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Mate.

Also, you need to up your John Hughes game.

02. Dirty Dancing (1987)
05. The Breakfast Club (1985)
18. 3 Men & a Baby (1987)
19. Footloose (1984)
20. Trading Places (1983)
22. Pretty in Pink (1986)
25. Weird Science (1985)
29. Fame (1980)
30. The Karate Kid (1984)
31. Working Girl (1988)
32. Flashdance (1983)
33. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
34. St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
35. Rocky IV (1985)
36. Splash (1984)
37. Tootsie (1982)
38. Nine and a 1/2 Weeks (1986)
39. Risky Business (1983)
40. Wall Street (1987)

Probably seen bits and pieces of most of them but I've never actually sat through all those 80s classics.

There's no Princess Bride in this list, so it's clearly a load of nonsense.

I've played the Spectrum game -

Is that not a close depiction of the film then?

Eh? What?!

That list is shite.

No Arnie, Wrong Raiders, load of wank romcom shite, no Blade Runner,no Full Metal Jacket,no The Thing etc. PAH.

Empire make more sense

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/feat ... 0s-part-2/

It looks like you're too close there. You should switch to guns.

HANG ON A SECOND

Desperately Seeking Fucking Susan???

Better than ALIENS?

Better than PRINCESS BRIDE??

Better than THE FUCKING EMPIRE FUCKING STRIKES FUCKING BACK???

The list is balls.

Although I've never seen Top Gun, I actually own three copies of. Mind you, two of them are CD-I Video CDs (ah, those days of switching discs halfway through) and the other is HD-DVD, because I'm at the cutting edge.

They have Top Gun at 78. They're the wrongest anyone's ever been about anything.

I think we're missing the quintessential action movie here: Commando. Thus, thence and therefore, this list is bull.

What's the answer to the "King of the 80s" teaser, Grimothy?

I see.

I would have guessed Ackroyd, so fairly close

I've seen all of those but then I was a teenager at the start of '82.
The list, like a lot of the shit Channel 5 pump out is rubbish. It's about as credible as the pile of onanism that was Slash presenting a list of top guitar solos on the same channel a few years ago, where I kid you not, he was IIRC the top 2 in the list. There are about 20 films on that list I wouldn't put in a top 100.

As has been pointed out, there are many classics that weren't included.

I definitely prefer Empires list , however its still missing Highlander

80. Platoon (1986)
79. Batman (1989)
78. Top Gun (1986)
77. Hairspray (1988)
76. Dirty Dancing (1987)
75. The Lost Boys (1987)
74. Big (1988)
73. Three Amigos! (1986)
72. Labyrinth (1986)
71. Heathers (1989)
70. The Fly (1986)
69. RoboCop (1987)
68. Do The Right Thing (1989)
67. The Karate Kid (1984)
66. The Little Mermaid (1989)
65. The Goonies (1985)
64. The Breakfast Club (1985)
63. Airplane! (1980)
62. Predator (1987)
61. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
60. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
59. Trading Places (1985)
58. Fatal Attraction (1987)
57. Midnight Run (1988)
56. The Terminator (1984)
55. Gremlins (1984)
54. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
53. Poltergeist (1982)
52. The Untouchables (1987)
51. The Thing (1982)
50. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
49. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
48. Scarface (1983)
47. Mad Max 2 (1982)
46. Manhunter (1986)
45. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
44. Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)
43. Das Boot (1981)
42. Field Of Dreams (1989)
41. The Blues Brothers (1980)
40. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
39. First Blood (1982)
38. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
37. The Man With Two Brains (1983)
36. Akira (1988)
35. Local Hero (1983)
34. The Killer (1989)
33. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
32. Tootsie (1982)
31. Ghostbusters (1984)
30. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
29. Top Secret! (1984)
28. The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988)
27. Jean De Florette (1986)
26. Amadeus (1984)
25. The Princess Bride (1987)
24. Withnail And I (1987)
23. 48 Hrs. (1982)
22. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
21. Raising Arizona (1987)
20. Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
19. Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return Of The Jedi (1983)
18. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
17. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
16. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
15. Blue Velvet (1986)
14. Brazil (1985)
13. Stand By Me (1986)
12. Ran (1985)
11. The Shining (1980)
10. Evil Dead II (1987)
9. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
8. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
7. Aliens (1986)
6. Die Hard (1988)
5. Back To The Future (1985)
4. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

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And of all of those I've not seen :

54. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
45. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
44. Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)

Although I do want to watch Totoro (I dont think i've watched any Miyazaki )

Hmm, looks like the API I'm using gets upset with the number of calls.

Time for some caching!

I think that's the ones I've not watched, despite having bought at least two of them on DVD.

Pow! Super-hacky cache is in place!

Here's the alternative KING OR QUEEN OR KINGS OR QUEENS OR KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE EIGHTIES: http://www.mosttriumphant.co.uk/random/who/empire.html

I'm agreeing with a lot of people on this thread, even the ones that contradict others that I also agree with.

But this... this:

This is the FUCKING TRUTH.

Commando is The Tits. I love the old Arnie movies.

Also, I only saw Top Gun properly a few month ago when it was on telly. It just somehow passed me by when I was a young un.

And your opinion was..?

What...... Temple of Doom is a Prequal to Raiders?

Turns out that this is not public knowledge

I made it to 43, without knowing.

I didn't know when I first saw the films, but became aware on subsequent viewings, pretty sure it mentions the years on screen that the action takes place?

Temple of Doom is actually a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark and is set in 1935 while Raiders is set in 1936. Therefore during the course of the film Indy has not yet discovered the Ark of the Covenant.

Ahhh, every day a school day..

It was pretty good, not great, but quite exciting. So eighties though.

I also did not know this

*Gasps*

You're in for some treats! Out of them all I'd say you MUST watch:

My Neighbour Totoro
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke

I have both Totoro and Spirited away downloaded to watch - i'll add Princess Mononoke to the list

You won't regret making the time to watch them. Get your pyjamas on, a round tub of really nice ice cream, a big squishy blanket.

Last time Zardoz told me to watch Totoro I did, and I always forget that it makes me cry. Sat in my pyjamas, wrapped in my blanket, face full of Ben & Jerrys Peanut Butter Cup, snuffling a few tears and saying 'stupid Zardoz'.

This is the best one, IMO. It's just properly beautiful.

Seconded, but you MUST ALSO watch Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Pre-Ghibli but it's one of the best from Miyazaki before he set up Studio Ghibli.

And When Marnie Was There, cause I love it and it made me cry. Beautiful soundtrack too.

There's loads of great ones and if you need a fat list of those to watch (or avoid) I'm on hand!

You're not really selling it...

I really liked Ponyo, but we watched it during a huge downpour, so the atmosphere was perfect

How I parsed it.

More accurate, actually.

And Kiki's Delivery Service!

I see that there's a Top Gun 2 on the way now too.