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The Wizard
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What 80s films are your "must have"'s? that is what ones wouldn't you ever let go of and what ones are you still trying to get hold of?

Me, I just got "Electric Dreams" which I've been trying to get for a few months now (cost me £10 but that's half what it's going for on eBay) and still trying to get a PAL copy of "RAD" and "Fandango". Recently discovered where to get "The Gods Must Be Crazy" on DVD so will be getting that soon.
Ones in my "must have" collection I won't let go of are Explorers, Howard the Duck, BMX Bandits, Night of the Comet, Breakin', Blade Runner, The Wraith and a pile more I can't think of at the moment.


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Eddie Wilson
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Flight of the Navigator
The Wizard
Little Monsters
Gleaming The Cube
The Burbs
Disoraganized Crime
Crossroads
At Close Range
Eddie & The Cruisers 1,2
The Monster Squad
Invaders From Mars
The Goonies
etc.


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Platoon
Wall Street
Full Metal Jacket
Karate Kid
Back to the Future
Dances With Wolves
Field of Dreams
The Natural
Bull Durham
Best of the Best
Say Anything
One Crazy Summer
Summer School
Risky Business
The Man With One Red Shoe
The Abyss
Adventures in Babysitting
American Flyers
The Breakfast Club.......


Probably 200 others


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Hey I like this..All I have is a handfull of DVDs' that people gave to me as presents and movies I taped off of HBO. If I have any I never would get rid of I'd say:

Campus Man-1987
Tap-1988
The Allnighter-1987
The 'Burbs-1989
The Wizard-1989
No Man's Land-1987
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
48 HRS.-1982
Firstborn-1984
and anything I have with Joan Cusack in it.

I taped 'Stakeout' a few years back but I think my brother in-law's dog decided to steal it and burry it under the deck during our BBQ last year. I love that stupid dog.


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Eddie Wilson
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oh yea, Every 80s John Hughes movies
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The Wizard
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A few more I'd add to my list:

Eddie Murphy Delirious (ok not a film but it's his best comedy ever)
License to Drive
Repo Man
The Blues Brothers
The Goonies
The Last Starfighter
The Lost Boys
The Wizard (trying to get the DVD of this)
Tron
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 1 & 2
Vamp
Young Einstein


With you on the John Hughes collection (and not because I share the same surname as him :). I sorta started this thread as I wanted some ideas of what other films I don't have/haven't watched in a long time that others really like. At last count I have over 160 80s movies and collecting them is becomming horribly addictive!


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Eddie, where is BTTF on your list??? hehe

Mine:

BTTF series
The Hitcher
John Hughes for me too
Karate Kid 1,2


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howdy ladies and gents,
i could never get rid of
Goonies,
Dawn of the Dead,
RAD,
Explorers,
Night of the Creeps,
Thrashin,
Monster Squad,
Repo Man,
Suburbia,
Class of 1984,

I'd say that's my top 10


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Here's my list of movies I have:

Ladyhawke
Waynes World
Blues Brothers
Beverly Hills Cop
Big Trouble in Little China
Blade Runner
Breakfast Club
Delirious (Maybe John Candy's most underrated effort)
Die Hard
Dreamscape
Dune
Electric Dreams
Escape from New York
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Gregory's Girl
Highlander
Indiana Jones (whichever one you like)
Inner Space
No Way Out
Pretty In Pink
Secret Of My Success
Sixteen Candles
Some Kind Of Wonderful
St Elmo's Fire
Stripes
The Sure Thing
Star Trek 2 - 6
Teen Wolf
Terminator
Wargames
When Harry Met Sally
Weird Science

The ones I'm most looking to pick up are Streets Of Fire (thankfuly on it's way to me) and Life Of Brian.


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Eddie Wilson
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Dang, how could I forget the BTTF Trilogy? Its one of my Favs. Thank you McFly for showing me the error of my ways.


oh yea, all of the Corey movies too.


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The Wizard
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Cory Haim, Corey Feldman or both? :)

Been picking one or two Corey films up recently, the 'oddest' Corey film I have is Scuba School, both of them in a film done on a shoestring budget (wondering if they made the film with their own money made from their previous films).


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Am pretty much just building my collection as I only recently realised quite how into 80s movies I am, but I have(and love):
Back to the Future(of course)
Full Metal Jacket
Teen Wolf
Big
Flight of the Navigator
The Breakfast Club
The Lost Boys
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Indiana Jones
Uncle Buck
Stand by me
Terminator
Planes, Trains and Automoblies
Any other vital films anyone can suggest??

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Just one of the Guys (DVD??????)
One Crazy Summer (DVD ?????)
Better Off Dead
Teen Wolf
BTTF
Say Anything
Weird Science
KK1and2
Evil Dead 2
Sixteen Candles
RoboCop
The Last Dragon
Coming to America
Trading Places

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80s Corey stuff only please, hehe.

Haim:

Firstborn (small part)
Silver Bullet
Secret Admirer (small part)
Lucas (his best)

Feldman:

F13, Final Chapter
Gremlins (small part)
Goonies
Stand by Me (maybe his best)

Both:

Lost Boys
License to Drive

Man, those two had it goin' back then. To them each film was probly just another job, but unaware that they would end up in some of the most influental stuff of the decade.


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I had to reach into the vaults and recommend some more treasures...some are so bad they're good...
The Gate
Real Genius
Summer School
Link
Firewalker
Red Sonja
Dragonslayer
Avenging Force
Just One of the Guys
My Man Adam
Over the Top
Out of Bounds

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Ok here goes ;)

The John Hughes Collection!
Valley Girl
Fast Times
Class
Making The Grade
Private School
Risky Business
A Night In The Life of Jimmy Reardon
Can't Buy Me Love
Better Off Dead
Say Anything
St. Elmo's Fire
Mannaquin
Bachelor Party
Rachel Papers
Dirty Dancing


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1.GOONIES
2.LOST BOYS
3.SUPERGIRL
4.RAIN MAN
4.TRADING PLACES
5.MANEQUIEN
6.BACK TO THE FUTURE
7.DONT TELL MOM THE BABY-SITTER'S DEAD
8.WEIRD SCIENCE
9. THE SERECT OF MY SUCCESS
10. BREAKFAST CLUB

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One Dark Night 1983, Thorne-BMI OOP.
The Final Countdown DVD Raise the Titanic DVD, The Wraith DVD
Dreamscape DVD
Conan the Barbarian DVD
Conan the Destroyer DVD
Goliath Awaits 1981
Predator DVD
Predator 2 DVD
Last Starfighter DVD
Looker 1981
Wolfen 1981 DVD
Flashdance DVD
Footloose DVD
Xanadu DVD
Krull DVD
Blade Runner DVD
Back To the Future DVD
Millenium DVD
Mad Max all 3 DVD
Philadelphia Exper. DVD
Phantasm DVD
The Howling DVD
Scanners DVD
Christine DVD
Star Trek all DVD
Eddie & Cruisers DVD
Red Dawn DVD
American Ninja DVD
Zardoz DVD
Iron Eagle DVD

All of the above I own in the various formats.
Total collection= 1,202
DVD. Hundreds more in Vhs tapes. :)


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forgot the Manhattan Project and the Zero Boys
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when harry met sally
all the john hughs films( breakfast club, some kind of wonderful, sixteen candles, pretty in pink,etc.)
overboard
all back to the future films
money pit
funny farm
animal house
my cousin vinny
all john cusack films(better off dead, say anything,etc.)
fast times
steel magnolias
uncle buck
beaches(90s?)
fried green tomatoes
chances are(robert downey's debut and a great song!)
dream a little dream(can't find)
karate kid

and one that is not from the 80s but must be mentioned
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN(mel brooks film)


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Here's my list...

The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Revenge of the Nerds
Porky's
Empire of the Sun
Chances Are
Dirty Dancing
When Harry Met Sally
Witness
Midnight Madness
Mosquito Coast
Hoosiers
Big Chill
Shag
Meatballs
Amadeus

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Here's my list:

1. Revenge of the Nerds
2. About Last Night
3. Nightshift
4. 16 Candles
5. Better off dead
6. Blame it on Rio
7. My Tutor
8. Breakfast Club
9. Pretty in Pink
10. Can't buy me love
11. Valley Girl
12. Motel Hell
13. Christine
14. Young Guns
15. Goonies
16. Vision Quest
17. Top Gun
18. Johnny 99
19. My Chaffeur
20. Porky's
21. Ghostbusters
22. Springbreak
23. Less than Zero

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Id love to own rad
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I'm ashamed to say I have NOTHING!!!!!on DVD at present. Would dearly love Suburbia or The Hunger...anyway, thought I would mention some great movies I have seen that weren't on anyones list. Maybe you all think they are no good, but I'll list them just in case:
Mosquito Coast
Little Nikita
Running on Empty
Dog Fight
The Outsiders
Eddie & The Cruisers
Hotel New Hampshire
Quadrophenia
Amityville Horror
Pumkin Head
Gallipoli
Tuff Turf
Thief of Hearts
Stripes
Caddyshack

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RAD
the outsiders
three o'clock high
the heavenly kid
terminator
predator
karate kid 1&2
conan B&D/Red sonja
lost boys
armed and dangerous
the last dragon
blood sport
kick boxer
harry and the hendersons
fast times @ ridgemont high
goonies
last american virgin
running man
weird science
robocop
lost boys
dirty dancing
stand by me
over the top
and so many more

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