M.R. Merrick’s Top 10 Fave 80s Movies

We wanted to get to know Matty a little better and since he’s such a huge fan of 80’s flicks, we asked what his top 10 favorite movies of the good ‘ol 80s are.  Here goes, Matty take it away!


Ahh, the 80’s. Who doesn’t love them? They birthed some of our favorite movies of all time. We had some young Keanu Reeves action with Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Robots with feelings? You got it in Short Circuit

And let’s not forget singing mermaids

  and our not-so-scary, hairy basketball playing Michel J. Fox in Teen Wolf

(Hey look, a hairy beaver!)

And the seemingly mute boy who just sat on his roof until one day, BAM, he was…. The Boy Who Could Fly

We had geeks who got the girl, or should I say, “made” the girl, in Weird Science

and creepy dudes with skin and finger nail problems in Nightmare on Elm Street 



 

 

We can’t forget the cuteness of Milo & Otis

 
or Mr. Miyagi who taught us about painting fences and stuff in The Karate Kid
 

The 80’s were full of some pretty damn awesome movies,
like The Never Ending Story

Huge dog that can fly? What? Where have you been all my life?

Oh yeah…in the 80’s…anyways. 

The 80’s, great movies, yes, but none that I loved more than the following:

10. Lethal Weapon/Rain Man

These two are sharing a spot because I don’t like rules and I happen to enjoy both of these very much. Over the top 80’s action, or Tom Cruise being mean to a mentally challenged math genius and then taking advantage of his abilities to count cards at blackjack tables? Both of these movies pretty much rock.

9. Gremlins

I freaking LOVED this movie. I mean really, if you put aside the fact that you can’t feed him after midnight, or ever get him wet because evil, hairless, creepy little evil zombie-like gremlins would spawn from his back and come after you, who would pass up on the opportunity to own a Gizmo. Not this guy.

8. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Ooooooh Yeaaaaah. This movie pretty much rocked everybody’s pants off. I didn’t see this movie until I was older, but it became an instant classic for me. It’s one of the few movies from my child hood I can still watch today, and not think “How did I ever enjoy this?”

7. Willow

Nobody talks about this much. I loved this movie. It has Val Kilmer, and a dwarf who is destined to protect a baby. A freaking little person who saves the day! I loved this movie. It has some great Fantasy elements, and some of the characters just make me smile.

6. Batman

Now this was before the years of Christian Bale and his ridiculously deep and over the top Batman voice. This is it. The original. This movie was bad ass in every form. And Michael Keaton still might be my favorite Batman. Plus, Jack Nicholson as The Joker?

Like I said. Bad. Ass.

5. Back To The Future

Michael J. Fox and a pink hover board. Need I say more?

4. The Goonies

Nobody rocks harder than the little Chinese inventor kid, Data. Just saying.

This movie will forever be at the top of my favorites list. Not just for 80’s movies, but movies in general. It’s got comedy, action, adventure, and booby traps. It’s an all-around win.

3 ½. Lost Boys

Whoa! 3 ½ How did this sneak in here? It must be because there are badass freaking vampire’s that scared the crap out of me as a child.  Or perhaps it was the two Corey’s rocking the big screen. Either way, the movie is awesomeness overloaded. I still love watching this movie.

3. The Princess Bride

This movie is hilarious, and has some of the best and most ridiculous writing ever. Pretty much everyone knows at least one quote from this film, and it deserves to be recognized on a huge scale. If you are one of those rock dwellers that hasn’t seen this, you should slap yourself across the face right now. And then go buy it.

2. Labyrinth

David Bowie wears tight pants! Like that’s anything new. How about if he throws a baby in the air in an unsafe manner while singing about dancing magic? WIN! How about little fuzzy goblins?

Win!

How about a big goblin with a huge nose who talks funny and like plastic and can’t decide if he’s bad or good? A giant beast that can sing to rocks? How about a little goblin with a VERY impressive mustache who rides a dog?

MEGA WIN!

What about a mythical land where left is right and down is up and everyone talks in riddles?

Yeah, this movie pretty much defines epic. OH! And don’t forget about the one and only adorable talking worm!!!!

Cuteness.

1. Top Gun

Tom Cruise has about a handful of must-see 80’s movies,

none more so than this, in my opinion. Cocktail is great, but it doesn’t have what this movie does.

Goose.

Everyone loves Goose.

Plus Val Kilmer as the jerk, with abnormally large and overly whitened teeth.

And for all you ladies, there’s a bunch of guys who get sweaty and play volleyball.

But really, it’s Top Gun, what else can I say about this movie? It takes you to the Danger Zone. Did you see what I did there? I know, I’m funny. Wicked ass jet fighter pilots pit themselves against one another to be the best. So who is the best? If you don’t actually know the answer to that, slap yourself again, this time with a pair of the dirtiest underwear you can find, that don’t belong to you, and make sure you never make this mistake again.

And that my friends, is my top 10 plus a few, must-see 80’s movie list!

Phew, that’s a pretty serious list right there!  Your list includes some of our favorites too!

Thanks to Matt and you guys for hanging with us today and stick around because we have more EXILED and SHIFT awesomeness coming up!