Comments on: Top 10 Quintessential 1980s Films

By: Neal Damiano

Neal Damiano — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:25:53 +0000

@Dan Gant I see your point somewhat but Gary was an idiot and sometimes love does that to people. He should of given up on Karen the moment she went for the arrogant jerk Rick. He should of recognized her shallowness from that point on the way he pined for her after she showed her inner ugliness was just heartwrenching to watch. I like to remeber the funny moments of this film…the reason I put it up here is because it captures the essence of the 80s to near perfection from the clothes to the music!!

By: Dan Grant

Dan Grant — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:29:41 +0000

While I’m glad to see your list include Last American Virgin, there a lot of films missing from your list that should be there. But first, Virgin did not capture ” the essence of being a hormone crazed kid in high school in the eighties”, it captured what it was like to be in love in highschool. Gary worships Karen. From the moment he first lays eyes on her he can’t stop thinking about her. She of course goes for his hot friend who happens to be an asshole. Sure the film has bits at the beginning where they pick up women and have sex with them, but at the heart of this film is a boys love for a girl and him getting his heart shattered.

Fasttimes is a good one, so is Ferris and Ghostbusters. I would have included Rambo FB II, Friday the 13th (start of massive horror craze…even though Halloween came out 2 years earlier) and of course E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

By: niels

niels — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:40:37 +0000

It’s simply incredible to look at the awful clothing and the awful hair in all of those pictures. I was too young in the 1980s to remember, first-hand, how “colorful” of a decade it was. I haven’t gotten around to watching some of these, as my film resume for the 80s has always been paper thin. I will get around to fixing that sooner or later.

Interesting list!

By: DEZMOND

DEZMOND — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:22:05 +0000

I’d put WORKING GIRL on the list too.

By: Evan Crean

Evan Crean — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:35:53 +0000

Never seen Valley Girl or Last American Virgin but the rest are fantastic and deserving to be on the list. I think your Revenge of the Nerds picture is from the sequel though.

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:34:05 +0000

There’s a few here I haven’t seen but totally agree on Wall Street, Trading Places, Ghostbusters and The Breakfast Club. All in their own way sum up the decade. As a proud Scot I might have found room for something by Bill Forsyth, perhaps Gregory’s Girl – it’s a very American list and maybe a Brit movie in there would give it a different feel. Love the list though…

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:10:28 +0000

Wow a few surprises on here that I haven’t seen! Would have thought Wall Street would be number one! Or Breakfast Club! Glad to see both them in there!

By: Scott Lawlor

Scott Lawlor — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:30:45 +0000

Great list, with some very interesting choices. Obvs for me i would have had The Breakfast Club up at number one… but this is a great list indeed.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:04:42 +0000

Yes, yes and yes. I haven’t seen Valley Girl (and probably ain’t likely too any time soon) but the rest of this list is a magnificent example of 80′s excess and horrible clothes!!!

By: Jaina

Jaina — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:55:49 +0000

Great list, nice to see Ghostbusters high up in there.

Think my Eddie Murphy 80s film of choice would have to be Coming to America. You need at least one Eddie Murphy film in this list!

I’m a bit shocked that I haven’t seen a whole bunch of these. And here I prided myself on my love of 80s films!