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03-03-2010, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: VA Beach | | | Recommend me some classic "80s" movies
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Ive already seen a crap ton of movies in my day, but Im looking for some gems that maybe I havent seen yet. |
03-03-2010, 05:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northern Illinois | | | For an underappreciated, little known comedy, try Top Secret.
Some of my favorites from the 80's:
Airplane!
Top Gun
The Breakfast Club
Revenge of the Nerds
Blazing Saddles
Howard the Duck (not really)
Spies Like Us
Stripes
Uncle Buck
War Games
Tron
Any of the Indiana Jones movies
Spaceballs
I guess I like comedy. Hmmm.
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03-03-2010, 05:49 PM
| | | | 80's? Classics?? My god I'm so old. ≈8^{
Could you give us an idea of style? Maybe tell us one or two that you already consider "classic" American? Foreign? |
03-03-2010, 05:49 PM
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Fright Night
Weird Science
Mr. Mom
Aliens
Empire Strikes Back
Sixteen Candles...well, anything John Hughes...
RoboCop
the REAL Karate Kid
the REAL Nightmare on Elm Street
the REAL Halloween movies
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03-03-2010, 05:50 PM
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03-03-2010, 05:52 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Good list, onlyoneZ! Your memory is way better than mine.
Risky Business
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Color of Money
The Outsiders
Youngblood
Repo Man
Young Guns |
03-03-2010, 05:53 PM
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03-03-2010, 05:53 PM
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The Toxic Avenger
Breakin'
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03-03-2010, 05:56 PM
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03-03-2010, 05:57 PM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | | Red Dawn. It's a must
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03-03-2010, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Relic Red Dawn. It's a must | I was just talking about that flick...great movie.
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03-03-2010, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by onlyoneZ For an underappreciated, little known comedy, try Top Secret.
Some of my favorites from the 80's:
Airplane!-H
Top Gun-S
The Breakfast Club-S
Revenge of the Nerds-S
Blazing Saddles-S
Howard the Duck (not really)
Spies Like Us-H
Stripes-S
Uncle Buck-H
War Games-S
Tron-S
Any of the Indiana Jones movies-S
Spaceballs-S
I guess I like comedy. Hmmm. | Quote:
Originally Posted by hover Poltergeist-S
Fright Night-I think Ive seen
Weird Science-S
Mr. Mom-S
Aliens-S
Empire Strikes Back-S
Sixteen Candles...well, anything John Hughes...-H
RoboCop-S
the REAL Karate Kid-S
the REAL Nightmare on Elm Street-S
the REAL Halloween movies-S | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF Good list, onlyoneZ! Your memory is way better than mine.
Risky Business-S
Ferris Bueller's Day Off-S
Color of Money-H
The Outsiders-Maybe Ive seen
Youngblood-S
Repo Man-H
Young Guns-S | Quote:
Originally Posted by MJ5150 Clash of the Titans-S
The Toxic Avenger-H
Breakin'-H
-Mike | "S" means Ive seen it, "H" means I havent seen it
also, just for reference, Im 24 and was born in 1985 |
03-03-2010, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Oh, I didn't know that was criteria...but since you haven't seen Toxic Avenger, you NEED to review the entire Troma catalogue.
Swamp Thing. amazing stuff.
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03-03-2010, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Holy War "S" means Ive seen it, "H" means I havent seen it
also, just for reference, Im 24 and was born in 1985 | OMG! You need to see Airplane! if you like comedies. It is probably my all time favorite comedy. Lot's of little hidden gems throughout the movie. I see something new every time I watch it.
You can't go wrong with the John Hughes stuff.
Good call on Red Dawn and Ferris Beuller.
Back to School is a good one, too (nice little part by Sam Kinison).
Oh, damn, I almost forgot! Caddyshack. Classic.
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03-03-2010, 06:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | Ferris Beulers day off... I love that one! |
03-03-2010, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: VA Beach | | Quote:
Originally Posted by onlyoneZ OMG! You need to see Airplane! if you like comedies. It is probably my all time favorite comedy. Lot's of little hidden gems throughout the movie. I see something new every time I watch it.
You can't go wrong with the John Hughes stuff.
Good call on Red Dawn and Ferris Beuller.
Back to School is a good one, too (nice little part by Sam Kinison).
Oh, damn, I almost forgot! Caddyshack. Classic. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommygunn Ferris Beulers day off... I love that one! | Seen Caddy Shack (Im a golfer) and Red Dawn |
03-03-2010, 07:19 PM
| | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hover I was just talking about that flick...great movie. | They're actually doing a remake of that one. This time is supposedly set in the Detroit area and the "bad guys" are the Chinese... sounds like they're going to screw up another classic but we'll see...
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03-03-2010, 07:24 PM
|  | is, against all odds, still a scuba viking. | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Alta Loma, California | | | yeah, even if you don't see any of those other ones, Airplane is a must. It's mandatory for the completion of your manhood.
and don't call me Shirley.
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03-03-2010, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by onlyoneZ Some of my favorites from the 80's:
Blazing Saddles | BZ was released in 1974.
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