NOMINATION 2
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director: Steven Spielberg
Year: 1981
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NOMINATION 2
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director: Steven Spielberg
Year: 1981
Raiders seconded.
Nomination #2
Wings of Desire
Director: Wim Wenders
Year: 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzzR2Uklok
My favorite foreign film of all time. Intensely moving film about an angel that longs to be human. Give it a chance, and you will be rewarded by a wonderful cameo by Peter Falk of all people. Beautiful arthouse masterpiece.
Nomination #2 - Ordinary People (1980)
Directed by Robert Redford
Nomination 2
The Thing 1982 Carpenter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ftmr17M-a4
I'll second The Thing.
Beat me to the thing as I was looking for something
So I nominate The Untouchables
1987
Brian De Palma
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Amy Heckerling
Watch trailer:
NOMINATION 3
"Game over, man. Game over!"
Film: Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Year: 1986
Just looking at some of these lists reminds me how fun the movies in this decade were, maybe not a lot of masterpieces but they were fun.
I second Aliens.
Die Hard
1988
John McTiernan
I will second Die Hard, the film that set the new standard by which the every-man hero would be judged moving forward.
Nomination #3
Full Metal Jacket
Director: Stanley Kubrik
Year: 1987
Arguably Kubrik's greatest achievement, and one of the best war movies of all time. Here is the opening speech - just great!
Full Metal Jacket seconded.
Aliens second
Nope, it's #15 on the list in the first post of this thread.
I will second The Empire Strikes Back (has no one really seconded it yet?) and nominate:
Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Release Date: 1988
Nomination #3 - Blue Velvet (1986)
Directed by David Lynch
The Bear (1988)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Watch trailer: