Michael Nesmith (yes, that one!) produces this farce and demonstrates what we already knew - he was really the talented one, and the funniest one. John Cusack and Tim Robbins, both exceptional actors capable of great subtlety, replace it with a great comic energy and a willingness to do almost anything for a joke. Cusack is especially endearing as a total sleazeball who will do anything for a buck. Sam Moore and Junior Walker pair up as the fictitious band "The Swanky Modes" adding a number of very soulful tunes to the soundtrack. To quote Josh & Ivan in the movie "We love the Swanky Modes!" My brother Charles turned me on to this film, one of the best pieces of advice he's ever given ... and that I've ever taken. (1988)

Stripes tells the story of John Winger and Russell Ziskey (Bill Murray and Harold Ramis), two losers in life. Winger is an inept cab driver that hates his job so much that he throws his keys off the Brooklyn Bridge one day while driving an annoying lady to the airport. Ziskey is a terrible ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher whose lesson plans include singing classic Phil Spector tunes (such as The Crystals' Da Do Ron Ron). After Winger informs Ziskey that in the last three hours he has lost his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend (but not his health), they decide to join the Army. ("Are either of you gay?" "No, but we are willing to learn.") And then all hilarity breaks loose. Stripes is one of the funniest movies ever made, and one of the most quotable. (1981)

It could have been The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; it could have been Time Bandits; in fact, it could have been any of the post-Monty Python efforts which made the Top 10. But it was this Terry Jones production of a Viking warrior who ponders his role in society which succeeded. Jones has done some pretty darn clever commentary on belief systems and epistemology; the fact that you can only be affected by that particular brand of magic in which you believe is a strong idea which rings nicely throughout the movie. (1989)

A great family film, or date film, or just sitting and watching alone one night film. There aren't many you can say this about. This is one of the few, a magical twist on the tried-and-tired stale "Once upon a time" storylines. (1987)

I'm still not sure what ultimately is the best moment of this movie: the phenomenal dissolves achieved by director Russell Mulcahy and producers Peter Davis and William Panzer; the various swordfighting scenes; or Clancy Brown's incognito-attempt makeover. Love the hair! Then again, maybe it's the fact that Christopher Lambert gets Roxanne Hart to have sex by announcing he is an immortal; maybe I should try that line. (1986)

All these attempts to recapture the 1980s and give today's movie audience a chance to relive the Reagan Years from a youthful, teen angst point-of-view totally miss the boat; no movie can better capture that feeling, that mood, than Fast Times at Ridgemont High. From Spicoli the stoner to Ratner's reluctance to "go all the way", from Damone's ticket scalper to innocent Stacy Hamilton's attempts to find true love, Fast Times has it all. (1982)

As a young boy who grew up watching the Detroit Tigers and loving The Bad News Bears, I have had a long and emotional love of the game of baseball. Maybe that's why I can so closely relate to Crash Davis and Annie Savoy, who for very different reasons hold on to the Shrine of Baseball as their spiritual haven. Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins - the whole cast, actually - give as realistic a portrayal of life in the professional ranks as has been seen, and we feel the pain of an aging veteran who yearns for one more taste of The Show, only to have those dreams dealt yet another blow. (1988)

It's a musical (James Brown, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn)! It's a cameofest (Steve Lawrence, John Candy, Frank Oz, Twiggy, Stephen Bishop, John Landis, Paul Reubens, Joe Walsh and - yes - Steven Spielberg)! Most of all, it's a wild twist on the overdone car chase movie. Straightfaced and stoic, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd pull off one of the most memorable comedy performances of all time, forever bonding the Saturday Night Live veterans at the hips as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues. Back up the solid (and at times unforgiving) script with excellent blues performances by Cab Calloway, Robert "Duck" Dunn, "Colonel" Steve Cropper, Murphy Dunne, Willie "Too Big" Hall, Tom "Bones" Malone, "Blue" Lou Marini, Matt "Guitar" Murphy and Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin, and The Blues Brothers ranks as an all-time great. (1980)

How important is this movie to me and my friends? At bachelor parties, we've watched it ... and of course quoted ever line, as it happened. Hey, we all have the script memorized; it was sort of a surround-surroundsound moment. John Cusack is a hero as the loser who, dumped by his girlfriend Beth for the resident ski stud, can't even kill himself. But he meets Monique, the French foreign exchange student living across the street with fatboy Ricky Smith, and it turns out she not only speaks English, but is able to rebuild dead Camaros, too. Now there's a girlfriend! It's a cult favorite, but it's our cult favorite, and watching this movie taught my friends and me many things: what kinds of Christmas gifts to buy, how to build spaceships out of common household appliances, ways to avoid paying irritating paperboys a couple of bucks, and - of course - the "international language." I love you, Diane Franklin! (1985)

I'm still not sure how this move ever became my all-time favorite. I mean, I like science-fiction, but as you can see from the list, most of my favorites are of the comedy genre. BladeRunner is anything but a comedy: dark, depressing and deep. What Star Wars did for the genre, BladeRunner undid. It shows a dirty, ugly future much closer to the one we are approaching than any idealized version of the 21st Century. Still, there is something about the Ridley Scott endeavor which I have always appreciated and enjoyed. Its many mixed messages. Its ponderances about life and the afterlife. Even before the re-released Director's Cut (which thankfully removed that Godawful "happy" ending and Harrison Ford's monotone-drawl narration), this movie was my favorite; after the editing was complete, it had been elevated to an even loftier height. I love just watching this movie in a dark room, with the only light being the strains emiting from the television, and just losing myself in the world of BladeRunner Rick Deckard and 2019 Los Angeles. Rutger Hauer's portrayal of Nexus-6 Replicant android Roy Batty is powerful, and Sean Young's Rachael is constantly playing devil's advocate to Deckard's line of fire. BladeRunner is not a traditional sci-fi movie, it's a touching "film noir" drama about the value of life and the importance of making the most of what you've got. One of the most important themes in the film is the question of what is more valuable - humans without emotions, or machines with? Who has rights? What is life? How do we determine how something is judged to be alive or not? The film gives no answer - it just opens our eyes and makes us aware that we should be grateful for being alive. (1982)

Tom Cruise had a rash of great ones.

Definitely a good movie. Definitely

Damn Funny.

Fortunately spawned more.

John Cusack at his best.

Unfortunately spawned more.

Just a brilliant movie.

Sigourney with the strongest female lead of alltime.

Best baseball movie.

Best and most realistic war movie ever.

"I'm the ghost with the most babe"

A amazing movie that makes us wish for those days of childhhod

One of the first scary movies that I ever saw when I was about 6. Gremlins are so cute! *Dont get them wet, or let them eat after midnight*

A great scary movie that helped to start Drew Barrymores acting career, along with E.T.

A type of movie that makes all believe that we can get away with it all!

Its a movie that I could watch over and over again just to see the actress playing Mollys sister passes out at her own wedding.

Molly Rinwalled strikes again, its a aewsome movie that was a part of living in the eighties with the big hair and bad clothes.

I cant resit a good Jon Cusak movie, specially when he comes out the good guy.

How could anyone not love the phrases,"F*ck me gentle with a chainsaw", and lick it up baby lick it up" Not to mention you have Wynona Ryder and Christain Slater together ;p

The closest example to what its really like to got through highschool with the steortypes we place on eachother

I'm graduating and I can't even look at the cover without tearing up.

Greatest remake of the 80's.

It's a given. Teen angst at its best.

Makes me 6 years old again.

Because romantic comedies were the best things to come out of the 80's.

Love it

Entertaining always. 2nd VHS ever.

Too funny. First VHS ever.

Awesome.

Made me fall in love with John Cusack and raised my standards for men higher than humanly possible.

this movie is oo funny!!

i bet no one has seen this but i love it anyways!

i love this movie so much!

OK kevin Bacon can't be any cuter than he was in footloose! that is a great movie

Molly Ringwald is my idol! I love her to death!

This movie is wonderful!

OK i love Cru! This movie is super chessey but it is awesome!

WHo doesn't love this movie?!?! It is awesome!`

I love this movie also it is great!!

I absolutely love this movie. i love to dance and Sarah Jessica Parker is so cute when she says that!!!

"Dead, murdered, stabbed!" , "raped???"...hahaha...that was funny...

that was such a good movie...it just was...

Corey Haim is a serious hottie!!!!!!!!...i wanna marry him!!!!!!!!!...yum yum...

ahhhh...Matthew Broderick...he was such a cool guy...

oooh David Bowe was great!...the songs just rule...

I LOVE COREY HAIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only a good movie, think about the songs man...

SOOOOOOO good...ah geeze...michael j fox was SO cute!...mmmm...

Oh, it was just great...great great great..."HEY YOU GUUUYYYYYSSS!"

By far the best movie EVER...i know every single word...

Again, the Master at work.

I have gone through copies of this movie.

I have the soundtrack for this one. I have never been in love with anyone the way that I am in love with David Bowie in this movie. His eyes, his accent, and that ballroom scene.....the man is so sexy I melt.

This movie is just like everyones token 80s favorite.

I'm a big Cruise fan because the man does have talent. Top Gun- I always fast forward to the volleyball scene, and Cocktail, great movie. Tom Cruise has something that makes you love him.

I cant believe that someone else put this movie. I taped it from tv way back in the day and get flashbacks when I watch it. Laura Thomson- you ROCK!!

Again with the John Hughes thing. I cannot get enough. This man is a God to me.

"Hey Griswold, where do you think youre gonna put a tree that big?" "Bend over and I'll show ya"

I am a John Hughes junkie in every way. John Hughes is a pure specimen. He's brilliant and wonderful and the most amazing writer/producer/director that will ever exist.

This movie is the end all be all of human existence. I cannot explain how much I love this movie. I do not care to say that my life revolves around Ferris, and fellow fans will know what I mean.

hi im chucky wana play?????

I just love Anthony Michael Hall when he plays drunk..

my favorite horror-classic

Hilarious!

Just that music......!

My favorite Tommie movie.

laughing and crying at the same time!

I loved to see how the college graduates work out problems together. Also the music is great, made wanna be a teenager in the 80s.

My favorite romantic movie. Rob Lowe is such a hottie The chemistry between him and Demi Moore really is splashing of the screen!

I loved it as a kid and i still do, it's the music, the creatures it's magical!

Haim and Feldman, Patric and Gertz, Sutherland and Winter. Absolutely great.

The most loveable alien ever

Again John Hughes extraordinairy, as well as Michael Hall's top performance

DeLorean, MJ Fox and the Doc. Absolutley Radical (80s slang)

Axel F, Rosewood and killer soundtrack

Howling fun and roof top surfing

Nuff Said

Ringwald - brilliant Michael Hall - better

Great cast again, good clean childrens fun and a search for lost treasure, what more could one ask for?

All star cast, great director and the best of the 80s.

The most "in your face" realistic Bond adventure

Suspenseful action packed stunner, only slightly bettered by the 1991 sequel.

Vastly under rated John Cleese comic romp

John Hughes, Steve Martin and John Candy, need I say more? didn't think so.

Tounge in cheek horror, love every minute.

Brilliantly comic and darn right crazy - typically '80's

See above.

Its Indianna Jones, enough said.

Classic "feel good" John Hughes comedy

The best action movie ever made. Full stop

best movie every

Was probably the biggest breakthrough for science fiction since star wars.

Great movie starring every good 80's actor!!!!

The brat pack returns with a vengeance!

As far as I'm concerned this is the only good vampire movie made.

"There ours dad, they're American" This line still gives me goosebumps.

Was vintage 80's and will be forever.

I love Mary Stuart Masterson. She was stunning.

Tom Berenger frightened the shit out of me. He's great!

Loved this and all the young stars when they could act.

You have to love the brat pack. Molly, Judd, Emelio, Ally and Anthony were fabulous.

Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, and Morgan Freeman all gave masterful performances in this one! Great movie.

A must on everyone's list! Matthew Broderick was perfect in this one.Every high school kid's dream.

"Nerds, nerds, nerds, nerds!"

Eddie Murphy was on fire in this one. So cocky, funny, clever. I love the scene where he checks into the hotel and where he gets the two cops in trouble in the strip club by foiling a robbery. Good performance by Judge Reinhold.

Hilarious, clever plot. Eddie Murphy and Dan Akyroyd in this film together are like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in basketball - perfect complements and two of the five funniest to come from SNL.

"Don't yell at me." "You're the one who got us in this mess, you get us out of this mess." "You want out - OK."

Tom Cruise RULED in this movie. Launched the careers of Cruise, Val Kilmer, Rick Rossovich, Tim Robbins, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan and others.

"Let me get this straight - you made a time machine- out of a DeLorean?"

Great special effects and plot.My favorite of the trilogy.

"He's dead?" (Laughter) "So what you're saying, essentially, is that Napolean was a short,dead dude?" "Well, yeah."