Do you love 80's movies?

[masterofsparks]

Requiem for a Dream is possibly the most despicably awful movie I've ever seen.  Not just in its negative nellie subject matter, but that awful MTV-style fast cut video editing.  A hideous marriage of Todd Solondz and Guy Ritchie.

I didn't think the movie was as bad as all of that, but then again it's based on one of my favorite novels ever.

[Martin]

The first movie to tackle racism, Mississippi Burning is as fiery intense as it is rupturously dramatic. Jean Hackman and Willem Dafoe are gutbustingly vicious in their role as FBI agent on the loose in Missisippi, which is positively Burning up with racial tension after a crime,

[Stan]

 The movie that helped end the cold war:



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[KickTheBobo]

One of my favorite lines in film:


"Avenge Me!"

[Fido]

I guess my list is a grab bag without any particular theme:

Repo Man
My Life As A Dog
Hannah And Her Sisters
Goodfellas (that might have been the early 90s)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (don't love this one now)
I liked Spike Lee's movies back in those days. 
Down By Law and Mystery Train
Yep, I drank the Jim Jarmusch kool-aid, down to the last drop.

And how tastes change over time: I loved My Dinner With Andre and Sex, Lies and Videotape at the time.

I'm pretty sure I have selective memory about the whole decade, but I know I was just so glad when the decade was over.

Wasn't a big fan of the John Hughes oeuvre, then or now, but I know it played a pretty big part in my experience of those years.

[jbissell]

How has Scar-Face not been mentioned yet?

[ian]

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Personal favorite.

[Miss]

As a little girl I loved Dirty Dancing, Labyrinth, Princess Bride, and La Bamba.

As a big girl I love They Live, The Thing and Die Hard. I'm sure I'm missing a ton of stuff, but those are pretty major.

[Fido]

I thought of Buckaroo Bonzai a while later too... glad you mentioned it Ian.

[dania]

Blue Velvet cannot be denied.

[ian]

Aw, sure it can!

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[jbissell]

PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE; RAGING BULL; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK; THE GOONIES; THE PRINCESS BRIDE; THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; ALIENS; THE SHINING; BLOOD SIMPLE; RAISING ARIZONA; BLADE RUNNER; DIE HARD; BACK TO THE FUTURE; BREAKIN'; THE THING; GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES; A CHRISTMAS STORY; BRAZIL; PURPLE RAIN; GATES OF HEAVEN; SUPERMAN II; THE THIN BLUE LINE; VIDEODROME; A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET; THE KARATE KID; THIS IS SPINAL TAP; EVIL DEAD 2; HOOSIERS; GI JOE: THE MOVIE; ROBOCOP; WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?; BATMAN; SAY ANYTHING...; BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE; FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF; BEVERLY HILLS COP

THESE ARE 80S MOVIES I ENJOY

[cutout]

I know most of Revenge of the Nerds by heart, especially Lamar's rap.

[jbissell]

I totally forgot about Gymkata.

[octopus volcano]