1980's Movie Rankdown

Superb effort @Taz, many thanks again.



Brings back many memories. Back in the day, I used to go to the cinema at least once a week. I never reflected then on the number of quality movies coming out on a regular basis, which this thread highlights. The fact that it was so much more value for money back then compared to the present day is also apparent.

After having watched Aliens for the first time, in an old school cinema, I had the chills for a week.
Good times!

 

Cant argue with that list .great work. Thats the good thing about movies everybody is entitled to their opinion about them . Personally back to the future is for me the 80s movie that takes me back there . I watched a ton of movies back in the day collected hundreds of dvds and thought i had seen it all but some suggestions here i havent seen which i will be checking out soon.i suppose my taste in movies changes as i get older .movies nowadays dont even come close to the 80s or 90s.too tamed down .

 

Cheers @Taz as usual you have put in some amount of work and its much appreciated mate. Although I do/did struggle to understand the ranking some of the films received but that's life. One thing I can honestly say is I was lucky being a teenager growing up in the 80’s and turning 20 in 1988 it really was THE decade and as I get older I appreciate it more as well now.

Anyway after a TT recount here is the correct rankings for the 80's -


1 Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
2 Return of the Jedi
3 The Terminator
4 Aliens
5 Mississippi Burning
6 Highlander
7 Deadly Pursuit
8 Glory
9 Mad max Thunderdome
10 The Blues Brothers
11 Predator
12 The Untouchables
13 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
14 Dune
15 Hamburger Hill
16 Full Metal Jacket
17 GallipolI
18 Hellraiser
19 The Fog
20 Lethal Weapon
21 Rocky III
22 Lethal Weapon 2
23 Planes, Trains & Autos
24 Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
25 Uncle Buck

26 Wall Street
27 Raiders of the Lost Ark
28 Young Guns
29 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
30 Red Dawn
31 Conan The Barbarian
32 Die Hard
33 Enemy Mine
34 Killing Fields
35 Licence to Kill

36 The Naked Gun
37 48 Hrs.
38 Platoon
39 Red Heat
40 Young Sherlock Holmes
41 Beverly Hills Cop
42 The Lost Boys
43 Rain Man
44 Cujo
45 Escape From Sobibor
46 Fright Night
47 Halloween II
48 Manhunter

49 Back to the Future
50 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
51 Top Gun
52 Poltergeist
53 Coming to America
54 9 to 5
55 Die Hard
56 A Nightmare on Elm Street
57 The Thing
58 Commando
59 When the Wind Blows
60 Friday the 13th
61 First Blood
62 An American Werewolf In London
63 Once Upon A Time In America
64 Mad Max 2The Road Warrior
65 Fatal Attraction
66 Scrooged
67 Brewster's Millions
68 Angel Heart
69 Beetlejuice
70 Stand By Me
71 Big
72 Scarface
73 Big Trouble in Little China
74 Escape From New York
75 Missing in Action
76 Phantasm II
77 Cannonball Run
78 Christine

 

Cracking work @Taz. Some surprising and not so surprising results. Shocked Cocoon didn’t even make top 100! Or the Toxic Avenger As always, love these votes because there’s so many * good movies I’m yet to see.

 

Thanks for all the hard work @Taz I enjoy these rankdowns, looking forward to the next one

 

Thanks Taz once again you have brought us all together and talking about what films were the best. I thought everyone's top ten was good , some crackers in their. Mississippi Burning came out in 5 of the top 10s..
A few films i hadn't heard of , so i will have to catch up on them , thats why we have the sticks.
Once again thanks Taz, without you doing this there are films have never heard of .

 

Sorry I missed this one @Taz I've been busy all week with my game and totally forgot all about it, not too surprised to see what ended up in the top 10 or even the winner. But there were some great films that fell early doors.
Hopefully I'll be back for the next one.

 

Its bad enough "Baby getting put in a corner" and at 64th also Roadhouse ,,, you missed them out ....

 

As ever Taz ,your attention to detail and the way all the contributors are on edge to see the results is amazing….really appreciate it mate.
Long may it continue.

 

No roadhouse or Excalibur

 

@Taz

 

I watched the Verdict last night ,, a good film,,,, Newman and Mason well acted ,, Charlotte Rampling, played a good part .

 

Just watched the RUNAWAY TRAIN...the only thing i didnt like was Eric Roberts , otherwise was a good film, helicopter scenes were good

 

Same, sat through that the other night for the first time also, as its on youtube. Same night/day as did Killing Fields for the first time in probably 30+ years, and Grave of the Fireflies

 

I watched Born on the 4th July again ,,, Brilliant better this time round

 

Sorry for being late but sensational work Taz

 

I am going to try and go thro as many as possible again,,,, just watched Mississippi Burning,,,,,now onto the Accused