re: Favorite movie(s) made the year you were born?

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1984 is a Top 3 year for movies of all time.

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1984 is a Top 3 year for all things pop culture of all time.

Apple unveiled the Mac:



The Supreme Court made it legal to tape TV shows with a VCR:



Music:

Run-D.M.C.
Like A Virgin
Thriller
Purple Raun
Jump
Karma Chameleon
Footloose
Time After Time
The Reflex
Sister Christian
Love is a Battlefield
Legs
Cruel Summer:



Shows we were watching:

Dynasty
Dallas
Dukes of Hazzard
Magnum, P.I.
NBC's Thursday night lineup:
"Cosby,"
"Family Ties,"
"Cheers,"
"Night Court"
"Hill Street Blues."
The Fall Guy
Knight Rider
A-Team
Jeopardy! debuted

Sports:

NBA Champions: Larry Legend
Stanley Cup Champ: The Great One
Wimbledon Champ: John McEnroe
Hulk Hogan Wins First WWF Championship pinning The Iron Sheik
Marino's 1984 season
Michael Jordan is drafted and signs a shoe deal with upstart Nike.
1984 Summer Olympics:





And the movies: (no fancy stuff, or award winners...just the classics)

Terminator
Ghostbusters
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Spinal Tap
Gremlins
Beverly Hills Cop
The Karate Kid
Sixteen Candles
Police Academy
Romancing the Stone
Dune
Footloose
Revenge of the Nerds
Red Dawn
Splash
Bachelor Party
The Last Starfighter
Children of the Corn
Temple of Doom
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Beat Street


(And yes 9 of the films I listed were in the Top 10 grossing films of 1984)...people got it.)

And well, I guess I'm in the sweetspot for nostalgia in 1984:



Halfway to adulthood, halfway back to nothing.