i saw goonies for the first time a week or so ago.

it's pretty much the shit

2/18/2007 2:11:42 AM

Flash Gordon
Caddyshack
The Last Starfighter
Vision Quest
Gung Ho
Night Shift
Class
Arthur
Turner and Hooch
K-9
Blind Date
Short Circuit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Teachers
Used Cars
Seems Like Old Times
Any Which Way You Can
Stir Crazy
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Cannonball Run
She's Having a Baby <--- I highly recommend
The Big Picture <--- I highly recommend
Police Academy
Skin Deep <---I highly recommend
Bachelor Party
Splash

and many more.

2/18/2007 3:14:13 AM

THREE MEN AND A BABY (AND/OR A LITTLE LADY)

2/18/2007 3:57:36 AM

Goonies!!! that movie is the shit.

2/18/2007 12:26:29 PM

summer school

2/18/2007 12:41:48 PM

the freshman, with marlon brando and matthew broderick. technically its from 1990, but i remember watchin it when i was little, so i'm lumpin it in here with the rest. its the one with the iguana, and the rich people that like to eat endangered animals.

2/18/2007 12:43:44 PM

I can't belive nobody mentioned D.A.R.Y.L. or Thrashin. WTF is wrong with you people.

Oh yeah, I'm with xsplosivo on Rad. I just wish I could have ridden the Helltrack.

2/18/2007 1:07:08 PM

Breakfast club

2/18/2007 1:29:14 PM

^that one was taken care of in the original post, but would definitely be at the top of the list. its lack of diversity is what the 80s were all about. did life imitate art, or art imitate life?

2/18/2007 1:33:48 PM

Quote :

"the stuff - horror about killer yogurt"

Ha! Thanks for mentioning this one. I am going to try to rent it right away. I always wanted to see this when I was a kid but never got the chance.

2/18/2007 2:25:13 PM

Vision Quest

2/18/2007 2:27:31 PM

has anyone mentioned Little Monsters? Fred Savage is the man

2/18/2007 3:13:32 PM

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"I can't belive nobody mentioned D.A.R.Y.L."

haha I was seriously going to mention it yesterday...

how about The Last American Virgin?

2/18/2007 3:15:43 PM

Big Trouble in Little China

2/18/2007 3:24:37 PM

i can't wait till i have a real job. i'm seriously gonna print this thread out and go straight to best buy

2/18/2007 3:25:03 PM

For those of you who haven't seen Student Bodies yet, shame on you.

That movie is fucking weird.

2/18/2007 3:37:42 PM

^^^ Hey! That was a good one! Kurt Russell talked a little like John Wayne in that one, and it had some martial arts, mysticism, and comedy. It's hard to pull off such a mix.

[Edited on February 18, 2007 at 3:38 PM. Reason : ]

2/18/2007 3:38:12 PM

Monster Squad is also a personal favorite of mine.

2/18/2007 3:39:09 PM

The Goonies is the greatest movie ever.


I also second the suggestions of:

Mac and Me
Adventures in Babysitting
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Weekend at Bernie's
Short Circuit

2/18/2007 4:03:36 PM

Innerspace

2/18/2007 4:42:58 PM

UHF

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/

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2/18/2007 7:51:04 PM

Quote :

"has anyone mentioned Little Monsters? Fred Savage is the man "

yup I did on the first page

That movie is seriously one of the better 80's movies.

Def in the top 10

2/18/2007 8:22:34 PM

The Wizard

2/18/2007 8:28:51 PM

2/18/2007 9:15:59 PM

let's also add:
the last dragon - am i the baddest? sho-nuff!
gymkata - gymnastics + ninjas = awesomeness
popeye - yeah, its a musical, but it stars robin williams and was directed by robert altman, so give it a chance
up the creek - white water rafting at it's finest, plus a cool theme song
how i got into college - anthony edwards!!! with hair!!!!!!!!
midnight madness - all night game in LA

2/19/2007 8:35:55 AM

^Great recommendations. With the exception of Gymkata I have seen all of them. Popeye is a fucking awesome film.

2/19/2007 1:15:17 PM

Oh and lets not forget:


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2/19/2007 1:18:15 PM

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"gymkata - gymnastics + ninjas = awesomeness"

gymkata has been brought up in many college drunken arguments as possibly the worst movie ever made, if you have not seen it, it is worth it for a laugh

if i remember correctly it takes place in the fictional country of Parmistan!

2/19/2007 1:18:34 PM

Ski School

2/19/2007 1:20:58 PM

Others....

Hamburger The Motion Picture - It's tasty, by God!
Valley Girl - Nicholas Coppola, not cage.... COPPOLA!! (kick ass soundtrack, fyi)
Zapped! - (this may have been mentioned, but it has chachi in it)
My Bodyguard - Maybe not quirky, but fan-fucking-tastic movie
The Flamingo Kid - another of the great 80s matt dillon movies
Gotcha - Paint guns and spies
Up The Academy - Brought to you by the good folks at Mad Magazine

If you are needing chick style go with:
Secret Admirer - hot girls and unrequited love
The Sure Thing - see above

2/19/2007 2:30:25 PM

Quote :

"I can't remember if My Science Project sucked or not."

That was the one where some slacker and his slacker friend broke into a junkyard for abandoned military planes and found a time machine. They dusted it off an passed it as their science project. It went off in the school and the stuff coming from other times (dinosaurs, etc.) started wreaking havoc in the school. I can't remember why the two slackers felt the need to remedy the situation - why not walk off and let someone else do cleanup.

The only other stand-out scene was the one where the indian looking slacker had a neon middle finger that popped up in his car so he could flip off other drivers.

2/19/2007 2:55:38 PM

Hamburger: The Motion Picture.

I loved this one. Particularly the scene with the laxative and the mob of fat people.

Classic.

2/19/2007 4:49:14 PM

The Secret of My Success

2/19/2007 5:07:27 PM

Sucks. Hamburger is only available as a VHS and its going for about $30 used on Amazon.

VisArt Video in Durham might have it. Anyone know of any other small hole-in-the-wall video stores that might carry this?

2/19/2007 5:11:29 PM

You gotta have "The Legend of Billie Jean", it was awesome.

I always thought that "Over the Top" with Sylvester Stallone was really cool too.

2/19/2007 7:08:28 PM

I-Mockery has a great review of Gymkata.
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/gymkata/

2/19/2007 10:03:50 PM

My roommate and I did John Cusack weekend one time:

Better off Dead
Say Anything
One Crazy Summer
The Sure Thing

Are quinisential 80's goodness.

Quote :

"The Monster Squad"

Random story: I met the kid (now guy) that was in this at a Christmas Party once, he lives in Raleigh and works for like a PR company or something.

2/20/2007 4:13:37 PM

heh, guy I went to b-school with was the 8-yr old version of the main character in flight of the navigator

2/20/2007 4:45:03 PM

You know when I was a kid I couldn't really tell the difference and totally didn't get that part.

2/20/2007 5:49:24 PM

i just remembered another one!
The Gods Must be Crazy

3/2/2007 11:43:28 AM

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

3/2/2007 12:30:12 PM

I think Aspen Extreme should count as a quirky '80s movie--even though it was made in the early '90s.

3/2/2007 2:52:32 PM

3/2/2007 4:55:03 PM

3/3/2007 10:44:33 PM

vacation
christmas vacation
twins
critters
harry and the hendersons
return to oz
little shop of horrors
man with one red shoe
spaceballs
moonwalker
never ending story
once bitten
raising arizona
teen wolf
who framed roger rabbit

3/4/2007 12:44:32 AM

i second

howard the duck
and
short circuit

3/4/2007 3:55:39 AM

I can't believe no body has said Cocktail and Risky Business yet!....classic Tom Cruise (and Elizabeth Shue in Cocktail-ever so sexy)

Cobra
North Shore
D.A.R.Y.L.
Willow (if you havent seen this one you need to get on it - Val Kilmer is great in it)
Real Genius
Space Camp

3/4/2007 9:41:34 AM