I always get a chuckle out of Spies like Us. Probably one of my fav 80's comedies.
LOL, my brother and I grew up watching 80s comedies like Spies Like Us, Dragnet, and The Three Amigos. Hilarious stuff, and not as crude as today's comedies.
Can't go wrong with the Kubrick and Hitchcock bodies of work.
Another good movie I recently saw was The Searchers. I had heard a lot about this movie, how it was John Wayne's favourite role, and how it influenced a number of major films for decades following its release, including Star Wars. In fact, when you watch The Searchers you can see that it blazed the trail for several notorious movie scenes.
It is an epic movie, set throughout the Western USA over a span of 5 or 6 years. As a 50's era western, it does have some slow parts, and the action sequences lack the punch and realism that we are now accustomed to. But it is an impressive and influential film, and it's story and characters have haunted me since I saw it.
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American Werewolf In London
Beverly Hills Cop
Caddyshack
Blues Brothers
Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
Ferris Buellers Day Off
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
America Grafitti
Dirty Harry
French Connection
Godfather
Taxi
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Top Gun
Bullit
The Natural
Vanishing Point
Poseidon Adventure
LOL, my brother and I grew up watching 80s comedies like Spies Like Us, Dragnet, and The Three Amigos. Hilarious stuff, and not as crude as today's comedies.
I went with movies from 1989 or older. Many great movies listed so far, I tried to name others so I hope none of these were mentioned yet.
A Christmas Story
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Bachelor Party
Beetle Juice
Big
Boxcar Bertha
Bull Durham
Cape Fear (1962)
Carrie
Christmas Vacation
Conan the Barbarian
Cool Hand Luke
Das Boot
Dead Poets Society
Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from New York
Ghostbusters
Good Morning, Vietnam
Gremlins
Hamburger Hill
Highlander
Indiana Jones (all three)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Lethal Weapon (1 & 2)
Major League
Marathon Man
Mississippi Burning
Pet Sematary
Police Academy
Poltergeist
Porky's
Rambo: First Blood
Revenge of the Nerds
RoboCop
Rocky
Scrooged
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Slap Shot
Splash
Star Treks - I through V
Star Wars - Eps 4, 5 & 6
The Cannonball Run
The Evil Dead
The Goonies
The Great Outdoors
The Karate Kid
The Lost Boys
The Neverending Story
The Omen
The Outsiders
The Silence of the Lambs
The Thing
This Is Spinal Tap
Three Amigos!
Throw Momma from the Train
Top Secret!
Tron
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Witness
Young Frankenstein
Young Guns
Some of my favourites that I haven't seen mentioned:
Requiem for a Dream
Unforgiven
Full Metal Jacket
The Professional
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Resevoir Dogs
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Like Flip mentioned. The Party is absolutly hilarious you will be laughing so hard you might pee your pants.
A few off the top of my head that I don't think have been mentioned.
Red River (John Wayne classic western, B&W)
The Legend of Billie Jean (80's teen classic)
The Terminator
Dog Day Afternoon. (Al Pachino as a bank robber)
Pride of the Yankees (Lou Gehrig story, Babe Ruth plays himself)
8 Men Out (story of the 1919 Black Soxs)
Knute Rockne, All American (story of legendary Notre Dame football coach)
Gone with the Wind (Classic)
Cat Ballou (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin (histarical as a drunk))
Viva Las Vegas (I know its a cheesy Elvis film, but Ann Margaret is so hot)
King Kong (the 1933 original)
Foot loose (another 80's classic)
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This is a great thread. A couple that are worth the watch.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles(My favorite comedy ever)
Emperor of the North Pole(Borgnine-Marvin)
Many of my favourites are already up there, including almost anything by Alfred Hitchcock (Rear Window is probably one of the best movies of all time), Aliens, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goodfellas, Shawshank Redemption etc...
Some others that bear mentioning:
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
• Highlander (1986)
• The Mosquito Coast (1986)
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