Favourite Non-Horror movies of the EIGHTIES!

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

There were a lot of brilliant non horror movies in the eighties.
Gangsters made a comeback,De Niro seemed unstoppable,the teen-coming-of age sex comedy made it's mark,almost as the natural progressor to the teen in jeopardy film,ie the slasher.....

Pacino turned Cuban,then gay......

Schwarzenegger's lines became more frequent....

Ford progressed from Han Solo to Dr Jones,John Book and dreaming of electric sheep....

Golan and Globus made an icon of Chuck Norris and gave the world the ninja en-masse.......

A balding rom com star donned a dirty-bloody vest and upped the action ante......

A Welshman started to star in more and more prolific roles.......

A director named Rob Reiner gave us two belters....

Yoda died! Vader died! And not unlike real life,a farmer was left better off than anyone!

Uncle Sam went anti-communist daft,with everyone from Rambo,high school kids to Bruce Lee's ghost kicking some Commie ass,whilst their President quoted Inspector Callahan and John J!

Britain gave us Puttnam....Chariots.....Killing Fields...
and
Sly Stallone was sitting on top of the world!

Discuss your 1980's faves here!

[Pete]

Lot's of goodies from the 80's. GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS 2 (it's not that bad) BACK TO THE FUTURE (is there anyone who doesn't like this film?), THE TERMINATOR, ROBOCOP, WALKER, RETURN OF THE JEDI, SHOCKING DARK, STRIKE COMMANDO, SCARFACE, MIDNIGHT RUN, PLATOON, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, TRADING PLACES, FIRST BLOOD, TIGHTROPE, THE GOONIES, LETHAL WEAPON, STAND BY ME, THE HARD WAY, SCALPS, anything with Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris. And many more..

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Some of my personal '80s favourites...

1984
Aliens
Back to the Future
Batman
Beetlejuice
Beverly Hills Cop
Big Trouble in Little China
Blade Runner
Blood Simple
Blowout
Blue Velvet
Brazil
Clash of the Titans
The Dark Crystal
Die Hard
Dressed to Kill
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
A Fish Called Wanda
Flash Gordon
Full Metal Jacket
Ghostbusters
The Goonies
The Killer
Krull
Labyrinth
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Predator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raising Arizona
Ran
The Road Warrior
RoboCop
Scarface
Shogun Assassin
Stand By Me
The Terminator
Trading Places
Tron
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Willow

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Excellent list, bizarre_eye. I'll have to have a thing, look through my collection and check the dates before listing them here. To be continued...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Even though I love the 1970s, I was born in the 1980s so have a huge affinity for some of the films produced in that particular decade, as I grew up with them. I'm slightly annoyed that my Krull poster attachment hasn't shown up, though...

[Demdike]

Commando

The ultimate no gimmick (ie no sci-fi) action film.

And no one has mentioned it yet. WTF?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Commando

The ultimate no gimmick (ie no sci-fi) action film.

And no one has mentioned it yet. WTF?

It's okay.

For '80s Arnie action; I much prefer Predator.

[Demoncrat]

Gregory's Girl.
Manhattan.
Hannah and her Sisters.
Fanny and Alexander.
Full Metal Jacket.
No Surrender.
The Mission.
Fitzcarraldo.
Brazil.
My Beautiful Laundrette.
Personal Services.
Comrades.
Possession. (as it straddles various genres, i feel confident about putting this in a non horror list)

[Hammer time]

nearly all my fave films are from the 80's.
Spies like us
Weird Science
Fletch Lives
Temple of Doom
Revenge of the Ninja
Ninja 3
No Retreat, No Surrender
Cyborg
Death Wish 3
Revenge of the nerds
Better off dead
Last Starfighter
My Science Project
Caddyshack
Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Man with 2 brains

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

A few more '80s essentials that I can't resist mentioning...

After Hours
Alice
Class of 1984
Heavy Metal
The Quiet Earth