The best film of the 80s...

[lonesome crow]

the back to the future films where great! I heard the ride in Universal Florida is closing to make way for a new one! That is such a shame it was great! Should have dumped Jaws instead , it's dated!

[sixtyten]

Back to the Future!! still fantastic!

[Oggy]

Back to the future is still so kool, and Top Gun.

[sarcymarky]

Talking of Back to the Future, did any of you see Michael J Fox on US tv lately? His Parkinson's has got so severe! I watched him being interviewed and it made me feel so sad. It only seems like yesterday when I was watching him back in 86 in BTTF.

[Cal]

Talking of Back to the Future, did any of you see Michael J Fox on US tv lately? His Parkinson's has got so severe! I watched him being interviewed and it made me feel so sad. It only seems like yesterday when I was watching him back in 86 in BTTF.

yes, i watched this......so upsetting to see, i think bttf has to go down as one of my favourite film/ trilogy's never get bored of it.

[SG1973]

There are far to many to single one out. Some of the best films of the 80's are:

The Lost Boys
The Goonies
Aliens
Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back
Robocop
Top Secret
Airplane 1 & 2
Outrageous Fortune
Bachelor Party
Police Academy

I only watched Ferris Bueller for the first time a couple of years ago and could not for the life of me understand why people rave about this movie. It was AWFUL. To me, having a wild time on my "day off" as a teenager would not include going to a museum and having sanwiches in a tea room. SAAAAAAAAAAAD

[Oggy]

Robocop an underated film because mainly of the inferior sequals, and tv series, and even a cartoon show, and ED2O9 was way kool as robots/droids go, it was more the way the Judge Dredd movie should have gone, and that was poor.

[branny]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Die Hard.

Here's my list of favourites

1 Aliens
2 Die Hard
3 Back to the future
4 Weird science
5 The Terminator
6 Fright night
7 Predator
8 Raiders of the lost ark
9 Platoon
10 The Lost boys

[Flash Gordon]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Flash Gordon!!!!
(obviously)
Great thread, I don't know where to start.
I remember being in a pub with a bunch of big tough lads and Labyrinth was mentioned and they all melted and said "Great film, love it!" Classic.
No one has mentioned Blade Runner! Bad on first release, a revalation with the directors cut, now spoiled by directorial fiddling (get one of the middle cuts).
I also love Dune (yeah I know!) but I usually watch the extended - or what I call "The What Could Have Been" version - and that's a thread in itself.
Ghost Busters - brilliant. Bought a copy t'uther day.
Lost Boys - "Cry-y-y little sister!"
Stand By Me - superb.
Oh, and I thought Robocop2 wasn't bad actually! (Wasn't it John Malcovich as baddie?)
Aliens: feckin A
For me, Breakfast Club will always be synonymous with "Hot Meat Injection!"

[branny]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

I like Blade Runner and if my list continued it'd probably be in the next 5. It's a once in a while watch whereas the others i've listed i can watch time after time and never get bored. I don't quite have that feeling for Blade Runner.

[branny]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Die Hard.

Here's my list of favourites

1 Aliens
2 Die Hard
3 Back to the future
4 Weird science
5 The Terminator
6 Fright night
7 Predator
8 Raiders of the lost ark
9 Platoon
10 The Lost boys

in fact here's the next 10

11 Rocky 3
12 Ferris Buellers day off
13 Wall Street
14 Robocop
15 Blade Runner
16 The Empire Strikes back
17 The Breakfast Club
18 St Elmo's Fire
19 Airplane
20 Ghostbusters

[Flash Gordon]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Young guns! (1988)

[Flash Gordon]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Beautiful, the cheesier the better.
Karate kid? (I hate that film although I used to love it)

[Derekflint]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

Raiders (ah, all the Jones movies), Witness, Blade Runner, Bronco Billy, The Killer, Manhunter.

And one of the most underrated movies ever, Firefox!

And Conan the Barbarian.

No Tron love out there?

[childofthe80's]

Re: The best film of the 80s...

1. I am with Flash Gordon....I loove that movie still plus the soundtrack by Queen stills rocks

2. Say Anything

3. This is embarrasing but I loved the "Breakin" movies. (Breakin and Breakin II Electric Boogaloo) I loved dancing to it when I was young.

4. Anything with Molly Ringwald, Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Michael J. Fox, all of the heavy hitters back then.

5. Clue-I noticed a few people mentioned this. This movie still cracks me up.