10 Greatest Films of the 80s (10 titles)

Weird Science

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• Weird Science on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Anthony Michael Hall,  Ilan Mitchell-Smith,  Kelly Le Brock
  Director: John Hughes
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  Gary Wallace is at high school. He's not very athletic and not at all popular, especially with the girls. It's Friday night and he and his pal Wyatt are popping corn and watching videos. Inspired by a clip from Frankenstein they decide to see whether they have the power to produce another human ..read more »
  
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The Goonies

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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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Withnail And I

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• Withnail And I on DVD (1986)
  Starring: Paul McGann,  Richard E. Grant,  Richard Griffiths
  Director: Bruce Robinson
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  WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard ..read more »
  
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Batman

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• Batman on DVD (1989)
  Starring: Michael Keaton,  Jack Nicholson,  Kim Basinger
  Director: Tim Burton
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  Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe Jack Nicholson).Gotham City is a sunless, ominous haven for ..read more »
  
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The Terminator

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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 »
  
  Rate this: 75% from 56,856 members

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Full Metal Jacket

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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 »
  
  Rate this: 76% from 30,764 members

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Back To The Future

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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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The Lost Boys

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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 »
  
  Rate this: 74% from 17,048 members

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Stand By Me

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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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The Princess Bride

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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 »
  
  Rate this: 73% from 25,894 members

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