Revisiting some underrated 80's movies.

[HymanKaplan]

The Burbs is free on YouTube right now. Critics were not very kind to it, but I thought it was a hidden gem.


"About a NINE on the tension scale there Ruben" - Rumsfield (Bruce Dern)

"Just shut up and paint your GD HOUSE!" (also Bruce Dern) 😆 😆

 

[HymanKaplan]

"I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that." ~ Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks)

 

[UK82]

After Hours (1985). Probably Scorsese's most underrated film.

 

[justa]

Anything with Bruce Dean has potential to be good. Support Your Local Sheriff is one of my favorite ever.

 

[hmt5000]

Anything with Eddie Murphy in the 80's was gold. People forget how big of a movie star he was. 48 hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cops.... Even the Golden Child was funny.

 

[UK82]

Anything with Eddie Murphy in the 80's was gold. People forget how big of a movie star he was. 48 hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cops.... Even the Golden Child was funny.

Great movies! Not sure they're underrated though.

 

[berniecarbo]

Anything with Bruce Dean has potential to be good. Support Your Local Sheriff is one of my favorite ever.

His paternal grandfather was gov of Utah. His Godfather was Adlai Stevenson. Bruce was a marathon runner and had stories about him in Runners World magazine back in the day.

 

[justa]

Yeah I’ve listened to him on some pods.

He is a cocky SOB. Almost like his Hateful Eight character

 

[WildcatFan1982]

 

[HeismaNole]

Best movie decade? I think so.

The best B (and C) movies you could want.

Tango & Cash
Over the Top
Big Trouble in Little China
Just One of the Guys
Last Dragon
One Crazy Summer

If you wanted “drama”, Oliver Stone had some good ones called Talk Radio and Salvador.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Great movies! Not sure they're underrated though.

I agree re: 48 Hours etc.

I was looking for stuff that was more under the radar.

 

[Mash 2.4]

Streets of Fire
Something Wild
To Live and Die in LA
Manhunter

 

[HymanKaplan]

Best movie decade? I think so.

The best B (and C) movies you could want.

Tango & Cash
Over the Top
Big Trouble in Little China
Just One of the Guys
Last Dragon
One Crazy Summer

If you wanted “drama”, Oliver Stone had some good ones called Talk Radio and Salvador.

Over the Top and BTILC are definitely on the list.

What about Better Off Dead? Underrated? I think so.

 

[justa]

American Werewolf in London scared hell out of me as a youngster.
Pump up the volume- filmed in 89 I think
Long Riders
Honkeytonk Man

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

Fandango was a good one or just hit me in a different way.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Anyone remember a movie (low budget indie) starring Timothy Hutton, Turk 182? It was a damn good movie.

(and ahead of it's time, re: guerilla messaging)

 

[justa]

Love Fandango, good call.
Yeap I remember Turk.

My uncle would come to our house all the time to watch movies cause he didnt have vcr, and didn’t work. So I watched a LOT of B & C movies in late 70s early 80s.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Mash 2.4 - I could be wrong, but I think Something Wild is the movie that launched Ray Liotta's career.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Southern Comfort

Who Dares Wins or The Final Option (UK vs US names)

My Bodyguard

Strange Brew

 

[Mossip]

Blow Out

 

[HymanKaplan]

ditto to Southern Comfort and My Bodyguard (Matt Dillon's first flick IIRC)

 

[Mash 2.4]

Blow Out

On the same theme, DePalmas 80’s movies were all really entertaining. Like sleazy Hitchcock movies.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

Repo Man
Real Genius
Three O’Clock High
Better Off Dead

 

[HymanKaplan]

If none of you have seen the Burt Reynold's 1981 film, Sharky's Machine, I can't recommend it enough. The supporting cast, and the dialogue between the characters is fantastic. It is one of the best Burt Reynolds movies IMO, and the soundtrack, if you like jazz, is excellent.

 

[Mash 2.4]

80’s horror movie I thought was really under rated. Wolfen.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Repo Man
Real Genius
Three O’Clock High
Better Off Dead

Repo Man is on the Mt. Rushmore of 80's movies, and definitely in my Top 5, personally.

 

[Mash 2.4]

If none of you have seen the Burt Reynold's 1981 film, Sharky's Machine, I can't recommend it enough. The supporting cast, and the dialogue between the characters is fantastic. It is one of the best Burt Reynolds movies IMO, and the soundtrack, if you like jazz, is excellent.

Can’t remember the gals name but she was sexy as hell in that movie.

 

[HymanKaplan]

actress: Rachel Ward

character: Domino

Burt, Brian Keith, Bernie Casey, and Charles Durning were absolutely fantastic together in this film. The scenes that take place in the Vice squad room/holding pen, are reminiscent of Robert Altman films (MASH for instance) where it's ambient sound recording, and you have to really hone in to get some of the best lines.

If you have Amazon Prime, it's free right now.

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

Repo Man is on the Mt. Rushmore of 80's movies, and definitely in my Top 5, personally.

 

[FargenBastich]

Just One of The Guys

"It's okay, he has tits"
"All balls itch. It's a fact."

 

[exemjr]

Best movie decade? I think so.

The best B (and C) movies you could want.

Tango & Cash
Over the Top
Big Trouble in Little China
Just One of the Guys
Last Dragon
One Crazy Summer

If you wanted “drama”, Oliver Stone had some good ones called Talk Radio and Salvador.

Wow, this is crazy timing. Was just talking to my in-laws about the Last Dragon this evening at dinner. One of my all time favorite cheesy movies along with Big Trouble in Little China.

 

[CAT Scratch FVR]

Diner

 

[HeismaNole]

Just One of The Guys

"It's okay, he has tits"
"All balls itch. It's a fact."

First boobs I got to see were because of that movie. 😂

 

[FargenBastich]

They were tremendous.

 

[DSmith21]

I submit Jewish gangster movie Once Upon a Time in America. Screenplay by Sergio Leone (from the Eastwood spaghetti westerns). Staring Robert DeNiro, James Woods, Joe Pesci, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Willims, etc. Really good movie but it was very long (over 3.5 hours). The American release got cut down to about 2 hours and it didn't work/critics didn't like. The original full version is a really good movie.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Once Upon a Time in America was great, but I don't think it falls into this category.

 

[justa]

Yeah a Sergio flick ain’t going qualify.

I have 3-4 good reads on his work. Huge picture book on Once upon..in the west. One of my favorites ever

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

Best movie decade? I think so.

The best B (and C) movies you could want.

Tango & Cash
Over the Top
Big Trouble in Little China
Just One of the Guys
Last Dragon
One Crazy Summer

If you wanted “drama”, Oliver Stone had some good ones called Talk Radio and Salvador.

Sorry, but best decade for movies was 90s, and it’s not even close.

But back to the topic of underrated 80s movies..

A great start for the Coen Brothers with the movie Blood Simple.

And a truly underrated movie - Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

 

[catlanta33]

War Games
Wall Street
Weird Science

 

[august-west]

Over the Top and BTILC are definitely on the list.

What about Better Off Dead? Underrated? I think so.

Sorry, I don’t have a dime.

I didn’t ask for a dime! I want my 2 dollars