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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 6, 2020 17:32:03 GMT
Can't do it. I tried, but I can't narrow it down to 25.
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Post by sostie on Feb 6, 2020 18:53:56 GMT
Very difficult to get it down to just 25
Alphabetical order after the top choice
The Thing A Zed & Two Noughts Aliens Big Trouble In Little China Blade Runner Blue Velvet Brazil Die Hard Escape from New York Gregory's Girl Long Good Friday Mad Max 2 Midnight Run Pee-wee's Big Adventure Pretty In Pink Raiders of the Lost Ark Raising Arizona RoboCop The Company of Wolves The Empire Strikes Back The Hitcher The Killer The Right Stuff The Terminator The Untouchables Trading Places Withnail & I
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Post by Archelaus on Feb 6, 2020 19:57:53 GMT
The Empire Strikes Back Raging Bull The Shining Raiders of the Lost Ark Blade Runner Paris, Texas Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind The Terminator After Hours Back to the Future The Purple Rose of Cairo Platoon Blue Velvet Aliens Hannah and Her Sisters The Untouchables The Living Daylights Full Metal Jacket Big Who Framed Roger Rabbit Die Hard Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Little Mermaid Do the Right Thing
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 6, 2020 20:27:02 GMT
Can't do it. I tried, but I can't narrow it down to 25. How many 1980s films do you rate 10/10?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 6, 2020 21:22:44 GMT
Can't do it. I tried, but I can't narrow it down to 25. How many 1980s films do you rate 10/10? I have too many favorites from that decade to whittle it down to 25, but I don't know if I rate any of them 10/10.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 6, 2020 21:59:46 GMT
The Shining Blade Runner A Christmas Story Amadeus The Thin Blue Line The Terminator Back To The Future Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Empire Strikes Back Grave of the Fireflies The King of Comedy Stand By Me Die Hard Glory A Nightmare on Elm Street The Fly The Thing Blue Velvet The Elephant Man Raging Bull Das Boot The Breakfast Club Airplane! Trading Places An American Werewolf in London
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 6, 2020 22:10:48 GMT
How many 1980s films do you rate 10/10? I have too many favorites from that decade to whittle it down to 25, but I don't know if I rate any of them 10/10. Fair enough, that's just I did it. All my 10s and 9s made the cut, then I just went through my 8s to fill out the 25. As I said it was a little arbitrary, but its not like I have to live or die by this list. Even Blade Runner doesn't get a 10?
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Post by darksidebeadle on Feb 7, 2020 10:03:19 GMT
1. The Thing 2. Blade runner 3. Thief 4. The King of Comedy 5. After Hours 6. The Terminator 7. The Empire Strikes Back 8. Ghostbusters 9. Robocop 10. Angel Heart 11. Conan the Barbarian 12. The Karate Kid 13. Full Metal Jacket 14. Once Upon a Time in America 15. Cinema Paradiso 16. Crimes & Misdemeanors 17. Back to the Future 18. Return of the Jedi 19. The Breakfast Club 20. Die Hard 21. Raging Bull 22. Trading Places 23. 48 hrs 24. Aliens 25. One from the Heart
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Post by theravenking on Feb 7, 2020 12:46:09 GMT
1. The Untouchables 2. Dead Poets Society 3. Empire of the Sun 4. Dangerous Liaisons 5. Scarface 6. Midnight Run 7. Angel Heart 8. The Shining 9. Dressed to Kill 10. The Fabulous Baker Boys 11. Heathers 12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 13. No Way Out 14. For Your Eyes Only 15. Phenomena 16. The Quiet Earth 17. Back to the Future 18. The Falcon and the Snowman 19. The Fly 20. The Dead Zone 21. Aliens 22. Die Hard 23. Raising Arizona 24. Highlander 25. The Terminator
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Post by sjg on Feb 7, 2020 12:54:44 GMT
From what i've seen so far in no particular order:
1) The Abyss 2) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 3) Driving Miss Daisy 4) Big 5) Die Hard 6) Top Gun 7) Platoon 8) The Breakfast Club 9) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 10) The Terminator 11) Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi 12) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 13) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 14) The 'Burbs 15) Field of Dreams 16) Rain Man 17) Hamburger Hill 18) Robocop 19) The Lost Boys 20) Aliens 21) Rocky IV 22) Back to the Future 23) Rambo First Blood 24) The Thing 25) All The Right Moves
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 7, 2020 13:08:33 GMT
I have too many favorites from that decade to whittle it down to 25, but I don't know if I rate any of them 10/10. Fair enough, that's just I did it. All my 10s and 9s made the cut, then I just went through my 8s to fill out the 25. As I said it was a little arbitrary, but its not like I have to live or die by this list. Even Blade Runner doesn't get a 10? The thing with Blade Runner (my favorite film, as you can guess from my avatar)… Which version are we talking here? The Director's Cut (my first introduction to the film) is superior to the original US theatrical cut, but the DC was released in 1992. My overall preference is the Final Cut which didn't exist until 2007. Technically Blade Runner was released in 1982, but despite being my favorite film, I wouldn't call the original cut a 10/10. The Final Cut for sure I'd give a 10/10, but it would be cheating to call it an 80s film. As far as the topic goes, I don't think I can sort through my 80s favorites and condense the list to 25. There are too many that I appreciate on a similar level. It's too hard to rank them. Encompassing all eras of film, I have a comprehensive list of 100+ favorite dramas, 100 actioners, 100 comedies and smaller lists of various genres such as horror, documentaries or Christmas. I tried ranking the dramas against each other once and I couldn't do it. I think I have a definitive top 5 ranked, and maybe a top 25 overall (unranked). It's splitting hairs to try to decide my 16th favorite film from the 17th. As you said, these lists are arbitrary and fluid; if you made the same list 10 times you'd probably have ten different lists depending on your mood. Still, the fun of making these lists is thinking about what you appreciate about the films, and to put effort into separating 21 from 22 is more than I'm willing to do at the moment. Assigning a ranking for the sake of it defeats the purpose of the exercise.
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