1. Lethal Weapon
   Scarface
2. The Untouchables

Oliver Stone wrote "Scarface" while battling a cocaine addiction.

1. Coming to America
   Sixteen Candles
2. The Princess Bride

"The Princess Bride" is one the most beloved romantic comedies of the 1980s. It has the perfect amount of humor and romance. If you haven't watched this movie 100 times already you are missing out!

1. The Breakfast Club
   The Outsiders
2. Adventures in Babysitting

"The Breakfast Club" has to be the most wellknown 80s movie of all time. The Brat Pack star in this famous film about five teens who learn about each other's lives in one afternoon while stuck in detention.

1. The Thing
   Aliens
2. Ghostbusters

If there's something strange in you neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!!!

1. Batman
   Beetlejuice
2. The Outsiders

In "Batman," the Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy, the clownishly homicidal Joker.

1. Heathers
   The Shining
2. Predator

In "The Shining" a family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and the future.

1. The Goonies
   Stand By Me
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Stand By Me" is a classic coming-of-age movie that we really hope you've seen. The movie, released in 1986, takes place in 1959 and is based on Stephen King's novella, "The Body."

1. Stand by Me
   Sixteen Candles
2. The Never Ending Story

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible, in "Sixteen Candles."

1. The Outsiders
   The Women in Red
2. The Blues Brothers

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother, Elwood, were raised, in "The Blues Brothers."

1. Pretty Woman
   Blade Runner
2. Willow

Director Ridley Scott achieved the famous 'shining eyes' effect by using a technique known as the 'Schüfftan Process.' To achieve this, light is bounced off a piece of half-mirrored glass mounted at a forty five degree angle to the camera, and into the actors' eyes.

1. The Shining
   Aliens
2. Psycho

1986's "Aliens" is the sequel to the 1979 blockbuster "Alien," both starring Sigourney Weaver as Officer Ripley.

1. The Goonies
   The Karate Kid
2. Adventures of Babysitting

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure in "The Goonies!"

1. Die Hard
   Batman
2. The Terminator

In "Die Hard," NYPD Officer John McClane tries to save his wife, Holly Gennaro, and several others who were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

1. Conan the Barbarian
   The Neverending Story
2. Legend

This charming story about a boy who escapes to a magic world inside an old book. A must-see for people of all ages.

1. Spaceballs
   Beetlejuice
2. E.T.

Tim Burton guides a stellar cast, including Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Winona Ryder through a comedy where a couple of ghosts have their home taken over by trendy yuppies.

1. Empire of the Sun
   Rocky
2. Road House

"Road House" is the stuff that B-movie legends are made of. Patrick Swayze's Dalton is perhaps the only Mercedes-driving, philosophy-majoring bouncer at a rowdy Southern bar in history.

1. Star Wars
   Cinema Paradiso
2. The Name of the Rose

"Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi," won numerous awards and was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Effects and Art Direction.

1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
   Krull
2. Moostruck

E.T. phone home... "E.T." has grossed over $400,000,000 dollars since it was released in 1982.

1. Pretty in Pink
   Valley Girl
2. Dirty Dancing

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle in this hit1980s film, "Dirty Dancing!"

1. Mischief
   Explorers
2. The Lost Boys

If I was Michael and Sam, I would convince my family to move as far away from California as possible.

1. Back to the Future
   The Outsiders
2. The Karate Kid

"Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important."

1. Heaven's Gate
   Against All Odds
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street

I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy....

1. Gremlins
   Adventures in Babysitting
2. 3 Men and a Baby

In this 1987 comedy, three single roommates are suddenly responsible for taking care of a baby girl. It stars Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, and Steve Guttenberg.

1. An Officer and a Gentleman
   Robocop
2. The 'Burbs

"No sir. You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quitting."

1. Escape From New York
   At Close Range
2. Beverly Hills Cop

This Eddie Murphy comedy was a huge hit at the box office and spawned two sequels, with a third rumored to be in the works.

1. Caddyshack
   Field of Dreams
2. License to Drive

Caddyshack was the 17th highest grossing movie of 1980, but has since gained cult favorite status and may be considered even more popular now than when it was released.

1. Rocky IV
   Little Shop of Horrors
2. Cocktail

"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you"

1. The Secret of My Success
   Driving Miss Daisy
2. Stand and Deliver

This movie was a huge critical success. Jessica Tandy won the Oscar for Best Actress and the film won for Best Picture.

1. Fatal Attraction
   The Terminator
2. Time Bandits

"Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan!"

1. Space Camp
   Solarbabies
2. Flashdance

In this 1983 hit, Jennifer Beals starred as a woman pursuing her passion by dancing at night, while working in a steel mill by day.

1. Stand and Deliver
   Footloose
2. Weekend at Bernie's

Kevin Bacon is iconic in this movie, but his role almost went to Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe. Thank goodness things worked out the way they did!

1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
   Tron
2. Married to the Mob

In this 1987 John Hughes comedy, Steve Martin and John Candy play a mismatched pair of travelling companions trying to get home for Thanksgiving.

1. Back to the Future
   The Untouchables
2. Platoon

Oliver Stone wrote and directed this film, inspired in part by his experiences serving in the Vietnam War.

1. Broadcast News
   Rain Man
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Dustin Hoffman won an Academy Award for his role as Raymond, which was inspired in part by Kim Peek, a real-life savant with an exceptional memory.

1. An American Werewolf in London
   Rambo
2. Roxanne

"First Blood," the first movie in the Rambo series, was met with mixed reviews but it had enough success at the box office to warrant three sequels.

1. Weird Science
   Steel Magnolias
2. Die Hard

CBS hoped to adapt the movie into a television series, but it never made it past the 1990 pilot episode.

1. Wall Street
   The Road Warrior
2. The Big Chill

Wall Street was the ultimate depiction of 1980s success, and inspired many people to become stockbrokers.

1. When Harry Met Sally
   Mannequin
2. Back to the Future

"I'll have what she's having"

1. Return to Oz
   Indiana Jones
2. Explorers

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" alone has grossed over $200 million dollars since its release in 1981.