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10 Greatest Films of the 80s (10 titles)

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Two words. Kelly LeBrock.

Weird Science on DVD (1985)
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Le Brock
Director: John Hughes
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A John Hughes vehicle which mixes sci-fi, teen fantasies and comedy. A couple of nerdy schoolboys hook a Barbie doll to their computer and scan in magazine pictures of 'perfect' parts of the female anatomy as part of their experiment. The result is the woman of their dreams - Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), ..read more »
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Anyone who grew up in the 80s will know this film off by heart.

The Goonies on DVD (1985)
Starring: Mary Ellen T, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin
Director: Richard Donner
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The Goonies are a bunch of misfit kids who take on some greedy property developers and try to save their neighbourbood by finding the lost treasure map of a 17th century pirate.
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Not much plot, but great script and characters.

Withnail And I on DVD (1986)
Starring: Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley, Richard Griffiths
Director: Bruce Robinson
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Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. It's the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann), subsist on a diet of booze, drugs and fags in their revolting Camden flat. In order to escape the depressing nexus of visits ..read more »
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The first two Tim Burton directed Batmans are so much better than the recent prequels.

Batman on DVD (1989)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger
Director: Tim Burton
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Tim Burton directs this big screen outing for the caped crusader. The streets of Gotham City are no longer safe for criminals, who are being picked off by a masked vigilante in a rubber suit - dubbed 'Batman' by the press. Reporter Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl) teams with photographer Vicki Vale (..read more »
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Arnie at his darkest and most menacing.

The Terminator on DVD (1985)
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: James Cameron
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Endlessly imitated, The Terminator made the reputation of cowriter/director James Cameron -- who would go on to make 1997's titanic Titanic -- and solidified the stardom of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The movie begins in a post-apocalyptic 2029, when Los Angeles has been largely reduced to rubble and is ..read more »
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My favourite Kubrick movie. Great 60s soundtrack.

Full Metal Jacket on DVD (1987)
Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevyn Ma, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers. Based on Gustav Hasford's novel The Short Timers, the film's first half details the volunteers' harrowing boot-camp ..read more »
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"Quick Marty run, it's the Libyans!" still enters my mind when I see a VW campervan

Back To The Future on DVD (1985)
Starring: Billy Zane, Claudia Wells, Lea Thompson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) just wants to play electric guitar and date girlfriend Jennifer; he is also determined not to end up a loser in life like his own parents. Father George (Crispin Glover) is a weak-willed failure, bullied at work by his former high school tormentor Biff Tannen (..read more »
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Fantastic 80s teenage movie starring the two Coreys, Feldman and Haim.

The Lost Boys on DVD (1987)
Starring: Jami Gertz, Kelly Jo Minter, Corey Feldman
Director: Joel Schumacher
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Two brothers move to a new town and soon fall in with the wrong crowd. Nothing unusual about that, except these particular no-mark punks also happen to be blood-swilling vampires. The older brother (Jason Patric) proves easy prey and is soon a fully paid-up member of the undead. But the younger ..read more »
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This movie makes me nostalgic for innocent teenage adventures on hot summer days. Ahh good times.

Stand by Me on DVD (1986)
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Jason Oliver, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Rob Reiner
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Based on the Stephen King short story The Body, Rob Reiner's easygoing nostalgia piece is set in Castle Rock, OR, over Labor Day weekend, 1959. A quartet of boys, inseparable friends all, set out in search of a dead body that one of the boys overhears his brother talking about. The foursome ..read more »
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"My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father now prepare to die"

The Princess Bride on DVD (1987)
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal
Director: Rob Reiner
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Comical fantasy tale of beautiful princesses, foul villains and dashing heroes from director Rob Reiner. The Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn) is saddened by the disappearance of her true-love Westley (Cary Elwes), and finds that she now has no choice but to become engaged to the evil Prince ..read more »
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