Movies of the 80s
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We love the 1980s. Everything on this page is all about movies of the 1980s. Starting in 1980 and working our way the decade, we are preserving the stories and movies of the greatest decade, the 80s. https://www.youtube.com/@Moviesofthe80s
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Unstreamable ’80s Classics: The Movies Lost in Digital Limbo
The reality of the streaming era is something stranger, and far more fragile. A surprising number of culturally significant films from the 1980s—movies that helped define their era, shape careers, and influence generations of filmmakers—are not currently available to stream on major subscription platforms in the United States. They are not lost in the literal sense. They exist. But they are functionally invisible, stranded in a digital limbo created by rights disputes, lapsed licenses, music clearances, and the quiet indifference of corporations toward anything that doesn’t immediately generate clicks.
By Movies of the 80sabout 3 hours ago in Geeks
The Poltergeist Curse Is a Myth — And It’s Harming Real Legacies
I’ve always been mildly annoyed by the so-called Poltergeist curse. YouTube video essays love it. The ominous music. The hushed voices. The grave respectability as they recount tragedies that happened to real people — real lives reduced to spooky footnotes for clicks.
By Movies of the 80s5 days ago in Horror
Top 10 Shameless 80s Movie Ripoffs, Ranked by IMDb Audience Scores
Hollywood blockbusters ruled the 1980s—but they didn’t rule alone. Hot on the heels of films like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Escape from New York, Alien, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Predator, a wave of low-budget exploitation movies—many produced in Italy—raced into theaters and video stores with suspiciously familiar plots, costumes, and action beats.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
Batman in 1983: The Movie We Almost Got Before Tim Burton Changed Everything
By the time Batman arrived in theaters in 1989, it felt inevitable. The black suit. The gothic skyline. Danny Elfman’s operatic score. Jack Nicholson’s Joker. Tim Burton’s vision was so dominant it rewired how pop culture saw the character.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
Blue Skies Again (1983): A Feminist Sports Movie That Trips Over Its Own Ideals
There are forgotten movies because they’re bad, and forgotten movies because they arrived too early, too late, or with the wrong instincts. Blue Skies Again, a modest 1983 baseball comedy, belongs uneasily in all three categories. It presents a premise that still unfortunately feels timely today — a teenage girl with the talent and drive to become a professional baseball player — yet consistently loses confidence in that very idea. What remains is a curious, frustrating time capsule: a film that should champion equality and instead clumsily trips over the very sexist ideals it should be upending.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
'To Be or Not to Be' (1942 vs. 1983): When Comedy Laughs in the Face of Fascism
In 1942, Ernst Lubitsch released To Be or Not to Be into a world already at war with itself. The ink on the headlines was still wet. Europe was in flames. Hitler was not a punchline — he was a living, breathing catastrophe.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
Did Vic Morrow Know He Was Going to Die on the Set of Twilight Zone: The Movie?
It has become part of the lore surrounding the horrific accident that killed Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Din Le and Renee Shin Ye Chen that Morrow somehow predicted his own death.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
The Director Who Killed His Own Movie: Lawrence Turman and the Most Honest Press Tour of 1983
Hollywood runs on illusion. Directors sell confidence. Producers sell certainty. Even bad movies are promoted like misunderstood masterpieces waiting for their audience to catch up.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
John Travolta’s Lost Decade: Fame, Flops, and Survival in the 1980s
Few people will ever know what it feels like to become famous overnight. Not internet famous. Not viral-for-a-week famous. Real, unavoidable, nationwide celebrity. The kind where your face is suddenly everywhere and you don’t get a say in the matter.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Geeks
