Any good movies from the 80's that are a must see?
 

I'm in the mood for some good movies and I really like older movies especially from the 80's, does anyone have any good recommendations please? :upsidedow

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Geezuz where to start...

Wargames
Ferris Beuler's Day Off
Sixteen Candles (and just about every other John Hughes movie)
Altered States
The Empire Strikes Back


And on, and on..

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who ya gonna call?

Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" (SDI) videos.

And... lets see...

Nope. thats about it. They stopped making decent movies in the 70's.

Dirty Harry. Early 70's but great old movie.

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Thanks for the reminder to watch this! Can't believe I haven't seen it :Oh crap

Sweet, checked out "Altered States" on imdb and it looks good, will watch. Thank you

There's a series make sure to watch in order. First is best.

Alien & Aliens.. edit I guess Alien was 79.. (amazing sci-fi movie though from that time and IMO still holds up with the best of today)

To Live and Die in L.A. ..... William Defoe stars as a counterfeiter.

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The Shining
Bladerunner
Trading Places
The Thing

Trading Places, what a crack-up. How can you do better than Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroid.

the outsiders... such a killer movie

What the fuck is that?

:1orglaughThe 80's were great for shitty B horror flicks:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2(The first one is actually pretty fucking creepy)
Chopping Mall
C.H.U.D
Toxic Avenger
Children of the Corn
Creepshow.............too many to list them all.




As far as the genuinely good movies of the 80's, you've probably seen them all already:

Raging Bull
Born on the Fourth of July
Full Metal Jacket
Do the Right Thing
Bad Lieutenant

The other one's listed already.



Watch Sergio Leone's Dollar's Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Can't believe no one said Top Gun yet. 1986 was one of the best years for movies ever.

A few good ones
 

Mystery Train
Das Boot
Blade Runner
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Airplane
Raising Arizona
Scarface
This is Spinal Tap
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future
The Killing Fields
Missing
Places in the Heart
Prizzi's Honor
Driving Miss Daisy
Caddyshack
Body Heat
The Blues Brothers
Eating Raoul
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
The Money Pit
Trading Places

not one bad movie here, all worth seeing more than once

Don't know what happened to the first one I posted....

hell yeah! great movies in this line up! trading places! classic movie!

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Pump Up The Volume is one of my 80s faves :)

After Hours
Something Wild
Into The Night
Crimewave
Night Of The Comet
Trancers
Talk Radio
House of Games
Time Bandits
No Way Out
An American Werewolf In London
Brazil
Escape From New York
Married To The Mob
Risky Business
Big Trouble In Little China
Mad Max II

Watch any you haven't seen, or heard of.

nobody mentioned Tango & Cash? shame, shame.. :D

Some real gems mentioned, I'd have to check my imdb account to come up with more,

This one comes from the top of my head

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086969/

Birdy with Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine

Manhunter
To Live and Die in LA
Body Double
Platoon
Blue Velvet
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Witness
The Road Warrior
Blade Runner
The Hitcher
Dead Calm
Star Trek 2
Dreamscape

How about Brewster's Millions - Richard Pryor and John Candy?

Here are a few that I've watched this past week, from the 80s.

The Toy
Brewster's Millions
Escape from New York
Scarface
Easy Money
Back To School
Caddyshack
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

I'm on a bit of a Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor kick at the moment.

such an amazing soundtrack.

I can't believe no one has mentioned Peter Jackson's amazing movies long before Lord of the Rings...



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especially Bad Taste... rocket launcher + sheep = best movie of the 80s...

haha - win!