34 OF THE BEST ’80S MOVIES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN
Made before HD was even invented, these are the best ’80s films you’ve probably never seen and really ought to watch.
While we could have filled this page with the likes of Ghostbusters, Back To The Future and any one of the original three Indiana Jones films, you’ve already seen them. Instead, this one is about those little treasures, from the quirky to the cult, that may have passed you by, though each gets a ‘best ’80s film’ nomination from us.
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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Was there a more iconic ’80s power couple than Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis? In this giddy cult classic, the duo is joined by Jim Carrey and SNL alumni Damon Wayans and Charles Rocket for a screwball fish-out-of-water comedy. After Davis discovers three fuzzy aliens have crash-landed in her swimming pool, she decides to give them the requisite 1980s makeover (cue montage) only to find that, once shaved, they make for an attractive trio of men. Intergalactic romance ensues.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
This legendary bootleg rockumentary was assembled from footage shot by budding filmmakers in the Maryland parking lot of a Judas Priest concert as fans gathered for pre-show drinks. There’s no
