John Hughes Made the 1980s

August 7, 2009 / 32 Comments
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I decided to put together a list of my favorite 80s movies yesterday to
share with you guys. Four of my top 10 picks: Sixteen Candles, The
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off were
written by John Hughes, so you can imagine how shocked I was when I
heard later that day that he had died. John Hughes defined the 80s for
so many of us! I can’t even imagine the 80s without those movies! How
sad that such a cinematic talent is gone… but didn’t he leave an
amazing legacy!!!?!?

I am so glad I grew up in the 1980s and got to
experience these movies! They each remind me of different times in my
life that I’ll never forget. What are your favorite movies from the 80s? And which one is your favorite from my top 10?

Top 10 80’s movies

1. Sixteen Candles

2. Breakfast Club

3. Adventures in Babysitting

4. Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead

5. Big

6. Pretty in Pink

7.Dirty Dancing

8. Princess Bride

9. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

10. Teen Wolf

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Comments 32

  1. David W. Lincoln  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Ferris Bueller’s day off would be my favourite in your top 10. I would add Uncle Buck. It was a more relaxed time, and one to look back upon fondly.

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  2. The Man Who Wants to be A Woman  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Pretty In Pink!!!
    I LOVE that movie
    80s movies were def the best to watch!
    did u like the Back To The Future ones Kim?
    haha they were kinda cute

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  3. The Man Who Wants to be A Woman  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    “Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner”

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  4. Farzeen  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    “Dont Tell mom the babysitter is dead” i loved that one

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  5. Trish  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    “Dirty Dancing”..No Doubt is my all time favorite movie from the 80s. “Footloose” would be my second favorite. I can’t believe you didn’t put Footloose on your list?

    I would also have “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Karate Kid” and “Gremlins” on my list.

    ~T~

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  6. justhatgood579  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Some Kind of Wonderful…I think it may just be my favorite movie of all time =]

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  8. Jocelyne  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Kim we watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off my senior year in government class around finals. Our class was like the class in the movie….teacher spoke and we just sat there clueless and lost…so funny. Great memory! LOVE all the movies you listed and more!

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  9. Kiki  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Ah man I loved all those except Teen Wolf wasn’t a fan. I would add Ghost Busters, Weekend at Bernie’s, all the Ernest movies (haha), Howard the Duck (love that movie) oh and Beetle Juice! That might actually be early 90’s I can’t remember but same thing.

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  10. Kiki  |   Posted on Aug 7th, 2009

    Nope BeetleJuice was 1988 so still counts. And I have to agree with Trish. Gremlin and Karate Kid definitely great ones. Also back to the Future. And the The Ewok Adventure! I used to watch that everyday! Ah man too many to name.

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