The 100 Greatest movies of the 80s #1 Aliens (2 Viewers)

[BlackCrowes]

St Elmo's Fire over Ghostbusters

 

[northern exposure]

Big Trouble in Little China should have been on it. A timeless classic.

Bad *** Kurt Russell is great. Escape From New York is another classic. Snake Plissken is an excellent character name.

 

[Manster]

Tim, there's some flicks on your list I need to revisit, or see for the first time. Here's some that would make my 80's list

Gremlins
Vacation
Christmas Vacation
The Outsiders
Weird Science
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Lost Boys
The Burbs
Coming to America
Caveman
Strange Brew
Conan the Barbarian
Pale Rider
The Man from Snowy River
Hellraiser
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Childs Play
Heartbreak Ridge
Major League
Big trouble in Little China
Police Academy
Blood Simple
Revenge of the Nerds
Highlander
Evil Dead 2

Well I have to say that some of these would have no chance with me, like Police Academy, Highlander (Suzy a terrible film!) Major League, a few others. Blood Simple is an excellent film and was on my short list.

Dude, thems fightin words! Haha

 

[Manster]

Tim, there's some flicks on your list I need to revisit, or see for the first time. Here's some that would make my 80's list

Gremlins
Vacation
Christmas Vacation
The Outsiders
Weird Science
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Lost Boys
The Burbs
Coming to America
Caveman
Strange Brew
Conan the Barbarian
Pale Rider
The Man from Snowy River
Hellraiser
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Childs Play
Heartbreak Ridge
Major League
Big trouble in Little China
Police Academy
Blood Simple
Revenge of the Nerds
Highlander
Evil Dead 2

Well I have to say that some of these would have no chance with me, like Police Academy, Highlander (Suzy a terrible film!) Major League, a few others. Blood Simple is an excellent film and was on my short list.

Highlander terrible??? Blasphemy!!!!!

There can only be one!!!!!

We are The Princes Of The Universe!!!!

Nice job doing the thread…..but yeah our opinions differ a lot.

Queen soundtrack..... Clancy Brown as the Kurgan! Sean Connery! I loved this movie as a kid! It spawned some bad sequels, but the original is a great 80's flick, imo

 

[Gally]

I may be the only person here who has never seen Aliens. I have no idea why I haven't seen it.

I am not sure if I have ever seen it. I thi k I watched either Alien or Aliens but I do 't thi k both. I don't really remember much about it.

 

[Manster]

Apparently there was no need for me to put my list of 40 misses in a spoiler tag…

Sorry if I ruined the party. Just chirpin about movie preference

 

[Manster]

@timschochet what are your thoughts on The Outsiders? I'm surprised it didn't make your list based on what did

 

[timschochet]

@timschochet what are your thoughts on The Outsiders? I'm surprised it didn't make your list based on what did

Oversight.

 

[zamboni]

Clancy Brown

Speaking of, Bad Boys (the Sean Penn one) is one of my favorites from the decade.

Clancy was a tough mofo - took an exploding boom box and a pillow case full of RC soda cans to the face.

 

[northern exposure]

Clancy Brown

Speaking of, Bad Boys (the Sean Penn one) is one of my favorites from the decade.

Clancy was a tough mofo - took an exploding boom box and a pillow case full of Shasta soda cans to the face.

Esai Morales was tough in that movie too.

 

[Doug B]

Clancy Brown

Speaking of, Bad Boys (the Sean Penn one) is one of my favorites from the decade.

When I read the Clancy Brown call-out, I was getting ready to post about the real Bad Boys … but I figured I’d go on through the rest of the page to make sure the house didn’t mention it. Sure enough

 

[Doug B]

Reading through … would any of these have made anyone else’s Top 100?

Brewster’s Millions
Enemy Mine
No Man’s Land
The Wraith
The Blue Iguana

 

[zamboni]

Clancy Brown

Speaking of, Bad Boys (the Sean Penn one) is one of my favorites from the decade.

When I read the Clancy Brown call-out, I was getting ready to post about the real Bad Boys … but I figured I’d go on through the rest of the page to make sure the house didn’t mention it. Sure enough

Had to go back and edit - now that I recall, pretty sure it was an RC soda machine rather than a Shasta one.

 

[zamboni]

Man, I'm really worried a very overrated movie that hasn't aged well and didn't deserve its awards is going to take this.

Police Academy?

Just came across this in a Led Zep YouTube rabbit hole.

That guy

 

[BlackCrowes]

Reading through … would any of these have made anyone else’s Top 100?

Brewster’s Millions
Enemy Mine
No Man’s Land
The Wraith
The Blue Iguana

Enemy Mine was wretched

 

[Doug B]

Almost forgot:

“How much for one rib?”

 

[Ilov80s]

The Verdict deserved a spot and seems like a movie Tim would like. That was surprising.

 

[Todem]

The Thing is a glaring omission.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Leave ROTJ off such a list? Sure. But not ESB.

look Andy, I respect you but you are out of your freaking mind

Bro. To say Empire Strikes Back isn't one of the best movies of the 80s is flat ridiculous.

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Leave ROTJ off such a list? Sure. But not ESB.

look Andy, I respect you but you are out of your freaking mind

Bro. To say Empire Strikes Back isn't one of the best movies of the 80s is flat ridiculous.

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

What’s next on your list for today? Kick some puppies?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Leave ROTJ off such a list? Sure. But not ESB.

look Andy, I respect you but you are out of your freaking mind

Bro. To say Empire Strikes Back isn't one of the best movies of the 80s is flat ridiculous.

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

You're entitled to your opinion.

#patsgentlyonhead

 

[Todem]

Leave ROTJ off such a list? Sure. But not ESB.

look Andy, I respect you but you are out of your freaking mind

Bro. To say Empire Strikes Back isn't one of the best movies of the 80s is flat ridiculous.

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

Oy vay man…..

 

[timschochet]

Man, I'm really worried a very overrated movie that hasn't aged well and didn't deserve its awards is going to take this.

Police Academy?

Just came across this in a Led Zep YouTube rabbit hole.

That guy

Hey I just saw Becoming Led Zeppelin. Great doc!

 

[Manster]

Leave ROTJ off such a list? Sure. But not ESB.

look Andy, I respect you but you are out of your freaking mind

Bro. To say Empire Strikes Back isn't one of the best movies of the 80s is flat ridiculous.

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

What Lucas did with Industrial Light and Magic, in the original film was groundbreaking. The original trilogy has spawned an insane amount of content. I mean you can say you don't like Star Wars, that's fine, you don't have to.......but you can't deny the cultural significance. If that equates to overrated.....like I said that's just like your opinion man.

 

[El Floppo]

To Live and Die in L.A. is another omission.

That's up there for best movie of the decade for me. I'm refraining fronm more comments here in hopes it makes @John Maddens Lunchbox list, in which case I'll say more there.

Funny.. I just rewatched this one and it really didn't hold up for me. I remember thinking it was this brilliant neo noir, but it came across as silly and dated on rewatch.

 

[Todem]

Big Trouble in Little China should have been on it. A timeless classic.

Bad *** Kurt Russell is great. Escape From New York is another classic. Snake Plissken is an excellent character name.

Call me Snake…..

 

[dickey moe]

Rocky IV ranked higher ranked Rocky III? Sacrilege!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

To Live and Die in L.A. is another omission.

That's up there for best movie of the decade for me. I'm refraining fronm more comments here in hopes it makes @John Maddens Lunchbox list, in which case I'll say more there.

Funny.. I just rewatched this one and it really didn't hold up for me. I remember thinking it was this brilliant neo noir, but it came across as silly and dated on rewatch.

I posted that because I saw it was available on HULU and remember loving it. I watched it again yesterday and I’d mostly agree with you. I thought there was a lot more tension- but it was mostly unnecessary car chases.

 

[northern exposure]

Big Trouble in Little China should have been on it. A timeless classic.

Bad *** Kurt Russell is great. Escape From New York is another classic. Snake Plissken is an excellent character name.

Call me Snake…..

As a kid I remeber seeing Kurt Russell in a bunch of Disney movies. When he was a scumbag in Used Cars and then Snake in Escape From New York, it was a jarring switch. Equivalent to a wrestling babyface turning heel.

 

[Klimtology]

Also, Chances Are

I know I always push this, but it really is a great movie Top 25 for me.

No love for this?

 

[General Malaise]

None of the Stars Wars movies should touch a list like this. I share Bill Burr's take that you probably had to see those films as a kid, but I didn't see them until I was an adult and, like Burr, was like, "okay, next."

This is the same Bill Burr who had zero problems at all cashing a paycheck from his appearances in Star Wars Mandalorian? How about that!

 

[Ilov80s]

None of the Stars Wars movies should touch a list like this. I share Bill Burr's take that you probably had to see those films as a kid, but I didn't see them until I was an adult and, like Burr, was like, "okay, next."

This is the same Bill Burr who had zero problems at all cashing a paycheck from his appearances in Star Wars Mandalorian? How about that!

If anything that’s kind of a flex for Burr. He talked **** about them and they still offered him good money to be a part of their product.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

None of the Star Wars films are among the best movies of any decade. Overrated silliness.

thats it. You're cut off. Someone call this guy a taxi.

 

[DocHolliday]

Aliens is my favorite movie so it’s great to see Tim get the number 1 spot correct. Some of his other selections are head-scratchers but it’s his list. I may not agree with the list but it is still great work and always fun to follow. Thanks Tim.

 

[Todem]

Aliens is my favorite movie so it’s great to see Tim get the number 1 spot correct. Some of his other selections are head-scratchers but it’s his list. I may not agree with the list but it is still great work and always fun to follow. Thanks Tim.

Agreed.

I bust his balls a lot….he may have me on ignore for all I know….but I like the list threads. It makes for good discussion. And it beats politics everyday of the week (so glad that was put 6 feet under around here).

Hannah and Her Sisters for the win…..

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Aliens is my favorite movie so it’s great to see Tim get the number 1 spot correct. Some of his other selections are head-scratchers but it’s his list. I may not agree with the list but it is still great work and always fun to follow. Thanks Tim.

Agreed.

I bust his balls a lot….he may have me on ignore for all I know….but I like the list threads. It makes for good discussion. And it beats politics everyday of the week (so glad that was put 6 feet under around here).

Hannah and Her Sisters for the win…..

I agree with all that except for the Hannah bit. Woof.

 

[Todem]

Aliens is my favorite movie so it’s great to see Tim get the number 1 spot correct. Some of his other selections are head-scratchers but it’s his list. I may not agree with the list but it is still great work and always fun to follow. Thanks Tim.

Agreed.

I bust his balls a lot….he may have me on ignore for all I know….but I like the list threads. It makes for good discussion. And it beats politics everyday of the week (so glad that was put 6 feet under around here).

Hannah and Her Sisters for the win…..

I agree with all that except for the Hannah bit. Woof.

I was using a high level of

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

It's so bad, I just couldn't even joke about it.

 

[General Malaise]

It's so bad, I just couldn't even joke about it.

It's not as bad as St. Elmo's Fire.

 

[General Malaise]

Hannah and her Sisters won 3 Oscars.

Dayum.

 

[BrutalPenguin]

Aliens is my favorite movie so it’s great to see Tim get the number 1 spot correct. Some of his other selections are head-scratchers but it’s his list. I may not agree with the list but it is still great work and always fun to follow. Thanks Tim.

Agreed.

I bust his balls a lot….he may have me on ignore for all I know….but I like the list threads. It makes for good discussion. And it beats politics everyday of the week (so glad that was put 6 feet under around here).

Hannah and Her Sisters for the win…..

Hannah and Her Sisters would have been a much better movie with the alien queen as a fourth sister. Shorter too.