Favorite movies of 1984 anyone?

[DenOfEarth]

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. A Christmas Carol.

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: The Toxic Avenger, 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.
Supergirl.

[Rodney-2187]

What a great year!

[Cremildo]

1. A Passage to India
2. Body Double
3. The River
4. The Killing Fields
5. Once Upon a Time in America
6. Birdy
7. Paris, Texas
8. Love Streams
9. L'amour à mort

EDIT: I gave Blood Simple the top spot but then realized it opened in January 1985; it just played in festivals in 1984.

[ivanolo]

Breakin’

[UltraMario9]

1. Once Upon A Time In America
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street
3. Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom
4. Blood Simple
6. Beverly Hills Cop
7. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
8. The Terminator
9. Amadeus
10. Razorback

[Mothravka]

1. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (Edgar Reitz)
2. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
3. The Home and the World (Satyajit Ray)
4. Orinoko, New World (Diego Rísquez)
5. L'amour à mort (Alain Resnais)
6. Love Streams (John Cassavetes)
7. Full Moon in Paris (Eric Rohmer)
8. Farewell to the Ark (Shûji Terayama)
9. Manoel dans l'île des merveilles (Raúl Ruiz)
10. L'amour par terre (Jacques Rivette)

[Rich65]

1. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
2. The Bounty
3. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
4. The Terminator
5. Tightrope
6. Streets of Fire
7. Ghostbusters
8. The Last Starfighter
9. Bachelor Party
10. Runaway
Will add more later

[imsounoriginal]

There is Amadeus, and then there's everything else.

[filmbuffTX]

Just to name a few that haven’t already been mentioned:

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Footloose
Dune
Children of the Corn
Silent Night, Deadly Night

[Josep5349]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Terminator
Once Upon a Time In America
The Karate Kid
Top Secret!
Star Trek III
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Body Double
Batchelor Party
The Philedelphia Experiment
The Woman in Red
Dreamscape
Footloose
Neverending Story

[dommie]

1. Romancing the Stone
2. The Natural
3. Ghostbusters
4. Streets of Fire
5. Against All Odds
6. The Terminator
7. Starman
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
9. Beverly Hills Cop
10. Once Upon a Time in America

[Rodney-2187]

I've always really loved The Razor's Edge.

1. Ghostbusters
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3. The Razor's Edge
4. Red Dawn
5. 1984
6. Once Upon a Time in America
7. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
8. Children of the Corn
9. The Last Starfighter
10. Gremlins
11. Police Academy
12. Cannonball Run II
13. Dune
14. Broadway Danny Rose
15. This Is Spinal Tap
16. Romancing the Stone
17. The NeverEnding Story

[thecooldud]

One of the all time great movie years.

[AKORIS]

great year!!

01] Starman
02] The Terminator
03] The Bounty
04] Purple Rain
05] Gremlins
06] Streets Of Fire
07] Beverly Hills Cop
08] Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
09] Firestarter
10] Star Trek III

and Tightrope, A Passage To India, Blood Simple, Ghostbusters, Romancing The Stone, This Is Spinal Tap

[BluCollector13]

I don't know what my top 10 would be, but my top 3 are undoubtedly

1. "Once Upon a Time in America"
2. "Amadeus"
3. "A Nightmare on Elm Street"

[Rodney-2187]

Originally Posted by thecooldud

One of the all time great movie years.

1984 is a great year, but these are my two favorites:

1982

[Show spoiler]1. Blade Runner
2. Tron
3. The Thing
4. Conan the Barbarian
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
6. The Dark Crystal
7. Rocky III
8. Airplane II: The Sequel
9. My Favorite Year
10. The World According to Garp
11. Creepshow
12. 48 Hours
13. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
14. Firefox
15. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
16. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

2017

[Show spoiler]1. The Last Jedi
2. Thor: Ragnarok
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. Ghost in the Shell
6. Atomic Blonde
7. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
8. John Wick: Chapter 2
9. The Shape of Water
10.Logan
11. Coco
12. A Cure for Wellness
13. Get Out
14. The Blackcoat's Daughter
15. The Big Sick
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
17. Wonder Woman
18. Colossal
19. Brawl in Cell Block 99
20. Baby Driver
21. Split
22. Dunkirk
23. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
24. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
25. The Girl with All the Gifts

[Dargelos]

1. Company of Wolves (Neil Jordan)
2. Veneno para las hadas / Poison for the fairies (Carlos Enrique Taboada)
3. Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven)
4. Body Double (Brian de Palma)
5. Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell)
6. Another Country (Marek Kanievska)
7. 1984 (Michael Radford)
8. Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse (Ulrike Ottinger)
9. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
10. Gremlins (Joe Dante)
11. Birdy (Alan Parker)
12. Frankenweenie (Tim Burton)
13. Dune (David Lynch)
14. Streets of Fire (Walter Hill)
15. Terminator (James Cameron)
16. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
17. Combat Shock (Buddy Giovinazzo)
18. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)
19. The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein)
20. Razorback (Russell Mulcahy)

[Rzzzz]

Of all the 1984 movies listed by the OP, I only own one.....

[Al_The_Strange]

'84 is an awesome year.

1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
2. The Terminator
3. Ghostbusters
4. Dune
5. Once Upon a Time in America
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7. Police Academy
8. 1984
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
10. Gremlins
11. Romancing the Stone
12. A Nightmare on Elm street
13. Revenge of the Nerds
14. V: The Final Battle
15. This Is Spinal Tap
16. Splash
17. Amadeus
18. Starman
19. The Philadelphia Experiment
20. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
21. The Lonely Guy
22. Repo Man
23. Blood Simple
24. The Last Starfighter
25. Children of the Corn
26. The Toxic Avenger
27. Beverly Hills Cop
28. Dreamscape

[Dr Lenera]

1/ Once Upon A Time In America
2/ The Terminator
3/ Dune
4/ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
5/Top Secret
6/ Dreamscape
7/ A Company of Wolves
8/ Crimes of Passion
9/ Wheels on Meals
10/Gremlins
11/All Of Me
12/This Is Spinal Tap
13/Paris, Texas
14/Nausicica of the Valley of the Wind
15/A Nightmare on Elm Street
16/Ghostbusters
17/Body Double
18/The Muppets Take Manhattan
19/Razorback
20/Starman
21/Romancing The Stone
22/Streets of Fire
23/Amadeus
24/The Karate Kid
25/The Killing Fields