Was 1982 the best year for great movies???

[chrisco37]

1981:

Raider's of the Lost Ark (I could probably stop this list right here)

Released the same day? Clash of the Titans

Cannonball Run

Superman II

For Your Eyes Only (one of the best Moore Bond films)

The Great Muppet Caper

The Fox and the Hound

Escape from New York

Arthur

Zorro, The Gay Blade (admit it, you loved this as a kid)

Dragonslayer

Stripes

Under the Rainbow (This was the first time I saw boobs onscreen )

Condorman (I loved this movie!)

 

Other notables you probably didn't see as a kid but were released...

American Werewolf in London

Wolfen

Friday the 13 Part 2 (the first real slasher film)

History of the World, Part 1 (I'm still waiting for part 2... Oh Pee-Boy!)

Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams

Blow Out

Tarzan, the Ape Man (sure it's not great, but it had 2 solid hours of Bo Derek naked!)

 

Special nod to a film that was released in November of that year...

TIME BANDITS

'Nuff said

 

I like this list.

[The Troll King]

 

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I keep waiting for that image to move..

 

 

I'd say 1980 gave 1982 a run for its money...

 

Empire Strikes Back

Airplane

Blues Brothers

The Shining

Caddyshack

Friday the 13th (The original)

The Fog

Raging Bull

Hollywood Knights (cult for me)

Mad Max

Fame

9 to 5

Coal Miner's Daughter

Ordinary People

Dressed to Kill

Used Cars (If you haven't seen it, shame on you)

 

It should be noted that besides Time Bandits, I only listed "Summer" movies. (thumbs u

[comix4fun]

 

(worship)

 

 

I keep waiting for that image to move..

 

 

I'd say 1980 gave 1982 a run for its money...

 

Empire Strikes Back

Airplane

Blues Brothers

The Shining

Caddyshack

Friday the 13th (The original)

The Fog

Raging Bull

Hollywood Knights (cult for me)

Mad Max

Fame

9 to 5

Coal Miner's Daughter

Ordinary People

Dressed to Kill

Used Cars (If you haven't seen it, shame on you)

 

It should be noted that besides Time Bandits, I only listed "Summer" movies. (thumbs u

 

 

That was a great summer...

 

 

Friday the 13th Part 2 was in April, however.

 

 

The rest of the year was good too.. Thief, Excalibur, Nighthawks.

[the420kid]

All of my favorite movies are from the 80s. I dont think we will have another decade like that.

 

My Science Project (1985)

Short Circuit (1986)

Midnight Madness (1980)

License to Drive (1988)

The Last Dragon (1985) not Bruce Lee

Remo Williams (1985)

Red Dawn (1984)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Breakfast Club (1985)

The Goonies (1985)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Indiana Jones Last Crusade (1989)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Tango and Cash (1989)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

The Karate Kid (1984)

Rad (1986)

North Shore (1987)

Bloodsport (1988)

 

 

[chrisco37]

All of my favorite movies are from the 80s. I dont think we will have another decade like that.

 

My Science Project (1985)

Short Circuit (1986)

Midnight Madness (1980)

License to Drive (1988)

The Last Dragon (1985) not Bruce Lee

Remo Williams (1985)

Red Dawn (1984)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Breakfast Club (1985)

The Goonies (1985)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Indiana Jones Last Crusade (1989)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Tango and Cash (1989)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

The Karate Kid (1984)

Rad (1986)

North Shore (1987)

Bloodsport (1988)

 

 

I thought I was the only person that loved Remo Williams! :applause:

[Wally's Comics]

 

Pardon my ignorance - is this a scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

 

 

 

 

 

It is, without a doubt, the finest 25 seconds in any motion picture every created or shall ever be created!!

 

Phoebe Cates turned more boys into men with that scene than Playboy.

 

Correct.

 

It is not a scene from Fast Times. It is THE scene from Fast Times.

 

I saw FTRH, but the "movie" that I had the most adolescent fun was the movie "Zapped" that was in 1982 also...

 

 

It was very cheesy, and yes Scott Baio was the lead role - but it was a cool flick were a guy gets telekinesis powers and was making all the high school girls shirt pop open! What kid in Junior High didn't want to have that power...

 

The best thing was that at the end it was really paying a homage to the movie Carrie, because they attack the Baio and hit him in the head and he makes everyone at the prom naked! HELL YEAH!

 

 

 

[Wayne Enterprises]

1989- Batman. End of thread.

[comix4fun]

1989- Batman. End of thread.

 

 

 

It's not the thread for which year in the movies had the most Tim Burton leather fetish fantasy films.

 

And even if it was, that would be Batman Returns in 1992 anyway.

[The Troll King]

1989- Batman. End of thread.

 

 

 

It's not the thread for which year in the movies had the most Tim Burton leather fetish fantasy films.

 

And even if it was, that would be Batman Returns in 1992 anyway.

 

[Wayne Enterprises]

1989- Batman. End of thread.

 

 

 

It's not the thread for which year in the movies had the most Tim Burton leather fetish fantasy films.

 

And even if it was, that would be Batman Returns in 1992 anyway.

 

Very True!!

[This is water]

 

(worship)

 

 

I keep waiting for that image to move..

 

 

I'd say 1980 gave 1982 a run for its money...

 

Empire Strikes Back

Airplane

Blues Brothers

The Shining

Caddyshack

Friday the 13th (The original)

The Fog

Raging Bull

Hollywood Knights (cult for me)

Mad Max

Fame

9 to 5

Coal Miner's Daughter

Ordinary People

Dressed to Kill

Used Cars (If you haven't seen it, shame on you)

 

The Shining. I would argue one of the greatest films.

 

My personal favorite.

[Dr Chaos]

The early 80s was a golden age for movies and music. As for the best year I think 1984 has an impressive resume:

 

Amadeus

The Killing Fields

This is Spinal Tap

The Terminator

Ghostbusters

Beverly Hills Cop

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Karate Kid

Repo Man

Broadway Danny Rose

Purple Rain

The Natural

All of Me

Moscow on the Hudson

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984

Splash

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Romancing the Stone

Swing Shift

Body Double

Tightrope

Top Secret!

Dune

Gremlins

Police Academy

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Red Dawn

The Revenge of the Nerds

Bachelor Party

Footloose

Greystoke: The Legends of Tarzan

2010

Breakin'

Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter

The Last Starfighter

Cannonball Run II

Teachers

The Woman in Red

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Sixteen Candles

Once Upon a Time in America

The Neverending Story

Paris, Texas

Children of the Corn

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Missing in Action

Blame it on Rio

Firestarter

Supergirl

Dreamscape

Night of the Comet

The Toxic Avenger

Hardbodies

Johnny Dangerously

Electric Dreams

C.H.U.D.

City Heat

The Hotel New Hampshire

Sheena

Bolero

Cloak & Dagger

The Wild Life

The Flamingo Kid

Cheech and Chong: Corsican Brothers

Up the Creek

Oh, God You Devil

Best Defense

Angel

The Lonely Guy

Kidco

Toy Soldiers

Tomboy

Fandango

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Oxford Blues

Blood Simple

 

There you have it, 1984 is the best year ever for movies, any other year can basically suck it.

[EastEnd]

Film historians largely regard 1939 as the greatest year ever for movies:

 

Gone With the Wind

The Wizard of Oz

Wuthering Heights

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Stagecoach

Of Mice and Men

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Young Mr. Lincoln

Gunga Din

 

...to name a few. Son of Frankenstein in there too!

 

And if we're talking decades, nothing tops the seventies... The Godfather... 'nuff said.

 

 

[RedRaven]

The Alamo Drafthouse here in San Antonio is running a Summer of 1982 extravaganza . Each Friday of the summer, they take a movie that opened that week in 1982 and play the 35mm print on the big screen. On Jan 24th I will be in line for a viewing of John Carpenter's The Thing.

[Dr Chaos]

Film historians largely regard 1939 as the greatest year ever for movies:

 

Gone With the Wind

The Wizard of Oz

Wuthering Heights

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Stagecoach

Of Mice and Men

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Young Mr. Lincoln

Gunga Din

 

...to name a few. Son of Frankenstein in there too!

 

And if we're talking decades, nothing tops the seventies... The Godfather... 'nuff said.

 

 

Not one cult classic on that list.

 

No Repo Man

No This is Spinal Tap!

No Night of the Comet

 

Sorry, 1939 had some good movies but the quantity and variety just aren't there.

 

The 1970s had some very good movies (Jaws, Clockwork Orange, etc.) so you may have a point there but one movie by itself (Godfather) isn't enough to close the case. Not sure if I would give the crown to the 1970s but you culd make a strong case.

[DiceX]

Porky's also came out in 1982, but was omitted from the list.

I'd rank it above most, if not all, of the ones they put on it.

 

 

[DiceX]

Hollywood Knights (cult for me)

 

One of the movies that defined my childhood.

 

 

[Logan510]

Porky's also came out in 1982, but was omitted from the list.

I'd rank it above most, if not all, of the ones they put on it.

 

 

Maybe it was because I didn't see Porky's until I was well into adulthood and maybe because it was built up to me too much by childhood friends who did see it when it came out...but when I finally saw it, I didn't laugh once. It's not even that it's too low brow as I love low brow

[paperheart]

i must be seriously out of touch but other than Blade Runner, Road Warrior and E.T, there isn't a movie on that list i'd watch again.

[Dr Chaos]

i must be seriously out of touch but other than Blade Runner, Road Warrior and E.T, there isn't a movie on that list i'd watch again.

 

Do yourself and watch The Thing. Wrath of Khan wasn't bad either.