Favorite movies of 1984 anyone?

[TomServofan]

The year is now 35 and what a nice year for films.


What's everyone's top movies of 1984?



My top 25:

1. Ghostbusters.

2. The Terminator.

3. The Karate Kid.

4. Amadeus.

5. Sixteen Candles.

6. Beverly Hills Cop.

7. Romancing the Stone.

8. Revenge of the Nerds.

9. The Neverending Story.

10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind).

11. A Nightmare on Elm Street.

12. Gremlins.

13. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

14. This is Spinal Tap.

15. Top Secret.

16. Starman.

17. Blood Simple.

18. The Toxic Avenger.

19. The Last Starfighter.

20. Dreamscape.

21. 2010.

22. The Adventures of Buckraoo Banzai.

23. Repo Man.

24. The Company of Wolves.

25. The Muppets Takes Manhattan.



Honorable mentions: Splash, A Christmas Carol, 1984, Purple Rain, Night of the Comet, Red Dawn, Johnny Dangerously, Tightrope, Streets of Fire, The Return of Godzilla (aka Godzilla 1985), Cloak and Dagger, CHUD, Firestarter, Star Trek III, Friday The 13th The Final Chapter, Bachelor Party, Missing in Action, Body Double, Police Academy, Runaway, V, The Philedelphia Experiment and Terror in the Aisles.



Guilty pleasures:

Silent Night Deadly Night.

Children of the Corn.

Razorback.

[Jokerz79]

The year is now 35 and what a nice year for films.


What's everyone's top movies of 1984?



My top 25:

1. Ghostbusters.

2. The Terminator.

3. The Karate Kid.

4. Amadeus.

5. Sixteen Candles.

6. Beverly Hills Cop.

7. Romancing the Stone.

8. Revenge of the Nerds.

9. The Neverending Story.

10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (aka Warriors of the Wind).

11. A Nightmare on Elm Street.

12. Gremlins.

13. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

14. This is Spinal Tap.

15. Top Secret.

16. Starman.

17. Blood Simple.

18. The Toxic Avenger.

19. The Last Starfighter.

20. Dreamscape.

21. 2010.

22. The Adventures of Buckraoo Banzai.

23. Repo Man.

24. The Company of Wolves.

25. The Muppets Takes Manhattan.



Honorable mentions: Splash, 1984, Purple Rain, Night of the Comet, Red Dawn, Johnny Dangerously, Tightrope, Streets of Fire, The Return of Godzilla (aka Godzilla 1985), Cloak and Dagger, CHUD, Firestarter, Star Trek III, Friday The 13th The Final Chapter, Bachelor Party, Missing in Action, Body Double, Police Academy, Runaway, V, The Philedelphia Experiment and Terror in the Aisles.



Guilty pleasures:

Silent Night Deadly Night.

Children of the Corn.

Razorback.

All you mentioned I also like the Christmas movie the Night they Saved Christmas.

[AndrewCrossett]

Maybe the best year of the decade in movies, IMO.

In order of release:

Footloose
Repo Man
This Is Spinal Tap
Children of the Corn (campy, but creepy)
Splash
Police Academy
Romancing the Stone
Sixteen Candles
The Natural
Ghostbusters
The Karate Kid
The Last Starfighter
The Neverending Story
Revenge of the Nerds
The Brother From Another Planet
Amadeus
All of Me
The Terminator
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
A Passage To India
Starman

And if I was going to choose a "guilty pleasure" movie from this year it would be Conan the Destroyer.

[Scott Taylor]

The year of Big Brother?

I have mixed feelings of the year, mainly because of Temple of Doom and Dune. Both of these movies were ones I was so looking forward to and both were such huge disappointments. And then there was Star Trek III, which was just .... oh my. Supergirl. Greystoke. Overall I don't consider it to be a great year, but a year when the movies for the most part let me down.

That said, it was a pretty good year for unexpected surprises like Revenge of the Nerds, Ghostbusters, Nightmare on Elm Street, This is Spinal Tap, Splash, Beverly Hills Cop, Amadeus and Terminator. And, of course, Footloose. Hard to overstate how important this year was in launching legitimate careers for several folks.

[TomServofan]

All you mentioned I also like the Christmas movie the Night they Saved Christmas.

I also forgot to mention Christmas Carol which i added.

[Cyke]

Out of all those movies in OP's list, Revenge and the Nerds and Sixteen Candles fell out of favor for me as time has gone on. To me they've just aged very badly.

Conversely, my appreciation for Beverly Hills Cop, Amadeus, and Buckaroo Bonzai increase with repeated viewings.

2010 is underrated. Top Secret should've been bigger back then.

And finally, Ghostbusters, Terminator, and Naussica 4eva.

[TomServofan]

1984 was amazing eh folks?

[Osiris-Rex]

1984 was amazing eh folks?

Yes, 1984 was a very good movie too. It was also Richard Burton's last movie.

[TomServofan]

Yes but i was talking about the year in film

[AndrewCrossett]

Out of all those movies in OP's list, Revenge and the Nerds and Sixteen Candles fell out of favor for me as time has gone on. To me they've just aged very badly.

After recently re-watching both Sixteen Candles and Vacation, it seems like John Hughes movies are better remembered than re-watched. Too bad, because I loved those movies when I was a teenager in the 80's.

[TomServofan]

After recently re-watching both Sixteen Candles and Vacation, it seems like John Hughes movies are better remembered than re-watched. Too bad, because I loved those movies when I was a teenager in the 80's.

What about Planes Trains and Automobiles?

[numberthirty]

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And if I was going to choose a "guilty pleasure" movie from this year it would be Conan the Destroyer.

That film deserves some sort of an "Extra Credit" award for that you would eventually get Arnold's DVD commentary.

[Scott Taylor]

The barbarian versus wizard scene in Conan the Destroyer always makes me happy.

[batnbreakfast]

I love the first one (especially after a Single Malt) but as a fan of REH I can't find redeeming qualities in Destroyer. Just inferior on every level.

[AndrewCrossett]

What about Planes Trains and Automobiles?

I haven't seen that one in a long time, but I remember liking it when I saw it. I tend to like just about all of Hughes's movies, but when I re-watch them now I notice cringe-worthy things that I just laughed off in the 80's.