What is your favorite movie in 1980's?

[JEANYLASER]

My favorite movie for 1980's is XANADU! Because XANADU is now a broadway musical hit in New York!

 

[D'Snowth]

Dragnet!

 

[Xerus]

I really liked The Cannonball Run a lot. About a crazy car race across the country while crazy groups of racers have wild adventures and use clever schemes to avoid the police.

 

[SSLFan]

E.T. (it's a classic)and Coming to America(huge Eddie Murphy fan here!)

 

[SSLFan]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention The Muppets Take Manhattan and Follow That Bird!

 

[Winslow Leach]

In absolutely no particular order:

The Untouchables (1987; Brian De Palma)
Dressed to Kill (1980; Brian De Palma)
Blow Out (1981; Brian De Palma)
Scarface (1983; Brian De Palma)
Casualties of War (1989; Brian De Palma)
An American Werewolf in London (1981; John Landis)
The Blues Brothers (1980; John Landis)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984; Sergio Leone)
Back to the Future (1985; Robert Zemeckis)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; Robert Zemeckis)
Ghostbusters (1984; Ivan Reitman)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986; Frank Oz)
Platoon (1986; Oliver Stone)
Full Metal Jacket (1987; Stanley Kubrick)
The Shining (1980; Stanley Kubrick)
The Princess Bride (1987; Rob Reiner)
The 'Burbs (1989; Joe Dante)
Spies Like Us (1985; John Landis)
Three Amigos! (1986; John Landis)
Scrooged (1988; Richard Donner)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985; Tim Burton)
Beetle Juice (1988; Tim Burton)

 

[JEANYLASER]

I Love XANADU!

 

[Winslow Leach]

S'more...mmmmmmm...S'mores...

The Great Muppet Caper (1981; Jim Henson)
Prince of the City (1981; Sidney Lumet)
Gremlins (1984; Joe Dante)
The Howling (1981; Joe Dante)
Pale Rider (1985; Clint Eastwood)
Spaceballs (1987; Mel Brooks)
Stripes (1981; Ivan Reitman)
Popeye (1980; Robert Altman)
Fletch (1985; Michael Ritchie)
Caddyshack (1980; Harold Ramis)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983; Harold Ramis)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988; Frank Oz)
Reds (1981; Warren Beatty)
Zelig (1983; Woody Allen)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985; Woody Allen)

 

[Pork]

Princess Bride for sure.

 

[sesameguy]

Nice lists - hats off to Winslow for mentioning "Purple Rose of Cairo"! That's my favorite of Woody Allen's films. Very memorable and well-done.

In "no particular order," here are some of my 80's faves:

The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Return of the Jedi
Purple Rose of Cairo
Blues Brothers
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Field of Dreams
Dead Poets Society
Superman 2
Ghostbusters
Crimes and Misdemeanors