The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover!

i ahve seen so many 80's movies it's not funny. although, growing up iin the 80's, it would be hard not to. the first movie that i can remember seeing was ET.

ii am a movie junkie. i love all kinds of films, from all different era's ranging from the first films done by the Lumiere Brothers in the 1890's to any movie that will debut up til the day i die. my all time favorite movie would have to be "gone with the wind" . but i do love 80's film. it is the last decade that films were still shot on film and not digital. cartoons were still hand-drawn.

one of my favorites is ''watcher in the woods." it was bette davis's movie, i believe. it was awesome.

Oh lets see what I have:

Le Femme Nikita (the original subtitled)
Legend
Excalibur
Time Bandits
Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town
If You Could See What I Hear
The Last Starfighter
Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Deathrow Gameshow
Nate and Hayes
Top Secret
Amazon Women on the Moon
Enemy Mine
Flash Gordon
The Stuntman
A Fish Called Wanda
Remo Williams
Ladyhawke
This is Spinal Tap
Blade Runner
Labyrinth
American Flyers
Tango and Cash
The Big Blue
Bachelor Party
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Outland
Looker
Freejack
Highlander: Directors Cut
Strange Brew
Johnny Dangerously
The Lost Boys
Lifeforce
Tron

I think thats about all I have left, my best friend back in CA has the rest, but some of the few 80's movies I am looking for are:

Biggles: Adventures in Time
Waxworks
Surf Nazis Must Die
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

Ah i forgot about the last starfighter...that movie KICKSASS...i need to get it on dvd....and they have it at walmart for 10$

also, i have waxwork2

cus waxwork 2 is the bomb, Yo

X wrote:also, i have waxwork2 cus waxwork 2 is the bomb, Yo

Waxworks was fun, both of them. And, you can get both on one disc. I just saw them the other day at Disc Exchange on Kingston Pike and Best Buy for around 14.00. I don't think that they are in widescreen though, so I passed.

Any yes, Clockwork Orange is a 70's film. I was saying that Coor needed to be force fed 80's movies Clockwork Orange style - If you have seen the movie, you know what I mean -

Onibubba wrote:

Coor wrote:OOOOH! I saw Full Metal Jacket

Tht's 4 80's Films Diddy!

Oh no! You cannot include FMJ amongst these movies! I thought we were just talking trashy 80's films. There were as many
good films made during the 80's as any decade. I mean, as far as actual QUALITY 80's films:

Blade Runner
Alien
Wings of Desire
Last Temptation of Christ
Sid and Nancy
The Mission
Brazil...

Sorry, my inner movie geek runs rampant

I merely listed FMJ as a favorite, not as cheese. It was FAR from it! Monophonic listed 'BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA"!!!!! God how could I forget that one??

Big
Burbs (89)
Cujo
The Fly
Transylvania 6-5000
976-Evil
Fright Night
Evil Dead 1 & 2 (1 was made in 79, but so what?)
Friday the 13th
Halloween
Night of the Demons
Sleepaway Camp
An American Werewolf in London
Children of the Corn
The Company of Wolves
Creepshow
Hellraiser
The Shining

Damn, guess I got on The Horror Movies of the 80's kick!

RavenLunatic wrote: Damn, guess I got on The Horror Movies of the 80's kick!

The 80's were an outstanding time for horror films. There were exceptions of course, but the 90's generally dropped the ball in this area. It's funny that the most fondly remembered films from the 80's seem to be in the comedy / horror genres.

Lots of good stuff happening outside the US during this time period too. La Femme Nikita, Wings of Desire, and The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover were already mentioned and are outstanding foreign films.

I've sen Beetlejuice,edward Siccorhands, and Et! That's 8 80's films! Woohoo! Thanks for the movie X, now if I ever see you again, since your ass is ALWAYS busy, I might be able to get it!

im just happy someone mentioned 976-evil.
Most of my favs have been listed and i dont feel like typing up a list.
did anyone mentioned real genious yet?

Onibubba wrote: The 80's were an outstanding time for horror films.

much agreed. i'd wager near half of my horror top ten list stems from the 80's.

OK not sure if this is a 70's movie or an 80's movie but either way you have not lived until you have seen.....(drum roll)

SCARFACE!!!!!!!

I mean come on this is the greatest movie of all time......

imho

I think the only 80's movies that i own are SpaceBalls, Labrinth, and Legend... but i'm a huge fan of 80's movies... well movies in general i suppose....

I might be the only one who saw it but when I was young, my favorite movie (in the 80's( was BMX Bandits.

i never get sick of watching spaceballs....too cheesy

QueenOfTheFlock wrote:I might be the only one who saw it but when I was young, my favorite movie (in the 80's( was BMX Bandits.

Holy shit!!!!

I remember that
that and Solar babies, LadyHawke, Krull, and ANY of the Road Warrior movies!

scarecrow wrote:

QueenOfTheFlock wrote:I might be the only one who saw it but when I was young, my favorite movie (in the 80's( was BMX Bandits.

Holy shit!!!!

I remember that
that and Solar babies, LadyHawke, Krull, and ANY of the Road Warrior movies!

Hell yes!!! I didn't realize until a couple years ago that the girl in it was Nicole Kidman.

Surf Nazis Must Die (Don't mess with Leroy's Mama)
Class of Nuke 'Em High
The Toxic Avenger 1-3
Troma's War
(get em all at http://www.choppingmaul.com - Troma's Online Shopping Site)
Rock & Roll Highschool (ok, so it's not from the 80s, but 79 is close enough...and it had the 80s feel AND the Ramones in it, by god)
The Road Warrior
Rocky 3 (I'm a survivor, unlike the band Survivor who played Eye of the tiger)
The Puppet Master (you know, the cheesy horror flick with the evil puppets)
Child's Play
Basket Case (horrror - super cheese!)
Hairspray & Polyester (John Waters is a fucked up individual)
Lair of the White Worm
Return of the Killer Tomatoes (Only because the first one was made in the 70s)
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
This is Spinal Tap
Little Shop of Horrors
THEY LIVE! (best. fight. scene. ever.)
Buckaroo Banzai
Re-Animator
Predator
Day of the Dead
Heathers
Earth Girls Are Easy
Howard the Duck
The Naked Gun
Trading Places
A Fish Called Wanda
Top Secret!
History of the World - Part I
Spaceballs
Look Who's Talking
Peggy Sue Got Married
Oh God! You Devil
Great Balls of Fire!
Manhunter (the first Hannibal Lecter movie)
The Abyss
Bad Taste
City of the Living Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Return of the Living Dead 1 & 2
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
The Witches of Eastwick
Dune

and...I'm sure there's more, I just can't think of em, and I was trying to avoid repeating people.

Oh well.

Oh, I've sn Scarface, but I think that's 70's.

Oh, and I love Oh god, you devil! George Burns kicks ass!

Lets see

Crush Groove
Beat Street
Breakin'
Breakin' 2 Electric Bugaloo
Rad
Disorderlies
Transformers the Movie

Coor wrote:Oh, I've sn Scarface, but I think that's 70's.

Oh, and I love Oh god, you devil! George Burns kicks ass!

George Burns was one of my FAVORITE actors when I was younger.