Current Events > Holy shit. Why was 1984 literally one of the best years for movies?

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Bare with this long list -

Movies (by release date): Footloose, This is Spinal Tap, Children of the Corn, Police Academy, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Sixteen Candles, The Natural, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (uh... debatable), Star Trek 3 (?), Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, Muppets Take Manhattan, NeverEnding Story, Revenge of the Nerds, The Terminator, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Comet (come at me bro), Beverly Hills Cop

Pretty good music too: Springsteen - Born in the USA, Prince - Purple Rain, Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi, Tina Turner - Private Dancer, RHCP - RHCP, Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Wham! - Make it Big, Madonna - Like a Virgin ...guess you can debate music.

Couple solid TV premieres: The Cosby Show, Jeopardy!, Transformers, Who's the Boss?

Bear*

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You listed about 3 good movies, and a bunch of average forgotten ones.

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the 80s were a great movies decade. there's a reason the time is viewed so nostalgically.

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AFrench2 posted...

Bear*

No. I want you to get bare naked with me.

The 80's is not viewed nostalgically. That 80's Show only lasted 2 episodes.

The 90's and 70's are viewed much more nostalgically

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Just a year removed from MJ's Thriller too.

1984 did get the best film adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four.

brestugo posted...

Just a year removed from MJ's Thriller too.

Just 29 days from the music video....

brestugo posted...

Just a year removed from MJ's Thriller too.

That's 1982.

Oh you mean the video

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Awww yeah, great year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noCqNBXmgfM

Lots of other good movies you didn't mention, though.

• The Killing Fields
• A Passage to India
• Amadeus
• Dune

Well...maybe Dune wouldn't go on the list, but it's still pretty enjoyable, haha.

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AFrench2 posted...

The 80's is not viewed nostalgically. That 80's Show only lasted 2 episodes.

The 90's and 70's are viewed much more nostalgically

Ok, Zoomer

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It is true

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1985 was an even better year for movies

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Dont forget V: The Final Battle.

https://youtu.be/QXmsmkx9d3A

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Missing:
Paris, Texas
Stranger Than Paradise
Nausica of the Valley of the Wind
Repo Man
The Company of Wolves
Stop Making Sense

But yes, it's a really good year based on what I've seen.

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Feline_Heart posted...

1985 was an even better year for movies

Let's see:

Back to the Future, Breakfast Club, Brewster's Millions, Clue, Cocoon, The Color Purple, Friday the 13th V (just my own personal taste), Goonies, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and Once Bitten (both personal tastes), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Rambo 2, Rocky IV, Teen Wolf, Weird Science

was it 1992 or 1994 that was amazing
i think i might be getting old

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Shotgunnova posted...

Dune

Well...maybe Dune wouldn't go on the list, but it's still pretty enjoyable, haha.

There are at least four cuts of the original Dune; I have two of them and I've seen three. It belongs on this list. :)

[ Lynch's Dune took liberties with the source material, but it's not as far out as Jodorowsky's Dune was going to be. ]
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Edit: Let us not forget Top Secret! :P

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AFrench2 posted...

The 80's is not viewed nostalgically. That 80's Show only lasted 2 episodes.

The 90's and 70's are viewed much more nostalgically

Basing nostalgia on a failed sitcom - HUHHHHHHHH!?!?!

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If you like 'genre stuff' aka sci-fi/fantasy/horror, 1982 wins:

Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Creepshow, the Beastmaster, Cat People, the Dark Crystal, Tron, Swamp Thing, the Secret of Nimh, the Last Unicorn, Poltergeist, Alone in the Dark, Basket Case, the Plague Dogs, Tenebrae

... and the movie that made almost all of them fail at the box office: ET

Not to mention things like Ghandi, 48 Hours, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, Night Shift, Tootsie, Reds, On Golden Pond, an Officer & a Gentleman, Pink Floyd's the Wall, Fanny & Alexander, First Blood, My Favorite Year, Things Are Tough All Over, Rocky 3, the Verdict, Victor/Victoria, the World According to Garp, the Year of Living Dangerously

pfh1001 posted...

If you like 'genre stuff' aka sci-fi/fantasy/horror, 1982 wins:

Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Creepshow, the Beastmaster, Cat People, the Dark Crystal, Tron, Swamp Thing, the Secret of Nimh, the Last Unicorn, Poltergeist, Alone in the Dark, Basket Case, the Plague Dogs, Tenebrae

... and the movie that made almost all of them fail at the box office: ET

Not to mention things like Ghandi, 48 Hours, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, Night Shift, Tootsie, Reds, On Golden Pond, an Officer & a Gentleman, Pink Floyd's the Wall, Fanny & Alexander, First Blood, My Favorite Year, Things Are Tough All Over, Rocky 3, the Verdict, Victor/Victoria, the World According to Garp, the Year of Living Dangerously

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brestugo posted...

pfh1001 posted...
"If you like 'genre stuff' aka sci-fi/fantasy/horror, 1982 wins:

Blade Runner, Wrath of Khan, The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Creepshow, the Beastmaster, Cat People, the Dark Crystal, Tron, Swamp Thing, the Secret of Nimh, the Last Unicorn, Poltergeist, Alone in the Dark, Basket Case, the Plague Dogs, Tenebrae

... and the movie that made almost all of them fail at the box office: ET

Not to mention things like Ghandi, 48 Hours, Fast Time at Ridgemont High, Night Shift, Tootsie, Reds, On Golden Pond, an Officer & a Gentleman, Pink Floyd's the Wall, Fanny & Alexander, First Blood, My Favorite Year, Things Are Tough All Over, Rocky 3, the Verdict, Victor/Victoria, the World According to Garp, the Year of Living Dangerously"

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