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I was going to say Apocalypse Now (79) and Terminator 2 (91) - I seem to have missed a decade.
Flash Gordon
Karate Kid
Heathers
Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Scarface
Uncle Buck
American Werewolf in London
Raging Bull
The Shining
Nightmare On Elm Street
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Who Framed Roger Rabbit...
were all great 80s films...
But I have to agree with the Princess Bride.
No mentions for Teen wolf?, Karate Kid?, Dirty Dancing?
Bloodsport
Commando
Full Metal Jacket
The Beast of War
[b]Christine[/b]
Evil Dead
About a million ninja & zombi movies
[i]Teen wolf?[/i] garbage
[i]Karate Kid?[/i] kids's film
[i]Dirty Dancing?[/i] chickflick
The Man with Two Brains 8)
Mad Max II was pretty good. Mad Max was possibly even better but I suspect pre 80s - 1979 - yup..
Karate Kid
**** the '80s. Best film of all time.
Anyone who disagrees is getting the boys from the Cobra Kai sent round...
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RM.
Best comedy?
Spinal Tap.....
yeah I hear what you all said and I thought you made some good points, but... errr...
The long good friday
or
Midnight Express
Karate Kid? kids's film
Some of us were kids when it came out.
I can't believe American Flyers hasn't been mentioned yet. Also great films I remember....
ET
Blade Runner
Starman
Enemy Mine
Final Countdown
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Howard the Duck
The Thing
The Abyss
There are so many!
Empire Strikes Back
Predator
Aliens
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
The Little Mermaid
Ghostbusters
Batman
Terminator
Nightbreed
Robocop
Tron
The Lost Boys
Breakin' (or maybe not...)
I was going to say Rumblefish & didn't know Come & See (one of the best films EVER) was 80's!
Hows about The Outsiders? Angel Heart?
Howard the Duck.. 🙂
has it got to be one or can we just come up wiht an approved list after intense research.
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club.
Empire of the sun.
And my nominations for the 70's are:-
The Warriors
Logans Run.
Beverley Hills Cop
The Jerk
Big
1988 They Live
1987 Prince of Darkness
1986 Big Trouble in Little China
1984 Starman
1983 Christine
1982 The Thing
1981 Escape from New York
1980 The Fog
Not seen any of these !
Top Gun,aliens,blood sport,midnight run,die hard,
Animal House
(balls.. not 80s)
Hamburger Hill, superb!
Some great films mentioned I've not seen in years, especially Beast of War... *googles*
Tampopo
Has to be Blade Runner it's damn near perfect plus it's associations - William Burroughs Phil K Dick & the best soundtrack ever, which was never officially released on vinyl.
Come & See is an incredible film also, sure they used live ammo in it ?
Notable mentions for I Spit On Your Grave, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Last House On The Left 🙂
Aye, it's so hard. Awesome decade for films. Blade runner for me probably. Or Top Gun, maybe Terminator.
Highlander had the most awesome soundtrack for sure.
This thread is so full of awesome, you all win. 😀
Coming to America...
"Off you go you small boys!"
I know, not the '80s but I went and saw this at the cinema last night and it was AWESOME
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So can we agree that there was no one greatest film of the 80s?
Pretty In Pink? (I was told to say that).
Akira, genre defining and good old bad shit mental manga action.
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That's a good point. I remember coming home from the pub one night, flicking through all four channels and seeing an interesting looking cartoon starting. I was totally awe-struck with it. Akira changed my world that night. Brilliant stuff.
Raging Bull or The Long Good Friday
Loads, really, Mrs Toast's list, plus Akira pretty much do it for me, plus this one:
Diva. I love this film to bits.
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"I hate Garages"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva_(1981_film)
Has to be Top Gun. Or Blade Runner. (I nearly said Alien but that apparently came out in 79.)
Not that I'm old enough to remember any of these coming out...
EDIT: +1 to the guy who mentioned Akira. Fantastic film.
+1 for Diva
The Thing
Aliens
Crocodile Dundee 2
Agree with kcal
Restless Natives
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Top Gun
Lost Boys
Lethal Weapon
Highlander
Mad Max
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Full Metal Jacket (I seem to real it being good, anyway. It's a long time since I last saw it)
One of the above. Except for all the ones I probably forgot.
Top Secret
Full Metal Jacket
Willow
Shogun Assassin
The Long Riders
Young Guns
How could I forget Diva! Iconic.
restless Natives was great for about 75% then went to pot in the last 20 mins IMO..