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80s movie poll!

  • Blue Velvet (1986) 11
  • Blade Runner (1982) 28
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 13
  • The Goonies (1985) 17
  • Raising Arizona (1987) 4
  • RoboCop (1987) 13
  • Repo Man (1984) 2
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982) 6
  • 2026-06-10
  • —2026-06-17
  • 94 votes
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remember when we did the decades poll and the 80s and 90s were neck-and-neck?!

time for the 80s! honestly maybe I'll just go down the line and do a decade poll every month-ish until we hit the 20s? let me know what y'all think!

i tried to get a pretty wide array of genres... vote away!

Comments

Mike A

Blue Velvet (& Brazil) were my two favorite movies when I was in high school and college in the 80s. Yes, they are both crazy in their own special ways. But I'd be happy with Blade Runner or Raising Arizona, too.

Joseph Olson

This is a hard choice between Blue Velvet (one of David Lynch’s great movies) and Blade Runner. Raising Arizona deserves some love too. The other ones are good, but none are special. Maybe Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The former high school boy in me still loves Phoebe Cates. If Blade Runner wins, please watch the director’s cut instead of the theatrical release. The two versions are significantly different. The studio dictated theatrical release version is very good, but the directors cut is much better. Period. I’ll die on that hill. Edit: I’m a bit loopy today and keep waffling. Let me try to clarify the three versions of Blade Runner: The 1982 theatrical release had some major changes made to the story dictated by the studio. It’s very good. In 1992 the director released the version that he wanted released in 1982, but the studio wouldn’t let him. It’s a much better story and movie. To me, it still qualifies as an ‘80’s movie, because it’s the version that would have hit screens in 1982 without studio interference. In 2007, with digital technology now available, the director used that tech to correct continuity and artifact errors and make visual and audio enhancements. It is the director’s cut digitally remastered. It’s also the only version in which the director had complete artistic control. It is the best version of the movie, but with so many digital corrections and enhancements, does it still qualify as an ‘80’s movie? If you want to see the best version, watch the Final Cut. If you want to see the movie the director wanted released and still feel like you’re watching an ‘80’s movie, watch the Director’s Cut. If you watch the theatrical release version, you’ll get a lot of people yelling at you that you watched the wrong one.

Vedsång

Yes, I am old... The Goonies was the very first movie I watched in the cinema with my parents. I still love it, maybe mainly for sentimental reasons...

Myoclonic Jerk

Single-vote polls are impossible. There's one or two that you like to see the reaction to because you know it would be fun, but then there's one or two that are absolute must-see films from a cinema history point of view. And i can't decide what to have for dinner most days (frequently resulting in just not eating).

Camron

If Blade Runner ends up winning, I would suggest watching “The Final Cut”, much better than the theatrical cut.

Adrian Duenas

There are multiple cuts of Blade Runner, but the best version to watch is the Final Cut from 2007. It’s Ridley Scott’s preferred cut, not to be confused with a director’s cut from 1992

hrafhraf

Eh, maybe in terms of the visuals, but it's also the most ruined version of the movie in terms of the story. Especially the scene inserted from unused Legend footage. Due to spoilers I'm not going to go into it in detail, but Ridley Scott clearly doesn't understand the story and disagrees with the original author, screenwriters and stars of the movie about the central plot, which also ruins the climax at the end. The Director's Cut from 92 doesn't look as good as the Final Cut version, but it's my preferred version in terms of the story.

Adrian Duenas

That’s your opinion and you’re entitled to it, to me the Final Cut to be a more enjoyable experience compared to the other cuts I’ve seen

Blind Entertainment

Too many good choices! Went with the goonies just because it’s a fun classic.

Camilla's Corner

we already did the 90s poll, that's what fight club won for!

Cris

I think you misspelled After Hours (1985)

Alex Ch

There are a lot of Blade Runner cuts, but the best one to watch is the “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” cut. Sometimes it’s not labeled as Blade Runner at all. Lol. I will say though that an interesting pair of movies to watch in order someday would be “Almost Famous” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” The former is an autobiographical tale of what Cameron Crowe did when he was graduating high school at 15. The latter is based on a non-fiction book he wrote when he went back “under cover” at age 22 to explain modern adolescence at the time.

Duane Richard

The great thing about Blade Runner is there are TWO fantastic versions of the movie readily available. BOTH versions should be watched. My suggestion is to watch in release order. Start with the theatrical version and then watch the "Final Cut" later. This movie is so good that not watching both is a mistake for a film aficionado.

Mike A

100% Final Cut. It provides a bit more information that enhances the story.