Favourite movies from the 80's

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18 Sep 2014, 5:35 pm

This is just something random I'm doing. This is a list of movies I absolutely love and also some that are just good or OK but have flaws, not to say that even the ones I absolutely love have their own flaws. Also, no particular order and I may accidentally miss some out as there are so many to remember.

Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
The Terminator (1984)
Die Hard (1988)
Superman II (1980)
Batman (1989)
Spaceballs (1987)
Airplane (1980)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Gremlins (1984)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Aliens (1986)
Robocop (1987)
The Goonies (1985)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
Big (1988)
Predator (1987)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Tron (1982)
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
Return to Oz (1985)
Transformers the Movie (1986)
Commando (1985)

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18 Sep 2014, 5:56 pm

Coccoon
The Breakfast Club
War Games
The Golden Child

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18 Sep 2014, 6:01 pm

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Dark Crystal (1982)
Krull (1983)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Running scared (1986)
Blade Runner (1982)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Young Sherlock Holms (1983)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
The Wraith (1986)

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18 Sep 2014, 6:08 pm

Gandhi (1982)

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18 Sep 2014, 7:52 pm

Back To The Future (1985)
Back To The Future Part II (1989)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Caddyshack (1980)
Stripes (1981)
Scrooged (1988)
A Christmas Story (1983)
Spaceballs (1987)
Big (1988)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Trading Places (1983)
The Blues Brothers (1980)

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18 Sep 2014, 8:39 pm

The Land Before Time, (1988), and the Brave Little Toaster, (1987).

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19 Sep 2014, 12:44 am

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi
Blade Runner
Naked Lunch
Conan The Barbarian
Blue Velvet
The Thing
Re-Animator
Angel Heart
From Beyond
The Hitcher

There are doubtlessly others.

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19 Sep 2014, 10:44 am

The Blues Brothers (1980)
Coming to America (1988)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Robocop (1987)
Jackie Chan's Heart of Dragon (1985)
The Thing (1982)
The Terminator (1984)
The Karate Kid (1986)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Rambo Films
Rocky 4 (1985)

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21 Sep 2014, 12:09 am

Howard the Duck & SpaceBalls

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23 Sep 2014, 10:31 am

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back & Return Of The Jedi.

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23 Sep 2014, 11:25 am

Aliens (1986)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Batman (1989)
Blade Runner (1982)
Die Hard (1988)
The Fly (1986)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Scarface (1983)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Platoon (1986)
Brazil (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Predator (1987)
Escape from New York (1981)
Robocop (1987)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)

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23 Sep 2014, 3:22 pm

Indiana Jones & The Raiders Of The Lost Ark
ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Back To The Future
The Terminator
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Ghostbusters
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Driving Miss Daisy
The Goonies
Body Heat
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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25 Sep 2014, 11:28 am

Blue Velvet
Evil Dead 2
Pieces
Phantasm II
Action Jackson
The Living Daylights
License to Kill
To Live and Die in L.A.
8 Million Ways to Die
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Ran
House of Games
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Wings of Honneamise

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27 Sep 2014, 7:59 pm

My favorite from the 80's.

Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (one of my 3 all time favorite films of all time)
Scarface - Brian DePalma
Robocop - Paul Verhoeven
The Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg
The Killer - John Woo
Beetlejuice - Tim Burton
Ran - Akira Kurosawa
The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci
The NeverEnding Story - Wolfgang Petersen
The Breakfast Club - John Huges
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven
Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis
The Terminator - James Cameron
Die Hard - John McTiernan
Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo
Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman
Le proffessionel - George Lautner

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09 Oct 2014, 4:28 pm

Revised edition

Aliens (1986)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Batman (1989)
Blade Runner (1982)
Die Hard (1988)
The Fly (1986)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Scarface (1983)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Withnail and I (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Brazil (1985)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Hellraiser (1987)
The Terminator (1984)
Predator (1987)
Escape from New York (1981)
Robocop (1987)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)

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