Is there a better 80's movie than 16 Candles?

[MartiesMom2B]

I think not! Last night it was on AMC and I was glued the whole time. I'm sad by the amount of editing. Those lines are such classics! John Hughes what a genious. Come on "No more yankee my wankee - the Donger needs food" I'm surprised this movie didn't get an Oscar. This is definitely one of those movies that comes on and I just have to watch - what about you?

-Sonia

[Tori_s mom]

I'm a sucker for these movies! I love Some Kind of Wonderful which I somehow missed as a child. Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson) was too cool and Keith (Eric Stoltz)....Yumm.

And who didn't love Molly Ringwald? I also LOVE the Breakfast Club. I could watch it a thousand times.

Tasha (aka Total 80's child)

Tori (3/11/04)

[Sarah1]

No. It's the best. Who among us gals did not LUST after Jake???????????????

[brubeck]

I'm sorry, I have to disagree. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is the BEST 80's teen movie. I still think of Matthew Broderick as Ferris when I see him!

That movie came out the summer before my last year of high school so I completely related to it.

[rrosen]

OK, I love 16 Candles but, IMHO the best 80's movie is The Outsiders.

C. Thomas Howell,Matt Dillon,Ralph Macchio,Patrick Swayze,Rob Lowe,Emilio Estevez,Tom Cruise,Diane Lane and Leif Garrett. How could you not love a movie with that cast? And Frances Ford Coppola directing. Loved it!!!!

[McQ]

It's one of my all time faves. And you've already quoted THE best line. When all my friends got engaged - we were getting marr-reed, yeah, marr-reed. And very un-PC of me - tan trousers, a red argyle sweater, and red shoes. No he's nnot retarded.

Shall I admit I like Dirty Dancing too :) And when my friends and I did something stupid - well, we carried a water mellon.

Allison
~ mama to Declan 3.24.03 and Meghan 8.26.04

[Melanie]

Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Goonies
Top Gun
La Bamba
Dirty Dancing
Wierd Science

Just to name a few. ;-)

ETA - OH YES! Ferris Bueller's Day Off!! Definitely!!

[Kieransmom]

This was my all time favorite movie. I used to know it word for word. Just genius. Dh and I were watching it last night also. Aah, Jake Ryan. What I would have given to be with Jake Ryan back then!

Ferris Bueller was on last night too. Another good one!

My other all time favorite was Some Kind Of Wonderful. Was that still the 80's? Eric Stoltz...man, I loved him. I STILL drool over him when I see him. I gotta go buy that movie NOW. I don't know what happened to my copy. Wow...I'm flashing back here!

Michelle
Mommy to Kieran, born 5/9/03

[momathome]

What about "Say Anything"??? I was so in love with John Cusack when I saw that movie. My favorite line: "What I want to be, what I want to do with my life, is be with your daughter - I'm good at it."

[MartiesMom2B]

I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen. Aaaahhhh.

Ione Skye is the ex-wife of my fav. Beastie Boy Adrock.

-Sonia

[Kieransmom]

<- tan trousers, a red argyle sweater, and red shoes. No he's not retarded.>

LOL...that was THE Best line. DH and I were in the car a few weeks ago and we were quoting that line and laughing like crazy. I can't imagine what would have made me think of that in the car?!?


Michelle
Mommy to Kieran, born 5/9/03

[C99]

Yes! Although someone told me that the actor is gay and I'm still having trouble getting over that one!

[MartiesMom2B]

No, he's not gay. At least I'm pretty sure he's not I saw him ina where is he now show and he left show business to raise his family. I think he's in the lumber business now or he makes furniture. Uhm - it's something to do with wood.

-Sonia

[pritchettzoo]

You said wood.

Anna

ETA: There are several websites devoted to what happened to Michael Schoeffling. If I were he, I'd be kinda frightened of the first one...
http://www.geocities.com/eightieswannabe/
http://hometown.aol.com/rbsayre/schoeffling.html

[MartiesMom2B]

Hee hee! Snort snort!

OK- if you love Jake Ryan you have to read the Washington Post article that's linked to the second link that Anna posted. Too bad I already have a nephew named Jacob, b/c a little Jacob Ryan would be a great name for a little boy. You know you want a little Jake Ryan of your own.

-Sonia

[C99]

Oh you're right: http://www.geocities.com/eightieswannabe/main.html

[Puddy73]

I second the vote for "Say Anything." I'm a total sucker for the scene where he blasts "In Your Eyes" outside her window. How could a girl possibly say no to that?

Jennifer
Mommy to Annabelle Mae 9/8/03

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

[Torey]

Better Off Dead is the BEST '80s movie. John Cusack is the best and it is absolutely hilarious. How can you not love this movie? I have watched it a million times and each time I laugh my butt off.

[McQ]

Love the Beasties! I though Declan was going to coming out singing ba nunt, nunt da nunt...

Allison
~ mama to Declan 3.24.03 and Meghan 8.26.04

[mysweetboy]

If we're just talking teen movies, then Sixteen Candles is definitely my fave. Also love all of the others mentioned here. I think I spent too much time watching HBO though...anyone remember Just One of the Guys and Can't Buy Me Love? Classics!

Also, I think one of my favorite lines is from Heathers. "I love my dead gay son." Dark movie but makes me laugh.

Lori
mommy to Charlie, 5 months old!

[flagger]

Now I know some of you have not paid your two dollars and can't believe your grandmothers actually felt you up, but I have to say the best two 80's movies are Can't Buy Me Love and Revenge of the Nerds with a pre-Goose and Dr. Green Anthony Edwards.

[Jacksonvol]

Two Dollars! I loved this movie. I think it was the claymation hamburger scene that really set it apart. What a fun thread. Now I need to go to the video store!

[kseltmann]

I don't even know how to respond to this thread, I have tears in my eyes from laughter (and maybe a little crying).
But, Just One of the Guys has got to be the BEST reference that I have gotten out it. I thought I was the only one who has seen that movie over and over again.
Ugh, good times. I just am at a loss for words.
The 80's rule. Even if that statement makes me a gaywad.
No one mentioned One Crazy Summer? About Last Night? St. Elmo's Fire? Valley Girl? Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
I cant keep thinking about these movies, I have to go to work in the morning, and I am far behind as it is. If I keep this up, all I will do is think of 80's movies to mention in this post.
Have a good night!

Kathryn
Emily 9.24.03

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[MelissaTC]

Ahhh...Jake Ryan. Yum. I wish he had brought me a birthday cake on my 16th birthday. I would have loved to spend it with him. This was the first movie I watched with the babysitter! LOL. My parents had gone out and she let my sister and I watch it. I believe it was on HBO. Made my Dad not so happy. It is still one of my favorite movies.

I also love Say Anything (I wanted to marry Lloyd), Ferris Bueller, St. Elmo's Fire, Can't Buy Me Love, but no one mentioned....HEATHERS! I know it was late 80's (but I wasn't a teenager until 1988 anyway!)I LOVE that movie.

Some favorite lines...

"What's your damage Heather?"
"Corn Nuts"
"This isn't just a spoke in my menstrual cycle"
"I love my dead gay son"

[laretce6]

I am loving you guys, my DH is a movie snob and teases me all the time about the fact that I own Sixteen Candles.

Caroline
Mama to Eleanor Katherine 8.2.04

[mysweetboy]

Greetings and salutations, Melissa. you must have missed my post. ;)

Lori
mommy to Charlie, 5 months old!

[jbowman]

The best line in 16 Candles is when Molly Ringwald says, "I LOATHE THE BUS!" LOL!

ETA: Another classic 80s movie is "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack (directed by Rob Reiner). A lot of now-famous actors are in it, like Tim Robbins and Anthony Edwards! It's awesome! My whole family loves it, especially my mom!

[MartiesMom2B]

Just One of the Guys! OMG I completely forgot about that movie.

Now I must say that I haven't seen a lot of these films (please don't shoot me but I don't think I've ever seen Can't Buy Me Love and didn't see Better Off Dead until I was in college). I was surrounded by men in my family and had to be subjected to Big Trouble in Little China and Caddy Shack and other Rodney Dangerfield movies like Easy Money.

-Sonia

[urbanmama]

I agree!! Jake was totally yummy!

[lmintzer]

I loved Say Anything! Also Dead Poets Society.

And then, When Harry Met Sally (although that must have been the early '90s, no?

[urbanmama]

This is my DH's favorite 80s movie. We have it on DVD and it is hysterical.

"2 Dollars... I want my 2 Dollars!"

[jbowman]

Actually "When Harry Met Sally" was released in '89! That is one of my all-time favorite movies--it is the best!

[mharling]

I LOVE Better Off Dead. And no, my ds is not named after John Cusack's character!

Mary
Lane - April 2003
Little sister on the way!!! March 2!

[jbowman]

Valley Girl is great! Another movie I know line by line ("It's like sushi, don't ya know?!")! I'm such a dork.

[jbowman]

Another line from Heathers: "I'm gonna have to send my SAT scores to San Quentin instead of Stanford!" LOL!

[flagger]

Ms. Flagger said Pretty in Pink is one of her favourites. Ducky dancing to Try a Little Tenderness gets her everytime.

[phirey]

I don't think anyone has said a thing about Pretty in Pink. My very first "car date" was to Pretty in Pink. And a killer soundtrack!

[phirey]

Ahh, Jinx on you Flagger (or Mrs. Flagger, I guess)!

[jbowman]

That soundtrack is awesome! And I saw OMD in concert (they opened for the Thompson Twins...that is so, er, 80s!).

[flagger]

OK I almost forgot about The Wall back in my young and irresponsible days involving illicit substances.

[pritchettzoo]

Sonia, go rent Can't Buy Me Love. The African Anteater Dance cracks me up!

There needs to be an 80s movie channel. I would like totally pay for it!

Anna

[kathsmom]

Flagger,

I was just about to post about Pretty in Pink! Love it when Ducky dances to Try a Little Tenderness. I get so heartbroken for Ducky when Blaine shows up for his date with Andy.

Love 16 Candles, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, The Big Chill, and one of my all time favorites is Caddyshack and When Harry Met Sally.

[jubilee]

I love When Harry Met Sally!! I watch it everytime it comes on tv.

[jubilee]

Granted the Breakfast Club isn't better than 16 Candles, but it is a true classic 80's angst flick

[ellies mom]

Well, it doesn't really count as an 80's movie, although it came out in the 80's, but I absolutely love Princess Bride. Some 17 years later I still use lines from that movie in everyday speech. For example "It's possible.." I usually add "pig" in my head. As for the "real" 80's movies Breakfast Club is the one I can watch everytime it comes on TV followed by 16 Candles.

[brigmaman]

Allison and Sonia,
Big Beastie Boys fan here, too. They're still going, too...

[brigmaman]

Mary! I forgot that his name was Lane...I love this movie as well and One Crazy Summer isn't far behind!

[brigmaman]

Princess Bride is my favorite book/story!
My name is Inigo Montoya...you killed my father. Prepare to die. Don't know why this pops into my head all the time!!

[brigmaman]

I think Heathers is my favorite... maybe because I haven't seen most of the others...Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, etc. What a loser.
But Heathers...

[brigmaman]

Kathryn, I just posted then scrolled down to your post. I LOVE One Crazy Summer and St. Elmo's Fire. They never get old!

[MartiesMom2B]

I know. I have all of their CDs except the new one that's out now. Is it appropriate for a mother of an 18 month old to drive down the street with the Beasties blasting out of the car?

-Sonia

[MartiesMom2B]

Veronica:

I love this movie too. "As you wish. . . ." I love Wallace Shawn's character too - even though he dies right in the beginning "inconceivable"!

-Sonia

[NEVE and TRISTAN]

That is the movie that I loved!!!!

Neve and Tristan born Feb 25, 2003
* EDD 3/19/05 IT'S A GIRL
* DOSSIER IN THE HANDS OF TRANSLATOR

http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan

[NEVE and TRISTAN]

and do I dare admit I had not seen it till about 1997!!!!
Great movie!
Neve and Tristan born Feb 25, 2003
* EDD 3/19/05 IT'S A GIRL
* DOSSIER IN THE HANDS OF TRANSLATOR

http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan

[MelissaTC]

I totally forgot about The Goonies! They have been showing it lately on HBO. Matthew and I watched it together. Of course, he was a bit freaked out at times but I was totally loving it! It is so cheezy 80's and reminds me of being a young kid, wanting to go find buried treasure. LOL.

[lisaE]

Well IMO, the '80's movie trifecta is this:

16 Candles ("Whassa Happenin, Hotstuff.")
Breakfast Club ("Where's your lunch?" "You're wearing it.")
Valley Girl ("What are you doing here?" "I forgot my comb.")

Ooh, the '80's ROCKED!

[amp]

My son IS Jacob Ryan! And it is a great name for a boy! And, I must confess that I had a huge crush on that guy! And it's a favorite movie that I quote quite frequently! Love it!

[momtoemma]

I remember all of these movies fondly! But I feel compelled to mention another favorite of mine! Footloose! And what about Real Genius (Val Kilmer before he was Iceman in Top Gun)! I just love these movies!!!

[wilelm]

I went to that same concert! I actually saw them twice--they also opened for Depeche Mode.

My favorite 80s movie was Heathers--I still own it! But I don't think you want me to tell you what my favorite line is....


Sheila
Mother of Miriam, 03/10/03 and
Oliver, due 01/17/05

[Misha412]

One line, ladies:

"No one puts Baby in the corner".

How hot was Patrick Swayze in that movie? Even now I watch it and think "My, my...I'd mambo with him anytime"....

Michele
Mommy to Gavin, 12/4/03

[Melanie]

Oh yes! I forgot the Princess Bride, b/c I didn't see it in the 80's.

[McQ]

It better be because I do it all the time. A Beasties CD is a staple around here.

And let's just say thanks for all the tunes that have been going through my head since last night :)

Allison
~ mama to Declan 3.24.03 and Meghan 8.26.04

[McQ]

>The African Anteater Dance cracks me up!

That was HYSTERICAL!!!

>There needs to be an 80s movie channel. I would like totally
>pay for it!

Me too! But isn't that TBS?

Allison
~ mama to Declan 3.24.03 and Meghan 8.26.04

[MartiesMom2B]

I knew there had to be Jacob Ryan in our crowd. When I proposed it to DH he had the biggest eyeroll!

-Sonia

[calebsmama03]

I LOVE that movie!!
I want my 2 dollars!!!
Lynne
Mommy to Caleb 3/3/03
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Oh my!! #2 5/05

[calebsmama03]

Ditto! My little teenage self thought that was the most romantic thing ever!! Little did I know there'd come a day when DH putting his dirty socks and underwear in the hamper is considered romantic! Ahh, the disillusionment of being a teenager....

This thread is making me totally smile! Thanks for starting it :)
Lynne
Mommy to Caleb 3/3/03
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Oh my!! #2 5/05

[amp]

I confess that when we came up with the name together, I kept asking him, "Where have I heard Jake Ryan before?" I must have asked him 10 times, but he never nailed it. That's 'cause he was never a 16 Candles fan. When I made him watch it, he asked me if that's who are son was named after! I had to admit that although I had a humongous crush, I didn't recall where I'd heard the name until we rewatched, so no, he wasn't technically named for him. But what better guy to name him after, right?! Anyway, I love the name and it fits my little guy perfectly!

[sunny2003]

Hi - I am late to the convo and was scrolling the postings waiting for a mention of my alltime fave - The Sure Thing! That is when I began my love affair with John Cusack! What a classic. Some great lines off the top of my head:

Spontaneity has its time and place.
We speak each other's unspoken language.
I'm speaking to you cordless.
Come to papa boys!
Who made liquid soap and why?
Well maybe one will come up.

Also love Better off Dead and all of JC's 80's work! But once, when I was watching Better Off with my parents, my mom turned to me and said "why won't they give that boy 2 dollars?" Why indeed?

Viv
Mommy to Kayley born on 4/28/03

[Phoebe]

My favorite too. And, yes it was the beginning my love affair with John also! here are my fav lines:

driving with a load not properly tied down
how about a nice hot cup of China Black

Oh, and I have a friend who named her baby Elliott. I didn't have the heart to tell her Elliott's a kid who eats paste. Now, Nick. Nick's your buddy....

Phoebe,
Susan 4/01
David 6/03

[tinkerbell1217]

Lets see, I always watch 16 candles too. There are others though. Pretty in Pink is one of my faves. I have to watch it when it comes on. And, For Keeps? is also one too. St. Elmos Fire is a definite watcher, The Outsiders too. And, I hate to admit, The Karate Kid! Ugh, I am so OLD!!!! Class of 1987 here!

[Kieransmom]

Too funny. Dh was changing channels and Breakfast Club just started on the We channel. I'm on an 80's kick now and just bought Some Kind of Wonderful on DVD today...we have 16 Candles already. Too funny!

Michelle
Mommy to Kieran, born 5/9/03

[MartiesMom2B]

Oh no Michelle. I hope I didn't start this! Hmmm I need to update my Amazon Wish list!

-Sonia

[jbowman]

It's so *kool* that y'all like that movie too! All of those lines are great, Viv and Phoebe. And if I have a boy someday, my mom still wants me to name him Nick!!! She thinks that's true--that Nick's a name, Nick's your buddy, LOL!!!

[pritchettzoo]

TBS edits too much. And why haven't they re-edited all these movies--the words they edited out can now be said on Sesame Street, ya know? No editing and no commercials! And widescreen. :)

Anna

[Kieransmom]

Sonia-
It's ok, re-hashing old memories is good therapy!!!

Michelle
Mommy to Kieran, born 5/9/03

[sntm]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

Read through ALL the posts and all my faves were listed too.
I don't think I could order them, but Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink (still listen to that soundtrack!!!), Heathers, Say Anything, Can't Buy Me Love, Dirty Dancing, Dead Poets Society and The Sure Thing defined my teenage years. "In Your Eyes" is one of my most influential songs.

I'd have to list Goonies as my ultimate pre-teen movie and When Harry Met Sally as my ultimate post-teen movie. I've got the entire script of WHMS memorized. Go ahead, quiz me. I watch it every New Years and at least once or twice in between.

For other 80s movies not mentioned, anyone seen Gotcha! another pre-ER Anthony Edwards movie?

Or for really obscure movies, American Dreamer? With JoBeth Williams -- I LOVE this movie.
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not-even-pregnant-yet-overachiever
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PREGNANT! EDD 6/9/03
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[MartiesMom2B]

I have to admit that "In Your Eyes" is the song that DH & I danced to at our wedding. It's the first song that we ever danced to!

-Sonia