Travel back in time with these 80sthemed tv shows and movies. New ghostbusters movie set in present day, will follow. Moviesshorts films with aesthetics, soundtrack, references, or set in the 80s, filmed decades later. While some are cheesy and horrible, others are quotable and iconic. When shes not watching films, she likes listening to music, cooking too much food, and. Best movies about the 80s list of period films set in the 1980s. Freshman jake is one of several new recruits to the college baseball.
Glenn howerton, tinsley grimes, chyler leigh, eddie shin. This category is for films with a significant portion set in the 1980s. Netflixs best of the 80s offers a dose of teen comedy, some cult. The 15 best 80s movies on netflix top 1980s films streaming now. Cruise robert siegels enchanting timecapsule romance is set in the summer of 1987, and its the rare 80s nostalgia film that touches the heart of an era. The shoulder pads, the hair bands, the abnormally large cell phones many hollywood films have tried to recreate the feeling of the era through film. Ben stiller, river phoenix, christian slater, helen slater, nick mancuso, molly ringwald, andrew mccarthy, various.
The 15 best 80s movies on netflix are best served with a can of new coke. That 10year stretch has been a veritable pop culture mine for tv and film creators lately, as weve seen in riffs like the macgyver and ghostbusters reboots, and homages like stranger things. The list is sorted by the year the film was released. Though wonder woman first appeared in the film franchise during batman v superman, the majority of her debut movie was set during world war i, the earliest that any superhero movie. New york city has been a magnet for tourism for decades. New ghostbusters movie set in present day, will follow trajectory of 80s classics. Better off dead may tear at the throat of 80s conventions with reckless abandonment, but the fact that it must still address them in the process makes it a fascinating snapshot of the era thats. New 80s tv shows trend glow, stranger things, snowfall. Big business 1988 in the 1940s in the small town of jupiter hollow. Joker director todd phillips set the movie in the 80s for a brilliant reason. Movies that take place in the 80s popsugar entertainment. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the jazz music that made it so famous. So here are 10 more modern horror films that pay homage to the 80s, just in case stranger things was not enough for you. Theres a movie im looking for the name of, it was a movie made back in the 70s to 80 s but was set back in roughly to 50s to 60s, it was about a rich girl and a poor guy fall inlove but the father didnt agree, he drove a yellow chevy and to get to the girls house he had to drive over a wooden bridge, would anyone know the name of this movie at all.
Although most of the dceu has been set in a chronological order, wonder woman has been the rare exception. Black mirror s san junipero, set in 1987 is instantly recognizable for many reasons, but its iconic late 80s color and excess truly defines this emmyaward winning episode. There are famous places here that have been here since antiquity. Thats right, we recommend some rotten additions for your 80s movie playlists, because this is one decade only fully experienced with the good, the bad, and the feathered neon.
So naturally, any current properties culled from the 80s will. This list was compiled in june 2014 on the basis that the films were popular in the era of release as well as successful at the box office and have lasted the test of time. Its been a trend, however, for some time among horror movie directors, especially in the indie circuit a few of the most notable horror flicks of recent years have been inspired by this 80s revival in one way or another. The films cast already had fun reenacting classic 80s film scenes, but it got me thinking about other films that pay tribute to the beloved decade. In 1984, three former parapsychology professors decided to set up. New mutants setting changed from the 80s due to xmen. Not only is it set in the 80s, but it transports those of us around then to that reagan era where shoulder pads, huge earrings, and new wave. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 362 total. The list of new arrivals to shudder for april 2020 is below, but first, im going to celebrate five films currently available on the worlds best horror streaming service. The dceu has stepped away from crossover heavy films, instead.
Films from many decades have been set in the 80s, because who can resist a great. I really hope you seek out the movies you havent seen here. We have a church in lower manhattan thats been consistently used since 17. This film also features a cute texan actress who has appeared in the most pictures on our list, corinne bohrer surf 2, the beach girls, zapped, joysticks, stewardess school and of course shes paul reisers upstairs neighbor in cross my heart. Whether theyre made in the 80s or set in the 80s, these are the films. While halloween was by no means the first slasher film, it was the definitive classic that launched whats lovingly dubbed as the golden age of slashers, the period from 1978 to the mideighties. Patty jenkins has confirmed that wonder woman 2 will be another period piece, this time set in the 1980s. That 80s show is a halfhour ensemble comedy focusing on a group of twentysomethings finding their way through the 80s in san diego. The second movie, ghostbusters ii, was released in 1989. Based on an era of bright colors and bad attitudes, here are the top ten modern tv shows and movies set in the decade of decadence. In new york citys harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is.
Well, so far as translating the video game arcade scene to film goes, then yeah, it did. It was the movie that took a new york nightclub subculture and turned it into a phenomenon, one bee gees song at a time. Originally, while working with producer simon kinberg, the new mutants was set in the 80s universe with professor x in it, with storm in it, and a bunch of other stuff, as boone commented. With the 80s making such a smashing comeback, the time is ripe for a nostalgic tour of iconic films set in new york during the decade. Should be interesting but probably more so for big fans of 80s music because i. In the history of motion pictures in the united states, many films have been set in new york city, or a fictionalized version thereof. Disneys animated 101 dalmatians was set in the 50s or 60s, but this cruellacentric film will flash forward to the 80s, and it is being. This film provides a colorful look into the late 80s new york rave counterculture and. Abandoned movie set and tv filming locations for gunsmoke and the outlaw josey wales. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in new york, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. Joker director todd phillips set the movie in the 80s for.