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100 Eighties Greats
(97 titles)
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Aliens
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Director: James Cameron
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Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien's planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley ..read more »
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78%
from 39,946 members
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Back To The Future
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Features the popular film trilogy BACK TO THE FUTURE, BACK TO THE FUTURE - PART 2 and BACK TO THE FUTURE - PART 3. The first adventure sees a Californian teenager become the innocent victim of a local crackpot's invention - a time machine made from a DeLorean car. He finds himself in his hometown ..read more »
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76%
from 48,629 members
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The Terminator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Director: James Cameron
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James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda ..read more »
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75%
from 56,659 members
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Die Hard
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason
Director: John McTiernan
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On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
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75%
from 50,325 members
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Scarface
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Loggia, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Brian De Palma
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A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »
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77%
from 32,815 members
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Full Metal Jacket
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
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76%
from 30,648 members
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Stand By Me
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Wil Wheaton
Director: Rob Reiner
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Based on Stephen King's novella THE BODY, director Rob Reiner's STAND BY ME is the disarmingly tender and subtly sublime story of four kids on the precipice of early adulthood who embark upon a quest. There's Gordie (Wil Wheaton), the intelligent, creative one with the obviously bright future. His ..read more »
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75%
from 28,325 members
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The Goonies
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman
Director: Richard Donner
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A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the ..read more »
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74%
from 32,104 members
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Rain Man
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino
Director: Barry Levinson
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Callous hustler Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is busy working on his next deal when he receives word that his estranged father has died. After travelling back to Ohio from Los Angeles for the funeral, Charlie is miffed to find that although he will receive a vintage Buick from his father's estate, ..read more »
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73%
from 35,766 members
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Ghostbusters
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
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When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their ..read more »
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74%
from 33,464 members
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Platoon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
Director: Oliver Stone
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In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
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74%
from 30,146 members
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The Blues Brothers
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
Director: John Landis
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In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
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76%
from 22,420 members
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace
Director: Steven Spielberg
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The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of ..read more »
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71%
from 37,663 members
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The Princess Bride
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Peter Falk, Mandy Patinkin
Director: Rob Reiner
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Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
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73%
from 25,780 members
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Predator
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: John McTiernan
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In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, ..read more »
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71%
from 30,097 members
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Dirty Dancing
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes
Director: Emile Ardolino
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Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and ..read more »
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72%
from 24,001 members
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck
Director: John Hughes
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Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ..read more »
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72%
from 22,817 members
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Lethal Weapon
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Director: Richard Donner
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In Richard Donner's thrilling blockbuster, two tough Los Angeles cops--suicidal Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and family man Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover)--are teamed as partners in a highly unusual case involving a massive international crime ring which has its roots in Vietnam--a place they're both ..read more »
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72%
from 23,090 members
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The Lost Boys
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim
Director: Joel Schumacher
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One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but his older brother falls in love with the bunch's lone female - and is gradually becoming a vampire ..read more »
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74%
from 16,974 members
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