Top 101 Movies of the 80s (2 Viewers)

[Dan Lambskin]

Coming to America is great, but if it's the only Eddie Murphy comedy on the list, it's the wrong one.

I swear, if you say The Golden Child you will get a virtual nut punch.

Also, we have already had an Eddie Murphy comedy on the list.

Also the wrong one.

Does it take place in Beverly Hills?

 

[Don Quixote]

Police Academy 1 and 2 on AMC tonight. I’m sure both will be up higher on the list.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Coming to America is great, but if it's the only Eddie Murphy comedy on the list, it's the wrong one.

I swear, if you say The Golden Child you will get a virtual nut punch.

Also, we have already had an Eddie Murphy comedy on the list.

Also the wrong one.

Does it take place in Beverly Hills?

Or Harlem?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Police Academy 1 and 2 on AMC tonight. I’m sure both will be up higher on the list.

Tackleberry cranked out of his mind playing the sax at some party

 

[Scoresman]

Coming to America is great, but if it's the only Eddie Murphy comedy on the list, it's the wrong one.

I swear, if you say The Golden Child you will get a virtual nut punch.

Also, we have already had an Eddie Murphy comedy on the list.

Also the wrong one.

Does it take place in Beverly Hills?

If you spoil it, I'll put a banana in your tailpipe.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Bah AMC has the clean version, im out

 

[Don Quixote]

Bah AMC has the clean version, im out

I did not quite get what was going on in the podium scene when I watched it when I was 10 or whatever.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#31: BROADCAST NEWS

80s' #3 pick. It's one I was wanting to watch before I finalized my list, but the library copy I got was jacked up. As I said last night, it's one of the 5 I am going to get to.

 

[Ilov80s]

#31: BROADCAST NEWS

80s' #3 pick. It's one I was wanting to watch before I finalized my list, but the library copy I got was jacked up. As I said last night, it's one of the 5 I am going to get to.

Funny, romantic, cynical and a great criticism of modern TV news/journalism. A perfect movie IMO.

 

[KarmaPolice]

that means with the easiest clue of the bunch we get "7.62 milimeter....."

 

[KarmaPolice]

Police Academy 1 and 2 on AMC tonight. I’m sure both will be up higher on the list.

Tackleberry cranked out of his mind playing the sax at some party

Oh **** - how did the greasy sax guy from Lost Boys make his way into one of the 18 sequels?

 

[KarmaPolice]

#30: FULL METAL JACKET

My #2 movie of the decade, and depending when you ask, maybe my #2 movie overall. Been my favorite Kubrick movie for decades, it's one of the most quotable, well shot, well acted, funniest, harrowing movies I've seen. Love it - and the 2nd half is every bit as good and quotable as the first, dammit.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

#30: FULL METAL JACKET

My #2 movie of the decade, and depending when you ask, maybe my #2 movie overall. Been my favorite Kubrick movie for decades, it's one of the most quotable, well shot, well acted, funniest, harrowing movies I've seen. Love it - and the 2nd half is every bit as good and quotable as the first, dammit.

Fun fact for you: did you know that the actor who played the gunner in the helicopter had originally been cast as Drill Seargent Hartman but Kubrick changed his mind and went with R Lee Ermey instead?

That ain't no ****, either.

 

[Scoresman]

I’m not going to say these have been bad picks, because they’re all great movies, but you’re 0/3 on the snub list with these last few. Not good, GB.

 

[zamboni]

#30: FULL METAL JACKET

My #2 movie of the decade, and depending when you ask, maybe my #2 movie overall. Been my favorite Kubrick movie for decades, it's one of the most quotable, well shot, well acted, funniest, harrowing movies I've seen. Love it - and the 2nd half is every bit as good and quotable as the first, dammit.

Fun fact for you: did you know that the actor who played the gunner in the helicopter had originally been cast as Drill Seargent Hartman but Kubrick changed his mind and went with R Lee Ermey instead?

That ain't no ****, either.

Good move - Ermey gives one of the best performances of the decade IMO. Even though it wasn’t that much acting for him.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#30: FULL METAL JACKET

My #2 movie of the decade, and depending when you ask, maybe my #2 movie overall. Been my favorite Kubrick movie for decades, it's one of the most quotable, well shot, well acted, funniest, harrowing movies I've seen. Love it - and the 2nd half is every bit as good and quotable as the first, dammit.

Fun fact for you: did you know that the actor who played the gunner in the helicopter had originally been cast as Drill Seargent Hartman but Kubrick changed his mind and went with R Lee Ermey instead?

That ain't no ****, either.

I did know that. Ermey was just there as a technical advisor originally, I believe. If not all, I think at least 95% of the insults and dialogue for Hartman was from Ermey as well. I guess there was dozens of pages of **** from him.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I’m not going to say these have been bad picks, because they’re all great movies, but you’re 0/3 on the snub list with these last few. Not good, GB.

I thought maybe Coming to America had an outside shot.

SO we are down to 29 picks. I will remind everyone once again that all the rest of the movies are at the top because they were on BOTH of our lists. There are certain genres of movies that one or the other do not seem to click with.

 

[zamboni]

And The Sandlot was mentioned awhile back. The older Smalls was Private Cowboy (Arliss Howard).

 

[Scoresman]

I’m not going to say these have been bad picks, because they’re all great movies, but you’re 0/3 on the snub list with these last few. Not good, GB.

I thought maybe Coming to America had an outside shot.

SO we are down to 29 picks. I will remind everyone once again that all the rest of the movies are at the top because they were on BOTH of our lists. There are certain genres of movies that one or the other do not seem to click with.

I should have included Coming to America in hindsight.

 

[KarmaPolice]

"How can you shoot women and children?"
"Easy.... you don't lead 'em so much"

 

[Charlie Steiner]

And The Sandlot was mentioned awhile back. The older Smalls was Private Cowboy (Arliss Howard).

Who is/was(?) married to Debra Winger in real life.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

#31: BROADCAST NEWS

80s' #3 pick. It's one I was wanting to watch before I finalized my list, but the library copy I got was jacked up. As I said last night, it's one of the 5 I am going to get to.

Funny, romantic, cynical and a great criticism of modern TV news/journalism. A perfect movie IMO.

I found Holly Hunter's character annoying, and it's hard to like the movie if that's the case.

The best scene had neither Hunter nor William Hurt. It was Albert Brooks filling in as a weekend anchor and sweating the whole time.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Tommorrow will be an odd one. We have 9 movies coming up. Glancing at it, these are movies that got a bump because they were on both lists. But it is a mix of ones we are really close on, and ones we are very far apart on.

For example the one with the biggest difference, I have at #11, and he had in the mid-80s. Then we have one that was #49 on one and #48 on the other.

As far as what is on the horizon:

At 3 of the movies I thought were surprises for the top 30, maybe a 4th but we will see how the reactions go
EASILY the most arty and most farty movie on the list will start off our day, and my new obsession and ranking is the reason it's so high
More freaking High School b.s.
3 "comedies"
a debut from a director I believe had 4 movies in our 90s version of this
the movie most responsible for pissing off people on my dorm floor
A movie also starring the main actor of the movie above.
The reverse of Gremlins. This time I convinced my mom to see a movie and SHE had to walk out.
The movie most quoted at the video stores I worked at, and it's dropping ranking is due to my PTSD of that. (I worked with nearly all females and had to watch this movie all the time too).

 

[Keith R]

I loved Raiders when I was younger but I get KP's point. There's a difference between "amazing in it's time/hugely influential" and "really holds up." When I watched it with my son and one of his friends, they thought the action was hokey and the special effects lame. In fact, I can't remember hearing a teenager today talk about how they love Indiana Jones.

Thing is, the effects were outdated upon release, intentionally so. Raiders was an homage to the adventure movies of the 1950s, with the special effects to match.

 

[shuke]

Nothing really to do with the plot, but E.T. to me had among the best residential neighborhoods. Totally wanted to live in a neighborhood like that when I first saw it as a kid.

When I was younger, as a lower middle-class family, that type of neighborhood is what I aspired to. Now that I'm living in one, I can't wait to get out and get some land and privacy.

 

[shuke]

I was a junior in HS when it came out and took a girl I had met roller skating (cooler then than it sounds now) to see it. She liked it, I thought it was schmaltzy and I completely disengaged with it when they found him in a ditch and he looked like a cat turd.

What in the absolute ****?

 

[shuke]

#37: THE BREAKFAST CLUB

My #14. Couple dumb parts (glass breaking), but it's still one of my wife's an my favorites. Other Hughes don't hold up for me like this one, and there are still enough here for me to warrant this rank on my list. I will admit that I did start putting stuff into tiers had some mild thoughts like I need a teen movie, etc.. and then started thinking about which of the teen movies held up the best for me. Hint: not Pretty in Pink

q: why did Alison (Sheedy) have to "doll up" for Andrew (Estevez), yet Claire (Molly) didn't have to "rocker grrrl out" for Bender (Nelson)

... i mean, wouldn't Hughes' message here have been better served if they either a) left her alone, or b) went my route





tl;dr - WHY DID ALISON NEED TO CONFORM AFTER ALL THAT COTDAMN ANGST AND BULLCHIT?

Dolling up for Sheedy pretty much ruins what would have been a perfect movie, IMO. Seems to completely whiff on the theme.

 

[shuke]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

Great idea, and so many great movies left.

 

[Ilov80s]

Tommorrow will be an odd one. We have 9 movies coming up. Glancing at it, these are movies that got a bump because they were on both lists. But it is a mix of ones we are really close on, and ones we are very far apart on.

For example the one with the biggest difference, I have at #11, and he had in the mid-80s. Then we have one that was #49 on one and #48 on the other.

As far as what is on the horizon:

At 3 of the movies I thought were surprises for the top 30, maybe a 4th but we will see how the reactions go
EASILY the most arty and most farty movie on the list will start off our day, and my new obsession and ranking is the reason it's so high
More freaking High School b.s.
3 "comedies"
a debut from a director I believe had 4 movies in our 90s version of this
the movie most responsible for pissing off people on my dorm floor
A movie also starring the main actor of the movie above.
The reverse of Gremlins. This time I convinced my mom to see a movie and SHE had to walk out.
The movie most quoted at the video stores I worked at, and it's dropping ranking is due to my PTSD of that. (I worked with nearly all females and had to watch this movie all the time too).

This one is really stumping me

 

[Ilov80s]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

You better put Goonies at #1

 

[shuke]

/Hipple

 

[KarmaPolice]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

You better put Goonies at #1

I took that to mean 100 that weren't on our list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Tommorrow will be an odd one. We have 9 movies coming up. Glancing at it, these are movies that got a bump because they were on both lists. But it is a mix of ones we are really close on, and ones we are very far apart on.

For example the one with the biggest difference, I have at #11, and he had in the mid-80s. Then we have one that was #49 on one and #48 on the other.

As far as what is on the horizon:

At 3 of the movies I thought were surprises for the top 30, maybe a 4th but we will see how the reactions go
EASILY the most arty and most farty movie on the list will start off our day, and my new obsession and ranking is the reason it's so high
More freaking High School b.s.
3 "comedies"
a debut from a director I believe had 4 movies in our 90s version of this
the movie most responsible for pissing off people on my dorm floor
A movie also starring the main actor of the movie above.
The reverse of Gremlins. This time I convinced my mom to see a movie and SHE had to walk out.
The movie most quoted at the video stores I worked at, and it's dropping ranking is due to my PTSD of that. (I worked with nearly all females and had to watch this movie all the time too).

This one is really stumping me

Good!

(unless I'm wrong and it's a bad clue )

 

[Ilov80s]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

You better put Goonies at #1

I took that to mean 100 that weren't on our list.

If they don't put Goonies at #1 they are going to get heckled.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

You better put Goonies at #1

I took that to mean 100 that weren't on our list.

If they don't put Goonies at #1 they are going to get heckled.

Oh, we will Statler and Waldorf the hell out of that countdown!

 

[Ilov80s]

In all seriousness that would be fun and I would definitely follow along.

 

[Waldorf]

Oh, we will Statler and Waldorf the hell out of that countdown!

Get your own alias!

 

[El Floppo]

The barbershop scene from Coming to America is comedy gold.

reaction

other reaction.

 

[KarmaPolice]

After we get to the top pick, each of us can post or reveal our full lists (or at least the movies that didn't make it on the countdown). Each of us has 30+ movies that didn't get talked about, and many movies you had in mind that might have missed a shout out could be in that group.

 

[rockaction]

Oh, we will Statler and Waldorf the hell out of that countdown!

Get your own alias!

Hah!

Hah!

*High fives*

 

[KarmaPolice]

"Poindexter, do you wanna ****, or not??"

 

[Scoresman]

I've got a list of 18 potential snubs going with 34 or so picks remaining. This does not include some obvious classics that have not yet been mentioned. Curious to see how much this list gets whittled down.

I volunteer to do a "next 100" with you when this is over.

I’d be down just be warned the more I look into this the more I’m really not into much 80s artsy fartsies or even just dramas. I mean some of them are good but not what I think of when I think of best 80s movies.

I’ve been looking at how many 80s movies I would rank before I got to the first drama and so far I’m at 64 movies.

 

[Keith R]

#37: THE BREAKFAST CLUB

My #14. Couple dumb parts (glass breaking), but it's still one of my wife's an my favorites. Other Hughes don't hold up for me like this one, and there are still enough here for me to warrant this rank on my list. I will admit that I did start putting stuff into tiers had some mild thoughts like I need a teen movie, etc.. and then started thinking about which of the teen movies held up the best for me. Hint: not Pretty in Pink

q: why did Alison (Sheedy) have to "doll up" for Andrew (Estevez), yet Claire (Molly) didn't have to "rocker grrrl out" for Bender (Nelson)

... i mean, wouldn't Hughes' message here have been better served if they either a) left her alone, or b) went my route





tl;dr - WHY DID ALISON NEED TO CONFORM AFTER ALL THAT COTDAMN ANGST AND BULLCHIT?

Dolling up for Sheedy pretty much ruins what would have been a perfect movie, IMO. Seems to completely whiff on the theme.

"Ruin" might be an overstatement but it definitely diminished the movie

 

[rockaction]

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SHEEDY DOLLING UP BECAUSE WHO CARES ABOUT PHILOSOPHICAL CONSISTENCY IN THE MOVIE ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS?

It's all about screwing the immediate man, not the aesthetic goals of aspiring seniors.

Besides, it was an issue with hygiene, too. Didn't you see the flakes on the paper? That needs to be addressed at some point, don't you think?

 

[Todem]

I will post 80s' #3 and my #2 in about an hour after the kiddo goes to sleep.

You are not Hakeem
I know…..

What’s this?

It’s an award….employee of the month.

My son…..works??!!!!

 

[TripItUp]

The Last Crusade is a great film. Makes my top 40 for the decade, but definitely looking like a snub here.

The snub conversation here should be epic.

"So let me get this straight, you rank PeeWee's Big Adventure and Better Off Dead over XYZ."

"Son, I'm only going to tell you this one time, you want to keep working here, lay off the drugs"

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Another one the may not make the list but deserves a spot.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

 

[otb_lifer]

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SHEEDY DOLLING UP BECAUSE WHO CARES ABOUT PHILOSOPHICAL CONSISTENCY IN THE MOVIE ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS?

It's all about screwing the immediate man, not the aesthetic goals of aspiring seniors.

Besides, it was an issue with hygiene, too. Didn't you see the flakes on the paper? That needs to be addressed at some point, don't you think?

meh

"GREASE" got it right, man

sure, Danny kinda turned a leaf, but they didn't morph him all frickin' Eugene or Tom (Lamas) - just a simple letterman's sweater, while otherwise keeping the greaser aesthetic, were enought to imply.

but Sandy? oooohhh yeah, they knew to twist her regardless of Danny's efforts ... tell me about it, STUD

shifting prom queen Claire similarly for Bender woulda been a much more potent sledge whack at stereotypical mores than straightening out the "basket case"

she should've come out that bathroom with teased hair and ginchy eye make-up, perhaps even a strategic rip in the blouse ... and she could've done her lipstick stunt with a lovely shade of purple ... or something.

now, that would've been a reveal.

 

[Ilov80s]

Another one the may not make the list but deserves a spot.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Loved the book but the movie was a bit of a letdown for me. Might have been a case where the book was so good I was bound to be let down by anything but it didn’t make my list. A Room with a View got its spot for romantic-comedy-European-literary adaptation.