80s Films

by Carys Mills
Get amped for shoulder pads, neon colours and teased hair as an attempt to embrace the era you might want to forget. 

Top Ten Teen films from the Eighties 

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?"

In High Schools everywhere, "hip" teachers have quoted the attendance scene from Ferris' economics class.  

The Breakfast Club

A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse. Need I say more? 

Sixteen Candles

Wouldn't you lose it if everyone forgot your sixteenth birthday? And a sex quiz that makes its way to your crush, yikes.  

Footloose

Nothing like some Footloose to put you in the mood for dancing before you go out. 

Pretty in Pink

Watch it just to see Andie transform her wardrobe. Do you wish Andie and Duckie ended up together? They did in the original script.  

St. Elmo's Fire

Watch the movie that resulted in the term "Brat Pack." It refers to the young actors whose starred in St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and more '80s classics. 

Back to the Future

Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), yes that was really his name, goes back in time and sets his parents up. 

Dirty Dancing

Girl meets boy. Boy teaches girl to dance. Boy and girl have the time of their lives. 

Risky Business

Ah, the classic scene that is Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise) dancing around his living room in his underwear. More exciting than jumping on Oprah's couch.  

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Watch Sarah Jessica Parker before her Sex and the City days compete to be a DTV dancer.