mrgnash]

Blue Velvet.

[running_rabbit07]

I forgot,

full metal jacket


That is one of my ultra favorites And Band of Brothers but that set was made in 2001.

[swoll1980]

That is one of my ultra favorites And Band of Brothers but that set was made in 2001.

Yeah, R. Lee Ermey's drill instructor is my favorite character of all time.

[running_rabbit07]

It is too bad they can't curse or slap around privates like that anymore.

[bigbrovar]

Rambo First blood, Die Hard 1, Then , Scarface

[Metallion]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Ghost Busters yet.

[SunnyRabbiera]

I believe its late 80's..
But anyway. "American Psycho" staring Cristian Bale is one of my all time favs...

Well if its a movie about the 80's then American Psycho is great as is the Wedding singer.

[mthei]

I'm also fairly outraged that Ghostbusters didn't appear in this thread until the third page, especially since Caddyshack's been mentioned. The two sort of go hand-in-hand in my mind.

Anyway, the below are my favourite movies released in the '80s. They are not as "zeitgeist" as some of the other movies mentioned already, and really could have been released anytime, but are nonetheless close to my heart.

-Stripes
-Planes, Trains and Automobiles
-The Man With Two Brains
-The Jerk
-Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
-Top Secret
-Naked Gun
-Amazon Women on the Moon (perhaps the only sketch-comedy movie that matters after Kentucky Fried Movie).
-Fletch
-Twins
-Of course, the three National Lampoon Vacation movies.
-Three Amigos

[Perfect Storm]

Ghostbusters!!! :guitar:

[milehigh]

Repo Man

[qazwsx]

Airplane!
Top Secret!

You just can not beat ZAZ trio.
:lolflag:

[Swagman]

For a Geek Computer forum I'm amazed no-one has mentioned

Electric Dreams (http://www.fast-rewind.com/electricdreams.htm)

/me sings

We'll always be together
No matter how far it seems

We'll always be together
Together in electric dreams

[Sporkman]

Wargames

[quazi]

Samurai Cop (with commentary). Alternatively, Road House.

[mamamia88]

is rocky the 80s?

[swoll1980]

is rocky the 80s?

3 and 4 were