80's Movies

[NoRagrets 1,125]

Watching Footloose with my 3rd grader made me realize we need a thread dedicated to this amazing decade of cinema.

[mdmost 43,001]

Yep. So many great movies to grow up watching. The fun part of being a dad is showing them to my kids who are around the same age I was when I first saw these.

[atomheartbevo 89,644]

I’ve been rebuilding my old G.I. Joe figures for my pre-schooler so this kinda hits close to home. 

[NoRagrets 1,125]

please list your favorite:

action

teen angst

soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie

teen rom com

military action

 Police action

comedy

must do ____ to save ______ genre

sports

Hottest 80's actress

Best SNL cast member comedy

etc 

 

 

[NoRagrets 1,125]

"Can't buy me love" is how I'm going to t act my son about socioeconomic disparity and hard work.

"over the top" is how I'm going to teach him the importance of arm wrestling

[NoRagrets 1,125]

"Commando" is how I'll teach him about the dirty wars of South America

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,732]

"Can't buy me love" is how I'm going to t act my son about socioeconomic disparity and hard work.

First solo date movie. Summer before 8th grade. I got boob.

[chikin23 384]

My kids love Back to the Future.

[Aqua Buddha 14,586]

I love my dead, gay son:

[Neonmoon 38,129]

The Goonies 

I rest my case 

[RexWilson 1,346]

action Terminator

teen angst Conan the Barbarian

soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie n/a

teen rom com Red Sonja

military action Predator

 Police action Raw Deal

comedy Twins

must do ____ to save ______ genre Conan the Destroyer

sports Running Man

Hottest 80's actress Kelly Preston

Best SNL cast member comedy Red Heat

Edited April 7, 2018 by RexWilson

[NoRagrets 1,125]

1 hour ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

First solo date movie. Summer before 8th grade. I got boob.

I'll never forget touching boob during "summersby" at the $1 theater

[NoRagrets 1,125]

57 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

action Terminator

teen angst Conan the Barbarian

soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie n/a

teen rom com Red Sonja

military action Predator

 Police action Raw Deal

comedy Twins

must do ____ to save ______ genre Conan the Destroyer

sports Running Man

Hottest 80's actress Kelly Preston

Best SNL cast member comedy Red Heat

Wrong belushi?

[NoRagrets 1,125]

80's Cold War movie:  red dawn, amazing grace and chuck, rocky iv?

[XYZ 2,154]

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

The Goonies 

I rest my case 

The Goonies is fucking awesome.

[RexWilson 1,346]

9 minutes ago, NoRagrets said:

Wrong belushi?

Jim was a SNL season 9 cast member.

[XYZ 2,154]

Gremlins

Top Gun

Terminator

First Blood

Indiana Jones 1

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

The Empire Strikes Back

The Return of the Jedi

Ghostbusters

Predator

Nightmare on Elm Street

Time Bandits

Clash of the Titans

Edited April 7, 2018 by XYZ

[DoobieWah 1,435]

action Raiders

teen angst Pretty in Pink

soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie Top Gun

teen rom com About Last Night

military action Apocalypse Now (Close enough)

 Police action Naked Gun

comedy Blues Brothers

must do ____ to save ______ genre Buckaroo Banzai

sports Field of Dreams

Hottest 80's actress Shauna Grant

Best SNL cast member comedy Blues Brothers

Animation American Pop

[former alkie 72]

At Close Range is a highly underrated movie

[UTkicker 56]

Better off dead

Stand by me

Time bandits

The Burbs

[Knoxtnhorn 5,974]

Gonna try to get my 11 year-old to watch The Lost Boys with me this weekend.  He's afraid of his own shadow so, good luck to me.

Time Bandits and The Dark Crystal gave me nightmares for weeks.

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

Friendly reminder that Police Academy is a great, great movie. 

Animation = Transformers: the movie

Edited April 7, 2018 by Pato del Muerto

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

Alien

Aliens

Polterguist

Die hard

beverly Hills cop

Stand by me

The thing

platoon

fmj

Evil dead 

big troublein little china

airplane!

First blood

roger rabbit

raising arizona

major league

And I left a bunch of more serious movies off the list like broadcast news and terms of endearment and the like. 

[Hornstrader 179]

The Princess Bride

Better Off Dead

[Michael Knight 12,977]

the 80's was a garbage decade for American cinema producing very little in terms of lasting impact.

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

20 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

the 80's was a garbage decade for American cinema producing very little in terms of lasting impact.

Nobody asked you, you fucking water-headed shit smearing piss drinker. 

[bamachine 1,230]

MK does not have any appreciation for either John Hughes or Steven Spielberg.

[BurntOrangeCrush 1,011]

Die Hard

Full Metal Jacket

First Blood

Terminator

Above the Law

Rocky III

Platoon

Revenge of the Nerds

48 Hours

Airplane

Naked Gun

History of the World

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Stripes

Caddyshack

The Sure Thing

Night Shift

 

[Michael Knight 12,977]

2 hours ago, bamachine said:

MK does not have any appreciation for either John Hughes or Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is one of the few that did good work, Hughes was shit

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Spielberg is one of the few that did good work, Hughes was shit

[South Austin 52,463]

2 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

 Hughes was shit

[South Austin 52,463]

[NoRagrets 1,125]

5 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

the 80's was a garbage decade for American cinema producing very little in terms of lasting impact.

Suck my balls. The movies were fun and light. Greatest decade ever for everything pop culture.

[NoRagrets 1,125]

4 hours ago, BurntOrangeCrush said:

Die Hard

Full Metal Jacket

First Blood

Terminator

Above the Law

Rocky III

Platoon

Revenge of the Nerds

48 Hours

Airplane

Naked Gun

History of the World

Planes Trains and Automobiles

Stripes

Caddyshack

The Sure Thing

Night Shift

 

Badass lists so far

I would add for discussion:

Beverly Hills cop

one crazy summer

Side Out

license to drive

karate kid

commando

say anything

Back to the future

Total recall

 

 

 

 

[Parliament 14,254]

10 hours ago, NoRagrets said:

please list your favorite:

action Terminator

teen angst Can't buy me Love

soundtrack by Kenny loggins movie Top Gun

teen rom com Porky's

military action Predator

 Police action Die Hard

comedy Christmas Vacation

must do ____ to save ______ genre Terminator

sports Rocky 4

Hottest 80's actress Kelly Lebrock

Best SNL cast member comedy Ghost Busters

etc 

 

 

horror Nightmare on Elm Street

Sci Fi BTTF

 

Edited April 7, 2018 by Parliament

[BigDHornfan 6,546]

Empire
Return
Weird Science
Fast Times
Stand By Me
Ghostbusters

Just a few of my favorites off the top of my head

[Billy Pilgrim 1,960]

I was quoting Police Academy the other day ("not on broccoli, not on cauliflower)- was thinking about showing it to my 13 yo and 9yo. I can't remember much about it. Is it fairly clean?

 

also reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons quotes:

Homer Simpson: STEALING! How could you? Why do you think I took you to see all those "Police Academy" movies, FOR FUN? I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE LAUGHING, DID YOU?

[Billy Pilgrim 1,960]

I tried showing the original Karate Kid to my 11 yo a couple of years ago and it didn't go over well. She did love Goonies, back to the future and Gremlins though

[BurntOrangeCrush 1,011]

27 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

I was quoting Police Academy the other day ("not on broccoli, not on cauliflower)- was thinking about showing it to my 13 yo and 9yo. I can't remember much about it. Is it fairly clean?

 

also reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons quotes:

Homer Simpson: STEALING! How could you? Why do you think I took you to see all those "Police Academy" movies, FOR FUN? I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE LAUGHING, DID YOU?

There was some minor nudity in the scene where Mahoney is peeping into the women's shower. The blow job (implied) when the hooker is hiding in the podium. I think it only had a few f bombs. 

[Billy Pilgrim 1,960]

PG movies back then were completely different

[Underdog 28,611]

8 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

the 80's was a garbage decade for American cinema producing very little in terms of lasting impact.

Longhorngirl strikes again. 

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1 hour ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

I tried showing the original Karate Kid to my 11 yo a couple of years ago and it didn't go over well. She did love Goonies, back to the future and Gremlins though

 

[Mr. Drummond 2,198]

Hardbodies is the greatest worst movie of the 80s

[DoobieWah 1,435]

14 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

Hardbodies is the greatest worst movie of the 80s

Let me introduce you to Blame It On Rio.

 

[Billy Pilgrim 1,960]

7 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

Let me introduce you to Blame It On Rio.

 

Zapped would like a word with you

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13 hours ago, NoRagrets said:

Watching Footloose with my 3rd grader made me realize we need a thread dedicated to this amazing decade of cinema.

Ha! Watched this with my kid a few months ago.

The thing that struck me was how the dad - the main antagonist of the whole movie - was surprisingly sympathetic. He was a guy trying to do a good thing but didnt realize he had gone too far, and in the end recognized his mistake and changed.

Those nuances are missing from modern movies where antagonists must be destroyed rather than reasoned with.

Kind of cool

[utee94 15,811]

1 hour ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

PG movies back then were completely different

Yeah, there were quite a few PG movies that actually showed boob.  

 

Even Goonies had a lot more mildly bad language than I remembered, I was recently watching it with my 8yo son and 10yo daughter and I had to keep telling them in asides, "Don't say that!"

 

 

[WJC88 97]

Trading Places. 

[Underdog 28,611]

Night Shift

Uncle Buck

Beetlejuice

Porky's

Big

Fast Times

Planes, Trains & Automobiles(John Hughes was shit? What a stupid motherfucker). 

[66BUFF 2,562]

Raising Arizona and About Last Night.  The best opening sequences ever and both of them from the 80's