Was 1985 the greatest movie year of all time?

[Homerboy]

(Piggy backing off the Goonies anniversary thread)

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index1985.php

Holy shit. These are just the "classics" (due to a multitude of reasons) I pulled out of the list:
Turk 182!
The Breakfast Club
The Sure Thing
Mask
Porky's Revenge
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
The Last Dragon
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Desperately Seeking Susan
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Ladyhawke
Moving Violations
Gymkata
Brewster's Millions
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Fletch
The Goonies
Cocoon
Red Sonja
St. Elmo's Fire
Back to the Future
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
The Man With One Red Shoe
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Weird Science
Fright Night
Real Genius
Summer Rental
The Return of the Living Dead
Year of the Dragon
Volunteers
Better Off Dead...
Teen Wolf
Commando
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Re-Animator
Krush Groove
A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Transylvania 6-5000
Once Bitten
Rocky IV
Young Sherlock Holmes
Spies Like Us
Runaway Train
The Jewel of the Nile
Brazil
The Color Purple

 

[IndyColtsFan]

1985 was a good year, but for other reasons. At least, the first half was great.

 

[Homerboy]

1985 was a good year, but for other reasons. At least, the first half was great.

explain please.

 

[spacejamz]

I thought it was until I saw this list

and I graduated from high school in 87. I vote that everyone should post when they graduated from high school to give others a proper reference point for their comments in this thread...

 

[rudeguy]

Now I want to watch every one of those movies. Tonight.

 

[Homerboy]

Now I want to watch every one of those movies. Tonight.

I feel the same way.
I may have to start searching around for them to bulk up the library

 

[IndyColtsFan]

explain please.

Being 14/15 -- girls -- being in the 80s -- just good stuff all around! :awe:

 

[blackdogdeek]

yes, it was.

rambo: first blood part 2 and rocky iv alone would make it the bestest year for movies ever.

 

[CPA]

Red Sonja was not a good movie, and I so wanted it to be.

 

[CPA]

Being 14/15 -- girls -- being in the 80s -- just good stuff all around! :awe:

This. I miss the 80s so badly.

 

[Homerboy]

Being 14/15 -- girls -- being in the 80s -- just good stuff all around! :awe:

Yeah I can see that. That was 1987/88 for me though
Not as great as a movie year though

 

[Homerboy]

Red Sonja was not a good movie, and I so wanted it to be.

It wasn't good no... but its still a "classic" for other reasons.

 

[spacejamz]

Being 14/15 -- girls -- being in the 80s -- just good stuff all around! :awe:

yep...first concert, mullets, air jordans and the rubik's cube...

 

[IndyColtsFan]

This. I miss the 80s so badly.

I'd kill to have a ride in Doc Brown's DeLorean about now.

 

[spacejamz]

I'd kill to have a ride in Doc Brown's DeLorean about now.

preferably without Libyan terrorists chasing you....

 

[blackdogdeek]

preferably without Libyan terrorists chasing you....

they are only an issue if you promise them a nuclear device and give them a casing full of used pinball machine parts.

 

[Homerboy]

bah! the 194 list is just as spectacular if not BETTER!
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index1984.php

 

[darkewaffle]

I graduated in 2006, heard of about half of these, I like maybe 2-3 of them. That I know of at any rate.

 

[Homerboy]

I graduated in 2006, heard of about half of these, I like maybe 2-3 of them. That I know of at any rate.

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/index2006.php
Sucks to be you!

 

[Possessed Freak]

1985 was a good year, but for other reasons. At least, the first half was great.

Da Bears!

 

[moshquerade]

some body reliving their youth?

 

[Homerboy]

some body reliving their youth?

Not really reliving it... reveling in it is more like it.
But like IndyColtsFan said, I'd kill to go back to it again. Kids nowadays are getting screwed. I'd happily trade cell phones and computers for the bliss of the 80s

 

[moshquerade]

Not really reliving it... reveling in it is more like it.
But like IndyColtsFan said, I'd kill to go back to it again. Kids nowadays are getting screwed. I'd happily trade cell phones and computers for the bliss of the 80s

kids today are leaving childhood sooner and sooner :/

 

[Homerboy]

kids today are leaving childhood sooner and sooner :/

Youth is wasted on the young!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Not really reliving it... reveling in it is more like it.
But like IndyColtsFan said, I'd kill to go back to it again. Kids nowadays are getting screwed. I'd happily trade cell phones and computers for the bliss of the 80s

If I had one wish granted, it would be to go back. Maybe start at 1980 and live it all over again, especially if I could take my 40 year-old wisdom and life experience with me.