Movies of the 80s
1986
An American Tail
An American Tail
G
81 min.
dir: Don Bluth

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Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.

Tiger: You lost your family? I lost my family, too, years ago, I mean. Eight brothers! Ten sisters! Three fathers!

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1985
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
PG
111 min.
dir: Robert Zemeckis

The year is 1985 - but not for long. Because teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is about to be blasted back to 1955 aboard the plutonium-powered DeLorean created by eccentric genius Doc Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd). But when Marty accidetly keeps his parents-to-be (Crispen Glover and Lea Thompson) from falling in love, it triggers a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future - and leave him trapped in the past! Now Marty's last hope is to change history before the clock runs out on his only chance to get himself "Back to the Future."

McFly: Lou! Give me a milk... Chocolate!

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1987
*batteries not included
*batteries not included
PG
106 min.
dir: Matthew Robbins
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1986
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China
PG-13
99 min.
dir: John Carpenter

Directed by thrill master John Carpenter, this edge-of-your seat adventure stars Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, a tough-talking, wisecracking truck driver whose hum-drum life on the road takes a sudden supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself deep beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, in a murky, creature-filled world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who mercilessly presides over an empire of spirits. Dodging demons and facing baffling terrors, Jack battles his way through Lo Pan's dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl. Co-starring Kim Cattrall, this effects-filled sci-fi spectacle speeds to an incredible, twist-taking finish.

Jack Burton: Ready? I was BORN ready.

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1989
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
PG
90 min.
dir: Stephen Herek

Bill and Ted have spent so much time forming their rock band, The Wyld Stallyns, that they're flunking history. Whoa, duuuude! And when Ted's dad threatens to send him away to military school, Bill and Ted realize it could mean the most heinous end of The Stallyns! Luckily, a guardian angel from the future, Rufus, has come to them with a most bodacious solution: a time-traversing phone booth to take them into the past to learn about the world from some of history's most influential personalities. Their journey through time turns out to be a blast…but will they learn enough to pass their class?

Bill: Be Excellent to each other!
Ted: Party On, Dudes!

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1982
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
PG
115 min.
dir: Steven Spielberg
Elliot: He's a man from outer space and we're taking him to his spaceship.
Greg: Well, can't he just beam up?
Elliot: This is REALITY, Greg.

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1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
PG-13
102 min.
dir: John Hughes
Ferris: Hi. Do you speak English?
Garage Attendant: Uh, what country do you think this is?

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1989
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams
PG
107 min.
dir: Phil Alden Robinson
Terence Mann: I'm going to beat your head in with a crowbar until you go away.

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1986
Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator
PG
90 min.
dir: Randal Kleiser
David: So you need ME and my inferior brain to fly that thing?
Max: Correction, I need the superior information in your inferior brain to fly this... thing.

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1984
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
PG
107 min.
dir: Ivan Reitman
Dr. Raymond Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're right Ray, no human being would stack books like this.

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1985
The Goonies
The Goonies
PG
114 min.
dir: Richard Donnor
Francis Fratelli: Tell us everything! Everything!
Chunk: Everything? ..OK! I'll talk! In third grade, I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade, I stole my uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I was Moses in my Hebrew School play...

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1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
PG-13
127 min.
dir: Steven Spielberg
Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth.

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1984
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
PG
126 min.
dir: John G. Avildsen
[Miyagi karate-chops the tops off three beer bottles]
Daniel Larusso: How did you do that? How did you do that?!
Miyagi: Don't know. First time.

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1989
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time
G
70 min.
dir: Don Bluth
Ducky: That's OK, Petri, lots of things can't fly. Rocks, trees, sticks, Spike.

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1984
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story
PG
94 min.
dir: Wolfgang Petersen
Bastian: MOOOOOOON CHIIIIILLLLLLD!

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1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
PG
90 min.
dir: Tim Burton
Pee-wee: I'm bad, Dottie, real bad. You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner. A rebel.

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1987
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
PG
98 min.
dir: Rob Reiner
Buttercup: We'll never survive.
Westley: Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has.

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1985
Rocky IV
Rocky IV
PG
91 min.
dir: Sylvester Stallone
Rocky: Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.

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1986
Short Circuit
Short Circuit
PG
98 min.
dir: John Badham
Stephanie Speck: Life is NOT a malfunction!

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1987
Spaceballs
Spaceballs
PG
96 min.
dir: Mel Brooks
Dark Helmet: What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?

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1980
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
PG
124 min.
(127 Sp. Ed.)
dir: Irvin Kershner
Princess Leia: Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder!
Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?

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1983
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
PG
134 min.
(135 Sp. Ed.)
dir: Richard Marquand
Han Solo: 3PO! You tell that slimy piece of worm-ridden filth, he'll get no such pleasure from us!
[to Chewbacca]

Han Solo: Right?

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1990 (...??? oh well)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
PG
93 min.
dir: Steve Barron
Donatello: You're a claustrophobic.
Casey Jones: You want a fist in the mouth? I've never even looked at another guy!

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1986
Transformers the Movie
Transformers the Movie
PG
84 min.
dir: Nelson Shin
Unicron: I have summoned you here for a purpose.
Megatron: Nobody summons Megatron!
Unicron: Then it pleases me to be the first.

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1989
UHF
UHF
PG
97 min.
dir: Jay Levey
Stanley Spadowski: Oh, Joel Miller. You're a lucky, lucky boy 'cause you know why? You get to drink from, the fire hose!!!

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1989
The Wizard
The Wizard
PG
100 min.
dir: Todd Holland
Corey: It's like the Adventures of Link. He has to find Zelda, you have to find a house. Same difference!

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