I Love Pop Culture: 1980s Movies

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I Love Pop Culture theme: a list of movies that were widely viewed, praised, awarded, and so forth. In short, if you lived in the period then you watched these movies. (There is a bias towards movies in English.)

Other lists in the series:
"I Love Pop Culture: 1940s Movies":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21713
"I Love Pop Culture: 1950s Movies":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13294
"I Love Pop Culture: 1960s Movies":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5931
"I Love Pop Culture: 1970s Movies":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5802
"I Love Pop Culture: 1990s Movies":http://www.listsofbests.com/list/5418

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    9 1/2 Weeks
    by Adrian Lyne

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    18 Again!
    by Paul Flaherty

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    48 HRS
    by Walter Hill

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    About Last Night...
    by Edward Zwick

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    Absence of Malice
    by Sydney Pollack

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    The Abyss (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron

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    The Accidental Tourist
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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    The Accused
    by Jonathan Kaplan

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    Action Jackson
    by Craig R. Baxley

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    Adventures in Babysitting
    by Chris Columbus

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    Against All Odds (Special Edition)
    by Taylor Hackford

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    Agnes of God
    by Norman Jewison

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    Alice in Wonderland
    by Harry Harris

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    Airplane!
    by David Zucker

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  15. 15.
    Airplane 2 - The Sequel

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    Aliens (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron

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    All of Me
    by Carl Reiner

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    All the Right Moves

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    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

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    American Gigolo
    by Paul Schrader

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    An American Tail
    by Don Bluth

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    Annie (Special Anniversary Edition)
    by John Huston

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    The Apple
    by Menahem Golan

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    Arthur
    by Steve Gordon

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    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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  26. 26.
    Au revoir les enfants - Criterion Collection
    by Louis Malle

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    Back to the Future (1985)
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  28. 28.
    Back to the Future Part II
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  29. 29.
    Back to the Future Part III
    by Robert Zemeckis

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    La Bamba
    by Luis Valdez

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    Batman
    by Tim Burton

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    *Batteries Not Included
    by Matthew Robbins

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    Beastmaster (Special Edition)
    by Don Coscarelli

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    Beetlejuice
    by Tim Burton

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    Better Off Dead

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    Big
    by Penny Marshall

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    The Big Chill
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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    The Big Easy
    by Jim McBride

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    Bill Cosby, Himself

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    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
    by Stephen Herek

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    Black Rain
    by Ridley Scott

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    Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott

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    Blind Date
    by Blake Edwards

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    Bloodsport
    by Newt Arnold

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    Blow Out
    by Brian De Palma

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    The Blue Lagoon
    by Randal Kleiser

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    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
    by David Lynch

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    BMX Bandits

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ladytonia

Footloose — 27 weeks ago

not sure how to add a movie, but Footloose is missing and really should be on it.

Great list overall!!

Jan 26, 03:44PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

buddhalou69
Albuquerque

Ahhh...the 80's — 37 weeks ago

Definitely some stuff missing. I’ll have to go back and add a few for sure, but reading the list was one hell of a trip down memory lane. Couldn’t remember if I’d watched some of these or not so I guess I get to re-watch a few if I have.

Nov 17, 06:47PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Uma

love the 80s! — 44 weeks ago

I too, was hardly even born back then – and yet I love 80’s movies so much :-)
added “the labyrinth” – one of my favorite 80’s films

Oct 01, 09:24AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

busy91
New York City

Untitled — 1 year ago

Well I think you got most of them. I was thinking about “The Color Purple” but then again, I don’t think it was so big in its time.

Jul 06, 12:33PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

ZombieFlesh
England

Great list — 1 year ago

I added a couple more, hope you don’t mind (they are good ones!)
May add some more when they come to mind.

Jun 07, 05:37AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

punkypower
Lafayette

GREAT list! — 1 year ago

Hi Kalavinka!!

Hope you don’t mind, but I added 23 movies. I LOVE this list, but couldn’t help sharing a few of my favorites that didn’t make the cut. I didn’t edit them to put them in alphabetical order in case you wanted to keep the list like it was.

Thanks so much!

Take care,
Tanya

Mar 18, 12:05PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Kat
Gold Coast

Ahh.. — 1 year ago

the 80s, best decade for films, yet I wasn’t even born yet! Absolutely love the 9% of these films I’ve watched. Mainly teen ones like breakfast club, ferris, bill and ted and the like. Just watched flashdance. Why arn’t movies these days so good?

Dec 06, 04:13AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

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Pearland

Untitled — 2 years ago

My God! This list makes me feel so very old! Also, I can’t believe I actually watched “Howard the Duck”.

Jul 19, 12:49AM | 1 comment | Reply to this