The Best '80s Movies of All Time

The Princess Bride

Was there anything this movie this movie didn’t have? It had romance, action, comedy, and mystery (who was the six-finger man???) Not to mention it had some of the best catch phrases ever (“Inconceivable!”)

Back to the Future

Whenever I think of great ‘80s movies Back to the Future always comes to mind. Maybe it’s that red vest Michael J. Fox wore, or maybe it’s that Huey Lewis song “The Power of Love,” that plays in the first half of the movie, but this movie is quintessentially ’80s to me.

Better Off Dead

I want my two dollars!

Gee, I’m real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.

And dying when you’re not really sick is really sick, you know. Really!

You ski the K-12 dude, and girls will go sterile just looking at you!

My little brother got his arm stuck in the microwave. So my mom had to take him to the hospital. My grandma dropped acid this morning, and she freaked out. She hijacked a busload of penguins. So it’s sort of a family crisis. Bye!

Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

I’ve been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I’m no dummy. I know high school girls.

I think all you need is a small taste of success, and you will find it suits you.

Say Anything

I am a horrible movie watcher and there are very few movies I can sit through silently. But Say Anything is one. This is legit the best movie ever made and Lloyd Dobler is every girl’s dream.

Goonies

I am extremely disquieted, disturbed really, that I am the first person to say Goonies.

John Cusack over Mouth, Data, Chunk, and One-Eyed Willie?

What the hell is wrong with you people . . .

When Harry Met Sally

This is probably Nora Ephron’s finest work. It addressed so many relationship truths— men and women can’t really be friends, etc… Not to mention it has one of the greatest scenes of all time— fake orgasm in a restaurant, anybody?

Pretty in Pink

John Hughes & Molly Ringwald at their best. The scene where Duckie cries in the rain gets me every time. All this is not even mentioning the awesome fashions and music.

Weird Science

I know I could have posted a picture of the movie poster, but this was a much easier way to convey my absolute favorite part of the movie. Chet is by far the best character — “You two donkey-dicks couldn’t get laid in a morgue!”