Earlier today the folks over at EatSleepLiveFilm put up a list of what they called the ’100 Best Films of the 80s’ and whilst their list was full of awesome films – covering a plethora of genres and touching base on a number of the decades best and most-loved movies – upon reading it, and as a 80s aficionado, I found there to be quite a few glaring omissions. Hence this “rebuttal” – a list of 50 films (in no particular order) that DIDN’T make ESLF’s Top 100 that I think are some of the best of the 80s, including some that might surprise you…
- Weird Science
- One Crazy Summer
- How I Got Into College
- The Burning
- Class of 1984
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- The Beastmaster
- The Sword and the Sorceror
- Hiding Out
- Battle Beyond the Stars
- Home Front (aka Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home)
- The Blob
- Dance Til’ Dawn
- My Science Project
- Dream a Little Dream
- Popcorn
- Iron Eagle
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow
- 18 Again
- The Gate
- Gleaming the Cube
- Happy Together
- The Legend of Billie Jean
- The Hidden
- The Evil
- The House on Sorority Row
- Night of the Creeps
- Just One of the Guys
- Teen Wolf
- Lucas
- The Prowler
- Major League
- The Monster Squad
- Ruthless People
- The Secret of My Success
- Secret Admirer
- Short Circuit
- From Beyond
- The New Kids
- The NIght Before
- Three O’Clock High
- Relentless
- Summer School
- The Sure Thing
- The Willies
- Zapped Again
- Savage Streets
- Re-Animator
- The Stepfather
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
So are there any of your favourite 80s movies that didn’t make this list or ESLF’s list? We’d love to hear your thoughts…
Actually, here are the next 100 in the list.
Top Gun
Beverly Hills Cop 2
Manhunter
Hannah And Her Sisters
Flight of the Navigator
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Rain Man
Diner
The Long Good Friday
After Hours
An American Tale
Dead Poets Society
Sixteen Candles
The ‘Burbs
Witches of Eastwick
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
Romancing the Stone
Gorillas in the Mist
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzi Across the 8th Dimension
Caddyshack
Sid and nancy
Highlander
Child’s Play
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Broadcast News
Re-Animator
Pretty in Pink
Weird Science
Legend
Purple Rain
Rumble Fish
Vice Squad
Bull Durham
Cruising
Field of Dreams
Good Morning, Vietnam
Naked Gun
The Blob
The Burning
Fatal Attraction
Tenebrae
Clash of the Titans
Lethal Weapon II
The Verdict
The Killer
Scanners
Something Wild
48 Hours
Angel Heart
Halloween II
Clue
Road House
Day of the Dead
Top Secret
Dead Ringers
Dirty Dancing
Tango and Cash
Police Academy
Trading Places
Red Dawn
The Colour of Money
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Ruthless People
Night of the Creeps
Some Kind of Wonderful
Cannibal Holocause
Ladyhawke
The Dark Crystal
The Decalogue
The Last Starfighter
Pale Rider
Coming to America
Tootsie
Mystery Train
Friday the 13th
They Live
Cocoon
Explorers
Porky’s
The War of the Roses
Near Dark
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
A Christmas Story
Miracle Mile
Rambo
Das Boot
Gandhi
Street Trash
The Secret of Nihm
Hairspray
Christine
My Dinner with Andre
Look Who’s Talking
Real Genius
Rocky 3
Twins
UHF
Annie
WarGames
Pink Floyd The Wall