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Cheesy / classic 80’s films!

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PoptartPoptart · 24/02/2023 20:18

Me and DH have have recently discovered old Top of the Pops episodes on BBC 4 and a lot of the songs featured in old films, prompting a lot of nostalgia in our house!
So I’m making a list of classic 80’s and early 90’s films to rewatch.
So far I’ve got:
At Elmo’s Fire
Mannequin
Ferris Bueller’s day off
Pretty in pink
Girls just wanna have fun
Top Gun
Dead Poets Society
Ghost
Anyone care to add anymore?

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Alighttouchonthetiller · 25/02/2023 20:08

KillingMeDeftly · 25/02/2023 09:22

Apparently there's Young Guns III in the works! Though arguably they aren't exactly young anymore...

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Really?! That has made my night! I bloody love the Young Guns films.

DorritLittle · 25/02/2023 20:37

KillingMeDeftly · 25/02/2023 09:22

Apparently there's Young Guns III in the works! Though arguably they aren't exactly young anymore...

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OMG, this would make my day too! But no they are not 😂

Badger1970 · 25/02/2023 20:38

Some Kind of Wonderful
The Lost Boys
Steel Magnolias
Fame
American Gigolo
Out of Africa

Newlifeintherain · 25/02/2023 20:40

9 to 5 very early 80s

sealon82 · 25/02/2023 20:43

Look who's talking
Grease 2
Weird science

MichelleScarn · 25/02/2023 20:45

Very very cheesy film with a young Matthew Perry, She's Out of Control!

TheHillsAreAliveWithTheSoundOfMystery · 25/02/2023 20:47

Honey, I shrunk the kids

Gintow · 25/02/2023 20:54

This is an epic thread 👏🏻

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 25/02/2023 20:57

Flash Gordon

Topbird29 · 25/02/2023 20:58

All these films....brings back so many memories! Lived in a small village- so no video store, but twice a week a lady came round with a video library in the the boot of her car - you rented a video for £1 for a few days. Happiest summer holidays ever. Bloody loved a bit of Young Guns, Weird Science and Dirty Dancing.

My suggestions

Teen wolf.
Inner space.

Topbird29 · 25/02/2023 21:14

And loved the Lost Boys.

Also - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure...
And Time Cop (very cheesy Van Damme)

QueenOfThorns · 25/02/2023 21:19

Has this got to the fourth page without someone mentioning The Karate Kid? Come on everybody - wax on, wax off…

AdamRyan · 25/02/2023 21:23

Police academy
Time bandits
The Princess Bride
Gremlins
Ghostbusters, obvs

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PoptartPoptart · 25/02/2023 22:14

QueenOfThorns · 25/02/2023 21:19

Has this got to the fourth page without someone mentioning The Karate Kid? Come on everybody - wax on, wax off…

Of course!! Can’t believe I didn’t think of that one!

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january123 · 25/02/2023 22:15

EdvardMunchsMuse · 25/02/2023 01:46

Some Kind Of Wonderful is my absolute favourite.

And mine!

ichundich · 25/02/2023 22:18

PoptartPoptart · 24/02/2023 20:18

Me and DH have have recently discovered old Top of the Pops episodes on BBC 4 and a lot of the songs featured in old films, prompting a lot of nostalgia in our house!
So I’m making a list of classic 80’s and early 90’s films to rewatch.
So far I’ve got:
At Elmo’s Fire
Mannequin
Ferris Bueller’s day off
Pretty in pink
Girls just wanna have fun
Top Gun
Dead Poets Society
Ghost
Anyone care to add anymore?

Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Beverly Hills Cop, The Never-Ending Story

DancingDaughter50 · 25/02/2023 22:23

Anything with goldie hawn

Sgtmajormummy · 25/02/2023 22:36

Moonstruck
The Witches of Eastwick
Mermaids
All featuring Cher on top form.

Crossing Delaney which I saw twice at the cinema and never heard from again…

Cherryblossoms85 · 25/02/2023 22:53

Quite a few of these are 90s films...

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 25/02/2023 22:59

she does say in her OP films from the 80s and the early 90s.

Andithoughtiwasspecial · 25/02/2023 23:03

Edward scissorhands
Top gun
Teenwolf
Splash
Mermaids
Home alone
Uncle buck

DancingDaughter50 · 25/02/2023 23:06

Moonstruck, and lost boys are out at the moment

merryhouse · 25/02/2023 23:06

Outrageous Fortune
Thelma and Louise
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (I know, totally different vibe Grin)

Andithoughtiwasspecial · 25/02/2023 23:07

Bladerunner
Robocop
Mortal kombat
Crocodile Dundee
Alien
Predator
Rambo
Deathwish

Andithoughtiwasspecial · 25/02/2023 23:08

Flatliners
Tremors

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