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Movies from the 80s that have held up...

Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:44 pm
Posted by udtiger
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:44 pm
Was talking to a friend and we were discussing Major League and how that movie has really held up, despite coming out in 1989 (other than references to Miami not having a baseball team).

Got me to thinking about some other 80s movies that still hold up (i.e., have lost nothing on rewatch despite the passage of time). My non-exclusive list:

Predator
Caddyshack
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Last Crusade

Board thoughts?
Posted by Tactical1
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:45 pm to
Caddyshack II
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:45 pm to
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Caddyshack II




I should have put that, just to steal your thunder
Posted by LasVegasTiger
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:46 pm to
Sixteen Candles
Posted by Radiojones
The Twilight Zone
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:48 pm to
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:48 pm to
Empire Strikes Back

Ghostbusters

Ferris

Back to the Future

The Wrath of Khan
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 12:49 pm
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:49 pm to
Die Hard
ET
Top Gun

I mean, this may be easier to list the movies that haven't held up. Most of the good ones back then are still good. Even ones that were heavy on SFX (like the Abyss, for example) still hold up pretty well 30 years later.
Posted by jackwoods4
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:49 pm to
The Princess Bride.
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:49 pm to
The thing
The shining
Planes trains and automobiles
Aliens
Posted by Beachtiger
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:49 pm to
Aliens
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:50 pm to
to live and die in la

big trouble in little china

empire of the sun
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:55 pm to
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Aliens


Damn...forgot that one.

Hell. That movie get's first release today and it would make bank. SFX have held up extremely well.
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:57 pm to
Howard the Duck
Posted by ipodking
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 12:59 pm to
Poltergeist is still scary.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:01 pm to
breakfast club
back to the future
terminator
Posted by gatortrav88
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:04 pm to
John carpenter's the thing is still super legit special fx were amazing
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted by YNWA
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:05 pm to
Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
Posted by Fab4Freddy
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:06 pm to
Brazil
Fletch
Posted by Dale Murphy
God's Country
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:07 pm to
Goonies
Posted by NWarty
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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:18 pm to
The Breakfast Club

My wife shows this movie in her film and literature class at her HS and the students love the movie.
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