What are some good movies from the 80's for someone who is just starting to watch them?

Question

Besides Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buehler's Day Off and Mystic Pizza.

Answer 1

For action/adventure, you can't beat Terminator, Aliens, Predator, Highlander, Conan the Barbarian, and Batman.

For 80's comedies, Better Off Dead with John Cusack is a must if you have a taste for absurd, oddball humor. Airplane!, Caddyshack, and the first Ghostbusters movie are keepers. I'd also suggest Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with Steve Martin and the late John Candy.

If you want a little romance, Romancing the Stone (Michael Douglas) is a fun movie, and Vision Quest (Matthew Modine Linda Fiorentino) is a very sweet coming of age story. Body Heat isn't exactly a romance in the typical sense, but it is an excellent - and very steamy - film noir/murder mystery film.

For drama, there's Platoon, Scarface, Wall Street, and Full Metal Jacket, for starters. Bad Boys with Sean Penn and Esai Morales (not the later 90's movie with Martin Lawrence) is a very gritty, very well done movie about life in juvenile lockup.

If you like old school horror, Nightmare on Elm Street is an 80's classic, and you might like Hellraiser. An American Werewolf in London is a comedy/horror crossover, and a great little movie.

For the full 80's "cheezy but still great fun" experience, you have to check out Red Dawn, Top Gun, The Last Dragon, and the raunchy comedy Bachelor Party (with a very young Tom Hanks).

Finally, for epic, Oscar-worthy fare from the 80s, I'd go with the following, Raging Bull, The Last Emperor, and Empire of the Sun.

Answer 2

Breakfast Club
Goonies
Lost Boys

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Answer 3

The Breakfast Club
Halloween

Answer 4

The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Pretty in Pink.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The Goonies
The Lost Boys
Back to the Future
Just One of the Guys
Can't Buy Me Love
Karate Kid
Indiana Jones

Answer 7

Cannibal Holocaust

Answer 8

Raging Bull

Answer 9

I'm not sure if this movie is from the 80's, it might be early 90's but Hackers is a pretty sweet movie you could check out.

Answer 10

Gremlins