Movies between 1985-1996 (theater, vhs, actors, Eddie Murphy)
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Raising Arizona
The Naked Gun series of movies
I'll second The Princess Bride
Major League
Tremors
Air America
Quigley Down Under
Bull Durham
Celtic Pride
The Die Hard franchise of movies
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Empire of the Sun
Fletch
Funny Farm
Get Shorty
Ghostbusters
Good Morning, Vietnam!
Hamburger Hill
Heartbreak Ridge
Hot Shots!
L.A. Story
Last Man Standing
The Lethal Weapon franchise of movies
Lost in America
Midnight Run
My Blue Heaven
Pale Rider
Predator
Robocop
Strange Days
The Big Easy
The Hitcher
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hunt for Red October
Tough Guys
Oughta get ya started. Some I didn't care for too much (like Robocop) but included it because apparently a lot of people did. Some of the lesser known ones I included just cause I liked them.
And near the end of Trading Places, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy are walking across the Plaza of the World Trade Center to the Commodities Exchange, which was located at the WTC at the time. Nice shot of place that's gone now for those who remember.
I introduced my husband to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) . He usually prefers to watch action movies but he was laughing out at this one.
Heathers (1988) is weird but interesting.
I also like little independent films. Some of these might appeal more toward women, though.
I was very fond of a little movie called The Gig (1985) with Wayne Rogers, but it's only available on VHS, not DVD. It's not even on YouTube. It's about some middle-aged men who get a chance to play jazz in the Catskills, and the experience is unexpectedly unsettling. A "lost" gem.
Ruby in Paradise (1993), one of my favorites, is also not available on DVD.
Apparently if they are intelligent films about middle-aged men or about real women (not bimbos) they won't put them on DVD. However, Hot Dog: The Movie is widely available.
Ruby in Paradise is a very quiet film of a young woman's search for independence, starring a young Ashley Judd in an excellent performance:
I also like Can't Buy Me Love (1987), one of the few intelligent teen comedies of the 1980s. See McDreamy before he was dreamy!
1985: Back to the Future; Witness with Harrison Ford; Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; Fletch; The Goonies; Prizzi's Honor
1986: Platoon; Back to School; Aliens, Ruthless People; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Stand by Me; Peggy Sue Got Married; The Fly; Little Shop of Horrors; Hoosiers
1987: Fatal Attraction; Good Morning Vietnam; The Untouchables; Lethal Weapon; Full Metal Jacket; Wall Street; the Last Emperor
1988: A Fish Called Wanda; The Naked Gun; Bull Durham; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Presidio; Dangerous Liaisons (Uma Thurman, oh my!)
1989: Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade; Lethal Weapon 2; Dead Poets Society; When Harry Met Sally; Sea of Love; Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Accused 1988 ...Jodie Foster
All Things Fair 1994 ...Johan Widerberg
Angel Heart 1987 ...Mickey Rourke
Backtrack 1989....Jodie Foster
Bitter Moon 1992 ...Hugh Grant
Breakfast Club 1985 ...Judd Nelson
Bull Durham 1988 ....Susan Sarandon
Some Girls 1988 ...Patrick Dempsey
Man In Uniform 1993 ....Tom McCamus
Vampire's Kiss 1989 ...Nicholas Cage
Wizard of Loneliness 1988 ...Lukas Haas
This Boy's Life 1992 ...Leonardo DiCaprio
Cadillac Man 1990 ....Robin Williams
Roxanne 1987 ....Steve Martin
Crazy People 1990 ...Dudley Moore
Dogfight 1991 ....River Phoenix
Last Exit To Brooklyn 1989 ...Jennifer Jason Leigh
Hope and Glory 1987 ...Sarah Miles
Grifters 1990 ...John Cusack
Hard Eight 1996 ...Phillip Baker Hall
Heat 1995 .....Al Pacino
Die Hard 1988 ....Bruce Willis
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 ...Steve Martin
Tucker 1988 ....Jeff Bridges
Bronx Tale 1993 ....Robert DeNiro
Broadcast News 1987 ...William Hurt
Crash 1996 ...James Spader
Drugstore Cowboy 1989 ...Matt Dillon
Echo Park 1986 ...Susan Dey
Dumb and Dumber 1994 ...Jim Carrey
Fargo 1996 William H Macy
Falling Down 1993 ...Michael Douglas
Frantic 1988 ....Harrison Ford
Goodfellas 1990 .... Joe Pesci
Groundhog Day 1993 ...Bill Murray
Hoffa 1992....Jack Nicholson
Ironweed 1987 ...Jack Nicholson
Mona Lisa 1986 ...Michael Caine
Stormy Monday 1988 ...Melanie Griffith
Planes Trains and Automobiles 1987 ...John Candy
What About Bob 1993 ....Bill Murray
Quick Change 1990 ....Bill Murray
Ferris Bueller`s Day Off 1986 ....Matthew Broderick
Tin Men 1988 ...Richard Dreyfuss
Wish You Were Here 1987 ...Emily Lloyd
OT-kind of. Thought that Trading Places(I movie I love btw)came out in 1983.
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(Most of these I remembered by heart)
