# So what movies best sum up the 80's?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-best-sum-up-the-80s/131844 "2002-10-11T17:35:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-movies-best-sum-up-the-80s/131844/41 "2002-10-14T17:24:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by spoke- \*  
> \*\*…Also, I think **Slacker** , though it came out in '91, captures the vibe of college-town-in-the-late-80’s.
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> And then there’s **Earth Girls Are Easy** , which surely deserves a place on our list.
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> And what was the name of that David Bowie vampire movie. **The Hunger** , I think. Very 80’s. \*\*

Hey, that’s my list!

I’d add _[Urgh! a Music War.](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138902)_

And, as sorry as I am to say it, _Koyanasquatsi_ needs to be on the list (even if it isn’t on the IMDB.) I’d laugh if I saw it today, but it seemed like an important movie at the time.

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