1.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
...and the world meets Indiana Jones...
73 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
2.
Ghost Busters
"Who you gonna call..."
46 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
3.
Back to the Future
"1.21 gigawatts...!!?!?"
37 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
4.
Platoon
36 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
5.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Pure movie magic.
36 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
6.
Amadeus
Won 8 Oscars including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
33 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
7.
The Breakfast Club
and a new genre of film was born.
26 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
8.
Field of Dreams
"If you build it, they will come..." nominated for Best Picture, 1989.
20 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
9.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
13 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
10.
Wall Street
Greed was good in the 80s...
12 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
11.
Raging Bull
De Niro at his best.
5 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
12.
Chariots of Fire
4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
13.
Out of Africa
Robert Redford and Meryl Streep,
4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
14.
The Little Mermaid
Disney starts an animation renaissance with help from music by Alan Menken.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
15.
Ordinary People
Best PIcture, 1980.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
16.
Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman in drag.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
17.
The Big Chill
Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline...
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
18.
Moonstruck
Cher wins the Oscar for Best Actress.
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
19.
Working Girl
-4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
20.
The Color Purple
Oprah Winfrey snags an Oscar Nom...
-25 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
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