30 MORE Neglected 80s Movies That Deserve YouTube Reactions (And Should Be On Your Watchlist) PART 1

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Hey you guys…some of the movies in this video are free on KZbin and others you can rent for a couple bucks. I put the links in the description! Thanks for watching. ❤

[@MR-co2ti]

Thank you for posting such great memories and thoughts. You ROCK!

[@SuperRustydogg]

Love all this 80’s goodness. You killed it, thanks for the flashback❤

[@Bobby-jj5gu]

Please don't talk about ground hog day or look who's talking. (then again not sure what decade but those need to stay forgotten)

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodUnclePete]

I LOVE this channel! I was born in 77 and I'm 100% in agreement with you on your videos. You know all the movies I grew up on and are now forgotten. I love how you being these memories back! LOVE IT! Thank You! Merry Christmas!

[@erinmalone2669]

'77 team!

[@daniellemaroney2931]

Agreed, I'm 46 and I love how this channel takes me back down memory lane. Back then it was okay not to be politically correct. You can say certain things and people wouldn't bat an eye. It was okay back then because you didn't have to worry about getting canceled. And that was because there was no internet to do any counseling.😂

[@Greenmile76]

Natalie - I’ve never heard you mention D.A.R.Y.L., it was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Definitely worth making a list like this. A must see!

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

YES! One of my favorites, along with Cloak and Dagger, and Flight of the Navigator. They were all in this genre of young boy with some special quirk goes on to save the day.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

I just rewatched D.A.R.Y.L. a few months back. Still holds up pretty good.

[@amandaredd3057]

I feel like Patrick Dempsey really grew into his manly good looks later in life. In his first movies during the 80s he just looked so string beanie and super young. I absolutely loved those movies though (Meatballs, Lover Boy, and ESPECIALLY Can't Buy Me Love)

[@samkingsway6564]

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is an 80s classic. Could watch it 100x over and frequently quote the best lines. And Garp, The boy who could fly... All these movies really. An amazing list.

[@Erin_GB]

I think my favorite 80s “neglected” movie is Space Camp. Not available to stream anywhere, hard to find on DVD. It’s got Joaquin Phoenix when he was still Leaf Phoenix. Young Lea Thompson and Kelly Preston. Kate Capshaw. And it made every kid in the 80s dream of going to Space Camp. “Whip me, beat me, take away my charge cards!”

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

That was in my first video! 😊

[@Erin_GB]

@@mysocalledgenxlife Somehow I missed that one! I went back to try to find an earlier video (since this one said more) and must have just passed by it when I was searching. Thanks!

[@bimapringgo]

I think it's actually on youtube. I saw it a few weeks ago.

[@eddiethetruhead]

I’ve still got it in my vhs collection.

[@joecina559]

You are an excellent writer. I'm sure every video requires a dozen pages of narration. This is your real talent and why your Channel is going to succeed.

[@LMagnuss]

Explorers with River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke was another hidden gem…cheesy but you know…it was the 80s

[@Erin_GB]

I saw Explorers in a double feature with Return to Oz. The summer of 1985 was such a great time to be a kid. Within about a 6-week period, both of those, plus The Goonies and Back to the Future came out. Insane.

[@LMagnuss]

@ it was really crazy when you think of all the great movies and music that was constantly coming out! I was twelve that year and it was amazing!

[@SuperRustydogg]

It’s a rolls canardly! rolls down one hill, canardly get up the next! Those aliens were epic😂

[@chlnaturester]

I *loved* that movie

[@daniellemaroney2931]

When I think of River Phoenix I think of the movie Stand By Me. Remember that one back in the day?

[@kristalrose29]

OMG you have some of my favorite movies of all time here! And thank you for the lead-ins from the soundtracks! I graduated high school in 87, so these movies and my parents’ HBO were my life!! My very favorites on this list are “Billie Jean,” “Summer Rental,” “Mannequin” and “For Keeps.” I don’t think the Gen Zs doing reaction videos will get all the subtleties, though. But I am going to go to work today pumping myself up to “Invincible” and “Hazy Shade of Winter” because this video got the pump up started! Thank you!!!!

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Gen Z don't even know how to use a rotary phone so of course they won't get everything😂

[@zodszoo]

Real Genius - excellent classic!

[@mgratk]

Summer Rental and The Great Outdoors are a great double feature for a summer night, or for a night you are wishing for summer.

[@micheleniles8493]

Baby Boom with Diane Keaton is one of my favorites from the 80's!! I'll be looking for that in your "Part 3" 😉 I really enjoy your content & it's nice to see I'm not the only one obsessed with this entire decade 💓 (b. 1974)

[@ambermchugh9381]

Was free on utube recently. Love that movie❤

[@tonymoore6622]

I love most of these, but The Boy Who Could Fly, I watched so many times as a kid

[@StayleyStarrAIC]

Absolutely love your channel!¡!¡ I was born in 73’ & this takes me back to my childhood,when we didn’t realize we were growing up in the greatest decade ever!¡! Back before the world got in a big hurry 😊. Thank you for taking us back,even if it’s not for just a few minutes at a time. 🤘🏼🙂🤘🏼

[@smugandsmarmy]

11:25 - Cannot recommend the book Less Than Zero more! The movie is great - seriously, that soundtrack is still in my playlist and it absolutely slaps! - but the book really hit me harder. It’s less unhinged than American Psycho (though Bret Easton Ellis is … umm, problematic) but it still ranks among the books that impacted me the most. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@tamaraholloway9634]

Yes! The book, soundtrack AND movie are awesome!

[@ambermchugh9381]

Never knew there was a book, thanks❤

[@LPH-11]

I would say The Incredible Shrinking Woman is more of a forgotten gem than Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

[@ToniMcGinty]

The Boy Who Could Fly is so amazing.

[@sariahut1]

Brilliant list of some of the most brilliant comedies and brilliant comedians ever.

[@silvernova354]

My cousin had a copy of "All of me" on VHS cassette - it was the first film anyone in my family owned an original copy of. I still find it very funny to this day, and I'm surprised it never gets mentioned more. Thanks!

[@ambermchugh9381]

Lily Tomlin and Steve martin?? That was a good one!!

[@tamaraholloway9634]

You're list is spot on! So many of my favorites.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Yay, thank you!

[@brianjoe66]

I totally forgot about 'The Boy Who Could Fly.' Love it!

[@eleashaghot]

So many favorites in this list and films I’d forgotten about. So good!

[@brenthays6539]

I haven’t seen all of these, and I completely missed hearing of Teen Witch until now, but some of these movies had lines that huge in-joke fodder with my friends. Some favorites- Real Genius- “This is God, Kent… stop touching yourself.” Mosquito Coast- “I think about you when I go to the bathroom.” All of Me- “You go back in bowl. This bowl. Go! Go! Go!” Summer Rental- “Angus, ya dumb Swede!” Any Ernest Movie- “Know what I mean, Verne?”

[@ambermchugh9381]

I don't remember seeing it either. Going to find it tomorrow

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Just search Teen Witch rap....it's hilarious 😂

[@dperl5640]

I have commented before on other vids but had to again! Unreal lists. Before this one started I literally said to myself "These are great but let's see if she has The Boy Who could Fly?" What do you know there it is! I literally thought I was the only person who has seen all of these movies! Where have you been?? Can't wait to see the 2nd part! If I have any I didn't see I will let ya know!

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Second part has been posted! 😊

[@MissaPality]

I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! "Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma" Michael Caine and Steve Martin were perfect.

[@melodiemeldrum3918]

Wow, I had totally forgotten some of these. I do remember crying with laughter in the theater when I saw All of Me, so I'm gonna have to re-watch that one ASAP. Thanks for shouting out which ones are free on KZbin! Apologies if you've already covered these, but two of my obscure '80s faves were Earth Girls are Easy (starring a ridiculously hot young Jeff Goldblum and a very young Jim Carrey) and Buckaroo Banzai (starring tons of people including Christopher Lloyd, John Lithgow and, again, Goldblum.)

[@jenellbailey3947]

Thank you!!! No one ever talks about The World According to Garp. I alsoo loved For Keeps. First time i really saw PPD.

[@Iggystar71]

So many bizarre, dark moments like the Ellen Jamesians and the car accident. Whew!

[@syingram6677]

Teen Witch was and is a masterpiece! '"'i'm hot and you're not!" Absolute poetry!

[@Marigen1971]

Who can forget that scene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: [Sitting at the dinner table] Freddy Benson: Excuse me. May I go to the bathroom first? Lawrence Jamieson: Of course you may. Freddy Benson: [after a pause, and with relief] Thank you.

[@ashextraordinaire]

Wow, I'd completely forgotten about Summer Rental! I remember going to the movies with my grandmother, who was French and loved slapstick American comedy, so naturally she LOVED the Ernest movies. Mannequin and For Keeps were somehow two more of my favorites. (I was a HUGE Molly Ringwald fan.) Love this series of yours!

[@ambermchugh9381]

Loved that one too. Made me think of Mark Harmon in summer school. Good one too

[@ashextraordinaire]

@@ambermchugh9381 Oh, Summer School. One of my favorites!

[@_mattheweli]

Amazing collection!! Brava! You picked the best soundtrack/movie’s of our childhood! 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@pettykittyfam]

Every one of these is fantastic 👏 I'm especially moved by Less than Zero & Billy Jean! Great music from both movies! Amazing 80's vibes The whole package

[@Iggystar71]

All I can think of is how much HBO played a part of my 80’s movie viewing.

[@ShanaReforma]

Love your channel! Brings back sooo many memories. Watching your list reminds of a few other movies i don't know if youve mentioned before or not😜🤷: Roxanne (Steve Martin), the boy in the plastic bubble (john Travolta), Satisfaction(justine bateman), Quicksilver(Kevin Bacon), Mask(Cher), Old enough(????), Innerspace(Dennis Quaid), and Critters.

[@Walter732NJ]

First of all, Back To The Future is the greatest trilogy of all time and I’ll die on that hill.😂 I was a young boy in the 80’s, so I think two movies that are almost never mentioned but should be are “Rad” from 1986 and “Explorers” from 1985.

[@cstone3178]

Really enjoying your channel! It‘s not an 80s movie but a movie I just can‘t get enough of: Hot Tub Time Machine. If you knew me, you would say „What?!!!“ I am not into stupid teenage-boy prank movies (a la American Pie) and, as a hardcore punk rocker, I was not into the 80s fashions (neon colors, big hair, etc.) nor the pop music; but there is just something about this movie that gives me the warm and fuzzies. I‘ve watched it probably a dozen times. But, THIS video!!! Wow! Thanks for this (and the others)! Gives me other options when I want to escape to my Gen X past. Thank you !!!!!🙏 ❤

[@EmeraldWarrior420]

Has Honey I Shrunk the Kids really been forgotten? I find most people fondly remember it.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

I never see any videos about it or reactions to it. That’s why I included it as ignored. But that could just be the rock I live under 😂😂

[@cxk7127]

Real Genius is one of my favorite movies of all time! It's one of those movies that you notice something new every time you watch it!

[@shirw]

I have always LOVED Real Genius! And the soundtrack is awesome! Our family watched The Boy Who Could Fly about a million times; I'm surprised how many people have never heard of it. Seeing Teen Witch reminds me about Love Potion Number 9, which also deserves more love (and reactions), though I guess that's 90s. 😊

[@kcpoodlesofpa]

You forgot cloak & dagger, wizard, over the top, karate kid, neverending story, flight of the navigator, short circuit, runaway, robocop 🙃

[@Christophersanchez1326]

Rad. Splash dance. Beer. People under the stairs. Deadly friend. 😊

[@tonymoore6622]

Did anyone ever see the movie "electric Grandma"? Wholesome but very underrated

[@Iggystar71]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Top that!!!!! I know they didn’t try to channel JJ Fad with that rap. 😂😂😂

[@LMagnuss]

I absolutely loved Real Genius! It never gets mentioned in any lists and it should!

[@sidoniejordan-olsen7673]

Gosh, you could do several parts to this, I feel like.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

It’s an ongoing series. I have one for 90s movies too! There are playlists on my channel where you can find them all together. And yes, I agree with you! There are so many!

[@MarkMeans]

I have to agree, nothing says "The 80s" like "Less Than Zero". I didn't see Mannequin until about five years ago and wonder why I had waited so long. Such a fun movie :) Thanks for the video!

[@wjoboogie]

ahh the boy who could fly , classic

[@coupdeforce]

I watched The Gate just this past Halloween because I always wanted to see it since the '80s, after seeing parts of it at a neighbor's house. I was surprised that the movie is really about the relationship between a 12-year-old boy and his older sister, and the sibling relationship is very believable. That was really special to me because I found out two years ago that my dad isn't my father and I have an older sister from my biological father who's only 2 years older than me and also grew up in the '80s. If you pay close attention to everything involving the model rockets, there is a lot there. It was completely unexpected in a good way.

[@lynseybowe8693]

Teen Witch is one of my forever favorites. ❤

[@dawggirl]

80's movie soundtracks have no peer. Ultimate champions. 🏆

[@t2delan1]

Teen Witch trivia**** Dan Guathier and Lisa Fuller (Brad and Randa) have been married since 1990! Also Robyn Lively is Blake Lively’s older sister. The 80’s was awesome!!!!

[@John_Locke_108]

I watched All Of Me countless times. I thought it was so damn funny when I was a kid. Haven't seen it in over 35 years.

[@jene6651]

I'm enjoying these videos so much! Have you done The Wizard from 1989?

[@robtapp6400]

Real Genius remains one of my favorite movies to this day and I try to watch it at least once a year. Val was pretty good at comedy but seemed to shy away from it after Top Secret and Real Genius, two really funny movies. Summer Rental was always good for a laugh, and my mom would watch it pretty much every time it came up on TV, and John Candy was really funny in this. My other favorite of his from the 80s was Who's Harry Crumb? which never seemed to get the recognition I thought it deserved.

[@bamatireman33]

Thanks again for another great video. I love the Ernest movies, sometimes you just got to watch something that will just make you laugh. Real Genius is one I will watch every so often. And I forgot about All of Me, will have to find it. Thanks again for bringing back some memories.

[@thegameczar]

You left out that Matt Frewer, the face and voice of Max Headroom, was in "Honey I Shrunk The Kids".

[@XiahouJoe]

Love the channel. Great list. Question. And I apologize if this is answered elsewhere in another video. BUT, is it KZbin's beyond annoying copyright reasons why the clips are in potato vision quality on a lot of your videos?

[@daniellemaroney2931]

OMG girl, you are talking about my 80's-gen-x childhood. Less Than Zero, I watched a thousand times as a kid. RDJ, should have won an Oscar for that wonderful performance. When it comes to Mannequin I played that movie in my mom's VCR a thousand times back in the day. Mannequin is the movie where I first fell in love with Kim Cantrell pre Sex In The City. I watch Teen Witch so many times I lost count. Who can forget those cheese rap songs? "Top That"😅🤣😂 Thank you so much for mentioning the movie Loverboy. When it comes to Patrick Dempsey, the movie people always mentions is Can't Buy Me Love. I can count on one hand how many times I saw that movie. The movie that I saw a million times is Loverboy. This funny movie is underrated, and doesn't get the love that Can't buy Me Love always gets. These 80s flicks shows Patrick Dempsey transitioning from a scrawny white kid, to a sexy man on Gray's anatomy. Hallelujah it was fun while it lasted. As for Heather's, it's hard to watch knowing that Shannen Doherty is gone. But how nostalgic it is to see teenage angst without social media in 1989, RIP Shannen. Thank you, thank you, thank you❤

[@voutsider190]

The boy who could fly was a great movie

[@mathieuduval7544]

WOW great list, i consider myself a mega movie buff but i will admit a couple of those movies i never saw! its been at least 30 years since i saw an Ernest movie, maybe I'll watch this one this winter when its 20 below zero and 5 feet of snow everywhere! Saw Teen Witch a couple of years ago cause it was on TUBI, i had a HUGE crush on that actress so i had to watch it. LOVE Real Genius, still have my VHS cover, the same one you use in this vid, that movie is the reason why Tears for Fears Everybody wants to rule the World is one of my favorite songs from the 80s!

[@MrRezRising]

Born in '70, every teen year spent in the 80s, I taped every one of these movies off of HBO. Just seeing the case art is heart warming. John Candy's sunburnt arm in Summer Rental... 😂😂😂

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Thanks for the comment! I love that you caught the VHS cover art. I tried to give this video a vibe mix of browsing a video store and binging HBO on a Saturday!

[@JonnnyFour]

Loverboy is one of my favorite unknown gems from this era.

[@badvamp666]

1. Louise's little brother is the best part of Teen Witch 2. Real Genius should NOT be rated PG 😂

[@Jtr_ceral_killer]

val kilmers best role was in real genius, next was top secret. everything else was decent until he played Doc holiday and i place his role at 3rd place.

[@BrianRay-mi1dr]

I have gotten started collecting old vhs tapes 📼 I remember going out and renting them and remember be kind and rewind

[@shannonauberry8130]

The chick from Teen Witch is in Landman and still looks AMAZING ❤😅😊

[@pettykittyfam]

Welcome back 🚘⚡️🚘 Back to the future 😹😹😹 Hope you're doing ok! ❤❤❤

[@wiggycarter]

Love Real Genius, Val Kilmer was a total fox in this movie.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

I have Teen Witch on VC and DVD :D I loved the music!

[@paulgardner5079]

I never really thought about Honey I shrunk the kids being a commentary on just how much there is to the everyday things around us, but I guess it could be seen like that. Ironically, that's something I give thought to sometimes. I've had a million different jobs doing a million different things and it always trips me out how much is involved in stuff we don't even think about

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

The Gate is an awesome horror movie! !

[@cannibaljoe7748]

In Mt Washington Ky we had a corner store called convenience and Ernest was a spokesperson for that company. He did all sorts of different commercials but one in particular he did was for convenience coffee that really got him moving moving moving I can remember my dad just howling laughing every time the commercial came on

[@80TME]

The kissing in 80s movies was something else!

[@DaSuTro]

2:28 How can any 80s movie, uh....*ahem*...."top that"? 10:13 Robert Downey's finest performance up to that point, not knowing that his life was also imitating his art (or vice versa). 16:32 "FAIR IS FAIR!"

[@kristalrose29]

FAIR IS FAIR!!!!

[@shirleydanby4123]

🇬🇧 here never heard of teen witch, real genius and all of me but how did I forget about the gate.

[@ambermchugh9381]

OMG forgot about FOR KEEPS , was it a " flop'. Never heard anything about this fillm since. LOVED THIS MOVIE

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Manhattan Project is a solid 80's movie and to keep on a Christopher Collett theme so is Firstborn. Great performances by Peter Weller and the late Teri Garr in that one.

[@aJediSith]

The Incredible Shrinking Woman?

[@stevenjohansen3827]

A few others I never see are Satisfaction(Justine Bateman, Liam Neeson, Julia Rorerts), Gleaming The Cube(Christian Slater), Top Secret(Val Kilmer). Quite a few others too.

[@lockedonlaw]

Because The Breakfast Club is one of the greatest movies ever made! But, yes, the '80's put out a lot of movies worth watching.

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

Real Genius is a great movie. Yes, go back and check it out! ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶

[@D-Fens_1632]

It's on cable every other weekend (was just on a few times last weekend), like a lot of these movies that aren't hidden gems if you still have cable. But there are others on here that I wish they'd show just once instead of a 5th airing of Real Genius that month. But I still put Real Genius on every time it airs, it's like a rule in my house.

[@douglasdixon524]

"Seven Minutes In Heaven" was a great teenage movie with Jennifer Connelly.

[@BohoBunMom]

I've watched both videos and I keep waiting to see Say Anything. I actually searched that one on KZbin for reactions and... crickets. As a certified Gen Xer (1973), it's still one of my all time favorites. I even own it. John Cusack at his absolute, Lloyd Dobler best.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

I have always felt like that is a known classic, so I never include it. But you are right! It is very much neglected. I don’t have it in this round of neglected 80s movies, but I promise it will get some love from me soon.

[@BohoBunMom]

@@mysocalledgenxlife awesome! Yeah, I totally expected to find a bunch of reactions and was shocked to come up with nothing. Love your content, BTW, great rides on the nostalgia train!

[@Nabinut]

Teen Witch was great. To this day, I still think that "iconic" rap scene is how Vanilla Ice was born🤣🤣

[@davidcohen2946]

Here's some more 80's classics for your next video - Pump Up the Volume - Christian Slater & "Hey Dad I'm in jail, I like it here, it's nice" - Legend - Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry - Labyrinth - David Bowie & Muppets - Empire of the Sun - Spielberg directing a young Christian Bale - Three Men and a Little Lady - Tom Selleck, Ted Danson & Steve Guttenberg - Short Circuit - Weird Science - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - Breakin' & Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo - Romancing the Stone - Crocodile Dundee - To Live and Die in LA - LA Story (technically 1991)

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

This is one of the first videos I ever made when I started my channel. Inspired by Empire of the Sun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpe9on6lmLlpbJYsi=fMzuTwTHwsVFFWBR

[@Iron-Van]

Great List.

[@thxlopez]

Real genius is a classic thx u for added it i think it could’ve been made a great tv show type

[@mathieuduval7544]

Well Big Bang Theory and Silicon Valley are pretty much a TV "remake" of that movie

[@richardgazinia5482]

Great start on this list. I could tell stories about every one of these movies except "The Gate". I think I saw it but meh, horror is not my thing. I need to go back and watch some of these classics. It's a crime "Real Genius" isn't played on a cable channel somewhere all the time. I actual got into a long comment and response about "Real Genius" and the popcorn scene last week. The argument was over what time of day did the laser hit the house, crazy. "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." was a smash in the summer of 1989 and then "The Little Mermaid" was released in November and "Honey" disappeared quickly from the zeitgeist. I had a four-year-old at the time (she'll be 40!!!! in May) who would sing "Part of that World" over and over and over until my ex and I confiscated her cassette tape. We got foiled because grandma just got her a new one. Anyway, I asked her why she doesn't watch "Honey" and she said she was just obsessed with "Little Mermaid". She was surprised they both came out in 1989.

[@missjoshemmett]

Mine are Tuff Turf with James Spader and Kim Richardson (with the longest hair ever) and Permanent Record with Keanu Reeves in a very young dramatic role. Record is so true teenage angst that people are forget Ted...whoa!

[@komradkolonel]

I was a senior in high school when "Less than Zero" was released. It was probably the best anti-drug statement of all time. I grew up a townie kid who managed to get sent to a preppy high school, a lot like the ones in the movie. I spend so much time wanting to fit in with them because their lives seemed to have so much more than mine. The thing is as time went on I saw how petty and shallow that their lives were, just like in the movie.

[@D-Fens_1632]

None of the 80s movies and special TV episodes or DARE programs stopped me from trying drugs. And I tried a lot, but I never tried coke, and deep down I think that movie may have had something to do with it.

[@squishbychel2026]

Real Genius was my favorite movie for yeaaaaaars... Mannequin, Tuff Turf, and My Chauffeur were also on the list for years

[@mathieuduval7544]

WTF is My Chauffeur, im french Canadian so i know its some sort of driver, gonna have to google that movie cause im intrigue

[@amandaredd3057]

Viva la Polly!! Top THAT! 😂❤

[@FlintIronstag23]

A neglected 80s movie I just discovered this earlier this year was the 1988 apocalyptic thriller MIRACLE MILE with Anthony Edwards. It was a box office failure, and I don't remember even seeing a trailer for it back in the day, but it deserves a watch. It can be seen free on Prime Video, Tubi, or Pluto.

[@richardgazinia5482]

It was up on KZbin about a year ago. Haunting movie that does explain to those who were either too young or weren't born yet how scary it was at times about nuclear war without beating you over the head with it like "The Day After". If you can find i, the film "Testament" with Jane Alexander is really good also. Plus, it has a very small role for Kevin Costner. Devastating film to watch.

[@FlintIronstag23]

@@richardgazinia5482 I have seen Testament, The Day After, Threads, Letters From A Dead Man, When The Wind Blows, and Countdown To Looking Glass. I thought I had seen all the 80s nuclear war movies until I ran across something mentioning Miracle Mile. It was so weird I didn't know about it until recently.

[@hpettinger]

Less than Zero ... when I first fell in love with RDJ!!!!

[@hpettinger]

AND when I first fell in love with Patrick Dempsey!

[@TammyBeth1015]

For your future consideration: Eddie and the Cruisers - greater than the sum of it's parts Rustler's Rhapsody - parody of 50's singing cowboy westerns. One of the funniest movies ever made. Short Circuit - if you, like me, are an Ally Sheedy fan. I guess "War Games" is too well known for this category?

[@klopptillyoudropp1263]

Garp might be THE most underrated movie ever.

[@rachelburke9223]

World According to Garp ❤ very touchin movie also Birdy

[@drunkcreekerb]

The woo woo kid! Another forgotten Patrick Dempsey 80s movie

[@ericcolon8561]

WISDOM Emilio Estevez , Demi Moore Tom Skerrit

[@GuanoLad]

Randall William Cook is the VFX Designer you were thinking of who worked on both The Gate and Lord Of The Rings.

[@mysocalledgenxlife]

Thank you!!

[@collegeman1988]

Born in 1967 and the only three movies I saw on your list were Less Than Zero, Mannequin, and The World According To Garp. Andrew McCarthy is an underrated actor, but the only thing I saw him in where I really liked his character and his performance was Less Than Zero. Other movies I saw him in, like Manniquin, Weekend At Bernie’s, St. Elmo’s Fire (a movie just like Less Than Zero, except everyone behaves immaturely, but there are no bad consequences for anyone in that film), and Fresh Horses, are films that completely wasted his acting abilities. I hated each of those movies. Less Than Zero is one of my favorite 80s movies, but like the David Cronenberg remake of The Fly, it has a lover’s triangle that has a very tragic ending. As a Gen Xer, I’d recommend the 80s movies Night Of The Comet, Summer School, and The Pick Up Artist.