The quintessential 80's movie?

[Blackhole]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off!!!

Or Back to the Future...III...

OH, the 1980s...

 

[Kuzeh]

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

 

[KitFisto]

Breakfast Club ....

What he said.

With Top Gun and Ferris close 2nd's.

 

[barbelith]

Top Gun. Other movies may look or feel more '80s in retrospect, but this is the one that most perfectly captures the Reagan years' zeitgeist.

 

[grphyx1]

Breakin' - all about the dayglo wear

 

[grphyx1]

although quintessential I'd have to go Breakfast Club

 

[galactiboy]

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.

Goonies is another great choice... just had everything going for it

 

[Rock83]

I think most of the 80`s teen movies represent that decade the best.

 

[Rock83]

"Revenge of the nerds" is also worth mentioning

 

[Valfar]

One the many, man do i miss the eighties..way way better then nowadays.

 

[SpenK]

DIE HARD !

 

[LChinoz]

Teen Wolf.

 

[DinoLast]

Too many to have a complete list

but to name a few
The Sure Thing
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Karate Kid
Leathal Weapon
Die Hard
The Lost Boys
Back to the Future
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Flashdance
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Crocodile Dundee
Say Anything
Better off Dead
E.T. - The Extraterrestrial
Gremlins
The Last Starfighter
The Goonies
Uncle Buck
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Vacation
I could go on forever
Oh and the Wedding Singer, even though it's not really an 80's movie

 

[CelticPredator]

You forgot Terminator....so i'll add that.

And all the Friday the 13th movies.....

 

[a-dev]

The 80s really were a great decade for films. So many classics from any genre you can think of.

I agree with the OPs choice of Back to the Future. I love that the 'future' referred to in the title is 1985 - 25 years ago!!. In the words of Doc Brown - 'Unbelievable'.

 

[DinoLast]

You forgot Terminator....so i'll add that.

And all the Friday the 13th movies.....

Yes I did forget, the shame

Also Rocky III and IV
and Commando.

I wont include First Blood, Predator or Rambo, because even though they are classic movies, there is nothing in them to make you nostalgic for the 80's

 

[CelticPredator]

Robocop is a total 80's movie. People explode when you shoot them. Lolz.

 

[devilof76]

Top Gun. Other movies may look or feel more '80s in retrospect, but this is the one that most perfectly captures the Reagan years' zeitgeist.

But it leaves out everything that was against that, and the antipathy defined the era almost more than the sympathy. At best it nailed down a major piece of it all, but it didn't get the whole picture.

I was thinking Less Than Zero, but it has the same problem.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Back to the Future...

 

[Superman]

Superman I - IV

BTTF ofcourse.. Goonies... Teen Wolf..lol..

and Adventures in Babysitting

Let's not forget Ghostbuster 1 and 2.