I'm about a decade too late.
There were some great films in the '80s. (Many of the great ones of the '70s were ruined by the fashion faux pas that was flared trousers!)
I have a lot of nostalgia for the movies of the eighties:
Aliens
Blade Runner
An American Werewolf in London
Back To The Future
Batman (before there was a Nolanverse to compare it to)
The Beastmaster
Brazil
The Company of Wolves
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Dead Calm
Death Hunt
Death Ship
Die Hard
Dune
The Empire Strikes Back
Excalibur
First Blood
The Fog
For Your Eyes Only
Gremlins
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Jewel of the Nile
The Last Crusade
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Octopu$$y
Outland
Predator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Return of the Jedi
Risky Business
Romancing the Stone
Something Wild
Temple of Doom
The Terminator
The Thing
Trading Places
The real reason for digging up this fossilized thread, and therefore avoiding creating a new one, is that until yesterday I'd never seen
The Hitcher (1986) in its entirety, and certainly never in glorious hi-definition.
Despite some glaring mistakes* it?s a great thriller in terms of camerawork, pacing, atmosphere and Rutger Hauer's take on the bold killer.
The haunting music, the sound of the wind, the dust storm, the desolation, decay and melancholy were all very reminiscent of the games
Fallout 3 and
New Vegas[/]. Especially the latter, since the film itself was shot outside Las Vegas.
*IMDB points them out, but there were some that were instantly noticeable.
Whenever a car turns over in a film I?m always looking for the tell-tale signs of the stunt work. When the two police cars both barrel roll the ram holes are clearly visible, and a pair of rams or tanks are also seen bouncing down the road.
Ryder jumping through the windscreen was an unnecessary low point, considering the fake glass used.
Yet, the film is so effective that I can forgive the shortcomings. After all, it was the '80s!