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Rite of Passage American 80’s Kid Films (some 1979 & 1990 included)
1. Empire Strikes back *
2. Do the Right Thing
3. Raider of the Lost Ark*
4. Beetlejuice*
5. Empire of the Sun
6. Stand By Me*
7. Suburbia
8. The Goonies*
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
10. Batman
11. Ghostbusters *
12. The Breakfast Club*
13. The Burbs*
14. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial *
15. The Princess Bride*
16. A Christmas Story *
17. Edward Scissorhands***
18. True Stories
19. Say Anything… *
20. Krull
21. Beat Street
22. Joe Versus the Volcano*
23. Stand and Deliver
24. The Secret of NIMH
25. When Harry Met Sally *
26. Back to the Future *
27. Ice Pirates
28. The Dark Crystal*
29. Akira
30. Superman
31. Blade Runner
32. Hoosiers
33. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off*
34. Heathers
35. Breaking Away
36. Big *
37. A Fish Called Wanda
38. Karate Kid*
39. Born on the Fourth of July
40. Roxanne
41. Field of Dreams
42. Sixteen Candles*
43. Pretty in Pink*
44. Some Kind of Wonderful *
45. Top Gun*
46. The Last Starfighter
47. Trading Places
48. Coming to America*
49. Mississippi Burning
50. Beverly Hills Cop
51. Romancing the Stone *
52. The Black Stallion
53. The NeverEnding Story*
54. Lethal Weapon
55. Better Off Dead
56. Good Morning, Vietnam
57. Driving Miss Daisy *
58. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
59. The Big Chill
60. Full Metal Jacket
61. Henry V
62. Aliens
63. Brazil
64. Cocoon *
65. Steel Magnolias*
66. Dirty Dancing*
67. The Terminator
68. Die Hard
69. Cinema Paradiso
70. The Color Purple *
71. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure*
72. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
73. Bull Durham
74. Wall Street
75. Little Shop of Horrors
76. The Wrath of Khan
77. Revenge of the Nerds
78. 48 Hrs.
79. Crocodile Dundee*
80. Adventures in Babysitting *
81. War Games
82. Drugstore Cowboy
83. The Last Emperor
84. Raging Bull
85. The Lost Boys
86. My Left Foot
87. Amadeus
88. The Shining*
89. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
90. This Is Spinal Tap
91. Vacation*
92. Sid and Nancy
93. Platoon
94. La Bamba
95. Nine to Five
96. Glory
97. Annie
98. Twins*
99. The Muppets Take Manhattan *
100. Mask
*Erin’s Recommends
…and yours?
Post Note: Forgot Tin Men 1987…mid 50’s on this list; And Flash Gordon around No. 40; See No Evil, Hear No Evil 70’s
