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Just had this discussion in work, so what are your favourites?
Mine- Platoon and Wierd Science. (brilliant bill paxton as chet) 🙂
Too many.
Goodfellas?
Assuming only can pick one, Back to the future!
First Blood
Ferris Bueller or Blade Runner, maybe.
Platoon's up there. Near Dark, Blue Velvet
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but probably best of all:
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Rita Sue and Bob too
The Goonies
Robocop
Die hard
Aliens
Easy: Empire Strikes Back
Local Hero.
Die Hard, Predator, The Hunt For Red October.
All made by the same director one after the other, thats a pretty good run of '80s classics.
But no, Back to the Future wins but someone said it already
Yeah, Back To The Future, obvs. Jeez, of all the stupid questions. 🙄
Back to the Future - check out that 4x4, so I did.
All the above plus Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Risky Business...
Withnail & I
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Rumble Fish; and a lot of what has be said above but not all 😆
[i]a lot of what has be said above but not all[/i]
Too right! Predator was shite then and is shite now. As for the kids' films, I was a bit old for those in the 80s.
+1 for Back To The Future.
But, hard to ignore...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Wierd Science
Goonies
Top Gun
Aliens etc...
The Blues Brothers 😀
Also lots of the above, especially Withnail and I.
Uncle Buck
The Thing
Actually the number 1 is from 1980:
The Shining.
They Live was awesome, as was The Thing. In fact, every John Carpenter film from the 80's was pretty good!
1988 They Live
1987 Prince of Darkness
1986 Big Trouble in Little China
1984 Starman
1983 Christine
1982 The Thing
1981 Escape from New York
1980 The Fog
Come and See
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"The big blue." Weirdly brilliant, depressing and uplifting all at the same time. Plus you get a tantalising peek at Rosanna Arquett's lovely bits.
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Top Gun is the best ever!
Bill and Ted.
Excellent!
this
Why's nobody said Terminator? Eighties soundtrack and evyfink.
Or Footloose 🙂
blade runner
scarface
das boot
once upon a time in america
the terminator
full metal jacket
It's obviously footloose.
Or Back to the Future.
"You are not a god"
"Why don't you pull the trigger and find out."
Can't beat Young Guns
A lot of teen Americana so far. So here's another- The Lost Boys
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Predator.
Highlander
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Oooo, forgot this gem from 1981, Excalibur.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/
i have to add manhunter also (cannot choose between the hitcher/manhunter as my fav tbh both awesome films 😀
Withnail and I
Or for a more obvious 80s type film - Breakfast Club.
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Definitely wins the 'Bandiest Legs in a Film' award.
There are some great films listed above which would be worthy of a shot at the title were it not for one simple fact. The greatest film ever was made in 1987 so as it's the greatest film of all time, it is also, by default, the greatest film of the 80s.
I give to you,
The Princess Bride!
Time Bandits.
Brazil.
Monty Python's Meaning of Life.
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Can't believe Christine has been mentioned on this thread. Is disappoint. 🙁
I was going to say Apocalypse Now (79) and Terminator 2 (91) - I seem to have missed a decade.
Flash Gordon
Karate Kid
Heathers
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Scarface
Uncle Buck
American Werewolf in London
Raging Bull
The Shining
Nightmare On Elm Street
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Who Framed Roger Rabbit...
were all great 80s films...
But I have to agree with the Princess Bride.
No mentions for Teen wolf?, Karate Kid?, Dirty Dancing?
Bloodsport
Commando
Full Metal Jacket
The Beast of War
[b]Christine[/b]
Evil Dead
About a million ninja & zombi movies
[i]Teen wolf?[/i] garbage
[i]Karate Kid?[/i] kids's film
[i]Dirty Dancing?[/i] chickflick
The Man with Two Brains 8)
Mad Max II was pretty good. Mad Max was possibly even better but I suspect pre 80s - 1979 - yup..
Karate Kid
**** the '80s. Best film of all time.
Anyone who disagrees is getting the boys from the Cobra Kai sent round...
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RM.
Best comedy?
Spinal Tap.....
yeah I hear what you all said and I thought you made some good points, but... errr...
The long good friday
or
Midnight Express
Karate Kid? kids's film
Some of us were kids when it came out.
I can't believe American Flyers hasn't been mentioned yet. Also great films I remember....
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Blade Runner
Starman
Enemy Mine
Final Countdown
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Howard the Duck
The Thing
The Abyss
There are so many!
Empire Strikes Back
Predator
Aliens
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
The Little Mermaid
Ghostbusters
Batman
Terminator
Nightbreed
Robocop
Tron
The Lost Boys
Breakin' (or maybe not...)
I was going to say Rumblefish & didn't know Come & See (one of the best films EVER) was 80's!
Hows about The Outsiders? Angel Heart?
Howard the Duck.. 🙂
has it got to be one or can we just come up wiht an approved list after intense research.
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club.
Empire of the sun.
And my nominations for the 70's are:-
The Warriors
Logans Run.
Beverley Hills Cop
The Jerk
Big
1988 They Live
1987 Prince of Darkness
1986 Big Trouble in Little China
1984 Starman
1983 Christine
1982 The Thing
1981 Escape from New York
1980 The Fog
Not seen any of these !
Top Gun,aliens,blood sport,midnight run,die hard,
Animal House
(balls.. not 80s)
Hamburger Hill, superb!
Some great films mentioned I've not seen in years, especially Beast of War... *googles*
Tampopo
Has to be Blade Runner it's damn near perfect plus it's associations - William Burroughs Phil K Dick & the best soundtrack ever, which was never officially released on vinyl.
Come & See is an incredible film also, sure they used live ammo in it ?
Notable mentions for I Spit On Your Grave, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Last House On The Left 🙂
Aye, it's so hard. Awesome decade for films. Blade runner for me probably. Or Top Gun, maybe Terminator.
Highlander had the most awesome soundtrack for sure.
This thread is so full of awesome, you all win. 😀
Coming to America...
"Off you go you small boys!"
I know, not the '80s but I went and saw this at the cinema last night and it was AWESOME
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So can we agree that there was no one greatest film of the 80s?
Pretty In Pink? (I was told to say that).
Akira, genre defining and good old bad shit mental manga action.
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That's a good point. I remember coming home from the pub one night, flicking through all four channels and seeing an interesting looking cartoon starting. I was totally awe-struck with it. Akira changed my world that night. Brilliant stuff.
Raging Bull or The Long Good Friday