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re: Favorite movie(s) made the year you were born?
Posted on 4/26/22 at 9:13 am to Roaad
Posted on 4/26/22 at 9:13 am to Roaad
Just looked them up.
Biggest movies for the year were Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, The Color Purple, Blood Simple, The Goonies, Ran, Brazil, Fletch, and St. Elmo’s Fire.
Not as strong as most of the years mentioned.
I knew they were close in time, but I didn’t realize Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s came out the same year, with Emilio, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Hirsch playing high schoolers in the Chicago suburbs and recent Georgetown grads within months lol.
Biggest movies for the year were Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, The Color Purple, Blood Simple, The Goonies, Ran, Brazil, Fletch, and St. Elmo’s Fire.
Not as strong as most of the years mentioned.
I knew they were close in time, but I didn’t realize Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s came out the same year, with Emilio, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Hirsch playing high schoolers in the Chicago suburbs and recent Georgetown grads within months lol.
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Posted on 4/26/22 at 9:52 am to Roaad
quote:Great list, and some others I would have trouble not including were left out.
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Rocky
Taxi Driver
Outlaw Josey Wales
Carrie
Bad News Bears
Logan's run
The Omen
Oz
Silver Streak
King Kong
My apologies to the OP, but I just can't pick from those
Network
All the Presiden'ts Men
Marathon Man
The Shootist
The 70's was a great time for movie making!
Posted on 4/26/22 at 10:07 am to 88Wildcat
I love The Sand Pebbles and El Dorado.
I also love these from 1966.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A Man for All Seasons
Alfie was a really good vehicle for Michael Caine.
As a kid, I liked Django a lot. It's a gritty take on the west.
I also love these from 1966.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A Man for All Seasons
Alfie was a really good vehicle for Michael Caine.
As a kid, I liked Django a lot. It's a gritty take on the west.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 10:21 am to JYD
The Day the Earth Stood Still and The African Queen. 1951
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:09 am to JYD
A lot of good ones but
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Posted on 4/26/22 at 3:32 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Some of y’all are older than I imagined.
Great movie.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 3:46 pm to CaptainDave
quote:
1984 Ghostbusters/ Terminator
1984 is a Top 3 year for movies of all time.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 3:48 pm to shinerfan
quote:
1970
Tough call between MASH and Two Miles For Sister Sar
Going to have to go with Patton.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 3:59 pm to SoonerK
quote:
1984 is a Top 3 year for movies of all time.
‘84 was a great year for movies. Maybe my favorite.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 9:06 pm to JYD
Outlaw Josey Wales is my favorite movie period.
1976
1976
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:55 pm to upgrade
quote:
84 was a great year for movies. Maybe my favorite.
I rather enjoy a little Footloose (1984) from time to time.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 11:59 pm to upgrade
Definitely. I’m one of the 5 or 6 youngest people in this thread, and I’m in my mid-30s.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 2:02 am to SoonerK
quote:
1984 is a Top 3 year for movies of all time.
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.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 5:15 am to JYD
1978.
Not a great year for movies, but I will go with Superman.
Not a great year for movies, but I will go with Superman.
Posted on 4/27/22 at 7:55 am to Tigris
Rear Window
Godzilla
On the Waterfront
Creature from the Black Lagoon
River of No Return
Godzilla
On the Waterfront
Creature from the Black Lagoon
River of No Return
Posted on 4/27/22 at 8:40 am to JYD
Posted on 4/27/22 at 10:38 am to Globetrotter747
quote:These from 1978 are great movies to me.
1978. Not a great year for movies, but I will go with Superman.
The Last Waltz
Heaven Can Wait
Animal House
The Boys from Brazil
The Buddy Holly Story
1978 had something for everyone.
Midnight Express is an opportunity for scaring someone straight.
Halloween for the horror fans
The Deer Hunter for people who like ridiculously long movies.
Grease for people who like musicals.
Drunken Master for the kung fu fans.
Convoy for CB radio and trucker fans.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and FM for the music fans.
Goin' South for fans of westerns.
Pretty Baby for pedophiles, Brooke Shields, and Susan Sarandon fans.
Every Which Way but Loose for orangutan fans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1978
This post was edited on 4/27/22 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/27/22 at 4:19 pm to JYD
1970
Two Miles for Sister Sara
MASH
Patton
Two Miles for Sister Sara
MASH
Patton
Posted on 4/27/22 at 4:28 pm to fargobison
quote:
1985:
The Goonies
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
I'll add
Teen Wolf
Weird Science
Rocky IV
Fletch
Posted on 4/27/22 at 6:04 pm to shinerfan
1976
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