Your favourite 80's movie.

scojones

Ok lads and ladies. What was your favourite 80's movie? We're talking about Flight of the Navigator, The Goonies, Batteries Not Included, Little Shop of Horrors, ET, The Karate Kid, Short Circuit... etc.

Mine was definately The Goonies, with Short Circuit a close second. I'm a big 80's movie fan

Roddy23

used to love that great 80's icon -Chevy Chase, so anything he was in, loved it.

But for pure unadulterated action- had to be the Terminator, or Tango and Cash.

Archeron

Weird Science (mmm, Kelly le Broc) and Bachelor Party with Tom Hanks. both still classics.

connundrum

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, brilliant.. the music defined my teenage years

besty

Top Gun

chillywilly

when i saw the thread title the goonies immediatly popped into my head so im going to same the goonies....what a film;)

Oriel

For me it was either The Goonies or Labyrinth.

Nightshiftguy

Days of Thunder. has to be my favourite childhood film.. Tom cruise had it all.. Back then

Crubeens

Karate Kid - cause I genuinely felt like a ninja leaving the cinema

Jazzy

Labrynth
David Bowie god bless...

"Dance, Dance Magic Dance"

Oriel

Christ no, actually wait, Top Gun! I used to be able to quote the entire film

MrJoeSoap

Roddy23 wrote:

used to love that great 80's icon -Chevy Chase, so anything he was in, loved it.

National Lampoons European Vacation is a classic!

scojones

Crubeens wrote:

Karate Kid - cause I genuinely felt like a ninja leaving the cinema

Haha, classic

Pigman II

The Breakfast Club. (I don't think I ever saw it in the 80's tho)

Rhyme

Labyrinth above all else... "You remind me of the babe..."

chillywilly

Pigman II wrote:

The Breakfast Club. (I don't think I ever saw it in the 80's tho)

"if i have to come back in here im crackin skulls":D

SprostonGreen

The Breakfast Club or Trading Places.

SoupyNorman

"Mac and me" very sad at the end!!!

MonkeyTennis

Back to the Future and Gremlins...and Revenge of the Nerds!!

meditraitor

The Karate Kid
The Name of the rose
Cannonball run
Porkys
return of the jedi
beverly hills cop
Indiana Jones
Crocodile dundee
Platoon
Die Hard
Batman
Gremlins

so many more

Morrigan

Labyrinth was amazing. Oh the excitement of David Bowie!
But the annoyance of Jennifer Connolly

Anyone ever seen "The Last Unicorn"?

_Kaiser_

Hmm.. soo many memories...

Back To The Future (gotta love the car)
Any of the Eddie Murphy films (Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, Coming to America)
Wall Street ("Greed...is good!")
The Running Man (if only for Killion's reply to Arnie's "I'll be back!" - "only in a rerun!" Most Arnie films of this era were good though. except the Conan series)
Top Gun (and Days of Thunder - exact same film except cars = planes)

Font22

The Breakfat club, class film. Was once told i looked like the girl with the dark hair. Not sure if thats good or not!
reminds me, i should really buy it on dvd..

Pigman II

Font22 wrote:

The Breakfat club, class film. Was once told i looked like the girl with the dark hair. Not sure if thats good or not!

It's good in my book anyway.

el tel

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 was a vintage year!

Ferris Bueller's Day Off was not too bad either.

ciaran76

Breakfast Club
The Lost Boys
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Indiana Jones
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

These would all top my list.

tabatha

the goonies
pretty in pink
can't buy me love
about last night

connundrum

connundrum wrote:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, brilliant.. the music defined my teenage years

Theres loads, but you made it easy.
I like that one.

Ferris Bueller is the stand out classic, but who could possibly forget

Catholic Boys?

scojones

The Lost Boys, how could I have forgotten that?

The 'Burbs was pretty good too.

spiderlegs

Lost Boys
Pretty In Pink
The Breakfast Club
Back To The Future
Withnail and I
Oh there are just so many!! I know I'll think of hundreds more in a few minutes time!!!

TerrorFirmer

Robocop
The Terminator
Aliens
Platoon
Predator
The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones

They don't make em like they used to. There are loads more but these are the definative ones for me personally.

@conor - was catholic boys the one with Kevin Dillon? Brilliant movie, haven't seen it in years!

squrm

sinecurea wrote:

Christ no, actually wait, Top Gun! I used to be able to quote the entire film

I feel the need, the need for speed

Best film ever. When pilots were gay, long before cowboys ever were:D

Kojak

Back to the future

Miss Fluff

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Weird Science
The Shining
Adventures in Babysitting
Uncle Buck
The Goonies
Stand By Me
The Princess Bride
DIRTY DANCING
E.T.
Trading Places
Beverly Hills Cop (all of them)
Scarface
Planes Trains & Automobiles

Never seen Labyrinth, is it good??

Pigman II

squrm wrote:

Best film ever. When pilots were gay, long before cowboys ever were:D

Oh not this old chestnut again!

"Man, you can ride my tail anytime!" could mean many things

HavoK

HavoK wrote:

was catholic boys the one with Kevin Dillon? Brilliant movie, haven't seen it in years!

Yep that's the one. Rented it in my early teens, completely ignorant of the contents. The toilet scene caught me and my parents by surprise...:o

Has Weekend at Bernies raised it's head yet? So cheesy and what a terrible plot, had to be one the finest moments surely?

To my shame, I have yet to see Stand By Me...

Tomohawk

Big (the best movie of its time thats screams 1980s at ya)
or then if it's not I would say Mad Max 2...

squrm

Pigman II wrote:

Oh not this old chestnut again!

"Man, you can ride my tail anytime!" could mean many things

"No, You can ride mine!"



Yes, it can mean many, many things:)

Lockster

No one's mentioned Highlander. I still love it now!!

_Kaiser_

Pigman II wrote:

Oh not this old chestnut again!

"Man, you can ride my tail anytime!" could mean many things

Actually it's:

ICEMAN: You can be my wingman any time!

MAV: B*ll****. You can be mine!

*cue big hug and Top Gun Anthem*

(must get this on Play.. classic film )

Dustbowl

Risky Business & most of the John Hughes films are all magic

Samhildanach

No.1 Definitely THE GOONIES with close 2nd: Ferris Bueller's Day off

Other favourites:

Bladerunner
First Blood
Big Trouble in Little China
Poltergeist
Back to the Future
Top Secret
The Name of the Rose
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Gremlins
Jaws
Conan the Barbarian
The Cannonball Run (God I'd forgotten how corney that was!)
The Breakfast Club
Platoon
Stand by Me
Salem's Lot
The Lost Boys
Heathers

Psychic Lady

The Goonies,:D
Stand By Me,:)
Mask,
Mac and Me,
Pretty In Pink,
Dirty Dancing,
Footloose!!
Flashdance,
Ferris Buellers Day Off,
E.T.
The Burbs (was that an 80's film anyone know?):o


Best films in the 80's

Samhildanach

oh and yeah ... Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Psychic Lady

I can't believe I forgot Top Gun the best of all!! The only film Tom Cruise is a complete babe!

Kingp35

Well i going purely by movies that I watched when I was young and not the likes of Platoon etc that I watched when I was older. My favourites as a kid were:

The Goonies
Back to the Future (watched this again last night )
Indiana Jones
Labyrinth
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Flight of the Navigator
Short Circuit
The Never Ending Story
Top Gun
Days of Thunder (actually 1990)
Willow
Transformers: The Movie
The Dark Crystal
Stand By Me
The Lost Boys

They are all my childhood movies!!

sprinkles

The Best:
Top Gun

The rest:
Tango and Cash
Trading places
Days of Thunder
CannonBall Run
Smokey and the Bandit (technically 70's but who's counting)
Blues Brothers

Chopper

Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous !!

classic kick ass movie in the style of Chuck Norris who was king of the 80's

scojones

The lists here are going to put some dent in my credit card

Terry

the breakfast club followed by

back to the future
the lost boys
indiana jones
ferris bueller
mad max trilogy (especially 2)
empire...
the sure thing
that's all i can think of right now.