The Magic Johnson-Larry Bird Rivalry. Alamy. There are sports rivalries, and then there's the former rivalry of basketball greats Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. They were the Thor and Loki of their time; the Professor X and Magneto of 1980s basketball. 5. Airwolf (1984–1986) TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. 6.7. Rate. As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter. Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Ernest Borgnine, Jean Bruce Scott. Votes: 12,794. 7. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Gross: $222.7 million. Return of the Jedi might have revealed Darth Vader’s face, but The Empire Strikes Back revealed one of the Baby, just say yes to these lists of romantic films, gestures, and more. Over 200 filmgoers have voted on the 20+ films on Best '80s Romance Movies, Ranked. Current Top 3: The Blue Lagoon, Urban Cowboy, Somewhere in Time. The Blues Brothers 1980, 148 min. John Landis • Starring: John Belushi , Dan Aykroyd , John Candy. Absurd Comedy • Action Comedy • Adventure Comedy. find this movie on . Buy or Rent on iTunes. Find on Netflix. 10. John Hughes films really captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s, with hits like The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles. In the latter, Molly Ringwald played a teen madly in love with a gorgeous school jock who unfortunately had a girlfriend. Molly did a whole lot of moping until she caught her true love’s eye, so we managed to The 80s, with new technology and social change, were a marvelous decade for music, pop culture, and of course, movies. Thanks to films from the past decade like Jaws that changed the game for Other great horror anthologies from the 80s: Cat’s Eye (1985) – Also written by Stephen King, featuring a very young Drew Barrymore. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) – Based on Rod Serling’s original TV series, produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis. 9. .

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