Movies You objectively cannot pick a better ten year period for films than 1977 - 1987.

[LEWIS540]

1976 is a hell of a year to leave out. Rocky, Taxi Driver, Marathon Man, Carrie, Network, All the President's Men... We really should do eleven year periods because 1987 is a murderers' row as well.

77-87 is an 11 year period.

@650lb Sumo needs to sacrifice Star Wars or Predator.

 

[650lb Sumo]

77-87 is an 11 year period.

@650lb Sumo needs to sacrifice Star Wars or Predator.

The earliest film in my list is Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (25/5/77). Films released more than ten years later:

Predator (12/6/87)
Robocop (17/7/87)
The Lost Boys (31/7/87)

So although you are right that 77-87 inclusive is eleven years, I've only used two months and six days of the eleventh year.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Learning about this movie has made me understand the talking cat reference in Rick and morty. It makes more sense now.

I read that Eric Robert's read all his lines in a bathroom in 15 minutes.

 

[Kraysla]

I watched Beverly Hills Cop the other night and still enjoyed it.

 

[Ima5starman]

1950’s was a great decade for film

United States: The Searchers, Rear Window, An American in Paris, Sabrina, On the Waterfront, Bridge on the River Kwai, Night by Northwest, Rebel without a Cause, Sunset Blvd., Ben-Hur, The Searchers, Vertigo, Singing in the Rain, 12 Angry Men, High Noon, The Ten Commandments, The Wild One, The Big Heat, Dial M for Murder, Some Like It Hot, Touch of Evil, Shane, Strangers on a Train, The African Queen, From Here to Eternity, In a Lonely Place, East of Eden, The Asphalt Jungle, Giant, Shane, Limelight, A Streetcar Named Desire, Blackboard Jungle, Seven Year Itch, Gigi, A Place in the Sun

Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon, Scandal, Ikiru, The Idiot, Seven Samurai, Record of a Living Being, Throne of Blood, The Lower Depths, The Hidden Fortress

 

[Gene Tunney]

1976-1985
or
1977-1986
or
1978-1987

 

[NoSmilez]

How fucking dare you! The best year is 1995. We had Rumble in the Bronx.

 

[Sweater of AV]

No Godfather? No bueno.

Lol at listing shit like Robocop. 1970-1980 is a far better 11 year period.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Nope. I don’t see Footloose or Dirty Dancing on that list. Fail.

 

[Anialater]

The thing - 1982

 

[650lb Sumo]

The thing - 1982

The Thing and Blade Runner (also 1982) are strong suggestions. I could have included the dystopia category in my OP, we also have:

Escape From New York (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
1984 (1984)
The Running Man (1987)

Near miss: Logan's Run (1976)

Edit: Mad Max 1 - 3 (1979 - 1985) were also released in this period. I suppose they're the post-apocalyptic genre, overlapping with dystopia and sci-fi. '77 - '87 just keeps getting stronger the more you look!