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To continue a thread from the movies board last week: my top films of the 1980's

Posted by: islander (a.k.a del_USA_islander) on Jan 11, 12:42

Lobogotti started a post "top 200 films in the past 20 years" here. Moviesnob did one here and here, as did I

Lots of good choices in there you may not have seen, or just barely remember.

To continue, I have mine from the 80's: The numbers are where it ranks in my top 100 alltime.

1980
52    The Empire Strikes Back
81    Airplane!
    Battle Beyond the Stars
    Caddyshack
    Gloria

1981
22    Raiders of the Lost Ark
86    Superman 2
87    Escape From New York
    History of the World, Pt. 1
    The Cannonball Run

1982
    Blade Runner
    Fast Times at Ridgemont High
    Airplane II
    Rocky III
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1983
80    Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
100    Return of the Jedi
    National Lampoon's Vacation
    Risky Business
    Max Dugan Returns

1984 (great year, could have listed 30+ films)
14    The Terminator
23    The Natural
29    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
43    Muppets Take Manhattan
55    Top Secret!
    This is Spinal Tap
    Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
    The NeverEnding Story
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
    Red Dawn

1985
32    The Color Purple
33    The Goonies
    Explorers
    The Last Dragon
    To Live and Die in L.A.
    European Vacation
    Weird Science
    Rocky IV
    Fright Night
    Rambo: First Blood Part II

1986
2    Aliens
51    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    Critters
    Platoon
    F/X
    Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
    The Fly
    Lucas
    The Name of the Rose
    Club Paradise

1987
27    Adventures in Babysitting
54    Predator
58    The Lost Boys
72    Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
73    The Princess Bride
74    Spaceballs
88    Full Metal Jacket
    Fatal Attraction
    The Running Man
    The Untouchables

1988
82    The Naked Gun
96    License to Drive
    Beetlejuice
    Funny Farm
    Die Hard
    Bull Durham
    Big
    Cocktail
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

1989
18    Field of Dreams
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    Driving Miss Daisy
    Lean On Me
    The Killer
    Glory
    Major League
    Look Who's Talking
    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
    Batman


1979 and earlier (I rarely watch old movies, because I have trouble sometimes with the pacing, acting style, tech., etc, but these are amazing at any year)
1    Star Wars            1977
63    The Exorcist            1973
64    The Godfather            1972
65    All the President's Men        1976
66    12 Angry Men            1957
67    Planet of the Apes        1968
    Alien                1979
    Apocalypse Now            1979
    Lawrence of Arabia        1962
    Around the World in 80 days    1956
    The Godfather Part 2        1974
    A Boy and His Dog        1975
    The Producers            1968
    Casablanca            1942

is there a point to this, not really :) but post your favorites!





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