Favorite 80's Movies [Archive]

Alcoholic

07-31-2008, 12:21 AM

Oh man, there were some classics.

Short Circuit, hence the avatar - what a fucking lovable robot!
Gremlins - what a fucking lovable Mogwai!
Tango & Cash - what a fucking lovable buddy-cop movie!

hoopymo

07-31-2008, 12:27 AM

I agree with your choices.

I add

The Money pit- Tom Hanks, enough said.

Rocky III- Mr.T, Stallone and the best 80's work out song ever.

The original Rambo trilogy

First blood part one because it is easily the strongest of the series and has the best story, and its got stallone with a hunting knife.

Rambo II because its a good follow up to the original and its got stallone!

Rambo III because its a film about blowin everything up and its got stallone!

r0xx

07-31-2008, 6:12 AM

Bloodsport - I loved that movie, I sometimes still quote lines from it, and it was before Jean-Claude Van Damme became the arrogant prick he is today.

Altered States - This movies was kick ass from what I remember, gave me a bit of a scare as a child.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Classic!

There are just to many to mention.

MistyTehMoose

07-31-2008, 7:33 AM

I fucking love anything with Molly Ringwald or the brat pack. :hmm:

The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles. I wish I were an 80s teenager.

Hawke

07-31-2008, 8:35 AM

Die Hard, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueler's Day off.

danthelegend

07-31-2008, 10:57 AM

Christ, there's loads!

Die Hard, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, Crocodile Dundee and Rambo.

There's so many more but they're the ones that stand out most, to me.

John Travolta

08-01-2008, 10:10 PM

Die Hard and the Breakfast Club are fucking awesome.

Judd Nelson is dreamy.

Desert

08-01-2008, 11:14 PM

I love Ferris Bueler's Day Off and Die Hard.

Eritrea

08-02-2008, 1:52 PM

Where the buffalo roam- if you like fear and loathing in las vegas, you'll probably want to see this.

RessXalcor

08-02-2008, 2:14 PM

Die Hard
Ferris Bueler's Day off
Breakfast club
Plain, trains, and automobiles
Uncle Buck
Blues Brothers
Nation Lampoon's Vacation
Space Balls
Spies like us
Christmas vacation
Ghostbusters
Ohh god so many good 80s movies, there's probably more but nothing can beat 80s movies.

hoopymo

08-02-2008, 2:26 PM

Uncle buck is awesome.

I miss John Candy.

RessXalcor

08-02-2008, 2:30 PM

Uncle buck is awesome.

I miss John Candy.

I do too, he was the shit.

Alcoholic

08-02-2008, 2:39 PM

Where the buffalo roam- if you like fear and loathing in las vegas, you'll probably want to see this.

I like this tons more than Fear and Loathing, to be honest. Bill Murray is one of my favorite actors ever.

Eritrea

08-02-2008, 2:54 PM

I like this tons more than Fear and Loathing, to be honest. Bill Murray is one of my favorite actors ever.

Yeah, Bill Murray was awesome as Hunter Thompson. I guess where the buffalo roam was more accessible than fear and loathing, since it covers several books. Better comedy, too. Its all about super sunday part, that was great

Spastic

08-02-2008, 3:04 PM

Breakfast Club
The Goonies
Lost Boys

Those were my favorite three movies from that era, I can still watch them all today and be entertained.

Alcoholic

08-02-2008, 4:54 PM

Breakfast Club
The Goonies
Lost Boys

Those were my favorite three movies from that era, I can still watch them all today and be entertained.

"Hey you guuuuuuuuyssss!"
I think every single movie mentioned on this thread has been amazing.

I can't believe we've left out Weird Science and Stripes.

Eritrea

08-02-2008, 5:05 PM

Wierd science! Wicked film.

Also, Commando?

( .Y. )

08-02-2008, 5:46 PM

Who Misses 80's Porno??

Ureshii

08-02-2008, 5:57 PM

The Mad Max series are probably some of the best movies to come out of the 80's. Some of them where banned in NZ becuase the gang themes.
I also can't believe no-ones mentioned Back to the Future and The Neverending Story.
They were my favorite movies when I was a kid.

Alcoholic

08-02-2008, 6:00 PM

Relaps

08-02-2008, 6:03 PM

Transformers: The Movie.

Back To The Future too.

Souldrinker

08-02-2008, 8:49 PM

What about Robocop? Fucking classic 80s film!

http://www.space-figuren.de/dtshop/images/neca18robocop3.jpg

CalculatePie314

08-02-2008, 9:38 PM

How come no one mentioned Airplane!? One of my favorite movies ever.

Alcoholic

08-02-2008, 11:01 PM

What about Robocop? Fucking classic 80s film!

Personally, I prefer Robocop Too:
http://forums.explosm.net/image2.php?u=40288&dateline=1217739407&type=profile

But seriously, Robocop changed my life. The passion of the man/machine was enough to inspire justice in all of us.

Profane Methane

08-03-2008, 12:04 AM

The Teenage Ninja Turtles movies were awesome. Naked gun was also pretty good, and how could anyone forget Spinal Tap.

Desert

08-03-2008, 12:07 AM

Holy shit, I'm amazing that I forgot Back To The Future. I fucking love the trilogy.

RessXalcor

08-03-2008, 3:55 PM

I hear they are making a sequel or remake of Robocop.... It'll suck.

junglebunny

08-03-2008, 5:35 PM

RAD!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_%28film%29)

Erinnn

08-10-2008, 8:30 AM

For me:
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Gotta love the 80's highschool movies. :]

Tagman

08-10-2008, 8:38 AM

The Goonies were probably my favorite movie that I still watch today. Back to the Future is a awesome one too.

Allen

08-10-2008, 1:48 PM

Android

08-10-2008, 5:19 PM

Well since most of what I would have listed is mentioned already, I'll throw in Flight of the Navigator, Solar Babies, Gleaming the Cube, The House, and The Gate.

Benjaman

08-10-2008, 5:25 PM

Most of what's been said, and the 3 Indiana Jones movies, of course.

hoopymo

08-10-2008, 5:30 PM

Day of the dead.

Alcoholic

08-10-2008, 6:17 PM

RoboCop
Terminator
Blade Runner
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Ghostbusters
Escape from New York
Aliens
Predator
Lost Boys
Die Hard
Scarface
First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Batman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best movies of the 80's. Period. In no particular order.

That list almost made me want to make out with you, and I'm not even gay.
I would have left off "Scarface" though, but I think that's just 'cause I had it overhyped. Also, I would still have to include "The Dead Pool", just 'cause it was the only 80's Dirty Harry flick.

koots

08-10-2008, 6:53 PM

The Goonies
Indiana Jones Movies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Ghost Busters

I thank god every day that I have a brother who grew up in the 80's so he could share these movies with me.

There's a lot more than this but I never have been too good listing off favourites with out having a list.

KeyboardSpastic

08-14-2008, 9:37 PM

I fucking love anything with Molly Ringwald or the brat pack. :hmm:

The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles. I wish I were an 80s teenager.
Exactly the same as Misty. Being an 00's teenager is so boring.
I Also love Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Desert

08-14-2008, 9:41 PM

I forgot Escape from New York? Wow. I love that movie. I hope the remake lives up to this one.

Hysteria__

08-14-2008, 9:44 PM

I haven't seen all that many 80s movies, but Full Metal Jacket, Bloodsport, and Ferris Buehler's Day Off come to mind.

Souldrinker

08-15-2008, 12:11 AM

Day of the dead.

Was just about to post that. Watched in again last weekend - good zombie film, excellent social commentary. Romero is a legend.

Hickabod

08-15-2008, 6:14 PM

Raiders of the Lost Ark.
It's still an amazing film. Who doesn't love it?

SpamMeHarder

08-15-2008, 6:45 PM

Real Genius, Revenge of the Nerds, Ferris, Breakfast Club.

Fortuitous-Oddity

08-29-2008, 10:23 PM

Hellraiser 2, and of course The Thing.

Get_out_of_mycar

09-01-2008, 3:48 AM

Raging Bull (1980 oddly enough), Ferris, Better Off Dead, and Aliens. Aliens mainly because I remember it scaring the hell out of me when I was younger.

castles_in_the_sky

09-02-2008, 6:58 PM

My favorite is Land Before Time.
I'm obsessed with dinos though so you can probably see why.

RessXalcor

09-03-2008, 8:31 PM

I just saw gremlins, I haven't seen that movie in ages.

I_Smell

09-03-2008, 8:51 PM

Beverly Hills Cop 1, 2, etc.

BigDave

09-04-2008, 7:26 AM

A whole load of the ones listed and definately Running Man.
That movie rules

lafuriaroja

09-04-2008, 9:31 AM

Gremlins - Probably do to the fact that I just got a puppy that looks like gizmo. He even sounds like him sometimes.

and I can't belive nobody brought up The Karate Kid definetly one of my favorites of all time. SWEEP THE LEG!!!

Zozz

09-21-2008, 1:46 PM

Labyrinth is probably my favorite 80's movie ever.
Plus The Breakfast Club, of course.

ralizon

03-10-2009, 10:44 AM

I can't believe no one said The Last Starfighter, or the original star wars trilogy, the great muppet caper, heavy metal, history of the world part one (really any mel brooks movie) porkys, swamp thing, tron... the list could go for days.

Grogerian

03-10-2009, 11:03 AM

Police Academy started in 1984 - Steve Guttenberg was my absolute favorite 80s film, I don't really care for action films but Rambo, and Bloodsport definitely at the top :( how I miss Steve Guttenberg in films.

Edit: I forgot about Porkys! Porkys 2 (revenge - i think?) is one of the most amazing comedy's out there even today. If you have not seen the Porkys series don't waste another minute :P

ralizon

03-10-2009, 11:14 AM

I liked the guy that did the sound effects, and his introduction in the movie (Police Academy) where they are sitting on the bench in the police office and the guys all like "I'm in for this" and he makes machine gun fire noises and the whole department hits the floor.

bono

03-11-2009, 7:43 AM

Aliens, Die Hard and Debbie Does Dallas.

CnGy

03-11-2009, 7:47 AM

Gremlins

and I can't belive nobody brought up The Karate Kid definetly one of my favorites of all time. SWEEP THE LEG!!!

fuck yea.

Also fuckin. Uhm. Rocky.

Weirdusername

03-11-2009, 8:35 AM

Heavy Metal

Dacada

03-11-2009, 1:26 PM

Big.

thomas30113

03-11-2009, 1:28 PM

Colors (1988)
It was a movie about the Crips and the Bloods. Something like that.

ralizon

03-11-2009, 1:37 PM

Big.

tom hanks classic.

Kierrah

03-11-2009, 2:44 PM

Scarface and Platoon.

Oh, and Space Balls.

ralizon

03-11-2009, 4:07 PM

Mel Brooks was about a close to God as any Jewish guy can get. Keep in mind Jesus was a Jew.

Acciaccatura

03-13-2009, 2:41 AM

Labyrinth is probably my favorite 80's movie ever.
Plus The Breakfast Club, of course.

I can't believe it took so long for someone to say Labyrinth. Dance magic dance!

So I'm just going to agree with everything that's already been said and add the second best puppet movie of all time: The Dark Crystal.