80's Movies: Guilty Pleasures

[Loyal]

I like a You Tube channel that focuses on music from the 70's-00' and the hit song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," by Starship was the subject. It was made for the movie "Mannequin" Starring Kim Cattrall and Andrew McCarthy. The host pointed out that he listened to that song quietly, hoping his little brother wouldn't catch on that he was listening to a pop song instead of rock and roll. I was distracted by the movie because it was a guilty pleasure back then for me because of a young Kim Cattrall. There were several guilty pleasure movies in the 80's which I list below. List yours!

In no particular order:
1. Mannequin
2. Can't Buy Me Love
3. The Secret of My Success
4. Sixteen Candles
5. Soul Man


If you liked these movies or any others like them in the 80's, please turn in your man card at the desk.....

 

[Judge Doom]

In no particular order also:

1-Weird Science
2-St. Elmo's Fire
3-Big Trouble in Little China
4-Bloodsport
5-Overboard

 

[Loyal]

In no particular order also:

1-Weird Science
2-St. Elmo's Fire
3-Big Trouble in Little China
4-Bloodsport
5-Overboard

I liked most of those too! Soooo much cheesieness! lol

 

[OldSchool]

I'll go a different direction than you two and go with my favorite 80's SciFi movies!

Honerable mentions! Last Starfighter, Flash Gordon and Time Bandits as well as Wrath of Khan.

5-The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th dimension
4- Dune
3- They Live
2- Tron
1- Bladerunner

Both 5 and 3 were not only good SciFi but were funny stuff too!

Dune was one of my favorite books brought to the big screen. Probably the first time that had ever happened that I can recall in the SciFi genre. while not a great flick it was still memorable for that.

Tron just amazing and the cgi for the time was fun!

Bladerunner is one of those movies that still today is a great flick and I'll watch it anytime I see it on tv or a streaming service.

 

[IowaRam]

1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Some Kind Of Wonderful
3. Sixteen Candles
4. Arthur
5. Spies Like Us
6. Mannequin
7. K-9
8. Turner And Hooch
9. The Last Starfighter
10. Breaking Away
11. Revenge Of The Nerds
12. Stay Tuned
13. Young Guns
14.The Lost Boys
15. The Hollywood Knights

P.S.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now , was our wedding song................

 

[dieterbrock]

If we’re talking cheesy
1 Roadhouse
2 Somewhere in time
3 Wargames
4 When Harry met Sally
5 The sluggers wife

 

[AvengerRam]

 

[Londoner]

Who ya gonna call?


View: https://youtu.be/Uvck7ItXwdc

 

[Tano]

I'll add some more to those above

Romancing the Stone
Ladyhawke
Ferris Buehler's Day Off
Pretty in Pink
The Breakfast Club
Beastmaster

Man I could go on

 

[Juice]

You guys have names most of mine already, but I'd like to add:

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Teen Witch
Willow

 

[OldSchool]

I'll add some more to those above

Romancing the Stone
Ladyhawke
Ferris Buehler's Day Off
Pretty in Pink
The Breakfast Club
Beastmaster

Man I could go on

I was such a nerd for Ladyhawke and Beastmaster! Even watched the Beastmaster tv show

 

[AvengerRam]

 

[12intheBox]

Great ones named already - to add

3 O Clock High
Red Dawn
Johnny Dangerously
Mr. Mom
Clue
Youngblood
Over the Top

 

[norcalramfan]

Time travel in the Navy.
1) Final Countdown.
2) Philadelphia Experiment.

 

[Neil039]

Vision Quest
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Great Outdoors
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Karate Kid
Fletch
Stand By Me
Goonies
Spaceballs
Back To The Future
Heavy Metal
Princess Bride


Too many to add

 

[nighttrain]

Night of the Comet.. A good one.
train

 

[Judge Doom]

I'll go a different direction than you two and go with my favorite 80's SciFi movies!

Honerable mentions! Last Starfighter, Flash Gordon and Time Bandits as well as Wrath of Khan.

5-The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th dimension
4- Dune
3- They Live
2- Tron
1- Bladerunner

Both 5 and 3 were not only good SciFi but were funny stuff too!

Dune was one of my favorite books brought to the big screen. Probably the first time that had ever happened that I can recall in the SciFi genre. while not a great flick it was still memorable for that.

Tron just amazing and the cgi for the time was fun!

Bladerunner is one of those movies that still today is a great flick and I'll watch it anytime I see it on tv or a streaming service.

They Live is awesome, especially that fight scene!

 

[Reddog99]

I don't have any guilt pleasure movies but some that I like from the 80's were:

Friday the 13th movies
Footloose
Platoon
Rocky 3
The Breakfast Club

 

[12intheBox]

Pump up the Volume
Commando
Rad
Better off Dead
The Sure Thing

 

[Tano]

The Sure Thing

The blonde was hot in that movie - too bad when she got older she did something to herself that just ugh