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Movies everyone should watch at least once during their lifetime

I asked reddit what’s one movie everyone should watch at least once in their lifetime to compile a list of movies that everyone should watch.
Link to reddit threads www.reddit.com/r/Letterboxd/comments/1745vgp/whats_one_movie_you_think_everyone_should_watch/

www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/178uqki/whats_a_movie_you_think_everyone_has_to_watch_at/

Feel free to comment on any movies you think should be added or maybe even removed. Thanks.

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There are 85 films in this list released in the 1980s.

  • Back to the Future
  • Come and See
  • The Princess Bride
  • Do the Right Thing
  • The Elephant Man
  • Clue
  • The Thing
  • Amadeus
  • Akira
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Stand by Me
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • The Shining
  • Blade Runner
  • Scarface
  • Paris, Texas
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Breakfast Club
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • The Goonies
  • Christiane F.
  • Die Hard
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Rain Man
  • Moonstruck
  • Airplane!
  • My Life as a Dog
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • Tampopo
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Raising Arizona
  • Empire of the Sun
  • Gremlins
  • Heathers
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • A Christmas Story
  • Midnight Run
  • Brazil
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Beetlejuice
  • Mask
  • Police Story
  • Das Boot
  • After Hours
  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
  • Platoon
  • Thief
  • Blow Out
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Ran
  • Ghostbusters
  • A Room with a View
  • Trading Places
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • Blood Simple
  • The Last Emperor
  • The Untouchables
  • The Karate Kid
  • The Vanishing
  • The King of Comedy
  • Predator
  • The Fly
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  • The Color Purple
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Wings of Desire
  • Say Anything...
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Where Is the Friend's House?
  • Tootsie
  • The Hitcher
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • Ordinary People
  • Evil Dead II
  • Friday the 13th
  • Mystery Train
  • Field of Dreams
  • Raging Bull
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Coming to America
  • Blue Velvet
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off