The Next 100 best movies from the 80's (3 Viewers)

[TripItUp]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It’s not even the best Caddyshack!

 

[Scoresman]

I agree on Caddyshack. Funny but there are better options in the 80s.

 

[General Malaise]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

 

[Todem]

Body Double is an 80’s guilty pleasure and is a lot of fun.

I wouldn't call this anything close to a "guilty pleasure". it's a great film.

this ^

... and am i really gonna be the first to mention the sizzling Holly Body? (Griffith)

smoke, i tell ya ... smoke

It is a great movie.....but most people.....hated it. I could never get people to like it....they all thought it as too campy...blah blah blah.......That’s DePalma man.....signature style.

 

[Todem]

Body Double is an 80’s guilty pleasure and is a lot of fun.

I wouldn't call this anything close to a "guilty pleasure". it's a great film.

He feels guilty about what he does while watching.

LOL!!!!! Damn Holly get’s me going.......gotta admit that.....and at 14 years old....that was a large deposit into the spank bank LOL!!

 

[shuke]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

 

[shuke]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

 

[shuke]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

 

[KarmaPolice]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

But does it hold up??!!

I watched it last week, and it still made me laugh a bit.

 

[Willie Neslon]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Cross that one off my list. They'll never make movies like this again.

 

[massraider]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

Tanya Roberts in this one, and Holly Body were favorites.

Turns out I had fairly sleazy taste when I was 14 years old.

 

[shuke]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

 

[otb_lifer]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

Tanya Roberts in this one, and Holly Body were favorites.

Turns out I had fairly sleazy taste when I was 14 years old.

Spoiler

Tawny Kitaen in "The Perils Of Gwendolyn In The Land Of The YikYak", were very dirty. filthy, at that.

 

[Willie Neslon]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

Damn. Cross that one off my list. I saw this in the theater.

 

[Scoresman]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

People are way too critical of this as a sequel. The way the main 4 play off each other continues in this, and you end up with just as many quotable lines IMO. A slightly hokier plot and villain keeps it from being great. I also loved how they had to win back the affection of the people of NY.

 

[Scoresman]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Exactly my reason for loving it although we got into it a bit later.

 

[Todem]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

I simply never watch this movie.....it annoys me. I think it stunk actually.

 

[Todem]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

Dar! James from Good Times as a warrior with a staff.....and Rip Torn being an evil Mofo.....and of course the late Tayna Roberts....god she was so hot.

Marc Singer's career best role (besides V and V Th Final Battle which was a classic NBC mini series that I still love to this day).

The sequels were absolute hot garbage. But the original was a campy all time classic that still holds up!!!

 

[Todem]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

People are way too critical of this as a sequel. The way the main 4 play off each other continues in this, and you end up with just as many quotable lines IMO. A slightly hokier plot and villain keeps it from being great. I also loved how they had to win back the affection of the people of NY.

It just fell flat for me......oh well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

I'm going to have to rent this now. It was also mentioned on the Pure Cinema Podcast in one of their themed shows. I hadn't heard of it, and now it's come up again.

 

[Willie Neslon]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

If there's somethin' strange
On the countdown list
who likely made that call?
Scores-man did!

 

[rockaction]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

I remember seeing this as a teen and thinking it was a different kind of movie. Very intense and weird. I liked it back then, and think I revisited it in my thirties, but I was generally so wasted I can't recall what my thoughts were about it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Golfers a ton, still don't think it's funny and I think I was still too young of a demographic to have it quoted that much since Happy Gilmore happened.

yeah, you're the same guy that think the Beatles suck though.

And considering every one of these movies listed were made in the same time period, how is age some excuse.

I've already explained it. IMO there is a huge difference between my age and even 4-5 years older. Caddyshack wasn't anything that we watched in the 80s. We were hitting our teens at the end of the decade, so we had largely moved on to other things that were coming out at the end of the decade. Unless an older family member was watching it, it's not something that people my age watched enough to quote a ton.

 

[Scoresman]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

If there's somethin' strange
On the countdown list
who likely made that call?
Scores-man did!

This doesn’t even rhyme.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

Actually watched it like 1-2 years ago, holds up pretty well

 

[General Malaise]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

The epitome of 80s' movies. One of the best made during its time. No way you make this today.

 

[Scoresman]

Closing in on our individual top 10s. Gonna need some flame proof armor for my #10.

 

[Todem]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

I remember seeing this as a teen and thinking it was a different kind of movie. Very intense and weird. I liked it back then, and think I revisited it in my thirties, but I was generally so wasted I can't recall what my thoughts were about it.

It was an alternative teen flick in the late 80’s….and it was good….aged quite horribly.

Buddy Revel was the best part of this movie no doubt.

Worth a watch.

 

[rockaction]

aged quite horribly

This is what I feared.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

Except it’s not funny. Other than Murray.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Like 16 Candles, it’s too rape-y to fully enjoy today. But aside from those scenes, it’s funny and memorable, and had a different take on the “underdog story” that was popular in comedies of the time.

 

[General Malaise]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

Except it’s not funny. Other than Murray.

That's just dumb. It's funny Stephen A. Smith.

 

[KarmaPolice]

People didn't like Caddyshack? That seems strange to me. It wasn't supposed to be Citizen Cane. It was a comedy. A great one. Rodney Dangerfield is a treasure.

I didn't dislike it, just didn't find it as funny as everybody else...some guys I know think it's an all timer. I can name at least five Murray films that are better.

It's not a Murray film. He's just in it. It's a collection of talent making us all laugh. Having this unranked as a top 100 film of the 80's is just being purposefully too serious business.

Except it’s not funny. Other than Murray.

That's ok. We just didn't like it because it wasn't Citizen Kane.

 

[KarmaPolice]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Like 16 Candles, it’s too rape-y to fully enjoy today. But aside from those scenes, it’s funny and memorable, and had a different take on the “underdog story” that was popular in comedies of the time.

You would be hard pressed to find many 80s comedies that aren't rapey, stalkery, homophobic, or with embarrassing racial stereotypes.

Like you or somebody else said, it's not enough to throw out the baby with the bath water, but at the very least it give me pause on rewatches with other people.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Like 16 Candles, it’s too rape-y to fully enjoy today. But aside from those scenes, it’s funny and memorable, and had a different take on the “underdog story” that was popular in comedies of the time.

You would be hard pressed to find many 80s comedies that aren't rapey, stalkery, homophobic, or with embarrassing racial stereotypes.

Like you or somebody else said, it's not enough to throw out the baby with the bath water, but at the very least it give me pause on rewatches with other people.

Yes, that was me. Rewatching these with your high school buddies is one thing. With your family, something else.

 

[KarmaPolice]

And for me it goes back to that argument about nostalgia vs. quality and how they blur for us. Most of the time when I watch as "80s movie" I haven't seen before like many listed my reaction is "WTF was wrong with the 80s?", and not glad I got around to some great hidden gem. I'm more likely to overlook that stuff if I have a built in love for the movie than if I am coming at it cold. And of course more likely to look past it in something that I mostly enjoy as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

And that doesn't just apply to the 80s. I watched a top grossing 70s movie last night that I hadn't ever seen before and said similar a few times. "wtf?"

 

[Charlie Steiner]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Like 16 Candles, it’s too rape-y to fully enjoy today. But aside from those scenes, it’s funny and memorable, and had a different take on the “underdog story” that was popular in comedies of the time.

You would be hard pressed to find many 80s comedies that aren't rapey, stalkery, homophobic, or with embarrassing racial stereotypes.

Like you or somebody else said, it's not enough to throw out the baby with the bath water, but at the very least it give me pause on rewatches with other people.

I recently watched on Amazon Prime an 80's movie that hasn't been named yet, but it was a teen-centric movie with obligatory nudity. Fun thing about watching movies on Amazon is the 'Trivia' section that runs on the side. At one point in this movie, a trivia note came up saying that because the target audience for these films was teenage boys, there had to be a minimum of three (IIRC) scenes with nudity.

 

[The General]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

This movie was my introduction to the concept of a “money grab”.

A young General lost a little of his innocence and naivety that Saturday afternoon in the theater.

 

[The General]

Oh and “We’ve got bush…we’ve got bush” is one of the best lines in cinematic history.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Like 16 Candles, it’s too rape-y to fully enjoy today. But aside from those scenes, it’s funny and memorable, and had a different take on the “underdog story” that was popular in comedies of the time.

You would be hard pressed to find many 80s comedies that aren't rapey, stalkery, homophobic, or with embarrassing racial stereotypes.

Like you or somebody else said, it's not enough to throw out the baby with the bath water, but at the very least it give me pause on rewatches with other people.

I recently watched on Amazon Prime an 80's movie that hasn't been named yet, but it was a teen-centric movie with obligatory nudity. Fun thing about watching movies on Amazon is the 'Trivia' section that runs on the side. At one point in this movie, a trivia note came up saying that because the target audience for these films was teenage boys, there had to be a minimum of three (IIRC) scenes with nudity.

This was how the market was served before the internet.

 

[TripItUp]

40 (tie). Revenge of the Nerds
shuke - #57
Scoresman - #17

This was the perfect movie for a group of neighborhood pre-pubescent boys to sit around and watch every day one summer.

Another that should have made the top 100.

 

[TripItUp]

40 (tie). Three O'Clock High
shuke - #13

I don't know if this is considered a "cult classic" but I never see/hear it mentioned. Another one with heavy rotation watching with friends at the time. It also planted some seeds of anxiety in me when I transferred from Catholic school to public school in 9th grade.

Meh, not in my top 200.

 

[TripItUp]

40 (tie). Beastmaster
Lambskin - #13

If I would have made my list in the 80's this probably would have been in my top 20.

Loved it as a kid, but didn't age well at all. Maybe my personal top 200, but wouldn't fault anybody for not ranking it either...it's really a B movie.

 

[scorchy]

While not ranking it high, at least I chuckled at stuff like Airplane!. Caddyshack I find to be actively unfunny. To me it's the worst of the classic 70s/early 80s comedies.

Yeah, well tanks for nuttin'.

 

[scorchy]

Man, this thread moves fast.

I stopped quoting Sixteen Candles a couple of decades ago (definitely don't need to say 'No more yankie my wankie' when you've been married for a long time) but I still refer to a certain type of dude as an oily bohunk. Always seems fitting.

 

[massraider]

Man, this thread moves fast.

I stopped quoting Sixteen Candles a couple of decades ago (definitely don't need to say 'No more yankie my wankie' when you've been married for a long time) but I still refer to a certain type of dude as an oily bohunk. Always seems fitting.

The family confronting the Donger on the front lawn is without question the funniest scene in the film.

Hey Fred, there's your ********.....



Dong, where's my automobile?

AUTO-MO-BILE????

 

[TripItUp]

40 (tie). Ghostbusters 2
Scoresman - #13

Sequel boy at it again.

yeah, not in my top 200.

 

[shuke]

People are way too critical of this as a sequel. The way the main 4 play off each other continues in this, and you end up with just as many quotable lines IMO. A slightly hokier plot and villain keeps it from being great. I also loved how they had to win back the affection of the people of NY.

I'm sure I've seen it and enjoyed it at the time, but it is completely forgettable for me.