Films I grew up loving (10 titles)

Dirty Dancing

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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 »
  
  Rate this: 72% from 24,171 members

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Saint Elmo's Fire

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• Saint Elmo's Fire on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Emilio Estevez,  Rob Lowe,  Andrew McCarthy
  Director: Joel Schumacher
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  Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favourite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy) are career-minded and heading towards marriage. Virginal Wendy (Mare Winningham) only has eyes for ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 66% from 5,222 members

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The Breakfast Club

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• The Breakfast Club on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Molly Ringwald,  Ally Sheedy,  Emilio Estevez
  Director: John Hughes
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  When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention, they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock (Emilio Estevez), a criminal (Judd Nelson), a princess (Molly Ringwald), a basket case (..read more »
  
  Rate this: 74% from 13,725 members

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Pretty In Pink

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• Pretty In Pink on DVD (1986)
  Starring: Molly Ringwald,  Andrew McCarthy,  Harry Dean Stanton
  Director: Howard Deutch
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  Two high school students from different social groups fall in love. He's the wealthy campus heart-throb and she's the bright girl from the wrong side of town. As their romance builds, they struggle against mounting pressure to end their relationship.
  
  Rate this: 67% from 7,320 members

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Say Anything

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• Say Anything on DVD (1989)
  Starring: John Cusack,  Joan Cusack,  Ione Skye
  Director: Cameron Crowe
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  In Cameron Crowe's directorial debut, John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation--a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 66% from 5,529 members

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The Outsiders

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• The Outsiders (1983)
  Starring: C. Thomas Howell,  Matt Dillon,  Ralph Macchio
  Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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  They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
  
  Rate this: 78% from 387 members

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Rumble Fish

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• Rumble Fish on DVD (1983)
  Starring: Matt Dillon,  Mickey Rourke,  Dennis Hopper
  Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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  Francis Ford Coppola directed this beautiful black-and-white version of S.E. Hinton's popular youth novel. RUMBLE FISH explores the relationship between a young street thug, Rusty James (Matt Dillon), and his older brother, the legendary Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). When Motorcycle Boy comes ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 65% from 3,292 members

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About Last Night

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• About Last Night on DVD (1986)
  Starring: Rob Lowe,  James Belushi,  Demi Moore
  Director: Edward Zwick
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  Danny (Rob Lowe) and Debbie (Demi Moore) are in love--on a strictly casual basis--in this sexy comedy. Based on David Mamet's stage play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO, director Edward Zwick's ABOUT LAST NIGHT... is a funny, provocative, and often insightful look at young romance in the 1980s. At a ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 59% from 1,843 member

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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 17,145 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 »
  
  Rate this: 75% from 28,517 members

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