Be Kind, Please Rewind

I was looking through the guide on the TV and flipped out when I saw the The Burbs was on. I immediately changed the channel and was watching it and my kids kept asking questions. My daughter asked, “Why do you keep shushing me?” To which I replied, “Because this is one of my favorite movies EVER!!”

That got me thinking about the movies I watches in the 80s over and over again. This was the time long before DVRs, when you went to the video rental STORE or you had to set the VCR. Back then, three movies could fit on one VHS tape (if you didn’t buy it), then had to find a way to store them. I made a list (an extensive list) and shocked myself, how did I have time to do anything else?

 

Santa had to bring extra storage

There are several more that I’ve watched, but not repeatedly.

If you ever roamed the aisles of Major Video, you will recognize the titles on my list.

In no particular order, movies that rotted my brain in the 80s (and I can still say the lines while it’s on)…

1. The Burbs
2. Raising Arizona
3. Uncle Buck (My oldest is named after the little girl in the movie)
4. Princess Bride
5. Milo & Otis
6. The Goonies
7. A Christmas Story
8. One Crazy Summer
9. Better Off Dead
10. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
11. Weird Science
12. Adventures in Babysitting
13. Beetlejuice
14. Weekend at Bernie’s
15. Caddyshack
16. Girl’s Just Want to Have Fun
17. Heathers
18. The Great Outdoors
19. Harry and the Hendersons
20. Lucas
21. Major League
22. The Money Pit
23. Raiders of the Lost Ark
24. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
26. Footloose
27. Back to the Future
28. Gremlins
29. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
30. Rocky III
31. Night of the Comet
32. Popeye
33. Mommie Dearest
34. Airplane II: The Sequel
35. Clash of the Titans
36. Tootsie
37. Short Circuit
38. Mannequin
39. Some Kind of Wonderful
40. Sleepaway Camp
41. When Harry Met Sally
42. Steel Magnolias
43. Swamp Thing
44. Commando
45. The Lost Boys
46. Police Academy
47. About Last Night
48. Back to School
49. Max Dugan Returns
50. Mr. Mom
51. Overboard
52. River’s Edge
53. Wildcats
54. Vacation
55. European Vacation
56. The Outsiders
57. Peggy Sue Got Married
58. Revenge of the Nerds
59. Romancing the Stone
60. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
61. Just One of the Guys
62. Summer School
63. Karate Kid
64. Who’s That Girl
65. Spaceballs
66. Trading Places
67. Can’t Buy Me Love
68. Strange Brew
69. Space Camp
70. Pretty in Pink
71. Grease 2
72. The Breakfast Club
73. St. Elmo’s Fire
74. Spies Like Us
75. Ghostbusters
76. Die Hard
77. Fletch
78. Stand By Me
79. Airplane
80. The Empire Strikes Back
81. Return of the Jedi
82. Coming to America
83. Beverly Hills Cop
84. Clue
85. Mask
86. Poltergeist
87. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
88. The Golden Child

Some of these are questionable and I think back and wonder, “What was I thinking?”

There is another list of movies that I have never seen front to back (Scarface being one of them) but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the entire movies.