Mason Dixon’s Top 20 Movies Of The 1980’s

Author Mason Dixon

March 30th, 2021 3:34 PM

You know you have favorites from the 80’s. See how many of them match Mason’s list.

It’s so tough to narrow it down to 20, and then enough tougher to pick an order. Here’s what I came up with. How does it compare to your favorite movies from the 1980’s?

• #20 – “Beverly Hills Cop”

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  Starring Eddie Murphy, John Ashton and Judge Reinhold. (1984)

• #19 – “A Christmas Story”

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  Starring Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin (1983)

• #18 – “Stripes”

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  Starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy (1981)
• #17 – “The Karate Kid”

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  Starring Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio, Elisabeth Shue, William Zabka, Martin Kove (1984)

• #16 – “War Games”

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  Starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood Ally Sheedy (1983)

• #15 – “Pretty In Pink”

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  Starring Molly Ringwald, John Cryer, Andrew McCarthy
• #14 – “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

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  Shown: Forest Whitaker, director Amy Heckerling, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Judge Reinhold, Taylor Negron and Sean Penn accept the Guy Movie Hall of Fame award for "Fast Times on Ridgemont High" (1982)

• #13 – “Poltergeist”

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  Starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight

• #12 – “Trading Places”

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  Starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis (1983)
• #11 – “Gremlins”

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  Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton (1984)

• #10 – “The Blues Brothers”

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  Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, John Candy (1980)

• #9 – “Risky Business”

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  Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay (1983)
• #8 – “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

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  Starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck (1986)

• #7 – “Airplane!”

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  Starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1980)

• #6 – “Die Hard”

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  Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman (1988)
• #5 – “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

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  Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen (1981)

• #4 – “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”

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  Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid (1989)

• #3 – “The Empire Strikes Back”

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  Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher (1980)
• #2 – “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial”

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  Starring Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace (1982)

• #1 – “Back to the Future”

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  Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson (1985)

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