Best 80's movies?

Posted by: Jonathan Gorse on 27 April 2009

Well, probably something to do with turning 40 last month but have been enjoying a bit of a retro movie fest of late and picking up all those 80's movies I loved in my youth on DVD.

The ones I have enjoyed most include:
Can't buy me love with Jason Dempsey and the simply adorable Amanda Peterson who I recall was my fantasy date back then!
Ferris Bueller's day off - classic - did this film develop my 'slacker' tendencies!
Top Gun - loved it ever since it came out - flew last week with an ex Tornado pilot and asked him how easy his job made chatting up girls in a bar and he said none of them ever believed him when he said he was a fighter pilot so it didn't help at all!
Sleepless In Seattle - great film to share with your partner

So anyone else care to recommend any favourites???

Jonathan

Posted on: 05 May 2009 by Simon Perry

Breaker Morant is indeed an excellent film.
Gandhi had a big effect on me as a 13 year old.
Manhunter is a bit of a classic.
A vampire film needs to appear in any such list, so as it's the 80s, I will pick Near Dark. Maybe The Hunger.
How about Scarface?
But my personal fave is Blade Runner. Surely the best SF film ever.
I think the films of Paul Verhoeven are worth their own thread. I quite like some of 'em. I think there is a liberal message in there, mixed with some offensive materially. He clearly enjoys offending people. Part of this is shaped by the experiences of people close to him in German-occupied Holland in WW2.
Cheers

Posted on: 05 May 2009 by fixedwheel

quote:
Originally posted by munch:
Gandhi,
Was great in that film.
But he never did anything after that?

Well, he was getting on a bit.

John