Favourite 80's Movies

[spell_check]

Alos rated the Big Steal as an Aussie movie but IIRC that was early 90s

Yes, 1990.

[Hondo]

For me in no particular order (so many):

Empire Strikes Back
Die Hard
Mississipi Burning
Terminator
Once Upon a Time in America
National Lampoon's Vacation
Beverley Hills Cop
Blade Runner
A Fish Called Wanda
Flying High
Major League
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aliens
Gallipoli
When Harry Met Sally (may have just snuck into the 80s?)
Wall Street
Romancing the Stone
NeverEnding Story
Escape from New York
Breakfast Club
Mad Max 2
Lethal Weapon

Probably more I can't think of right now ...

[southee]

Trick or Treat (Horror, Heavy Metal flick)

Top call fella

Glad someone knows this "classic" film....watched it so many times and have it on DVD. Remember playing the soundtrack over and over. A band called "Fastway" did it.

Skip from Family Ties was the main character plus cameos from Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne...

Think I runied a few records by spinning them backwards after watching it as a 12 year old!!

Oh, the legend of SAMMI KERR.........

[brod]

Malcolm would be top of my pile..great movie

[JAS]

I think they are all from the 80s

The Princess Bride
All 3 Indiana Jones films
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
Airplane
Ghostbusters
Blues Brothers
Predator
Tootsie
Gandhi
Time Bandits
Out of Africa
The Abyss
Beetlejuice
Jumpin Jack Flash

Regards
JAS

[gadj1976]

A few mentioned already but I don't think Porky's has been mentioned.

Flying High
Top Secret are two of my faves along with the Porky's trilogy

[Wedgie]

Mrs Wedgies:

Dirty Dancing
Top Gun
Risky Business

[am Bays]

St. Elmo's Fire

Great movie forgot about that one, great soundtrack John Parr, Man in Motion, was on the radio the other day - I cranked it up....

[tigersupporter]

yep, cant go past the back to the future trilogy. John Cusacks early stuff like Better off dead and hot pursuit were good value. And for the horror buff, The Hellraiser movies were up there.

[evans01]

Rambo - First Blood.....

[Hondo]

VHI just did a "Behind the Movie" on TOP GUN

Quotes ..

"I feel the need .... the need for speed"
"your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash"
"take me to bed now, or lose me forever"
"Jester's dead .... Jester's dead"
"That's right Ice .... Man, I am dangerous"
"you can be my wing man any time. NO ...... you can be mine"



Classic movie. Add it to my list!

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Just on the quotes angle, I reckon the movie with the greatest number of great quotes would have to be Commando...

"Let off some steam Bennett"

"Remember Sully when I promised to kill you last?"...
..."That's right Matrix, you did"...
"I lied"

"What happened to Sully?"...
..."I let him go".

"Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired"...

I'm sure there's a heap more...

[Magpiespower]

Reakon the 80s has always suffered simply because it immediately followed THE greatest decade of films.

The 70s is the true 'Golden Age' of cinema.

Never to be seen again...

[woodwt]

My fav is Valley Girl, i love Deb foreman

[woodwt]

Trick or Treat (Horror, Heavy Metal flick)

Top call fella

Glad someone knows this "classic" film....watched it so many times and have it on DVD. Remember playing the soundtrack over and over. A band called "Fastway" did it.

Skip from Family Ties was the main character plus cameos from Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne...

Think I runied a few records by spinning them backwards after watching it as a 12 year old!!

Oh, the legend of SAMMI KERR.........

I got the dvd and soundtrack. Fastway was fast Eddie clarke's ( ex Motorhead ) band!

[bulldogs]

Fast Times at ridgemont high
atoxic avenger

[am Bays]

VHI just did a "Behind the Movie" on TOP GUN

Quotes ..

"I feel the need .... the need for speed"
"your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash"
"take me to bed now, or lose me forever"
"Jester's dead .... Jester's dead"
"That's right Ice .... Man, I am dangerous"
"you can be my wing man any time. NO ...... you can be mine"



Classic movie. Add it to my list!

My favourite movie quotes are from Bull Durham

Annie: So what do you believe in then?
Crash: Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

Crash: Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once - the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains.

[Hazbeen]

Another movie from this era that I have always liked and I just saw again is "Less than Zero" with Robert Downey Jnr and Andrew McCarthy.

Also loved the Revenge of the Nerds and Porky's series of movies.

[mighty_tiger_79]

watched BUCKET LIST and thoroughly enjoyed

also watched 1408 and it was good, not quite what i had expected to happen at the end!

[Hazbeen]

watched BUCKET LIST and thoroughly enjoyed

also watched 1408 and it was good, not quite what i had expected to happen at the end!

wrong topic MT79