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.
Posted by Eddie Wilson (Member # 169) on :
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.
Posted by noblprz (Member # 999) on :
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
Posted by OConner880 (Member # 415) on :
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.
Posted by Eddie Wilson (Member # 169) on :
oh yea, Every 80s John Hughes movies
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
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!
Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
Eddie, where is BTTF on your list??? hehe
Mine:
BTTF series The Hitcher John Hughes for me too Karate Kid 1,2
Posted by massiveretaliation (Member # 950) on :
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
Posted by P_a_u_l (Member # 1022) on :
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.
Posted by Eddie Wilson (Member # 169) on :
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.
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
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).
Posted by soph_82 (Member # 1125) on :
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??
Posted by star_gazah (Member # 1137) on :
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
Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
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.
Posted by massiveretaliation (Member # 950) on :
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
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
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
Posted by RAY_2003 (Member # 444) on :
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
Posted by Mike Click (Member # 367) on :
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. :)
Posted by massiveretaliation (Member # 950) on :
forgot the Manhattan Project and the Zero Boys
Posted by hzorman (Member # 821) on :
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)
Posted by msbradshaw (Member # 982) on :
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
Posted by PMDJOKER (Member # 1334) on :
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
Posted by jjsacran (Member # 1314) on :
Id love to own rad
Posted by Akita (Member # 1257) on :
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
Posted by jjsacran (Member # 1314) on :
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
Posted by tzeitel (Member # 1307) on :
For the horror fans!
Dawn of the Dead Friday the 13th 1-3 Nightmare on Elm Stree 1 & 3 American Werewolf in London Fright Night Return of the Living Dead (pretty funny!) My Bloody Valentine
Posted by BertSession (Member # 64) on :
Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Goonies RAD Thrashin' Clue <--- How come this one is not on here yet? Back To The Future Trilogy Weird Science Pee-wee's Big Adventure Beetlejuice Spaceballs Stand By Me Indiana Jones Trilogy Labyrinth Star Wars Trilogy
I know there's more, I just can't think of them right now.
Posted by superbrown (Member # 1339) on :
Here are some of the favs from my collection.
Amazon women on the moon (Arsenio Hall scene only) Animal House Bachelor Party Back to the Future Back to School Batman Beetlejuice Big Biloxi Blues Big Shots Bill and Ted's EA Born in East LA Breakfast Club, The Buffy the Vampire Slayer
That does it for the 80's up to theletter "B".
Would like to get a copy of "Rad" and "The Night Before".
Posted by VOGUE (Member # 1347) on :
-Who's That Girl -Desperately Seeking Susan -Sudden Impact -Terminator
Posted by Material girl (Member # 348) on :
Valley Girl Sixteen Candles Pretty In Pink The Breakfast Club Bachelor Party St. Elmos Fire Mannequin Moving Violations Ferris Bueller Wierd Science Can't Buy Me Love Spaceballs Licence to Drive Teen Witch Heathers Dirty Dancing One Crazy Summer
Just to name a few...
Posted by moonbaby345 (Member # 1365) on :
From the 80's movies I own that I could never get rid off are:
The Lost Boys(a big fan of the Corey's) Dream A Little Dream The Burbs Gremlins Critters Plain Trains And Automoblies The Friday The 13th movies Poltergeist Lucas Revenge Of The Nerds(the first one) Chopping Mall Pet Sematary Natinal Lampoon's Vaction National Lampoon's Christmas Vaction And I'm sure their's more but this is all I can think of at the moment.
Movies that I still need to get and some are really hard to find.
The Flight Of The Navigator The Beastmaster Red Sonja License To Drive The Never Ending Story Witchboard Silver Bullett Can't Buy Me Love Cujo Cat's Eye friday The 13th part 2 976-Evil The Ewok Adventure Ghoulies 1 and 2 Funhouse Pretty In Pink
As you can see I still have alot more movies I need!
and more that I can't think off right now.
[ 11. April 2003, 21:06: Message edited by: moonbaby345 ]
Posted by moonbaby345 (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Originally posted by Akita: 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
I love The Amittyville Horror but it's not an 80's movie.It's from 1979.
Posted by GoJoe86 (Member # 1405) on :
All of the John Hughes films - I've actually been to some of the places where some of his movies were filmed; I live near Chicago, IL USA.
Less Than Zero
Vision Quest
Trading Places
48 Hours
The Last Dragon
The Karate Kid
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Reanimator
Killer Party
Urgh! A Music War (contains early footage of the Go Go's)
So many others I can't remember! Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
Glad I started this thread, it's bubbling up a whole heap of 80s favourites I'll have to check out.
Couple more to add to my list:
Paperhouse Rock & Rule The Go-Kids aka Frog Dreaming aka The Quest
Still trying to find a PAL copy of "RAD" and "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure"
Posted by necron99 (Member # 1404) on :
Some of my favorites not posted yet.... The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Sword and the Sorcerer Time Bandits Willow Firstblood The Princess Bride Remo Williams Heavy Metal The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Posted by retrokitty (Member # 1384) on :
Here are my must-haves and never will part list:
Lost Boys Absolute Beginners Blue Velvet The Last American Virgin Some Kind of Wonderful Valley Girl Pretty in Pink Porky's All the Right Moves Flashdance Lucas Electric Dreams Brazil A Chorus Line Tuff Turf C.H.U.D. Creepshow Dogs in Space Eraserhead Liquid Sky Heathers Thank God It's Friday (Terri Nunn of Berlin as a Disco Queen) Pump Up the Volume The Legend of Billie Jean Sid and Nancy Naked Lunch Suburbia War Games White Nights
I also must mention "Nightmare Before Christmas" even though it was made in the 90s.
![[Confused]](confused.gif)