The quintessential 80's movie?

[Wor-Gar]

The ET thread got me thinking...

What do you think is THE quintessential 80's movie that best represents that decade.

It doesn't have to be your favorite movie, just one that singularly captures the 80's.

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking 1985's "Back to the Future". The clothes, the music, the filmmaker's style and technique, the effects, the subject matter... everything screams 80's.

 

[occulum]

Breakfast Club ....

 

[pixletwin]

Breakfast Club ....

Agreed. Baring that, Back to the Future.

 

[thenammagazine]

Why is this thread here?

 

[galactiboy]

Yeah, as cliche as it is to say... Breakfast Club is pure 80's.

Another one I'd throw in there is Karate Kid

 

[Wor-Gar]

Breakfast Club ....

I thought about that too, but that movie seems to encompass just a part of that decade. BTTF includes that sensibility PLUS special effects and a fantasy/comedy/adventure mindset that really covers all the popular genres simultaneously. It really covers all the bases other than the macho Rambo/Die Hard/Terminator/Commando type films of that time.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Why is this thread here?

I don't know. What the hell? Just thinking aloud I guess.

 

[King Darkness]

Top Gun. It was 110% 80's! Patriotic cheese at its Hollywood finest, you just cant get more 80's than Top Gun.

Breakfast Club was to good a movie to really do the 80s justice, so was Back to the Future.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

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[hairlesswookiee]

Agreed....Back to the Future is pure '80s awesome. Top Gun, Karate Kid, Commando, Aliens, Breakfast Club, Say Anything.

 

[King Darkness]

The only movie more 80s than Top Gun was Road House, because it had the appropriate amount of 80s over the top fight scenes and gratuitous nudity.

So Top Gun or Road House.

 

[karamazov80]

I think Breakfast Club really encapsulated the feel of the decade, as well, though Back to the Future would also go on my list. Another might be the Transformers cartoon, just because it reflects the nature of boys' cartoons in that decade.

 

[Kuzeh]

Another one I'd throw in there is Karate Kid

My pick...
BTTF pretty close 2nd.

 

[occulum]

... Porkys ....

 

[Razor Hanzo]

I would say Sixteen Candles, or even better, The Last American Virgin.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Got to be The Breakfast Club. Any talk of distinctly 80's movies begins with John Hughes.

 

[karamazov80]

Goonies is another one I loved as a kid, as was Monster Squad. Seems like young boys don't get reasonably scary/dark movies like those made for them anymore, which is a shame.

 

[Voorhees27]

The Breakfast Club hands down.

 

[snoop101]

SCARFACE fo sho.

 

[Voorhees27]

SCARFACE fo sho.

Yep, Scarface pretty much summed up the 80's perfect