Favorite 80's movie??

[jessica31876]

I cant sleep tonight so Im watching Footloose which is defenitely one of my favorite movies from the 80's. I mean I love the soundtrack and love Kevin Bacon so what could be better? :-) What is your favorite movie from the 80's?

[tuneskids]

Dirty Dancing ... I could watch it over and over and over

[SamaraGugler]

Sixteen Candles...

I'm still in love with Jake Ryan.
:wub::wub::wub::wub:

[Dottie]

Hmmmm I have a couple I like to watch over and over....Dirty Dancing, Breakfast Club and of course the Big Chill.

[nesser1981]

Dirty Dancing is my favorite, but I love
Shag
Sixteen Candles
Pretty In Pink
Teen Witch
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Breakfast Club
Weird Science

[jessica31876]

Oh I love all that have been mentioned except I dont think Ive seen The Big Chill

[jessica31876]

Oh I love Weird Science. Another one I watched alot but do not currently own is Ewoks:Battle for Endor.

[**Holly**]

I love Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink...basically the Molly Ringwald movies...

[strawberryredhead]

It's a tie for me between Dirty Dancing, Footloose and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...

[pam4gators]

Top Gun....young Tom Cruise.....

[Paula]

Since I grew up in the 80s, a lot of them bring back memories. Here's some of my favorites:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink
Say Anything
Dirty Dancing
Sixteen Candles

[nikkiARNGwife]

Girls Just Want to Have Fun...I had the biggest crush on the guy in that movie!
E.T.
The Goonies
Pretty in Pink

[Mandy]

Dirty Dancing is my favorite, but I love
Shag
Sixteen Candles
Pretty In Pink
Teen Witch
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Breakfast Club
Weird Science

I thought I was the only girl in the universe that loved Shag. lol

[emmasmommy]

I LOVE Shag too! My all time faves are 16 Candles (we would always play house and Jake Ryan was always my boyfriend LOL), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Less Than Zero (yum Robert Downey Jr.), and of course The Goonies.

[jessica31876]

Oh thought of another one:
Valley Girl-not the best movie of all times but OMGosh Nikolas Cage looks soooooo YUMMY!!!! That was the beginning of my huge crush on him LOL.

[SamaraGugler]

Oh thought of another one:
Valley Girl-not the best movie of all times but OMGosh Nikolas Cage looks soooooo YUMMY!!!! That was the beginning of my huge crush on him LOL.
Nick Cage...mmmmmm

[pewtertm]

Love Shag too!

What else...
The Outsiders (had the movie poster on my door for ages)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club (Judd Nelson....*swoon*)
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink (ok...have to say...book was better---->she winds up with Duckie Dale in the book instead of boring Blaine)
Just One of the Guys

[yossarian]

Oh all of the above!!!
And my ultimate crush of my youth Marty McFly Back to the Future!!!

[girlflies]

Wow has it really been so long since these classics came out? Ughh, I am old!
Top Gun
Highlander
The Wrath of Khan
Terminator
(I know..., I am a total geek)

[MelissaL88]

Bueller....Bueller.....Loved that movie!

Also,
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Breakfast Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Footloose

I love Dirty Dancing, but I don't think of that as an 80's movie...mostly because I was already married and out of college when it came out. LOL!

Anyone ever see St. Elmo's Fire? That came out after TBC, but I can't remember if I liked it or not. LOL!

[SamaraGugler]

Adding to my list



Breakfast Club
Dirty Dancing
Outsiders
Lost Boys
Top Gun
Say Anything
St. Elmo's Fire

[MelissaL88]

Wow has it really been so long since these classics came out? Ughh, I am old!
Top Gun
Highlander
The Wrath of Khan
Terminator
(I know..., I am a total geek)

Oh yeah! Those were some great flicks!

Don't forget No Way Out (Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman)

[jessica31876]

I was just fixin to say nobody has mentioned Fast Times!! Oh I loved that movie!!Bueller....Bueller.....Loved that movie!

Also,
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Breakfast Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Footloose

I love Dirty Dancing, but I don't think of that as an 80's movie...mostly because I was already married and out of college when it came out. LOL!

Anyone ever see St. Elmo's Fire? That came out after TBC, but I can't remember if I liked it or not. LOL!

[alansrock]

The Lost Boys
The Karate Kid
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Stand By Me
When Harry Met Sally
E.T.

[girlflies]

OMG I forgot to put the whole Star Wars thingy in there!! Blasphemy!! ;)
Good one alansrock!!
No Way Out rocked too!!
Don't forget Edddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop!

[ajf9597]

Dirty Dancing :)

[emmasmommy]

Totally forgot about Lost boys!

[iJenny]

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Can't Buy Me Love (Patrick Dempsey pre-hottie days)
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club

*sigh*

I ♥ 80's movies.

[Amy Carey]

hands down, dirty dancing. i was so totally obsessed with that movie!!! though Karate kid 1 and 2 and Footloose come in close too!

[pewtertm]

OMGosh, how could I forget Stand By Me! Love that movie!!!
And yeah, the Star Wars movies (Han Solo=first movie crush)

[suze]

Oh all of the above!!!
And my ultimate crush of my youth Marty McFly Back to the Future!!!

ahh I love back to the future! perfect choice. That is my favorite :thumbup:

pewtertm OMGosh, how could I forget Stand By Me! Love that movie!!!
And yeah, the Star Wars movies (Han Solo=first movie crush)

oh and of course I'm a Star Wars fan too. :)

[lizzyfizzy]

Ferris Bueller
Porky's
Goonies
Labyrinth
Never Ending Story
Star Wars Trilogy
Breakfast Club
Grease 2- i want a cool rider so bad!
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Karate Kid I and II
Footloose
Teen Witch
Risky Business
Back To The Future (all of em!!)
Flash Dance
Flight Of The Navigator
A Christmas Story
A Fish Called Wanda
Splash
Mannequin
Adventures In Babysitting
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (my bf mel!!)

eta: i own almost all of these AND my list rocks the hizzle!!

[Beth Swann]

All Back to the Future Movies
All Indiana Jones's Movies
All Star Wars Movies
Princess Bride
Some Kind of Wonderful
Big Trouble in Little China (huge family favorite)
Jewel of the Nile

[pewtertm]

Ferris Bueller
Grease 2- i want a cool rider so bad!
A Christmas Story
Splash
Mannequin
Adventures In Babysitting



G2---had that soundtrack LOL...although looking back, it's definite cheese...'make my stamen go berserck'!!??! LOL

CS---LOVE THIS!!

Mannequin---groan...saw this more times than I care to recall, and not by choice

AIB---forgot all about this one, and I have it on DVD too


OH, and Lucas! I love that movie!!

[yossarian]

Oh these are ALL awesome movies, was it technically impossible to make a bad movie in the 80s do you think.... hmmm nah Arnie made some monstrousities (sp?) didn't he but I can't help but love kindergarten cop!

Does anyone remember the dark crystal I loved that movie! xxx

[lizzyfizzy]

yes, i looove dark crystal too!

[DawnMarch]

Definitely the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies.

[Voodoo_Bryn]

Top 5:

Breakfast Club
St. Elmo's Fire
Labyrinth
Stand By Me
and I guess I have to throw an 80's horror movie in there, huh?
my favorite 80's horror movie was probably Pumpkinhead...
my kid currently has a Pumpkinhead action figure he plays with and he's 2.

[lizzyfizzy]

i don't know of pumpkinhead. i'd prob pee mahself.

[jessica31876]

I think I saw Pumpkinhead befre. I dont really do horror anymore though

[pam4gators]

Risky Business, has anyone mentioned that?

[lizzyfizzy]

ooo ya. i did. :thumbup:

[pbumbaca]

Oh all my favorite movies are from the 80's!

Dirty Dancing
Purple Rain
16 Candles
The Breakfast Club
Grease (well technically that was 78 but I watched it alot in the 80's!)

[sugarlips]

Hmmm...if I had to pick just one then I would most definitely pick The Goonies!! But Breakfast Club is running a close 2nd!

[sugarlips]

Nope! Scratch that!!! Lost Boys is 1st, then Goonies, then Breakfast Club! I forgot how much I was in love with Kiefer Sutherland back then!!! OMG! He was sooo fine!!

[meganmecrazy]

OK so I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the ones that have been mentioned so no use repeating but did anyone mention Pump Up the Volume or was that not 80s?. Man, I loved me some Christian Slater! LOL! And...

-Dream a Little Dream
-Legend
-Beetlejuice
-Harry and the Hendersons
-Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
-Howard the Duck
-The Neverending Story
-Uncle Buck
-Friday the 13th
-Willow
-Short Circuit
-The Beastmaster

[pewtertm]

Speaking of Christian Slater......Heathers, anyone???

[Joan]

Speaking of Christian Slater......Heathers, anyone???Yes!! LOVE that movie!

Pump Up The Volume is 1990. Another one I absolutely love though.

[Joan]

The Blues Brothers
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Stand By Me
The Big Chill
The Empire Strikes Back
Repo Man
Heathers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Terminator
Indiana Jones trilogy
The Sure Thing
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Beetle Juice
Ghost Busters
Caddyshack
Bull Durham
The Lost Boys
Fright Night
Earth Girls Are Easy
Adventures In Babysitting
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Better Off Dead
Say Anything
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead
Weird Science

I know I'm forgetting a whole bunch. And I do like 16 Candles, Pretty In Pink etc. as well, but tend to like the quirkier and geekier stuff more.

[SamaraGugler]

Who could forget CHRISTMAS VACATION?

[jessica31876]

I just remembered another favorite 80's movie. It is the reason why I love Kenny Rogers sooooo much!! Six Pack...Im not sure it was a huge hit but I remember how much I loved it as a kid. I had this little record player and had a bunch of Kenny Rogers records. You know the ones with a song on each side (cant remember what they were called...45's?)

[Ainwena]

My Favorites:

Goonies
Shag

[alien21xx]

Indiana Jones (all of them ugh! I love Harrison Ford.)
Star Wars
The Neverending Story (I was 8 and in love with Atreyu!)
Terminator (though I love its 90s sequel better John Connor FTW!!!)
Willow

[meganmecrazy]

Man do I wanna watch some of these movies so badly! I own quite a few but there are so many that I don't own that I want to watch like RIGHT NOW! LOL!