Are You a Child of the 80s?
Trapped between the "Baby Boomers" and "Generation Y" is a special generation ... a generation we call "Children of the Eighties." If you can identify with most of the 15 points below, chances are you are definitely one of them ...
1. You owned a *real* Rubik's cube.
2. One word: Izod.
3. You remember when MTV didn't exist. Alternatively you remember when the M stood for Music, not Mundane.
4. "Alternative" music actually was...and not popular Top 40 tunes.
5. You were a "wanna be". Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, etc.
6. "Where's the beef?"
7. You know how to use a rotary phone.
8. Max Headroom was cool.
9. You know how (or wanted to be able) to Moonwalk!
10. Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.
11. Leg warmers and headbands alá Pat Benatar once looked really cool to you.
12. You remember when Jordache jeans with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket was cool.
13. Jelly bracelets & shoes!
14. Your hair defied gravity.
15. You are still baffled by the "day glo" clothing trend.
So, are you a Child of the '80s? You're facing a long uphill culture battle to stay tuned-in to that great decade, so follow our advice:
* Never forget or deny your 80s heritage. Be sure to start most of your sentences with "Back in the 80s" or "When I was your age"...
* Spend a majority of your time in your late 20s & early 30s obsessing over how much better things were "back then".
* Never let them see you sweat.
The name pretty much states it bring back the 80's we all know best movies John Hughes *sigh* good old days oh well this is a omage
Throughout this group you will learn 80's movies,music and more!
80's Movies
A
The Accused (1988)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Against All Odds (1984)
All of Me (1984)
American Flyers (1985)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Arthur (1981)
B
Bachelor Party (1984)
Back to School (1986)
*batteries not included (1987)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Best Defense (1984)
Betrayed (1988)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Big Bet (1985)
The Big Easy (1987)
The Big Picture (1989)
Black Rain (1989)
Black Widow (1986)
Blind Date (1987)
Blue City (1986)
Blue Thunder (1983)
Body Heat (1981)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Breaking In (1989)
Breathless (1983)
C
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Cat People (1982)
Catch Me If You Can (1989)
Class (1983)
Clean and Sober (1988)
Club Paradise (1986)
The Color of Money (1986)
Colors (1988)
Commando (1985)
Cop (1987)
The Couch Trip (1988)
Country (1984)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Criminal Law (1988)
Cujo (1983)
Cutting Class (1989)
D
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Dead-Bang (1989)
Dead Heat (1988)
The Dead Pool (1988)
The Dogs of War (1980)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
The Dream Team (1989)
E
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
8 Million Ways to Die (1985)
Eyewitness (1981)
F
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Fighting Back (1982)
Firstborn (1984)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
For Keeps (1988)
48 Hrs. (1983)
Fresh Horses (1988)
F/X (1986)
G-H
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Gotham (1988)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Hiding Out (1987)
Homeboy (1988)
Hot to Trot (1988)
The Hunger (1983)
I-J-K
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
It Takes Two (1988)
Jack's Back (1988)
Johnny Handsome (1989)
The King of Comedy (1983)
K-9 (1989)
L
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Last Rites (1988)
Lean On Me (1989)
Legal Eagles (1986)
Less Than Zero (1985)
Lost in America (1985)
Loverboy (1989)
Lucas (1986)
M
Made in USA (1988)
Manhunter (1986)
Mannequin (1987)
The Men's Club (1986)
Micki & Maude (1984)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Miles From Home (1988)
Modern Girls (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Moonstruck (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
N-O
The New Kids (1985)
Night Shift (1982)
No Mercy (1986)
No Way Out (1987)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Off Beat (1986)
Out of Bounds (1986)
P-Q
Patti Rocks (1987)
Physical Evidence (1989)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Private Resort (1985)
Promised Land (1988)
Protocol (1984)
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Quicksilver (1986)
R
Real Genius (1985)
Red Heat (1988)
Relentless (1989)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Renegades (1989)
Repo Man (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Road House (1989)
Rocky III (1982)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Rooftops (1989)
Running on Empty (1988)
Ruthless People (1986)
S
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Salvador (1986)
Satisfaction (1988)
Scarface (1983)
Secret Admirer (1985)
See You in the Morning (1989)
She-Devil (1989)
She's Having A Baby (1988)
She's Out of Control (1989)
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
So Fine (1981)
Some Girls (1988)
Someone To Watch Over Me (1987)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Streetwise (1985)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Summer School (1987)
Surrender (1987)
Switching Channels (1988)
T
Tango & Cash (1989)
Tap (1989)
Taps (1981)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Thief (1981)
3rd Degree Burn (1989)
Tiger Warsaw (1987)
Top Gun (1986)
Torchlight (1984)
Touch and Go (1986)
Tough Guys (1986)
True Believer (1989)
Tuff Turf (1985)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
U-V
UHF (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Uncommon Valor (1984)
The Verdict (1982)
Vice Versa (1988)
Violets Are Blue (1986)
W
War of the Roses, The (1989)
Who's That Girl (1987)
Wildcats (1986)
Working Girl (1988)
X-Y-Z
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Youngblood (1986)
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Stars of the '80s
Kathleen Turner
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cher
Michael Keaton
Debra Winger
Michael J. Fox
Molly Ringwald
Andrew McCarthy
Meryl Streep
Harrison Ford
Glenn Close
Tom Cruise
Elizabeth McGovern
Eddie Murphy
Daryl Hannah
Dennis Quaid
Michelle Pfeiffer
Sylvester Stallone
Ally Sheedy
Richard Gere
Virginia Madsen
Dudley Moore
Phoebe Cates
Steve Guttenberg
Kim Basinger
Danny DeVito
80's
academy award winners
(53rd Annual Academy Awards)
Best Picture: Ordinary People
Best Director: Robert Redford, Ordinary People
Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
Best Original Screenplay: Bo Goldman, Melvin and Howard
Best Original Song: "Fame" Gore/Pitchford Fame
1981
Best Picture: Chariots of Fire
Best Director: Warren Beatty, Reds
Best Actor: Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn, On Golden Pond
Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud, Arthur
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton, Reds
Best Original Screenplay:Colin Wellard, Chariots of Fire
Best Original Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Be)"
Bacharach, Sager/Cross/Allen Arthur
1982
Best Picture: Gandhi
Best Director: Richard Attenborough, Gandhi
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange, Tootsie
Best Original Screenplay: John Briley, Gandhi
Best Original Song: "Up Where We Belong"
Nitzsche/Sainte-Marie/Jennings An Officer and a Gentleman
1983
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Director: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Original Screenplay: Morton Foote, Tender Mercies
Best Original Song: "Flashdance--What A Feeling"
Cara/Forsey/Morodor Flashdance
1984
Best Picture: Amadeus
Best Director: Milos Forman, Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field, Places in the Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Benton, Places in the Heart
Best Original Song: "I Just Called To Say I Love You"
Stevie Wonder The Woman in Red
1985
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Films of 1985
1986
Best Picture: Platoon
Best Director: Oliver Stone, Platoon
Best Actor: Paul Newman, The Color of Money
Best Actress: Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Supporting Actress:Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sister
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Original Song: "Take My Breath Away" Morodor/Whitlock Top Gun
1987
Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery, The Untouchables
Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
Best Original Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley, Moonstruck
Best Original Song:"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
Previte/DeNicola/Markowitz Dirty Dancing
1988
Best Picture: Rain Man
Best Director: Barry Levinson, Rain Man
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
Best Actress: Jodie Foster, The Accused
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist
Best Original Screenplay: R. Bass/B. Morrow, Rain Man
Best Original Song: "Let the River Run" Carly Simon Working Girl
1989
(62nd Annual Academy Awards)
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
Best Director: Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington, Glory
Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
Best Original Screenplay: Tom Schulman, Dead Poet's Society
Best Original Song: "Under the Sea" Menken/Ashman The Little Mermaid
Top box office hits
1980
1. The Empire Strikes Back
($290.2 million)
2. Superman II
($108.2 million)
3. 9 to 5
($103.3 million)
4. Stir Crazy
($101.3 million)
5. Airplane
($83.4 million)
6. Coal Miner's Daughter
($79.9 million)
7. Private Benjamin
($69.8 million)
8. Smokey and the Bandit II
($66.1 million)
9. Ordinary People
($54.8 million)
10. The Blues Brothers
($54.2 million)
1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
($242.4 million)
2. On Golden Pond
($119.2 million)
3. Porky's
($105.5 million)
4. Arthur
($95.5 million)
5. Stripes
($85.3 million)
6. For Your Eyes Only
($62.3 million)
7. The Cannonball Run
($59.9 million)
8. Chariots of Fire
($58.8 million)
9. Time Bandits
($42.4 million)
10. Absence of Malice
($40.7 million)
1982
1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
($399.8 million)
2.Tootsie
($177.2 million)
3. An Officer and a Gentleman
($129.8 million)
4. Rocky III
($122.8 million)
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
($78.9 million)
6. Poltergeist
($76.6 million)
7. 48 Hrs.
($75.9 million)
8. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
($69.7 million)
9. Annie
($57.1 million)
10. The Verdict
($54 million)
1983
1. Return of the Jedi
($309.1 million)
2. Terms of Endearment
($108.4 million)
3. Flashdance
($94.9 million)
4. Trading Places
($90.4 million)
5. WarGames
($79.6 million)
6. Octopussy
($67.9 million)
7. Sudden Impact
($67.6 million)
8. Mr. Mom
($64.8 million)
9. Staying Alive
($63.8 million)
10. Risky Business
($63.5 million)
1984
1. Ghostbusters
($238.6 million)
2. Beverly Hills Cop
($234.8 million)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
($179.9 million)
4. Gremlins
($153.1 million)
5. The Karate Kid
($90.8 million)
6. Police Academy
($81.2 million)
7. Footloose
($80 million)
8. Romancing the Stone
($76.6 million)
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
($76.4 million)
10. Splash
($69.8 million)
1985
1. Back to the Future
($210.6 million-July)
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II
($150.4 million-May)
3. Rocky IV
($127.9 million-November)
4. The Color Purple
($94.2 million-December)
5. Out of Africa
($88.1 million-December)
6. Cocoon
($76.1 million-July)
7. The Jewel of the Nile
($75.9 million-December)
8.. Witness
($68.7 million-February)
9. The Goonies
($61.4 million-June)
10. Spies Like Us
($60.1 million-December)
11. Police Academy 2
($55.6 million-March)
12. Fletch
($50.6 million-May)
13. A View to a Kill
($50.3 million-May)
14. European Vacation
($49.3 million-July)
15. Mask
($48.2 million-March)
16. The Breakfast Club
($45.9 million-February)
17. White Nights
($42.1 million-November)
18. Pale Rider
($41.4 million-June)
19. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
($40.9 million-August)
20. Brewster's Millions
($40.8 million-May)
21. E.T.: The ExtraTerrestrial (reissue)
($40.6 million-July)
22. Jagged Edge
($40.5 million-October)
23. St. Elmo's Fire
($37.8 million-June)
24. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
($36.2 million-July)
25. Commando
($35.1 million-October)
26. Teen Wolf
($33.1 million-August)
27. 101 Dalamations (reissue)
($33 million-December)
28. Silverado
($32.2 million-July)
29. Murphy's Romance
($30.9 million-December)
30. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
($30 million-November)
31. Desperately Seeking Susan
($27.4 million-March)
32. Prizzi's Honor
($26.7 million-June)
33. The Last Dragon
($25.7 million-March)
34. Agnes of God
($25.6 million-September)
35. Fright Night
($24.9 million-August)
36. Summer Rental
($24.7 million-August)
37. The Emerald Forest
($24.5 million-July)
38. Weird Science
($23.8 million-August)
39. Santa Claus: The Movie
($23.7 million-November)
40. The Care Bears Movie
($22.9 million-March)
41. Friday the 13th, Pt. 5
($21.9 million-March)
42. The Black Cauldron
($21.3 million-July)
43. Porky's Revenge, Pt, 3
($20.5 million-March)
44. Code of Silence
($20.3 million-May)
45. Volunteers
($19.9 million-August)
46. Young Sherlock Holmes
($19.7 million-December)
47. Year of the Dragon
$18.7 million-August)
48. Ladyhawke
($18.4 million-April)
49. The Sure Thing
($18.1 million-March)
50. Invasion U.S.A.
(17.5 millon)
1986
1. Top Gun
($176.8 million)
2. Crocodile Dundee
($174.6 million)
3. Platoon
($138 million)
4. The Karate Kid II
($115.1 million)
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
($109.7 million)
6. Back to School
($91.3 million)
7. Aliens
($85.2 million)
8. The Golden Child
($79.8 million)
9. Ruthless People
($71.6 million)
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
($70.1 million)
1987
1. Three Men and a Baby
($167.8 million)
2. Fatal Attraction
($156.6 million)
3. Beverly Hills Cop II
($153.7 million)
4. Good Morning, Vietnam
($123.9 million)
5. Moonstruck
($80.6 million)
6. The Untouchables
($76.3 million)
7. The Secret of My Success
($67 million)
8. Stakeout
($65.7 million)
9. Lethal Weapon
($65.2 million)
10. Dirty Dancing
($63.9 million)
1988
1. Rain Man
($172.8 million)
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
($154.2 million)
3. Coming to America
($128.2 million)
4. Big
($115 million)
5. Twins
($111.9 million)
6. Crocodile Dundee II
($109.3 million)
7. Die Hard
($81.4 million)
8. Cocktail
($78.2 million)
9. The Naked Gun
($78 million)
10. Oliver & Company
($73.9 million)
1989
1. Batman
($251.2 million)
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
($197.2 million)
3. Lethal Weapon 2
($147.3 million)
4. Look Who's Talking
($140.1 million)
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
($130.7 million)
6. Back to the Future II
($118.5 million)
7. Ghostbusters 2
($112.5 million)
8. The Little Mermaid
($109.9 million)
9. Driving Miss Daisy
($106.6 million)
10. Parenthood
($100 million)
Top t.v. shows of the 80's
1. 60 Minutes
26. Dukes of Hazzard
2. Dallas
27. Matlock
3. The Cosby Show
28. One Day at a Time
4. Cheers
29. L.A. Law
5. Murder, She Wrote
30. Alice
6. The Golden Girls
31. The Wonder Years
7. Monday Night Football
32. Hotel
8. Dynasty
33. Empty Nest
9. Who's The Boss?
34. CBS Sunday Movie
10. Family Ties
35. ABC Monday Movie
11. Magnum, P.I.
36. Moonlighting
12. Falcon Crest
37. Archie Bunker's Place
13. A Different World
38. Too Close for Comfort
14. The Jeffersons
39. ALF
15. Night Court
40. Trapper John, MD
16. Growing Pains
41. Amen
17. M*A*S*H
42. Unsolved Mysteries
18. Three's Company
43. The Fall Guy
19. The Love Boat
44. NBC Monday Movie
20. Simon & Simon
45. Dear John
21. The A-Team
46. ABC Sunday Movie
22. Newhart
47. Hart to Hart
23. Roseanne
48. In the Heat of the Night
24. Knots Landing
49. Highway to Heaven
25. Kate & Allie
50. House Calls
80's ledgends
ABC.....Tina Turner.....INXS.....Hall and Oates.....Bananarama..... Pat Benatar.....Whitesnake.....Duran Duran.....Billy Idol.....
Whitney Houston.....Thompson Twins.....John Cougar Mellencamp
.....The Police.....Phil Collins.....Cyndi Lauper.....Bon Jovi.....
Huey Lewis & The News.....Tears for Fears.....The Go-Gos.....
Run D.M.C......Culture Club.....Bryan Adams.....Prince.....
Billy Joel.....The Bangles.....Wham!
Top 80's songs
"Sunglasses At Night," Corey Hart
"True," Spandau Ballet.....
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance," Don Henley
"The Way That You Love Me," Paula Abdul
"In A Big Country," Big Country
"Something About You," Level 42
"If You Leave," Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark
"Don't Worry, Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin
"All This Time," Tiffany
"99 Luftballoons," Nena
"It's My Life," Talk Talk
"Electric Avenue," Eddy Grant
"The Look," Roxette
"Never Gonna Give You Up," Rick Astley
"Video Killed The Radio Star," The Buggles
"Flashdance...What A Feeling," Irene Cara
"Do They Know It's Christmas?," Band Aid
"Voices Carry," Til Tuesday
"Looking For A New Love," Jody Watley.....
"She Blinded Me With Science," Thomas Dolby
"Up Where We Belong," Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
"Money For Nothing," Dire Straits
"Take On Me," a-ha
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel
"The Glamorous Life," Sheila E.
"Kyrie," Mr. Mister
"Missing You," John Waite
"(I Just) Died In Your Arms," Cutting Crew
80's padgent winners
Miss America
Cheryl Prewitt
Miss Misssissippi
Miss America 1980
Susan Powell
Miss Oklahoma
Miss America 1981
Elizabeth Ward
Miss Arkansas
Miss America 1982
Debra Sue Maffett
Miss California
Miss America 1983
Vanessa Williams
Miss New York
Miss America 1984
Suzette Charles
Miss New Jersey
Miss America 1984*
Sharlene Wells
Miss Utah
Miss America 1985
Susan Diane Akin
Miss Mississippi
Miss America 1986
Kellye Cash
Miss Tennessee
Miss America 1987
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko
Miss Michigan
Miss America 1988
Gretchen Carlson
Miss Minnesota
Miss America 1989
MISS USA
Shawn Weatherly
South Carolina
Miss USA 1980*
Jineane Ford
Gilbert, Arizona
Miss USA 1980
Kim Seelbrede
Germantown, Ohio
Miss USA 1981
Terri Utley
Cabot, Arkansas
Miss USA 1982
Julie Hayek
Westwood, California
Miss USA 1983
Mai Stanley
Alamagordo, New Mexico
Miss USA 1984
Laura Martinez-Herring
El Paso, Texas
Miss USA 1985
Christy Fichtner
Dallas, Texas
Miss USA 1986
Michelle Royer
Keller, Texas
Miss USA 1987
Courtney Gibbs
Fort Worth, Texas
Miss USA 1988
Gretchen Polhemus
Fort Worth, Texas
Miss USA 1989
MISS TEEN USA
Ruth Zakarian
New York
Miss Teen USA 1983
Cherise Haugen
Illinois
Miss Teen USA 1984
Kelly Hu
Hawaii
Miss Teen USA 1985
Allison Brown
Oklahoma
Miss Teen USA 1986
Kristi Addis
Mississippi
Miss Teen USA 1987
Mindy Duncan
Oregon
Miss Teen USA 1988
Brandi Sherwood
Idaho
Miss Teen USA 1989
SOOOOO! as you can see the 80's were a very good time please help me get the dream alive join my group thanks
The name pretty much states it bring back the 80's we all know best movies John Hughes *sigh* good old days oh well this is a omage
Throughout this group you will learn 80's movies,music and more!
80's Movies
A
The Accused (1988)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Against All Odds (1984)
All of Me (1984)
American Flyers (1985)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Arthur (1981)
B
Bachelor Party (1984)
Back to School (1986)
*batteries not included (1987)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Best Defense (1984)
Betrayed (1988)
Better Off Dead (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Big Bet (1985)
The Big Easy (1987)
The Big Picture (1989)
Black Rain (1989)
Black Widow (1986)
Blind Date (1987)
Blue City (1986)
Blue Thunder (1983)
Body Heat (1981)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Breaking In (1989)
Breathless (1983)
C
Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Cat People (1982)
Catch Me If You Can (1989)
Class (1983)
Clean and Sober (1988)
Club Paradise (1986)
The Color of Money (1986)
Colors (1988)
Commando (1985)
Cop (1987)
The Couch Trip (1988)
Country (1984)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Criminal Law (1988)
Cujo (1983)
Cutting Class (1989)
D
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Dead-Bang (1989)
Dead Heat (1988)
The Dead Pool (1988)
The Dogs of War (1980)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
The Dream Team (1989)
E
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
8 Million Ways to Die (1985)
Eyewitness (1981)
F
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Fighting Back (1982)
Firstborn (1984)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
For Keeps (1988)
48 Hrs. (1983)
Fresh Horses (1988)
F/X (1986)
G-H
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Gotham (1988)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Hiding Out (1987)
Homeboy (1988)
Hot to Trot (1988)
The Hunger (1983)
I-J-K
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
It Takes Two (1988)
Jack's Back (1988)
Johnny Handsome (1989)
The King of Comedy (1983)
K-9 (1989)
L
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Last Rites (1988)
Lean On Me (1989)
Legal Eagles (1986)
Less Than Zero (1985)
Lost in America (1985)
Loverboy (1989)
Lucas (1986)
M
Made in USA (1988)
Manhunter (1986)
Mannequin (1987)
The Men's Club (1986)
Micki & Maude (1984)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Miles From Home (1988)
Modern Girls (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Moonstruck (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
N-O
The New Kids (1985)
Night Shift (1982)
No Mercy (1986)
No Way Out (1987)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Off Beat (1986)
Out of Bounds (1986)
P-Q
Patti Rocks (1987)
Physical Evidence (1989)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Private Resort (1985)
Promised Land (1988)
Protocol (1984)
Pumpkinhead (1988)
Quicksilver (1986)
R
Real Genius (1985)
Red Heat (1988)
Relentless (1989)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Renegades (1989)
Repo Man (1984)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Road House (1989)
Rocky III (1982)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Rooftops (1989)
Running on Empty (1988)
Ruthless People (1986)
S
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Salvador (1986)
Satisfaction (1988)
Scarface (1983)
Secret Admirer (1985)
See You in the Morning (1989)
She-Devil (1989)
She's Having A Baby (1988)
She's Out of Control (1989)
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
So Fine (1981)
Some Girls (1988)
Someone To Watch Over Me (1987)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Streetwise (1985)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Summer School (1987)
Surrender (1987)
Switching Channels (1988)
T
Tango & Cash (1989)
Tap (1989)
Taps (1981)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Thief (1981)
3rd Degree Burn (1989)
Tiger Warsaw (1987)
Top Gun (1986)
Torchlight (1984)
Touch and Go (1986)
Tough Guys (1986)
True Believer (1989)
Tuff Turf (1985)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
U-V
UHF (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Uncommon Valor (1984)
The Verdict (1982)
Vice Versa (1988)
Violets Are Blue (1986)
W
War of the Roses, The (1989)
Who's That Girl (1987)
Wildcats (1986)
Working Girl (1988)
X-Y-Z
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Youngblood (1986)
Some of the more known 80's movies are
And
Stars of the '80s
Kathleen Turner
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cher
Michael Keaton
Debra Winger
Michael J. Fox
Molly Ringwald
Andrew McCarthy
Meryl Streep
Harrison Ford
Glenn Close
Tom Cruise
Elizabeth McGovern
Eddie Murphy
Daryl Hannah
Dennis Quaid
Michelle Pfeiffer
Sylvester Stallone
Ally Sheedy
Richard Gere
Virginia Madsen
Dudley Moore
Phoebe Cates
Steve Guttenberg
Kim Basinger
Danny DeVito
80's
academy award winners
(53rd Annual Academy Awards)
Best Picture: Ordinary People
Best Director: Robert Redford, Ordinary People
Best Actor: Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
Best Original Screenplay: Bo Goldman, Melvin and Howard
Best Original Song: "Fame" Gore/Pitchford Fame
1981
Best Picture: Chariots of Fire
Best Director: Warren Beatty, Reds
Best Actor: Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn, On Golden Pond
Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud, Arthur
Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton, Reds
Best Original Screenplay:Colin Wellard, Chariots of Fire
Best Original Song: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Be)"
Bacharach, Sager/Cross/Allen Arthur
1982
Best Picture: Gandhi
Best Director: Richard Attenborough, Gandhi
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange, Tootsie
Best Original Screenplay: John Briley, Gandhi
Best Original Song: "Up Where We Belong"
Nitzsche/Sainte-Marie/Jennings An Officer and a Gentleman
1983
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment
Best Director: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Original Screenplay: Morton Foote, Tender Mercies
Best Original Song: "Flashdance--What A Feeling"
Cara/Forsey/Morodor Flashdance
1984
Best Picture: Amadeus
Best Director: Milos Forman, Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
Best Actress: Sally Field, Places in the Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields
Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Benton, Places in the Heart
Best Original Song: "I Just Called To Say I Love You"
Stevie Wonder The Woman in Red
1985
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Films of 1985
1986
Best Picture: Platoon
Best Director: Oliver Stone, Platoon
Best Actor: Paul Newman, The Color of Money
Best Actress: Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Supporting Actress:Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sister
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
Best Original Song: "Take My Breath Away" Morodor/Whitlock Top Gun
1987
Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery, The Untouchables
Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
Best Original Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley, Moonstruck
Best Original Song:"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
Previte/DeNicola/Markowitz Dirty Dancing
1988
Best Picture: Rain Man
Best Director: Barry Levinson, Rain Man
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
Best Actress: Jodie Foster, The Accused
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist
Best Original Screenplay: R. Bass/B. Morrow, Rain Man
Best Original Song: "Let the River Run" Carly Simon Working Girl
1989
(62nd Annual Academy Awards)
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
Best Director: Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington, Glory
Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
Best Original Screenplay: Tom Schulman, Dead Poet's Society
Best Original Song: "Under the Sea" Menken/Ashman The Little Mermaid
Top box office hits
1980
1. The Empire Strikes Back
($290.2 million)
2. Superman II
($108.2 million)
3. 9 to 5
($103.3 million)
4. Stir Crazy
($101.3 million)
5. Airplane
($83.4 million)
6. Coal Miner's Daughter
($79.9 million)
7. Private Benjamin
($69.8 million)
8. Smokey and the Bandit II
($66.1 million)
9. Ordinary People
($54.8 million)
10. The Blues Brothers
($54.2 million)
1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
($242.4 million)
2. On Golden Pond
($119.2 million)
3. Porky's
($105.5 million)
4. Arthur
($95.5 million)
5. Stripes
($85.3 million)
6. For Your Eyes Only
($62.3 million)
7. The Cannonball Run
($59.9 million)
8. Chariots of Fire
($58.8 million)
9. Time Bandits
($42.4 million)
10. Absence of Malice
($40.7 million)
1982
1. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
($399.8 million)
2.Tootsie
($177.2 million)
3. An Officer and a Gentleman
($129.8 million)
4. Rocky III
($122.8 million)
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
($78.9 million)
6. Poltergeist
($76.6 million)
7. 48 Hrs.
($75.9 million)
8. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
($69.7 million)
9. Annie
($57.1 million)
10. The Verdict
($54 million)
1983
1. Return of the Jedi
($309.1 million)
2. Terms of Endearment
($108.4 million)
3. Flashdance
($94.9 million)
4. Trading Places
($90.4 million)
5. WarGames
($79.6 million)
6. Octopussy
($67.9 million)
7. Sudden Impact
($67.6 million)
8. Mr. Mom
($64.8 million)
9. Staying Alive
($63.8 million)
10. Risky Business
($63.5 million)
1984
1. Ghostbusters
($238.6 million)
2. Beverly Hills Cop
($234.8 million)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
($179.9 million)
4. Gremlins
($153.1 million)
5. The Karate Kid
($90.8 million)
6. Police Academy
($81.2 million)
7. Footloose
($80 million)
8. Romancing the Stone
($76.6 million)
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
($76.4 million)
10. Splash
($69.8 million)
1985
1. Back to the Future
($210.6 million-July)
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II
($150.4 million-May)
3. Rocky IV
($127.9 million-November)
4. The Color Purple
($94.2 million-December)
5. Out of Africa
($88.1 million-December)
6. Cocoon
($76.1 million-July)
7. The Jewel of the Nile
($75.9 million-December)
8.. Witness
($68.7 million-February)
9. The Goonies
($61.4 million-June)
10. Spies Like Us
($60.1 million-December)
11. Police Academy 2
($55.6 million-March)
12. Fletch
($50.6 million-May)
13. A View to a Kill
($50.3 million-May)
14. European Vacation
($49.3 million-July)
15. Mask
($48.2 million-March)
16. The Breakfast Club
($45.9 million-February)
17. White Nights
($42.1 million-November)
18. Pale Rider
($41.4 million-June)
19. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
($40.9 million-August)
20. Brewster's Millions
($40.8 million-May)
21. E.T.: The ExtraTerrestrial (reissue)
($40.6 million-July)
22. Jagged Edge
($40.5 million-October)
23. St. Elmo's Fire
($37.8 million-June)
24. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
($36.2 million-July)
25. Commando
($35.1 million-October)
26. Teen Wolf
($33.1 million-August)
27. 101 Dalamations (reissue)
($33 million-December)
28. Silverado
($32.2 million-July)
29. Murphy's Romance
($30.9 million-December)
30. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
($30 million-November)
31. Desperately Seeking Susan
($27.4 million-March)
32. Prizzi's Honor
($26.7 million-June)
33. The Last Dragon
($25.7 million-March)
34. Agnes of God
($25.6 million-September)
35. Fright Night
($24.9 million-August)
36. Summer Rental
($24.7 million-August)
37. The Emerald Forest
($24.5 million-July)
38. Weird Science
($23.8 million-August)
39. Santa Claus: The Movie
($23.7 million-November)
40. The Care Bears Movie
($22.9 million-March)
41. Friday the 13th, Pt. 5
($21.9 million-March)
42. The Black Cauldron
($21.3 million-July)
43. Porky's Revenge, Pt, 3
($20.5 million-March)
44. Code of Silence
($20.3 million-May)
45. Volunteers
($19.9 million-August)
46. Young Sherlock Holmes
($19.7 million-December)
47. Year of the Dragon
$18.7 million-August)
48. Ladyhawke
($18.4 million-April)
49. The Sure Thing
($18.1 million-March)
50. Invasion U.S.A.
(17.5 millon)
1986
1. Top Gun
($176.8 million)
2. Crocodile Dundee
($174.6 million)
3. Platoon
($138 million)
4. The Karate Kid II
($115.1 million)
5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
($109.7 million)
6. Back to School
($91.3 million)
7. Aliens
($85.2 million)
8. The Golden Child
($79.8 million)
9. Ruthless People
($71.6 million)
10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
($70.1 million)
1987
1. Three Men and a Baby
($167.8 million)
2. Fatal Attraction
($156.6 million)
3. Beverly Hills Cop II
($153.7 million)
4. Good Morning, Vietnam
($123.9 million)
5. Moonstruck
($80.6 million)
6. The Untouchables
($76.3 million)
7. The Secret of My Success
($67 million)
8. Stakeout
($65.7 million)
9. Lethal Weapon
($65.2 million)
10. Dirty Dancing
($63.9 million)
1988
1. Rain Man
($172.8 million)
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
($154.2 million)
3. Coming to America
($128.2 million)
4. Big
($115 million)
5. Twins
($111.9 million)
6. Crocodile Dundee II
($109.3 million)
7. Die Hard
($81.4 million)
8. Cocktail
($78.2 million)
9. The Naked Gun
($78 million)
10. Oliver & Company
($73.9 million)
1989
1. Batman
($251.2 million)
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
($197.2 million)
3. Lethal Weapon 2
($147.3 million)
4. Look Who's Talking
($140.1 million)
5. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
($130.7 million)
6. Back to the Future II
($118.5 million)
7. Ghostbusters 2
($112.5 million)
8. The Little Mermaid
($109.9 million)
9. Driving Miss Daisy
($106.6 million)
10. Parenthood
($100 million)
Top t.v. shows of the 80's
1. 60 Minutes
26. Dukes of Hazzard
2. Dallas
27. Matlock
3. The Cosby Show
28. One Day at a Time
4. Cheers
29. L.A. Law
5. Murder, She Wrote
30. Alice
6. The Golden Girls
31. The Wonder Years
7. Monday Night Football
32. Hotel
8. Dynasty
33. Empty Nest
9. Who's The Boss?
34. CBS Sunday Movie
10. Family Ties
35. ABC Monday Movie
11. Magnum, P.I.
36. Moonlighting
12. Falcon Crest
37. Archie Bunker's Place
13. A Different World
38. Too Close for Comfort
14. The Jeffersons
39. ALF
15. Night Court
40. Trapper John, MD
16. Growing Pains
41. Amen
17. M*A*S*H
42. Unsolved Mysteries
18. Three's Company
43. The Fall Guy
19. The Love Boat
44. NBC Monday Movie
20. Simon & Simon
45. Dear John
21. The A-Team
46. ABC Sunday Movie
22. Newhart
47. Hart to Hart
23. Roseanne
48. In the Heat of the Night
24. Knots Landing
49. Highway to Heaven
25. Kate & Allie
50. House Calls
80's ledgends
ABC.....Tina Turner.....INXS.....Hall and Oates.....Bananarama..... Pat Benatar.....Whitesnake.....Duran Duran.....Billy Idol.....
Whitney Houston.....Thompson Twins.....John Cougar Mellencamp
.....The Police.....Phil Collins.....Cyndi Lauper.....Bon Jovi.....
Huey Lewis & The News.....Tears for Fears.....The Go-Gos.....
Run D.M.C......Culture Club.....Bryan Adams.....Prince.....
Billy Joel.....The Bangles.....Wham!
Top 80's songs
"Sunglasses At Night," Corey Hart
"True," Spandau Ballet.....
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance," Don Henley
"The Way That You Love Me," Paula Abdul
"In A Big Country," Big Country
"Something About You," Level 42
"If You Leave," Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark
"Don't Worry, Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin
"All This Time," Tiffany
"99 Luftballoons," Nena
"It's My Life," Talk Talk
"Electric Avenue," Eddy Grant
"The Look," Roxette
"Never Gonna Give You Up," Rick Astley
"Video Killed The Radio Star," The Buggles
"Flashdance...What A Feeling," Irene Cara
"Do They Know It's Christmas?," Band Aid
"Voices Carry," Til Tuesday
"Looking For A New Love," Jody Watley.....
"She Blinded Me With Science," Thomas Dolby
"Up Where We Belong," Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
"Money For Nothing," Dire Straits
"Take On Me," a-ha
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll," Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel
"The Glamorous Life," Sheila E.
"Kyrie," Mr. Mister
"Missing You," John Waite
"(I Just) Died In Your Arms," Cutting Crew
80's padgent winners
Miss America
Cheryl Prewitt
Miss Misssissippi
Miss America 1980
Susan Powell
Miss Oklahoma
Miss America 1981
Elizabeth Ward
Miss Arkansas
Miss America 1982
Debra Sue Maffett
Miss California
Miss America 1983
Vanessa Williams
Miss New York
Miss America 1984
Suzette Charles
Miss New Jersey
Miss America 1984*
Sharlene Wells
Miss Utah
Miss America 1985
Susan Diane Akin
Miss Mississippi
Miss America 1986
Kellye Cash
Miss Tennessee
Miss America 1987
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko
Miss Michigan
Miss America 1988
Gretchen Carlson
Miss Minnesota
Miss America 1989
MISS USA
Shawn Weatherly
South Carolina
Miss USA 1980*
Jineane Ford
Gilbert, Arizona
Miss USA 1980
Kim Seelbrede
Germantown, Ohio
Miss USA 1981
Terri Utley
Cabot, Arkansas
Miss USA 1982
Julie Hayek
Westwood, California
Miss USA 1983
Mai Stanley
Alamagordo, New Mexico
Miss USA 1984
Laura Martinez-Herring
El Paso, Texas
Miss USA 1985
Christy Fichtner
Dallas, Texas
Miss USA 1986
Michelle Royer
Keller, Texas
Miss USA 1987
Courtney Gibbs
Fort Worth, Texas
Miss USA 1988
Gretchen Polhemus
Fort Worth, Texas
Miss USA 1989
MISS TEEN USA
Ruth Zakarian
New York
Miss Teen USA 1983
Cherise Haugen
Illinois
Miss Teen USA 1984
Kelly Hu
Hawaii
Miss Teen USA 1985
Allison Brown
Oklahoma
Miss Teen USA 1986
Kristi Addis
Mississippi
Miss Teen USA 1987
Mindy Duncan
Oregon
Miss Teen USA 1988
Brandi Sherwood
Idaho
Miss Teen USA 1989
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