'80s Movie News

Modern Problems (1981) is the weirdest, off the rails, PG-rated Christmas hit. It's biggest problem was turning a raunchy mature R-film into a PG one so that it could be released on ...

Pour yourself a cup of ambition, it's the 40th Anniversary of 9 to 5! Wonderfully executed as a broad office buddy comedy, 9 to 5 made a definitive impact in ...

In 1980, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor's follow-up to their 1976 hit Silver Streak was highly anticipated. Despite critic's panning the film, Stir Crazy did double the business, was the 3rd highest grossing ...

The Outsiders is one of the most popular teen books in the 1980s, and teens couldn't wait to see the movie directed by one of the biggest names in cinema. ...

Beverly Hills Cop was the No. 1 movie in 1984, a year that many consider one of cinema's best. As Detroit police detective Axel Foley (a role originally written for ...

Listen and subscribe on iTunes and Stitcher. Top Gun is an iconic '80s action classic, a blockbuster that's beloved, and a Tony Scott treasure that has been selected for preservation ...

American Film Institute lists Airplane! (1980) as one of the Top 10 Funniest Movies of All Time, and any Gen X'r would agree with that. Gen Z, not so much. ...

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Bill & Ted don't share the same DNA as franchises like Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, or the DC Universe. As beloved as those films and characters are, the ...

Police Academy (1984) was both a product and ahead of its time. In our podcast '80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents, film authorities Tara McNamara, Gen ...

Based on the popular Parker Brothers game for kid 8 and up, Clue is a shocker of a family film: nearly all of its characters are defined by their sexual ...

Weird Science (1985) marks the halfway point in John Hughes' domination of the teen film in the '80s. The film seems to be trying to put a stop to films where ...