As we move into the last two decades I will mention lots of films I saw at the cinema when they first came out. The films I have already mentioned fro the 70’s and before I have caught up with over time, but this is the 80’s the decade of VHS. That’s how I saw all these movies on home video.
1980: The Shining, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane! Raging Bull, The Blues Brothers
1981: Mad Max 2, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Evil Dead, An American Werewolf in London, Scanners
1984: The Terminator, Once Upon a Time in America, Ghostbusters, Repo Man, Streets of Fire
1985: Fandango, Back to the Future, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Brazil
1986: Aliens, Blue Velvet, Platoon, Salvador, The Colour of Money
1987: Aliens, The Lost Boys, Evil Dead II, Hellraiser, Near Dark
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