Why should the 90s have all the fun? Here's my list in no particular order:


Bull Durham
Full metal jacket
Fast times
They live
16 candles
Terminator
Crimes and misdemeanors
Breakfast club
Hannah and her sisters
Coming to America
Ghostbusters
Raiders of the lost ark
Empire strikes back
Back to the future
Die hard
Ferris beuller
Princess bride
Dead poets society
Airplane
Big
Karate kid
Amadeus
Trading places
Caddyshack
Say anything
Wall Street
When Harry met Sally
Cinema paradiso
Glory
Field of dreams
Tootsie
Naked gun
The natural
Hoosiers
The last emperor
body heat
Fletch
The Hitcher

Wall Street

Aliens
Brazil
Trading Places

Underrated 80's movie - The Abyss (the last 20 minutes is silly, but it's great up until that point)

gosh.....

The Killing Fields
The 2nd two Star Wars
Raging Bull
Big Trouble in Little China
Running Man

probably some other shit

1. Ghostbusters
2. Back to the Future

Brazil
This Is Spinal Tap
The Empire Strikes Back
Bull Durham
Blood Simple
The Shining
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Hannah and Her Sisters
Ghostbusters
Do the Right Thing
Blue Velvet
Back to the Future
Videodrome
Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Tootsie
Airplane!
Beverly Hills Cop
Trading Places
Return of the Jedi
Coming to America
The Blues Brothers
The Terminator
Major League
National Lampoon's Vacation
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
When Harry Met Sally
Raising Arizona
Risky Business
Rain Man
Caddyshack
A Fish Called Wanda
ET: The Extra Terrestrial

Bladerunner
Dune
Spaceballs

Evil Dead II

little shop of horrors

Psychos in Love

Many of the great ones have already been named, but let me add:

Something Wild (1986: Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta; directed by Jonathan Demme)
After Hours (1985-ish: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino; directed by Martin Scorcese)
Fletch

MOONWALKER

The Unbelievable Truth

Until I just looked on IMDB right now, I didn't realize that Edie Falco was the waitress in my favorite scene from that flick

Das Boot (german)
My Life as a Dog (swedish)
Cinema Paradiso (italian)
Betty Blue (french)
9 1/2 Weeks (mickey rourke, kim bassinger)
Do The Right Thing (spike lee)
She's Gotta Have It (spike lee)
My left Foot (daniel day lewis)
Ran (kurosawa)
La Lectrice (french)
Monsiuer Hire (french)
Paris Texas (Wim Wenders, Nastasia Kinski, Harry Dean stanton)
Down By Law (Jarmush)
Stranger than Paradise (Jarmusch)
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders)
Sex Lies and Videotape (James Spader, Andie Mcdowell, Laura San giacomo)
What Have I Done to Deserve This (Almodovar Spain)
La Leys of Deseo (Almodovar Spain)
Tie Me Up Tie Me Down (Almodovar Spain)
Kagemusha (Japan)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (French)
The Last Metro (Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu)
Tampopo
Pelle the Conqueror
Shoah
Balad of Narayama (Japan, stunning visually)
Vagabond (French)
Camille Claudel (French biopic on woman of Rodin)
Red Shorgum (Chinese)
The Return of Martin Guerre (French)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
Dune
King Lear (Godard)
The Last Emporer
Brazil
King of Comedy (Deniro)
Raging Bull (Deniro)
Ragtime ( Cagney's last role)
The Color of Money (Newman)
The Woman Next Door (French hottest woman on film ever)
High Hope (Mike Leigh)
Life is Sweet (mike Leigh)
Verdict (Newman)
The Milagro Beanfield War ( Redford directed, Sonia Braga, Reuben Blades)
Jagged Edge (Jeff Bridges, Loggia)
The Falcon and the Snowman (Sean Penn)
Unbearable Lightness of Being (Lena Olin)
Breakfast Club
Ferris Beuller
Dead Poets Society
Platoon
Uncle Buck
The Elephant Man
Amadeus
Trading Places
Wall Street
Field of Dreams
Sophies Choice (Meryl Streep)
Ordinary People
Rain Man
Glory (Denzel, Andre Braugher)
The Big Chill
Bull Durham
The Natural
Against All Odds (Rachel Ward was so hot in this flic)
Mississipi Burning (Hackman)
Terms of Endearment (Shirley McClaine)
Desperately Seeking Susan (Madonna, Arquette)
No Way Out (Costner)
Wild Orchid (Rourke)
Coal Miners Daughter (Spacek)

nycphils wrote:Why should the 90s have all the fun? Here's my list in no particular order:

Die hard
Ferris beuller
Princess bride

Pretty solid back to back to back right thur

I like many of the movies on PtK's list, especially Down By Law. And, it's Desperately Seeking Susan, not Suddenly Seeking Susan.

I'll add:

Broadway Danny Rose
Swimming to Cambodia


I'll probably catch some crap for this statement, but I really do think there were more better movies in the 80s than their are now. Maybe that's because living in the middle of nowhere really limits the movies I can see. Of course, our TV today kicks 80 TV's ass, so I guess it's all good.

TenuredVulture wrote: And, it's Desperately Seeking Susan, not Suddenly Seeking Susan.

Sure it was, if you got the VHS from the back from of the video store

Some lesser known or underappreciated ones I like:

John Carpenter's "The Thing"
Dario Argento's "Phenomena"
Michael Mann's "Thief"
My Neighbor Totoro
Vampire's Kiss
Paris, Texas
The Verdict
Koyaanisqatsi
The Thin Blue Line
My Dinner With Andre
The Vanishing
Wings of Desire
The Killing Fields
Batman