CanadaSteve Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I know this is OT, so if you guys would kindly keep it on the main board just for a few hours. I run an entertainment company, and one of my jobs is FUNdraising. I am hosting a retro trivia night twice this month, and I am doing a Family-Feud style question. Need 100 people to survey. Looking for your top 5 movies from the 1980s. ONE CATCH: You HAVE to be over 40! Thanks dudes! Ask your wives/girlfriends as well. Need a balance between male and female responses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jets Things Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 For the record, I'm 43. Putting together a Top 5 '80's movies list is an impossible task. It's completely subjective. Off the top of my head and in no order... Back to the Future Ghostbusters Beverly Hills Cop Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Goonies 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Namath Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Teen Wolf White Water Summer Nightmare on Elm St 3 Predator Karate Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drums Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I'm not over 40 but I hope to see The Lost Boys on some lists. Maybe even The Last Dragon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92ShaunEllis92 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 The never ending story license to drive teen wolf porkies 9 to 5 cocoon E T predator lost boys Indiana Jones movies sixteen candles beverly Hills cop short circuit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJet Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Deal, and in order. 1. Big Trouble in Little China 2. Return of the Jedi 3. Rad 4. Gleaming the Cube 5. Iron Eagle Runners up: Die Hard, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Monster Squad, They Live, and The Beastmaster. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HawkeyeJet Posted October 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2022 This is BS. I’m 38. Your agism sickens me. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Harris Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Weird Science Rocky 4 Saint Elmo’s fire The legend of Billie Jean top gun and Star Wars (2,3 or 5,6) - duh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post T0mShane Posted October 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2022 Escape from New York Raiders of the Lost Ark Empire Strikes Back Rambo: First Blood The Blues Brothers 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustiniak Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Weird science better off dead just one of the guys 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Leprechaun Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Raiders of the Lost Ark ET Top Gun Lost Boys My Neighbor Totoro 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untouchable Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Blade Runner The Thing Aliens Predator Robocop 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuicidalSince98 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Google.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pac Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Superman II Raiders Predator Weird Science Ghostbusters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Namath Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, JTJet said: Deal, and in order. 1. Big Trouble in Little China 2. Return of the Jedi 3. Rad 4. Gleaming the Cube 5. Iron Eagle Runners up: Die Hard, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Monster Squad, They Live, and The Beastmaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyJohnson Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Rain Man A Christmas Story Scarface National Lampoons Vacation The Breakfast Club 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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T0mShane Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, JTJet said: Deal, and in order. 1. Big Trouble in Little China 2. Return of the Jedi 3. Rad 4. Gleaming the Cube 5. Iron Eagle Runners up: Die Hard, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Monster Squad, They Live, and The Beastmaster. Big Trouble in Little China is one of the few movies I’ve ever seen that I’ll sit and watch whenever I see that it’s on. Just a classic piece of film making. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freestater Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Raiders of the Lost Ark Full Metal Jacket Stand By Me The Thing Heathers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourceworx Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Platoon Wall Street Raging Bull Come and See Mississippi Burning 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Willie White Shoes Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Moonstruck Say Anything The Princess Bride Officer and a Gentleman Ghostbusters Ferris Bueller's Day Off Tootsie Big Aliens Raging Bull Rain Man Witness Working Girl Fast times at Ridgemont High Karate Kid Risky Business Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Airplane Ghandi The Killing Fields 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal N of Provo Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 In no particular order: Ferris Buhler’s Day off Glory Breakfast Club Lean on Me Dead Poets Society Edit: None of the streaming services ever have Glory. I haven’t seen it since it was newish. I’d like to see if it stands up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oatmeal Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 this one, born the year after it was released and didn’t really see it until mid to late 90s but this movie still gives me the creeps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 40 ? Being born in 1982 or 2002 you saw the movie on TV first. I graduated high school in 1985, I’m 55 you want to hear from my people Empire Strikes Back E.T Raiders Ghost Busters Excalibur 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defensedoesntgetyoulaid Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Joe Willie White Shoes said: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Great, great film. That final shot of Candy smiling is enough to bring a tear to my eye. Uncle Buck was good too. I agree with most of the ones listed here. One I re-watched recently that's never mentioned is 3 O Clock High (school nerd offends the toughest kid in the school, is told they'r going to fight at 3, and spends the rest of the day trying to get out of the fight). Not amazing but good fun. Apparently Spielberg asked to have his producer credit removed as he was unhappy with the level of cynicism displayed in the film, which kind of makes me like it more. Oh, and Raging Bull. And Heathers, Commando, Total Recall, Running Man, Trading Places, Coming to America, Once Upon a Time in America, Stand By Me, Airplane, Scarface 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Terms of Endearment When Harry met Sally Big Beverly Hills Cop Ferris Buellers day off fast times at Ridgemont High The Outsiders Do The right thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadFan Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjasi Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 The Thing Empire Strikes Back Aliens Raging Bull Ferris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Do the Right Thing The Shining Blue Velvet Trading Places Aliens 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRy56 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Not over 40 but have spent the majority of my life on wrestling mats.... VISION QUEST 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Animal House Stripes Bull Durham DieHard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Anything by Bruce Seven. @dbatesman mentioned Aliens, which is still frightening and insane today. Reading about Alien got me thinking about John Carpenter's chilling/shocking remake of The Thing. His version is dark and brilliant. Great group of actors led by Kurt Russell. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slimjasi Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, munchmemory said: Anything by Bruce Seven. @dbatesman mentioned Aliens, which is still frightening and insane today. Reading about Alien got me thinking about John Carpenter's chilling/shocking remake of The Thing. His version is dark and brilliant. Great group of actors led by Kurt Russell. John carpenter’s The Thing is one of my favorite movies of all time and still my favorite horror movie. The sense of paranoia that movie creates is just awesome. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munchmemory Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, slimjasi said: John carpenter’s The Thing is one of my favorite movies of all time and still my favorite horror movie. The sense of paranoia that movie creates is just awesome. Paranoia is right. The whole blood testing concept. Damn that was nuts. I won't add a spoiler. But leave it to Carpenter to not go down the Hollywood happy ending trail. Like you, I still love that flick so much. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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