Share some of your favorite movies from the '80's on your blog and link back to The Bumbles.

It looks like we have two choices for this week's movie meme, and I have to admit to being thrilled about it because the other option, Hitchcock films, is one I would have had to pass. I'm not such a fan of Hitchcock's work and can count on one hand the number of his films I have actually seen from start to finish. Sorry, Bumbles!


It wasn't until I began to compile this list that I realized how many of the movies that I watch over and over and over again, most of the time with my daughter (born in 1982), came from the 80's! When I did, though, I changed my list to include only those movies that I have seen 10 or more times because if I didn't do this, my list would be way toooooo long!

The Goonies (1985): My absolute favorite movie of all time. "Do the truffle shuffle!"

Labyrinth (1986): I love the story, love the music, love the Bowie! "Nothing is as it seems in this place."

Valley Girl (1983): Nicholas Cage before he was NICHOLAS CAGE. "Man, he's like tripendicular, ya know?"

Beetlejuice (1988): I'm still looking for a copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased. "I'm the ghost with the most, babe."

Dirty Dancing (1987): Coming of age stories don't get any better than this one! "Me? I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, I'm scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you."

The Karate Kid (1984): Other than The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, the Amazing Egyptian Dude is not one who watches movies multiple times like I do. Except for this one. "Wax on. Wax off."

9 to 5 (1980): Who'd have thunk that Ms. Dolly could act? "If you ever say another word about me or make another indecent proposal, I'm gonna get that gun of mine, and I'm gonna change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot!"

Urban Cowboy (1980): As someone who grew up on country music, I have to admit to being genuinely excited to find it taking such a prominent place in the pop culture of the 80's, thanks to this film. "I was country when country wasn't cool." (That's not from the film, it's from a Barbara Mandrell song of the same period, but it sums up my feelings perfectly.)

Romancing the Stone (1984): Kathleen Turner gave one of her best performances ever in this film. "That was the end of Grogan... the man who killed my father, raped and murdered my sister, burned my ranch, shot my dog, and stole my Bible!"

Better Off Dead (1985): Oh, the joys of teenage angst! And don't forget to pay the paperboy! "I want my two dollars!"

Other favorites from the 80's include: A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Color Purple (1985),
The Elephant Man (1980), The Little Mermaid (1989), The Neverending Story (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Somewhere in Time (1980), The Worst Witch (1986), and Xanadu (1980).