# Favorite '80s movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749 "2003-04-14T23:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/41 "2003-04-17T08:07:06Z")
Just off the top o’ my head… **Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Raiders of the Lost Ark The Empire Strikes Back Ghostbusters Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Roxanne Conan the Destroyer The Living Daylights Licence to Kill ET Under Fire Excalibur** ---
**Author:** ![Theios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@Theios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theios)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/42 "2003-04-17T10:54:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Interrobang!? \* > \*\ ***Something Wild**. One of my all-time favorite movies and one of Melanie Griffith’s few good roles. > \*\* Hey! I remember this movie. Much of it was filmed in and around my hometown area. Quincy and Tallahassee Florida. I remember them filming it when I was in high school. So not only do I get the 80’s flashbacks when I watch it, I also get homesick. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/43 "2003-04-17T11:12:46Z")
Wow, you people have listed a lot of great movies that I haven’t thought about in a while! Just one to add to the list: **Streets of Fire**. I just love this movie. I admire the writer and director’s ability to create a whole new world, stealing the best parts of several decades (women like Diane Lane weren’t even _built_ before the '80’s) in which to tell their story. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/44 "2003-04-17T17:21:18Z")
I didn’t see **F/X** on anybody’s list. That was a pretty fun 80’s movie. I guess its sequel, which is actually an early 90’s movie IINM, was also okay. ---
**Author:** ![waddamaroon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@waddamaroon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waddamaroon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/45 "2003-04-17T17:46:50Z")
**National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.** ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/46 "2003-04-17T17:57:31Z")
Damn … I remember some more … \***batteries not included Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan Lucas** ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/47 "2003-04-17T18:07:31Z")
Loved Streets of Fire some fav’s Iron Eagle Making all the right moves Pretty in Pink My Bodyguard Declan ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/48 "2003-04-18T00:37:09Z")
**Diva** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/49 "2003-04-18T01:39:11Z")
**Greystoke The Bounty Blade Runner Die Hard** ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/50 "2003-04-18T05:40:27Z")
Raiders of the Lost Ark E.T. Top Gun Fatal Attraction Batman Predator a Nightmare on Elm Street ---
**Author:** ![blue\_poop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@blue\_poop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_poop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/51 "2003-04-18T12:18:11Z")
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off The Breakfast Club The goonies Coming to America and my all time fav was clue. Even though its meant to be set in 1954 its still a film made in the 80s (1985 , i think) these are just the ones off the top of my head, Im sure I’ll have more to add later on. ---
**Author:** ![sKipping\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@sKipping\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sKipping_girl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749/52 "2003-04-21T12:27:57Z")
I may be showing how young I was in the 80’s, but my all time favourite movies of the 80’s were: 1. The Little Mermaid (one of the best movies ever! :p) 2. Return to Oz [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-80s-movies/168749.md?page=2)