Favorite 80's Movies!!!

[7red7]

I know I know we already got the "Official Movie Thread", but I'm not interested in knowing everything...I want the cheese baby!!! What 80's movies do you absolutely love...Name as many as you like, but be sure to tell us what makes it so worth watching :)

[~cheetah]

Ridgemont High is a classic Dan!!! *hits head with shoe* "Dude!!! That was my skull!!! I'm so wasted!!!" Great movie!!! Anyway, I'm more of a sci-fi/action fan, so the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films are my thing.

[test]

"Learn it, know it, live it." That's classic! I use it in my classroom. :D

My favorite 80s movies are: The Breakfast Club, Steel Magnolias, Stand By Me, 9 to 5, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, plus a bunch more that I am forgetting.

Great thread, Dan. :)

[7red7]

*LMAO*

I was hoping you guys would get in this one sometime...I'm eager to see what everyone likes around here...And remember to keep it limited to the 80's :)

Ridgemont High is an all time fav for me...Why wouldn't it be??? Great acting, funny dialogue...Some of the best one liners to grace the cinema screens

Another one of my absolute favorites is Valley Girl..."Like totally for sure, barf me out, gag me with a spoon" Don't act like you don't know, cause all you crazy kids that grew up with me throughout the 80's know exactly what I'm talking about...This movie was just too realistic, from the speech to the fashion, to the music they listened to...Plus Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman put on a great performance :)

So keep em' coming guys and gals!!!

[~cheetah]

I almost forgot Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Porky's, Top Gun, Cocktail, and The Terminator. Plus a lot more I can't remember at the moment. I'll keep thinking........

[test]

I love Sean Penn. He cracks me up in Fast Times. I love his surfer character. "Righteous Bucks." Ahhhhh, Sean Penn. Yum! :D

I forgot to add the line:" no shirt, no shoes, nooooo dice." I love that line. I stole the no dice part and say it alot. :laugh: I guess I am going to have to watch this movie tonight. Thanks Dan. ;)

[~epsilon minus]

Tron, baby. T to the R to the O to the mothammmin' N.

[~cheetah]

Tron rules!!! I was just playing that game at Sega Gameworks the last time I went to the mall. Also saw some of the action figures at Suncoast Video. They had some of the lightcycles too.

[7red7]

Tron does rule...I finally found the DVD after a long search...I love that movie, easily one of Jeff Bridges best roles he's done...And the effects for the time are still ahead of somethings we have today :)

[~inferiornevada]

yup, TRON was great, i even got an original hardcover print of that film...Fright Night is pretty old school, but id have to say that Ghostbusters 1 and 2 are by far the most entertaining, - in fact i dont know which one i like better...?

...where've i been...

[~chriswdc]

Drats! I was hoping to unleash Tron first. :) In that case I will have to mention: Wargames (Matthew Broderick), Firefox (Clint Eastwood), Red Dawn (Patrick Swayze, etc.), 3 O'Clock High (Casey Siemaszko, etc.), Brazil (Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin).

[7red7]

Woo Hoo!!! 3 O' Clock High!!! Man Chris you definately know your teen cult classic movies!!!

"You and me, we're gonna have a fight. Today, 3 O'clock, in the parking lot. You try and run, I'll track you down. Tell a teacher, it'll only be worse. Try and sneak home, I'll be under your bed."

[test]

I completely forgot Back To The Future. I love those movies! I have seen 1 and 2, but not 3. Ahhh, the good old days. :D

[~MGun]

Back To The Future was great, I'll be the first to mention The Hitcher, The Lost Boys, Swamp Thing, Disaster In Time, Total Recall, The Road Warrior.

[7red7]

Lost Boys is sooooo classic!!! I loved all of the Corey Haim/Feldman movies they did together back then...And C.Thomas Howell in The Hitcher was just suspence personafied:)

[~chriswdc]

Originally posted by 7red7
Woo Hoo!!! 3 O' Clock High!!! Man Chris you definately know your teen cult classic movies!!!

"You and me, we're gonna have a fight. Today, 3 O'clock, in the parking lot. You try and run, I'll track you down. Tell a teacher, it'll only be worse. Try and sneak home, I'll be under your bed."

Yeah, I love that movie..a lot of fun to watch. As a matter of fact, I may watch it today. It is such a grey, rainy day here in the Metro DC area..perfect for a marathon movie watching session.

[Avil]

E.T?

[7red7]

Originally posted by chriswdc


Yeah, I love that movie..a lot of fun to watch. As a matter of fact, I may watch it today. It is such a grey, rainy day here in the Metro DC area..perfect for a marathon movie watching session.


Yeah it took me a long time to track that movie down...Theres nothing like a good movie marathon while it pours rain outside...


Have Fun!!!

[~chriswdc]

Originally posted by 7red7



Yeah it took me a long time to track that movie down...Theres nothing like a good movie marathon while it pours rain outside...


Have Fun!!!

Boy, that was fun. I watched that yesterday after all. I have not watched it for over a year. I have it on VHS..do you know if it was ever made on DVD? I would love to own that on DVD.

[~intro]

Better Off Dead - best 80s movie in the world. It's just so incredibly funny. "Go that way. If something gets in your way, turn."

Say Anything - Lloyd Dobler is my hero.

-Mark is a John Cusack fanatic
www.djintrovert.com

[~Joevirus]

My top ten fave 80's CHEESE movies:

1. Modern Girls (Daphne Zuniga/Clayton Rhoner)- DM is on the soundtrack
2. Breaking All The Rules (Thor Bisopric)
3. Liquid Sky
4. Better Off Dead
5. Weird Science
6. Midnight Madness (Michael J Fox/ Paul Reubens)
7. A Nightmare On Elm Street
8. European Vacation
9. Thrashin' (Robert Rusler/Josh Brolin)
10. Fraternity Vacation

[7red7]

Originally posted by chriswdc


Boy, that was fun. I watched that yesterday after all. I have not watched it for over a year. I have it on VHS..do you know if it was ever made on DVD? I would love to own that on DVD.


Nope, sorry Chris, no DVD release yet, but hey stay positive...A lot of old school 80's movies are being re-released on DVD lately, maybe that will be one of them :)

[7red7]

Hey Joevirus, I just happened to watch Thrashin today...It was a skateboarding marathon man, I watched Gleaming The Cube right after that one *LOL* I just got my DVD of Midnight Madness too!!!


Oh and a quick announcement for all of you crazy cheeseball loving 80's freaks...Teen Wolf has been officially released on DVD with Teen Wolf Too as a double DVD package...(Only $9.99!!!) I got mine today at Suncoast video with Midnight Madness :D

[~Daft Monk]

A few of my fave 80's comedies:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Oh Yeah)
Better Off Dead (Perfect for anyone who has suffered terminal angst)
Real Genius (Who knew there could be such a hilarious movie about science students?)
Strange Brew (Forever changed my view of Canadians, eh)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure ("I pity the fool who don’t eat my cereal")

[~Elitistwanker]

Aliens
Bladerunner(im surprised nobody mentioned either of these yet)
Scarface(love that soundtrack...)
Goonies
This is Spinal Tap
A nightmare on elm street
Tron
Terminator
Transformers the movie
Masters of the universe

Ill watch the breakfast club whenever its on TBS too.

[~Jupiter 4]

Dance Craze
The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization (punk version)
The Great Rock n Roll Swindle

[~epsilon minus]

The Running Man. "Uplinks, underground, uplinks, underground, if you guys don't shut up, I'll uplink your ass, and YOU'LL be underground."

[~kellyrenee]

Breakfast Club
St. Elmo's Fire
Class
Less Than Zero
Last American Virgin
Wierd Science
Red Dawn
Pretty in Pink
Wargames
Stand By Me
Sixteen Candles
Just One of the Guys
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (one of my faves....D TV was way cool)

[~Human Clone]

> 3 O' Clock High
> 16 Candles
> Book of Love
> Can't Buy Me Love
> Pretty in Pink
> Some Kind of Wonderful
> Last American Virgin
> Halloween
> Friday the 13th

I'm a big fan of John Hughes movies, great soundtracks too.

[~Bornslippy]

1. Weird Science
2. Ferris Bueler
3. 101
4. Valley Girls
5. Last American Virgin
6. Fast Times in Richmond High..
7. Less Than Zero


and The Best of Tracey Lords..

[~Violated_Halo]

Sixteen Candles
Goonies - Do the Truffle Shuffle
The National Lampoon's Vacation Trilogy
Pretty In Pink
The Breakfast Club
Weird Science
At Close Range
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure- "Shhhh! I'm trying to listen to reason!"
Stand By Me
Flatliners
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Adventures In Babysitting
Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Mad Customer: "It says the breakfast is 100% guaranteed, you moron!" Brad Hamilton: "Mister, if you don't shut up, I'm going to kick 100% of your ass!"

[~White Rabbit]

Lovely topic!

Labyrinth
The goonies
16 candles
fast times
pee wee's big adventure
beetlejuice
batman
3 o clock high
ferris bueler
breakfast club
polyester
videodrome
legend
mannequin
nightmare on elm street (all of them)
child's play
the garbage pail kids movie

I know there's more but that's all I can remember. I miss the 80's :(

[7red7]

I don't think I've included my list yet, so here goes :)

Valley Girl
Fast Times...
Breakfast Club "The world's an imperfect place sir, screws fall out all the time"
Pretty In Pink "I will now and forever be, a duck man"
North Shore
The Lost Boys
License To Drive
St. Elmo's Fire
Sixteen Candles
Just One Of The Guys "You got you basic shift, but sometimes thats not enough. You gotta dig a little, get a little air in there"
Gonnies "Hey You Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Thrashin
RAD "Look at this, the paper boy thinks he's a pro"
Like Father Like Son
Can't Buy Me Love
Hardbodies
Real Genius
Secret Admirer (Lori Laughlin was hot!!!)
Weird Science "Do you realize it's snowing in my room god dammit"

Oh man, I have to watch more movies today :)

[~Mike Gjennestad]

i would have to say the my 2 favorite movies from the eighties would have to be bothe the princess bride and ferris beuller's day off. both were classics and i just flat out loved them.

now my favorite movie about the 80's would be wedding singer.


gjennmike

[7red7]

Mike Princess Bride rocks!!! Believe it or not, my boss and I at work have a mini-poster up on our wall here in the tech room...Turns out he is a huge fan also :)

[~Mike Gjennestad]

yes the princess bride is one of my all time in the history of all things favorite movies. i can watch it anytime and just laugh my head off. the book is even better.


gjennmike

[7red7]

I never knew it was available on paper...Is it something fairly available still??? I definately have to get that :)

[~kellyrenee]

TO DAN:

"Say baby what's happenin....I'm a leeeeean meeeeean sex machine, and that be the way ta teeeeeeease"

Just One of the Guys ROCKS!! LOL!

K

[~inferiornevada]

oh ¤¤¤¤ i cant believe i forgot, "Breakin'" and "Wild Style"

[~mythuselah]

okay I skimmed through and got the basic gist so here goes

Princess bride
say anything
sixteen candles
tapeheads-dunno if that classifies
chocolate war
revenge of the nerds
full metal jacket-fine line with this one
legend
dark shadows the movie
Halloween
the omen series but only with SAM neil
ski school
fast times at ridgemont high


really bad eighties film
bikini car wash
jumping jack flash
space balls
bill and Ted excellent adventure

movies that never should have been produced
slacker
3 o'clock high
pretty in pink
mystic pizza
big
bill and ted bogus journey


that's the list from the top of my head oh one more film that never should have been produce
mannequin

[7red7]

Originally posted by kellyrenee
TO DAN:

"Say baby what's happenin....I'm a leeeeean meeeeean sex machine, and that be the way ta teeeeeeease"

Just One of the Guys ROCKS!! LOL!

K


IT'S TERRI...BACK FROM THE CULT!!!

Hey there crazy girl where ya been all my life??? :D