Older movies to watch (80's and 90's)?

[HiTempguy1]

I don't mean like pre 80's (even though suggestions would be fine), but since I was a child in the 90's, I have missed a LOT of brilliant movies.

For instance, just the other night I watched American Beauty; now I know Kevin Spacey is a damn good actor to begin with, but I thought he did VERY well in it. The movie was striking due to its similarities to many people's boring ol' lives. I liked it a LOT!

So ya, basically, this thread is for 80's thru the 90's movie. You can even include some early millennium stuff, because lets not kid ourselves (myself?), I was only 12 in the year 2000 so I wasn't exactly a movie connoisseur then.

[AE92_TreunoSC]

90's of the top of my head


Goodfellas

The Usual Suspects

Fight Club

Schindlers List

Leon < overlooked a lot

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

[darthVWader]

Porkys

[WhippWhapp]

Grosse pointe blank
The mission
American me
Hudsucker proxy

[mo_money2supe]

The Last Castle (2001) - Don't think I've ever met one person who has not liked it

[calgary403]

Casino

[InRich]

Aliens

[03ozwhip]

if youre iinto "gangsta" movies these are awesome.

blood in blood out
menace II society
new jersey drive
juice
higher learning

the lost boys is a great cult classic from 89 i think. im sure youve seen it but its still a good watch.

[rage2]

Off the top of my head...

Scarface <-- !!!
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Dazed and Confused
Ghostbusters
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Full Metal Jacket
Back to the Future Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy (the 4th one doesn't count)
Die Hard Trilogy
The Untouchables
Goonies

[D'z Nutz]

Uncle Buck
The Lost Boys
Rain Man
Top Gun (for the cheesy one-liners, not the homoerotic subtext)
Tremors
UHF
Total Recall
Predator
Alien
Aliens

[01RedDX]

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[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
90's of the top of my head

Goodfellas
Fight Club
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Watched

Originally posted by InRich
Aliens
Uh, I'm a mild sci-fi fan, watched all of them a couple times! ;)

Originally posted by rage2
Off the top of my head...

Scarface &lt;-- !!!
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Ghostbusters
Full Metal Jacket
Back to the Future Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy (the 4th one doesn't count)
Die Hard Trilogy

That's not very creative rage, anybody who hasn't watched those movies needs their heads checked! And yes, Scarface is one seriously amazing movie. I'd only ever watched bits and pieces until recently, but watching the whole thing was like :drool:

Originally posted by D'z Nutz

Top Gun (for the cheesy one-liners, not the homoerotic subtext)
Tremors
Predator
Alien
Aliens
I'll need to rewatch Tremors, only saw it once a LONG time ago.


Originally posted by 01RedDX
True Romance
Fargo
Silence of the Lambs
The Professional
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

My recommendations are bulletproof son. You should watch these.
True Romance was also another awe inspiring film. Apparently Tarantino's first hit?

I can see my modem trembling in fear already of the downloading spree that is about to commence! Keep 'em coming! :bigpimp:

*incase you didn't notice, movies I left quoted I have watched. Movies removed means I must download them ASAP!

[403Gemini]

Schindlers list
Shawshank Redemption
Black Hawk Down
Wayne's World
As Good as It Gets (I know... chick flicky but I love Jack Nicholson in this lol)
Fifth Element
Event Horizon
Starship troopers (first one only... cheesy guilty pleasure)
Robocop (again... first one only... this is when action movies were fucking action movies!)
Terminator 1 & 2
The Game
Empire Records

... I'll think of more tomorrow.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
True Romance was also another awe inspiring film. Apparently Tarantino's first hit?

Sort of. He wrote it, but didn't direct it so it's not a Tarantino film in the truest sense.

[statick]

The Abyss
The Rocketeer
The Thomas Crowne Affair

[dandia89]

check out oldboy. although it came out in 2003, it has to be one of my favourite foreign films.

[rage2]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
That's not very creative rage, anybody who hasn't watched those movies needs their heads checked! And yes, Scarface is one seriously amazing movie. I'd only ever watched bits and pieces until recently, but watching the whole thing was like :drool:
Well the reason I brought those up was because my brother was born in 1990, and it wasn't until the last 3 years that he watched those. Figured you 90'ers are deprived! :rofl:

[510-Trevor]

Planes trains and Automobiles
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Stripes
Ghostbusters (the original)

[Chester]

Equilibrium is a good movie, but its from 2002.

[95teetee]

The Crow.

[mushi_mushi]

I like movies from that era too. During the 80's and 90's there wasnt as much emphasis on special effects, the movies were story and character driven. Some of them were really corny but, I think they are still fun to watch. Not all of these are great but these are some of the movies that I remember from my childhood. I'll start with the 80's and post 90's later.

80's

raging bull
indiana jones
weird science
16 candles
cant buy me love
E.T
blade runner
the princess bride
the last starfighter
When harry met sally
crazy people
The breakfast club
ferris bueller's day off
midnight run
back to the future
ghost busters
my bodyguard
3 o'clock high
top gun
the lost boys
big
beverly hills cop
die hard
coming to america
crocodile dundee
dirty rotten scoundrels
the goonies
heartbreak ridge
hoosiers
rudy
lethal weapon
karate kid
no way out
the untouchables
platoon
porky's
bloodsport
kickboxer
rain man
robocop
scarface
the secret of my success
short circuit
star trek movies
vacation
the sandlot
sabrina
roadhouse
field of dreams
risky business
uncle buck
spies like us
fletch
my step mom is an alien
blues brothers
rocky
commando
better of dead
just one of the guys
ladyhawk
war games
pale rider
real genius
silverado
american ninja
dead poet sociaty
bill and teds excellent adventures
glory
say anything
tango and cash
the abyss
born on the 4th of july
weekend at bernies
honey I shrunk the kids
kuffs
the cutting edge
dune
once upon a time in america
splash

[wintonyk]

Originally posted by AE92_TreunoSC
90's of the top of my head

Leon &lt; overlooked a lot



Are you talking about Leon The Professional if so big :thumbsup:


US Marshalls (although this is on AMC daily)
The Fugitive
Se7en
The Bone Collector
Heat
Donnie Brasco
Road Warrior

I don't think any of those have been mentioned

[403Gemini]

How could I forget...

http://www.moviemobsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/big-trouble-in-little-china.jpg

[lilmira]

Police Academy
Trading Places
Glengarry Glen Ross

Good call on True Romance, lots of now famous people in it.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
I don't mean like pre 80's (even though suggestions would be fine), but since I was a child in the 90's, I have missed a LOT of brilliant movies.

The most brilliant movie I've ever seen is a Canadian movie called "Real Time".

A couple of other brilliant flicks are Pan's Labyrinth and Office Space.

[Abeo]

12 Monkeys
Akira (anime)
Blue Lagoon
Boogie Nights
Cannonball Run
Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Dogma (Kevin Smith)
Escape from NY, LA
Evil Dead 1,2 and 3 (Army of Darkness)
Falling Down
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
First Blood
Full Metal Jacket
Gattaca
GO
High Fidelity
Maximum Overdrive (Stephen King's first movie, its awful and hilarious)
Memento
Rumble in the Bronx (and other Jackie Chan movies)
Smokey and the Bandit
Surviving the Game
The Big Lebowski
The Edge
The Game
The Last Boyscout
Trainspotting

[bourge73]

Jacobs Ladder, State of Grace.

[D'z Nutz]

National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

[beecue]

Good thread, I've also been trying to watch older movies that I haven't seen before. The last 2 I watched were Taxi Driver and LA Confidential.

[bourge73]

^^ seen Mulholland Drive? you may like if you havent.

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by bourge73
^^ seen Mulholland Drive? you may like if you havent.

I watched that movie when I was younger and it was one giant :confused:

I'd probably enjoy it more now... now that I'm older and I dont take things so literally lol

[beecue]

Originally posted by bourge73
^^ seen Mulholland Drive? you may like if you havent.

Nope, I've heard it's good though. I might check it out tomorrow, thanks.

[BigMass]

Originally posted by bourge73
^^ seen Mulholland Drive? you may like if you havent.

Thought Lost Highway and Blue Velvet were better. After you seen those two Mulholland Dr is kinda “typical Lynch” at that point. But it was a good movie no doubt

[heavyfuel]

Back To The Future trilogy
Commando
Last Man Standing
Mobsters
Gotti
Point Break
Beverly Hills Cop trilogy
The Delta Force
Total Recall
Thrashin'
Gleaming The Cube

[treg50]

Weird Science
Red Sonja
The Golden Child
Coming To America
Gremlins (the book was excellent)

[sillysod]

Anything with Chevy Chase or John Candy is going to be a safe bet.



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[dandia89]

Originally posted by wintonyk


Are you talking about Leon The Professional if so big :thumbsup:



i need to quote this just to emphasize how good this movie is. so underrated, most of my friends haven't even heard of it!

[sexualbanana]

Cool As Ice

haha

[BlackRadon]

The professional is a great movie. Watched it the other night. Great suggestions and awesome thread idea!! Win win.

[calgarydub]

I still don't know how to use those damn sea shells!

Edit: LOL for those that were always curious semi NSFW, cartoon instructions on wiping:

http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/three-seashells/

http://www.moviemobsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/demolition_man.jpg

[lilmira]

Originally posted by BlackRadon
The professional is a great movie. Watched it the other night. Great suggestions and awesome thread idea!! Win win.

Make sure to watch the long version, not the theatre version censored for kids.

[Troll-ol]

Boyz in the hood - one of my favorites ever