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1. Tron
2. Android
3. Joysticks (which is truly awful, but I like arcade movies)

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Better Off Dead, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Jeff Spiccoli is hilarious), the Lost Boys, and Die Hard.
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I only remember one bit from Joysticks, a blonde with a hot dog between her breasts teasing one of the arcade nerds.  Very '80s indeedee!
Someone mentioned "Better Off Dead," which definitely qualifies among the best teen angst '80s movies.  Anything with Curtis "Booger" Armstrong: B.O.D, "Revenge of the Nerds," "Risky Business," etc. There's a punk band out there called The Lane Myers.  Don't forget "Heathers."
"Porky's" should make the list because of the controversy it stirred, and it stirred a lot for a dumba*s piece of crap movie. It was the one on the jr. high kids WANTED to see but didn't get to.  There was a porno version called "Piggie's"
NatLamp's "Vacation" (the original one, not that other crap) is a perennial favarite of mine.  Saw it in the theater, watched it a dozen times on video, and I'll watch on TV, bad editing and all, any time it's on.
If you read the National Lampoon issues from the '70s, you can meet the prototypes for many ideas John Hughes included in his '80s movies.  For example, there was "Vacation '58," in which a family takes a road trip to Disneyland.  Lots of the "Vacation" bits are there, including the dog left tied to the bumper.  The ending is different.  Dad tracks down Walt Disney, shoots him in the leg, and gets locked up.  In another story, about a family Christmas, there's an early version of Long Duck Dong, a foreign exchange student who arrives with the grandparents, except his name was Gung Ho, IIRC.  In another issue, Hughes did a series of captioned photos about a couple videotaping sex (late '70s primitive video cam!), and the punch line is, "we better erase this, I'd hate for some a*shole like Hughes to get his hands on it."  This scenario pops up in "European Vacation."

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What tha? Nobody mentions "Repo Man"! C'mon classic film!
"Let's get sushi and not pay!"
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I mentioned "Repo Man"!  I should have mentioned it on the "soundtracks" thread.  Most of us on this board thing in terms of New Wave but the "Repo Man" soundtrack is great if you like hardcore and Tex-Mex punk.  It's got Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Burning Sensations, Suicidal Tendancies, Plugz, etc.  
Whenever I see Emilio Estevez, I see a little bit of Otto.  Of course, when I see Harry Dean Stanton's "Jack Walsh" (Pretty in Pink), I see "Bud" instead.  
The character actor Tracy Walter, "Miller," the junkyard guy with the UFO-cosmic coincidences theory, reveals the terrible truth, "John Wayne was a feg..."  Isn't it ironic how he later played the librarian in "Philadelphia" who suggests the AIDS-stricken Andy take a private cubicle?
TRIVIA: Harry Dean Stanton played Jack Walsh in "Pretty in Pink."  Name another '80s movie with a character called "Jack Walsh."  Tracy Walter also appears in this film as a diner counter man.

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Would it be The Road Warrior?
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Can't believe I forgot the five James Bond films released in the 80's.  All great flicks.
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Oh yeah,ditto for me on that. I love James Bond movies.  :)

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Done the favorite 80's videos...so whats your top three favorite 80's movies??
Mine are...

1. Footloose
2. About last night
3. Dirty Dancing ::)
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There are so many great movies from the 80s! I really really like the Indiana Jones movies, and one of my all time favorites is E.T .

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i dont know if anyone remembers this one
THE V
its about alien invasion. a made for tv movie
and of course dirty dancing, and footloose
valley girl and reckless
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I remember that one. At the time it scared me big time,especially when that guy took out his eyes and exposed his lizard eyes and when Donovan ripped his face off. I watched it awhile back and it definitely didn't have the same effect. But I still enjoy watching it. I just found out they are coming out with another one...called "V:The Second Generation" ;D
http://imdb.com/title/tt0366112/

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3. License To Drive (featured a then unkown Heather Grahm!)
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1. Back to the Future
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Don't forget:
Moving Violations
Summer Rental
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

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i dont know if anyone remembers this one
THE V
its about alien invasion. a made for tv movie
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I LOVED V!  I watched the series, too.  My brother and I used to pretend that we were on the show.  Sometimes I'd be Julie and other times I'd be Diana.  He was always Donovan.  I fell so madly in love with Marc Singer because of this movie (well, the Beastmaster helped, too.)  I'm glad to hear that they are going to do a next generation movie, also.  

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In 1985 let's see...I was in 4th grade growing up in Flagstaff, Arizona.  I was really into Michael Jackson, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and Weird Al.
I remember 4th grade was the grade that I had seen the Challenger explode.  I think it was actully Jan 1986.  They turned the Tv's on in class and we watched the news.
Thats what I was doing in 1985 :D
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My top 3, all with about equal weight, are:

Tron
Blade Runner
Brazil



Then it'd be things like Time Bandits, Goonies, Runaway, BeetleJuice, Romancing the Stone, Running Man, Heavy Metal, there are just too many to list....


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"Blade Runner" was a big favorite of mine.  That was the first and last time I liked either Sean Young or Rutger Hauer in anything.  Other favorite Harrison Ford movies of mine (besides "Star Wars" and "Raiders" movies) from the 80s are "Witness" and "Mosquito Coast."  His character in "Mosquito Coast" always reminded me of my own nutty dad.
Of course, I love Terry Gilliam.  I had to watch "Brazil" a couple of times before I "got it."  "Time Bandits" is still my favorite Terry Gilliam movie.  Then again, I'm into just about anything affiliated with Monty Python. I was one of those dorks who went around reciting Monty Python sketches...come to think of it, I still am! ;D

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I can't think of ANY good 80's punk driven movies...I'm so curious to find one now and it's driving me crazy!  Can anyone help?
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Of course, it depends on how you're defining PUNK, but start with these titles:
Repo Man
Suburbia
Sid & Nancy
Ladies & Gentleman The Fabulous Stains
The Decline of Western Civilization
Dogs in Space
Straight To Hell
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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Of course, it depends on how you're defining PUNK, but start with these titles:
Repo Man
Suburbia
Sid & Nancy
Ladies & Gentleman The Fabulous Stains
The Decline of Western Civilization
Dogs in Space
Straight To Hell
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle




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Thanks a lot! That helped so much...I have to do a class assignment on 80's trends and slang and started to draw a blank for ideas

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I just remembered another movie I really liked from the eighties. Anyone remember that Alice in Wonderland t.v special that aired in 85?

Great movie, indeed.

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Joysticks is a movie masterpiece.  Vidiots on mini motorcycles.  What else could you ask for?

Kevin
www.krakboi.com

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I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. It *is*, however, truly "special."

:)