Top 5 Childhood movies

[Drew0311]

This should be fun since we are all different ages

1. Goonies- Absolutely love this movie. It was great since I could watch it with my kids and they are fans now also. Still want to go to Astoria. Quick note. John Matusak who played Sloth played football at Iowa Central Juco.
2. Rambo- I remember wanting to do all the Rambo stuff. Rambo movies are one of the reasons I joined the Marines. My Parents bought me a Rambo knife for Christmas and the neighborhood kids thought I had the best parents ever
3. Raiders of the Lost Arch- If you can't tell I like adventure type movies. Raiders was so good.
4. Rocky 4- It's not the best Rocky but I watched it at Merle Hay Cinema and will never forget the crowd cheering when Rocky defeated the Russian
5. Breakfast Club- Basically loved every John Hughes movie. Breakfast club was so good and so unique. No other movie really like it.

In the running

Ferris Beuhler- We all wanted to do a skip day like that
Top Gun- Made everyone want to be a fighter pilot
Vacation Movies
Better off Dead.

 

[Cyientist]

We watched Goonies last night with the kids. Definitely a great one.

The wife and I went to Astoria a few years ago and loved it. We never went by the Goonies house, mainly because we figured it just looked like any other house. Astoria does have a few breweries right on the Columbia River. One the best memories of that trip was having a beer on the breweries outdoor deck that overhangs the river, and you could see harbor seals all over the place.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

VHS tapes that were wore out:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and the second one)
Goonies
Mighty Ducks (and the second one)
P̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶l̶d̶ Three Ninjas Trilogy
Little Giants

 

[Drew0311]

VHS tapes that were wore out:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and the second one)
Goonies
Mighty Ducks (and the second one)
Problem Child
Little Giants

Just saw a great meme last night that said I watched little giants just so I can see the Cowboys start off badass and then let all their fans down. My younger girlfriend didn't understand it. She missed out on a great. movie.

 

[Drew0311]

We watched Goonies last night with the kids. Definitely a great one.

The wife and I went to Astoria a few years ago and loved it. We never went by the Goonies house, mainly because we figured it just looked like any other house. Astoria does have a few breweries right on the Columbia River. One the best memories of that trip was having a beer on the breweries outdoor deck that overhangs the river, and you could see harbor seals all over the place.

BTW I just watched this. This is pretty good if you are a goonies fan. They all reunited to raise money on the net.

 

[JM4CY]

The Sandlot deserves a mention in any thread like this.

 

[MeanDean]

I come from the dark ages of theater only movies - Well, okay they were shown on television with commercials etc. And we didn't get to go very often. Maybe 2-3 times a year. These are ones I do remember seeing either at a real movie theater or the Drive In.


The Absent Minded Professor (Flubber etc)
The Love Bug
Journey to the Center of the Earth - First movie I remember seeing at the drive-in
Bonnie And Clyde - I was obsessed by Bonnie and Clyde at the time
Airport

 

[EnhancedFujita]

From strictly childhood that were "kids" movies:

ET
Goonies
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom (I actually prefer Temple)
Star Wars (fondest memories of Return of the Jedi since its the one I remember most as a kid)
Ghostbusters
Jaws

My Dad always let us watch whatever was on HBO in the 80s, so we saw lots of non-kids movies. Some of those:

Alien/Aliens
Predator
Running Man
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 (they go to a strip club!)
Terminator and later T2

Really just all the great 80s action, scifi, and horror movies, too many to list. 80s and 90s HBO was great.

 

[0u812]

Showing my age a bit here, but maybe others from the 80s can relate...a lot of movies for me were either early vhs or even shown on the last day of school with a film projector....

1. Flight of the Navigator - Disney movie, saw this on the last day of school in like 5th grade or so. Neat story and fun moments in this one...1986
2. Where the Red Fern Grows - the original "who cut up some onions" movie for me....still a tear jerker. The version I watched was from the 70s, and by far the best of the two....they showed this on the last day of school i think about 4th grade...
3. Top Gun - My sister bought the first vcr in our family and got this VHS. So many quotes and fun scenes that I vividly remember...
4. Stand By Me - Great story and lots of kids my age totally related with....the idea that an adventure when you were 13 to see a dead body, and all the things that came with it I really liked. Ironically I live about two hours away from the rail trestle made famous in this movie.
5. Up in Smoke, or Cheech and Chongs Next Movie. Not new when i was a teenager, but the local library rented these out.....about wore them out and my dad really laughed along with me watching these. They were both great in their own ways, but "Next Movie" seemed to be more vivid to me somehow....

 

[Shawker]

From strictly childhood that were "kids" movies:

ET
Goonies
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom (I actually prefer Temple)
Star Wars (fondest memories of Return of the Jedi since its the one I remember most as a kid)
Ghostbusters
Jaws

My Dad always let us watch whatever was on HBO in the 80s, so we saw lots of non-kids movies. Some of those:

Alien/Aliens
Predator
Running Man
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 (they go to a strip club!)
Terminator and later T2

Really just all the great 80s action, scifi, and horror movies, too many to list. 80s and 90s HBO was great.

Personally I'd argue that Jaws and Lost Ark were decidedly not kids movies.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

Personally I'd argue that Jaws and Lost Ark were decidedly not kids movies.

I think by today's standards for sure. Back then they weren't necessarily marketed as a movie to take kids to like Disney movies were, but they were certainly considered films that were okay for 8-12 year olds to watch. Similarly today, I don't think many people would call the Marvel movies as kids movies, but you know a lot of kids in that age range to to see them.

 

[BuffettClone]

Showing my age a bit here, but maybe others from the 80s can relate...a lot of movies for me were either early vhs or even shown on the last day of school with a film projector....

1. Flight of the Navigator - Disney movie, saw this on the last day of school in like 5th grade or so. Neat story and fun moments in this one...1986
2. Where the Red Fern Grows - the original "who cut up some onions" movie for me....still a tear jerker. The version I watched was from the 70s, and by far the best of the two....they showed this on the last day of school i think about 4th grade...
3. Top Gun - My sister bought the first vcr in our family and got this VHS. So many quotes and fun scenes that I vividly remember...
4. Stand By Me - Great story and lots of kids my age totally related with....the idea that an adventure when you were 13 to see a dead body, and all the things that came with it I really liked. Ironically I live about two hours away from the rail trestle made famous in this movie.
5. Up in Smoke, or Cheech and Chongs Next Movie. Not new when i was a teenager, but the local library rented these out.....about wore them out and my dad really laughed along with me watching these. They were both great in their own ways, but "Next Movie" seemed to be more vivid to me somehow....

Stand By Me was a great one. I still quote that movie in conversations from time to time. One of the best Stephen King adaptations still to this day in my opinion.

 

[Drew0311]

From strictly childhood that were "kids" movies:

ET
Goonies
Raiders of the Lost Ark/Temple of Doom (I actually prefer Temple)
Star Wars (fondest memories of Return of the Jedi since its the one I remember most as a kid)
Ghostbusters
Jaws

My Dad always let us watch whatever was on HBO in the 80s, so we saw lots of non-kids movies. Some of those:

Alien/Aliens
Predator
Running Man
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 (they go to a strip club!)
Terminator and later T2

Really just all the great 80s action, scifi, and horror movies, too many to list. 80s and 90s HBO was great.

Funny story. I grew up behind a drive in movie theatre. So myself and the neighborkids could watch all the movies for free. We had our own radio and a fort set up in the woods right by the screen. I saw my first breasts ever at that theatre during a showing of Bachelor Party with Tom Hanks. The boys and I saw that movie 50 times just so we could see that scene. haha

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Goonies, Sandlot, Dark Crystal, Lion King, The Lego Movie.

Mic drop

 

[EnhancedFujita]

Showing my age a bit here, but maybe others from the 80s can relate...a lot of movies for me were either early vhs or even shown on the last day of school with a film projector....

1. Flight of the Navigator - Disney movie, saw this on the last day of school in like 5th grade or so. Neat story and fun moments in this one...1986
2. Where the Red Fern Grows - the original "who cut up some onions" movie for me....still a tear jerker. The version I watched was from the 70s, and by far the best of the two....they showed this on the last day of school i think about 4th grade...
3. Top Gun - My sister bought the first vcr in our family and got this VHS. So many quotes and fun scenes that I vividly remember...
4. Stand By Me - Great story and lots of kids my age totally related with....the idea that an adventure when you were 13 to see a dead body, and all the things that came with it I really liked. Ironically I live about two hours away from the rail trestle made famous in this movie.
5. Up in Smoke, or Cheech and Chongs Next Movie. Not new when i was a teenager, but the local library rented these out.....about wore them out and my dad really laughed along with me watching these. They were both great in their own ways, but "Next Movie" seemed to be more vivid to me somehow....

Man, I remember renting Cheech and Chong movies all the time as a kid in the 80s. Looking back it seems like an odd thing to let kids rent. We probably watched Up in Smoke and The Corsican Brothers the most. Also Born in East LA was pretty solid, though not specifically a Cheech and Chong movie.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Stand By Me was a great one. I still quote that movie in conversations from time to time. One of the best Stephen King adaptations still to this day in my opinion.

Yeah, it managed to capture the feel of a King book much better than most. Some of his best writing is the stuff woven in between the horror, and that is hard to translate to film.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Goonies, Sandlot, Dark Crystal, Lion King, The Lego Movie.

Mic drop

I'm confused on this one. The Lego Movie came out like 20-30 years after the others.

 

[HFCS]

VHS tapes I wore out the most:

1. Goonies
2. Star Wars Trilogy
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. Indiana Jones (Raiders and Temple, saw third in theater but didn't have the VHS)
5. Beetlejuice

 

[Rural]

For my youth it was definitely Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blow Up".

 

[BuffettClone]

Yeah, it managed to capture the feel of a King book much better than most. Some of his best writing is the stuff woven in between the horror, and that is hard to translate to film.

I think what helped it out was the fact that it was a short story/novella, same with Shawshank, and not a 1000 page novel with way too much to cram in a 2 hour movie.