My top 80's movies

[agn]

I saw Jillio was on an 80's movie kick so I thought I would list some of my favorites since I was in High School during those years. There were some I was on the fence with, but since there were so many, I just stuck with the ones I had no question about. Some were good because I was a teenager at the time, and probably wouldn't have been enjoyed by someone older.
Movies you'll say WTF where is...
Spinal Tap - never saw the whole thing
Poltergeist - never saw the whole thing

What about you?

Comedy

48 Hours
Airplane
Bachelor Party
Back to School
Back to the Future
Beverly Hills Cop
Blues Brothers
The Breakfast Club
Caddyshack
Coming To America
Fast Times at Ridgmont High
Ferris Buellers Day Off
A Fish Called Wanda
Ghostbusters
Johnny Dangerously
Midnight Run
The Naked Gun
National Lampoons Vacation
Nine to Five
Pee Wees Big Adventure
Police Academy
Porky's
Seems Like Old Times
Sixteen Candles
Spaceballs
Splash
Stakeout
Stripes
Summer School
Tootsie
Trading Places
Twins
Valley Girl
Weekend at Bernies
Weird Science
When Harry Met Sally
Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Drama
Bad Boys
Born on the fourth of July
The Color Of Money
ET
Fatal Attraction
Firestarter
The Karate Kid
The Lost Boys
Night of the Comet
No Way Out
An Officer and a Gentlemen
The Outsiders
Pink Floyd The Wall (musical)
Purple Rain
Rain Man
Repo Man
Risky Business
ROCKY (all of em)
Romancing The Stone
Scarface
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Something Wild
St. Elmos Fire
Stand By Me
TAPS
Top Gun
TRON
The Untouchables
Urban Cowboy
Wall Street
War Games
Without a Trace


Action
Die Hard
Empire Strikes Back
Escape From New York
First Blood
Lethal Weapon
Platoon
Predator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Robocop
The Running Man
Superman II
The Terminator

Scary
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Gremlins
The Fly
The Shining
They Live (kinda funny though)

[LowVoltag3]

They Live = Best movie on the list.

coming to america?

[Kellz]

The last Dragon is the best 80s movie of all time

[Octocamo]

coming to america?

fucking right. Love that movie.

add

Raging Bull
Conan the Barbarian
Escape from New York

and probably a lot more I can't think of.

[agn]

Coming to America should be there.
The Last Dragon, ahh cmon. Maaaaybe in a cult classic kinda way. That villian was black Gene Simmons
I still havent watched Raging Bull (on the list)
Conan, meh.
Escape from New York was close. But yes, it should be there. I'm adding it and Coming to America

[Octocamo]

You should definitely watch Raging Bull. Especially since you're into Fight Night now. :P It has so much great dialogue too.

I'm gonna open his hole like this. Please excuse my French. I'm gonna make him suffer. I'm gonna make his mother wish she never had him - make him into dog meat... He's a nice, a nice kid. He's a pretty kid, too. I mean I don't know, I gotta problem if I should fuck him or fight him.

[SaNkOn-TeSsOu]

WTF Scot?

Short Circuit and Batteries Not Included!

[FinalRodzilla]

Pretty good list of the 80's finest but here's my additions
Van Damme:
Kickboxer
Bloodsport

80's baseball movies were the best:
The Natural
Major League
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham

Comedy:
Revenge of the Nerds
Back to the Future

call me crazy but Chuck Norris was the first and maybe the best real american action star:
Missing in Action
Delta Force

[Rook]

Goonies
TeenWolf
Revenge of the Nerds (Dont really like it anymore, but everyone's seen it)

Finally saw the Big Chill too, was pretty good.

[cowley]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Dead Poets Society
The Thing

[JohnnyWuFei]

God, so many great movies already listed, it's hard to add to it.

Highlander
Beetlejuice
Transformers The Movie

[jwg]

No love for Mannequin or Labyrinth?

Yeah, Mannequin is silly, but sometimes you just have to turn your brain off and sit back and enjoy it.

Labyrinth is a good fantasy movie. I also like The Dark Crystal and The Neverending Story as well.

[solo assassin26]

How in the world is full metal jacket not there?

[JohnnyWuFei]

No love for Mannequin or Labyrinth?

Yeah, Mannequin is silly, but sometimes you just have to turn your brain off and sit back and enjoy it.

Labyrinth is a good fantasy movie. I also like The Dark Crystal and The Neverending Story as well.


I can't believe I forgot Labyrinth.

[Octocamo]

The Thing

I was thinking this was 70's, but you're right. Definitely add that to the list!

[LowVoltag3]

Pretty good list of the 80's finest but here's my additions
Van Damme:
Kickboxer
Bloodsport

80's baseball movies were the best:
The Natural
Major League
Field of Dreams
Bull Durham

Comedy:
Revenge of the Nerds
Back to the Future

call me crazy but Chuck Norris was the first and maybe the best real american action star:
Missing in Action
Delta Force
god, how can we forget Van Damme

[Dungeonbuster]

Awesome list! Here are some of my favorites from the eighties:

Animated
Transformers: The Movie
The Secret of NIMH
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Akira

Horror
The Keep

Action
Commando
Invasion USA
Iron Eagle
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Big Trouble in Little China
Krull
Flash Gordon
Aliens

Drama/Sci-fi
Coccoon
The Falcon and the Snowman
Innerspace
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
For Your Eyes Only
Firefox
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
The Abyss

I can't believe I forgot Labyrinth.
Labyrinth was pretty awesome. It even had a game from Lucasarts.

[agn]

Ok I was looking at a gimped list on some site. There are a bunch named that I didn't see. Falcon and the Snowman is in my top 10 all time.
Going to IMDB to find the full list.

[FlamingBozo]

I wasnt even born yet but even i cant deny the classic that if Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[SaNkOn-TeSsOu]

Wow I'm ashamed. How could I forget Akira?