And...Action!
This is heart-pounding adventure at its best. With handsome leading men to boot!
#5 Raiders of the Lost Ark
#4 Back to the Future
#3 The Goonies
#2 The Karate Kid
#1 The Empire Strikes Back
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We tried to come up with a list of our favorite films from the 80s, but it kept growing and growing! Here, a few that made the cut.
Teen Angst
Our favorite category by far--the clothes rocked!
#5 Heathers
#4 Say Anything
#3 Breakfast Club
#2 Pretty in Pink
#1 Sixteen Candles
Dance Fever
We heart legwarmers! (And we’re not ashamed to admit we secretly practice the moves from these flicks.)
#5 Breakin’
#4 Fame
#3 Flashdance
#2 Footloose
#1 Dirty Dancing
Fantasy Island
We’re all about imaginative, fantastical storylines--even better, the wildly creative costumes!
#5 Flight of the Navigator
#4 E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial
#3 Labyrinth
#2 The Neverending Story
#1 Ghostbusters
Cry, Baby
Sometimes all we crave is a big bowl of popcorn and a great tearjerker.
#5 Beaches
#4 Steel Magnolias
#3 Glory
#2 Terms of Endearment
#1 The Color Purple