# Vote for the best movie of the 80's. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539 "2009-12-09T01:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/1 "2009-12-09T01:09:49Z")
Vote for the best movie of the 80’s. This poll is based on the most voted movies from this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542702). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/2 "2009-12-09T01:14:07Z")
Poll? ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/3 "2009-12-09T01:18:20Z")
I take issue that Krull has been cruelly overlooked among the options. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/4 "2009-12-09T01:38:35Z")
Ahhh. Must be a delayed thing. What, no _Taps_? Or _Willow_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/5 "2009-12-09T01:43:28Z")
I loved _ET_, _Raiders_, _ESB_ as a kid, but while there are some very good movies on this list, only two of them are truly GREAT - and _Raising Arizona_ isn’t without flaws. Therefore, I voted _Amadeus_, about as un-80’s a movie as made in that decade. (I know that a lot of critics would go for _Once Upon a Time in America_, but it never really did anything for me other than make me snore. Sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/6 "2009-12-09T01:46:40Z")
ESB tops my list, edging out Raiders and Back to the Future. But they were all pretty good in their own way. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/7 "2009-12-09T02:14:49Z")
Difficult choice. I voted for _Raiders_. I remember leaving the theater and thinking I’d seen something really special. But I had the same feeling about most of the other movies on the list. Except for _Once Upon A Time in America_. I’ve only seen it once and it has some memorable scenes (the pastry especially), but it was just too damn long. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/8 "2009-12-09T19:47:55Z")
I didn’t expect Star Wars and Indiana Jones to top the list. Are they really better than Terminator, Aliens, or Blade Runner? IMO the latter have much better stories and acting. It might be that all the votes are probably from people who watched them when the movies came out. They were probably more interesting then. Now not so much. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/9 "2009-12-09T20:13:22Z")
This looks more like a “top-grossing” film list than “best” list. Not to be a snob, but come on… _Ferris Bueller_? While films like _Tootsie_, _Glory_, _Raging Bull_, _Sophie’s Choice_, _Ordinary People_ and _Dangerous Liaisons_ are absent? Dayum. Of this list, I pick _Amadus_ without a doubt, though _Platoon_ was highly effective. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/10 "2009-12-09T20:31:04Z")
Well, the _best_ move of the '80s was _This Is Spinal Tap_. But given the choices, I went with _Back To The Future_. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/11 "2009-12-09T20:36:59Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Well, the _best_ move of the '80s was _This Is Spinal Tap_. But given the choices, I went with _Back To The Future_. I voted for Amadeus, as I think it’s head and shoulders above the rest of the list. But yeah, Spinal Tap is right up there too. And I’m starting to think that A Christmas Story is not only one of the best holiday movies, but one of the best movies of all time in any genre. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/12 "2009-12-09T20:52:20Z")
Oh crap I forgot _Spinal Tap_! Yes, that would be in there too. As would _Broadcast News_ and _Hannah and Her Sisters_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-the-best-movie-of-the-80s/520539/13 "2009-12-09T21:34:02Z")
> [@choie](#): > > This looks more like a “top-grossing” film list than “best” list. Not to be a snob, but come on… _Ferris Bueller_? While films like _Tootsie_ Huh. I think of those two as pretty equivalent.