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The 100 Greatest movies of the 80s #1 Aliens (12 Viewers)

I'm not a fan of either Murray or (especially) Chase but almost everything works in Caddyshack.
Its a better movie talking about it and reminiscing about the lines than actually watching it at this point. I watched it a few months ago and while it was still entertaining and full of nostalgia as I knew what was coming it just wasn't quite as good as I had thought it would be. It wasn't bad, it just had the story get in the way of the comedy more than I remembered.
Oh yeah? Well tanks fer nuttin!
Good double entendre, that line.
Sweet jeebus I hadn't ever thought of that :bag:
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
 
43. The Shining (1980)

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis
: film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel about a haunted hotel in Colorado.


All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. - typed message.

Stephen King always hated this movie because he thought that Kubrick concentrated on Jack Torrance’s mental illness rather than the supernatural aspect of the hotel. Personally I love both the novel and the film. Shelley Duvall is especially great in this.
 
I think King disliked it because Jack is a hero in the book but a villain in the movie - and the story is semi-biographical, centered around King's alcoholism.
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
For me it's:

1. A League of Their Own
2. Field of Dreams
3. Major League
4. The Pride of the Yankees

And then the rest.
 
I would have The Shining much higher, but I'm koo-koo for anything Kubrick.
The Shining has always been one of my favorite movies even though it still freaks me out. Jack does crazy so well. I would have it much higher on the list as well.
I'm sure some of the true horror movie aficionados would disagree, but IMO this is near the top of scariest movies of all time. The setting and the atmosphere are so suspenseful without the use of much violence/blood/gore. Obviously it doesn't have that suspense element when you've seen it a ton, but the first watch, when not knowing what was happening around every corner, has to be pretty gripping.
 
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I would have The Shining much higher, but I'm koo-koo for anything Kubrick.
The Shining has always been one of my favorite movies even though it still freaks me out. Jack does crazy so well. I would have it much higher on the list as well.
I'm sure some of the true horror movie aficionados would disagree, but IMO this is near the top of scariest movies of all time. The setting and the atmosphere are so suspenseful without the use of much violence/blood/gore. Obviously it doesn't have that suspense element when you've seen it a ton, but the first watch, when not knowing what was happening around every corner, has to be pretty gripping.
The Shining is an absolute classic and it’s creep factor still holds up strong today. I was only 10 when this movie released into theaters and it gave me nightmares for weeks.

Love this movie.
 
42. The Right Stuff (1983)

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Starring: Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Levon Helm (as narrator)

Synopsis:
Depiction of America’s test pilots and first group of astronauts (Project Mercury).

There was a demon who lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die. …They called him the Sound Barrier. -Levon Helm as the Narrator.

An old fashioned feel good historical epic about one of greatest achievements, the space program. Also a very entertaining movie. The open sequence, with Sam Shepard as Chuck
Yeager, is a classic throwback to celluloid heroes like Gary Cooper and John Wayne.
 
do you seriously not have major league in this list you absolutely stink at this and it makes me wonder if you actually lived at all in the 80s major league was gigantic and has influenced everything for thirty years since hell ted lasso had a just a bit outside reference in it what the heck tim take that to the bank brohans
 
do you seriously not have major league in this list you absolutely stink at this and it makes me wonder if you actually lived at all in the 80s major league was gigantic and has influenced everything for thirty years since hell ted lasso had a just a bit outside reference in it what the heck tim take that to the bank brohans
Appreciate the feedback!
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
For me it's:

1. A League of Their Own
2. Field of Dreams
3. Major League
4. The Pride of the Yankees

And then the rest.
field of dreams because i was lucky enough to have a dad i loved and miss the hell out of and i would do damned near anything to have a catch one more time with him and thats just how it is take that to the bank bromigos

if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU
 
Super Upper Elite Tier

1. Bull Durham

Elite Tier

2. The Natural
3. Bad News Bears (’70s movie)
4. A League of Their Own (‘90s movie)

Excellent Tier

5. Eight Men Out
6. Moneyball (‘10s movie)
7. Sugar (‘00s movie)
8. Brewster’s Millions

Never Saw or Don’t Remember Tier of Consensus

9. Field of Dreams
10. Cobb
11. The Sandlot
12. The Rookie

After that, you can basically throw any baseball movie in there and it’ll be okay, I guess.
 
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if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU

Brother, there is always going to be some online laroosh telling you otherwise. I’m here to confess that it moved me less than pained me. I guess I don’t know the backstory, but that just seemed weird rather than a longing for a catch with one’s father. But that’s me.
still love you rock agree to disagree take that to the bank brochachos
 
if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU

Brother, there is always going to be some online laroosh telling you otherwise. I’m here to confess that it moved me less than pained me. I guess I don’t know the backstory, but that just seemed weird rather than a longing for a catch with one’s father. But that’s me.
still love you rock agree to disagree take that to the bank brochachos

People swear by that movie. I’ve only caught it in bits and pieces. Take my assessment accordingly. Cobb is another whose book is supposedly great but whose movie failed a new journalist and his experience with the subject, much like Wolfe’s The Right Stuff pretty much was universally said to have not captured what the author captured. Cobb was dark. I was drunk (and maybe even mean) like I think he was in the movie (or maybe he was just an old son of a gun who came by his meanness without alcohol).
 
if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU

Brother, there is always going to be some online laroosh telling you otherwise. I’m here to confess that it moved me less than pained me. I guess I don’t know the backstory, but that just seemed weird rather than a longing for a catch with one’s father. But that’s me.
still love you rock agree to disagree take that to the bank brochachos

People swear by that movie. I’ve only caught it in bits and pieces. Take my assessment accordingly. Cobb is another whose book is supposedly great but whose movie failed a new journalist and his experience with the subject, much like Wolfe’s The Right Stuff pretty much was universally said to have not captured what the author captured. Cobb was dark. I was drunk (and maybe even mean) like I think he was in the movie (or maybe he was just an old son of a gun who came by his meanness without alcohol).
Ty Cobb wanted to be in Field of Dreams, but no one could stand the sonofabitch when he was alive, so they told him to stick it.
 
Not one mention of For Love of the Game on anyone's list for baseball movies? The baseball part of the movie with Vin Scully calling it was amazing and the concept of looking back over one's life as you go through your last game was great. The sappiness with love story part could get in the way at times but it did with Bull Durham too. I am not ashamed to say I would have this one up there on my list of baseball movies.
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
For me it's:

1. A League of Their Own
2. Field of Dreams
3. Major League
4. The Pride of the Yankees

And then the rest.
field of dreams because i was lucky enough to have a dad i loved and miss the hell out of and i would do damned near anything to have a catch one more time with him and thats just how it is take that to the bank bromigos

if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU
I've told this story before, but not for a while.

My dad lost his dad when he was 2yo- everything points to him getting killed by Murder Inc in Brooklyn over some loan debt, but he essentially vanished. So my dad grew up as "the man of the house" from that point on, learning how to be an actual dad years later on the job with my brother and me (and an amazing dad).

We rented and watched FoD together years after it had come out (when I was visiting as an adult), without much idea what it was about other than baseball.

At that scene, I start getting emotional and look at my dad... He's completely lost it, bawling like I'd never seen him do before or after. It has always been his dream that his dad would magically appear one day. I'm crying writing this.. I miss my dad so much.
 
Not one mention of For Love of the Game on anyone's list for baseball movies? The baseball part of the movie with Vin Scully calling it was amazing and the concept of looking back over one's life as you go through your last game was great. The sappiness with love story part could get in the way at times but it did with Bull Durham too. I am not ashamed to say I would have this one up there on my list of baseball movies.

I did see it back when I was really into baseball. I think the movies I listed I consider all “excellent,” which is a tough rating to get from me for a movie. For Love of the Game was okay, really. An interesting concept. I think maybe Costner in another baseball movie might have been too much of one guy playing the same sort of guy he’d played in another movie, maybe, though that didn’t really affect me in any negative way.

It was a fair to good movie. I had no real issues with it, but I never gave it a second watch.
 
Not one mention of For Love of the Game on anyone's list for baseball movies? The baseball part of the movie with Vin Scully calling it was amazing and the concept of looking back over one's life as you go through your last game was great. The sappiness with love story part could get in the way at times but it did with Bull Durham too. I am not ashamed to say I would have this one up there on my list of baseball movies.
Just outside my top 10.

I love it.
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
For me it's:

1. A League of Their Own
2. Field of Dreams
3. Major League
4. The Pride of the Yankees

And then the rest.
field of dreams because i was lucky enough to have a dad i loved and miss the hell out of and i would do damned near anything to have a catch one more time with him and thats just how it is take that to the bank bromigos

if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU
I've told this story before, but not for a while.

My dad lost his dad when he was 2yo- everything points to him getting killed by Murder Inc in Brooklyn over some loan debt, but he essentially vanished. So my dad grew up as "the man of the house" from that point on, learning how to be an actual dad years later on the job with my brother and me (and an amazing dad).

We rented and watched FoD together years after it had come out (when I was visiting as an adult), without much idea what it was about other than baseball.

At that scene, I start getting emotional and look at my dad... He's completely lost it, bawling like I'd never seen him do before or after. It has always been his dream that his dad would magically appear one day. I'm crying writing this.. I miss my dad so much.
This.

My grandfather died when my dad was 22. He was, by all accounts, one of the best human beings anyone could run across.

My dad saw this movie once and simply cannot watch it again. He would give anything to see and talk to his dad just one more time. And now I’m also crying while typing this.
 
It was a fair to good movie. I had no real issues with it, but I never gave it a second watch.
The baseball stuff is so good though. Vin Scully adds so much to the authenticity. I watch it every so often and anytime I stumble upon it I have to watch. It would be in my top 10 for sure. Not sure if I could get it to top 5. I probably go with:

  1. Major League
  2. Field of Dreams
  3. Bad News Bears
  4. A League of their Own
  5. The Natural
  6. Sandlot
  7. For Love of the Game
  8. 61*
  9. 8 Men Out
  10. Moneyball
Then the next 10 or so in no particular order:
  • Bingo Long Traveling All Stars
  • Battered Bastards of Baseball
  • 42
  • Hardball
  • Stealing Home
  • Mr. Baseball
  • The Rookie
  • Million Dollar Arm
  • Trouble with the Curve
  • Little Big League/Rookie of the Year (yep they are dumb but for just kid baseball movies they are entertaining)
 
Not one mention of For Love of the Game on anyone's list for baseball movies? The baseball part of the movie with Vin Scully calling it was amazing and the concept of looking back over one's life as you go through your last game was great. The sappiness with love story part could get in the way at times but it did with Bull Durham too. I am not ashamed to say I would have this one up there on my list of baseball movies.

I thought about it but it doesn't belong in my top group of 6, which is all I listed. I would have had it the 7-10 range if I listed that many.
 
If we aren't counting Major League then there's always moneyball, 8 men out, the sandlot
My rankings.

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball (totally slipped my mind)
3. Bull Durham
4. Major League
5. Sandlot
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
1. The Natural
2. Bull Durham
3. Major League
4. Moneyball
5. The Bad News Bears
6. Field of Dreams
7. 8 Men Out
8. The Sandlot
9. Trouble With The Curve
10. The Babe

My list:
  1. The Natural
  2. Bull Durham
  3. Major League
  4. Bad News Bears
  5. Field of Dreams
  6. A League of Their Own
Huge dropoff after that group for me.
Crap how can I forget about A League of Their Own….yeah bump The Babe out for that one on my top 10
For me it's:

1. A League of Their Own
2. Field of Dreams
3. Major League
4. The Pride of the Yankees

And then the rest.
field of dreams because i was lucky enough to have a dad i loved and miss the hell out of and i would do damned near anything to have a catch one more time with him and thats just how it is take that to the bank bromigos

if you can watch this and not get up in your throat im not sure you have a soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wnD6jxREU
I've told this story before, but not for a while.

My dad lost his dad when he was 2yo- everything points to him getting killed by Murder Inc in Brooklyn over some loan debt, but he essentially vanished. So my dad grew up as "the man of the house" from that point on, learning how to be an actual dad years later on the job with my brother and me (and an amazing dad).

We rented and watched FoD together years after it had come out (when I was visiting as an adult), without much idea what it was about other than baseball.

At that scene, I start getting emotional and look at my dad... He's completely lost it, bawling like I'd never seen him do before or after. It has always been his dream that his dad would magically appear one day. I'm crying writing this.. I miss my dad so much.
same thing when i wrote my original post up there i cant even think about that scene without getting all up in my throat just the best and if you get it you definitely get it all the way take that to the bank brohan
 
in fairness, this is tims list so if he doesn't like major league or ewoks then that's his prerogative. I think it makes his list pretty flawed but we all have our own tastes and dislikes
 
in fairness, this is tims list so if he doesn't like major league or ewoks then that's his prerogative. I think it makes his list pretty flawed but we all have our own tastes and dislikes
It really doesn’t matter does it? The point of this thread is to discuss movies of the 80s. Theres already been plenty of discussion about Major League and other films I’ve kept off the list.

My list is not flawed in any way. It’s a perfect list, a beautiful list. Nobody’s ever seen a list like this. I was talking to a list expert the other day and he said “Sir, I can’t believe how good your list is.”
 
The point of this thread is to discuss movies of the 80s.
didn't really know that. I'm just saying that if your list is "best of" and you leave out 2, imho, good films, then I think it's hard to make that claim. Of course, not everyone is going to agree with everyone's "best of" lists so it's all subjective. Sorry if you found my comment offensive.
 
41. An American Werewolf in London (1983)

Directed by: John Landis

Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne

Synopsis:
Two American college grads are attacked by a mysterious creature in the British countryside.

Queen Elizabeth is a man! Prince Charles is a faggot! Winston Churchill is full of ****! - David Naughton as David, desperately trying to get arrested in London.

Horror comedy is really hard to pull off. It’s difficult to avoid being silly. This film manages it probably better than any other film I can remember. It’s funny, scary and endearing. After not having seen it for over 30 years I can still remember the phone call David makes back home, a bittersweet moment. I also recall being impressed by the special effects which was the work of legendary Rick Baker.
 
An American Werewolf in London. My parents rented this movie while we were on vacation. My buddy and I watched a great deal of it from a distance. Absolutely scared the crap out me. I was in grade school and this movie sent my development back years. I never rewatched this. I can't. Even now it triggers me. Ha ha
 
41. An American Werewolf in London (1983)

Directed by: John Landis

Starring: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne

Synopsis:
Two American college grads are attacked by a mysterious creature in the British countryside.

Queen Elizabeth is a man! Prince Charles is a faggot! Winston Churchill is full of ****! - David Naughton as David, desperately trying to get arrested in London.

Horror comedy is really hard to pull off. It’s difficult to avoid being silly. This film manages it probably better than any other film I can remember. It’s funny, scary and endearing. After not having seen it for over 30 years I can still remember the phone call David makes back home, a bittersweet moment. I also recall being impressed by the special effects which was the work of legendary Rick Baker.
Don't forget Jenny Agutter as the love interest. 💕 I was still crushing on her from "Logan's Run".
 
Tom Wolfe’s book was about twice the quality of the movie The Right Stuff. Such a good cracker of a read and the movie was . . . good . . . but it wasn’t Tom Wolfe.
100% agree. I really liked the movie, but loved the book. I'm not sure there has been a great movie adaptation of a Tom Wolfe book. The Bonfire Of The Vanities movie was terrible.
 
in fairness, this is tims list so if he doesn't like major league or ewoks then that's his prerogative. I think it makes his list pretty flawed but we all have our own tastes and dislikes
It really doesn’t matter does it? The point of this thread is to discuss movies of the 80s. Theres already been plenty of discussion about Major League and other films I’ve kept off the list.

My list is not flawed in any way. It’s a perfect list, a beautiful list. Nobody’s ever seen a list like this. I was talking to a list expert the other day and he said “Sir, I can’t believe how good your list is.”

Yes, but did your list adversaries take measure of your list at the list measuring convention? Standard weights and measures only, please.
 

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