Movies From The Eighties

By Author: john idniese
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It is not always easy to come up with a top five or top ten of the best movies, best songs or of anything else. You would usually always send days arguing with your friends over which are the best and why you think this movie or song should not be in your list.

Anyway, the eighties, like the seventies have provided us with great movies and here is my top five of the best movies coming from the eighties.
I would probably put E.T from Steven Spielberg in the first position. This movie from the beginning of the eighties has been watched by millions of people who probably still speak about it. It is a great movie that used special effects wonderfully.
This masterpiece has received many awards like some Oscars, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe just to name some of the most well known.
I think I would put Top Gun in my second place. This film directed by Tony Scott in the middle of the eighties saw some very well known actors like Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer or Meg Ryan play in it. This movie was a great success in the United Stated and around the world.
My third place would go to Dirty Dancing. This movie directed ...
... by Emile Ardolino in which you can see a great Patrick Swayze is still the favourite movie of many women around the world. Despite the fact that the director had a very small budget, the film was a worldwide success.
The forth place would go to Beverly Hills Cop. Eddy Murphy is at his best playing a cop from Detroit. The movie was released in the middle of the eighties by Martin Brest. The success of the first movie lead to two others later but those were not as popular as the first one. It was anyway a great piece of action and fun at the same time.
In the fifth place, I would put Back to the Future. This movie released in 1985 and directed by Robert Zemeckis was the beginning of a great trilogy that we have probably all watched. The story of a young man and a crazy scientist going back to the past has fascinated many young people back in the eighties with Michael J Fox playing beautifully his character. A great film in my opinion.

This top five is only my view and I do not think we would all agree on that. Those who like these movies can maybe watch free movies from this list by checking on sites offering free streaming movies to watch legally.