Brain is fried - need a movie recommendation
Posted by cricket_bacon@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1545 comments
I have spent the day grading finals and my brain needs a break.
Would love to reconnect with a GenX movie classic to help provide that break.
Can you recommend a movie for me to watch?
jensomniacOG@reddit
Always gonna say Beverly Hills Cop.
mjaymkay@reddit
How you doin’? Would you come here for a second please?
jensomniacOG@reddit
Hi. Do you have a match?
mjaymkay@reddit
This fella gave me a match for christsakes!
MerlinsMama13@reddit
Yes!!!!! I have that movie memorized and I still laugh my a$$ off every time I watch it!
ortizzlePDX@reddit
It’s a yearly rewatch
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
Real Genius
bootlegyukoncorneliu@reddit
My college roommate gave me mushrooms, told me it’s like weed and played a vhs of this movie for me. It fucked me up mentally.
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
Ouch
ArtichokeDifferent10@reddit
Shit. I was going to say "Heathers", but I have to admit that Real Genius is probably a way better fit for OPs likely mood. 🤣
KaleCatAndMe@reddit
Love Heathers! One of the best.
adambomb_23@reddit
Heathers, though a classic, did not age well. At all.
roysterino@reddit
I like it more now than ever. Also got into the musical as well.
DaoFerret@reddit
So sad I missed the musical. How was it?
MagikSundae7096@reddit
"Fuck me gently with a chainsaw"
divergurl1999@reddit
Did you have a tumor for breakfast?
minnesotawristwatch@reddit
…BEAUTICIANS?
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
I quote this movie a lot.
When I finally find something I say
And somewhat rarely..
goddamn2fa@reddit
"can you hammer a six inch spike through a board with your penis?"
hooptysnoops@reddit
not right now.
goddamn2fa@reddit
Girls gotta have her standards.
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
A girl’s gotta have standards
morthanafeeling@reddit
Life of Brian . The Jerk. Spinal Tap.
notproudortired@reddit
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
It's H for toy!
What is it? It's a penis stretcher. Wanna try? NO! 😂😂
djkidna@reddit
Ok let’s take a step back. No, I was wrong, take a step forward. Then a step back, and now we’re doing the cha-cha.
AndyTakeaLittleSnoo@reddit
Will you stop it! I'm serious!
Okay! I'm serious too!
AndyTakeaLittleSnoo@reddit
Let's just take a step back.
No, wait, I'm sorry, take a step forward...
Now, take a step back...
Step forward.
Back.
And then we're cha-cha-ing!
oilfeather@reddit
Find the scene in Ready Player One that has the "toy" in the background.
Thyme2paint@reddit
…Because if I wear it anywhere else it chafes.
ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit
Glad I'm not the only one that still quotes this🤣
Eephusblue@reddit
I quote it all the time and often get blank stares from millennial coworkers. Sad
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
Moles and trolls! Moles and trolls! Work work work work work work!
hbgolightly@reddit
Your mother puts license plates in your underwear?
veganguy75@reddit
I just watched this last week. I forgot how good it was.
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
I would not have expected it to hold up, but it really does.
Pitiful_Night_4373@reddit
Do you ever have a dream where you are naked, surrounded by women in togas, throwing pickles at you?
zallgood2017@reddit
Not to nitpick but I believe the line is, “was it a dream where you were standing on a pyramid in sort of sun-god robes with a 1,000 naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?”
I may have watched this movie A LOT.
RIP Val Kilmer
Pitiful_Night_4373@reddit
I’m sure your correct, I’m old and it’s been a long time. Either way I like the concept it makes me laugh.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Yeah he used frozen nitrogen to make a coin for his machine coffee
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
Ice is NICE!
jlasher@reddit
Why am I the only one who has this dream?
Pitiful_Night_4373@reddit
Maybe we should ask Holyfield?
jlasher@reddit
You’ve seen him too?
Pitiful_Night_4373@reddit
He lives in the closet
Sudden-Violinist-813@reddit
And goes to White Lotus
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
What’s he doing in our closet?
TheMusicMadeMe@reddit
Fun fact: That was Jon Gries. He played Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite and Greg from The White Lotus.
SharonTate69@reddit
I am hearing these in Val's voice too
Puzzleheaded-Sea8340@reddit
Omg classic. This is what happens to water when it gets too cold. This is Kent. This is what happens when someone becomes too sexually frustrated.
blondeheartedgoddess@reddit
Love this movie. The "popcorn" house was a mockup about 5 minutes from my childhood home. If you notice a blue (I think it was blue?) house to the right side of it, around the corner, actor George Kennedy lived there.
Need to watch it soon.
narcissistssuck@reddit
I think we used too much.
blondeheartedgoddess@reddit
"That was great!"
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "I drank what?"
Sudden-Violinist-813@reddit
“Here, taste this.” “What is that?” “I dunno..I found it in one of the labs.”
madpolecat@reddit
Holy. Crap.
This was my first thought!
AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit
Whenever I see this masterpiece of a movie mentioned in the wild, I comment how I recently figured out that the actor who plays Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Gries) is the same actor that played Lazlo Hollyfeld in Real Genius. Don't know why that kind of blew my mind, but it did.
Now stop touching yourself, Kent.
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
I recently figured it out from reading your comment. Wow.
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
Also one of the rival detectives from Running Scared, with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, from 1986.
AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit
Nice!!
Zapper13263952@reddit
"Can you hammer a spike through a board..."
Who wrote this movie? Great bits everywhere.
Kilmer was perfect.
hedcannon@reddit
As long as we’re going to”Val Kilmer” how about the earlier and almost forgotten Top Secret — the Airplane! of spy movies.
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
It was already mentioned when I posted—but I like Real Genius better.
RainbowsandCoffee966@reddit
“Do you run?”
“Only when chased”
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
Still use this.
Niff314@reddit
Your mom puts license plates in your underwear?
How do you sit?
sineofthetimes@reddit
Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
She just happens to be my daughter…
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
Well then, I guess you have.
Niff314@reddit
Not right now...
jlasher@reddit
A girls got to have her standards
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Aren’t you guys a little young?
Well lasers are a young science. 🫨 oh! There I said it. Look we’re four hours late, if you make that call it’s our jobs.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Yells at dog: “go on get out of here! Get out of here! Get out!”
Long-Trade-9164@reddit
If we're recommending Val Kilmer movies, let's not forget Top Secret!
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
It was already on the list!
MadDog-Oz@reddit
Can't believe I haven't seen this. Thanks for the tip!
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
You are in for a treat.
AndyTakeaLittleSnoo@reddit
Literally came here to say this.
If you want early 90s over 80s: Brain Candy
BayouBoogie@reddit
It was hot and I was hungry!
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
In the immortal words of Socrates: I drank what?
Crusader1865@reddit
This was my first thought as well
LPLoRab@reddit
Excellent suggestion.
Eephusblue@reddit
Hot damn I saw this post was coming here to say this. What a great movie
MoeBlacksBack@reddit
Perfect
jlasher@reddit
A girl has to have her standards
No_Cartoonist1409@reddit
Can’t upvote this enough
TheVoicesOfBrian@reddit
It's a moral imperative.
Competitive_Pea_3478@reddit
Good choice. It’s hard to watch now because Kilmer is no longer here.
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
100%!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pitiful-Ad-1152@reddit
Better Off Dead
snarffle-@reddit
DrumsKing@reddit
Were my favorite characters back then, and still today.
DrumsKing@reddit
"Truly a sight to behold. The once great champ; now, a study in mopishness."
Barnus77@reddit
Yasss
remarkablewhitebored@reddit
I want my two dollars!
GrimaceMusically@reddit
Gee Johnny, I don’t have a dime. Sorry.
Optimal-Account8126@reddit
"Didn't ask for a dime." -switchblade comb
Fast-Gur-6585@reddit
2dollars…….. cash!
sineofthetimes@reddit
Go That Way, Really Fast. If Anything Gets In Your Way... Turn.
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
One of my favorite comedy movie lines ever!
Minor_Threat634@reddit
"Don't realize what the street value of this mountain is!?!" Still holds up!! The only part I have issues with is the "Everybody Wants Some" animation scene - takes me out of the awesomeness of the movie every.single.time. But my husband things that's the best part
aggressive_seal@reddit
Im sorry, but i agree with your husband on this.
well-it-was-rubbish@reddit
Yeah, that part is pretty dumb.
mwohlg@reddit
Definitely the best part
pantybrandi@reddit
It's PURE SNOW!!
Mr_Horrible@reddit
All time fave Cusack along with One Crazy Summer
ElYodaPagoda@reddit
turtleblue@reddit
"Truly a sight to behold. A man, beaten. The once-great champ, now, a study in moppishness. No longer the victory-hungry stallion we’ve raced so many times before, but a pathetic, washed up, aged ex-champion."
"Two brothers... One speaks no English, the other learned English from watching 'The Wide World of Sports.' So you tell me... Which is better, speaking no English at all, or speaking Howard Cosell?"
Tsmom16811@reddit
💯 the best Christmas movie ever
Pitiful-Ad-1152@reddit
My brother makes this killer egg-nog with lighter fluid.
Ok-End-362@reddit
The Brooklyn doge-ers
virtualperception24@reddit
Gee, I'm really sorry your mom blew up Ricky. I guess she won't be eating any spicy foods for a while.
Great movie!!
ArtichokeDifferent10@reddit
In French accent And he was putting his testicles all over me.
What?
You know... Like octoPOOSE. Testicles.
Oh! Tentacles. Tentacles.
radiohead-nerd@reddit
Please don’t be a booger
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
It has raisins. You LIKE raisins!
Beccaelf7881@reddit
With boiled bacon!
Caseabud@reddit
You look like a good little helper! What’s your name?
daedalus9973@reddit
Followed by One Crazy Summer
Apart-Cream-4940@reddit
Love, love, love that movie!
SERVEDwellButNoTips@reddit
Chili Dawg!
ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit
Go that way. Really fast. And if something gets in your way... turn.
TonyT074@reddit
I’ve been going to this high school for seven and a half years… I’m no dummy
DrumsKing@reddit
Better Off Dead
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
Nikadaemus@reddit
Judgement Night
Mainly for the soundtrack
jdohn99@reddit
Hot Dog the movie.
I had Sunny side up, Sunny side down and Sunny all the way around.
ElectraMorgan@reddit
Silly but I just rewatched Pee Wees Big Adventure and thought it was still perfect.
Hellament@reddit
There are a handful movies I’d consider perfect, and this is one of the. BTTF and The Princess Bride are two others from the 80s.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Be sure and tell ‘em Large Marge sent ya. Hahaha!!!
Western-Return-3126@reddit
Not silly at all, I agree 100%!
CanineAnaconda@reddit
It’s stupendously great. Every rewatch I notice something new. Like this last time, where I somehow never noticed that when >!Pee Wee got Mickey through the dragnet, and happily stayed in drag enjoying the beautiul day, just for a moment, Mickey looks him up and down as only a convict could.!<
stellaandme@reddit
Every moment of this movie is so fun.
Chateaudelait@reddit
WIthnail and I. That always makes me laugh, then I weep at the very end during the soliloquy. My sisters and I quote that film to each other in person and on our text thread.
WideStreet7125@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Quite a lot of votes for Fast Times.
I did not see this in the theater but watched it just about every time it aired on HBO.
I think I remember watching it once when it aired on broadcast TV. The audio dub in the scene where Mr. Hand shows up to Spicoli's house is hilarious. Spicoli's "art work" on his bedroom walls is all blurred out.
WideStreet7125@reddit
I was Award of the Court, so I partially grew up in foster homes and group homes, and since I wasn't a juvenile delinquent, I could decide where I wanted to be placed; I chose rich suburbs near San Francisco that had high schools such as Ridgemont High.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Must have graduated from St Francis High School in Mountain View.
WideStreet7125@reddit
Nah, I graduated from Truman Middle College in Chicago, I couldn't wait to be grown.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Seems a bit far from San Francisco.
WideStreet7125@reddit
Well, I did end up living 13 years in Ireland, you only have one life
StAbcoude81@reddit
13 days
Time-Length8693@reddit
Fried barry
eatmoregrubs@reddit
Wet Hot American Summer is hilarious brain dead fun.
Why-did-i-reas-this@reddit
The Last Starfighter (and if you want a series... Futureman, 1st season is set in the 80s and they make fun of the last starfighter in the first episode.)
Wargames
Electric Dreams
2FeetOffTheGround@reddit
I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds!
iHo4Iroh@reddit
Isn’t that what life it every morning when you wake up?
2FeetOffTheGround@reddit
Not until I've had my coffee.
Quietimeismyfavorite@reddit
Futureman is so good.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Wouldn’t you prefer a good game of chess?
deadlawnspots@reddit
Futureman is fucking great.
Anxious_Foot876@reddit
After watching Wargames my kid said “this is the best movie ever!” And wanted to watch it again
Arrr_jai@reddit
Electric Dreams is such a good movie! Sneakers is, too!
UndercoverSavvy@reddit
Regarding Henry
Embarrassed_Lie_6305@reddit
Groundhog Day
crazyoldwizard72@reddit
Clerks or Mallrats!
dishwhore@reddit
He wanted to have sex with me in a VERY uncomfortable place. - You mean like the back of a Volkswagen?
Arrr_jai@reddit
I quote this "You mean like the back of a Volkswagen?," every time someone says some thing/place is uncomfortable. 🤣
7SeasofCheese@reddit
It is crazy that the hardest movie to find is Dogma.
Sherrijean30@reddit
It's on YouTube
2ndplaceBrennan@reddit
That kid... Is back... ON THAT ESCALATOR!
LetsTryAnal_ogy@reddit
I’m not even supposed to be here today!
AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit
You hate people!
But I love gatherings, isn't it ironic?
deadlawnspots@reddit
YES
Agreeable-Fault2273@reddit
This job would be great if it wasn’t for the fucking customers.
TampaJeff@reddit
37!!
Thug_Lawyer@reddit
In a row?!
Zestyclose-Type-5037@reddit
Try not to suck any dick on the way to the parking lot!
pill_poppin_daddy@reddit
Hey, you, get back here!
Logical-Pie9009@reddit
Tropic Thunder
IndgoViolet@reddit
Stallone's Demolition Man is a great one. That movie made me realize Wesley Snipes would have made a great Riddler in a batman movie. He had the perfect mix of chaotic evil and diabolical intelligence in a strutting flamboyant package. Supervillian perfection!
LArocking@reddit
Reality Bites
ortizzlePDX@reddit
Does it still hold up? I’ve been leery of rewatching so as not to ruin fond memories
LArocking@reddit
I still love it… and I still love the soundtrack.. and it’s not a terrific film by any means, but it’s wonderfully nostalgic!
pagette44@reddit
I still love it, but I'm very immature so 🤷
atlguy35@reddit
Yes!
No-Yogurt-3485@reddit
I bet I'm the only one but...death race 2000
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I believe you are correct.
... and I know we referenced this movie quite a bit when I was a kid, but I have never actually seen it.
heyknauw@reddit
RepoMan.
stringrandom@reddit
The soundtrack alone for this one puts it toward the top.
whyunoleave@reddit
Subsequently. Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
Pastguss@reddit
Not like you.
tmbla@reddit
Isn’t that for loonies?
dorismcneill@reddit
Door Prize!!!! I love this movie
OryxTempel@reddit
Plate o shrimp
heyknauw@reddit
John Wayne was a feag.
OryxTempel@reddit
Let’s go do some crimes
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
Feelin’ 7Up, I’m feelin’ 7Up.
planenut767@reddit
Just watched this for the first time recently. How did I miss it all these years.
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
You're alright!
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
I know a life of crime led me to this sorry fate. But still, I blame society.
karenw@reddit
"I'm looking for the dope with a microscope"
IngoPixelSkin@reddit
Let’s go eat sushi and not pay!
NotoriousSUZ@reddit
The Princess Bride
Cruise1313@reddit
One of my favorite movies!
“He is only mostly dead” 😂😂😂
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
It's cheesy AF but I answer my wife with "as you wish" all the time.
Ncfetcho@reddit
I promise that makes her gooey and melt in her heart, every time.
Epic-Lurker@reddit
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die.
Ncfetcho@reddit
Hmm.
It's just that you have 6 fingers on your left hand. Someone was looking for you. 😏
NotoriousSUZ@reddit
I am looking for the six fingered man
JennaEO@reddit
Why are you wearing a mask?
It’s just they’re terribly comfortable.
ElectricTurtlez@reddit
“I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.”
Ncfetcho@reddit
That was so accurate, just the wrong end of our face
IWantTheLastSlice@reddit
“Have fun storming the castle!”
NotoriousSUZ@reddit
I frequently tell my husband “I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!”
I_Always_3_putt@reddit
My wife also says this to me constantly
PurplyHumpbackWhale@reddit
dishwhore@reddit
But after that comment I’m not even sure I want to be THAT anymore!
dishwhore@reddit
Think it’ll work? - it’ll take a miracle.
Rabbitrules87@reddit
Inconceivable!
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
Sox-a-Holic@reddit
I say this line a LOT!
pantybrandi@reddit
"I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using"
RemoteRAU07@reddit
I do not thing that means what you think it means!
snarkmeister99@reddit
Always the correct response!
pantybrandi@reddit
Needs to be the top - there is no other right answer
Megmelons55@reddit
I'm glad I didn't have to scroll far for this answer lol. Definitely one of the best feel good movies ever
NotoriousSUZ@reddit
Stop rhyming and I mean it!
Anybody want a peanut?!
yucatan_sunshine@reddit
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/61/97/5c6197519e22078af9f42f6f19ff52b9.jpg
WardOnTheNightShift@reddit
Does this story have sports in it?
OakieTheGoldnRetrevr@reddit
THIS!
nygrl811@reddit
Best brainfloss on the planet!!
unlikelyhoax@reddit
Obviously Summerschool...
https://youtu.be/R0zK5ggTyYQ?si=fQbCx-6EzMZDFVzK
Haunting-Prior-NaN@reddit
Thank you. Thank you so much for your recommendation.
I saw this movie back in the day and had simply put it in the backburner. I remmebered several scenes, and knew more or less the story, but I really wasn't ready for the good feel it left me. It felt wholesome and clean fun, even with chainsaw constantly peddling the TCSM.
DaoFerret@reddit
I can see why he went into criminal investigation after that summer.
DerBingle78@reddit
Or Back To School - Longfellow
Individual_Bit_7109@reddit
He should watch it sometime when he, has no class
janesadd@reddit
Well well I didn’t know you wanted to be part of the discussion Mr Helper
CapitalRadioOne@reddit
Hey Kurt, can you read lips??
mooncrane606@reddit
"Whoever did write this doesn't know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut."
DerBingle78@reddit
That might be my favorite part.
reb6@reddit
Underrated classic. And where my crush on Mark Harmon was born
glitzy@reddit
The answer is always C!
Level-Coast8642@reddit
Chainsaw and Dave! I love that movie.
Why-did-i-reas-this@reddit
Summer Rental
DerBingle78@reddit
Summer Rental, Summer School, that’s a Carl Reiner double feature right there.
DerBingle78@reddit
Or Back To School - Longfellow
Liquado@reddit
Hell yes.
kalipatchia@reddit
Pump up the volume
Dlatywya@reddit
Hopscotch. Walter Matthau is glorious.
I worked at a video store in college and it was my never-fail recommendation.
ExhaustedGradStudent@reddit
The Fifth Element
forestsloth@reddit
That reminds me I should get my RealId one of these days
Wuz314159@reddit
Get a passport. It's easier and more useful.
forestsloth@reddit
Yeah my passport is still good for a bunch of years hence being lazy about the realId.
ExhaustedGradStudent@reddit
Just wait until you can get your multipass
Plus-Local1405@reddit
Mool-tea - pass
Ill-Ad997@reddit
Oh my God biggest pain in the *** ever. If you are in the state of California, it was harder to get than my passport. I needed my birth certificate, my marriage certificate, my social, and both driver's licenses.
mostawesomemom@reddit
THIS was my very favorite!! Still is in my top 10!
ExhaustedGradStudent@reddit
My wife and I love it and watch whenever it’s on
Cyllene54@reddit
And get some chicken to go with it. Chicken good!
Lizagna73@reddit
Yes, she knows it’s a multi pass!
kaythanksbuy@reddit
Yassss!
worldcaz@reddit
One of my favs!!!
worldcaz@reddit
One of my favs!!!
oldohthree@reddit
Not sure if it fits the category but “second hand lions” is a good movie to relax to.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Second Hand Lions is awesome!
I need to watch this again, now!
ImTheDude111@reddit
The Lost Boys. Showed it to my 15 year old and he loved it
Minor_Threat634@reddit
Maggots...you're eating maggots, Michael
hooptysnoops@reddit
gotta double feature this with Near Dark
Plus-Local1405@reddit
LetsTryAnal_ogy@reddit
The coolest vampire movie ever made and I’ll fist fight anyone who says differently.
AIHacker_133X@reddit
couchisland@reddit
Cry, little sister!
jaystinjay@reddit
Spinal Tap.
Minor_Threat634@reddit
Sooo ready for the next one Spinal Tap 2 - The End Continues
Ok-Asparagus-4044@reddit
Tombstone, untouchables, good fellas
Halafu@reddit
Weekend at Bernie's
SpaceMonkey3301967@reddit
"SFW" is the most GenX movie ever. SFW = So Fucking What? It's Reese Witherspoon's first film. And that other guy.
The book is better. Andrew Wellman wrote it. He was my friend. Then he went nuts. But his inscription in my SFW book is the best: "Being born in Detroit means you can do whatever you want to in life. Fuck everyone,"
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Quite a bit of GenX wisdom here.
SpaceMonkey3301967@reddit
Read the book. It's nuts. So GenX.
SpaceMonkey3301967@reddit
Andrew Wellman, the author of the book, was a friend. I should.try to find him. He rather disappeared from me. Last I saw him, in the 90s, he and I were on the top of the Leland building in Detroit. He dropped his pants, pulled his buttcheeks open and yelled, " This is what I think of you Detroit!!"
JayDRice@reddit
Better Off Dead popped in my head earlier. I remember loving it. Wonder if I still do.
buthowshesaid@reddit
I watched this with my 17yo a couple of months ago. I still loved it and more astonishingly, my kid put his phone down for the whole movie.
chtakes@reddit
Rewatched it recently and it is still funny and enjoyable.
DangerouslyOxidated@reddit
How has nobody (with 1,300 comments) mentioned
GhostbustersorThe Blues Brothers??cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
The Blues Brothers has been mentioned a few times.
shamwowj@reddit
Repo Man
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
Big Lebowski or Raising Arizona!
BBorNot@reddit
Came here to say the Big Lebowski.
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
I don’t roll on Shabbos! Goodman was the perfect pick for this role.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
GOD DAMMIT!!!…….Is there a Ralph’s around here?
Mammoth-Oil-6924@reddit
Me too!!!!
MissApocalypse2021@reddit
Shut the fuck up Donnie!
BBorNot@reddit
OVER THE LINE!
OakieTheGoldnRetrevr@reddit
I’d recommend Raising Arizona. The diaper left alone is worth it.
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
Ha. That was a great scene.
AndyTakeaLittleSnoo@reddit
Well, which is it young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? I mean to say, if I freeze, I can't rightly drop, and if I drop, I'm a gonna be in motion
Cflattery5@reddit
That’s right, we’re using our CODE names.
Squifford@reddit
I need me a baby, HI!
Cflattery5@reddit
I love him SO MUCH.
I know you do, honey.
I love him SOOO MUCH.
I know you do.
No-Scarcity-5904@reddit
Give me back my baby, you warthog from hell!
Cflattery5@reddit
That Buford’s a sly one. He already knows his ABCs.
Hit the deck, boy!
Cflattery5@reddit
I saw Raising Arizona at a midnight screening, Sophomore year after smoking my first joint. It was so much…comedic perfection. It put me on a path to a career in film.
Cflattery5@reddit
The gub’ment do take a bite.
radiohead-nerd@reddit
Boy…you gotta panty on yer head
cawclot@reddit
That hilariously stupid line still pops into my head on a regular basis.
Exhausted_but_upbeat@reddit
YEEEEEEEEEEE uhhh HEEEEEEE
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
Haha. True!
jillsvag@reddit
Baby needs his DIPTET
TheB1G_Lebowski@reddit
Far out man.
BowMountainGirl@reddit
Give me back that baby you warthog from hell
seanieuk@reddit
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man..
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
Haha. Well played.
MadPixFilm@reddit
“Better hurry up, I’m in dutch with the wife…”
UncuriousCrouton@reddit
I submit Top Secret!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9N7UhTMA8
notproudortired@reddit
I know a little German.
Sudden-Violinist-813@reddit
He’s standing over there
StudsTurkleton@reddit
Sacre Bleu, that’s simchas torah!
Sudden-Violinist-813@reddit
What took you so long? I’ve been here for 20 minutes.
tgrantt@reddit
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
firehawk2324@reddit
I watched this one recently for the first time. What a wild ride.
tgrantt@reddit
What, you're not used to neurosurgeon/dimensional physicist/rocket car driver/rock stars?
First-Ad-7960@reddit
Galaxy Quest is really GenX in my opinion
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
My husband and I quote this film almost daily (“Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?”), along with Mystery Men.
TheMadT@reddit
He fell down an elevator shaft. Onto some bullets.
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
Maybe you should put some shorts on, or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today…
LetsTryAnal_ogy@reddit
Let’s get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!
AnneElksTheory@reddit
“They’re Miners, not minors” “Look, I have one job on this ship! It’s stupid! But I’m going to do it!”
One of my absolute favorite movies.
First-Ad-7960@reddit
Omg. Mystery Men is also a GenX movie
Sox-a-Holic@reddit
Roller Boogie!! Watch it, you won’t regret it!
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Boogie Nights… with Roller Girl?
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
Roller Boogie is a different film, from 1979. It stars Linda Blair.
LavenderPearlTea@reddit
The original - and only - Star Wars trilogy.
KlausVonMaunder@reddit
Eddie and the Cruisers
mrbootsandbertie@reddit
Desperately Seeking Susan.
It makes me so happy.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Desperately Seeking Susan has made quite a few appearances on this list. It is kind of a deep cut, but I distinctly remember seeing it in the theater when it was released.
mrbootsandbertie@reddit
I remember seeing Mannequin! 🤣
At least DSS is cool!
Opposite_Law1844@reddit
A friend and I just watched Nonnas on Netflix and thought it was great. True story. No blood and guts, sex and vampires, though, so ...
sundaymistress@reddit
Desperately seeking Susan.
SirITMan@reddit
I just showed my girlfriend Back To The Future for the first time last night. Still holds up. She loved it and I remembered how much I love it
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I remember watching this in theater when it came out. What a total blast that was!
SirITMan@reddit
Me too. On the 70mm screen at the Glenwood in Kansas City. I miss that theatre
69hornedscorpio@reddit
Pump up the volume, Heather’s
SassyTechDiva@reddit
Adding Gleaming the Cube and Legend of Billie Jean to round out the Christian Slater coming of age marathon.
BeerAnBooksAnCats@reddit
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BeerAnBooksAnCats@reddit
Ah, but to start the start Christian Slater’s coming of age we need to begin with The Name of the Rose.
doggysmomma420@reddit
I just said Gleaming the Cube! No one ever brings up this movie. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
hooptysnoops@reddit
round it out with Broken Arrow
69hornedscorpio@reddit
True Romance or Young Guns II
scotthan@reddit
Fuck yeah …. Christian Slayter …. Loved him, what’s he up to now?
Curious-External-7@reddit
Playing Harry Morgan in Dexter: Original Sin
Ncfetcho@reddit
Oh really? Damn. I might have to watch that now.
Ncfetcho@reddit
I suggest him in a Quiet Man. Or a Very Quiet Man. Something like that.
Personal favorite.
iHo4Iroh@reddit
Sterling Archer might know.
Exulansis22@reddit
This is it
snarkmeister99@reddit
He’s around. He was in Mr Robot. Also Unfrosted, a Netflix original. Not awesome but a decently fun diversion (and the mad men cameos were chef’s kiss).
doggysmomma420@reddit
To add to the Christian Slater love, it must be added, Gleaming the Cube, which also has an extremely young Tony Hawk in it.
scubasteve1886@reddit
Add The Legend of Billie Jean for the trilogy.
Rab1dus@reddit
I'll second Pump Up the Volume. Great show.
Zehava2022@reddit
Is Pump Up the Volume anywhere to be found on digital?
MisfitWitch@reddit
I am gen x. My husband is a (gasp!) millennial. Imagine my abject horror last year when he said he had never seen pump up the volume. We sit down and watch it, we’re like 3/4 through, and he turns to me and says “so when does he hold up the boombox over his head?”
Turns out he has also never seen say anything.
couchisland@reddit
I am APPALLED! lol
saintdudegaming@reddit
Talk Hard!!
BosPatriot71@reddit
Here are my people.
Upbeat_Rock3503@reddit
Catch phrase checks out.
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
OMG excellent combo!!
LuckyBook1538@reddit
Ladyhawke.
hoitytoitygloves@reddit
I rewatched this recently. It's a visual feast on top of great acting.
LuckyBook1538@reddit
It really is. My number 1 movie always.
HelendeVine@reddit
I’m going to go watch this now!
hippidad@reddit
Point Break
myoekoben@reddit
Goonies, Flatliners, The Lost Boys, some Clive Barker adaptation like Nightbreed. Try also Cujo or Maximum Overdrive. What about Labyrinth or Willow? Or the one with Tom Cruise - Legend.
I know. What about House 1 and House 2?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(1985_film)
ThisNameIsTakenTwo@reddit
Lost Boys!
ThisNameIsTakenTwo@reddit
Final Destination
Jed308613@reddit
Ladyhawke, Clue, Legend, The Lost Boys, Spies Like Us, Adventures in Babysitting, Footloose, This Is Spinal Tap, The Natural
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Just about a perfect movie. Has Robert Redford ever done anything bad?
Jed308613@reddit
I don't think so.
notsicktoday@reddit
The John Carpenter 80s non-horror movies:
Escape from New York
Starman
Big Trouble in Little China
They Live
Vamfyrerotik@reddit
They live is my favorite 80's movie.
PocketDeuces@reddit
That fight scene over the sunglasses. So epic.
Vamfyrerotik@reddit
I liked the movie so much I bought the action figure.
Vamfyrerotik@reddit
Omg yes lol
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
SOOOOO GOOOOOD
WildWeasel408@reddit
- The Thing
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
One of my all time favorites.
NiceGuy60660@reddit
Dun Dun
... ... ...
Dun Dun
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
Haha, I totally heard that in a John Carpenter way.
Due-Arachnid634@reddit
They Live is pure effing horror.
mrshagzsf@reddit
Big Trouble in Little China seconded
tommymat@reddit
The check is in mail pal!
MrMathamagician@reddit
Omg big trouble in little china!
Wasteofskin50@reddit
Third edition! That was the one I came to mention.
eyemacwgrl@reddit
They Live is so good (and bad). I love it!
planenut767@reddit
I second Escape from NY, especially since Mayor Adams bears a striking resemblance to the Duke Of NY.
Level-Coast8642@reddit
All of these.
Glum-One2514@reddit
Solid recommendations. I haven't seen Starman since it was on '80s Showtime, but the others still hold up surprisingly well.
Sox-a-Holic@reddit
All of these but especially STARMAN!
siliconsmiley@reddit
Black blood of the earth.
kareninthezoo@reddit
Starman!!!
Shell-Fire@reddit
They Live is flipping Awesome!
Strict-Leopard7589@reddit
They Live seconded
Electric-Sheepskin@reddit
Oh man, I haven't thought about Starman or They Live in years.
SuperWasabi4766@reddit
Thanks for sharing this. I've not heard of They Live, and I love John Carpenter. So I'm checking it out.
Katya777-9311@reddit
Warriors…come out and play-yay!❤️
squarebody8675@reddit
I love bed starman so much
Miami_Vice_75@reddit
Great choice!
geebzor@reddit
The 1st 3 I’ve just watched, I forgot about “They live”.
Thanks!
Autumn_Moon_Cake@reddit
You just solved my rainy weekend!
MrRemoto@reddit
One Crazy Summer
tvguard@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High School
ConfidenceAgitated16@reddit
Caddyshack
Grzzld@reddit
Breakfast Club
Squifford@reddit
Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?
BusyDistribution6743@reddit
I’ll give you the answer to that question, Mr. Bender, next Saturday.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Screws fall out out all the time, it’s an imperfect world
DogTrainer24-7-365@reddit
I had to scroll way to far too see this!
Haunting_Height_9793@reddit
Old School!
Loudeli@reddit
Office Space
Sheriff_Mills@reddit
Encino Man
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
I Love You To Death
In And Out
AKNuts21@reddit
Big trouble in little china
QueenMumof4@reddit
Drop dead fred
Which-Grapefruit724@reddit
This film is so underrated. It is so funny and so beautiful, it makes me cry so much. Absolute gem!!
QueenMumof4@reddit
I agree 💯
FriedRamen13@reddit
Hiding Out
Three O’Clock High
spauldingsmails@reddit
Three o’clock High is so good! Great cinematography for a teen movie.
hooptysnoops@reddit
Flatliners (the original obvs)
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
This was with Kevin Bacon?
I had no idea it was remade.
RayBuc9882@reddit
Watching The Abyss right now
JennShrum23@reddit
I went and saw that st a rerelease last year where they added in about 40m of previously cut film… man, changed so much and not in a good way.
Drove home to me how good that movie was - right down to the editing.
Which-Grapefruit724@reddit
You should check out the book, it's really good. The only novelization of a movie that's any good because it's written by Orson Scott Card. I'm a huge fan of his writing and it's an excellent read, you wouldn't know it was from a movie if you didn't already know.
JennShrum23@reddit
Ohhh I didn’t know it was a book! Added.
Thanks
crustypunx420@reddit
GUMMO & KIDS
UraTargetMarket@reddit
I keep seeing a lot of different John Cusack films mentioned. Maybe do a mini binge film festival with several of his most iconic Gen X relevant films throughout the weekend. I don’t know how I feel about it, but he seems to be our poster boy. Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity (duh)….so forth and so on.
hoitytoitygloves@reddit
Serendipity too
Lower-Yam-620@reddit
I just came out here to post High Fidelity. It’s the ultimate Gen-X rom com
UraTargetMarket@reddit
It is. It’s also insufferable. But that adds to its charm. I’m a woman from Chicago who was somewhat part of that Wicker Park scene before it really became gentrified, so I just want to go throw up watching these men (okay, only Rob…Jack Black is golden….and the Moby guy too), but I also very much appreciate it. 😆To me, the film encapsulates or bookends or whatever the Gen X experience quite nicely. Maybe John Cusack deserves his poster boy status.
ironeagle2006@reddit
Revenge of the Nerds Porky's Hot Dog
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Hot Dog The Movie
Shannon Tweed?
ironeagle2006@reddit
Yes
MikeOcherts@reddit
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Tim Roth, Gary Oldman & Richard Dreyfuss performing Shakespeare… Kinda…
Which-Grapefruit724@reddit
Such a great film, and man are they both in the prime of their beauty!! Gary Oldman is especially breathtaking in this. I'm not the hugest Dreyfuss fan but he's really great in this. The Hamlet bits are done very well, I wish they'd filmed a parallel full Hamlet simultaneously. I love to say "conspiracy of cartographers" at any semblance of an appropriate opportunity, also Times being what they are.
My bff and I acted out and filmed the questions scene for our drama class project, using a volleyball net in the school gym. But these kids were playing basketball in there and you can hear it so clearly it over powers us😂. We also did the iocaine powder scene from Princess Bride and the noise of the traffic going by screwed us over. Amateurs, lol.
FlamingDragonfruit@reddit
They're performing Stoppard, who is a brilliant writer in his own right. (But yes, based on the Hamlet characters)
Silrathi@reddit
Could Death be a boat?
MikeOcherts@reddit
I’ve frequently NOT been on boats…
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
Absolutely love that film
Murky-Use-3206@reddit
Whenever I remember R & G it's instantly in my top 10 again. I bought the screenplay as a book, eventually gave it to a friend who did theatre.
doktorstilton@reddit
Hackers
FallenValkyrja@reddit
Pair with the hacker classic, Sneakers and then end the day with War Games.
Char_5698@reddit
Omg Sneakers is one of my favorite movies! Awesome ensemble cast!
doktorstilton@reddit
Perfect
AudiNick@reddit
Hack the Planet!
dawny23@reddit
The Doors (1991 film)
cshrpmnr@reddit
Up the Creek
Quietimeismyfavorite@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
boss_tanaka@reddit
Gross Pointe Blank!
tallulahtaffy@reddit
It’s not a boring soup!
hooptysnoops@reddit
carrots and celery are just the base of a soup!
jerseyexpat2020@reddit
10 years!!
Top-Spinach2060@reddit
I freaked out, joined the Army. Im a trained killer!!
Realistic-Database16@reddit
You get dental with that?
Top-Spinach2060@reddit
Hi Im Martin. I killed the President of Paraguay with a pen. How have you been?
hooptysnoops@reddit
in my mind, there is an alternate movie reality with a direct throughline from the pen gift scene in Say Anything to this outcome.
ThisMustBeFakeMine@reddit
I think it was with a fork..? Well, now I have to go watch it & check! Yay!!
Top-Spinach2060@reddit
You are correct.
He killed the guy at the end with the pen.
Realistic-Database16@reddit
Felix la poubelle....
Top-Spinach2060@reddit
Was actually Cusack’s Martial arts guru.
MimiRayhawk@reddit
Hi, I sell couch insurance.
Realistic-Database16@reddit
I sell biscuits and gravy all over the southland
JulieThinx@reddit
10 Fucking Years!!!
Kithsander@reddit
What are you doing here?
infinitynull@reddit
I feel like that was Aykroyd's best performance.
Puzzled_Respond_3335@reddit
Dan Ackroyd in one of his best performances
ObiWanKnieval@reddit
Yes!
RemoteRAU07@reddit
I sell couch insurance.
movieator@reddit
These are my words.
IngoPixelSkin@reddit
You can never go home again, Oatman, but I guess you can shop there
shadow198492@reddit
One of my FAVS!!!!
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
POPCORN!
LucindaStreets@reddit
Relaxing?
Mental-Artist-6157@reddit
I'm whatcha call...morally flexible.
Professional_Trade45@reddit
I think i just found something to watch this weekend. Love this movie.
Primary-Golf779@reddit
My favorite movie
boss_tanaka@reddit
In my top 5 fo sho : )
Negative_Corner6722@reddit
For a while.
SnuffShock@reddit
…for a while.
PretendDuchess@reddit
I killed the President of Paraguay with a fork.
SidMarcus@reddit
Look, I don't want to get into a semantic argument, I just want the protein
Paprika420@reddit
Good choice. This is my recommendation for any situation.
Living_Molasses4719@reddit
Moonstruck
MissAngela66@reddit
Pretty in Pink
johnpaulgeorgeNbingo@reddit
The Princess Bride is always a good choice!
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Inconceivable!
CJK_Murph@reddit
What did you decide on??
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Grosse Pointe Blank - I saw it in the theater when it first came out, but enjoyed it less than I wanted to.
Had to give it another chance. I had forgotten all the great actors in it.
CJK_Murph@reddit
Fun! I haven’t seen that in years! I’ve been doing gen x movies with my teen daughters. That would be a great one to watch with them.
sal101010@reddit
Someone else recommended the movie that they quoted the most. Mine is Empire Records - I even managed to include it in my sister's memorial, which she would most definitely have approved of!
obxtalldude@reddit
Joe Dirt is the perfect fried brain movie.
fidalco@reddit
Not a movie but a series to add extra Brain Frying to your noggin, I present DARK on Netflix.
CautiousReputation15@reddit
Throw Mama From The Train
ac578@reddit
The Big Chill
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Did not really get this movie when it came out but certainly enjoyed the soundtrack.
ac578@reddit
Agreed. I didn’t get the subject matter and plot but the soundtrack was superb. The scene where they’re all dancing in the kitchen while cooking is classic.
_Roxxs_@reddit
The Ghost and the Darkness
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Val Kilmer delivers once again.
profcate@reddit
The Last American Virgin
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Valley Girl
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
This is a serious triple feature of 80s goodness!
Creepy_WaterYogi75@reddit
Breakfast Club is my go to 👌
ArmadilloKey5854@reddit
Harold & Maude
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Everything is great about Harold & Maude.
goodcookT@reddit
Lots of great suggestions here. But the two I'd recommend are
Rad
Over the Top.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Surprisingly good Kenny Loggins song associated with this...
"Meet Me Half Way"
PaddlesOwnCanoe@reddit
How I Got Into College. It's hilarious!
Mixednutbag@reddit
Big Trouble in Little China.
Much-Virus-8063@reddit
40th anniversary of Goonies!
PositiveStress8888@reddit
Richard Pryor
The Toy (1982)
homerletterkenny@reddit
The Great Outdoors
Roo-Loose@reddit
This is Spinal Tap
Bunnynynyny@reddit
Arthur 🎥movie -1981 my feel good movie !! 😂 funny -great acting ,, i quote from this movie all the time !!🤗🤪🤪
Yourmomisbadatgames@reddit
"Everyone who drinks is not a poet. Maybe some of us drink because we're not poets."
Such a thoughtful script and wonderful performance.
Bunnynynyny@reddit
You made my day !! Also part two is good!
🥃
nerudite@reddit
How about a Parker Posey marathon? Party Girl, The Daytrippers, Waiting for Guffman, Dazed and Confused. So many options.
PotAndPansForHands@reddit
Omg Parker Posey in Best in Show 😂☠️
Cyphermoon699@reddit
Where is Busy Bee???!!!
buttle_rubbies@reddit
She’s FREAKING OUT!
PotAndPansForHands@reddit
❤️
w30freak@reddit
I think you mean 'A Mighty Wind'.
SallySitwell3000@reddit
Came to find this 🤣
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Air Raid!!!
Social_Introvert_789@reddit
I don’t know ANYONE who’s ever seen or heard of waiting for guffman!! It’s my all time favorite movies!
Substantial_Year_263@reddit
I've seen it several times. That ensemble cast is wonderful in all their movies!
It_is_a_truth@reddit
I made “Blaine: Stool Capital of the World” shirts for Christmas pjs a few years ago. My 16 year old is so sad that none of her friends know this movie.
Social_Introvert_789@reddit
I say so many quotes from This movie, it’s unreal. I would totally rock that shirt/pjs!!!
Western-Return-3126@reddit
Don't go into the light, mom 😂
The Daytrippers is hilarious and I'm happy to see it getting a recommendation. I'll second it!
Elly_Higgenbottom@reddit
The House Of Yes!
Tracyhmcd@reddit
Stanley Tucci in The Daytrippers. Must find and re-watch.
TampaJeff@reddit
Wipe that face off your head……
FabAmy@reddit
I love her so much! It made me happy to see her in White Lotus.
Minor_Threat634@reddit
YESSS literally all of these. I recently re-watched Clockwatchers and it's is almost better than I remember. Her wardrobe in that movie is iconic.
jjmenace@reddit
Adventures in Babysitting
chainmailler2001@reddit
"That ain't no kitten, kid. That's a jumbo size Sewer rat!"
jjmenace@reddit
Also heard at the bus station, "I'll make it very clear, you slip me the cash and I'll slip you the weiner"!
damdonkey@reddit
The dishes are done, man.
Heidi_who@reddit
Isn’t that from don’t tell mom the babysitter is dead? Same actor though. Both great movies!!
Select-Flow-6837@reddit
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
thekylegonzalez@reddit
Office Space
ylly22@reddit
Total Recall is my comfort watch
writerlady6@reddit
Do you like thrillers? "The Hitcher" is one of my favorite 80's movies, because I love that genre, but especially any works based upon the magnificence of Rutger Hauer.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I absolutely remember watching this on HBO way back when. They do not make them like this anymore.
writerlady6@reddit
That was the first place I saw it too!
martafoz@reddit
Buckaroo Banzai.
throwra_22222@reddit
Desperately Seeking Susan, Valley Girl, Earth Girls Are Easy, & Making Mr. Right, are as 80s as it gets.
Smithereens if you want to be a little punk about it.
Able_Boat_8966@reddit
Tuff Turf
https://youtu.be/u9GO7TZQ85E?si=4KJglaXgZDcdfxej
temerairevm@reddit
You want “Hot tub Time Machine”. It’s a newer movie but the time travel and Gen X cast make it perfect.
Katfish19@reddit
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghostbusters, or Back to the Future!
woman-reading@reddit
Breakfast club!
Crackfiend76@reddit
Monster Squad
hoteleyeng@reddit
Wolfman’s got nards!
Soulpatch7@reddit
Friday deserves a spot here if it’s not below.
No_Individual_672@reddit
The Big Chill
HA1LHYDRA@reddit
Can't go wrong with Coneheads. Comfort food for the soul.
Creaulx@reddit
Night Shift! "This is Chuck to remind Bill to SHUT UP!"
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Michael Keaton is a genius.
Sherrijean30@reddit
Parenthood
oxcasper@reddit
PCU
Wuz314159@reddit
Was just in another thread reminded of this classic that couldn't be made today: On the Right Track (1981)
and I just found another HBO memory on some streaming service. Super Fuzz [or Super Snooper] (1980)
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
This movie was in heavy rotation on HBO. It ended up making me loathe Ernest Borgnine as an actor.
Wuz314159@reddit
I grew up on McHale's Navy, so didn't phase me. :Þ
efxeditor@reddit
Real Genius of course! 😉
Fabulous-Pin7851@reddit
Some Kind of Wonderful
tastethepain@reddit
Office space or idiocy
keeksmann@reddit
You may not have heard of this one, as it came out in 1978-the summer I turned 6. My mom and I saw it in the theater four times and to date, it’s still a favorite. I don’t think I’ve seen it for at least 20 years, but if you like Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, and Dudley Moore who played a terrific but memorable smaller role, then give it a watch. It’s called Foul Play.
blutob78@reddit
Great movie! Follow it up with Seems Like Old Times.
ERLRHELL@reddit
Love this movie!!
Thin-Ganache-363@reddit
I read all the comments, and somehow no one has mentioned:
BRAZIL
w3stoner@reddit
Tied with Amelíe as my favorite film of all time
u35828@reddit
The Blues Brothers
Custodian_Carl@reddit
Joe Versus the Volcano
Creaulx@reddit
Every time I'm in our rather grim office with nasty fluorescent lighting I'm reminded of this movie.
Creaulx@reddit
The Pope of Greenwich Village with Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts. "They're gonna take my thumbs, Paulie - !"
4x4Welder@reddit
Explorers was pretty interesting.
InternSimilar9667@reddit
Say Anything-John Cusack ❤️
drumbo10@reddit
Raiders of the lost ark.
Lalamedic@reddit
Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?’
homezlice@reddit
Highlander. But for gods sake not the second one.
chainmailler2001@reddit
Bonus: the entire soundtrack was done by Queen. They initially asked Queen to contribute to the they liked the movie so much that they ended up doing the entire soundtrack. On top of that, the music video for the main song (Princes of the Universe⁷ a dry sŕfeatured Christopher Lambert and Queen rocking out together. Yield
AbsolutesDealer@reddit
There should be only one.
Thin-Ganache-363@reddit
There is only ONE! And I will die on this hill.
Mission-Engineer@reddit
Underrated comment
homezlice@reddit
Agreed that is a banger of a comment
breddy@reddit
I feel like that was clear
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
Do you remember? 500 years ago? On Zeist?
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
Don’t ever speak to me again…..about Highlander 2. You Spanish Peacock!
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA@reddit
7SeasofCheese@reddit
No one can play an Egyptian Spanish person from Scotland quite like Sean Connery.
ObGynKenobi97@reddit
I had a half Scottish/half Egyptian classmate. He could have passed easily for a Spaniard. I asked him if he ever went to any clan gatherings in Texas. He looked freaked out until I told him I meant Scottish clans…..not the KKK.
7SeasofCheese@reddit
Such a perfect setup too, shame they didn’t get the reference
justjinpnw@reddit
My FAVORITE
LetsTryAnal_ogy@reddit
There was a second one? (Now you say “no, I made a bad joke”)
Callmetomorrow99@reddit
The quickening? I liked this movie as a kid, if only for the concept of the shield blocking the sun, and how they may have borrowed from this for The Matrix.
UrbanPanic@reddit
Second one? I thought there was just Highlander, and Highlander 3: The Apology.
Plus-Local1405@reddit
Kicking and Screaming (1995) . Not the one with will ferrel
ERLRHELL@reddit
History of the World Part I
HerculesAmadeusAmore@reddit
Can’t Buy Me Love.
kandrc0@reddit
Great movie. Amanda Peterson (the female lead, Cindy) led a sad, tragic life: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Peterson
chainmailler2001@reddit
This was one of the trailers on our Adventures in Babysitting VHS 😂
Dattazzdoe@reddit
This is my comfort movie.
Bag_Lady75@reddit
Followed by Loverboy - don’t forget the extra anchovies
Duke-of-Hellington@reddit
He was so charming in that!
aurelianwasrobbed@reddit
Underrated
thejake1973@reddit
Tombstone
ERLRHELL@reddit
Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.
Grouchy_Ad_3705@reddit
There is nothing better
jmervz@reddit
kung fu hustle
ERLRHELL@reddit
Love love love
RaymondLuxYacht@reddit
One Crazy Summer. John Cusack. Demi Moore. Bobcat Goldthwaite. You can thank me later.
stefanica@reddit
Dream a Little Dream. It's cute, funny and touching without being too maudlin.
acoffeefiend@reddit
Idiocracy
ElectraMorgan@reddit
Just rewatched office space- it has stood the test of time. Except there was a line I hadn't noticed before "what if we're still doing this when we're 50?" Ouch!
No_Original5693@reddit
Thanks for reminding me of that line 😖
txn98@reddit
It would be good to have that kind of job security
Wuz314159@reddit
For some reason, movies that I've seen in the cinema in a different country seem a little less "nostalgic".
acoffeefiend@reddit
Get an old school VHS? 🤣
dishwhore@reddit
Fucking. A.
AKAlicious@reddit
+1 for Spaceballs!
WDE1999@reddit
My 17 year old daughter quotes Idiocracy to her friends. 🥰🥰
JosKarith@reddit
Hackers. It needs to be Hackers.
stevedontcumyet@reddit
The Last Starfighter.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
This movie stands alone in its awesomeness.
gcfio@reddit
Stripes. Im gonna be a lean mean fighting machine
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
My name's Dewey Oxburger. My friends call me Ox. You might have noticed that, uh, I've got a slight weight problem.
threemoons_nyc@reddit
Breakfast Club
Retinoid634@reddit
Desperately Seeking Susan.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
It is possible I have not seen this movie since I watched it in the theater. A classic!
214txdude@reddit
The lost boys
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Love the soundtrack.
And this movie was filmed in Santa Cruz, CA - not too far from where I grew up.
hemdek@reddit
Dude where's my car or bulletproof
CaptFatz@reddit
Far and Away is free on YouTube
newtonmeter907@reddit
Breaking Away Say Anything Legends of the Fall Regarding Henry Apocalypse Now
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Such a great movie hitting on a bunch of themes:
Relationships with his mom, his dad, his friends.
The reality of inflated expectations.
Teamwork and commitment.
Krustylang@reddit
Five wildly different movies, all of them great!
SticksOfFish@reddit
5th Element
airemyn@reddit
I am late on this but perhaps your brain is still fried :)
Yesterday was the 39th Anniversary of Top Gun! One of my favorite all time classics.
NetworkMick@reddit
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
TwainVonnegut@reddit
Body Heat (1981)
lost-in-the-sierras@reddit
Apocalypse Now & The Outlaw Josey Wales
Weird-Ad7562@reddit
Documentary about the making of AN.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Hearts of darkness
Weird-Ad7562@reddit
That's the one.
StoneGoldX@reddit
The Substitute.
Hobbiesandjobs@reddit
What you need is a “Weekend at Bernie’s”. That should do it for you
Pressman4life@reddit
Cherry 2000
Tank Girl, Mad Max (duh), Road Warrior, Waterworld
That-Marsupial-907@reddit
Tank Girl!!!!
digital_sunrise@reddit
It’s been swell, but the swellings gone down now.
I use this so much in saying goodbye my clients finish the phrase for me. My clients are surgeons.
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
I'm feeling like you have a type.
Pressman4life@reddit
National Lampoon's: Animal House, Vacation, Smokey and the bandit and The Blues brothers seemed to obvious.
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
Lol. Wasn't criticism. Just sensed a theme. Ever seen Six String Samurai?
digital_sunrise@reddit
Empire Records. My names not fucking Warren! Why are all these quarters stuck to the ground?!
FlounderAccording125@reddit
Summer School
Bitchface-Deluxe@reddit
Singles
Dazed and Confused
River’s Edge
Rock Star
Detroit Rock City
SidewaysTugboat@reddit
Don’t forget Slacker if you are watching Dazed and Confused. It’s very Austin specific, but if you lived that lifestyle it slaps hard.
winterneuro@reddit
I had to scroll way to far to find Singles!
Bitchface-Deluxe@reddit
It’s the most Gen-X movie of all time!
MemeInBlack@reddit
Add High Fidelity to the playlist too
SillyDistractions@reddit
I was just nowhere near your neighborhood.
Live-Blacksmith-1402@reddit
River's Edge is such an amazing film.
Oblio-616@reddit
Biodome
Historical_Island292@reddit
She’s out of control
pedsmursekc@reddit
Oof. Major crush on Amy Dolenz because of that movie.
stanleymodest@reddit
This Quiet Earth
Jaymbotherainbow@reddit
PCU just because no one else said it
aggressive_seal@reddit
Jaws. Don't overthink this. Just watch Jaws. It's a perfect movie.
naked_as_a_jaybird@reddit
Heathers
notproudortired@reddit
Sleepless in Seattle
Singles
Apart-Cream-4940@reddit
Overboard? With Goldie hawn. Was that in the '80s?
notproudortired@reddit
Ahhh Tofuti Tofuti Tofuti
gekko812@reddit
Tapeheads. Cuz when’s the last time you had a wing with a waffle?
a_passionate_man@reddit
The Dirty Dozen if you are a guy, Out of Africa if you are a gal 🤔
Electrical_Feature12@reddit
Some Kind of Wonderful
That-Marsupial-907@reddit
Even just for the ending credits scene and music!
Electrical_Feature12@reddit
Yeah it’s pretty much perfect. Always had a crush on the Watts character growing up . Ha
scottiepippen13@reddit
Revenge of the Nerds
matchstrike@reddit
Real Genius or Better Off Dead. Or both!
WestCoast7789@reddit
Empire Records
splunge4me2@reddit
Repo Man
SurrealRodent@reddit
Came here to say that.
raletti@reddit
A little more obscure but in the 80s Stripes, Police Academy type vain, Moving Violations.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
I haven’t seen moving violations since the 80s
VV0MB4T@reddit
Falling Down
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
DFENS
planenut767@reddit
Just going to drop this here and see if you take a hint.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Sarah Connuh?
drkkz@reddit
Dazed and confused, empire records, Alicia silverstone crush, clash of the titans, original IT, tommyknockers.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Clash of the Titans, I had the metal lunchbox
Only_the_Tip@reddit
also Mallrats
Historical_Island292@reddit
Summer School all day
just1here@reddit
A Fish Called Wanda
That-Marsupial-907@reddit
“What are you going to do, K-K-K-Ken? K-k-k-kill me?”
rcck00@reddit
Boy, they whooped yer hide REAL GOOD!
TeaMugPatina@reddit
My Science Project or House.
unleadedbrunette@reddit
Fandango by Kevin Reynolds
acreekofsoap@reddit
Red Dawn, get ready to feel real old, real quick
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Early bird gets the worm
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I showed the opening clip of that with the Russians shooting up the high school and the missile silo clip from WarGames in my class as an opener to talk about the Cold War.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Sir we are at launch! Turn your key sir!!!
DukeBabylon@reddit
Singles is my usual go to.
unleadedbrunette@reddit
Pretty in Pink
mind_yer_heid@reddit
Comedy: goonies, better off dead, or princess bride.
Stoner movie: far out man.
Something mellow and sweet: to dance withh the white dog or the man from snowy river.
Medieval: Dragonslayer or beastmaster.
Sci Fi: the abyss, short circuit, or batteries not included.
Comics: Superman the movie
Now my brain is fried too! 😉
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Dragonslayer is an all time favorite. It’s so well done.
Kansas007@reddit
Big trouble in little China.
LagerGuyPa@reddit
Spaceballs!
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Prepare to fast forward! Preparing to fast forward, sir. Fast forward! Fast forwarding, sir.
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
Watch out!
jules793@reddit
Goonies
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
Underground pipes going all over the place.
“Yeah, Mikey’s been through here alright”
GeneralJavaholic@reddit
I still haven't seen Goonies. Only saw Back to the Future last year.
jules793@reddit
Oh man for the love of all things please eBay it stream it whatever you need to! Get it on the agenda asap. It’s so good. What a treat to be able to watch it for the first time!
Puzzled_Respond_3335@reddit
Double feature with Kindergarten Cop for Astoria!
TheFlyScot@reddit
I’m disappointed that I had to go this far to find Goonies… unless I missed it, but yes, great choice!
jules793@reddit
Goonies is always top tier. What more do you need to make the day disappear? Pirates ✅ treasure✅ nerds and jocks working together ✅childhood innocence ✅
Hangry_Chipmunk_101@reddit
Wildcats
Rundle1999@reddit
Coneheads
rd26@reddit
RAD or Gleaming the Cube are chill.
Emergency-Prompt-@reddit
I haven’t thought about Gleaming the Cube in ages. Deserves a revisit.
grayfee@reddit
You seen Thrashin' ? If not, you may dig it. DAGGERS 4 LIFE!
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
I’m actually in that movie, one of the many people he skates past in the opening sequence
grayfee@reddit
That's so cool!!! I love that movie it's the ultimate 80s skate culture snapshot.
Yay_duh@reddit
Cult classics
blkwidow76@reddit
I watch Gleaming the Cube and the Legend of Billy Jean at least once a year. Love those movies
SailbadTheSinner@reddit
Bicycle boogie
fjvgamer@reddit
Airplane.
Dont call me Shirley!
Anxious_Foot876@reddit
Shirley you can’t be serious
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley
Working-Medicine7138@reddit
Nonna’s on Netflix
crazyoldwizard72@reddit
That's just a guy in a suit
Teammx112@reddit
Weird Science
Strawberry719@reddit
He don't even have a license Lisa!
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
This isn’t bullshit Chet, this is a Pershing missile.
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
How about a nice, greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray? 🤢
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
RIP Bill Paxton
ElCasino1977@reddit
In your race for power and glory, you forgot one thing…
Junior_Lavishness_96@reddit
We forgot to plug in the doll?
whydya-dodat@reddit
This has to be number 1. Here’s why:
Ilan Mitchell-Smith With OP grading papers, this is the only feasible answer.
And, yes… he is an awesome person and a very good professor. His Old English course was absolutely amazing.
TapeFlip187@reddit
Yes 😎
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
Correct!!
realfolkblues@reddit
Pet Sematary
AppropriateQuantity3@reddit
Bonus points for correct incorrect spelling!
Historical-Gap-7084@reddit
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure on TubiTV.
ThisFeelsInfected@reddit
Friday
BaconMonkey0@reddit
Goonies.
Normal-Emu4359@reddit
The Goonies
brumac44@reddit
The burbs
Krustylang@reddit
This is always the best treatment for brain fry.
No-Extension-101@reddit
Tapeheads
Beauty_Alchemist@reddit
The Breakfast Club
CryptographerLate179@reddit
The Labyrinth, The Neverending Story, Encino Man, Beetlejuice, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Cutting Edge.
haletronic@reddit
Shaun of the Dead
blorins@reddit
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2ndplaceBrennan@reddit
We've had a doozy of a day!
Christina_Beena@reddit
OMG gonna do a Terry Gilliam weekend 👍
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
Taika Waititi did a remake/series of Time Bandits and it is SO GOOD. It’s either Hulu or HBO, I forget which. He plays god, and Jemaine Clement is the devil. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Christina_Beena@reddit
Oh man I need to catch that
Quintipluar@reddit
Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine are Gen X. So is the director and writers.
So IMO Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is a Gen X film at heart. And it's hilarious. Highly recommend.
TapeFlip187@reddit
Incredible movie!
Historical-Kick-9126@reddit
Them college kids☺️
ThisGuyRightHereSaid@reddit
Jon dies at the end is good too. I think I bought these two at the same time.
okamnioka@reddit
1979, so I guess xennial?
I always go with Office Space (1999) for that fck off attitude, cuz damn it feels good to be a gangster.
Street_Barnacle4561@reddit
rawsouthpaw1@reddit
"Gasoline! Hahahahahaha"
rawsouthpaw1@reddit
Pulp Fiction - just saw this again at Tarantino's LA theater for the 30th anniversary after getting high. Incredible stuff.
I'm a teacher too and getting high and watching High School High is metta haha
High Fidelity is great too
stickybond009@reddit
Anything on Chuck
lynloves@reddit
War of the Roses
justjinpnw@reddit
Goonies
eghhge@reddit
Young Frankenstein
MerlinsMama13@reddit
Puddin on the Riiiiizzzz!
eghhge@reddit
Oooper Duper!
MerlinsMama13@reddit
🤣🤣😂🤣 Thanks for reminding me of that movie!
That-Marsupial-907@reddit
“What hump?”
eghhge@reddit
Walk this way
United-Mulberry3436@reddit
It’s Franken-stein.
eghhge@reddit
Eye-gor
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Perhaps the funniest movie ever?
eghhge@reddit
Abby Normal
ItsOk_ItsAlright@reddit
Totally Killer
Bromperhue43@reddit
Better Off Dead
Just_Cable_4557@reddit
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off… so you can learn about tariffs!!
eatzen13-what@reddit
The Last Stand. Campy and fun as fudge.
Quix66@reddit
Point Break. Visual movie that turns off your mind. The ocean.
zombiecaticorn@reddit
Just One of the Guys
Alarmed-Pollution-89@reddit
Ferris Buellers Day Off, Iron Eagle, Caddyshack,The Breakfast Club, and the like
EarlyInside45@reddit
Time Bandits
Optimal-Account8126@reddit
So, what did you decide to watch?
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Pretty darn hard to pick from all these awesome suggestions!
Leaning towards Grosse Pointe Blank.
I wanted to really like this when it came out, but didn’t. I want to give the movie another chance.
Optimal-Account8126@reddit
Nice. A Cusack movie is a good choice. Better Off Dead is a favorite (for the given time period) around here.
Comobuffo82@reddit
Kingpin. Always funny watching Munson get Munsoned
fulltumtum@reddit
Weird Science
Rumjackle@reddit
You need GenX comedies made by GenX people for GenX audiences. Horrible Bosses, were the millers, game night, the hangover, couples retreat
uberbeetle@reddit
The Wraith.
Plus-Parking1777@reddit
SPACEBALLS
BrianDamage666@reddit
Pump Up The Volume.
justpuddingonhairs@reddit
Road House, obviously.
Iamaleafinthewind@reddit
If you have finished Andor S2, knock out Rogue One again, then the OG Star Wars trilogy speedrun. :)
They've done an amazing job turning those into a single flowing chain of events.
If not, ... hm ...
Horror: Hellraiser or The Thing
SF: Blade Runner, original Tron
Fantasy: Labyrinth and/or Legend, Secret of Nimh
Comedy: Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Fish Called Wanda
Drama: Henry V, The Right Stuff
GeneralJavaholic@reddit
Blues Brothers
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
Or...The Gate. Its like Goonies but horror
AltairStarlight@reddit
Better Off Dead
EmbarrassedBeing332@reddit
I’m going to go with The Breakfast Club since you’ve been grading papers all day. But if you just need a good laugh hit up Planes Trains and Automobiles.
freyascats@reddit
PCU
Ok_Door_7073@reddit
What about summer school! Seems appropriate! Or if you're feeling like ypu want to burn the place down.. what about Taps?
ScarletFire1983@reddit
Sister Act, Reality Bites
Strawberry719@reddit
Instantly hear, My Sharona!
That-Marsupial-907@reddit
Omg Reality Bites!!!! Now that’s some serious GenXing…
MissTibbz@reddit
Bloodsport
Weekend at Bernie’s
Aladdin
cantthinkofuzername@reddit
Office Space. Or Singles.
PoetrySimilar9999@reddit
Singles > Reality Bites
PoetrySimilar9999@reddit
Tommy Boy
papakuma@reddit
Heathers
oolavash@reddit
I watched Stranger than paradise last night and it was a total time machine back into the 80s. Really appreciated it.
Hot-Pretzel@reddit
Say Anything and Dirty Dancing.
OrcLineCook@reddit
Nothing But Trouble. Rewatched this recently and realized I'd forgotten what a bizarre movie it is.
That_Other_Dave@reddit
Sounds like a great time to load up Summer School
mommy2libras@reddit
My aunt took me to see this in the theater. It was a random Saturday afternoon & not much else playing. I was 9 lol
deadlawnspots@reddit
You lose one more brain cell and you're a talking monkey.
DangerKitty555@reddit
Pump Up The Volume
Bladley@reddit
Just watched Enter the Dragon with my kid and it’s as great as ever.
9000lbs@reddit
It's too new, but hot tub Time Machine
Ok_Mention_3308@reddit
Firestarter with an adorable young Drew Barrymore
stevedontcumyet@reddit
The Sure Thing. “You’re flunking English. It’s your mother tongue.”
Conscious-Big707@reddit
I just watched the Zohan yesterday. Lol the ridiculousness was nice.
Advanced_Garden_7935@reddit
Heathers.
Apprehensive-Food969@reddit
Anything John Hughes.
mickeybrains@reddit
80s?
For me Diva is THE 80s movie.
I held hands with my first ever girlfriend while watching it.
Excellent-Ad-7394@reddit
Just watched “reality bites” last night and gotta say, really great. So nostalgic now. Good one to revisit
workntohard@reddit
Undercover Blues is always good for a laugh.
AbsintheRedux@reddit
Grosse Pointe Blank. Incredible soundtrack 👌
BeatrixFarrand@reddit
The Birdcage!
Squifford@reddit
I can’t believe my grandmother felt me up!
Chalice_Ink@reddit
Just watched The Four Seasons from 1981 on Netflix with Carol Burnett and Alan Alda.
My brain is in a very good place right now.
Kusotare421@reddit
And now for something completely different. Just finished this one and as usual I lmao all the way through it.
sherzisquirrel@reddit
Big Trouble in Little China, The Burbs, Funny Farm, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, The Goonies, Harry and the Henderson's, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead, Adventures in Babysitting
Defiant_Property_336@reddit
Sinners
Asleep_Touch_8824@reddit
Not made then, but about then: Donnie Darko
_nokturnal_@reddit
MacGruber
SunriseSwede@reddit
I've got a light bulb, a shoe lace, mentos, 10 yards of woolen fabric (5 oz, NOT 8), 2 Kleenex, and a shovel. How are we getting out of the nuclear reactor about to go off!!??!
Astronaut6735@reddit
Forrest Gump
Freddys_glove@reddit
The Last Supper (1995)
GreasyTime04@reddit
Breakfast club, music is fire... Do it.
Moms4AStarTrekFuture@reddit
Meatballs
owwmyass@reddit
A Shelly Long-athon
Gullible_Paramedic81@reddit
The Goonies
Gerkonanaken@reddit
Moving wìth Richard Prior
RosyClearwater@reddit
Valley Girl. Cute film, requires zero brain cells. Has some silly stuff.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Some of Nicholas Cage’s best work.
And Deborah Foreman… !
RosyClearwater@reddit
Lots of deep dialogue between those two
daffodil0127@reddit
Mallrats
Chigrl13@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
KarmaChameleon306@reddit
Ruben and Ed
Helpful_Masterpiece4@reddit
I started listening to Ralph Macchio’s book so Karate Kid
Aggressive_Spite2984@reddit
Did you see a new one is coming out?
https://youtu.be/LhRXf-yEQqA?si=rstroFnkpEBQEaSK
Junior_Mixture5645@reddit
That looks good!
Helpful_Masterpiece4@reddit
I hadn’t! Thanks!
Mission-Engineer@reddit
Is the book any good?
Helpful_Masterpiece4@reddit
I’m really enjoying it. I’m listening, and he reads it. Only bummer is the reminder how good movies used to be. (Showing my age!)
Miami_Vice_75@reddit
Great choice!
tatteredshoetassel@reddit
Suburbia (1983) it's on prime now
yodamastertampa@reddit
Ferris Bueler Back to the Future The Great Outdoors Fletch Romancing the Stone Mad Max ET
Junior_Mixture5645@reddit
Romancing the Stone!!
Oh-THAT-dude@reddit
Airplane!
whatthewhat3214@reddit
16 Candles
HandsomeGenXer@reddit
Stripes, Raiders of the lost Ark, & Trading places.
ChilledRoland@reddit
Aaarmy training, sir!
Theoldquarryfoxhunt@reddit
Trading Places never gets old for me. I mean it’s so wrong and a product of its time, but damn, It’s a funny movie.
Greasystools@reddit
Ooh a Meatballs Stripes Murray Marathon
xReturnerx@reddit
The Chase, very Gen X vibe.
dkrbst@reddit
Singles or Reality Bites.
bike619@reddit
Kids
intensive-porpoise@reddit
Brian is fired?
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
It is all fried!
intensive-porpoise@reddit
Shut it down!
theoriginaljoewagner@reddit
Cannonball Run
theoriginaljoewagner@reddit
DC Cab
owwmyass@reddit
Singles, great soundtrack.
Themusicison@reddit
Brain Candy!
Panem-et-circenses25@reddit
Macgruber
humourless_radfem@reddit
It’s Friday, you ain’t got no job, and you ain’t got shit to do. Obviously.
rubicon83@reddit
Big trouble in little china.
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
It's all in the reflexes.
Birdies_nub@reddit
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
SoloCongaLineChamp@reddit
The dishes are done, man.
Grouchy_Ad_3705@reddit
The dishes are done, man
stellaandme@reddit
I'm right on top of that, Rose.
ramsaybaker@reddit
I saw ‘Serial Mom’ for the first time last week: couldn’t for the life of me figure out why I liked it so much.
GeophysGal@reddit
Goonies
infinitynull@reddit
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Uncle Buck
Young Frankenstein
Valuable-Cut-3012@reddit
Welcome to the Dollhouse
BagNo6512@reddit
One crazy summer, last American virgin, porky's, fast times, TRON, so many to choose from.
HellCreek6@reddit
Predator.
flappy-doodles@reddit
I'm watching The Invisible Maniac (1990), I can't say I'd recommend it unless you're into bad movies.
YuckyYetYummy@reddit
Tuff Turf James Spader as a good guy for once and Tia from witch mountain.
Jim Carroll Band makes an appearance
Glass_Net_7445@reddit
Buckaroo Bonsai
bite240@reddit
A Sure Thing.
billtheplumbingguy@reddit
Ferris Beullars Day Off. I just watched it the other night.
djmem3@reddit
Withnail and I
kiwiamericano@reddit
Porky's Aliens Die Hard Back to the Future
hayley-pilates78@reddit
Goonies
Puzzleheaded_Bug_949@reddit
Ferris buellers day off
AbeFromanSassageKing@reddit
That movie is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking up a copy.
Professional-Bee9037@reddit
Dazed and confused my answer to any movie question is pretty much dazed and confused. Maybe clerks
First-Impress-9053@reddit
Reality Bites
gigantischemeteor@reddit
Breaking Away
kingfan1978@reddit
Empire Records
Axe-of-Kindness@reddit
Millennial here, so my taste is a little after the time you're looking for but my answer is always Mean Girls
boredtxan@reddit
It's not Gen X per se but Rat Race is hilarious and I think we are a target demographic
TSisold@reddit
Blazing Saddles
tawnyfritz@reddit
Empire Records
gueroarias@reddit
Big trouble in Little China, class act, death becomes her, greedy, major league, Men at work, midnight run, necessary roughness, Wayne's world, stay tuned
Feisty-Protagonist@reddit
I’ve always enjoy watching Clueless or The Breakfast Club.
Brilliant-Collar-245@reddit
The Last Starfighter
WinterExisting5076@reddit
Avengers
2bop2pie@reddit
Major League, if you’re a baseball fan
Scarletbegonias413@reddit
Singles
LassMackwards@reddit
Clueless, not the movie but the tv show is good background- Buffy the vampire slayer, Billy Madison
HoneybeeXYZ@reddit
Valley Girl
Yourmomisbadatgames@reddit
This and pretty in pink are my favorite movies of all time.
Sox-a-Holic@reddit
YESSSSS! I’ll stop the world and melt with you!!
That_Other_Dave@reddit
I've never seen this and I'm going to correct that this weekend
HoneybeeXYZ@reddit
You won't be sorry. It's a delight and has one of the best new wave soundtracks ever.
CapitalRadioOne@reddit
And it has the best song + montage combination ever.
That_Other_Dave@reddit
Yeah, I even had that record but I think I must have been too young to actually see the movie, and by the time I was old enough it must have been out of fashion
FabAmy@reddit
You'll love Nicholas Cage in it!
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
It’s highly enjoyable!!
stiggs13@reddit
Straight To Hell
Porchmuse@reddit
Ruthless People
Quick Change
Throw Mama from the Train
Always
Midnight Run
Wall Street
SunriseSwede@reddit
Honestly, you're better to watch MeTv, or a couple of Waltons, Matlock, Moonlighting. Miami Vice - anything that let's you get up to use the bathroom, male a drink/snack, whatever, without losing that one critical piece of info that the show depends on. And if you DO miss it... so what. Just a thought. Cool the engines, you're ok, man - we've all been there!
Porchmuse@reddit
Magnum PI.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
The Waltons was such a great show.
PacRat48@reddit
Grosse Pointe Blank. It checks all the boxes.
Alternately, Princess Bride because it’s always the correct choice
mmakire@reddit
Almost summer and end of school? i've got to go with Dazed and Confued.
freegynocologist@reddit
Friday
Careless-Two2215@reddit
Wet Hot American Summer
WanderingStarsss@reddit
Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion 🍿
pornbomb75@reddit
Not a movie, but Arcane is a masterpiece of storytelling. Watch the first 3 episodes in one sitting
ladybug823@reddit
I’d say back to the future OR Ferris Bueller’s day off
Jane_Angst@reddit
Clerks…not even supposed to be here today..
popbabylon@reddit
Not GenX, but I actually just enjoyed the Wild Robot quite a bit actually. Came out this last year, based on a good book.
GMa7n8@reddit
Older but…It’s a mad mad mad mad world.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I always watched this as a kid when it came on broadcast TV.
GMa7n8@reddit
Flash back to the good ole days…before adulting
Ok_Love_1700@reddit
Year of the Dragon.
jahozer1@reddit
Repo Man
twas_brillig__@reddit
I’m Gen X but I’m not sure if this movie is but I’ve never seen it before and it was hilarious. Drop dead gorgeous.
Kotruljevic1458@reddit
Breakin'
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Isn’t Breakin’ 2 better?
Basic-Government4108@reddit
Smoke. By Wayne Wang.
CleverJsNomDePlume@reddit
Weird Science
HoppyToadHill@reddit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Bachelor Party Used Cars Risky Business
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Sometimes you gotta say "What the Fuck", make your move. Joel, every now and then, saying "What the Fuck", brings freedom. Freedom brings opportunity, opportunity makes your future.
fredom1776@reddit
Lord of the flies
Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss@reddit
Airplane!
LastYearsOrchid@reddit
Not melrose place. It’s depressing how bad women had it then.
dunkinghola@reddit
Johnny Dangerously or Better Off Dead.
Cheetah_15@reddit
Fletch
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
This movie provided so many inside jokes…
jdr90210@reddit
Long Duc Dong always makes me laugh, 16 candles
PaprikaJones@reddit
My chill movies are Rad & Thrashin’. Both pure cheese that encapsulate my childhood interests
RemyJDH@reddit
Fight Club
MF_REALLY@reddit
The Wrong Missy on Netflix. It reset my brain
Tripper-Harrison@reddit
Vision Quest is always a good go to.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Hard to beat the soundtrack.
Strangewhine88@reddit
Down By Law.
Grosse Pointe Blank.
Short Cuts.
The World According to Garp.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Saw this one in the theater.
Never thought I would grow up being angry at people speeding through the neighborhood.
lobsterbite@reddit
Almost Famous
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Tiny Dancer on the bus.
pseudonym19761005@reddit
Labyrinth, Neverending Story, Willow, Dark Crystal
Dismal_Estate9829@reddit
Goonies never say die!
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I've been to the Oregon film museum in Astoria, located at the jail where the brothers broke out.
Dismal_Estate9829@reddit
That’s awesome. It’s my families favorite old movie. My wife and daughter went there for a softball tournament and decided to hit the beach while they were there. They send me a selfie with the rocks off the coast behind them and I texted back “HEY, YOURE AT GOONIE BEACH!” She says. OMG, I AM!! I had no idea! Me: 🤦🏻
Ineedzthetube@reddit
Empire Records
Embarrassed-Gur7301@reddit
Airplane
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Surely you can’t be serious?
Embarrassed-Gur7301@reddit
I am serious and don't call me Shirley.
Chalupacabra77@reddit
Empire Records. It's, superb.
great_mess84@reddit
Damn the man!
wayneforest@reddit
Superb.
thai-stik-admin@reddit
Weekend at Bernie’s
mados123@reddit
The Beastmaster or Clash of the Titans for fantastical escapism.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
When this hit HBO, I would watch it over and over.
New-Hedgehog5902@reddit
Not a movie recommendation, but a total Gen X series, one season, Freaks and Geeks.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Jesus is just alright with me
neon_trostky999@reddit
Stand by me
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
PotentialLanguage685@reddit
The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf
cserskine@reddit
Weird Science or Better Off Dead
WBryanB@reddit
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
SomebodiesNobodyTRA@reddit
Would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?
talulahbeulah@reddit
Watched Moonstruck recently with my kids (24 & 27). They loved it (and I do too!).
Healthy_Chipmunk2266@reddit
The original Planet of the Apes movies. I need to set up my DVD player so I can watch mine, but that's only a priority about 5 minutes before starting work.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes always freaked me out.
No_Ad_9182@reddit
Better Off Dead
SolarPunkWitch2000@reddit
9 to 5 or Working Girl. Or Cocktail, if you want escapism. Or Willow.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
I remember seeing that in the theater.
dnt1694@reddit
Clue based on the board game. It’s awesome.
Cucumburrito@reddit
Fandango
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Such a great movie.
“Classical Gas”
Jokerchyld@reddit
Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension.
sleepy-alligator66@reddit
Life of Brian.
drainbead78@reddit
PCU, if you can find it.
StOlaf85@reddit
My Cousin Vinny
karenw@reddit
The two yoots
Zesli@reddit
What’s a yoot?
karenw@reddit
What word?
deadlawnspots@reddit
Mallrats Bio dome
Laughs with 0 thought required.
rbetterkids@reddit
Nerds?
Mannequin?
La Bamba?
prentiss29@reddit
True Romance
Pathlos@reddit
Logan lucky. Not genx “classic” but as an Xer I’ve recently decided this is my #1 recommendation from now on. Second is Slap Shot with Paul Newman.
MrPBoy@reddit
Blues Brothers. They are on a mission from god. Da Pope.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
When the nun has the yardstick and his beating him down the stairs…. Pure gold!
zomphlotz@reddit
The Song Remains the Same
AltaAudio@reddit
I Love You to Death
pixelkrafter@reddit
Weekend at Bernie's
Funny Farm
Krull
The Neverending Story
Flash Gordon
Clash of the Titans
The Burbs
Money Pit
On and on so many good movies!
oldasndood@reddit
Singles
Golden1881881@reddit
Cannonball Run
love2drivealone@reddit
SaY anything
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Cause Joe lies
Joe lies
Joe lies
when he cries
when he cries
Cak3Wa1k@reddit
Weird Science
Ahkhira@reddit
Breakfast Club
QueenofDucks1@reddit
I am watching Wine Country on Netflix. AMY Pholer and a bunch of SNL ladies taking a 50 Year birthday tour in wine country. Very GenX and heartwarming.
pissboner77@reddit
What would you say…you do here?
returnofnothing@reddit
The Brady Brunch movie.
coyote701@reddit
Rock and Roll High School
"We're not students, we're the Ramones!"
MerlinsMama13@reddit
Friday
Xo-Mo@reddit
How about Kindergarten Cop? A bit of romance, some action, and loads of school shenanigans.
BAC2Think@reddit
Did you know that the school they used for Kindergarten Cop and the house at the beginning of the Goonies are in the same neighborhood just a few blocks from each other?
The school is still actively used as a school
AbsolutesDealer@reddit
ITS NOT A TUMAAAAAAH!
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
I had a brain tumor in the early nineties, and that line got used ALL THE TIME.
AbsolutesDealer@reddit
You kicked that tumaaah’s ass like The Terminator!
Dramatic_Arugula_252@reddit
-poses à la Arnie-
Puzzled_Respond_3335@reddit
Bonus of Astoria Oregon beauty!
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Have a funny story about this one.
Enlisted in the army and had arrived at the basic training location and was inprocessing... medical, uniforms, etc.
It is the weekend, so inprocessing shuts down. Those of us who are not done, about fifty, have to stay. Out babysitters are drill sergeants who rotate shifts.
Saturday morning after breakfast they heard us into a small auditorium to show us a movie. The drill sergeant puts Kindergarten Cop in the VCR. Okay.
We go to lunch. New drill sergeant now babysitting. And then back we go to the auditorium. He ejects the tape from the VCR. Says, "Kindergarten Cop? I haven't seen that." Pops the tape back in. Hits play. None of us have the balls to protest.
TLDR - I watched Kindergarten Cop twice in one day.
aurelianwasrobbed@reddit
thank you for service to our country
Miami_Vice_75@reddit
Good choice.
ThisGuyRightHereSaid@reddit
I just watched cop and a half. Still hilarious Also the 1st police academy recently which was still good.
GoodStuffOnly62@reddit
Reality Bites!!
nazzynazz999@reddit
Totally killer on prime. It's a fun movie, shot well and on the style of an 80s movie.
Intelligent_Tea_7594@reddit
Movie 43
Valuable_Sock_5190@reddit
Office space
RoozetteR@reddit
Big Business
Familiar-Practice317@reddit
The Salton Sea, one of Val Kilmer best movie but it wasn’t a big screen hit. You can find it tho
fujiesque@reddit
Turk 182!
w30freak@reddit
Wow! Didn't expect a reference to this movie ever.
fujiesque@reddit
There was a post on a sub about pick 3 movies that influenced your youth. This one bubbled out of some long ago murky depths of my brain. Great movie and kinda appropriate in today's politcal climate.
HespelerBradley@reddit
Reality Bites
Open_Bug_4251@reddit
I just watched The Legend of Billie Jean today.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Pat Benatar song?
Open_Bug_4251@reddit
Yes. Invincible
Apparently when she plays the song she calls it the song from the worst movie ever.
I enjoyed the movie though. It’s a little ridiculous but still tells a good story.
LPLoRab@reddit
Breakfast Club, Heathers, Muppet Movie are my go tos. Or Princess Bride.
Good_Spray4434@reddit
Debbie does Dallas !!
maller_man@reddit
Johnny Dangerously
LocalInactivist@reddit
Repo Man
Fantastic_Tell_1509@reddit
Purple Rain
planenut767@reddit
Anything Rodney Dangerfield like Caddyshack or Back to School.
MissSara13@reddit
Grandma's Boy. It's just so much fun!
magnum46@reddit
Empire Records
smartassjen23@reddit
Has anyone said Say Anything yet? Funny, sweet, iconic, and I swear it has somehow gotten better over the years. Little bonus: lots of future stars, including a young Pamela Adlon (Better Things).
raytadd@reddit
Hobo with a shotgun
C-Flare@reddit
We had rough weeks as well. We went with Mystery Men, which my wife and I can quote all the way through
jetpack324@reddit
So many great suggestions here: Better Off Dead (my personal favorite). Summer School. Back To School. Real Genius. The Big Lebowski. The Princess Bride. It’s hard to go wrong with any one of these
XxXxINVICTUSxXxX@reddit
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
DreamCrusher8184@reddit
Nothing to lose
nikkinik17@reddit
Flatliners
McCale@reddit
Kung Fury. On YouTube. The best half hour you'll ever spend.
Rchris1234@reddit
Since you're in education, The breakfast club seems like a no-brainer. Perfect since you've fried your brain!
HotAd6484@reddit
Pulp Fiction
barredowl123@reddit
Clerks! The number one go-to.
RobbyRalston@reddit
Cabin Boy
adh214@reddit
Personally, I love Sausage Party while vaping some weed.
boringlesbian@reddit
U.H.F.
Anxious_Foot876@reddit
Spatula City
boringlesbian@reddit
What better way to say “I love you.” than with a spatula.
spidermans_mom@reddit
UHF! Hell yeah!
Beautiful_Effect461@reddit
Happy Cake Day! 🍰
boringlesbian@reddit
Thank you!
isuxirl@reddit
The entire Policy Academy movie series followed by The Three Amigos.
blikesorchids@reddit
Heathers
MC900ftMilo@reddit
Buckaroo Banzai is the answer.
HaplessReader1988@reddit
Why is there a watermelon there?
Servile-PastaLover@reddit
I'm watching Spaceballs on IFC right now.
FrozenOnPluto@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
bluecanary101@reddit
I don’t know what you’re into, but I recently rewatched So I Married An Axe Murderer, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time. Every minute of that movie is pure gold and the soundtrack is the icing on the 90’s Gen X cake.
w30freak@reddit
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
eyemacwgrl@reddit
Adventures in Babysitting
RC_CobraChicken@reddit
Shallow Grave
PrestigiousWriter369@reddit
Witchboard
nevacatchme@reddit
Omgeeeee dirty dancing of choice
Johnny_2Times@reddit
Young Guns...... Did you see the size of that chicken?
Yay_duh@reddit
Rain Man or Scent of a Woman
Evil_Garen@reddit
Clue, Clerks, red Dawn, gleaming the cube, breakin 2 electric Boogaloo
Inner_Mortgage_8294@reddit
Kith Brain candy
Maxpowerxp@reddit
Cast away
Briilliant_Bob@reddit
Weird Science
Only_the_Tip@reddit
Real Genius is objectively better
hafwen@reddit
Maybe not gen X, but "Shawn of the Dead"
StellaEtoile1@reddit
Moonstruck
rusted-71@reddit
Breaking away
pd_pd_@reddit
Clue
noplanman_srslynone@reddit
Sneakers. Robert Redford, Dan Akroid, Sidney Poitier, River Pheonix .... guest starring Darth Vader.
Good times) Also precinct for its time
randomname10131013@reddit
Spies like us
BonnieErinaYA@reddit
The Legend of Billie Jean, Heathers, and Untamed Heart — Christian Slater
Hairy_While@reddit
Summer school.😃
Amazing_Factor2974@reddit
Money Pit
w3m1j0z1@reddit
I just watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High. So good to check out something.
SkipLikeAStone@reddit
A Scanner Darkly
oldredstang66@reddit
Joe versus the volcano… extremely underrated in my opinion
zipzapzowie@reddit
Fifth Element
DangerousDirk@reddit
Donnie darko directors cut
tikiwanderlust@reddit
Dazed and confused
DJMagicHandz@reddit
Prince, France, and Kristin Scott Thomas' first starring role, Under the Cherry Moon. And the soundtrack is amazing.
jio50@reddit
Better off Dead is a hoot
Tower816@reddit
Midnight Madness
lobsterbite@reddit
Boogie Nights
NathanLV@reddit
Evil Dead II, or Army of Darkness. Also Evil Dead 2013 is solid.
foomeitshitme@reddit
If you ever need a movie, try The Critical Drinker recommends. Always worth it
Glittering_Animal395@reddit
Dead Poets Society or True Romance
lobsterbite@reddit
True Romance and Natural Born Killers were my favorite movies
lobsterbite@reddit
Heathers
lobsterbite@reddit
Event Horizon
Fun_Client_6232@reddit
The Burbs or The Goonies.
According_Eagle3536@reddit
Weird Science!!
MojaveEast@reddit
Lost Highway
EnthusiasmGlobal@reddit
Americathon
morts73@reddit
Dumb and dumber.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Tubi has great cult classics if you have rokuTV
RusselTheWonderCat@reddit
Palm Springs.
It’s not an 80’s movie… but it’s my go to when my brain needs a break
Storyteller678@reddit
Summer School
Spear_Ritual@reddit
Take your seats.
Storyteller678@reddit
lifts a seat 💺 Where should we take them?
Spear_Ritual@reddit
So much fun to set up jokes on Reddit.
Then there’s: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
lostsailorlivefree@reddit
The Faculty
wildgift379x@reddit
Repo Man.
No_Detective_But_304@reddit
Ferris Bueller’s Day off or Back to School.
Epale-Pues@reddit
“My name is Trinity”, and “Trinity is still my name”. Entertaining Spaghetti Westerns. No thinking needed.
suer72cutlass@reddit
Monty python and the holy grail. Totally mindless laugh fest.
mckmaus@reddit
American Dirtbags
Silent_Cream@reddit
Less than zero
United-Mulberry3436@reddit
Breakfast Club or 16 Candles.
Anxious_Foot876@reddit
Big Trouble in Little China
l0st1nP4r4d1ce@reddit
Top Secret
Apart-Cream-4940@reddit
The police academy series
LifeGeneral1541@reddit
Better off dead The last star fighter Goonies
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
such a great movie!
Apart-Cream-4940@reddit
The vacation movies
IntelligentCut4511@reddit
187 a 90's Sam Jackson classic that I think would be perfect for you.
Inevitable-Staff-278@reddit
Dogma
karenw@reddit
I was just laughing with a coworker today while talking about "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka." 😆
"How much for one rib?"
Cheftard@reddit
Got change for a hundred?
MyPunchableFace@reddit
Dazed and Confused
Legitimate-Leg-8482@reddit
Better off dead
Cowboy-Dave1851@reddit
Better Off Dead
daredelvis421@reddit
Legend of Billie Jean
AcrobaticTrouble3563@reddit
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
fleabus412@reddit
Disorderlies
wjrj@reddit
Cannonball Run, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret.
fabfotog@reddit
Adventures in Babysitting
spidermans_mom@reddit
Flight of the Navigator
jlasher@reddit
War Games.
pppork@reddit
The Endless Summer
ahorsewithnoname2030@reddit
Repo Man
larue555@reddit
I have had Vampire's Kiss on my mind after seeing the picture of Nicholas Cage and Christan Bale together. Supposedly free on Tubi. Most unhinged Cage performance ever.
spidermans_mom@reddit
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
larue555@reddit
I have had Vampire's Kiss on my mind after seeing the picture of Nicholas Cage and Christan Bale together. Supposedly free on Tubi. Most unhinged Cage performance ever.
PersistentGoldfish@reddit
Flash Gordon
Beldivok@reddit
Idocracy..
Helpful-nothelpful@reddit
On Golden pond. I can hear the lunes.
IndgoViolet@reddit
For a movie with that GenX feel if not the actual millage, SuperTroopers
SawdustDad@reddit
Fear of a Black Hat. It streams free on Netflix
memberer@reddit
true romance
saintdudegaming@reddit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
pchandler45@reddit
8 heads in a duffle bag
Still funny
Pip-Boy_72@reddit
Red Dawn
IndgoViolet@reddit
The Great Outdoors
JennaEO@reddit
This is Spinal Tap.
These go to 11
IndgoViolet@reddit
Caddyshack or Meatballs
surfinbird@reddit
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Molly Ringwald?
surfinbird@reddit
Yep! And Ernie Hudson and Michael Ironside!
heyarkay@reddit
Mission Impossible 1!
ghostmunchie@reddit
Legend (Tom Cruise). Tim Curry, nothing is beyond his range.
USAF_Retired2017@reddit
Better Off Dead. Labyrinth.
davidsinnergeek@reddit
Local Hero.
Muddgutts@reddit
Trancers or CHUD
I felt the same this week. So I watched this two cult classics and feel great. B-grade movie gems.
surfinbird@reddit
Classics
No-Hospital559@reddit
The Burbs
mwohlg@reddit
The Blues Brothers
Weird-Ad7562@reddit
Man with Two Brains
Apprehensive-Bed6791@reddit
Ferris Bueller's day off😁
Kaiser-Sushi@reddit
Married To The Mob
Luckcrisis@reddit
Better Off Dead. John Cusack & Curtis Armstrong. Remarkably quotable.
Capital_Secret4962@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sauterneandbleu@reddit
Dark horse recommendation here:
Red Dawn. All your favourites and plenty of feel-good American can-do.
darwhyte@reddit
The Shawshank Redemption
Safe-Assumption-1537@reddit
Falling Down
pr0v0cat3ur@reddit
Ferris
pdm2002@reddit
Some Kind Of Wonderful
dorky-slick-chick@reddit
Joe's Apartment!
ophaus@reddit
Singles
Aggressive_Spite2984@reddit
Father of the bride
flashgordonsape@reddit
Kin Dza Dza (with English subtitles)
ScrauveyGulch@reddit
Brain Damage
TheHandofDoge@reddit
Stand by Me Rushmore
captain5260@reddit
Highlander XD
Difficult_Extreme737@reddit
Better Off Dead or Big Trouble in Little China. Or both!
whereitsat23@reddit
Super troopers, watching it right now on Hulu
RemoteRAU07@reddit
Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure
imrickjamesbioch@reddit
The Terminator or Goonies (4 life)
MUDDYONE2023@reddit
Slapshot
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
with the triplets?
Inevitable_Region273@reddit
Idiocracy
Puzzled_Respond_3335@reddit
Jaws! 50th Anniversary
Wrong_Persimmon_7861@reddit
Joe Versus the Volcano. The reviews are dead wrong!
PresidentOfAlphaBeta@reddit
Dead Man on Campus
angie50576@reddit
Back to the Future I and II
Pitiful_Night_4373@reddit
Dazed and confused….. you have to do what Randal Pink Floyd needs to do!
Construction-Working@reddit
Airplane!
Coach_Lasso_TW9@reddit
One Crazy Summer
snarkmeister99@reddit
A classic Spielberg marathon, perhaps?
rsouth71@reddit
Fright Night.
ironskillett@reddit
Letterkenny, not a movie but great gen x humor. It's a great series dumb humor and funny.
japanval@reddit
Go for Gleaming the Cube. Off the beaten path but totally X. Or Pump Up the Volume. Dunno why I'm on Christian Slater today but he was definitely One of Us.
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
skate or die!
Adventurous-Fig-3245@reddit
My Beautiful Laundrette
Abraham_linksys49@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
Ok_Responsibility419@reddit
Not quiiiiiitteee gen x but how about Romey & Michelle?! 💖
itstanktime@reddit
Aliens man. No thought required.
killerwithasharpie@reddit
Real Genius
TX-Pete@reddit
When in doubt. Kevin Smith.
Laughacy@reddit
Pootie Tang
Yepitsheather@reddit
Uncle Buck or Ferris Bueller. Makes you laugh and not think.
ZanzerFineSuits@reddit
The Brendan Frasier Mummy movies are my go to, unless I need catharsis, in which case I go for Fight Club
ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit
I showed this to my daughter recently and she loved it. And then she said "Brendan Frasier was HOT?!?"
ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit
I showed this to my daughter recently and she loved it. And then she said "Brendan Frasier was HOT?!?"
-NachoBorracho-@reddit
That first Mummy movie is remarkably entertaining. Much better than it “ought” to be.
Chrissthom@reddit
Harold & Maud
It's pre-GenX but it had a retro cult following when I was in school in the 90s. Great, dark, fun movie and Cat Stevens soundtrack.
brianinwi@reddit
Summer School
stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit
Tremors
USANorsk@reddit
The Princess Bride Good Will Hunting Ferris Bueller’s Day Off The Breakfast Club Dead Poets Society
Sandpaper_Pants@reddit
Not a GenX movie, but Housebound is fucking suspenseful and funny in a dry way movie. I NEVER hear anyone mention it and can't believe it's not a more popular pick.
notwyntonmarsalis@reddit
Freddie Got Fingered
Empire7173@reddit
Fast times
youngwilliam23@reddit
Can’t believe no one suggested Pulp Fiction
stoic_stove@reddit
Trainspotting, very chill film
ComprehensiveSwim709@reddit
Better Off Dead is one of my favorites. But if you're looking for something more emotional I'd say Beaches
wawa2022@reddit
Practical magic
jsell69@reddit
Some Kind of Wonderful.
Practical_Fee_1102@reddit
The Boondock Saints
Good_Sea_1890@reddit
10 Things I Hate About You
Grouchy_Ad_3705@reddit
Wristcutters
Anything with Tom Waits
88trax@reddit
OG Karate Kid
run_squid_run@reddit
UHF
autobono@reddit
Repo Man
Nat_StarTrekin@reddit
Raising Arizona
Ill_Zookeepergame232@reddit
The Last Dragon.
Feel the power of the glow
FallenValkyrja@reddit
This and I’m Going to Get You Sucka would be a great combo.
Resident_Lion_@reddit
Grouchy_Ad_3705@reddit
SHO NUFF!
morrow98682@reddit
Megaforce for the win
Savings-Delay-1075@reddit
Falling Down with Michael Douglas.
Dual with Dennis Weaver.
Was shut in with heavy storms today and these two old favorites of mine were on.
1Weisal12@reddit
Men at Work Leprechaun
Primary-Golf779@reddit
Pump up the volume
FallenValkyrja@reddit
Combine with Kuffs and Heathers!
MarcoEsteban@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
Yesno-Yeahnaw@reddit
Spies Like Us
Airplane!
The Breakfast Club
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Uncle Buck
Strange Brew
Ghostbusters
Back To The Future
Police Academy series
Blues Brothers
Breaking 2 Electric Boogaloo
Footloose (original)
You’ve Got Mail
Tootsie
Nine to Five
Civil-Resolution3662@reddit
Top Secret
Difficult_Ad_502@reddit
After grading papers I like to watch Full Metal Jacket, usually because I want to go Hartman on their ass for turning in poor work
deb1267cc@reddit
Pretty in pink
barbare_bouddhiste@reddit
Hardbodies.
Scoo@reddit
Repo Man.
FLBirdie@reddit
Airplane! Makes me laugh myself silly.
AdJunior4923@reddit
That sumbitch. You tell him, I think he's a damn fool, Ed. You tell him I said so - H.I. McDonnough. If he wants to discuss it, he knows where to find me: in the Maricopa County Maximum Security Correctional Facility For Men, State Farm Road Number 31, Tempe, Arizona! I'LL BE WAITIN'! I'll be waitin'.
farting_buffalo@reddit
Krull or Beastmaster
VintonVa@reddit
Blazing Saddles. Mongo likes beans.
FallAspenLeaves@reddit
Ghost, Cocktail
AbjectHyena1465@reddit
Rabbit Proof Fence!
EdAddict@reddit
Dead Poet’s Society, Toy Soldiers
angrypacketguy@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
Grouchy_Ad_3705@reddit
Oh yes!
Haunt_Fox@reddit
Electric Dreams
Dogrel@reddit
You need something refreshingly content-free, that you can just laugh at
Like Spaceballs or History of the World Part 1, or Airplane, or one of the Naked Gun movies.
Free-Clerk-1243@reddit
The War…. The water-tower scene
Beautiful_Effect461@reddit
Used Cars
HazelMStone@reddit
“To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Numar”
Tuffmuff34@reddit
Weird Science
Beautiful_Effect461@reddit
Happy Cake Day! 🍰
Resident_Lion_@reddit
solid choice
bigshahine@reddit
Scrolled for this answer. Love this movie
xt0rt@reddit
Clerks, or Mallrats
Sweet_Agent70@reddit
Eddie Murphy - Delirious
Uncle_Piesteak@reddit
Splash
Tla48084@reddit
Fall
fuhnetically@reddit
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Substantial_Table_77@reddit
Clue
Nagadavida@reddit
We watched The Breakfast Club last weekend and then Weird Science
Deepeye225@reddit
Risky Business
Bulky_Influence_4914@reddit
better off dead ... grosse point blank ... say anything ... any john cusack movie, really
taylorbeenresurected@reddit
Singles
GeebyJeebs@reddit
Original Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze. Wolverines!!!
Jroth420@reddit
If you're feeling campy, Swamp Thing.
mtrap74@reddit
Dead Man On Campus
DepressedAnxiety73@reddit
Gremlins
crazyoldwizard72@reddit
JESUS Christ, man, that kid is BACK on the ESCALATOR AGAIN !!!
Cazmonster@reddit
Encino Man is perfect for turning your brain off.
Serious-Dog-8946@reddit
The whoopee boys.
Honest man, I didn't know she was your sister.
GeorgianGold@reddit
If you want a comedy, try, "Top Secret" or. "Caddyshack"
hordaak2@reddit
3 o'clock high
Technical_Map4851@reddit
Bone saw tomahawk
DepressedAnxiety73@reddit
Clerks or Mallrats
seathian@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
TransCapybara@reddit
Ice Pirates or Last Starfighter
Fluid-Awareness-7501@reddit
The Jerk
Doc-Milsap@reddit
Speed
Macropixi@reddit
Monty Python: Search for the holy grail
VariedStool@reddit
I’m thinking of watching short circuit myself
No-Sheepherder448@reddit
Embarrassed_Run_3993@reddit
Mannequin! As a tween Hollywood was my absolute fave!
WoodsofNYC@reddit
Ferris Buller’s Day Off, Stand by Me, Desperately Seeking Susan, Glory, Die Hard. I thought suggesting a wide range of choices might help.
SamCanyon@reddit
Gross Pointe Blank.
MusicalScientist206@reddit
Empire Records!
mustardman73@reddit
I would smoke a J and pop in Dazed and Confused
travelinmatt76@reddit
RAD is getting a resurgence right now. I think it was in the theater again or will be soon
beancan1973@reddit
Streets of Fire
1blueShoe@reddit
The Labrynth
ae7empest@reddit
Better Off Dead - $2!
NoteMcgotes@reddit
PCU
SDH30@reddit
Airheads with Brendan Fraiser, Sandler, and Buscemi.
Maskatron@reddit
Walk Hard.
I laugh every time I watch it. It’s like the perfect parody film. The songs all go hard too.
But Spinal Tap and Airplane always deliver if you’re looking for something more old school. Oh and Top Secret as well.
FamousOnceNowNobody@reddit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Short Circuit
solomons-marbles@reddit
Hudson Hawk
AuntJibbie@reddit
Look up a list of Cult Classics and choose what grabs ya. It's what I do!
micropterus_dolomieu@reddit
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
flipzyshitzy@reddit
Just One of the Guys
NaptownBill@reddit
I'm probably a bit off base from everyone else, but here it goes.
Dead Poets Society
Airplane
Judgement Night
The Big Lebowski
Hooliken@reddit
Weird Science.
Or pick another John Hughes flick. Campy, weird, and supremely entertaining.
Turn on, shut your mind off, and enjoy it for what it is.
Fuckyourface_666@reddit
Pump Up the Volume 🎤
iamtheswissfox@reddit
The Last Starfighter
Yada-yada-4488@reddit
Most Peter Sellers movies, Dr Strangelove or Pink Panther perhaps…
cricket_bacon@reddit (OP)
Being There
Bag_Lady75@reddit
Two Moon Junction
Igmu_TL@reddit
Caddy Shack, The Outsiders, Pretty in Pink, Purple Rain, The Color Purple, ET, Day Times at Ridgemont High, Dazed and Confused, Airplane, Say Anything, Dirty Dancing, ...
avidinha@reddit
Empire Records.
Silly_girl_detective@reddit
My Science Project
ConversationSmall620@reddit
Trading Places
DoctorEmilio_Lizardo@reddit
Lots of great suggestions - let me add The Jerk and LA Story. Great Steve Martin movies!
DoctorEmilio_Lizardo@reddit
Oh, and Earth Girls are Easy.
Designer-Pound6459@reddit
My Chauffeur
License to Drive
Gypsy_soul444@reddit
Night of the Comet
Worldly_Extreme_9115@reddit
Little more unknown comedy called Strangers With Candy (2005). It’s so awful but it’s really hilarious about a lady that gets released from prison and decides to go back and finish high school as a 40 something ex-con with actual highschool kids. If you want to laugh over something with a school theme.
parallaxdecision@reddit
My wife and I watched Footloose and Ferris Bueller the last two nights. Got The Goonies and Pretty in Pink on the list. 4k physical media. Keep it alive!
Texas_Trish71@reddit
Back to the Future; E.T.; Poltergeist; Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Valuable_Customer614@reddit
All the right moves.
SardonicusR@reddit
Flash Gordon. A permanent favorite, but no brain cells required. So much scenery chewing!
asathehound@reddit
Buckaroo Bonzi
SurferExec22@reddit
Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles...uh any John Hughes film..set in Chicago...wait, they all are.
LucindaStreets@reddit
50 first dates. Light hearted , Funny, gen x appropriate, do not have to engage brain to enjoy.
errantwit@reddit
How about something ridiculous like Anyway but Loose (take a left, Clyde) or Smokey and The Bandit. Cannonball Run.
Maybe that's too Boomer, but it was popular when we were kids..
Slackers is a low effort watch, too. Well, it better be.
senatoracadia@reddit
Raising Arizona
Business-Boot262@reddit
The Fugitive! It never goes out of style for me. Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford.
SurferExec22@reddit
Close Encounters, E.T., wait...this is it - Top Gun Original OR Forest Gump.
Active_Shopping7439@reddit
Beastmaster
SageObserver@reddit
After Hours (starring Griffin Dunne)
MadPixFilm@reddit
Run Lola Run. Baghdad Cafe. Do The Right Thing. Ghost World.
Anxious-Bicycle-5707@reddit
Valley Girl. GREAT soundtrack too
DrTeethPhD@reddit
Singles
Coldfinger42@reddit
Planes trains and automobiles, Rob Roy
everyoneinside72@reddit
As an exhausted teacher, I like to watch Mr Hollands Opus at this time of year.
Spear_Ritual@reddit
Big trouble in little China Highlander Flight of the Navigator
N-Y-R-D@reddit
Cold Blooded
IMplodeMeGrr@reddit
Two Days in the Valley
rootoo34@reddit
Nowhere-1997
HatlessDuck@reddit
Teachers
everyoneinside72@reddit
I love Teachers with Nick Nolte. Only availaboe on dvd though. As a teacher i relate to so much of it.
owldrcheee@reddit
ThePythiaofApollo@reddit
Say Anything
Professional_Trade45@reddit
Tremors
joyunauthorized@reddit
Less Than Zero, Fast Times at Ridgemont High School
Impressive_Crazy_223@reddit
Real Genius. Pop some Jiffy Pop and toast Val while you're at it.
MaherMcCheese@reddit
It’s a moral imperative.
throwmethefrisbee@reddit
Or Top Secret for Val Kilmer in an Zucker Abraham Zucker film.
moeshiboe@reddit
High Fidelity
platypus5709@reddit
All of the Rocky’s
AgentPendergash@reddit
Contact
Coldfinger42@reddit
One of my favorites of all time 😍
jhutch524@reddit
Bad Medicinestarring Steve Guttenberg is a hidden gem.
deadzol@reddit
Down Periscope
flsingleguy@reddit
Can’t Buy Me Love
bendingoutward@reddit
How about two? I'd suggest Supergirl and its sequel, the Legend of Billie Jean.
AwakenThePriestess@reddit
Anything from 1984 is classic.
tambor333@reddit
PCU.
nooksorcrannies@reddit
Stand by me
LoveArrives74@reddit
Sixteen Candles, The Great Outdoors, and The Breakfast Club.
jjzzxxa@reddit
Blues Brothers
wildrose76@reddit
I’ve been watching Twister all afternoon.
My cheesy guilty pleasure movie is Kindergarten Cop.
Electronic_Fix_9060@reddit
Groundhog Day.
Ill-Ad997@reddit
Clueless
BillsMafios0@reddit
The paper tigers on netflix, was kinda cheesy 80’s style. Not a deep thinker.
Big-Writing-8601@reddit
Do The Goonies it'll take you out of your nonsense for at least a little while.
opticalpuss@reddit
The Happytime Murders on Netflix
pagette44@reddit
Deathtrap!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrhvnkNjyjg&pp=0gcJCfcAhR29_xXO
JollyGiant573@reddit
Comedy or drama or action?
925doorguy@reddit
Does THE ABYSS count? Currently watching. A favorite
BrownyAU@reddit
Clerks.
cavalier78@reddit
Police Academy 1 and 2
hjackson1016@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
om_hi@reddit
Swingers
Rockin-the-casbah@reddit
Raising Arizona!
Safetosay333@reddit
Repo Man
one6gunn@reddit
Tron
spacemusicisorange@reddit
I’m currently watching Cloak & Dagger
Wise-Okra-2943@reddit
Aside from the obvious Brat Pack movies, I'm gonna have to insist you watch Goonies and Labyrinth. But if you're looking for just completely ridiculous dumb 80's humor, I highly recommend Meatballs 2, Caddyshack 2 and Revenge of the Nerds 2. I could not tell you why the 2nd ones are better to me, but they just are.
If you're feeling musical, might I suggest Grease and then Grease 2?
Enjoy your weekend!!
Enrico-Northstar@reddit
Idiocracy
Big77Ben2@reddit
It quite as old school, but several years ago I had to go a few days without cable (I know…) so I dug into my dvd collection. If you haven’t seen it in a while, Ace Ventura provides more laughs per minute than most movies.
dfwr@reddit
Animal house
nutmegtell@reddit
Heathers
garagehaircuts@reddit
Flow
Major-Tea-3525@reddit
Blazing Saddles
SnuffShock@reddit
We mustn’t dwell! Not today!
atlguy35@reddit
Reality Bites
baseballzombies@reddit
Honeymoon in Vegas
Karmageddon3333@reddit
For some reason or another Adventures in Babysitting popped into my head. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it but maybe it’s what you need.
Adaminium@reddit
Kingpin
CmdrDTauro@reddit
Heathers
BreadfruitMany5477@reddit
Criminal with John c Reilly and Diego Luna
Resident_Lion_@reddit
SausageSmuggler21@reddit
Tired brain? Try...
Big Trouble in Little China The Hunt for Red October
Wyzard_of_Wurdz@reddit
Conan the barbarian
Miao_Yin8964@reddit
Red Sonja?
WritingRidingRunner@reddit
Without Limits
freddit_foobar@reddit
Big Trouble In Little China
RCA2CE@reddit
High Fidelity, its from 2000 but is Cusack so it’s automatically GenX
The HULU series was soo good, it’s a crime they didn’t renew it
Almost famous is a good one too - I can watch that one over and over again
Plug_5@reddit
Clerks, because you can easily tune in and out and not miss any huge plot points (I say that as a huge fan of the movie). It's mainly a series of vignettes.
Right-Influence617@reddit
The Golden Child
GreatGreenGobbo@reddit
Indiana Jones
Hairbear2176@reddit
One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, etc... upbeat classics
CynicSixthSense@reddit
Weird Science
gohome2020youredrunk@reddit
Repo Man.
Swinger's
Sixteen Candles
La_Mano_Cornuta@reddit
Double Feature it up
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Remo Williams The Adventure Begins
JtownATX01@reddit
Top Secret
Naked Gun
True Romance
Sneakers
Raising Arizona
JediDad1968@reddit
Office Space
reasonable_facsimile@reddit
Repo Man (1984)
absherlock@reddit
I just found The Last Starfighter on blu-ray at a flea market, so that's my choice.
Bigfoot_Fishing@reddit
Just watched Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and it is perfect for braindead nostalgia!
abrott@reddit
Rubber or Teeth
TerribleLab6914@reddit
Trading Places
Longjumping-Fee2670@reddit
Tammy and the T-Rex, if you enjoy campy, B horror films.
ortizzlePDX@reddit
Tremors or Better Off Dead
Illuminated_Lava316@reddit
Midnight Madness
TroyMendo@reddit
Repo Man
HayeksClown@reddit
Suburbia, Blade Runner, Return of the Living Dead, Birdy, Escape From New York, Blue Velvet, Paris Texas, Angel Heart, Breakfast Club, 9 1/2 Weeks
ouch_that_hurts_@reddit
Project X, the one with Matthew Broderick
Hopper52@reddit
Before the devil knows you’re dead.
MakeItAll1@reddit
ET
zumothecat@reddit
I just rewatched Singles and it was still pretty charming. It's streaming for free on Tubi.
Cassedy24@reddit
The Breakfast Club
St. Elmo’s Fire
OlderAndTired@reddit
Spies Like Us
amindyleigh@reddit
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Paleoanth@reddit
Bachelor Party!
Whoudini13@reddit
Goonies
Sour-Scribe@reddit
MIDNIGHT RUN and MARRIED TO THE MOB always make me giddy and are not mentally taxing
_WillCAD_@reddit
Gooooooooooooniiiiiiiiiieeeeeeees!
Avocado3886@reddit
Slick shoes? Are you crazy?!
Anthrogal11@reddit
This is always the answer
Soundtracklover72@reddit
Better Off Dead or Real Genius
ithinkiknowstuphph@reddit
Fuck the movies. Get into Taskmaster. It’s from the UK and on YouTube. Just good shit for anything but also a fried brain
h3fabio@reddit
Naked Gun
JonnyRocks@reddit
Ferris Bueler's Day Off
Anarchy-Squirrel@reddit
Idiocracy. More relevant today than ever.
Mistermxylplyx@reddit
Obligatory Top Secret
unknowinglurker@reddit
Repo Man (1984)
Airplane! (Timeless)
Blazing Saddles, if you want to go back a little further.
ram_mar4112@reddit
The Sting
Pewpew-OuttaMyWaay@reddit
Life as a House - Kevin Kline
aurelianwasrobbed@reddit
Splash
rangeo@reddit
Flowers in the Attic
So I married an Axe Murderer
Grosse Point Blank
GoingCoastal76@reddit
Usual Suspects
solemn_penguin@reddit
Clerks. Or Terminator 2.
SanchoPliskin@reddit
The last starfighter. Enemy mine. Clue. Great Outdoors. Critters.
Kindly-Might-1879@reddit
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally
Naked Gun
bkcarr87@reddit
Kentucky Fried Movie
zionzednem@reddit
Electric Dreams
FrannyGator3115@reddit
Drop Dead Fred
cinciTOSU@reddit
Hot tub Time Machine
ReachRemarkable7386@reddit
Great white buffalo.
Little_Knowledge_856@reddit
American Werewolf in London, Krull, The Last Starfighter
Physical_Ad5135@reddit
Not necessarily a Gen x movie but I would suggest DICK (1999). It is on tubi for free. Movie has Kirstin Dundst, Michelle Williams, Will Farrell, Ryan Reynolds.
Queen-Sparky@reddit
Stardust
HeyItsHelz@reddit
Killer Joe Matthew Mccaunehey best role of his career. I prob spelled his name wrong, but you get the point
Breklin76@reddit
2073
Persistent_Earworm@reddit
If I was looking for a nostalgia re-watch, I might go with Drop Dead Fred (1991, Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall).
Haven't seen it for decades, but I remember it fondly.
bossdankmemes@reddit
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
CryoAurora@reddit
The Last Starfighter
Instant_Vintage-6783@reddit
The Game...Michael Douglas
gloomgirll@reddit
Fast Times at Ridgemont High!
Meauxjezzy@reddit
Summer school
REDDITSHITLORD@reddit
Kelly's Heroes.
Not really a GenX movie, but there's no doubt you caught some bit of it on some Saturday or Sunday morning, proved you had cable.
It won't make you think too hard, and Oddball is fun.
thehop73@reddit
Lethal Weapon
BabadookOfEarl@reddit
Jacob’s Ladder (Ignoring your need for a movie) Police Squad! the six episode series that spawned the Naked Gun
Background_Tax4626@reddit
Jacob's Ladder is a tripping movie. Loved it
omhound@reddit
First time a saw it, I was on an acid trip. Fucking weird!!
jonsmom327@reddit
The Outsiders 🫶🏼
-forbiddenkitty-@reddit
Im watching Ghostbusters 2 right now.
Lower-Yam-620@reddit
High Fidelity. Without a doubt, the best GenX romantic comedy
Major-Discount5011@reddit
Big Fish. An amazing story you'll love it.
correct_eye_is@reddit
Well considering you're grading papers I will suggest...
PCU.
It's hard to find but there's an archive movie site someone posted it from a while back after a discussion about nobody being able to find it.
RuralEnceladusian@reddit
Oscar, my cousin Vinny
areyouolsen@reddit
Legend deserves a rewatch!
kaythanksbuy@reddit
Terminator 2
Impossible_Past5358@reddit
My Cousin Vinny
Peloton72@reddit
The Birdcage
LisaDawnG@reddit
Mission Impossible or Jason Bourne movies assume you can stomach Tom Cruise and/or Matt Damon.
littlelady1972@reddit
Porky’s, Valley Girl, Heathers
JellyfishOther339@reddit
The Outsiders
MyLittlPwn13@reddit
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
pilotethridge@reddit
Better Off Dead
dispiller@reddit
The Life Aquatic
Displaced_in_Space@reddit
Real Genius! Always leaves you feeling good.
dmorgendorffer00@reddit
Dazed and Confused Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
ZealousidealGrab1827@reddit
Big Lebowski or Raising Arizona!
32Seven@reddit
The Secret of My Success.
32Seven@reddit
The Secret of My Success.
omgkelwtf@reddit
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is my go-to
attaboy_stampy@reddit
Die Hard or Young Guns
somePig_buckeye@reddit
House with William Katt
FartyOldeBob@reddit
Cobra, Tango and Cash, Big Trouble in Little China
dodadoler@reddit
Better off dead
sassubear@reddit
Tremors The Warriors
sassubear@reddit
Tremors The Warriors
AdWest1562@reddit
Princess Bride
OhDatsStanky@reddit
Big Trouble in Little China
patriotAg@reddit
ET
TypePuzzleheaded6228@reddit
beautiful girls, the pope of greenwhich village, something wild, working girl
ExhaustedGradStudent@reddit
The Fifth Element
ego_tripped@reddit
Short Circuit or Better Off Dead
Waughwaughwaugh@reddit
My go to is a Pauly Shore movie- Son in Law or Biodome
Miami_Vice_75@reddit
For me...if I want something that brings a smile to my face from my childhood then it's either Empire Strikes Back, one of the Indiana Jones movies, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Commando, Predator, Twins, Back to the Future, Karate Kid, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Willow, Top Gun, Batman 1989, or Jurassic Park! I could keep going though!
djs191@reddit
Real Genius
boingboingdollcars@reddit
The Inlaws
YouTube— The In-laws (1979) trailer
This_Tangerine_943@reddit
Tropic Thunder.
Murky-Use-3206@reddit
Papillon is pretty epic if you have the time for it. https://youtu.be/uJ3BOD7bcRc
Gvajr77@reddit
Tango and Cash
Visible_Structure483@reddit
Aliens.
Just the second, nothing after.
Wait_No_But_Yeah@reddit
One From The Heart (1982)