80s movies that are a must watch?

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trueaggie2782 said:

aggiegrad01 said:



Goonies


Can't count how many times I've seen this.
"Mama! You've been baaaad."


Oh man, you smell like phys ed!
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I didn't see these:
Against All Odds
Starman
Local Hero
To Live And Die In LA
Throw Momma From the Train
Pale Rider
Honkytonk Man
Romancing the Stone

+1 on Cocoon

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Fast times at ridgemont high
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Surprised no one has posted ...

Never Ending Story
Annie

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Shouldn't have taken 3 pages to get to Fletch.
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Better off Dead
Weird Science
The Three Amigos
Stripes (or was that 70's?)
Wall Street
Red Dawn
The Outsiders
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Labrynth
Never ending Story
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sixteen Candles
Friday the 13th
The Breakfast Club
Johnny Dangerously
Less than Zero
My Cousin Vinny
Tapps
Platoon
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I'm going to consolidate all of these. If the title you posted is not on the list, it's likely not in the 80s
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trueaggie2782 said:

I'm going to consolidate all of these. If the title you posted is not on the list, it's likely not in the 80s

Enemy Mine - scifi
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Trading Places.
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Some more obscure titles for the list:

The Gods Must be Crazy (1&2)

Mother Goose Rock n' Ryme (technically 1990 but practically everyone from the 80's has a cameo. Many many cool cameos)
Philo B 93
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Please include this in the master list!:

Streets of Fire
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My Cousin Vinny was early 90s
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Max Power said:

How many kids walked out of this movie needing Super Mario 3 and The Powerglove?



Snuck in the latter part of the 80s, but with SMB3 as the showcase I feel this is much more a 90s movie.
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Gymkata? Seriously?

Where he finds a high bar and pommel horse in the middle of town and proceeds to beat people up with his routine?

Then gotta add American Ninja to the list.

Also,

Silver Bullet
The Wraith
Deep Star Six
Leviathan
The Hidden
Maximum Overdrive
Alligator
The Toxic Avenger

Edit: and The Fog. Have to a add that one.

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Romancing the Stone (if its not on here already)
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The Last Dragon
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Man no love for Maximum Overdrive? That movie scared the crap outta me as a kid
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I'm shocked Hoosiers, and Witness haven't made it on here yet.
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Amadeus
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Hoosiers
Rocky 4
Animal house
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Who in the hell said Caddyshack II should be on this list?? One of the worst movies of all time.
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trueaggie2782 said:

Go ahead and name them. I've been on an 80s movies kick since finishing stranger things 2 and want to relive my youth. I just got done watching die hard and dirty dancing for the first time and have weekend at Bernie's, wargames, and Ferris Bueller in the queue. What else you got?

Since you guys were awesome enough to do this, I figure the least I can do is consolidate. Let's see if this works.

Genre Title (Year)
Action
Against All Odds (1984)
Aliens (1986)
Batman (1989)
Best of the Best (1989)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Bloodsport (1988)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Cloak & Dagger (1984)
Cobra (1986)
Commando (1985)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Cyborg (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Escape from New York (1981)
First Blood (1982)
Gotcha! (1985)
Gymkata (1985)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Iron Eagle (1986)
Iron Eagle II (1988)
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Kickboxer (1989)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Leviathan (1989)
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
No Way Out (1987)
North Shore (1987)
Over the Top (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Predator (1987)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rambo III (1988)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Red Dawn (1984)
Red Heat (1988)

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Road House (1989)
RoboCop (1987)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Silverado (1985)
Speed Zone (1989)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Starman (1984)
Stripes (1981)
Tango & Cash (1989)
The Abyss (1989)
The Beastmaster (1982)
The Bounty (1984)
The Emerald Forest (1985)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Ice Pirates (1984)
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
The Monster Squad (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
The Terminator (1984)
They Live (1988)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Top Gun (1986)
Tron (1982)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Willow (1988)
Young Guns (1988)

Adventure
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future 2 (1989)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Excalibur (1981)
Explorers (1985)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Labyrinth (1986)
Lonesome Dove (1989)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
The Goonies (1985)
The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Wizard (1989)
Time Bandits (1981)
White Water Summer (1987)
Animation
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Comedy
A Christmas Story (1983)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
After Hours (1985)
Airplane! (1980)
Annie (1982)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Big (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Caddyshack (1980)
Caddyshack II (1988)
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Clue (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
Coming to America (1988)
Continental Divide (1981)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Ferris Beuller's Day Off (1986)
Fletch (1985)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Gremlins (1984)

Hardbodies (1984)
Hardbodies 2 (1986)
Heathers (1988)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Hot Dog The Movie (1984)
Johnny Be Good (1988)
Just One of the Guys (1985)
License to Drive (1988)
Local Hero (1983)
Major League (1989)
My Science Project (1985)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Neighbors (1981)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Overboard (1987)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Police Academy (1984)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Porky's (1981)
Porky's 3: Revenge (1985)
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Real Genius (1985)
Repo Man (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
Say Anything (1989)
Scrooged (1988)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Spaceballs (1987)
Summer Rental (1985)
Summer School (1987)
Teen Wolf (1985)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The 'Burbs (1989)
The Cannonball Run (1981)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Top Secret! (1984)
Trading Places (1983)
Twins (1988)
UHF (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Weird Science (1985)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Crime
Less Than Zero (1987)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Outsiders (1983)
The Untouchables (1987)
Wall Street (1987)
Drama
American Flyers (1985)
Blade Runner (1982)
Cocktail (1988)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Footloose (1984)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rad (1986)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rain Man (1988)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Taps (1981)
The Day After (1983)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Vision Quest (1985)
Wolfen (1981)
Fantasy
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Horror
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
April Fool's Day (1986)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Christine (1983)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Fright Night (1985)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
Poltergeist (1982)
Puppet Master (1989)
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Science Fiction
Looker (1981)
Miracle Mile (1989)
V: The Final Battle (1984)
WarGames (1983)
Western
Pale Rider (1985)
Bolded my co-signs
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There are some that are on the list strictly because they are part of the series. I don't particularly care for any of the nightmare on elm Street or Friday the 13th movies but they're on the list because one of you recommended at least one of them.
 
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