Quintessential '80s movies

Sunday and Monday I had an '80s movies marathon, and just got the lovely idea to ask...


What movies do you remember fondly from the '80s?
And maybe even, to go a little deeper, what movies from the '80s do you think defined or exemplified those ten years?

Sarah 20 years ago
I was from age one to age ten in the 80's...the only movie I remember is ET...

Though having seen the majority of the good ones, I'm going to go with Breakfast Club or Better off Dead.
Temprah 20 years ago
Good 80's movies.. Breakfast Club, Streets of Fire (OMG <3 it!), Excalibur, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.. umm.. so early, I know I'm forgetting tons.
Rikr 20 years ago
ET Scared me. Top Gun freakin' ruled! (and still does). Breakin' and Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo = Classics.
ROzbeans 20 years ago
Halloween movies, Friday the 13th movies, Nightmare on Elmstreet movies - all the cheesy, campfire, teenage sex movies were THE WIN!

Phantasm - scared me shitless, saw it when I was like 8 or 9.

Star Wars - of course

Annie - /cry

Raiders of the lost ark - /flex
Gilae 20 years ago
Back to the Future (1.21 jiggawatts!)
Princess Bride (Inconcievable!)
Superman
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
I'm Gonna Getcha Sucka
Say Anything
Amadeus
Beetlejuice
Gremlins
Coming to America
Trading Places
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Dirty Dancing (Nobody puts baby in a corner!)
Ghostbusters (Who ya gonna call?)
Goonies
St. Elmo's Fire
Karate Kid (Wax on, wax off!)
Lady Hawke
Neverending Story (FALCAR!!!!)
Working Girl
Short Circuit 1-3 (JOHNNY FIVE IS ALIVE!)

There are more...but I have to get some work done.
Mileron 20 years ago
Okay, I'm going to take a stab at a decent list.

Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi
Back to the Future, II, III
Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Wargames
E.T.
Short Circuit
Top Gun
Major League
Princess Bride
Ghostbusters
Better Off Dead
Tron
Last Starfighter
Goonies
Rain Man
Airplane
Blues Brothers
Spacecamp
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop
Lethal Weapon
Coccoon
Batteries Not Included
Doc Hollywood
Secret of My Success


THere's a lot more, but here's a few :)
Gilae 20 years ago
Uh...Top Gun!
Mileron 20 years ago
Adventures in Babysitting
Cocktail
The Toy
Kidco
Caddyshack
Porky's
Spaceballs
Revenge of the Nerds
Batman (Michael Keaton)
Mr. Mom
Beetlejuice
Stripes
Mannequin
Police Academy
Runaway
Three Men and a Baby
Nards 20 years ago
HELLO? VISION QUEST?
Mai 20 years ago
Add Real Genius to that list.

"In the immortal words of Socrates....


I drank what?!?!?"
Anulien 20 years ago
Princess Bride, the end.


and fuck Breakfast Club.
Guest 20 years ago
Anulien
Princess Bride, the end.


and fuck Breakfast Club.


/nod
ROzbeans 20 years ago
ACK! DIE IN A FIRE! Breakfast Club was awesome. =(