Recommendations on good 80s movies?

a reply to: alldaylong

That is a great film , Bob Hoskins was brilliant and the ending was perfect.

The Verdict (1982)

Paul Neuman


A great film!

a reply to: Look2theSacredHeart

Do you mean good movies from the 80s or do you mean good 80s movies? (not necessarily the same thing!).

For example, Young Guns is a good movie from the 80s. However, Weekend at Bernie's is a good 80s movie........

a reply to: IgnoranceIsntBlisss

Well I know what I'm doing today.

Gonna start with Highlander; it's probably been ten years since I've watched it. Long enough to forget the details if not the main narrative.

Awesome list!

Big trouble in little china is one of the best movies of all time.

i just watched vision quest the other day. one of my favorites and is close to my heart. early matthew modine.

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a dude at work told me about one i had never heard of called shoot to kill. watched it the other day.

this was a god damn good movie

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Some of my favorites that have not already been mentioned:

Rainman
Pretty in Pink
The Mission

Sal

a reply to: Look2theSacredHeart

This is Spinal Tap
A Christmas Story
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Princess Bride
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back

And may we never forget...

Ernest Saves Christmas

a reply to: Look2theSacredHeart

Johnny Dangerously
Stripes
Caddyshack

Night of the comet.
Looker.
Videodrome.
Altered States.

Brain Dead

Bad Taste - because who doesn't love a movie about aliens harvesting humans like a kind of intergalactic pork scratching?

Liquid Sky (weird but good).

Bird

Raising Arizona

Millers Crossing (ok 1990 but close enough!)

Blood Simple

Flash Gordon

The Last Starfighter

Dune

Brazil

Alien Nation

God, the list goes on and on......

Top Gun
Tango & Cash
Rocky 1 and 2
E.T.

originally posted by: Flavian
Brain Dead

Bad Taste - because who doesn't love a movie about aliens harvesting humans like a kind of intergalactic pork scratching?

bad taste

i remember renting that right after it came out. i was like 10
craziest # i had seen up to that point

ole peter jackson came a long way from that

a reply to: TinySickTears

It is insane isn't it? And it's also one of the few movies that deserves a remake with modern cgi..........

If Pete had his Hobbit budget......

The 80's had some of the best action movies, so pretty much any action movie with any big(er) named actor. Hell, even the steven seagal 80's movies are good.

I saw a lot of good classics, that huge list on the last page had a few odd and cult titles listed(that are still great).

I'm surprised no one mentioned one of the oddest films that is dripping with 80's ridiculous amusement.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension.

Surprised nobody's called Predator yet.

RoboCop is one of my favorites, the message is still relevant today. Also Where the buffalo roam. Kind of a prequel to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

ETA: Karate Kid and Masters of the Universe as well

lots of obvious here so I will keep throwing out ones never talked about....

Behold ...... The Perfect Weapon openings credits.....

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check out one of the fight scenes...

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dont forget Action Jackson

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a reply to: agenda51

those were great
jeff speakman

what about gymkata?

hell yeah