80s Movies

galactus

Watched "The Breakfast Club" (a classic!) and "St. Elmo's Fire" with Herself over the weekend. Haven't laughed so much in ages - mostly at the hair!!

What's your favourite?

nlgbbbblth

galactus wrote:

Watched "The Breakfast Club" (a classic!) and "St. Elmo's Fire" with Herself over the weekend. Haven't laughed so much in ages - mostly at the hair!!

What's your favourite?

those two are the best of the Brat Pack movies

also like
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Pretty In Pink
Sixteen Candles
Class
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Weird Science
Mask
Short Circuit
Gremlins
Cloak & Dagger
Repo Man
Blue Velvet
Talk Radio
Heathers
Foxes
Out Of The Blue
Fast Times At Ridgemont High

TerrorFirmer

Aliens, Robocop, Terminator.....

Ah, they just don't make them like they used to

Rabies

Conan
Robocop
Aliens
BeverlyHills Cop
Terminator
Indiana Jones


edit: almost same line up MobileInfantry

galactus

Some great movies there!

Repo Man is always intense And what can you say about Blue Velvet (neighbour).

They definitely don't make 'em like that anymore.

Conan is an under-rated classic. Aliens*, Terminator, Indiana Jones etc. All great movies. Empire Stikes Back too.

Don't want to change the rules (it's all good!) but I was originally thinking more along the lines of John Waters / Brat Pack movies.

For me, it's all about that 80s hair! :cool:

Haven't seen these : Foxes, Out Of The Blue, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (nlgbbbblth's mentioned them) but will try and dig them up.

Trading Places and The Blues Brothers deserve mentions of course.

They really definitely don't make 'em like that anymore!!

Mask is 1994 according to imdb.com!

* Still prefer the original Alien though...

Blisterman

I think you're thinking of The Mask.

20 Times 20 Times

rocky
back to the future
the running man

Larianne

Rabies wrote:

Conan
Robocop
Aliens
BeverlyHills Cop
Terminator
Indiana Jones


edit: almost same line up MobileInfantry

C'mon, ya forgot Commando! Funny Film!

I love alot of John Hughes films - Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Train & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Breakfast Club (up till its starts getting all mushy and sentimental), The Great Outdoors & National Lampoon's Christmas vacation (writer), Pretty In Pink.

Then there's Clue, Back To the Future, Weekend at Bernie's, The Money Pit, Private Benjimin, Dragnet, Batman, Beeltejuice, Short Circuit, Indiana Jones, Trading Places, Coming to America, Big Business, Labrynth, Big, The Three Amigos, Ghostbusters, Tootsie.

Can't think of any more at the moment!!

bringitdown

Blade Runner

bonzai bob

oh the memories,,

eh, what about the GOONIES!! Stand By Me, Maneqine(SP) etc

Dr.Feelgood

Total ReCall

Was on last night its deadly

"see you at the party Ricter"

Or of course.

Stir Crazy
See no Evil Hear no Evil

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

oh the memories,,

eh, what about the GOONIES!! Stand By Me, Maneqine(SP) etc

Damn, Yeah the Goonies and Manequinn (?)

bonzai bob

Lets not forget that babysitter movie, i can't remember the name now, i think it goes under a couple of different names for some reason. Babysitter on the run or something!! aarrgh, i can't think of it, i can see the old stupid video cover of them all walking up the side of a building with the little girl and her Thor hat:D

Aurther Hugh

Larianne wrote:

Damn, Yeah the Goonies and Manequinn (?)

MANNEQUINE, the film, the song...magic
Working Girl
Dont Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
Three men..
Filofax
The Secret of My Success
Big
Splash
The Money Pit
Turner and Hooch
The 'Burbs
Rainman
Die Hard
The Princess Bride
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Field of Dreams
Dirty Dancing
The Outsiders
Police Academy
Short Circuit
Flight of the Navigator
Parenthood

bonzai bob

Aurther Hugh wrote:

MANNEQUINE, the film, the song...magic
Big
Turner and Hooch
The 'Burbs
Rainman
Die Hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Police Academy
Flight of the Navigator

Some of the greatest movies ever, i may pay a visit to play.com:)

Larianne

Filofax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes yes yes!

Larianne

Aurther Hugh wrote:

MANNEQUINE, the film, the song...magic

and eh, Andrew mcCarthy! Oh YEAH!

Couldn't bring yourself to write Three Men and a Little Baby?? Almost didn't see it there!! lol <snip>.

Chong

Dr.Feelgood wrote:

Total ReCall

Was on last night its deadly

"see you at the party Ricter"

Or of course.

Stir Crazy
See no Evil Hear no Evil

Lol I am watching it right now, it has to be one of my fav movies.

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

Teen Wolf, HOW COULD I FORGET!!!!!!!!!
The Great Outdoors
Honey I Shrunk The Kids - < What a movie

Damn!! Teen Wolf. Was looking up the DvDs of it and they made a sequel!!! Yrst you can get a box set of Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf 2 from Play.com lol

Larianne

Willem D wrote:

Lol I am watching it right now, it has to be one of my fav movies.

I love when yer one starts kicking Sharon Stone's ass! you go Girl!!

bonzai bob

Willow
The Lost Boys
Romancing The Stone

Larianne

"Joan Wilder, THEE Joan Wilder?!?!"

bonzai bob

Larianne wrote:

I love when yer one starts kicking Sharon Stone's ass! you go Girl!!

heh heh,

'Consider that a divorce':)

chillywilly

scarface
superman II and III

bonzai bob

Jumpin Jack Flash

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

Jumpin Jack Flash

Damn you get in there before me. Good auld Whoopi. Best bit, when her dress gets caught in the shredder!

Watched Supermen III yesterday. That one used to scare me, the auld hag turing into a robot!!

chillywilly

Larianne wrote:

Damn you get in there before me. Good auld Whoopi. Best bit, when her dress gets caught in the shredder!

Watched Supermen III yesterday. That one used to scare me, the auld hag turing into a robot!!

ye i watched it aswell, Richard Prior....wat a legend....

bonzai bob

Big Trouble in Little China, do you have green eyes Larianne?
A Fish Called Wanda
Blind Fury
Adventures In Babysitting < Thats the one i was trying to remember earlier!!
An American Werewolf in London
American Ninja
The Abyss

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

Big Trouble in Little China, do you have green eyes Larianne?
A Fish Called Wanda
Blind Fury
Adventures In Babysitting < Thats the one i was trying to remember earlier!!
An American Werewolf in London
American Ninja

Never saw most of them, maybe a bit of A fish called wanda. What's Big Trouble in Little China?

bonzai bob

:eek: you have to buy it!!! Cheesy as hell but a true CLASSIC!

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=169155&p=57&g=72&pa=sr

You buy now!:)

bonzai bob

The Golden Child.

Pardon all my posts, don't mind me, i'm just reliving my childhood

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

:eek: you have to buy it!!! Cheesy as hell but a true CLASSIC!

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=169155&p=57&g=72&pa=sr

You buy now!:)

I'll look it up on IMDB.com

oh yeah, Real Men

Ph3n0m

Big Trouble in Little China - ah what a movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/

Rent or buy it - its a classic

Larianne

bonzai bob wrote:

The Golden Child.

Pardon all my posts, don't mind me, i'm just reliving my childhood

No it's good. I was thinking of get a whole load of DVDs to start a collection. As my collection at the moment is only 3 DVDs!! lol

And it's cool coz you can get alot of the 80's movies cheap!

bonzai bob

Yeah, god bless depreciation!:D

Check on eBay, you'd get loads. I think i'll pick up a couple of classics now:)

Larianne

Just looked at the Trailer to Big Trouble in Little China. Never seen that before in my life. Go on the Kurt Russell! lol Looks funny though.

They defo don't make them like they used to!

tabatha

favs from the 80's are

1. st elmos fire
2. the breaskfast club
3. brusters millions
4. the goonies
5. big business

20 Times 20 Times

empire if the sun

nlgbbbblth

galactus wrote:

Mask is 1994 according to imdb.com!

no, Mask is 1985
directed by Peter Bogdanovich

stars Cher and Eric Stoltz (as Rocky Dennis)

The Mask is 1994

telecinesk

And "The Sure Thing" followed by "An American Werewolf in London" cos Jenny Augitter gets them out. Real classic stuff. And Bladerunner too.

bonzai bob

nlgbbbblth wrote:

no, Mask is 1985
directed by Peter Bogdanovich

stars Cher and Eric Stoltz (as Rocky Dennis)

The Mask is 1994

such a sad film. Great one tho

Scarinae

Back to the Future
Dirty Dancing
Gremlins
The Princess Bride
Beetlejuice

Remember the part in Back to the Future 2 where Marty goes into the future, and everyone has flying cars, hoverboards, self-drying clothes, stuff like that? Weird to think that was how they though 2015 might turn out - that's only 10 years from now!
I always loved the idea of a cooker where you put in a teeny little frozen pizza, pressed a few buttons, and instantly you had a full-sized, fully cooked pizza... Mmmmmm

galactus

nlgbbbblth wrote:

no, Mask is 1985
directed by Peter Bogdanovich
stars Cher and Eric Stoltz (as Rocky Dennis)
The Mask is 1994

I stand corrected...doesn't sound like my cup of tea at all though!

Don't know how I could have forgot Blade Runner (the original with the voice-over is one of my all-time faves*) and Superman II ("kneel before Zod!"). Best. Superman. Movie. Ever.

Might as well throw in Supergirl. Go girl!

Surprised no-one mentioned Dune. Takes at least two viewings to understand what the hell is going on plus some of the special effects are a bit ropey but one day All Movies Will Be Made This Way (tm). Davis Lynch is a genius (sometimes).

Finally: SpaceHunter, Adventures in The Forbidden Zone (in 3-D). with Peter Strauss and (eek!) Molly Ringwald. Comments from imdb.com would have you believe its the worst movie ever made but don't let that fool you

DayDreamer

My favourites from the 80's were...
-Maybe Baby
-18 Again
-Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun
-Can't Buy Me Love

Will post the rest when they come to me :rolleyes:

DayDreamer

Grrr this is driving me mental :mad:

I'm trying to remember a film from the 80's but can't remember what it was called for the life of me!

Anyway it was about this fella that was mad about this girl and his best mate tried to help him get her ...the best mate was a girl ..tomboy drummer with short hair! Anyway in the end I think he realises himself & the best mate are meant to be together!

Ring any bells?

nlgbbbblth

galactus wrote:

Surprised no-one mentioned Dune. Takes at least two viewings to understand what the hell is going on plus some of the special effects are a bit ropey but one day All Movies Will Be Made This Way (tm). Davis Lynch is a genius (sometimes).

David Lynch is possibly the best director ever
Twin Peaks is the best TV programme of all time
while Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive are unbelievably good movies.

I like Dune, but along with Eraserhead it's probably his least good

TCamen

Trying to pick mostly ones that aren't already mentioned - some really good selections so far

Big Business
Mannequinn "Nothin's gonna stop us nooooooow"
Troop Beverly Hills
The Peanutbutter Solution
Howard The Duck
Monster Squad
Alice Through The Looking Glass - the jabberwocky FREAKS me out! :eek:
Superman III - aaaah the scary robot woman!! :eek:
Garbage Pail Kids
The Wizard - how did Nintendo get away with all the blatant promotion! But seriously, who DIDN'T want one of those game gloves??
BMX Bandits
Flight of the Navigator Pure genius
The Neverending Story
Krull Another movie full of freaky bits :eek:
Clash of the Titans the stop motion animation Medusa, nightmares! :eek:
Short Circuit
Explorers
Karate Kid II
Little Monsters
The Prince's Bride

TCamen

Twin Peaks is the best TV programme of all time

Definitely ONE of the best series I've ever watched, and definitely close to being my all-time favourite, I just wish they'd hurry up and release S2 on DVD already!! 2006 at the earliest now

galactus

Dr.Feelgood wrote:

Total ReCall

Was on last night its deadly

"see you at the party Ricter"

Or of course.

Stir Crazy
See no Evil Hear no Evil

Not an 80s movie! Released in 1990 but still a goodie.

"In a few minutes you'll be dead and I'll be home in time for cornflakes!"

Ph3n0m

DayDreamer wrote:

Grrr this is driving me mental :mad:

I'm trying to remember a film from the 80's but can't remember what it was called for the life of me!

Anyway it was about this fella that was mad about this girl and his best mate tried to help him get her ...the best mate was a girl ..tomboy drummer with short hair! Anyway in the end I think he realises himself & the best mate are meant to be together!

Ring any bells?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094006/

Larianne

Howard The Duck! Yes! I can still remember the theme tune... end bit used to scare me though. Think it bombed in the cinema.