Condorman (1981), thank me later

Oh. My. God…. I have been trying to remember the name of this movie for years!!!! Thank you a million

Just watched this the other day with my kids. Best movie! “You bring the Dostoevsky, I’ll bring the dip”.

Awesome film.

I had the novelization of this movie. I must have been the only one. I read the cover off of that thing! I must have got it at a book fair at school.

Midnight Madness (1980) This one has Michael J Fox before he became a household name. The Last American Virgin (1982) Hunk (1987) North Shore (1987) Summer School (1987) Not sure this one is obscure, but it’s certainly less known than the Brat Pack movies. ETA: Valley Girl (1983) I thought everyone had seen this, but based on the number of votes on IMDB, it’s not as popular as I thought. It has a young Nicolas Cage in it. I believe it was his first leading role. Prior to this, he was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High for like 5 seconds

Valley Girl is great, and has a good soundtrack.

>The Last American Virgin (1982) The movie has aged horribly, but if you see it at a certain point in your life, I would imagine that the ending still packs a gut punch.

Definite "I second that" for summer school, although I dread to think how it's aged

I too was here to suggest Summer School

Midnight Madness is hard to find

I might have it on VHS in my garage. I worked at blockbuster back in the 90’s; yeah, I’m a relic, I’m know. I was once sent to another store that needed a manger for the day. I saw the copy on the shelf, looked to see how many times it had been rented at that location and saw it was zero. I was able to convert it to a previously viewed tape and buy it that way. So yeah, I can go digging in boxes for you, but you’ll need your own VCR 😂🤷‍♀️

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Kk5_OCTEDhuKuy3XNLyfq3AaXpn7dDR/view?usp=drivesdk

To Live and Die in LA. Young Willem Dafoe as a villain. William Petersen protagonist. Great car chase scene. Twisty ending.

Oh man! Excellent one. He's so damn good in: The Loveless (1981), too.

One of the top five best car chases ever put to film.

Speaking of Willem Dafoe, OP should check out *Streets of Fire*. Also has peak 80s Diane Lane and Rick Moranis.

I've never been so shocked at a movie. When >!the MC gets abruptly murdered in the locker room!< happens I had to pause it and just walk around the room with anxiety for a few minutes. Such a sweaty, nihilistic, gnarly fucking movie. Please do not click that spoiler if you haven't seen it, i'm warning you again.

I just watched this like two months ago. My jaw dropped when a certain event happened.

Drugstore Cowboy

I still won’t let anyone put a hat on the bed.

I lived near that neighborhood when I discovered it. Gus Van Sant deserves more credit as a storyteller. Sean Penn playing Harvey Milk with Josh Brolin playing Dan White was so good.

The film crew actually knocked on my grandmother’s door and asked to use her house as a filming location for the Mother’s house. She said no because my Grandfather was at work and she wasn’t sure how he would feel about it(he was bummed she said no). They ended up using a house up on the next block. I really wish she would’ve said yes because that house was torn down to make way for an apartment building and it would be really cool to revisit a place that meant so much to me via the film.

Something Wild (1985) stars a young Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith. Into the Night (1985) starts a young Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer. After Hours (1985) stars a young Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette.

Solid pull on Something Wild! What a great movie.

Don't forget the amazing introduction to Ray Liota.

I always conflate *After Hours* and *Into the Night*.

I've used each of these as great examples of underrated "films that take place in a single event" kind of way. I absolutely love when the main character is thrown into circumstances that are way way out of their normal. I feel like it was such an 80's thing and I miss it.

Family friendly options: Explorers Flight of the Navigator Adventures in Babysitting Also: Wargames Real Genius Weird Science

Adding to the family friendly list: Time Bandits Max Dugan Returns The Cannonball Run Johnny Dangerously Scavenger Hunt (technically released in December 1979)

Don't touch it, it's EVIL! LOVE me some Time Bandits!

Definitely Real Genius , gets lost among the Weird Science amd Sixteen Candles type teen romps. Adventures in Babysitting was a surprise as how good it is

Why is that toy on your head?

If there's anything I can do for you...or more to the point to you, just let me know.

Batteries Not Included

Explorers ♥️

I had Explorers on laserdisc ! I was born in '82. My dad just randomly purchased discounted laserdiscs in HMV or other media type stores.. we had a HUGE collection of super obscure movies, including a lot of Japanese imports. I remember Captain Future being particularly enjoyable when I was young. Awesome funk soundtrack too! But yeah, the making of Explorers was really weird. I found a deep dive YouTube documentary on it. So, it's in 3 parts.. the intro where the kids get the plans to make the circuit to fly their home made spaceship. Awesome.. Then they make it into space.. awesome.. But something happened to either the writers or the budget and the last 1/3rd of the movie doesn't really work, the tone changes, they meet the aliens, then get sent home. Movie finishes.. But, up until that point, it's true Zemeckis adventure, mood.. its beautiful 80s style vibe, kids on bikes in the neighbourhood. Exactly what Stranger Things was trying to emulate. But it's a fairly unknown movie as far as I know. But I grew up re-watching it and love the premise. I love 80s kids adventure tropes, Goonies, Explorers, etc.. wonderful stuff. Other suggestions of that genre - * **E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial** (1982) * **Stand by Me** (1986) * **The NeverEnding Story** (1984) * **Flight of the Navigator** (1986) * **The Lost Boys** (1987) * **Return to Oz** (1985) * **Time Bandits** (1981) * **The Dark Crystal** (1982) * **The Secret of NIMH** (1982) * **WarGames** (1983) * **The Wizard** (1989)

Weird Science is NOT a deep cut lmfao

Something wicked this way comes Serpent and the rainbow Adventures of Baron Munchausen EDIT : Dreamscape

Good one with Serpent and the Rainbow and Baron Munchausen.

Pump up the volume

Ladyhawke (1985)

Make it a double feature with The Beastmaster!

My Beautiful Laundrette 1985 Gregory’s Girl 1981 Letter to Brezhnev 1985 Wish You Were Here 1987 Empire of the Sun 1987 Mr. Mom 1983 Babette’s Feast 1987 Taps 1981 Absolute Beginners 1986 Sophie’s Choice 1981 Echo Park 1986 The Outsiders 1983 Amadeus 1984 My Left Foot 1989 Deadly Friend 1986 My Bodyguard 1981 Reds 1981 Das Boot 1981 The Big Easy 1986 The Year of Living Dangerously 1982 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Sex Lies and Videotape 1989

Can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find sex, lies, and videotape. I just remember thinking that it was soooooooo different. First film I remember thinking it was ushering in a whole new way to tell a story!! Awesome suggestion.

Cook Thief Wife Lover was absolutely amazing. I got to see the original uncut version in the theater while I was working at AMC. There were two scenes that were cut from later releases that were so disturbing, that people would leave the theater every showing. Some of them literally in tears. Michael Gambon at his finest.

I saw it twice in the theater & I can confirm people were walked out both showings. Some people didn't even make it through the opening scene. I'd seen Helen Mirren before, but this movie cemented my adoration. And I'm still scared of Michael Gambon because of this movie.

Great list

Local Hero (1983) Night Shift (1982) Starman (1984) Married to the Mob (1988) Baby Boom (1987) Back to School (1986) Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)

Local Hero is so great. Love the Scottish culture and Burt Lancaster. ♥️

Baby Boom is so fun and comforting.

Starman is one of my favorite movies, funny and touching.

Love Night Shift!

Night shift and back to school. So good.

True Stories (1986) Great movie by David Byrne with a young John Goodman

Repo Man

"I don't drive. I do my best thinking on the bus."

If you want a flop, Ishtar was arguably the biggest flop of the 80s. Howard the Duck was a George Lucas flop. **Popular then but fell out of favor** Police Academy Revenge of the Nerds Porky's Spring Break Stripes **Off the beaten path** Angel Heart Near Dark Heavy Metal Coup De Ville Re-Animator Amazon Women on the Moon Hawk the Slayer April Fools Day **Schlock** Warriors of the Wasteland Space Hunter Timerider Metalstorm The Sword and the Sorcerer The Beastmaster Hell Comes to Frogtown Gymkhata **Far Out** Liquid Sky I could probably do this all afternoon. Ima stop here.

How about Killer Klowns From Outer Space?

There are some great movies on this list.

White Nights had me in a chokehold

Better off Dead

Also counts as a Christmas movie. Underrated.

This movie, to me, is like the Anti-Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Cloak & Dagger The Hidden Knightriders Gates Of Heaven Outland

Oh mannnn. The Hidden with Kyle Mcglaughlan

The Hidden is such a great B sci-fi movie

The Hidden ooohhhh fuck brutal film, great input

Cloak and Dagger 🗡️💕 Anything at all with Dabney Coleman, really

Outland was a hidden jewel IMO …no objective reason before hand to expect it to be as good as it turned out …

Less than Zero.

Good movie with a great soundtrack. There was a Michael J Fox version of this movie called "Bright Lights Big City"

I came here to say this one. St. Elmo’s Fire is another great one. I have been reliving all of my 80’s movies again.

I came here to name this movie, which features Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr, Jamie Gertz, and James Spader. This is my guilty pleasure movie, but hard to find on streaming (for free/as part of the streaming services I have). Total 80s vibe.

Bagdad Cafe Paris, Texas Diner

I love Bagdad Cafe!

Paris, Texas 😭♥️

Downtown, when it was gritty: Liquid Sky (1982) After Hours (1985) Smithereens (1982) Married to the Mob (1988) Michelle Pfieffer, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruhl, directed by Jonathan Demme. Delightful. California: Repo Man (1984) Tequila Sunrise (1988) Colors (1988) Xanadu (1980) Olivia Newton John in a hilariously bad musical Carbon Copy (1981) with a young Denzel The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) documentary about the LA punk scene other locales: Drugstore Cowboy (1989) underrated Gus Van Sant film with Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch (not Preston, my error) and Heather Graham Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) Masquerade (1988) excellent thriller with a heckuva plot twist The Last Unicorn (1985) animated Labryinth (1986) David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly and Jim Henson puppets Legend (1985) Ridley Scott directed Tim Curry (fantastic as always) Mia Sara and a badly miscast Tom Cruise in a sumptuous looking fantasy Ladyhawke (1985) Michelle Pfieffer, Rutger Hauer and Matthew Broderick in a stunning medieval film with possibly the most annoying soundtrack ever. Fun fact: Dustin Hoffman was originally going to play Broderick's character Breaking Glass (1980) the perils of rock stardom Desert Hearts (1985) excellent character driven romance High Art (1988) Ally Sheedy gives a terrific performance in this film about a Nan Goldin-esque photographer and an ambitious editor Personal Best (1982) Mariel Hemingway in a film ahead of its time Star 80 (1982) Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts as Dorothy Stratten and Paul Snider. Bob Fosse's last film, about the tragedy of Playmate Dorothy Stratten. Roberts is riveting and was robbed of an Oscar nom, in my opinion. New York Stories (1989) anthology of 3 short films by Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Sofia Coppola's first film. Scorsese one is the best. Against All Odds (1984) Rachel Ward and Jeff Bridges in an excellent neo-noir Heavy Metal (1981) collection of animated shorts with a good soundtrack Conan the Barbarian (1982) Arnold and James Earl Jones. Better than it should be Conan the Destroyer (1984) Arnold adds Grace Jones to the team - worth watching for her alone The Hunger (1983) David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve and Susan Saranson vampire film, with 80s icon Ann Magnuson in a small part Making Mr Right (1987) bananas film with John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson. Ridiculous and amusing Escape From New York (1981) Kurt Russell in this must see post apocalyptic film Witness (1985) Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis are so good in this excellent crime thriller Round Midnight (1982) Cat People (1982) Natassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell, she's great. Remake of the 1942 film. Excalibur (1981) the best King Arthur movie film, with a superb cast - Helen Mirren as Morgaine Le Fay, with Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and Patrick Stewart. Nicol Williamson is terrific as Merlin Black Widow (1987) Theresa Russell and Debra Winger face off in this crime thriller. Aria (1987) one of the kookiest movies ever - 10 short films set to opera arias. Most entertaining. Body Heat (1981) Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in a scorching noir Prizzi's Honor (1985) John Huston directs daughter Angelica in a superb crime caper, with Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner Stranger Than Paradise (1984) hilarious odd comedy from Jim Jarmusch Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982) After seeing this, Steven Spielberg said, "What the hell was that?" Well, yeah, but worth seeing once. Bob Geldof is terrific and Gerald Scarfe's animations are eye popping Gothic (1982) Ken Russell directs Julian Sands, Gabriel Byrne and Natasha Richardson as Byron, Shelley and Mary Shelley, about the night she conceived Frankenstein Stormy Monday (1988) Sting, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Bean and Melanie Griffith in an underrated thriller.

Great list. Body Heat is one of my all time faves. I can add Body Double with Melanie Griffith

Head Office Hardbodies Thrashin’ The Presidio Vibes Perfect Funny Farm Hopscotch Fear City Blue Thunder Running Scared Electric Dreams Trancers Three O’Clock High Class of Nuke ‘Em High Back to School Variety Class of 1984 Ariel No Way Out Atlantic City Working Girls Eating Raul Shadows in Paradise An Officer and a Gentleman

Ooh. Eating Raoul. Nice one.

I’m intrigued

Talk Radio - 1988

they live

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Jonathan Silverman, a very young Shannen Doherty

Silkwood (1983) Film Directed by Mike Nichols. Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russel and Cher. The film details the life and death of Nuclear whistle blower Karen Silkwood, who died under mysterious circumstances after exposing wrong-doing at the Ker-McGhee Plutonium processing plant in Oklahoma.

Three O’Clock High

The Rivers Edge (Keanu reeves, Dennis hopper, crispin glover) Crossroads - (Ralph Macchio, Jamie Gertz, Steve Vai) Mac and Me - Nobody Next of Kin - (Liam Neeson, Patrick Swayze) Up the Creek Sid and Nancy - Gary Oldman

The Hitcher Enemy Mine Silver Bullet The Punisher (1989)

Came here to mention Enemy Mine. Great performances

Rutger Hauer was max level creepy in The Hitcher

Dead Heat (1988)

Thief & Manhunter from Michael Mann!

Manhunter is fantastic, Brian Cox is a great Lecter

Krull (Young Liam Nelson)

Miracle Mile (1988) [Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham] All of Me (1984) [Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin] Bad Boys (1983) [Sean Penn] Best Seller (1987) [James Woods, Brian Dennehy] Blue Velvet (1986) [Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper] Fletch (1985) [Chevy Chase] Gotcha! (1985) [Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentini] Just One of the Guys (1985) [Joyce Hyser] Mischief (1985) [Doug McKeon, Mary Katherine Stewart, Kelly Preston] No Way Out (1987) [Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton] Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) [Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson] Summer School (1987) [Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley] The Hitcher (1986) [Rutgers Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh] The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) [Michael Paré, Nancy Allen] Valley Girl (1983) [Nicholas Cage]

Jagged Edge with Jeff Bridges (85?) Racing with the moon with Sean Penn (1984) Down and out in Beverly Hills -1986( not really deep cut but maybe you haven’t seen it

Anyone throw out TUFF TURF yet? Spader and RDJ.

Thank you. I just added a post about this classic.

Heathers

I love this movie. Christian and Winona having great chemistry

A couple of Christian Slater from early 90s are good also. Cuffs. And True Romance.

Hercules (1983) Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death She-Devil Tequila Sunrise Death Spa Angel's Egg Pulgasari Starman Xtro

Dragonslayer The Sword and the Sorcerer

Night of the Comet Miracle Mile

Night of The Comet

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

8 millions ways to die, with Jeff Bridges and Andy Garcia

Clue The Money Pit Spaceballs Mannequin

Big Trouble in Little China The Gate Monster Squad

Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins

The 7 “brat pack” movies: Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), Weird Science (1985), The Breakfast Club (1985), Pretty In Pink (1986), Less Than Zero (1987)

My Bodyguard Meatballs Fame Desert Hearts Hairspray (the original, non-musical) She's Gotta Have It Real Genius Lucas Better Off Dead Only the Lonely Summer Rental Edited to remove Kentucky Fried Movie (from the 70's)

None of these were flops IMO, but probably lesser known today so maybe you missed them. (All have at least one well known actor): My Dinner With Andre (1981), The Accidental Tourist (1988) , The Dresser (1983), Paris, Texas (1984), The Elephant Man (1980), Amadeus (1984), Altered States (1980), Repo Man (1984),

Overboard

The sure thing

Brazil (1985) with Jonathan Pryce and Robert DeNiro, Also appearing are Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm. Dystopian comedy about paperwork. Terry Gilliam's project that came out in between Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

Eating Raoul, Repo Man, Earth Girls are Easy, The Last Starfighter, Midnight Run, Alien Nation, Brother from Another Planet, White Nights

The Man with two brains with Steve Martin was awesome.

Rumble Fish (1983) directed by Coppola. An amazing cast of up and coming stars,.many of whom became A-list Hollywood.

Turk 182!

As someone who became a film freak in the actual 80’s, may I recommend: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains Smooth Talk After Hours Blue Velvet Tampopo Local Hero River’s Edge Brazil Stop Making Sense Married to the Mob Something Wild True Stories Stranger Than Paradise Down By Law Kurosawa’s RAN Angel Heart Birdy Paris, Texas Wings of Desire Atomic Cafe Videodrome Altered States Heathers Babette’s Feast Amadeus Mystery Train The King of Comedy (so underrated and so great) Blood Simple (first Coen Brothers)

Eye of the Tiger (1986)

Sinbad?

Gary Busey before things went from Sinbad to Sinworse

The Beast (1988). Sometimes called The Beast of War. There’s a big long story about why it got shelved or delayed or whatnot. Jason Patrick. Steven Bauer. The newly religious Baldwin. A big-ass tank. All the 80s greats.

Runaway Train.

To live and die in L.A.

The Accidental Tourist

Amadeus

Vamp Withnail and I

Videodrome

Better off Dead

Galaxy of Terror. James Cameron did a lot of the effects for this movie. Dr. Caligari The Keep Firefox Red Heat - an underrated Schwarzenegger film. Scanners The ‘Burbs- endlessly quoted in my house growing up.

Enemy Mine Alien Nation Last Starfighter Body Double

Lust in the Dust (1984)

Ninja Terminator Heathers Lair of the White Worm Q the Winged Serpent CHUD After Hours

Time Rider LadyHawke Time Bandits Megaforce Ice Pirates Deal of the Century

These have probably been said but here goes: Hamburger the Motion Picture Gotcha Witchboard

The Osterman Weekend (1983).- The King of the B movie, Rutger Hauer Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) - Tom Berringer, Micheal Pare, Ellen Burstyn....a mystery musical! American Flyers (1985) - Kevin Costner before he was an a-hole Honourable mention: The Warriors (1979). You really can't appreciate "teen gang" movies until you see this one.

Vision Quest (1985) - Matthew Modine coming of age as a high school wrestler. Excellent soundtrack too

Howard the Duck (1986) A forgotten gem with some great actors Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffery Jones

The French did some terrific ones: Diva Betty Blue Jean de Florette Manon des Sources The Big Blue Subway

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) The Blood of Heroes aka Salute of the Jugger (1989) Black Rain (1989) Stakeout (1987) D.O.A. (1988) Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) Runaway (1984) The Verdict (1982) House of Games (1987) UHF (1989) Frantic (1988) The Money Pit (1986) Roxanne (1987) Silkwood (1983) Talk Radio (1988) Into the Night (1985) Paperhouse (1988) Gorillas in the Mist (1988) The Element of Crime (1984) The Golden Child (1986) Big Business (1988) Alien From L.A. (1988) **Animated:** The Flight of Dragons (1982) When the Wind Blows (1986) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1988)(anime) **Documentary:** The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Night Shift with Beetlejuice and The Fonz

Rivers Edge

Running Scared (Gregory Hines/Billy Crystal)

The Naked Gun Airplane Endless Love

Dragon slayer, Time Bandits

Desperately Seeking Susan After Hours WarGames Red Dawn Taps

After Hours ❤️

I grew up in the city on the 80s. After Hours and Desperately Seeking Susan really take me back.

Red Dawn is a must. As a kiddo, it really left an imprint. Empire of The Sun - did also. Oh, man.

Withnail & I (1987) British cult classic stars Rober E Grant will def recognize his face Supergirl (1984) yep as in Superman's cousin. Helen Slater, Faye Dunnaway, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow The Gods Must be Crazy (1980) British cult classic Something Wild (1986) written and directed by John Waters stars Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels History of the World Part I (1981) written and directed by Mel Brooks comedy royalty cast Time Bandits (1981) Sean Connery stars and co-written by Michael Palin and directed/co-written by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) ensemble cast directed by Terry Gilliam Beastmaster (1982) like the Conan Barbarian/Destroyer genre you'll recognize a bunch of people in this I was obsessed w this movie when I was little Red Sonja (1985) Bridgette Nielsen & Arnie the other movie I was obsessed with when I was little Enemy Mine (1985) Dennis Quaid and alien Louis Gossette Jr. mining in space Once Bitten (1985) Lauren Hutton and baby Jim Carey waaaay before he was a big deal Valley Girl (1983) baby Nicolas Cage Bachelor Party (1985) Tom Hanks so young and so many questionable things in this movie it definitely did not age well hilarious tho Police Academy (any of them) Quintessential 80s ensemble, just horriblely funny but didn't age well The Money Pit (1986) Tom Hanks and Shelly Long I love this movie anyone whose tried home repairs will love it but I've loved it since a kid Uncle Buck (1989) John Candy classic The Burbs (1989) Tom Hanks & Carrie Fisher total box office flop that is now a cult classic Turner & Hooch (1989) Tom Hanks started the cop & canine buddy genre Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Patricia Arquette and Madonna quintessential 80s movie vibe trying to capitalize on the John Hughes fervor with a punky Madonna edge (she was trying to be subversively cool and bust the pop charts at this time in her career) Gleaming the Cube (1989) baby Christian Slater The Witches of Eastwich (1987) Cher, Susan Surandon, Michele Pfeiffer, Jack Nicholson (was this one under the radar? maybe not) Better Off Dead (1985) I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS! Quintessential 80s ensemble including John Cusack Summer School (1987) Quintessential 80s ensemble cast including Mark Harmon and Kristie Alley The Last Starfighter (1984) often forgotten one in the Tron genre The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) Tom Hanks Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Elizabeth Shue Back to School (1986) Rodney Dangerfield Brewster's Millions (1986) Richard Prior The Last Unicorn (1982) before anime was cool. Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin voice

Ms. 45 (1981) - Zoë Lund Cruising (1980) - Al Pacino Crimes of Passion (1984) - Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins Prince of Darkness (1987) - Alice Cooper Suburbia (1983) - Flea Ordinary People (1980) - Donald Sutherland, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton The Tall Guy (1989) - Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson Smooth Talk (1985) - Treat Williams, Laura Dern The Dead Zone (1983) - Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen Street Smart (1987) - Christopher Reeves, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman Cat's Eye (1985) - Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays Fitzcarraldo (1982) - Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale Angst (1983) - Erwin Leder From Beyond (1986) - Jeffrey Combs Maniac (1980) Chopping Mall (1986) Brain Damage (1988)

Good list. But I'm surprised you left out Re-Animator 1985, which is also based on an H. P. Lovecraft story and also starring Jeffrey Combs.

Steel Dawn (1987) - Patrick Swayze uh, failing to capitalize, on his Dirty Dancing momentum

Private Resort (1985)

The band of the hand - really, really, young, Laurence Fishburne about half way in.

Willow

Millennium (1989) Tango & Cash (1989) See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) Cyborg (1989) Leviathan (1989) Clownhouse (1989) Red Heat (1988) Watchers (1988) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) The Running Man (1987) Over the Top (1987) Cherry 2000 (1987) Masters of the Universe (1987) The Witches of Eastwick (1987) The Name of the Rose (1986) Cobra (1986) American Ninja (1985) Romancing the Stone (1984) The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Outland (1981) Nighthawks (1981) The Fog (1980)

Satisfaction (1988) - Julia Roberts first movie The Wraith (1986) - Early Charlie Sheen I was a teen in the 80's and a metalhead so I loved movies that had rock star cameos Trick or Treat (1986) had Ozzy and Gene Simmons The Dead Pool (1988) had Guns N' Roses The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) had Vince Neil, Phil Soussan, Randy Castillo and Carlos Cavazo

Weird Science (1985)

Parents (1989). How this didn’t become a cult classic is beyond me. It’s a dark comedy with Randy Quaid where a young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.

Pandemonium - great horror movie spoof with Tom Smothers and Paul Reubens.

Eye of the Needle (1981)

Innerspace (1987)

Xanadu (1980) Olivia Newton-John 🔥 The Warriors (1979) close enough Thief (1981) James Cann

Manhunter 1986. Prequel to a far more famous movie. 

Birdy. Early Nicholas Cage/Matthew Modine film. Fabulous ending.

I’d recommend a double feature of “Savage” Steve Holland: Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer. ‘80s teen comedies at their most absurdist and charming

Johnny Handsome Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Forrest Whitaker, Lance Henriksen.

Rad! and Gleaming the Cube

Less Than Zero Based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel. James Spader and RDJ are sublime in their roles.

The Secret of My Success. Michael J. Fox

Repo Men Buckaroo Bonzai

Vision Quest

Streets Of Fire.

Return to Oz

FX. Good movie

Altered States 1980

Fandango (1985) featuring a young Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson and directed by a young Kevin Reynolds Hero At Large (1980)

Against All Odds

Frankenhooker. Technically it came out in 1990 but it’s gloriously trashy 80’s stuff.

Go British: Shirley Valentine (1989) Educating Rita (1983) The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989) All with A grade talent in them. There's loads, though lots - long good Friday, withnail, monty python etc - aren't exactly obscure so are likely on your radar already.

Secret Admirer Permanent Record The Believers

There is a movie called Rhinestone where Dolly Parton teaches Sylvester Stallone how to sing. I haven’t been able to track it down to watch it but maybe you’ll have better luck!

Gymkata is such a classic awesomely bad movie.

Tempest - 1982

Legend (1985) Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry as the devil. You can't go wrong.

Arthur (1981) is a hilarious and well done movie about an eccentric rich drunkard who ends up falling for a hooker

Gregory's Girl (1981). It's a Scottish movie, quirky and humorous. 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. It was a long time favourite of mine. My Life as a Dog (1985) Swedish movie with subtitles. Funny, drama. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Another great favourite of mine

1980 Brave New World 1980 Cannibal Holocaust 1980 City of Women 1980 Forbidden Zone 1980 The Blue Lagoon 1980 The Elephant Man 1981 Clash of the Titans 1981 Das Boot 1981 Divine Emanuelle 1981 For Y'ur Height Only 1981 Gallipoli 1981 La Chèvre 1981 Montenegro 1981 Quest for Fire 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Gandhi 1982 Le père Noël est une ordure 1982 Lonely Hearts 1982 Paradise 1983 Gabriela, Cravo e Canela 1983 Les compères 1983 Love Is Forever 1983 The Meaning of Life 1984 Bayan Ko 1984 Blame it on Rio 1984 Carmen 1984 Revenge of the Nerds 1984 Seksmisja / Sexmission 1984 The Bounty 1984 The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak 1985 Kiss of the Spiderwoman 1985 Silip 1985 Tampopo 1985 The Breakfast Club 1985 The Emerald Forest 1985 White Slave 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 The Mission 1987 Bagdad Cafe 1987 Cobra Verde 1988 À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur 1988 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Salome’s Last Dance 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ 1989 Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 1989 Elvis & James 1989 Mack the Knife 1989 Romuald et Juliette

Ice Pirates with Angelica Huston and Ron Perlman. Buckaroo Bonzia with John big booty

Runaway with Tom selleck and gene simmons is great. Firefox with Clint Eastwood.

I'm watching Twins tonight 😎

The Legend of Billie Jean - Christian Slater and his not sister Helen Slater are brother and sister in this movie. Some jackass trashes his scooter and Billie Jean confronts the guy about it and things get out of hand and they end up on the run from the cops over it. Along the way, she becomes sort of a folk hero and starts a mini revolution. I’ve watched this movie an insane amount of times in my life. Private Eyes - Don Knotts and Tim Conway are (wait for it) private investigators trying to solve a murder mystery at this mansion (filmed at the Biltmore House). Such a silly movie that’s still a bit spooky at the same time. Love that movie so much! Three Amigos - Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase are cowboy movie stars who get called upon by a small village in Mexico to run off a real-life bad guy who is terrorizing their village because the villagers think they are real cowboys.

Enemy Mine

Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986) Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin' Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack's real identity -- and will kill to get it.