Very cool! Thank you so much for watching. And I know the feeling... I've discovered so many movies from watching other collector channels myself. We all learn from each other. Thanks for the comment!

I love When Harry Met Sally... that's another one I forgot about, but I used to watch it all the time. So many classic scenes from that film. Billy Crystal's best! Flash Gordon is a great slice of cheesy 80s goodness as well... I have the Arrow 4K, and it looks stunning! Thanks for watching!

You know, I've never seen The Outsiders, but I've been meaning to check it out... I bought it on blu-ray a few years ago and still haven't gotten around to it. St. Elmo's Fire is another good one.. I remember watching that one quite a bit too back in the day. I deliberately left a few key films off this list (Terminator, Aliens), just because I've talked about them recently as my all-time favorite films. So I was going for a bit of a different vibe with this list. But I agree Terminator and Blade Runner can also deliver on the nostalgia a bit from the era. Thanks for watching and chiming in!

@@TheOriginalFuzz Like many/most nostalgia movies, it most likely hits the heart if you saw it at a young/impressionable age. So hope you like The Outsiders if and when you see it, but I love it because I enjoyed it in the 80s. My daughter is 16 now and she counts The Outsiders as her #3 favorite movie of all-time, guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree! Agree with your approach on this list, if you stayed totally to the 80s favs it would be the list of the same movies we all love but best to get a wider mix of movies for the unititiated masses to experience!

"The princess bride" didn't make the list Inconceivable

@@brucethen Lol yeah I know that's a popular one, but honestly, I can't stand that film. Definitely not my cup of tea.

@@TheOriginalFuzz Yes I can certainly understand that, quite a bit of the comedy comes from lines being repeated.

Yeah I hear ya! Kinda makes one feel a little bit like a dinosaur, no? LMAO! 😆😉 Thanks for watching!

It actually warms my heart that many young people today hold 80's (and to lesser extent, 90's) culture with great reverence. In fact, kids seem to envy what were able to enjoy in our youth.

@@chadeldred3539 I have noticed that too... in fact, my son is 14, and even he seems to feel that way. He's taken a bit of an interest in 80s culture, and he's even said to me a couple times "It sounds like the 80s were an amazing time to grow up in." And of course, I totally agree. I miss those days. But he's also said that he doesn't care for the look of some of the movies from that time... that they look "old" to him. But he absolutely loves the music from the 80s. So I guess it just depends on which youth one talks to, and which aspect of 80s culture we're talking about. But it does seem like many people in general hold the 80s era in higher regard now than maybe used to be the case 20 years ago.

@@TheOriginalFuzz I was very young in the 80's myself, and that time in the UK was not amazing. I was too young to realise it of course, but I can't agree that the 80's was "amazing" , well, at least not in a good way. Margret Thatcher was the beginning of the end in the UK.

True say 😅

No problem! Thanks for watching! Really appreciate it.

Thanks so much for watching!

Very cool! I love Fright Night and own it on 4K. And I forgot all about Crocodile Dundee, but that's another one I remember playing on cable and watching quite a bit. i think I even liked the sequel at the time, if I remember right lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!

I second crocodile dundee

I totally know what you mean... I feel like the movies back in the day had a certain magic to them, and every release that I saw in the theater was an experience to be treasured. It seems like we've lost some of that passion for movies collectively as a culture in the modern era. Our perception of motion pictures was different back then. The 80s was just an amazing decade to come of age in. Some of the best movies ever, and some of the best music too. I miss it. Thanks so much for watching, and for the kind words!

I would love to see those on 4K, especially Say Anything. Thanks for watching.

Oh I completely agree... such an incredible year for movies. Thanks for watching!

Oh yes definitely check those out... they really are fun throwbacks to the 80s. So many quirky, quotable moments in those films. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Oh man, I totally forgot about Romancing the Stone! And I even own it lol. But you're right... that's another good one that I remember played a lot on HBO/Showtime in the 80s, and I would often come across it when it was looking for something to watch on cable. Watched it many times. Btw that's a great story I can totally relate to. My dad was an engineer, so before we ever got HBO, he built a giant home-made satellite dish and put it up on our roof, figured out where to point it, and we were able to get "The Z Channel" in (which was like a premium movie channel service I think), but it was a very inconsistent, snowy picture if I remember right (because we were getting it for "free" LMAO!!🤣😉). Thanks for watching and commenting Chad! Great to hear from you!

Yeah that's a good one too... I definitely remember watching that film a few times. John Cusack did some fun stuff back in the 80s.

He totally did! I’ve got such love for that time

Yeah I was in the same boat before I picked up the 4K. I used to watch it a lot when I was younger, but hadn't seen it some time. A great 4K release from Shout! Good-looking transfer... I had a blast revisiting it after many years away. Thanks for watching and chiming in!

Hi Dwayne! Geat to hear from you. Yeah I totally hear ya... honestly, Rocky kind of slipped my mind, but I definitely don't disagree with you on Rocky 3 and 4 (my two personal favorites of the entire franchise). They really are perfect 80s nostalgia movies. If I had done like a 25- or 30-title list, I probably would've put one of those on the list (3 is my favorite... love Mr. T as Clubber Lang). And yeah, I miss the "olden days" myself LOL! In fact, that's part of why I got back into collecting so heavily... because of the nostalgia. The 80s and 90s really were awesome decades to grow up in. I feel like the world has become much more cynical and "uptight" since then. Thanks for watching and weighing in my friend!

Hi Ken! Great to see you! Thanks so much. Yeah John Lithgow as the strict father/pastor was great stuff.. he was awesome in the role. I've always had a bit of a rebellious streak in me, so I could relate to Kevin Bacon's character (Bacon is such a great actor... I've always liked him). Fun film. Yes, very silly and cheesy, but quintessentially 80s! Thanks for watching and chiming in brother. Hope you're having a great summer as well!

Thank you so much John! Really appreciate you checking out the vid and chiming in! As for the t-shirt... yep, I'm a huge fan of Tears for Fears. In fact, my wife and I took our 14-year-old to see the band live last year, and it was one hell of a show! It was my kid's favorite concert of the year (we go to a lot of shows as a family... it's kind of our thing. And we went to like 6-7 shows last year). Anyway, great to hear from you man!

@@TheOriginalFuzz That’s an awesome thing to do as a family! i’ve always enjoyed their music. I always try and check out your videos I just might not comment all the time lol.

@@LetsTalkEntertainmentMedia Oh I hear ya man! I'm the same way. I don't always comment, but I'm often lurking and liking! Lol! Appreciate it brother!

Great stuff! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Ah yes! I know the movie very well... I actually saw Firefox in the theater when it first came out. Loved it, but I just forgot about it for this list (which reminds me that I need to pick that one up for my collection). I totally agree -- it's a great choice! Thanks for watching.

Oh very cool! You know, I grew up in southern California myself... though I was south of Reseda in Garden Grove, Orange Co. But one of the reasons I love this film so much is the southern CA vibe and connection to my own childhood. Totally takes be back whenever I watch this. I've still never seen Last American Virgin to this day... I'll have to check it out at some point. Thanks for watching and chiming in!

Great choices! I love Can't Buy Me Love... forgot all about that one or I surely would've included it. That's another one I watched quite a few times. Also, I just bought the new Vinegar Syndrome 4K of DARYL and I'm really looking forward to checking it out... I don't think I've ever seen it. Or if I did, it was only once and I don't really remember it. Thanks for watching!

Hey Daniel thanks for watching and becoming a channel member as well! Really appreciate that. And yeah, I can definitely recommend Real Genius on 4K... the Sony release looks fantastic. The colors look really vibrant and have lots of pop. Very cool restoration. Weird Science is maybe not as good, depending on your perspective. It's really grainy in places, just due to how the film was made. So if you're not a fan of that kind of thing, you may want to pass on the 4K and just go with the previous Arrow blu-ray (they released a blu-ray a few years ago I think... which may be have even been sourced from the same 4K scan, but I'm not certain about that). The only downside of the John Hughes Yearbook collection is that Weird Science is only the theatrical version... doesn't have extended cut with the extra 3 minutes of film. But that may not be a big deal to you (it's not really anything critical, in terms of extra scenes), in which case you may be just fine with the Yearbook collection if you already have it. Anyway thanks again! Super grateful for your support.

​@@TheOriginalFuzz 3 minutes. Take my money. Jokes aside I think I will be adding both for upgrade purposes

Yes - Tango and Cash would be great in 4K! That's a fun one for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Oh that's right! I do remember Planes Trains coming out on 4K, now that you mention it. I think I just forgot about it since I was focusing on brat pack flicks. But yeah, I heard the transfer wasn't the best (although it may have had more to do with the way the film was made than the transfer itself). Great stuff! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much... appreciate you watching as always! Yeah Kurt Russell is awesome... another one of my favorite actors. Snake is so iconic. I even like Escape from LA... it's hilarious! LOL😆

@@TheOriginalFuzz i think LA was severely under appreciated at the time, people didn’t realize it was meant to be a satire lol. I love John carpenter and 80’s I feel was him at his highest reign.

Yep I totally agree and feel exactly the same way about both LA and John Carpenter in the 80s in general. His best work was definitely in the 80s... i get nostalgic watching quite a few of his films from back then. BTW, I just noticed you became a Fuzz Club member. Thank you so much Jorden!! I'm really grateful for the support. Always enjoy chatting with you here!

@@TheOriginalFuzz for sure man, always enjoy chatting as well, your enthusiasm for movies is so awesome and contagious lol

Thanks Ryan! Oh yeah, those are all definitely high up on my list too (some are among my all-time favorite movies). But I deliberately left faves like Terminator and Aliens off this list, just because I figured I had talked about them a lot in other recent videos, and was going for a little different vibe anyway... kind of leaning into the slice-of-life/family/comedy films a little more. But I'm right there with you on all on all those you mentioned... I love them!! And they do also take me back to the 80s in much the same way many of the ones on my list do. Great to hear from you! Thanks for watching and commenting!

I almost put Scarface on the list... it was a tough call LOL! Never saw the Vanishing. Thanks for watching and weighing in!

Great choice! I do remember it well... Guido the Killer Pimp - LMAO!!😂 Thanks for watching!

Yeah I get it lol... probably a little shocking. Honestly, I'd probably have more of an attachment to it now if I'd seen it in the theaters when I was younger (though by the time Last Crusade came out, I was 19, so I was in a very different groove at that age than I was when Raiders first came out). I'm sure I'll like Last Crusade... but I can't imagine ever having the nostalgia for it that I do for Raiders. You know how it goes... films always hit us differently as adults than they do compared to first seeing them in a theater at 10 years old. Raiders I can associate with a certain time in my life (my childhood)... But when Last Crusade came out, I was largely uninterested in Indy by then and more focused on playing rock music in bands LOL! Thanks for watching and weighing in. Really appreciate it!

I just don't have as strong of a connection to those particular films, personally, But I can dig it. Thanks for watching!

Conan was released in 1982 and I graduated high school in 1983 so it was a big part of my nostalgia and Conan the Barbarian was the very first VHS tape I ever owned ! 🤘🤘

Thanks man! Appreciate you watching and chiming in.

Oh yeah, I loved the Poltergeist steelbook art... so much better than what they did with the slipcovered edition (which was pretty lame, to be honest). You just can't go wrong with JoBeth desperately and frantically trying to climb out of the pool LMAO!😂 And I'm glad they worked in the iconic "they're here" image on the back. As for the Karate Kid box set... I was completely surprised to find that it had gone out of print. I bought it for like $35-$40 or something I think at the time on sale from Amazon (though that was before the prices on physical really started to climb). You would think this would be something they would keep producing, since it's a popular franchise. That would be like taking the Back to the Future set out of print. Just weird. Anyway, thanks for watching man!

Thanks so much. Yeah Escape from NY gives me big time nostalgia vibes -- as soon as I hear that music going at the beginning and the Jame Lee Curtis narration, I'm locked in!Lol! As a side note, I actually like Escape from LA, but I almost treat it more like a satirical cousin. I think it's hilarious... I love how over-the-top it is. But it's definitely a different vibe than the original, so i get that it's not for everyone. Thanks for watching and chiming in!

Oh yes Heathers is awesome!! I missed the announcement for the new Arrow 4K, but I definitely will be getting that one in my collection. Thanks for the tip and reminder of this movie. I don't have it on blu-ray, but it's a film I've seen many times. That was my first exposure to Christian Slater, and I remember thinking at the time that he was like a mini Jack Nicholson. LMAO! I loved how Slater didn't take any shit from the bullies/jocks LOL! Anyway, great list... a few from the 70s there, but I dig those as well! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@TheOriginalFuzz I just kinda figured Gen X was exposed to movies from earlier decades because we has less options as to how to watch movies. My grandpa introduced me to Psycho and many Charles Bronson films.

Notorious issues with black crush? This is the first I'm hearing of it. Not only did I not notice any significant issues myself the one time I watched my copy, but before responding to this, I went back and scanned through quite a few old reviews of both the 35th anniversary edition and the 40th Anniversary edition (including Bill Hunt's reviews of both editions at the Digital Bits -- a source I trust for 4K reviews), and I didn't see one mention of black crush on my edition anywhere in any of the reviews I looked at. In fact, quite the opposite... all I saw was glowing reviews of this film on 4K and positive remarks about the HDR. The Target Steelbook you're referring to is I assume the newer 40th Anniversary edition, but I'm not convinced there's any difference between them based on everything I've read (aside from the special features and the capacity of the disc used). In fact, multiple reviews I've read have all said the 35th and 40th anniversary editions have more or less identical A/V transfers... so it's not clear to me at all that there's ANY significant difference in the visual presentation between the two editions. And this is certainly not the kind of title I would ever double dip for, especially if it's not clear that there's even much of a difference in quality. So I'm happy with my 35th Anniversary edition. It looked great to me when I watched it (although it's probably been a year or two since I watched it). And the packaging is killer to boot! If you have a link or something with further information that contradicts everything I've read, I wouldn't mind checking it out. But I couldn't find anything about this notorious black crush in my research so far, nor did I notice anything egregious when I watched my copy. Thanks for watching and weighing in.

@@TheOriginalFuzz I did take the time to respond to this, but KZfaq deleted my comment as it had the link you requested in it. Better luck next time. Take care.

@@JimAllder11 Oh man, I hate it when that happens! I've had that "glitch" happen to me a number of times when I was trying to comment on other people's videos. It's frustrating for sure. But do I appreciate you trying at least. If you've got a link or something with more info to share, please do... I was being sincere. I would definitely like to learn more about this. I was genuinely surprised to hear this, since I didn't remember seeing anything too bad about it when I watched it. But admittedly, I probably wasn't subjecting it to very much scrutiny, since I was likely more caught up in the nostalgia of revisiting it lol. I'll have to watch it again soon with maybe a little more critical eye.

@@TheOriginalFuzz Third time's the charm. Google E.T. 4K 40th Anniversary review and just keep researching. This is something you will want to know about. Again, take care buddy.

I actually am going to be dropping a video very soon on precisely that topic... how I organize my collection. I've had a few people ask, so I'm hoping to have that video out within the next week or so. Stay tuned! Thanks for asking, and thanks for watching!

@@TheOriginalFuzz can’t wait mate. I even see some by director. And actor. Lol

Thanks Stuart! Yeah I will definitely check it out at some point. I just have to be in the right mood for an Indy film. But it's on my list to get to.

@@TheOriginalFuzz good luck if your watchlist is as big as mine lol 😆💿💿💿 💿💿 👈🏻🎥😳😆

Yeah I wasn't very impressed with the slipcover art either, but it's not too big of a deal for me. I can live with it if that's what it is. They could've done much better with the art though.

Because I was going for a little different vibe for this list, and I just recently talked about First Blood in my top 25 all-time favorite movies video (here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ecCHf7JenLOYgWg.html). But First Blood is definitely a top 80s nostalgia film for me personally as well.

Yeah that's a really fun one! Michael J Fox is great!

@@TheOriginalFuzz it's a classic and love Styles!

You know, I've never seen that film. I've heard for many years quite a few people talk it up as a great film, but I just never got around to it. I may have to finally check that one out at some point. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment Frank!

Unfortunately that movie was only available through the Disney movie club that was shut down last month. Luckily I got a copy before that happened.

@@tylerwagner1978 Second Sight also released a standard bluray and a Limited Edition as well. That is one of my last holy grails I need to get.

I still haven't even watched the film yet. Bought my Conan Chronicles 4K set, but I've only seen the first film to date. I always heard Barbarian was better than Destroyer. But you like Destroyer more huh? I'll have to check it out!

@TheOriginalFuzz yes I did I thought it was more fun than the first one, it was much more fantasy, its one of those movies, that if I am depressed I watch it to lift me up, its rates PG, so there is no nudity, sex, and the violence is not as graphic, but I agree with film critic Roger Ebert when he said he thought the sequel was superior.

Yeah I didn't really about about the third movie either.

LMAO!🤣😉 Thanks for watching!