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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 03:48 PM
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Movies about the 80's or with a 80's background

I recently watched Hot Tub Time Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DCFPS58KYY

I know it's not a John Hughes movie, but what are your favorite 80's comedies or ones that have the same feel ?
Maybe I have missed some....


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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 04:37 PM
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1. Trading Places, Coming to America, The Breakfast Club, Ruthless People.....
..... 48 Hours, Night Shift, Beverly Hills Cop, Tootsie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Last American Virgin.....I could go on and on.

As a child of the '80s, this is making me very nostalgic.



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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 05:12 PM
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2. Repo Man
Pretty much a time capsule about the Eighties.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 06:39 PM
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6. Oh Yeah.
Edited on Thu Nov-25-10 06:40 PM by Capn Sunshine
Plate of shrimp, anyone?
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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:40 AM
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7. thanky you ... I've never heard of some of them
Edited on Fri Nov-26-10 03:41 AM by jakeXT
should have been a response to all of you...
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 01:33 PM
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16. One of my favorite lines is from that movie
"Hey, look at those assholes over there. Ordinary fickin' people, I hate 'em"

@ 1:33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IzCyp-dwbs
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 05:15 PM
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3. Wall Street. n/t
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travelingtypist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 06:07 PM
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4. Fame, Footloose, Flashdance
Purple Rain.

I guess I'm in a music frame of mind.
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Ghost of Tom Joad Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 06:32 PM
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5. Valley Girl
with a young Nic Cage, Desperately Seeking Susan, Fast Times at Ridgemont High all directed by women
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 03:46 AM
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8. Risky Business, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Dirty Dancing. nt
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 09:58 AM
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9. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 10:14 AM
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10. It's almost time for the MG family viewing of
Better Off Dead. A holiday tradition!
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:49 AM
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12. That is a truly great Christmas movie.
I'll have to insist on that this year.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 12:51 PM
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14. lol -- love that movie
It's cool that it's a holiday tradition at your place -- I hadn't really thought of it as a holiday movie, in spite of the great Christmas morning sequence :)

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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 11:48 AM
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11. Some Kind of Wonderful, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club, Say Anything,
Better Off Dead, Lost Boys
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 12:15 PM
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13. Stripes, UHF, Earth Girls Are Easy, Heathers
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 01:27 PM
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15. Donnie Darko nt
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 01:34 PM
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17. The Big Chill. Also, Back to the Future. Quintessential '80s.
There are your two most '80s films.
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