# Movies You Enjoyed As Kids in the 80's-90's Era **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 20, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106 "2023-02-20T21:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/21 "2023-02-21T06:37:57Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail I mangled the title and forgot this came out in the 70s, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/22 "2023-02-21T08:34:08Z")
1998 is pretty late in the range you specified (and I was an adult when it came out) but consider The Truman Show. My kids love it. Ditto The Mask. We’re going through a Jim Carrey revival. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/23 "2023-02-21T15:08:13Z")
Breakfast Club. Aside from being a great movie, it’s a good representation of what I remember high school in the 80’s actually looking like, fashion wise. As opposed to the ‘all day-glo, all the time’ caricature. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/24 "2023-02-21T16:37:42Z")
> [@up2eleven](#): > > Clash of the Titans Oh, good one. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/25 "2023-02-21T16:52:31Z")
**My Bodyguard** (1980), directed by Tony Bill. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/26 "2023-02-21T16:57:27Z")
I really liked Time Bandits, though it’s a bit surrealistic at times. I wanted to show it to my brother’s kids once but he said no, because he thought his kids would have trouble with the accents. And Breaking Away was another truly great film. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/27 "2023-02-21T18:29:11Z")
In addition to the Star Wars movies, there are several that I remember watching over and over in the 80s: - Remo Williams - Iron Eagle - Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Conan the Barbarian - The Money Pit ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/28 "2023-02-21T19:31:19Z")
**Commando** is the greatest movie of the 20th century, but I don’t know if you’d consider it appropriate for early teens or not. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/29 "2023-02-21T20:01:32Z")
Not particularly my favorite movie, but a defining one of the era would be the Michael Keaton _Batman_. From there you can branch off into the earlier _Superman_ movies and Michael Keaton comedies. Depending on what your kids are up for, _Alien_, _Aliens_, and _Die Hard_ are all fun. If your kids are young or sensitive, then some of the suggestions may require pre-viewing or just reading about, if you don’t remember them too well. For example, _Gremlins_ bounces back and forth between cute kids movie and horror movie. We’ve done similar 80s nights, but we also watch 80s style. No pausing, except at “commercial” breaks between acts, and then only for 2 minutes, “hurry up, it’s about to come back on!” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/30 "2023-02-22T19:50:10Z")
Thanks guys, keep them coming. I’m collecting everything they haven’t seen into a _ **Throwbrack Thursday Trailer Spectacular!** _ list of trailers on YouTube. Every week I’ll give them a few choices, but only out of a selection adults want to see again that week. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/31 "2023-02-22T20:02:54Z")
I saw _The Karate Kid_ (1984) and _Explorers_ (1985) during their original theater runs; loved the former so much that I tried doing the crane kick in our kitchen. I was 16 at the time; 17 for the latter. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/32 "2023-02-23T01:53:06Z")
Another one if your kids are good for some language and brief nudity is _Airplane!_ It’s been long enough since I’ve seen that I don’t know the balance between silliness, topical humor, and problematic humor. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/33 "2023-02-23T02:04:34Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > if your kids are good for some language and brief nudity And if they’re not, you’re not doing your job. Anecdote: We were so excited that our kids were finally old enough for Ferris Bueller, but had no idea the language was quite so… honest. The kindergartner was so amused by how big our eyes got at every “ass”: > Geez, mom [big eye-roll], I hear much worse from my friends at school. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/34 "2023-03-01T00:45:41Z")
My kids are a little bit younger than yours, and my wife and I have been on a childhood movie grind for a while now. They’ve enjoyed: The Goonies Karate Kid I and II Gremlins Back to the Future I, II, and III Raiders of the Lost Ark (the younger one got scared, so we haven’t followed up with Temple of Doom yet) Spaceballs Star Wars movies (all 9 of 'em) Princess Bride (I think we saw that?) Ghostbusters I and II ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/35 "2023-03-01T05:20:40Z")
Here are my top ten fantasy films of the 80s: Dragonslayer The Dark Crystal Krull NeverEnding Story Return To Oz Legend Ladyhawke Labyrinth The Princess Bride Willow Here are some other adventure films I also like to rewatch on occasion: Gremlins Gremlins II The New Batch Explorers The Goonies Condorman Innerspace Honey I Shrunk The Kids Back to the Future trilogy Indiana Jones of course E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Flight of the Navigator Tron Romancing the Stone Jewel of the Nile Time Bandits The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Big Trouble In Little China And, of course, Star Wars, including the two Ewok movies (“Caravan of Courage” and “Battle For Endor”) ---
**Author:** ![bretbernhoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bretbernhoft/32/13007_2.png) [@bretbernhoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bretbernhoft)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/36 "2023-03-01T05:40:21Z")
Surf Ninjas was a good one. And the TMNT movies from the 90s were also pretty great. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/37 "2023-03-01T07:11:31Z")
i have an extreme;ly rare dvd with both Ewok movies on it ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/38 "2023-03-01T14:20:37Z")
Trancers with Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt. Futuristic movie after California falls into the sea. Not a great movie but very entertaining. All the Right Moves Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson. Great cast just a few years before their careers took off. Light of Day Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands and Joan Jett. Interesting rock movie with Michael and Jett playing siblings trying to make it in the music business. Porkys. Raunchy 80’s comedy. A guilty pleasure Conan the Barbarian another guilty pleasure. The story is compelling. stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones Hopscotch Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty. One of the few Matthau movies that I like. A League of their Own Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, Rosie O’Donnell, Jon Lovitz Friday the 13th. The original is fun to rewatch. Hoosiers best sports movie ever made. Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper Evey Which Way But Loose Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D’Angelo. Clint’s best comedy. Alien Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/39 "2023-03-02T15:37:25Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Trancers with Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt. That reminds me that **Tremors** is a very fun classic from 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106/40 "2023-03-02T16:37:01Z")
I want you guys to know I’ve bookmarked this thread because it’s the Throwback Thursday lineup for years to come. The Thing went wonderfully, Dirty Dancing tonight, and I think Who Framed Roger Rabbit for some comedy next week. Thanks guys, and any more are always appreciated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-enjoyed-as-kids-in-the-80s-90s-era/980106.md?page=3)