In the fine tradition of the AFI 100 Years, 100 Movies lists, I think that we should make a list of the Top 100 Movies Of The 80s. I feel that this decade was a wonderful time for movies. If I could get assistance from the higher-ups of this fine board, maybe we could make this a poll, and then possibly make a TV special out of the results. We need a list of potential nominees first. I could probably think of a few dozen off the top of my head (Some of these are personal favorites that I feel are representative of the decade, while others are those that have been acknowledged by many media types as being defining of the era):

"The Breakfast Club"
"16 Candles"
"Pretty In Pink"
"Working Girl"
"Beverly Hills Cop"
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
"Flashdance"
"Footloose"
"The Great Muppet Caper"
"The Muppets Take Manhattan"
"Krush Groove"
"Stop Making Sense"
"Desperately Seeking Susan"
"Lethal Weapon"
"Earth Girls Are Easy"
"The Blues Brothers"
"Spaceballs"
"Fast Times At Ridgemont High"
"The Wild Life"
"Streets Of Fire"
"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"
"Tapeheads"
"Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird"
"Back To The Future"
"E.T"
The "Indiana Jones" trilogy
"Gremlins"
"The Goonies"
"Better Off Dead"
"Revenge Of The Nerds"
"UHF"

More suggestions are welcome. I would really like to work on this project, and perhaps I might have support from this board and its members.


Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Cool idea...we'll see what Sal has to say http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif In the meantime, here's a few more additions:

"The Empire Strikes Back"
"Porky's"
"Return of the Jedi"
"Ghostbusters"
"The Karate Kid"
"Crocodile Dundee"
"Top Gun"
"Good Morning, Vietnam"
"Coming to America"
"Die Hard"
"Batman"

Just to name a few http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif

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Hey! I like this idea.. I don't know how much I could contribute though. Although I can add ONE: St. Elmo's Fire.. Right? I never saw it, but I've heard about it. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif Sure, let's get this going. We can work it out somehow.. Who else can think of some 80s movies that defined the decade which are NOT listed up above?

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thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

You've never seen St. Elmo's Fire? Oh, my! You are missing one of the greatest movies EVER!!! Go, Run, get to Blockbuster and rent it my man!


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Funny you should mention St. Elmo's Fire....I had just flipped on the tube one night (forget when) and there it was...I only got to see like the last hour of it...wasn't bad. It had this kick ass instrumental at the end though that I ended up making a MIDI for http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif Well, maybe not exactly kick ass, but I liked it http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif Gave me something to do on the 'ol keyboard http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

I'm gonna have to set up a spot for my original MIDI at my 80sXchange site at some point...

ANYWAY, now that I've gotten completely off topic, a few more movies as they pop into my mind:

"A Nightmare on Elm Street"
"Child's Play"
"Rocky IV"
"Rambo: First Blood pt. 2"
"Trading Places"
"Legend"
"Labrynth"
"The Terminator"
"Bloodsport"

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Wow, I think you guys have named all of the best ones. I was going to add St. Elmo's Fire, but I got beat. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif
The only other one I have to offer is Xanadu. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif
Wait, was Dirty Dancing up there somewhere?

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Don't forget Mannequin!! And Disney's Little Mermaid (1989) (Hey, it's one of their best!) and E.T. if no one else already said so.

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You didn't mention "The Neverending Story"
I'm sorry, I..I...have to http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00buaaah.gif go do something.

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<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">This message has been edited by ReagansRenegade on 01-19-2001 at 08:35 AM</font>

Oh my God! I can't believe we forgot it! Also, "Real Genius"!! Geez! Val Kilmer's finest, I might add...

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Here are 5 more movies to add to the list:

"Purple Rain"
"Caddyshack"
"Repo Man"
"Into The Night"
"Back To School"

Oh, wait, how 'bout these?:

"Ruthless People"
"Outrageous Fortune"
"Down And Out In Beverly Hills"
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
"Adventures In Babysitting"
"Amazon Women On The Moon"
"Airplane!"
"The Naked Gun"
"Dirty Dancing" (mentioned for Astrogirl)
"Tango & Cash"

This could be big!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Reagen...I am soooooo ashamed of not remembering that one...it's one of my favorites! (I'm a fantasy buff http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif )

A few more...(I hope I'm not repeating):

"Stir Crazy"
"Stripes"
"Twins"
"An Officer and a Gentleman"
"War Games"
"Rain Man"
"The Color Purple"
"Driving Miss Daisy"
"Fatal Attraction"
"Three Men and a Baby"
"The Untouchables"
"Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"

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"Wall Street"
"Broadcast News"
"Body Double"
"A Christmas Story"
"Flight Of The Navigator"
"Supergirl"
"The Chipmunk Adventure"
"The Last Dragon"
"Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
"The Hunger"
"Cocktail"
"The Color Of Money"
"Xanadu" (to make it official)

Rock the 80s!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Did anyone say Explorers yet? How about Toy Soldiers?

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AstroGirl

I hope I'm not alone on this one, how about "The Last American Virgin."

Here are some more:

"48 Hours"
"About Last Night"
"Arthur"
"Brewster's Millions"
"Bustin' Loose"
"Can't Buy Me Love"
"The Cannonball Run"
"Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams"
"Class"
"Electric Dreams"
"The Final Countdown"
"Fletch"
"Heavy Metal"
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
"National Lampoon's Vacation"
"Police Academy"
"Risky Business"
"Say Anything"
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
"Teachers"
"Twilight Zone: The Movie"
"Up the Academy" (This is probably just me)
"Urban Cowboy"
"Valley Girl"
"Weird Science"

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HOLD ON! Ok, as of outofplacechild's last post, we hit the 100 mark. I made a list of those first 100... CLICK HERE (http://roemello.80sxchange.com/movielist.html) to check that out. Now we have to decide which from the current list get replaced with the new suggestions. (keep in mind, this will only be updated on weekends due to my busy weekday schedule).

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Wow! That was a quick 100! Here is Roemello's link in case you missed it:

http://roemello.80sxchange.com/movielist.html

Wow! Okay, how are we going to arrange this list? And should more be added and some be replaced? AstroGirl and TJ added some more.. Are they being left out? We should probably bring the list to 200 and weed out 101-200 to finish it off...

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thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

Am I blind or did I miss RED DAWN, VISION QUEST and EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS? Three of my favorites! Was THE OUTSIDERS there?

Ron

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If it weren't for my horse, I would have never spent that year in college!

Hmm. The Outsiders. That was a good movie.. Now, of course Red Dawn.. That was an amazing movie! I hope that was on the list. If not, we'll have to add it.. can't forget that one. Or The Outsiders.. Eddie and the Cruisers.. Not sure if I remember that one... The list grows...

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The loneliness just fades away
thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

That sounds good, Sal. We can make it a 200-movie list, and then weed out from there the 100 movies that best captured the 80s. If I had known that there would be more than 100 possible nominees, I would have said something. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Sal. Now, let's start the addinghttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

No one mentioned Blade Runner. :crying2 It is <u> THE </u> Best Science Fiction movie ever, but especially of the 80's! It is so good! Harrison Ford rocks in this. If you haven't seen it you must run out and rent it! I love that movie.

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200?! This is gonna be biiiiiig http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Ok, I'll add another column when I get the chance http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Ok, peeps! I got the list updated and increased to the 200 capacity http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif We still got more spots open! The listing is alphabetical so you can easily find out if your fave has been added or not.

Once again, here's the list URL: http://roemello.80sxchange.com/movielist.html

The table's kinda ugly, but oh well...I just threw it together as quick as I could http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif

I was thinking....to break this down to a top 100 after we get 200 total picks, we could make the top 100 by doing a kind of VH1's "The List" kinda thing. Here's how it could work...Ok, we get 10 panel members (which can basically be the first ten to contribute to this list). Each panel member chooses 10 movies to dump off the list, leaving us with 100. If any movies that get dumped that obviously should'nt have been, then we'll do a little fixing up of the list afterwards.

So.....what do ya think?

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I started this concept, and now I'll throw some more films on the screen:

-"Moonstruck"
-"The Road Warrior"
-"Do The Right Thing"
-"The Princess Bride"
-"Young Sherlock Holmes"
-"Beetlejuice"
-"Victor/Victoria"
-"Pennies From Heaven"
-"Big"
-"This Is Spinal Tap"
-"When Harry Met Sally..."
-"A Fish Called Wanda"
-"Terms Of Endearment"
-"Scrooged"
-"The Running Man"
-"Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
-"Tough Guys"
-"Back To The Future II"
-"A View To A Kill"

Let's keep 80s movies alive!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Wow! This is great. I'm going to add a link to this topic on the front page.. Maybe when I get back from the hospital, this will be the first thing I work on...

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time won't forget what you meant to me

hi there! hope i'm doing this right now so what are the latest addition to the list? i tried to come up with my own but it seems almost all of them are already in how about "stand and deliver" and also "lean on me"? those two are quite good too have a nice day!

Hey now...can't forget these movies...

Stand By Me...all time favorites
The Goonies
The Lost Boys
Rocky 4

Hehe, well sorry about my list...I didnt realize 2 of the ones I had said were already mentioned, but yeah...STAND BY ME and THE LOST BOYS!!!

Don't worry, LittleMascara! We can use all the input we get. You gave us a couple of ideas so you're helping out. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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thoughts of you just memories
no cryin now for what we're missin
time won't forget what you meant to me

The flood of flicks continues! Here's a few more to put on the list:

-"Frantic"
-"The Shining"
-"Ordinary People"
-"Raging Bull"
-"An American Werewolf In London"
-"Tootsie"
-"Poltergeist" (Don't know if this has been suggested already)
-"Somewhere In Time" (for concan14, to make it official)
-"Eating Raoul"
-"The King Of Comedy"
-"Conan The Barbarian" and "Conan The Destroyer"
-"The Outsiders" (Has this been mentioned?)
-"Scarface"
-"Romancing The Stone"
-"Roxanne"
-"Splash"
-"Brazil"
-"Witness"
-"Lost In America"
-"Mona Lisa"
-"Blue Velvet"
-"Sid & Nancy"
-"The Color Of Money"
-"Something Wild"
-"9 1/2 Weeks"
-"Platoon"
-"Full Metal Jacket"
-"Manhunter"
-"Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure"

Soon, film history will be made!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

I forgot one more movie:

"At Close Range" (Sean Penn, Christopher Walken and a haunting song from Madonna...Ya gotta love it!)

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Just when I thought I was done, my mind delivers another film to the fore:

"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (80s spoof of 70s blaxploitation)

This list will be a testament to the power of Big 80s film-making!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

I have a few more films to add:

-"Night Shift"
-"Do The Right Thing"
-"The Toxic Avenger"
-"Playing For Keeps"
-"My Science Project"

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

How about:

-"Heathers"
-"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
-"O.C and Stiggs"
-"Feds"
-"Ernest Goes To Camp"
-"Videodrome"
-"Beer"
-"Modern Girls"
-"Bull Durham"
-"The Man With Two Brains" (Did we mention this?)
-"For Your Eyes Only"
-"A Fish Called Wanda" (If we haven't mentioned this, this must be on the list!)
-"Married To The Mob" (Did we mention this?)
-"Police Academy"
-"Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life"
-"Mr. Mom"
-"Colors"
-"Diner"
-"Evil Dead"
-"Dead Ringers"
-"RoboCop"
-"First Blood"
-"Escape From New York"
-"Commando"
-"Predator"
-"Iron Eagle"
-"Sudden Impact"
-"Angel Heart"
-"Reform School Girls"
-"Hollywood Shuffle"
-"The Mighty Quinn"
-"Dune"
-"The Lair Of The White Worm" (Only saw the poster for this film. It looked pretty 80s!)
-"Clue"
-"Vibes"
-"Splash"
-"The Accused"
-"Big Trouble In Little China"
-"Little Shop Of Horrors"
-"Action Jackson"
-"Throw Momma From The Train"
-"sex, lies and videotape"
-"Alien Nation"
-"Less Than Zero"
-"Short Circuit"
-"Tron"
-"Crimes Of Passion"
-"Bachelor Party"
-"Volunteers"
-"Dragnet"
-"The Money Pit"
-"Stakeout"
-"Turner And Hooch"
-"The Burbs"

That's that...for now? Thanks to this list in itself, I think I've spiked the master list over the 200 mark! Oh, boy!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Oh boy. I'm getting lost and dizzy! Is anyone else still keeping this list going? I've gotta check out Roem's page!

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I think you've gone above and beyond the 200 spike...I'll update the list today with the new additions...at least the ones that fit http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif

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Ok, I updated the list, but I just noticed I forgot to add some that were posted on 2/2 by outofplacechild. They won't all fit anyway as there's only 10 slots remaining at the moment. I think it's about time to start cutting some off the list...

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In reading the more recent posts I saw a movie on there and I can't believe I had forgotten about it...like one of my other favorites...GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN...great movie!!

Come on now...how can Stand By Me and Lost Boys both not make this list?? hehe.

Roemello...If you can, add "Lost Boys" and "Stand By Me" to the list. They must be made official! Also, I still say that we should add "Somewhere In Time".

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Okay, well maybe we should start cutting off titles before adding in any more. This way, we'll have some more room for important ones. Maybe those ones that were recently mentioned should go in. But that's it for now.. Who's in charge of the knockoff stick? Or do we elect people? http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//hammer.gif

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i suggest that we first put the criteria on how to get the top 100 films of the 80's like how much money it earned, the number of Oscars it got, critically acclaimed, breakthrough film for an actor, actress or director, historical relevance, politically motivated, trendsetting, revolutionary in terms of high tech film making, etc... we are looking for top 100 so this kinda looks complicated in terms of personal choice on whoever is gonna decide on this one... i suggest that the nominated films should be categorize first in terms of its genre i.e. "officer and a gentleman" (drama) or top gun (action) ... then from there pick out the strong ones in each category in terms of popularity first (box office and awards wise) then whatever is left of it is where the problem lies how do you choose them? this sounds exciting and i hope we got to see the 100 films of the 80's on this board it really sounds exciting...can't wait

I'm in the process of making my own personal top 50 for my site...kind of a side venture on my part http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I'll still work with this one though. I know what the top 10 grossing films were for each year if that helps any...also know how much they grossed (if that's even relevant http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif).

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that's very interesting roe do you think all the top ten or top 20 highest grossing films of the decade are all shoo in for the top 100? i sure would like to know the top 10 most watched film in terms of box office strength

You asked for it....you got it! The 10 top grossing films for each year of the 80's (minus the actual figures):

1980
1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Superman II
3. Nine to Five
4. Stir Crazy
5. Airplane!
6. Coal Miners Daughter
7. Smokey and the Bandit II
8. The Blues Brothers
9. Friday the 13th
10. Caddyshack

1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. On Golden Pond
3. Porky's
4. Arthur
5. Stripes
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. The Cannonball Run
8. Time Bandits
9. Absence of Malice
10. Fort Apache, The Bronx

1982
1. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
2. Tootsie
3. An Officer and a Gentleman
4. Rocky III
5. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
6. Poltergeist
7. 48 Hrs.
8. The Verdict
9. The Toy
10. Firefox

1983
1. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
2. Terms of Endearment
3. Flashdance
4. Trading Places
5. WarGames
6. Octopussy
7. Sudden Impact
8. Mr. Mom
9. Staying Alive
10. Risky Business

1984
1. Ghostbusters
2. Beverly Hills Cop
3. Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom
4. Gremlins
5. The Karate Kid
6. Police Academy
7. Footloose
8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
9. Romancing the Stone
10. Splash

1985
1. Back to the Future
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II
3. Rocky IV
4. The Color Purple
5. Out of Africa
6. Cocoon
7. Witness
8. The Goonies
9. Police Academy 2
10. A View to a Kill

1986
1. Top Gun
2. Crocodile Dundee
3. Platoon
4. The Karate Kid Part II
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
6. Back to School
7. Aliens
8. The Golden Child
9. Ruthless People
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1987
1. Three Men and a Baby
2. Fatal Attraction
3. Beverly Hills Cop II
4. Good Morning, Vietnam
5. Moonstruck
6. The Untouchables
7. The Secret of My Success
8. Stakeout
9. Lethal Weapon
10. The Witches of Eastwick

1988
1. Rain Man
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
3. Coming to America
4. Big
5. Twins
6. Crocodile Dundee II
7. Die Hard
8. Cocktail
9. The Naked Gun
10. Oliver and Company

1989
1. Batman
2. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
3. Lethal Weapon II
4. Look Who's Talking
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
6. Back to the Future Part II
7. Ghostbusters II
8. The Little Mermaid
9. Driving Miss Daisy
10. Parenthood

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I submit the movie "The sure Thing". It starred John Cussack in 1986/87. Any man that drives across the entire country to get laid is top shelf. We have a lot in common.

Well, the list sure is long, but I must mention "Top Secret" from -84 starring a young Val Kilmerhttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

The first one that came to my mind was "The adventures of Ford Fairlane" Although made in the 80s, it was released 1990http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//CRYING2.gif So... I guess it doesn't qualify to this listhttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//crying.gif

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Ahh, I dunno.. Sometimes we include stuff from the very early 90s into the 80s. Bands like Firehouse and Slaughter were big in the 90s but they still sang 80s music. The Wedding Singer is an 80s movie.. So, you see how it works. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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UM, not to challenge your sources Roem, but I am quite sure the year that RETURN TO THE FUTURE was out, that PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE was a top 10 flick.

Anybody else think this too, or am I mad?

Ron

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Pee Wee's Big Adventure grossed 40,900,000. A View to a Kill, positioned at #10, grossed 50,100,000. So Pee Wee was close, but no cigar...

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As I have added many movies to the list, I must subtract a few to make way for more essential choices. Many good suggestions have come up after my 80s movie bender an archive or two back, so without further ado, out these movies go:

"The Toxic Avenger"
"The Burbs"
"Sex, Lies and Videotape"
"Mr. Mom"
"Driving Miss Daisy"
"Beer"
"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka"
"Dead Ringers"
"Angel Heart"

These movies are the only ones I can think of to eliminate at this moment. With these 9 gone, plus 10 already vacant slots, that means we can add 19 more movies indicative of the decade. If anybody wants to discuss these choices http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//fight.gif, I'm all ears, or keys, or whatever http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//rolleyes.gif

By the way, I agree that we could add a few movies from 1990 if we can permit space!

Rock on!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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Okay.. nobody has mentioned my favorite movie from the 80's... BEETLEJUICE !!!

I loved that movie!!

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SAL IS GOD !!!

Later!! Tina

*hands Tina a gun* Ok, shoot me now... http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif I can't believe I forgot that one! Definitely an 80's classic in my opinion http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I can't believe that.. I have that on tape and didn't remember to add it... http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif

I'm not sure if I should hold off on updating the list or not just yet....not sure if anyone will dispute some of the movies chosen to get dumped or not. I will add BeetleJuice, Lost Boys, and Stand by Me to make those "official" for Tina and outofplacechild http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Those will probably stick on the finalized list.

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i'm not sure if " Dead Poets Society" is a;ready in the list this one also deserves a nomination

Ok, the list has been slightly updated.

ADDED
- The Lost Boys
- Stand By Me
- BeetleJuice
- Dead Poet's Society

DROPPED
- Beer (I don't think there'll be any disputing that decision http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif )

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When we get rid of a few more movies, I think we should add the following title:

"Against All Odds"

Just A Suggestion!

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

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"If you don't give up and don't give in, you may just be okay"-Mike And The Mechanics

Did anyone list "My Bodyguard" yet?

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thoughts of you just memories
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time won't forget what you meant to me

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but it should be on any top 100 list. "Manhunter" was a totally gnarly, tepid thriller. I thought the guy who played Hannibal Lector was as good as Anthony Hopkins. Yes, that's right. It was a prelude to 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'Hannibal.'

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Anyone mention "The Last Dragon" starring vanity or "Never Too Young To Die" also starring vanity and also John Stamos and Gene Simmons.

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Has anyone given any thought as to what the selection criterions are? http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif And who gets to pick & choose? Would it be possible to set it up so that we could vote for our favourites? We could "nominate" movies and then vote for our 10 (or 20 if 10 is too limiting) favourite movies...just a though anyway http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I'll be contributing to the list shortly - consider yourselves warned http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif

More nominees for movies....
Some of the Friday the 13th's..2,3,or even #4
Halloween 1 or 2
Jaws 2..just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water
Just One of the Guys
Manhatten Project
The Hitcher
Secret Admirer
National Lampoon's Vacation..(duh!)
Wildcats
Creepshow
Christine
Children of the Corn
Summer School
Big Chill

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I can't believe you forgot to put Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan on the list....f'n mind boggling.

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I didn't see "The Sure Thing" on a list... best quote..
"nick thats a good name..he's your bud, he's your pal, the kind of guy that you can puke in his car and he won't care"

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Who could forget the phrase, "Two men enter, one man leaves."

What? No one has mentioned "Highlander"? This is one of my all time favorite movies. You had action, adventure, romance and even humor. This is a product of the 80's that has definitely stood the test of time. But! That's just MHO.

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If I'm here and your here doesn't that make it our time?

Maybe I've missed it, but what about "My stepmother is an alien" or at least I think it's called like that. You know, Kim Basinger and Dan Akroyd (sorry about Dan's last name, I can't spell it right).

Ooops.."shortly" turned out to be nearly a month...

Here's the first batch of nominations for the list:

2010 (1984)...aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
37°2 le matin (1986)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Accidental Tourist, The (1988)
After Hours (1985)
Against All Odds (1984)
Aliens (1986)
All of Me (1984)
All the Right Moves (1983)
Amadeus (1984)
At Close Range (1986)
Atlantic City (1980)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Beaches (1988)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Big (1988)
Big Blue, The (1988)
Big Business (1988)
Big Chill, The (1983)
Big Easy, The (1987)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Birdy (1984)
Black Rain (1989)
Black Widow (1986)
Blue Lagoon, The (1980)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Body Heat (1981)
Boot, Das (1981)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Bounty, The (1984)
Boy Who Could Fly, The (1986)
Brazil (1985)
Breathless (1983)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Brubaker (1980)


Some may have been mentioned in the meantime but haven't been added to the list as far as I know http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif


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