My Pick - 160 (or so) 80s films I love

There are many shifts and changes in film that swing from decade to decade, certain genres become popular and others fade. Stars are born and careers end. Of course, the more things change the more they stay the same – bad films get made, there are always good films and there are inevitably great films. We love some from each, even the bad ones, and though we don’t always know why, or can explain what makes that film so damn special to us, they connect with us.

     I put together a list from the 90s of films that I loved. I enjoyed doing it and discovered that looking through release dates helped me remember all those films that made a difference to me.

     What follows is my 80s list. These films helped to form what we laughingly call ‘me’. I found wonder in some, excitement in others.

     Ready?

     Oh, and they are not in any order of preference. I can’t tell you I like Highlander more than Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or that The Empire Strikes Back is a ‘better’ movie than Platoon. That’s silly. Each film is on the list for its own merits and stands as a one piece of a much larger map that makes up my love for film.

     Let’s begin…

The Blues Brothers – That car chase. That duo. We play both types of music – Country and Western.

The Elephant Man – John Hurt. Wow.

Flash Gordon – Silly and amazing. Brian bloody Blessed!

The Long Good Friday – Bob Hoskins.

Raging Bull – Epic.

The Shining – Terrifying. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Stir Crazy – Gene and Richard! Prison comedy at its best.

Superman 2 – Still the best Superman film, by far.

The Empire Strikes Back – Still the best Star Wars film, by not quite as far.

An American Werewolf In London – Stick to the path.

The Cannonball Run – Crazy car movie.

Clash Of The Titans – Harryhousen’s last.

Dragonslayer – Biscuit is an action hero!

Escape From New York – John Carpenter classic!

Excalibur – Still the best Arthurian legend film.

The Evil Dead – A game changer.

Omen 3: Final Conflict – Sam Neil is evil.

Scanners – Ironside blows your head up!

Time Bandits – YAY!

Conan The Barbarian – THE RIDDLE OF STEEL!

Poltergeist – They’re here…

Star Trek 2 – The best Star Trek film, by a country mile.

Blade Runner – Sci fi noir. Awesome. Note that I prefer the cinematic version. Yeah, I know.

The Thing – One of the best, if not the best, monster movie, EVER.

Tron – A ground breaking film.

An Officer And A gentleman – White uniforms. Louis Gosset Jnr.

Amittyville 2 – Terrifying.

First Blood – Stallone at his best.

48 HRS – Murphy and Nolte fight each other and the bad guys.

The Dark Crystal – Puppets and magic. Incredible.

Tootsie – Hoffman.

The Hunger – Sexy vampires. Bowie.

The Right Stuff – Spacemen grounded.

Scarface – Say hello to my little friend.

Return Of The Jedi – Ewoks. There IS good in him. Jabba!

Staying Alive – DANCING!

Trading Places – Akroyd and Murphy are dynamite!

Wargames – Do you want to play a game?

1984 – Rat cage? *shudders*

Beverly Hills Cop – Murphy again. Action comedy master.

Footloose – More DANCING!

Ghostbusters – Brilliant. Bold. Unforgettable.

Gremlins – Billy, Gizmo, BRIGHT LIGHT!

Greystoke – Lambert as the monkey man. I love this film.

The Ice Pirates – sci fi comedy too silly to ever show up on anyone else’s list.

Karate Kid – Ralph!

The Killing Fields – Obviously.

A Nightmare On Elm Street – Depp gets turned into soup.

Romancing The Stone – Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglass together.

Terminator – An action/sci fi masterpiece and James Cameron’s assault on our senses starts.

Top Secret – Val Kilmer in naughty comedy.

Wheels On Meals – Jackie Chan!

Back To The Future – Marty McFly! GREAT SCOTT!

The Breakfast Club – I won’ ever…forget about you…no, no, no.

Brewster’s Millions – Richard Pryor. A great film.

Cocoon – The Oldies get their lives back.

Commando – Never need to reload. The puns fly. The baddies die.

Fright Night – Vampires next door!

Goonies – HEY, YOU GUYS!

Jewel of the Nile – Kathleen and Michael and Danny back together!

Legend – Tim Curry as the devil, Tiny Tom appears.

Pale Rider – One of Eastwood’s best.

Re-Animator – Spades and cats and GORE!

Red Sonja – Silly but fun fantasy.

St Elmo’s Fire – The Brat Pack!

A View to a Kill – Bond!

Weird Science – Kelly LeBrock.

Young Sherlock Holmes – Love it! Stained glass window monster and the Egyptian killers!

Teenwolf – Michael J Fox. Basketball. Yay!

Enemy Mine – Dennis Quaid. I love that guy.

Aliens – Best sequel ever? Best action sci fi ever? A good shout for both.

Armour Of God – Jackie Chan again!

Big Trouble In Little China – Kurt Russell rides the Pork Chop Express!

Colour of Money – Obviously.

Crocodile Dundee – That’s not a knife…

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Mathew Broderick stars in a timeless classic, but is Ferris really there?

The Fly – Goldblum. Disgusting.

The Golden Child – Murphy again. He had so many good films in this decade! So many!

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Horrifying, brutal, upsetting. Stays with you.

Highlander – There should have only been one!

Howard The Duck – Disturbing.

The Hitcher – Rutger Hauer terrorises C. Thomas Howell and everyone else as well.

Labyrinth – Socks down pants, wig on, eye make up, surrounded by puppets. Go!

Manhunter – William Peterson nails it.

The Name of the Rose – Medieval murder.

Platoon -  Sgt Barnes is unkillable, or is he?  Incredible cast, incredible film.

Poltergeist 2 – Even scarier than the original. That priest? *shudders*

Short Circuit – Number five is alive!

The Three Amigos – Short, Chase and Martin in fancy dress!

Top Gun – We feel the need, the need for a half-naked volleyball scene.

Transformers The Movie (animated) – The only Transformers film you ever need to see.

Wisdom – Emilio Estevez is a Dillinger character for the modern age.

Beverley Hills Cop 2 – Those legs, those puns, and that rocket launcher.

The Big Easy – Sexy as hell! Brilliant thriller! Ellen Barkin is hotter than the sun.

Dragnet – Goat men! Me, you, your balls… and this draw. Hanks is great.

Evil Dead 2 – Trapdoor blood hose!

Empire Under The Sun – Bale arrives and what a film to star in.

Fatal Attraction – Bunny boiler.

Full Metal Jacket – A nerve shredding powerhouse.

Good Morning Vietnam – A film with incredible heart and Williams is amazing.

Lethal Weapon – Mad Mel and Danny give us perfect buddy cop action.

The Lost Boys – Classic vampire film. Brilliant.

Manequin – That Starship song still makes me smile, and yes, she was gorgeous.

Near Dark – Adrian Pasdar and half the cast of Aliens do toothy Bigelow. That bar scene still gives me fever.

A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors – the second one was dreadful but this one totally rocked!

The Principal – James Belushi cleans up the school. I LOVE to see him clean up Michael Gove the same way.

The Princess Bride – Classic! TO THE PAIN! I love this film sooooo much!

Predator – Get monster action movie. Carl Weathers adds a touch of awesome.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Candy and Martin make me ache with laughter.

Raising Arizona – Cage’s best?

Robocop – Verhoven doing what he does best. So in your face and so quotable.

Roxanne – Again, Steve Martin brings the house down. The bar with the nose jokes? Never bettered.

Running Man – Arnie puns his way through end of level bad guys with themed zones and costumes.

Spaceballs – Assholes! I’m surrounded by a Assholes!

Stakeout – Emilio Estevez and Richard Dryfers are awesome in this, and so is Madeline Stowe.

Untouchables – Brilliant film from start to finish. Incredible cast and so iconic.

Wall Street – Greed is good, greed works. So did this film, in all the ways in should have.

The Witches Of Eastwick – Three beauties, one horny little devil.

Withnail & I – Richard E. Grant and Dr Who getting mashed.

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen – Barking mad.

Akira – A staggering achievement in film, let alone animated film.

Beetlejuice – Michael Keaton is the unwanted house guest of the unwanted house guests.

Big – Hanks being a big kid.

Bloodsport – BAM! Van Damme!

The Chocolate War – I loved this film. I have always hated Archie! Bastard!

Cocktail – Tom and Brian supply the drinks, Elizabeth provides the heart.

Colours -  Penn and Duvall are brilliant as cops in a tough town.

Coming To America – Murphy as the fish out of water.

Dead Ringers – Jeremy Irons plays a set of twins and it scared me.

Dead Poets Society – The great Robin Williams is wonderful in this.

Die Hard – Obviously.

D.O.A – Dennis Quaid has been murdered! Poison! Now he had just a few hours to work out who killed him.

Heathers – Christian Slater and Wynona Rider. Awesome. Violent. Funny.

The Land Before Time – Animated dinosaurs make me cry. Bastards!

Mississippi Burning – Hackman is intense and it is hard to watch.

The Presido – Sean Connery, Meg Ryan, goings on at a military base.

Scrooged – Perfect Christmas movie!

Twins – Devito and Arnie have great chemistry.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Amazing!

Willow – I loved this film. Kilmer was great, Warwick Davis was a perfect lead.

Working Girl – Mel Griffith, Ford changes his shirt, she has a mind for business but a body for sin.

Young Guns –  Some of the Brat pack take revenge when Zod gets popped. Billy the Kid!

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure – Reeves and Winters are dudes, dudes.

Major League – Baseball, Jack Bauer’s president, GIVE HIM THE HEATER, RICKY!

The Dream Team – They form a bond and they go far. Keaton leads and they follow.

K-9 – It was this or Turner and Hooch, and I liked this one better.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil – Pryor and Wilder together again. One’s blind, one’s deaf, the jokes fly.

Road House – Swayze is the tough door man. Sam Elliot is too. Mind ya throat.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – The best one of the bunch? Probably.

Renegades – Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland make unlikely allies. Lou beats him a fair bit.

Batman – Keaton! Nicholson! Basinger! Prince! BATMAN!

Ghostbusters 2 – The mood slime, Vigo, THE BATHTUB TRIED TO EAT OSCAR!

Lethal Weapon 2 – Perfect sequel to a brilliant action cop film. Brilliant. Accents too.

Uncle Buck – John Candy doing what he did best.

Black Rain – Michael Douglass and Andy Garcia go to japan to guard a prisoner and it all goes wrong.

The Fabulous Baker Boys – Michelle Pfeiffer drapes herself across a piano. My knees go weak.

Henry V – Ken bringing Shakespeare to us and we love it! Rain drenched battles! Blessed with a tiny mace!

The Little Mermaid – This one had the song ‘Under the Sea’, damn it, I still catch myself singing it.

Tango and Cash – Russell and Stallone and Jack Palance. Oh, Terry Hatcher too!

Driving Miss Dairy – Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy! I be driving, Miss Daisy, I be driving.

 

     Right, there you have it. A long list to scroll through with no pictures. How will the point and click generation cope? Admirably, I’m sure.

     There are many classics missing, films that didn’t really impact upon me (or haven’t yet) and maybe some that I just didn’t like. I look forward to continuing to watch films and find jems I’ve missed as well as every now and then checking that Masters of the Universe really was as bad as I remembered it being.

     Thanks for reading.

p.s. The box at the bottom is where you can shout at me and tell me why Howard the Duck should be removed from this list. J

 

 

 

 

My Pick - 147 90s Movies

My nineties in film

     Film can be, and normally is, a very personal medium. One person can love a film and another can despise it, two people can love the very same film for completely different reasons. An Oscar winner can astound critics but bore the next patron of the cinema and while some people see very few films others deliver constant barrages of film into their brain and love even the ones that were never going to win awards for their originality, style or dialogue.

     Film can be a great divider but it can also bring people together. It truly is a wondrous thing, in my eyes. But I have to say I was listening to a radio station the other week and on it they read out the top ten nineties films, as voted by the public. I was fairly stunned to hear that Goodfellas wasn’t on the list. Hey, Pulp Fiction was, but Reservoir Dogs wasn’t. It stuck with me. It stuck with me that many of the films voted for were kids films, and hey, there were some amazing animated features throughout that decade, but better than Goodfellas?!

     Anyway, I got to thinking - what would a film list I put together look like? Would I even be able to put together a ‘top ten’ knowing that Goodfellas would have to go up against Toy Story, or Good Will Hunting would have to battle for my affections with Unforgiven. The answer was clearly ‘no’. No, I can’t give you a top ten. I can’t give you a top twenty or even thirty.

     No.

     I figured the best thing to do was go through a list of all the Hollywood release dates for each year and write down the ones that mattered to me. Then I would put a ring around the ones that REALLY mattered to me.

     Turns out there were a lot of films that I just couldn’t do without having seen.

     What follows is a list of nineties movies that I love. Some have notes on them about why. Some have excuses. There are many Oscar winners that aren’t on the list. There are many foreign films that I haven’t tracked down the names off, because I’m busy, and also I watch far more Hollywood films than I do world cinema. So sue me.

     They aren't in any order of greatness and I don't think I can argue the impact Jurassic Park had on me in relation to my near obsession with Reservoir Dogs, so don't try and find my favourite, just see if some of yours are on here. I hope this doesn’t get annoying/confusing/down right terrifying…

Brain Dead – Amazing gore and bizarre action. The Zombies…the lawnmower…

Tremors – Come on! It’s a must!

The Hunt For Red October – Still the best Jack Ryan film by a country mile.

Total Recall – Arnie doing what he does best. Plus, look! No arms!

Another 48 Hrs – Perfect antagonistic buddy action.

Ghost – Did you love this film? Dito.

Young Guns 2 – That gang is my favourite and watching them fall was heart-breaking.

Flatliners – Billy Mahoney? One of the most evil villains ever. Loved it.

Pump Up The Volume – My favourite teenage angst film of all time. Slater is amazing.

Goodfellas – My Favourite gangster film of all time and probably the best ever made.

Pacific Heights – Keaton was brilliant in this. Sinister and enthralling.

Predator 2 – I love this film. Glover does a great job and it feels like the next step.

Misery – I will always have nightmares that Annie is coming to take my feet.

Awakenings – Somewhere inside I’m still sobbing over this film. Williams is amazing.

Edward Scissorhands – Undoubtedly a Burton classic.

Sleeping With The Enemy – Tins in cupboards. The terror. Scary film.

Silence Of The Lambs – Hopkins and Foster at their best.

New Jack City – Snipes heads a cast that show grit and real aggression.

The Hard Way – ‘Not if you tied me naked to the back of a truck and dragged me through a field of broken glass!’ Woods and Fox made this something silly and special.

Backdraft – A brilliant cast, with a tight story and a great director’s flair. Loved it!

Hudson Hawk – I know it isn’t very good. I don’t care. If I want to see this then ONLY this will do.

Thelma and Louise – Geena and Susan. What a ride!

Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves – Infectious, silly, Rickman is endlessly quotable.

Terminator 2 – Annoying kid wasn’t that annoying. Great sci -fi action.

Boyz In The Hood – Brilliant and shocking.

Point Break – I don’t care that it’s wooden and silly. Reeves and Swayze are ace.

Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey – Death, Station, evil robot us’s.

The Commitments – Band film is a hit on every level.

The Fisher King – Bridges and Williams. Wow. Heart-breaking.

Cape Fear – Deniro as the tattooed monster.

Star Trek 6 : The Undiscovered Country – Shakespeare. Assassinations. Captain Sulu.

The Last Boy Scout – Funny, fast, in your face and violent. Loved Willis in this.

JFK – Back, and to the left.

Rush – Jenifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric get in over their heads in a narc op.

Kuffs – Christian Slater and Milla Jovovitch in light hearted action comedy. Loved it. Also, trying picking up a region 2 dvd of this? No. Neither can I. Bugger.

Wayne’s World – Schwing.

Alien 3 – I loved this one. Full on horror and I loved the prison. Charles S Dutton is great. Weaver is bloody brilliant.

A League Of Their Own – Baseball women prove they have what it takes. We knew it all along.

Universal Soldier – Lundgren and Van Damme really do make great enemies.

Unforgiven – Perfect film for me. The whole cast are great but Hackman and Eastwood are a step above.

The Last Of The Mohicans – Amazing soundtrack, incredible cinematography, gobsmacking film. The end chase? Uncas? Perfect third act.

Reservoir Dogs – Saw it in the cinema so many times. A 10/10. Tarantino explodes into the spotlight.

Bram Stokers Dracula – You can watch it if feeling silly or serious. Great film. Soundtrack? Brilliant.

Bad Lieutenant – Keitel does horrible things and I can’t stop watching.

Aladdin – A Disney classic made even more dear with the passing of Robin Williams.

A Few Good Men – I WANT THE TRUTH! – YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Muppets Christmas Carol – The perfect Christmas movie.

Groundhog Day – Bill Murray on fire. I love this film.

Jurassic Park – The CGI dinosaurs….OMG.

Sleepless In Seattle – Not a big rom com fan but this had heart and character.

In The Line of Fire – Malkovitch, Russo and Eastwood together are great.

Kalifornia – Brad Pitt and Juliet Lewis terrify Mulder and Leone, and me.

Undercover Blues – Turner and Quaid get effortless laughs and ooze charm.

Demolition Man -Snipes and Stallone are unstoppable. Awesome action. Bullock has comedic timing that smashes every joke out of the park. Great film.

Nightmare Before Christmas – Dark and yet the songs are so catchy. Visual treat.

Carlito’s Way – Pacino is astounding in this. One of my favourite gangster films.

The Piano – Mesmerising.

Schindler’s List – Obviously. A hard film to watch.

Tombstone - Western with an amazing cast. BEST. DOC. HOLLYWOOD. EVER.

Philidelphia – Hanks at his best. Banderas is so real.

The Crow – Brandon Lee. Visually stunning. A tragedy.

Lion King – OF COURSE!

True Lies – ‘They were all bad…’

The Mask – Jim Carey wows, as does Cameron Diaz.

Killing Zoe – Crime in Paris.

Natural Born Killers – Woody gets evil! A visual assault on your brain.

Pulp Fiction – Storytelling doesn’t get any better. Incredible cast, incredible performances.

Shawshank Redemption – Freeman and Robbins are perfect. A classic film.

Stargate – The cinema doesn’t get any more fun than this.

Interview With A Vampire – Brilliant, moody, Louis always moaning.

Leon – 10/10. Reno, Oldman and Portman are dynamite.

Star Trek: Generations – Two crews, two times, the death of Kirk. Arggghhh!

The Last Super – Would you kill Hitler?

Crimson Tide – One of the best soundtracks of all time. Hackman and Washington battle.

Braveheart – Accurate? No. Amazing? Yes.

Apollo 13 – A great film. Tension that shreds the nerves.

The Usual Suspects – Brian Singer makes his mark. Keiser Sozey!

Desperado – Banderas and Hayek are the best looking killers ever. Superb action.

Seven – 10/10 thriller. Pitt, Freeman and Spacey are jaw dropping. The box…

Strange Days – Strangely forgotten. A great film.

Leaving Las Vegas – A depressing but engaging descent into darkness.

Goldeneye – One of the best Bond films.

Casino – The band back together to shoot and stab people in the desert.

Toy Story – A masterpiece. 10/10.

Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead – Garcia’s Jimmy the Saint is legendarily smooth.

Heat – Pacino vs DeNiro. Crew v crew. The coffee shop. The gun fight in the street.

12 Monkeys – Sci fi that delivers. Pitt, Willis and Stowe are brilliant.

Fargo – Eh? Woodchipper.

Heaven’s Prisoner – Baldwin’s alcoholism is a thing to terrify.

Mission Impossible – Cruise leads a cast that updates the old show with style.

Dragonheart -Dennis Quaid. Connery. Dragons. YAY!

The Rock – Connery, Cage and Harris give us big action.

Hunchback of Notre Dame – Dark Disney with even darker villain.

Independence Day – HUGE SILLY ACTION! BLOW UP MONUMENTS! YAY!

Kingpin – Bowling comedy. Buckets of spunk. Rubber hands.

Bound – Dark, sinister and gripping. Plus, quite rude.

The Ghost and The Darkness – Killer lions. Love it!

The Long Kiss Goodnight – Davis and Jackson are amazing. Action and laughs abound!

Sleepers – Big heavy weight cast. Nasty subject matter. Bacon is all the creepy.

Romeo and Juliet – Cool.

Ransom – GIVE-ME-BACK-MY-SON!

The English Patient – Beautiful film.

Jerry Maguire – All the feels. Uplifting drama that soared.

Mars Attacks! – Ack! ACK! Ack-ack!

Scream – Rewrote the rules.

Grosse Point Blank – Cussack’s awkward hitman is brilliant.

The Fifth Element – Of course!

Con Air – BIG! STUPID! FUN!

Hercules – A departure in visual and musical style and a great film. HADES!

Face/Off – Woo. Cage. Travolta. Stupid action that is as entertaining as it is silly.

Copland – One of my favourite cop films. Stallone reminds me why he’s so great.

L.A Confidential – Great cast, brilliant film, perfect thriller.

The Peacemaker – Kidman and Clooney fight terrorists and it is damn good.

Donnie Brasco – Depp is unforgettable in this.

Fallen – Washington fights a demon and it fights back.

The Big Lebowski – Bridges delivers to us The Dude, and The Dude was good.

The Truman Show – Carey is captivating.

The Man In The Iron Mask – Great cast lead an entertaining romp.

Mulan – Disney get it right, again.

Out Of Sight – Clooney and Lopez have the most sex appeal ever.

Pi – Aronofski arrives.

There’s Something About Mary – Jizz hair.

Ronin – Action film with truly fantastic car chases.

Saving Private Ryan – Obviously.

Rounders – Norton and Damon play cards and sometimes win.

Apt Pupil – Nazi in suburbia.

America History X – Incredible film. Full force. Bite the curb.

The Siege – Washington, Azari, Benning, Willis, terrorism, complicated thriller.

Very Bad Things – Slater is a psycho, the party goes WRONG!

Shakespeare In Love – Great film. Paltrow was brilliant.

The Prince Of Egypt – The Visualisation of Passover? Shudders.

The Thin Red Line – Huge cast, tough subject matter, beautiful but brutal.

Starship Troopers – Violent, in your face, always goes over the top.

8MM – Cage investigates snuff films. It gets really horrible. Brilliant.

The Matrix – The first and the best by far!

Star Wars: Phantom Menace – At points it’s a jaw dropping space opera.

Arlington Road – Bridges and Robbins are great. A fabulous thriller.

The Blair Witch Project – What it achieved is astounding. The end is terrifying.

The Sixth Sense – Another great film that brings fear and a killer ending.

The Thomas Crown Affair – Effortlessly cool.

The 13^th Warrior – Viking action film. I love it.

American Beauty – 10/10.

Fight Club – Unforgettable cinema.

Toy Story 2 – When somebody loves you…

Galaxy Quest – Silly sci fi comedy that really does show it loves the source of its laughter.

The Talented Mr Ripley – Brilliant.

The Hurricane – Washington is brilliant.

The Iron Giant – Heart breaking kids film.

 

See, now you have seen there are probably at least thirty of your favourites that I didn’t go for. Forrest Gump and Three Kings, You’ve Got Mail and Dogma. Little Voice, Any Given Sunday, Joe Versus The Volcano, The Addams Family! They are there for you to go and find. Yours to look at and say ‘hey, that would be on my list!’.

That was 147 (or so) films that I couldn’t not have on the list. It doesn’t mean they were the best, or the most financially successful, or even the coolest. They didn’t stick to a neat top 10, or even an expansive top 100, no, they needed to be there, each and every one, and so the 147 is spot on for me.

Did you see many of these, am I mad, do I have great taste? Doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks really, even if I was told they were awful I would still love them. They make up part of what makes me love cinema. It isn’t confined to what’s brilliant, or what is silly, or what is worthy, it’s an odd mix of just what works for me.

     Thanks for reading.

     And yes. I did do the eighties and naughties too…

     Maybe I’ll post then up next?

P.s If you want to let me know where I went horribly wrong then just put the words in the box thing at the bottom. Bet you take issue with the Hudson Hawk thing, right? Yeah, figured you would.

 

 

   

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