Top 10 of the Decade: The 1980s

[LoathedVermin72]

There seems to have been some demand for this decade, so here it is.

1. Aliens
2. Commando
3. The Shining
4. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
5. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
6. The Beyond
7. Day of the Dead
8. Hannah and Her Sisters
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
10. Conan the Barbarian

Honorable Mentions: Walker, Die Hard, Cannibal Holocaust, Heaven’s Gate, The Evil Dead, This is Spinal Tap, Return to Oz, Down by Law, Radio Days, Do the Right Thing

[doug rr]

caddyshack
the man with two brains
full metal jacket
coming to america
big
airplane
pee wee's big adventure
National Lampoons Vacation
ferris bueller
beverly hills cop
fletch

[E.H. Ruddock]

Man I love Commando

[LoathedVermin72]

It's so good

[malice]

Bladerunner

Everything else of any note

[Alex]

my list is starman 10 times

[epilogue]

1. The Shining
2. Blue Velvet
3. The Last Temptation of Christ
4. Blade Runner
5. The Princess Bride
6. Ghostbusters
7. Brazil
8. E.T.
9. Die Hard
10. The Empire Strikes Back

Honorable mentions:

(11) When Harry Met Sally
(12) Say Anything
(13) The Breakfast Club
(14) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(15) Back to the Future

[The Argonaut]

two by Wenders and two by Jarmusch, but whatever.
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog)
Paris, Texas (Wenders)
Blue Velvet (Lynch)
Broadway Danny Rose (Allen)
Wings of Desire (Wenders)
Down by Law (Jarmusch)
Time Bandits (Gilliam)
Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
Stop Making Sense (Demme)
Permanent Vacation (Jarmusch)

If I wasn't allowed to have doubles by the same director, Ran and Do the Right Thing would have made it.

[nyquillyn]

my list is starman 10 times

I love that movie.

[ABNorman]

These are mostly the movies of my childhood, but I think most of them stand up to adult rewatches. I didn't watch a lot of the more adult-oriented movies until later, and they weren't able to break through the nostalgia wall.

Die Hard
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Princess Bride
The Three Amigos
ET
Goonies
The Empire Strikes Back
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

[Lament]

1. Back to the Future
2. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Ordinary People
5. Blade Runner
6. Stand By Me
7. Heathers
8. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
9. Ghostbusters
10. Purple Rain/Adventures in Babysitting (TIE)

[BigRedLedbetter]

I'm surprised Purple Rain is so low for you, Lament.

I will have to make this list. I'm almost positive Princess Bride would be my #1.

[BurtReynolds]

too many great ones...

[nyquillyn]

1. Raging Bull
2. Drugstore Cowboy
3. Grave of the Fireflies
4. Sid and Nancy
5. The King of Comedy
6. Blue Velvet
7. Down By Law
8. Blade Runner (with the voice-overs, but without the fucking stupid happy ending)
9. The Shining
10. Raising Arizona
11. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

[ABNorman]

The top 5 on my list are pretty much interchangeable. I really like the 80's for movies.

[BurtReynolds]

10. RoboCop
9. Return to Oz
8. Aliens
7. Blade Runner
6. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Big Trouble in Little China
3. Predator
2. The Dark Crystal
1. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

0.


HMs: The Princess Bride, Stand by Me, The Goonies, Back to the Future ,Labyrinth, Ghostbusters, The Empire Strikes Back, They Live, UHF, Akira, Brazil, Commando, Fletch, Miami Connection (Only through the elimination of violence can we achieve world peace)

[malice]

Brazil should be higher

[malice]

hey malloy, you ever see liquid sky? if so, any comments? I saw it on a big screen in high school. I had a very good reaction to it but was probably 17 so who knows if it was garbage or not.

it felt punk to me, then. hah

[Lament]

1. Back to the Future
2. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Ordinary People
5. Blade Runner
6. Stand By Me
7. Heathers
8. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
9. Ghostbusters
10. Purple Rain/Adventures in Babysitting (TIE)

Goddammit. I left Field of Dreams off of mine. Fuck.

[Norah]

Only in a vague order:

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Airplane!
The Blues Brothers
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Major League
Empire Strikes Back
Batman
The Shining
The Princess Bride

Honorable mentions:
Ghostbusters
Scarface
History of the World Part 1
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Rocky IV
Lethal Weapon 2
The Land Before Time
Field of Dreams