Dirty Dancing.
1987. Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances Baby Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle. Emile Ardolino directed chick flick.


Trading Places.
1983 John Landis film, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in which A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.


Weird Science.
1985 written and directed by John Hughes. Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman (Kelly LeBrook, but she turns out to be more than that.


Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
1988 Robert Zemeckis animated crossover, about a toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.


This Is Spinal Tap.
1984 Rob Reiner rockumentary about Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.


Poltergeist.
A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts, in this 1982 Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg horror movie.


Raging Bull.
1980 biopic by Martin Scorsese in which an emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.


Never Ending Story.
First in the trilogy from 1984. Wolfgang Petersen directs. A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.


Breakfast Club.
1985 Directed and written by John Hughes iconic film, in which five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.


The Blues Brothers.
1980 John Landis directs Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and a multitude of musical legends. Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.


Full Metal Jacket.
1987 Stanley Kubrick film. A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Nightmare On Elms Street.
1984 Wes Craven scarefest that started off the Elm Street series. Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.