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Hordak
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Was it 1989 or slightly later (in reality)? Obviously I'm talking about the style of movie-making you saw over various genres/franchises in the late 1980's as this, for me, seemed to continue into the 90's perhaps as far as early/mid '91. I personally consider all of the following to be honorary 80's movies but what do u think??

Another 48 Hours
AWOL
Back To The Future Pt 3
Bird On A Wire
Bonfire Of The Vanities
Days Of Thunder
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Flatliners
Ghost
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Highlander 2: The Quickening
Home Alone
Jacob's Ladder
Memphis Belle
Nightbreed
Predator 2
Pretty Woman
Quick Change
RoboCop 2
Rocky 5
Three Men & A Little Lady
Total Recall
Wild At Heart

IMO Silence of the Lambs & T2 were the first films to really scream "NINETIES", but this is just my opinion so would really like to hear the views of others on here.

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H.

(PS. apologies if this thread's been done a million times already! [Roll Eyes] [Wink] )

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Duckie
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Hey Hordak, great topic..

Personally I think that Ghost, Pretty Woman and Three Men and a Little Lady seemed very 80's.. particularly Ghost.

As for Home Alone, that one seems kind of 90's to me.

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RiverPhoenix4life
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I agree w/ practically the whole list. Just FYI, but The Back To The Future Movies II and III were made at the same time in the 80's... cuz the filmmakers thought Michael J was startin to look too old. go figure! In my opinion, I think empire Records(1995) really captures the true essence of an 80's film. great cast, great movie... one of my favs! [Big Grin]
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Great topic, Hordak! I totally agree with you. I have one that seemed so eighties, that a lot of people on this site think that it came out in the eighties. Don't Tell Mom - The Babysitter's Dead came out in 1991 and I think it is litterally jampacked with eighties culture and style.

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Buddy's Song, anyone? The film that starred Chesney Hawkes and launched his singing career. I think that it has a quite 80s style. And another one I'd consider is Only The Lonely with John Candy and Ally Sheady.
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Hordak
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Hey thanks 4 the replies every1, first thread & all, appreciated! :-)

@ RiverPhoenix4life - can't say I've seen this Empire Records flick but from what u say it sounds like a top movie; will deffo seek it out thanks [Smile]

@ willman85 - make that 2 with Only The Lonely, tho something tells me I've seen this already & can't quite recall it... [Frown] [Roll Eyes]

Anyhow cheers! [Smile]

PS. Just thought of another, '12:01' (1993), a time-travel flick similar to Groundhog Day starring Jonathan Silverman & Helen Slater. Not sure it's that well known (might've been a TV movie??), still it has an unmistakable 80's vibe to it just from the two leads if nothing else, well worth checking out [Cool]

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Devolution here,
But movie wise I think we officially knew it was the 90's when the movie Singles came out. The soundtrack was something we had never heard before, and grunge and getting old took over for pop and teens.

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rocksteadyflamethrower

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Well, if you want to be technical, the year 1980 was the last year of the 70s, and the year 1990 was the last year of the 80s.

I'd agree with the choices on your list, and I would also toss in "New Jack City", "The Last Boy Scout", "Wayne's World" and "Demolition Man" as 80s-type movies.

For me, the 90s truly came to the movies when Spielberg made "Schindler's List" in 1993. From there on out, with the exception of "Jurassic Park: The Lost World", the movies he directed were for adult audiences. He would only executive-produce escapist entertainment, and even then, he would stop that around 1997's "Men In Black". Back in the 80s, his production company Amblin Entertainment was doing 4 or 5 movies a year. Nowadays, 1 or 2, and they're always Dreamworks movies.

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John Kilduff...The Rock Steady Flamethrower

If 1980 was the last year of the 70s, then the critics' pick for best movie of the 80s ("Raging Bull") wasn't even made in that decade. Then again, critics hate the 80s altogether.

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