Favorite movies of 1984 anyone?

[DR Herbert West]

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[DenOfEarth]

Incredible year wasn't it folks?

[Mothravka]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

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

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I don't own any of the ones OP listed. And I'm pretty certain that I won't own any of them in the future either.

[Crow]

Great year for some outstanding movies.
For me, the one on the top of the list is Amadeus.
Includes one of the greatest film performances ever by F. Murray Abraham.

[Leslie Dame]

Great year indeed. My personal favorites:

01 Amadeus
02 The Terminator
03 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
04 Ghostbusters
05 This Is Spinal Tap
06 A Nightmare on Elm Street
07 Paris, Texas
08 Gremlins
09 Blood Simple
10 Sixteen Candles
11 Top Secret!
12 Romancing the Stone
13 Starman
14 Stop Making Sense
15 Repo Man
16 Revenge of the Nerds
17 The Last Starfighter
18 Body Double
19 Splash
20 Purple Rain
21 The Company of Wolves
22 All of Me
23 Streetwise
24 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
25 Bachelor Party
26 Night of the Comet
27 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
28 The Brother from Another Planet
29 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
30 Dreamscape
31 Crimes of Passion
32 The Philadelphia Experiment
33 Terror in the Aisles
34 Iceman
35 The Hotel New Hampshire
36 Unfaithfully Yours
37 Micki + Maude
38 Sole Survivor
39 Ninja III: The Domination
40 Angel

[principehomura]

01) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (H. Miyazaki)
02) Boradway Danny Rose (W. Allen)
03) Blood Simple (J. & E. Coen)
04) Starman (J. Carpenter)
05) The Terminator (J. Cameron)


So many films are on my shamelist (classics I haven't seen yet)

[qb2333]

Didn't realize what a ridiculously good year it was.

Amadeus
Ghostbusters
A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is Spinal Tap
The Terminator
Paris, Texas
Sixteen Candles
Broadway Danny Rose
Moscow on the Hudson (great performance by Robin Williams)
A Passage to India
Romancing the Stone
The Killing Fields
A Soldier's Story
Repo Man
All of Me
Splash
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Once Upon a Time in America
Stop Making Sense
Beverly Hills Cop
The Karate Kid
The Pope of Greenwich Village

[levcore]

1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
2. Ghostbusters
3. The Neverending Story
4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
5. The Terminator
6. Romancing the Stone
7. 2010
8. Beverly Hills Cop
9. This is Spinal Tap
10. Gremlins

[The Sovereign]

01. Repo Man
02. Paris, Texas
03. Amadeus
04. This Is Spinal Tap
05. Blood Simple
06. Stranger Than Paradise
07. The Killing Fields
08. Dune
09. Starman
10. Body Double
11. The Terminator
12. The Hit
13. Love Streams
14. Once Upon A Time In America
15. 1984
16. Secret Honor
17. The Pope of Greenwich Village
18. A Private Function
19. Ghostbusters
20. Sixteen Candles

[Arawn]

Happy to see 1984 on some of these lists!

( And Dune of course )

[Martoto]

Comfort And Joy
Top Secret!

[PipesDonatello]

As far as movies go, every year of the 80s was pretty rad until 1988. Thats when the quantity of good movies dipped. Less cocaine maybe?

[Scott in UK]

Supergirl
Purple Rain
Temple of Doom
Ghostbusters
The Karate Kid
Beverly Hills Cop
A Nightmare on Elm Street

That's all i can think of just off the top of my head, or certainly main favourites, but 80's in general for movies is my favourite decade anyway.

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

As far as movies go, every year of the 80s was pretty rad until 1988. Thats when the quantity of good movies dipped. Less cocaine maybe?

What are your fave movies of 1984?

[gwfb5]

These are the ones that immediately came to mind.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The Terminator
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gremlins
The Neverending Story
The Karate Kid

[Canada]

Consequently 1984 was the year I was born.

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[Kill Bren]

Ghostbusters, The Terminator, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Blood Simple, The Return of Godzilla, Repo Man, C.H.U.D., A Nightmare on Elm Street, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Last Starfighter, Streets of Fire, Starman, 2010, Dreamscape, The Toxic Avenger, Ghoulies, Savage Streets, Razorback, Murder Rock, Rats: Night of Terror, and Combat Shock.

[PipesDonatello]

Originally Posted by DenOfEarth

What are your fave movies of 1984?

There are a ton but I'll whittle it down to 10. In no particular order:
Ghostbusters
Blood Simple
Repo Man
Body Double
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
The Karate Kid
Paris, Texas
Starman
Gremlins
This Is Spinal Tap

[Britbuffguy]

I have watched a ton from that, it was a feature year I tried to focus on 2 years back. Top 10:


1. Gremlins
2. Ghostbusters
3. Police Academy
4. Beverly Hills Cop
5. Revenge Of The Nerds
6. Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
7. A Nightmare On Elm Street
8. The Karate Kid
9. Bachelor Party
10. The Terminator

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by PipesDonatello

There are a ton but I'll whittle it down to 10. In no particular order:
Ghostbusters
Blood Simple
Repo Man
Body Double
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
The Karate Kid
Paris, Texas
Starman
Gremlins
This Is Spinal Tap

Some nice examples why 84 was cool.