Movies The best 80's movie is...

[SammyPops]

I feel thats much truer of the 90's personally, a lot of very bland cinema which gets overrated because people here grew up with it. The 80's by comparison I feel Hollywood was still somewhat less controlled, the execs had not really worked out the formula to success yet so they still had to largely go along with the creative side. By the 90's i think generic CGI showpeices and bland nationalistic melodramas had become much more surefire ways to get sucess and Hollywood execs really took back a lot of the control they had lost in the 70's.

I would say as well people tend to view the 80's as an era of entertainment blockbusters but really there was obviously more than that being made and not just small scale arthouse fare. The style of that era as well with heavy emphasis on visuals and music has always been a favour of mine...

Blade Runner
The Shining
Rumble Fish
The Elephant Man
Paris Texas
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Blue Velvet
Once Upon A Time In America
Raging Bull
Angel Heart
Full Metal Jacket
Thief
etc

Blue velvet is a legit solid offering

 

[FyrFytr998]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High


Now and forever.

 

[Long Dark Blues]

1a or 1b.) Back to the Future
1a or 1b.) Ghostbusters
2.) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
3.) Predator

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

In my opinion, the entire era has way too many awesome movies to choose from.

Back to the Future Part 1 and Part 2 are close to being the perfect movies.

The Terminator (1984 movie) is another obvious choice. There are so many obvious choices that I can't list them all.

Star Wars Episode V (1980 movie) is another option that I have to mention. I also want to mention Road House (1989 movie) because I consider it to be underrated.

True dat, it's a great decade for film. That and the 90s are two best decades I believe.

I know it's tough to list them all, but here I got a list on IMDB that you can look through.

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&user_rating=7.5,&release_date=1980-01-01,1989-12-31&sort=user_rating,desc&num_votes=25000,3000000

 

[SKYNET]

The Burbs

 

[Sweater of AV]

 

[Ima5starman]

Conan the Barbarian
WarGames
Vision Quest
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live

are all 80's classics

 

[koquerelle]

 

[haysus31]

The Sarah Young Collection pt.1

Hilarious
I had to look it up I never heard of that name for some reason.

 

[haysus31]

You have to break these into comedy and action categories. There were so many great movies

 

[GearSolidMetal]

1) Aliens
2)Ep5 Empire Strikes Back
3) Predator
4) Die Hard
5) Terminator 1

 

[Doughie99]

The Ridley Scott classic : BladeRunner (1982) would prob be my pick.

'Out of Africa' (1985) is also tremendous, obviously a very different style of film, a biographical period piece. Great cinematography and acting by Meryl Streep and Redford particularly. Epic music score.

'The Thing' (1982) is one of John Carpenter's absolute best works. Intense movie, great to watch even now. Superb (non-CGI) effects.

Honorable slightly obscure mention : Kinda a small budget indie movie, directed by the inimitable Steve Soderbergh, I've always rather liked 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' (1989). James Spader plays an oddball character and he and Andie MacDowell have a connection.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

My personal favorite is License to Drive. (RIP Corey Haim) My wifes personal favorite is Little monsters. She is 4 years younger then me so i think that plays a big role in personal favorites based on genre.

 

[jeff7b9]

Conan the Barbarian
WarGames
Vision Quest
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live

are all 80's classics

They Live was so far ahead of its time.

That movie should be mandatory viewing for the entire human race.

 

[haysus31]

The Ridley Scott classic : BladeRunner (1982) would prob be my pick.

'Out of Africa' (1985) is also tremendous, obviously a very different style of film, a biographical period piece. Great cinematography and acting by Meryl Streep and Redford particularly. Epic music score.

'The Thing' (1982) is one of John Carpenter's absolute best works. Intense movie, great to watch even now. Superb (non-CGI) effects.

Honorable slightly obscure mention : Kinda a small budget indie movie, directed by the inimitable Steve Soderbergh, I've always rather liked 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' (1989). James Spader plays an oddball character and he and Andie MacDowell have a connection.

Andie MacDowell was great back in those movies. I just looked her up she is from m South Carolina. Would have never guessed she was a southern girl.

 

[TardStrong]

 

[Mangar]

Back To The Future

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Back To The Future.

 

[deviake]

 

[haysus31]

Indiana Jones is the best. First 2 movies were great.