whats your top 5 movies of the 80s??? - About Last Night... (1986) Discussion

[–] chrismorkos 18 years ago

i havent seen sixteen candles but here its a classic.

1. top gun
2. breakfast club
3. karate kid
4. about last night
5. st elmos fire.
6. coming to america.

but really this list can change once i watch new movies from the 80s.
they are top 6 forsure at the present time.

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[–] yesterdaysman_2000 18 years ago

1. St. Elmo's Fire
2. Less Than Zero
3. About Last Night
4. The Breakfast Club
5. Say Anything

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[–] Bulldog12992 18 years ago

goonies
breakfast club
nightmare on elm street
friday the 13th
outsiders

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[–] Augusto-Venegas-1 18 years ago

My favorite 1980's movies:
1) Platoon- Realistic drama on Vietnam War.
2) Blade Runner- Unique sci-fi action and romance.
3) Tootsie- Romantic Comedy.
4) An Officer and a Gentleman- Drama & Romance.
5) About Last Night- Relunctant Romance in 80's.

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[–] xsvsomeone 18 years ago

Top Gun, for sure! What girl didn't want to be Charlie, smart, pretty, didn't take any c*!p..."she's a civilian so you do not salute her; but you better listen to her 'cause the Pentagon does" (or something like that!)

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[–] shannongr 18 years ago

Here goes (i'm a newbie here)

1. Valley Girl
2. Sixteen Candles
3. Pretty in Pink
4. Blues Brothers
5. The Breakfast Club

many more, but off the top of my head...

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[–] chrismorkos 18 years ago

everyone loves the breakfast club hey.

what a classic.

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[–] sambuca 18 years ago

off the top of my head:

1. Electric Dreams
2. Top Secret!
3. Blues Brothers
4. Romancing the Stone
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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6. Die Hard
7. Dirty Dancing
8. Local Hero
9. The Terminator
10.Trading Places

*List to be updated, subject to me being in the right state of mind....

What a great decade this was! Just the right balance of innocence and absurdity. Boy do I miss the 80s! :((

There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who can do maths, and those who can't.

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[–] onetreehill_lvr128 18 years ago

hmmm this is a toughy

(this isnt in any particualr order bc i couldnt pick!!)

The Outsiders
St Elmos Fire
Dirty Dancing
FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF(now THATS a classic!!! gotta love ferris bueller)
Risky Business
Top Gun
About Last Night

i know thats not 5 but its a few great ones!!!

backseat, windows up...

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[–] supernova1001 18 years ago

what about..... Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop I & II, Mannequin, Back to the future, Rocky III and IV Ghostbusters and so on...... I´m so in love with the 80´s. What a great decade this was. The 80´s music was also so fantastic.

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[–] onetreehill_lvr128 18 years ago

oh i do love me some michael j fox in the Back to the Futuresssss

backseat, windows up...

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[–] unholyinferno 13 years ago

1. Hero at Large (1980)
2. Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
3. Fletch (1985)
4. Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
5. Road House (1989)

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[–] con_fuego_baby 18 years ago

St Elmo's Fire
About Last Night
The Breakfast Club
Can't Buy Me Love
Top Gun

Hey, that monkey's got a Ross on his ass!

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[–] buenahonda 18 years ago

Goonies
Gremlins
The Burbs
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Return of the Jedi

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[–] liednangel 17 years ago

There are great movies of those times, but my choice is the following list:
-An officer and gentleman (Richard Gere and Debra Winger)
-Sixteen candles
-St Elmo´s fire
-Dirty dancing
-Footloose

P.S (I´m sorry for this painful process, I wish you to get well and be happy again)

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[–] dunbar7 17 years ago

5) The Sure Thing
4) About Last Night...
3) Nothing In Common
2) The Breakfast Club
1) Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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[–] kobem 16 years ago

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Top Secret!
3. Stripes
4. Platoon
5. Back to the Future

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[–] hopefin2000 16 years ago

About Last Night
St. Elmo's Fire
The Breakfast Club
16 Candles
Nightmare on Elm Street (1'st one)

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[–] bluestrat70 16 years ago

no on said my number one. but there's the really early 80's top five then the later years so i have two top 5's of the 80's

1. Caddyshack
2. Stripes
3. Airplane
4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
5. The Blues Brothers

Mid 80's
1. Sixteen Candles
2. Breakfast Club
3. Bachelor Party
4. The Big Chill
5. Johnny Dangerously

"everything i say, by definition, is a promise." CARMINE SABATINI -(The Freshman)

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[–] missindependent86 16 years ago

1 Mannequin
2 About Last Night
3 Flashdance
4 St Elmo's Fire
5 Breakfast Club
6 Pretty in Pink

I couldn't help but add one more!!! The funny thing is I was born in 86-either not born or a toddler when these movies were out...

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[–] ldddhunter 16 years ago

1 the breakfast club
2 sixteen candles
3 st. elmo's fire
4 about last night
5 last american virgin

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