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The 100 Greatest movies of the 80s #15. Rain Man (11 Viewers)
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40. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio
Synopsis: Follows a marine from boot camp to Vietnam.
The dead know only one thing: it is far better to be alive. - Matthew Modine as Private Joker
My personal favorite Kubrick. This is an extremely dark comedy. The intensity of the first third of the film, featuring Ermey and D’Onofrio, is simply incredible. If that intensity had somehow lasted throughout the entire film then this movie would shoot up to #1 on this list. But it doesn’t. The Vietnam scenes, while still great, aren’t quite as great as the beginning sequence (though I do love the use of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots are Made for Walking”- so awesome.)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio
Synopsis: Follows a marine from boot camp to Vietnam.
The dead know only one thing: it is far better to be alive. - Matthew Modine as Private Joker
My personal favorite Kubrick. This is an extremely dark comedy. The intensity of the first third of the film, featuring Ermey and D’Onofrio, is simply incredible. If that intensity had somehow lasted throughout the entire film then this movie would shoot up to #1 on this list. But it doesn’t. The Vietnam scenes, while still great, aren’t quite as great as the beginning sequence (though I do love the use of Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots are Made for Walking”- so awesome.)
zamboni
Footballguy
Agree that it lets down a bit when they actually go to Vietnam, but given how great the basic training portion is, I can live with it.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Needing something to fall asleep to the other night, I pushed play on 2001: A Space Odyssey. The experience was the same as it's always been and I think it extends to a lot of Kubrick's oeuvre which I sum up this way: his films are pretty great to look at but not as much fun to watch.
Edit: For his latter career stuff anyway. Paths of Glory and The Killing are pretty great.
Edit: For his latter career stuff anyway. Paths of Glory and The Killing are pretty great.
El Floppo
Footballguy
The part 1/part 2 split has always been too jarring for me to push this into top tier, as good as it is. I agree Part 2 feels less focused and below Part 1.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Nice use of Peter Gabriel.Just came across this old clip on YouTube - has been posted before, but worth it again.
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Solsbury Hill :chefskiss:
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
you forgot “with tears streaming down his face”
northern exposure
Footballguy
Rick Baker's next huge project after this film was Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I've grown to love part 2 just as much. I agree that it feels leas focused, but so is the story. It is every bit as quoteable and horrifying though.
Runkle
Footballguy
Does this mean Ann-Margaret's not coming?
timschochet
Footballguy
39. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston
Synopsis: A married man has his lover murdered and agonizes about it afterwards.
Listen I don’t know from suicides. Where I grew up, in Brooklyn, nobody committed suicide; everyone was too unhappy. - Woody Allen as Clifford Stern.
Another one for @John Maddens Lunchbox to check off his list. But this is one of Allen’s best ever films, dealing humorously with very serious questions of morality. The lead character has a woman murdered and suffers no problems; in fact his life improves in every way. Very thoughtful and entertaining film.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston
Synopsis: A married man has his lover murdered and agonizes about it afterwards.
Listen I don’t know from suicides. Where I grew up, in Brooklyn, nobody committed suicide; everyone was too unhappy. - Woody Allen as Clifford Stern.
Another one for @John Maddens Lunchbox to check off his list. But this is one of Allen’s best ever films, dealing humorously with very serious questions of morality. The lead character has a woman murdered and suffers no problems; in fact his life improves in every way. Very thoughtful and entertaining film.
Eephus
Footballguy
If it bends, it's funny, if it breaks, it's not funny.
Allen's masterpiece that threads the needle between tragedy and comedy.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I see what you're saying. And for that, me love you long time.
El Floppo
Footballguy
This is my slam dunk favorite of his... and Landau was amazing. Even better than he was in space 1999. Iirc, there's less nebishy Woody in this one, which felt like a reprieve.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
What do I get for ten dollars?
Eephus
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His scenes with Alan Alda's character distribute the annoyingness a little more evenly
John Maddens Lunchbox
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Thanks.
Updated list
No mention of it being the final Woody Allen film, so more to come.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
But was Landau's performance in this better than his performance in Ed Wood?
Eephus
Footballguy
But was Landau's performance in this better than his performance in Ed Wood?
I'd say yes but his portrayal of Bela Lugosi was both a wonderful performance and prime Oscar bait.
Landau was unfairly overlooked for his role in The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
zamboni
Footballguy
May have also been the best game Chick Hearn ever called.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
That one (Ed Wood) is one of the best performances I've ever seen in any film.But was Landau's performance in this better than his performance in Ed Wood?
rockaction
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Haven’t seen Full Metal Jacket in a long time. Forget black comedy—that’s a window painted black. The basic training part was the best and had me riveted. The second part felt like it meandered when I saw it as a high schooler (or college kid), so I’d have to re-visit that upon watching it again.
But really, this is about fifteen Woody Allen movies and eighty-five others that came out in the ‘80s, isn’t it?
But really, this is about fifteen Woody Allen movies and eighty-five others that came out in the ‘80s, isn’t it?
timschochet
Footballguy
38. Sixteen Candles (1984)
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael
Hall
Synopsis: A girl is depressed when everyone forgets her sixteenth birthday.
A lot can happen over a year. You might even become a normal person. - Molly Ringwald as Sam Baker, to “The Geek” (Anthony Michael Hall).
John Hughes’ first film changed the nature of teenage movies forever: it went deeper into the characters and their angst than some of the previous films on this list that came earlier, like Fast Times and Risky Business. Thats why, in the golden age of teen movies (the .80s) it’s ranked higher than those two, and also why a couple of other Hughes films, once he had perfected his craft, rank even higher. This one has earned his ranking even despite its dated and sometimes very politically incorrect humor, mainly because of the outstanding charisma of the two lead actors, both of whom became stars overnight.
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael
Hall
Synopsis: A girl is depressed when everyone forgets her sixteenth birthday.
A lot can happen over a year. You might even become a normal person. - Molly Ringwald as Sam Baker, to “The Geek” (Anthony Michael Hall).
John Hughes’ first film changed the nature of teenage movies forever: it went deeper into the characters and their angst than some of the previous films on this list that came earlier, like Fast Times and Risky Business. Thats why, in the golden age of teen movies (the .80s) it’s ranked higher than those two, and also why a couple of other Hughes films, once he had perfected his craft, rank even higher. This one has earned his ranking even despite its dated and sometimes very politically incorrect humor, mainly because of the outstanding charisma of the two lead actors, both of whom became stars overnight.
Todem
Footballguy
Sucki *ucky long time. Me love you long time.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
There's that opener of the 2nd half, there's Animal Mother, messed up scenes with the sniper and guys with the dead soldier, plenty of quips from Joker, etc, etc.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Private Joker:
How can you shoot women and children?
Door Gunner:
Easy... you don't lead 'em so much.
Door Gunner:
Ain't war hell?
How can you shoot women and children?
Door Gunner:
Easy... you don't lead 'em so much.
Door Gunner:
Ain't war hell?
Todem
Footballguy
Highly quotable movie in my early high school years in 1985/86. Still love this movie a ton.
Totally politically incorrect like most 80’s and 90’s flicks. And love them more now than I did back then when we all had a sense of humor and were not so uptight as a society.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
No more yanky my wanky.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Yah... Married... Sheesh!
El Floppo
Footballguy
I love 16 Candles. My favorite teen movie of that era.
Watched it recently with my 13yo daughter. She liked it ok. Had to discuss with her about the cringey racism and date rapey bits which didn't bother her thankfully.
The little brother was
You know, I felt how much you liked me just now (farmer Ted pulls lifesavers roll out of pocket)
Watched it recently with my 13yo daughter. She liked it ok. Had to discuss with her about the cringey racism and date rapey bits which didn't bother her thankfully.
The little brother was
You know, I felt how much you liked me just now (farmer Ted pulls lifesavers roll out of pocket)
zamboni
Footballguy
Hard to see that kid ( Justin Henry) and not think of his role in the gut punch Kramer vs Kramer.The little brother was
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Dang it. Do I watch Sixteen Candles or Full Metal Jacket tonight??
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
“I heard the grill alone on this cost five grand. Five grand! Do you have five grand?!? I dont have five grand.”
timschochet
Footballguy
37. The Untouchables (1987)
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro
Synopsis: In Prohibition era Chicago, Treasury Department’s Elliott Ness attempts to take down Al Capone
A man is expected to have enthusiasms…enthusiams…enthusiasms…what is mine? …Baseball - Robert De Niro as Al Capone.
Very good cops and robbers movie. Costner is fine in the lead role, if a little dull (as befits his character) but both Sean Connery and especially De Niro as Capone steal every scene they’re in. Both actors are magnetic. This is a really fun flick.
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro
Synopsis: In Prohibition era Chicago, Treasury Department’s Elliott Ness attempts to take down Al Capone
A man is expected to have enthusiasms…enthusiams…enthusiasms…what is mine? …Baseball - Robert De Niro as Al Capone.
Very good cops and robbers movie. Costner is fine in the lead role, if a little dull (as befits his character) but both Sean Connery and especially De Niro as Capone steal every scene they’re in. Both actors are magnetic. This is a really fun flick.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Movie is okay. Music is magnificent.
northern exposure
Footballguy
Until today I didn't realize Billy Kramer was the little brother in Sixteen Candles.Hard to see that kid ( Justin Henry) and not think of his role in the gut punch Kramer vs Kramer.The little brother was
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
"Where is Nitti?"
"He's in the car"
"He's in the car"
rockaction
Footballguy
The Untouchables, despite borrowing the baby scene (which I don't think I knew until Ilov80s told me), is a great, moving film. Very few movies these days have the retributive side of justice that the law and order team embraces. They shoot already dead gangsters, Ness throws Nitti off the roof after a personal insult, etc.
Yet there's a moral clarity to the film. There are no real gray areas about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and you actually find yourself pulling for this sort of retributive justice to happen to the characters that it happens to.
It's an interesting anachronism when compared to today (or even the period of the seventies before its time).
Yet there's a moral clarity to the film. There are no real gray areas about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and you actually find yourself pulling for this sort of retributive justice to happen to the characters that it happens to.
It's an interesting anachronism when compared to today (or even the period of the seventies before its time).
timschochet
Footballguy
What I love about that scene is that De Niro rightly portrays Capone, a Neapolitan, as an extrovert, as opposed to the introvert Vito Corleone that he played in the second Gidfather film. This is why he is regarded as one of our greatest ever actors.
Pip's Invitation
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Take those RIDICULOUS things OFF!!!!!
timschochet
Footballguy
36. Eight Men Out (1988)
Directed by: John Sayles
Starring: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, DB Sweeney, David Strathairn
Synopsis: In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspire with gamblers to throw the World Series
I always figured it was talent, you know, that made a man big…without us, there ain’t a ballgame….But look who’s counting the money? - David Strathairn as Eddie Ciccotte
This movie has already been mentioned here as one of the great baseball films of all time, and it is that, but it’s also a great historical epic, and its director John Sayles meant for it to be a commentary on early 20th century capitalism. The ensemble classy are all terrific and the story is riveting. What I always find fascinating is that the one player on this team that everyone remembers is Shoeless Joe Jackson, yet he is the most enigmatic character in this film. Played by Sweeney (always a great character actor) he is mysterious and barely understood.
Directed by: John Sayles
Starring: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, DB Sweeney, David Strathairn
Synopsis: In 1919, members of the Chicago White Sox conspire with gamblers to throw the World Series
I always figured it was talent, you know, that made a man big…without us, there ain’t a ballgame….But look who’s counting the money? - David Strathairn as Eddie Ciccotte
This movie has already been mentioned here as one of the great baseball films of all time, and it is that, but it’s also a great historical epic, and its director John Sayles meant for it to be a commentary on early 20th century capitalism. The ensemble classy are all terrific and the story is riveting. What I always find fascinating is that the one player on this team that everyone remembers is Shoeless Joe Jackson, yet he is the most enigmatic character in this film. Played by Sweeney (always a great character actor) he is mysterious and barely understood.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I dont remember him being portrayed as enigmatic - he was a naive illiterate dumb hick.
timschochet
Footballguy
Well yeah. I just meant his attitude was unknown.
timschochet
Footballguy
35. My Favorite Year (1982)
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper
Synopsis: In the early 1950s, a swashbuckling British movie legend is the guest in a New York live action comedy skit show.
I’m not an actor; I’m a movie star! - Peter O’ Toole as Alan Swann
The British star is based on Errol Flynn. The show host, King Kaiser, is based on Sid Caesar and the show is Your Show of Shows. Benji Stone is probably Mel Brooks (or perhaps Woody Allen or Neil Simon- they were all young writers on that show, all from Brooklyn.) And this is a magnificent farce. The Brooklyn dinner is one of the most hilarious scenes I can ever remember (“My, Aunt Sadie, what a lovely dress!” “You like it? I only wore it once.” Peter O’ Toole offers what might be his most outstanding performance- though he is surprisingly great at comedy, he also somehow comes across as larger than life but very real at the same time. And in the end heroic. Great great comedy.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper
Synopsis: In the early 1950s, a swashbuckling British movie legend is the guest in a New York live action comedy skit show.
I’m not an actor; I’m a movie star! - Peter O’ Toole as Alan Swann
The British star is based on Errol Flynn. The show host, King Kaiser, is based on Sid Caesar and the show is Your Show of Shows. Benji Stone is probably Mel Brooks (or perhaps Woody Allen or Neil Simon- they were all young writers on that show, all from Brooklyn.) And this is a magnificent farce. The Brooklyn dinner is one of the most hilarious scenes I can ever remember (“My, Aunt Sadie, what a lovely dress!” “You like it? I only wore it once.” Peter O’ Toole offers what might be his most outstanding performance- though he is surprisingly great at comedy, he also somehow comes across as larger than life but very real at the same time. And in the end heroic. Great great comedy.
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