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what are the most iconic movies from those times? or rather, what movies form the 80s and 90s screams "yep, this was made in the 80/90 alright".
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90s: Beavis and Butthead do America, Cool as Ice and Clueless.
Gotta hit ya with Heathers and anything Tim Burton related.
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terminator 2
The Breakfast Club and Back to the Future scream "made in the 80's" to me, though that's probably partially because neither's had a remake.
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Breakfast club
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The first two Home Alone, Space Jam, anything with Molly Ringwald in it, TMNT
For the 80’s, I’d say that the Scarface remake is one that is just classic. Also, Rambo First Blood still holds up great, and is shot in a very “80’s” fashion.
But to me, the miniseries V from 1983 will always hold a special place in my heart. It is 80’s as fuck, but damn I love it.
As for the 90’s, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs certainly had massive impacts on 90’s cinema and what people were willing to try in terms of directing. I’d also say that Starship Troopers is just a classic movie that really puts the then common ‘war action’ movie into a more satirical light, as opposed to Rambo being more about the horror that a soldier faced.
But to me, the miniseries V from 1983 will always hold a special place in my heart. It is 80’s as fuck, but damn I love it.
As for the 90’s, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs certainly had massive impacts on 90’s cinema and what people were willing to try in terms of directing. I’d also say that Starship Troopers is just a classic movie that really puts the then common ‘war action’ movie into a more satirical light, as opposed to Rambo being more about the horror that a soldier faced.
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Escape From New York and Escape From LA. Basically the same story, but one of the movies was made in the 80s and the other one, in the 90s, and it shows.
For me its The Road Warrior and Escape from New York. People really believed that a nuclear exchange would take place. Alternately they thought society would become hellish and dystopian.
They weren't wrong about the latter. Bladerunner wasn't far off the mark.
They weren't wrong about the latter. Bladerunner wasn't far off the mark.
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80s:
- Any of the Brat Pack movies (Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Weird Science)
- Any Canon Films release (Superman IV, Masters of the Universe, the Breakin' movies, Delta Force, and all the Ninja movies)
- Don Bluth animated films pre-Rock-a-Doodle
- Any slasher movie sequel (Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, etc.)
- Any Star Wars knockoff (Starchaser)
- Rocky III and IV
- Escape from New York
- The Karate Kid
- Any movie about music or dancing (Dirty Dancing/Footloose)
- Any teen movie that ends with a race or contest of some kind. (Better off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Revenge of the Nerds)
- Top Gun
- Robocop
- Any action movie that stars Schwartzenegger, Stallone, or Norris
- And the most 80s film ever made: Transformers the Movie
90s:
- Home Alone, its sequels, and its knockoffs (Dennis the Menace, Mr. Nanny, 3 Ninjas, etc.)
- The Scream movies
- American Pie, its sequels, and its knockoffs (This spills into the early 2000s too)
- Any movie with Paulie Shore (Bio Dome, Encino Man, etc.)
- Any movie with Alicia Silverstone (Clueless)
- Big budget disaster movies, including Jurassic Park, Twister, and ID4
- Any action movie that stars Schwartzenegger, Stallone, JCVD, or Segal
- Any video game movie adaptation (Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat)
- Any blockbuster with a massive marketing campaign (Dick Tracy, TMNT, Godzilla 98, Congo, Last Action Hero)
- Any of the Brat Pack movies (Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Weird Science)
- Any Canon Films release (Superman IV, Masters of the Universe, the Breakin' movies, Delta Force, and all the Ninja movies)
- Don Bluth animated films pre-Rock-a-Doodle
- Any slasher movie sequel (Friday the 13th, Child's Play, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, etc.)
- Any Star Wars knockoff (Starchaser)
- Rocky III and IV
- Escape from New York
- The Karate Kid
- Any movie about music or dancing (Dirty Dancing/Footloose)
- Any teen movie that ends with a race or contest of some kind. (Better off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Revenge of the Nerds)
- Top Gun
- Robocop
- Any action movie that stars Schwartzenegger, Stallone, or Norris
- And the most 80s film ever made: Transformers the Movie
90s:
- Home Alone, its sequels, and its knockoffs (Dennis the Menace, Mr. Nanny, 3 Ninjas, etc.)
- The Scream movies
- American Pie, its sequels, and its knockoffs (This spills into the early 2000s too)
- Any movie with Paulie Shore (Bio Dome, Encino Man, etc.)
- Any movie with Alicia Silverstone (Clueless)
- Big budget disaster movies, including Jurassic Park, Twister, and ID4
- Any action movie that stars Schwartzenegger, Stallone, JCVD, or Segal
- Any video game movie adaptation (Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat)
- Any blockbuster with a massive marketing campaign (Dick Tracy, TMNT, Godzilla 98, Congo, Last Action Hero)
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Well certainly any movie with contemporary/later historical events or people must be considered indicative of the 80s and 90s, for example
For the 80s you got => Rambo 3, Rocky IV, For Yours Eyes Only, The Living Daylights (i.e. Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan though that did begin in 1979), etc.
For the 90s you got => whichever Naked Gun movie(s) was supposed to have George H. W. Bush in it, I think its safe to include both Hot Shots movies (strictly based on contemporary references such as Saddam Hussein who, it's fair to say, came into the American public conscience in the early 90s and then again later in 2003), etc.
And this is not including particular technology that just existed or certain pop-culture references never mind things which were simply fashionable back then.
For the 80s you got => Rambo 3, Rocky IV, For Yours Eyes Only, The Living Daylights (i.e. Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan though that did begin in 1979), etc.
For the 90s you got => whichever Naked Gun movie(s) was supposed to have George H. W. Bush in it, I think its safe to include both Hot Shots movies (strictly based on contemporary references such as Saddam Hussein who, it's fair to say, came into the American public conscience in the early 90s and then again later in 2003), etc.
And this is not including particular technology that just existed or certain pop-culture references never mind things which were simply fashionable back then.
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Commando is peak 80's action flick gold
Angus was pretty fucking 90's but also paid a good homage to the 80's clichés as well.
90s: Speed. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111257/
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