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Back to the future
Big
Bttf 2
The Goonies
Airplane
Young sherlock holmes
The Burbs
Once upon a time in america
Beverly hills cop

I love Beverly Hills Cop. I just re-watched it last night; grew up watching it but did not think it to be as good as I did last night! Hilarious film with great script! 10/10.
Favourite 80s movies (not in any order):
Midnight Run (same director as BHC. Even better and funnier; amongst my all time favourite films)
The Shining
Kagemusha
Scanners
Thief
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Escape From New York
Halloween 2
The Long Good Friday
Conan the Barbarian
Mad Max 2
The Thing
The King of Comedy
Winners and Sinners
Scarface
Tenebrae
The Terminator
Paris, Texas
The Killing Fields
Beverly Hills Cop
The Falcon and the Snowman
Commando
Predator
My Lucky Stars
Re-Animator
Day of the Dead
Back to the Future trilogy
Phenomena
Year of the Dragon
Heart of the Dragon
Ran
Salvador
Big Trouble in Little China
Aliens
Stand By Me
The Fly
Manhunter
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
Angel Heart
Lethal Weapon 1 and 2
Withnail and I
The Untouchables
Full Metal Jacket
Jean De Florette
Manon Des Sources
Robocop
Stakeout
No Way Out
The Big Easy
The Princess Bride
Near Dark
The Running Man
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Empire of the Sun (for me, possibly Spielberg's best)
Wall Street
A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2
The Killer
Good Morning Vietnam
Cop
Frantic
Police Story 1 and 2
Red Heat
Die Hard 1 and 2
Salaam Bombay!
They Live (contender for Carpenter's best film)
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
The 'Burbs
Batman
When Harry Met Sally
Lock Up
Casaulties of War
Black Rain
Parinda
Main Azaad Hoon
Born on the Fourth of July
Tango & Cash
Maine Pyar Kya
The Vanishing
Grave of the Fireflies
Dragons Forever
Wheels on Meals
My Favourite Films:
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls031923032

Some of my favorites
Dead Poets Society
Glory
Amadeus
Aliens
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Pale Rider
The Terminator
The Fly
Rain Man
The Untouchables
The Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Stand By Me
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Some Kind of Wonderful
She's Having a Baby
The Big Chill
The Abyss
Angel Heart

The 80's was the best decade for movies ever, there are so many good ones I could make a list of at least 100 to 200 that are some of my all time favorites. If I had to narrow it down to only one or a few it would be:
Aliens
Empire Strikes Back
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blade Runner
I was never a big fan of E.T., I liked it but didn't love it. After being a blown away 4 year old after seeing Star Wars, E.T. was a let down. Cute, fun story but kind of whimpy, I will still watch it today for nostalgia value (everything in it looks and reminds me of being a kid during that time period) but I think it's one of the more over rated movies from the 80's.
My guilty pleasure movies are:
The Last Starfighter
Krull
Clash of the Titans
The Monster Squad
The Thing
Risky Business
One movie I absolutely can't stand from the 80's is When Harry Met Sally.

My fave ones I didn't see mentioned were Clue and The Big Easy.
Also Psycho II
Ghostbusters
Airplane
Airplane II
Broadcast News
Trading Places
The Breakfast Club

overall: Raging Bull
guilty pleasure: Commando
so many movies, so little time

Lot of 80s movies I love. Hard to pick just one, but if I absolutely had to I'd say Back to the Future (1985).

Ghostbusters (1984), Commando (1985), Once Bitten (1985) and Legacy of Rage (1986) are my favorites. Honorable mention The Young Master (1980).

difficult I have lots of faves love the 80s!
The Goonies
License To Drive
Gremlins
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Permanent Record
Brotherhood of Justice
Poltergeist
Beverly Hills Cop
Back to the Future

My favourite movie from the 1980's is probably Amadeus.
Never defend crap with "It's just a movie"
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80s are definitive favorite decade of movies for me, though I am born in 1989. Here's my list.
Predator
Commando
The Running Man
Die Hard
Batman
Beverly Hills Cop 2 (and this)
Mad Max 2
Platoon
Highlander
Angel Heart

This. This is one of, if not my favorite movie of all time it's just timeless for me. So funny and I can watch it over again.

The Mask with Cher I think that was an 80's movie
Beverly Hills Cop of course
Ghostbusters 1, 2, and 3
Just One Of The Guys
Back To The Future this movie is a classic
ET (I think this one has to be my most favorite from the 80's)
Gremlins
Drop Dead Fred

Rumble Fish, Blue Velvet, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time In America, After Hours, The Elephant Man, The Shining, etc., you know, those types of serious film-making, artsy films and what not are my favorites from the decade. But in terms of comedy movies, this one is certainly one of the best.
The prostitution rests.

• Kelly Bundy

Back to the Future,Ghostbusters,Rambo trilogy,Star wars trilogy,Scareface,This is Spinal tap, and The Karate Kid

Yeah, agreed, both worthy and excellent choices.

My fav movie from the 80's would be either Aliens or Terminator.

Easily one of the best movies of the 80s! It's up there with Back To The Future, Gremlins, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

Back to the Future. Love this too though.
"Let us be crooked but never common"

dude, he said "favorite movie" not "list every movie ever made"!!

48 hrs. (1982)
a christmas story (1983)
a fish called wanda (1988)
a nightmare on elm street 1-5 (1984-1989)
the abyss (1989)
the adventures of milo and otis (1989)
airplane (1980)
aliens (1986)
an american werewolf in london (1981)
an officer and a gentleman (1982)
annie (1982)
arthur 1-2 (1981-1988)
back to the future 1-2 (1985-1989)
batman (1989)
beverly hills cop 1-2 (1984-1987)
beetlejuice (1988)
big (1988)
big trouble in little china (1986)
blade runner (1982)
the breakfast club (1985)
caddyshack (1980)
casualties of war (1989)
cocoon 1-2 (1985-1989)
coming to america (1988)
commando (1985)
conan 1-2 (1981-1984)
crocodile dundee 1-2 (1986-1988)
die hard (1988)
dirty dancing (1987)
sudden impact (1983)
the dead pool (1988)
licence to kill (1989)
dune (1984)
e.t. the extra terrestrial (1982)
ernest goes to camp (1987)
fast times at ridgemont high (1982)
fatal attraction (1987)
ferris bueller's day off (1986)
first blood 1-3 (1982-1988)
flashdance (1983)
fletch 1-2 (1985-1989)
footloose (1984)
full metal jacket (1987)
funny farm (1988)
ghostbusters 1-2 (1984 1989)
glory (1989)
the goonies (1985)
grease 2 (1982)
gremlins (1984)
harry and the hendersons (1987)
heartbreak ridge (1986)
honey, i shrunk the kids (1989)
Howard the duck (1986)
iron eagle (1986)
jumpin jack flash (1986)
karate kid 1-3 (1984-1989)
the last starfighter (1984)
legend (1985)
lethal weapon 1-2 (1987-1989)
the little mermaid (1989)
Lone wolf mcquade (1983)
look who's talking (1989)
the naked gun (1988)
never say never again (1983)
the neverending story (1984)
the outsiders (1983)
planes, trains and automobiles (1987)
platoon (1986)
poltergeist 1-3 (1982-1988)
porky's 1-3 (1981-1985)
predator (1987)
pretty i pink (1986)
the presidio (1986)
princess bride (1987)
private benjamin (1980)
protocol (1984)
purple rain (1984)
raiders of the lost ark 1-3 (1981-1989)
rain man (1988)
red dawn (1984)
revenge of the nerds 1-2 (1984-1987)
the right stuff (1983)
risky business (1983)
rocky 3-4 (1982-1985)
romancing the stone (1984)
the jewel of the nile (1985)
scarface (1983)
scrooged (1988)
the shining (1980)
sixteen candles (1984)
smokey and the bandit 2-3 (1980-1983)
somewhere in time (1980)
spaceballs (1987)
spacecamp (1986)
splash (1984)
st. elmo's fire (1985)
stand by me (1986)
the empire strikes back (1980)
return of the jedi (1983)
starman (1984)
superman 2-4 (1980-1987)
the terminator (1984)
the thing (1982)
tootsie (1982)
top gun (1986)
tron (1982)
twins (1988)
uncle buck (1989)
the untouchables (1987)
vacation (1983)
European vacation (1985)
christmas vacation (1989)
wall street (1987)
wargames (1983)
who framed roger rabbit (1988)
willow (1988)
working girl (1988)
WOW! These 80s movies are my all favorite!
R.I.P Sophia
Carol and Sophia are my favorite female characters!

48 hrs. (1982)
a christmas story (1983)
a fish called wanda (1988)
a nightmare on elm street 1-5 (1984-1989)
the abyss (1989)
the adventures of milo and otis (1989)
airplane (1980)
aliens (1986)
an american werewolf in london (1981)
an officer and a gentleman (1982)
annie (1982)
arthur 1-2 (1981-1988)
back to the future 1-2 (1985-1989)
batman (1989)
beverly hills cop 1-2 (1984-1987)
beetlejuice (1988)
big (1988)
big trouble in little china (1986)
blade runner (1982)
the breakfast club (1985)
caddyshack (1980)
casualties of war (1989)
cocoon 1-2 (1985-1989)
coming to america (1988)
commando (1985)
conan 1-2 (1981-1984)
crocodile dundee 1-2 (1986-1988)
die hard (1988)
dirty dancing (1987)
sudden impact (1983)
the dead pool (1988)
licence to kill (1989)
dune (1984)
e.t. the extra terrestrial (1982)
ernest goes to camp (1987)
fast times at ridgemont high (1982)
fatal attraction (1987)
ferris bueller's day off (1986)
first blood 1-3 (1982-1988)
flashdance (1983)
fletch 1-2 (1985-1989)
footloose (1984)
full metal jacket (1987)
funny farm (1988)
ghostbusters 1-2 (1984 1989)
glory (1989)
the goonies (1985)
grease 2 (1982)
gremlins (1984)
harry and the hendersons (1987)
heartbreak ridge (1986)
honey, i shrunk the kids (1989)
Howard the duck (1986)
iron eagle (1986)
jumpin jack flash (1986)
karate kid 1-3 (1984-1989)
the last starfighter (1984)
legend (1985)
lethal weapon 1-2 (1987-1989)
the little mermaid (1989)
Lone wolf mcquade (1983)
look who's talking (1989)
the naked gun (1988)
never say never again (1983)
the neverending story (1984)
the outsiders (1983)
planes, trains and automobiles (1987)
platoon (1986)
poltergeist 1-3 (1982-1988)
porky's 1-3 (1981-1985)
predator (1987)
pretty i pink (1986)
the presidio (1986)
princess bride (1987)
private benjamin (1980)
protocol (1984)
purple rain (1984)
raiders of the lost ark 1-3 (1981-1989)
rain man (1988)
red dawn (1984)
revenge of the nerds 1-2 (1984-1987)
the right stuff (1983)
risky business (1983)
rocky 3-4 (1982-1985)
romancing the stone (1984)
the jewel of the nile (1985)
scarface (1983)
scrooged (1988)
the shining (1980)
sixteen candles (1984)
smokey and the bandit 2-3 (1980-1983)
somewhere in time (1980)
spaceballs (1987)
spacecamp (1986)
splash (1984)
st. elmo's fire (1985)
stand by me (1986)
the empire strikes back (1980)
return of the jedi (1983)
starman (1984)
superman 2-4 (1980-1987)
the terminator (1984)
the thing (1982)
tootsie (1982)
top gun (1986)
tron (1982)
twins (1988)
uncle buck (1989)
the untouchables (1987)
vacation (1983)
European vacation (1985)
christmas vacation (1989)
wall street (1987)
wargames (1983)
who framed roger rabbit (1988)
willow (1988)
working girl (1988)

Niiice - excellent choice!

Aliens - one of the best movies ever made!