The Terminator is an underrated masterpiece. Far better than Terminator 2 Judgment Day. This film was more intense, darker, harder better acting, better characters and a better more bleak story
Terminator 2 is a bit too well polished for my liking. Not a bad film but I prefer the gritty atmosphere of the first film. The orginal is a unique neo noir whereas it's sequel is a somewhat of a generic big budget blockbuster.
Very glad to have found this channel! These top 10 lists have helped me to discover several terrific films I'd been sleeping on. For example: Paris, Texas. As for my top 20.... 20. Night of the Comet 19. Paris, Texas 18. Body Double 17. Police Academy 16. 1984 15. Once Upon a Time in America 14. 2010 13. Amadeus 12. Sixteen Candles 11. Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter 10. Gremlins 9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8. Beverly Hills Cop 7. Starman 6. The NeverEnding Story 5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 3. Ghostbusters 2. The Terminator 1. The Karate Kid
Also in 1984 : - Love Streams (John Cassavetes) - The Bounty (Roger Donaldson) - Red Dawn (John Milius) - Teachers (Arthur Hiller) - Sixteen Candles (John Hughes)
Great list! My personal favorite is Stop Making Sense, as Demme somehow managed to perfectly capture the brilliance of Talking Heads, one of the greatest bands of all time. I also love Amadeus, Paris Texas, Once Upon A Time In America and Stranger Than Paradise quite a bit. I must say, I did not expect Ghostbusters at number 1, but you explained the greatness of the movie so well that I can't complain. Almost want to watch it again. If you are going to cover 1944, I recommend Double Indemnity and Laura. If you are going to cover 1985, I recommend a lot of films, but especially Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, After Hours, Ran, Brazil, Back To The Future and Come And See. All are some of my favorite films. Come And See is probably the single most horrifying film I have ever seen, but trust me, you have to see it. It's one of the greatest films ever made. Cheers!
Interesting list. Very underrated channel; I like your style of narration aswell. That coming from a cinephile who watched over 3.500 movies over the last few yrs, keep up the good work! 💪👍
The way Harry feels about Ghostbusters is how I feel about Amadeus. I've watched that film since childhood, and I keep watching every few years. Just a delight. And that music.
I really enjoyed watching you explain your list. Paris, Texas is one of my ten favorite movies of all time. As far as Ghostbusters goes... I just feel that going to the cinema is nowhere near as much fun now as it was then. I can recall seeing that comedy about 4-5 times during the summer at different theaters with different family or friends. Each time it was in a sold-out show and the audience response was... unified. Difficult to describe but it really felt like a fun, good-feeling, shared community experience. It doesn't exist today and it's not for lack of effort. The magic no longer exists. It was a special time.
Holy crap.... when I watched Das Boot for the first time a few years ago, the chase scene on the surface with the waves splashing and the music playing, I thought it was oddly reminiscent of Sebastian riding on Falcor.... now it all makes sense.
Ghostbusters was meant to co-star John Belushi, not James. I’m sure I’m not the first uptight Ghostbusters fan to point this out. Great video and keep up the good work!
Great List, a lot of my favorites on here and two or three I need to see especially streetwise, I had a trawl and have managed to assemble an alternative list from what is left, some of these films are high on quality and some are Low but I love them: 20 -2010 not as good as 2001 but I still really enjoyed this film was a bit mind-bending when I was 11. 19-The Natural- as well as Money Ball this is one of my favorite Baseball films Robert Redford doing what he does best. 18-Boy Meets Girl- A great early flick by Leos Carex not a conventional romantic flick. 17-Under the Volcano- Last great performance from Mr Finney and he even got an Oscar nod. 16-The Pope of Greenwich Village- This one has Eric Roberts best performance and Mickey Rourke just being a dude. 15-Runaway- Tom Selleck. Michael Crichton and Gene Simmons what could go wrong B movie classic. 14-Harry and Son- Paul Newman making me cry. 13- Footloose- This film also makes me cry but in a different way worth it just for thee soundtrack and Chris Penn busting moves. 12-Cal- Moody Irish flick with Stephen Rea just getting started on his 80's domination. 11-The Last Starfighter- I watched this recently and the effects do not always hold up but great story. 10-Broadway Danny Rose- One of my favorite Woody Allen films. 9-The River- Mel and Sissy, a bit unconvincing but I really enjoyed it at the time. 8-Birdy- I am not really an Alan Parker fan but I think this is my favorite great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel. 7- Eureka- Not a classic Roeg film but still better than most other peoples of the year. 6-Comfort and Joy- One of the best Scottish Films about Ice Cream 5-Where the Green Ants Dream- Saw this a few years ago, Herzog and the outback apparently it really pissed off the aussie government of the time. 4-The Brother from Another Planet- Great John Sayles sci fi homeless flick, great social commentary. 3-Streets of Fire- Bonkers rock musical with a great performance from Williem dafoe, weirdly it is made by Walter Hill. 2-The Hit- existential gangster film when Stephen Frears was good. 1-Another Country- This film is so good it appeared on the cover of The Style Council's second album my Favorite Shop, if it is good enough for Mr Weller it will do for me as my no 1.
A great list. A lot of films on it I didn't know of that look very interesting and look forward to seeing the one's that I can. Thanks for this. Just an observation but, why is the video titled The Top 20 Films of 1984 but at 27 seconds in it says "The Top 10 Films of 1984"?
My top 10 10. Footloose 9. A nightmare on elm street 8. The Karate Kid 7. Friday the 13th The final chapter 6. Gremlins 5. Beverly Hills Cop 4. Police academy 3. C.H.U.D. 2. The terminator 1. Ghostbusters
Despite what Allen Bauer Played by Tom Hanks says in Splash, Mermaids are Aquatic Mammals. Actually in the 80s it was called Warriors of The Wind, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind is The Uncut Version.
Some interesting picks, a few i need to check out. Personally i'm not a fan of Ghostbusters, but these are my 12 favourites from what i think is a really good year in film: 12 The Terminator 11 Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter 10 Splash 9 Best Defence 8 Terror In The Aisles 7 Protocol 6 Gremlins 5 Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock 4 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom 3 Police Academy 2 A Nightmare On Elm Street 1 Beverly Hills Cop
Some excellent suggestions here. Not seen here: Broadway Danny Rose, Full Moon In Paris, The Company of Wolves which would be on my list. At any rate, 1984 is probably the best film year of the 1980s.
My Top 20 1. Once Upon A Time In America 2. Ghostbusters 3. Blood Simple 4. Beverly Hills Cop 5. This Is Spinal Tap 6. Amadeus 7. Purple Rain 8. Romancing The Stone 9. Beat Street 10. The Terminator 11. Splash 12. The Brother From Another Planet 13. Paris, Texas 14. The Night of the Comet 15. The Lonely Guy 16. Broadway Danny Rose 17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 18. Police Academy 19. The Muppets Take Manhattan 20. All of Me
Indeed "Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom" was not as good as "Raiders of the lost Ark" and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". Also a prequel to "Raiders of the lost ark". Fun video😆
84 I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO STORES ONLY HAD 1COPY OF NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET HAD TO WAIT A WEEK I WAS TRULY SO EXITED AND GOT FRIGHTENED, WATCHED IT 3 TIMES IN A ROW
1984 was just an incredible year for film. My top ten (as of now): 10. Romancing the Stone 9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8. A Nightmare on Elm Street 7. The Killing Fields 6. Threads 5. Gremlins 4. A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott) 3. The Terminator 2. Ghostbusters 1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Yeah I still have a lot to catch up on. Can't wait to see what you have to say about 1985 since it's home to two of my favorite war films, favorite comedy, and one of my favorite anime films ever.
My Favorites From 1984 Are: •Terminator •Neverending Story •Razorback •Nightmare on Elm Street •Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind •Once Upon a Time in America •Romance of the Stone •Blood Simple •Paris, Texas •Repo Man
I can see why you had to expand your listing to "Top 20 Films." You make a good case for why "Ghostbusters" is your #1. I think #14 on this list "The Times of Harvey Milk" is the best feature-length documentary I've ever seen. The procession from the Castro to the S.F. City Hall after Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered is truly moving.
My 10 for 1984 10. This Is Spinal Tap 9. Stranger Than Paradise 8. Stop Making Sense 7. Amadeus 6. Blood Simple 5. Love Streams 4. The Terminator 3. Paris Texas 2. Repo Man NUMBER ONE: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
My top 10 1. The Terminator 2. This is Spinal Tap 3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4. Ghostbusters 5. Star Trek 3 6. Repoman 7. Gremlins 8. The Pope of Greenwich Villaige 9. A Nightmare on Elm St. 10. The Last Starfighter
TOP 20 MOVIES OF 1984: 1. The Terminator 2. Stop Making Sense 3. This Is Spinal Tap 4. A Nightmare On Elm Street 5. Ghostbusters 6. The Karate Kid 7. Amadeus 8. Once Upon A Time In America 9. Repo Man 10. Stranger Than Paradise 11. Blood Simple 12. A Soldier's Story 13. Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind 14. Starman 15. Gremlins 16. Beverly Hills Cop 17. The Neverending Story 18. The Natural 19. Sixteen Candles 20. Splash
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was always my favorite of the original Indiana Jones films growing up, and even now at the age of 33, after becoming much more mature and developing a greater appreciaton for artistic films and the art of filmmaking in general, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is in fact still my number one favorite film of all time! For this reason, I can't tell you just how much it ticks me off when people claim that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom isn't a superb film, or that it's the worst installment of the original Indiana Jones trilogy..... For one, most people don't seem to get that, with the exception of the opening scene of Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Temple Doom encapsulates everything that Indiana Jones was always meant to be, even more than either Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade..... The point of Indiana Jones was never to be some American patriot who went after Nazis..... Sure, that's what movie-goers came to expect and love to see, but what Indiana Jones really always was meant to be was that swashbuckling adventurer trekking through sweltering jungles, going into a lost temple to retrieve some ancient, fabled artifact, being chased by natives shooting arrows at him, stumbling upon a secret temple of a deadly ancient cult like the Thugee, or being cornered onto a jungle rope bridge suspended above crocodile-infested waters with nothing but a sword in hand and his will to get out of it alive...... THAT is Indiana Jones! That's why it is so fitting that the original poster for Temple of Doom says "If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones"..... Indiana Jones is meant to be an homage to all the old classic adventure serials, dime novels and adventure films of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, just a far better version because it's Spielberg and it's the New Hollywood era, so the director and producers are no longer bound by the code of the MPAA, nor are they bound by the culture and sentiments of audiences of the 30s, 40s and 50s..... So Spielberg could finally make a c. 1930s adventure film, just like he'd always seen on TV as a kid, but actually put onto the screen what he would imagine in his head, or dream about, because he isn't bound by the old motion picture code, or the culture of those times..... Therefore, just about every complaint I ever hear from people regarding Temple of Doom shows me that they simply don't get what Indiana Jones was meant to be, and I personally feel that Temple of Doom is a great improvement on Raiders of the Lost Ark, despite the fact that Raiders is certainly the better made film, if we are speaking strictly of the art of filmmaking, the use of lighting, etc......
My top 10 : 10 Supergirl 9 Dune 8 CHUD 7 RazorBack 6 Greystoke: Tarzan 5 Repo Man 4 Footloose 3 Sheena 2 The Bounty 1 The Toxic Avenger Sheena should be no 1...
Top 169 USA box office grossing movies of 1984. The top 10-20 are pretty obvious, but the list is an example of how many movies which became cult classics didn't sell so well initially. 1 Ghostbusters 2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 3 Gremlins 4 The Karate Kid 5 Police Academy 6 Footloose 7 Beverly Hills Cop 8 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 9 Terms of Endearment 10 Romancing the Stone 11 Splash 12 Purple Rain 13 Tightrope 14 The Natural 15 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 16 Revenge of the Nerds 17 Breakin' 18 Bachelor Party 19 Red Dawn 20 All of Me 21 The Terminator 22 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 23 Conan the Destroyer 24 Sudden Impact 25 Silkwood 26 The Last Starfighter 27 Places in the Heart 28 Cannonball Run II 29 Teachers 30 2010: The Year We Make Contact 31 The Muppets Take Manhattan 32 Scarface 33 The Woman in Red 34 Moscow on the Hudson 35 City Heat 36 Yentl 37 Sixteen Candles 38 The Jungle Book (1984 Re-release) 39 Against All Odds 40 Missing in Action 41 Rhinestone 42 Never Cry Wolf 43 Top Secret! 44 Hot Dog... The Movie 45 The NeverEnding Story 46 Unfaithfully Yours 47 Oh, God! You Devil 48 Uncommon Valor 49 Best Defense 50 Dune 51 A Soldier's Story 52 Blame It on Rio 53 Lassiter 54 Angel 55 Firestarter 56 Amadeus 57 Beat Street 58 Weekend Pass 59 The Ice Pirates 60 Night of the Comet 61 Supergirl 62 The Evil That Men Do 63 Children of the Corn 64 Starman 65 The Big Chill 66 Irreconcilable Differences 67 Dreamscape 68 Pinocchio (1984 Re-release) 69 The Cotton Club 70 Two of a Kind 71 Up the Creek 72 Tank 73 Hard to Hold 74 The Wild Life 75 Broadway Danny Rose 76 The Rescuers (1983 Re-release) 77 Where the Boys Are 78 Thief of Hearts 79 Gorky Park 80 D.C. Cab 81 Terror in the Aisles 82 Cloak and Dagger 83 Christine 84 Protocol 85 Falling in Love 86 Bolero 87 Body Double 88 Oxford Blues 89 The Bounty 90 Reckless 91 Streets of Fire 92 Just the Way You Are 93 The Little Drummer Girl 94 To Be or Not to Be 95 Micki + Maude 96 Country 97 Johnny Dangerously 98 Iceman 99 A Nightmare on Elm Street 100 Hardbodies 101 The Pope of Greenwich Village 102 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo 103 Swing Shift 104 The Razor's Edge 105 Ninja III: The Domination 106 The Philadelphia Experiment 107 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 108 Firstborn 109 The Right Stuff 110 The Flamingo Kid 111 A Christmas Story 112 Racing with the Moon 113 Sheena 114 The Man Who Loved Women 115 The Lonely Guy 116 Meatballs Part II 117 Once Upon a Time in America 118 Alphabet City 119 The Hotel New Hampshire 120 American Dreamer 121 No Small Affair 122 Harry & Son 123 Grandview, U.S.A. 124 C.H.U.D. 125 Making the Grade 126 Star 80 127 Joy of Sex 128 Until September 129 This Is Spinal Tap 130 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 131 Flashpoint 132 Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers 133 Exterminator 2 134 The Dresser 135 Runaway 136 Crimes of Passion 137 The Warrior and the Sorceress 138 Impulse 139 The Bear 140 Under the Volcano 141 Silent Night, Deadly Night 142 Electric Dreams 143 Purple Hearts 144 The Buddy System 145 Body Rock 146 Misunderstood 147 Garbo Talks 148 Finders Keepers 149 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute 150 Sahara 151 A Christmas Story (1984 Re-release) 152 The River Rat 153 Mike's Murder 154 The Power 155 Songwriter 156 A Passage to India 157 The Killing Fields 158 Scandalous 159 Windy City 160 Champions 161 Razorback 162 Crackers 163 Repo Man 164 Slayground 165 The River 166 Birdy 167 Mrs. Soffel 168 "1984" 169 Stop Making Sense
I hnow I am boring now, but the first time judgement day happends before the Terminator is send back John connor can not send his Father back in time because he is not born yet.
As I recall, Repo Man didn't get to Australia until 1986 (but still should be classified 1984 IMHO). A lot of US movies took yonks to get to Oz. I saw Star Wars in 1978. So what? Just sayin'.
OMG OMG OMG! I have seen this and watch this video with Yetl Smoke and Black Peter Griffin on TH-cam and it was awesome! I love Gremlins but I don't like Ghostbusters because they might give me any ideas! This video has forgotten Red Dawn and Sixteen Candles! I also stopped watching at that time cause Yeti Smoke came back on Discord! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Let's keep it at 10: 1 The Terminator 2 The Karate Kid 3 Beverly Hills Cop 4 Gremlins 5 Shanghai 13 (a Chang Cheh's all-star kung fu actioner) 6 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 7 The Killing Fields 8 Opium and the Kung Fu Master 9 Amadeus 10 Police Academy
It is the thing now to make fun of my generation the Boomer generation , but there is one thing today's generation cannot even come close to matching Us with , and that's Music and Movies . We had hands down better of both these genres
Great List, a lot of my favorites on here and two or three I need to see especially streetwise, I had a trawl and have managed to assemble an alternative list from what is left, some of these films are high on quality and some are Low but I love them: 20 -2010 not as good as 2001 but I still really enjoyed this film was a bit mind-bending when I was 11. 19-The Natural- as well as Money Ball this is one of my favorite Baseball films Robert Redford doing what he does best. 18-Boy Meets Girl- A great early flick by Leos Carex not a conventional romantic flick. 17-Under the Volcano- Last great performance from Mr Finney and he even got an Oscar nod. 16-The Pope of Greenwich Village- This one has Eric Roberts best performance and Mickey Rourke just being a dude. 15-Runaway- Tom Selleck. Michael Crichton and Gene Simmons what could go wrong B movie classic. 14-Harry and Son- Paul Newman making me cry. 13- Footloose- This film also makes me cry but in a different way worth it just for thee soundtrack and Chris Penn busting moves. 12-Cal- Moody Irish flick with Stephen Rea just getting started on his 80's domination. 11-The Last Starfighter- I watched this recently and the effects do not always hold up but great story. 10-Broadway Danny Rose- One of my favorite Woody Allen films. 9-The River- Mel and Sissy, a bit unconvincing but I really enjoyed it at the time. 8-Birdy- I am not really an Alan Parker fan but I think this is my favorite great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel. 7- Eureka- Not a classic Roeg film but still better than most other peoples of the year. 6-Comfort and Joy- One of the best Scottish Films about Ice Cream 5-Where the Green Ants Dream- Saw this a few years ago, Herzog and the outback apparently it really pissed off the aussie government of the time. 4-The Brother from Another Planet- Great John Sayles sci fi homeless flick, great social commentary. 3-Streets of Fire- Bonkers rock musical with a great performance from Williem dafoe, weirdly it is made by Walter Hill. 2-The Hit- existential gangster film when Stephen Frears was good. 1-Another Country- This film is so good it appeared on the cover of The Style Council's second album my Favorite Shop, if it is good enough for Mr Weller it will do for me as my no 1.
The Terminator is an underrated masterpiece. Far better than Terminator 2 Judgment Day. This film was more intense, darker, harder better acting, better characters and a better more bleak story
That's what I've been trying to tell the world about
Terminator 2 is a bit too well polished for my liking. Not a bad film but I prefer the gritty atmosphere of the first film. The orginal is a unique neo noir whereas it's sequel is a somewhat of a generic big budget blockbuster.
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Very glad to have found this channel! These top 10 lists have helped me to discover several terrific films I'd been sleeping on. For example: Paris, Texas. As for my top 20....
20. Night of the Comet
19. Paris, Texas
18. Body Double
17. Police Academy
16. 1984
15. Once Upon a Time in America
14. 2010
13. Amadeus
12. Sixteen Candles
11. Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
10. Gremlins
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. Beverly Hills Cop
7. Starman
6. The NeverEnding Story
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
3. Ghostbusters
2. The Terminator
1. The Karate Kid
Also in 1984 :
- Love Streams (John Cassavetes)
- The Bounty (Roger Donaldson)
- Red Dawn (John Milius)
- Teachers (Arthur Hiller)
- Sixteen Candles (John Hughes)
Great list! My personal favorite is Stop Making Sense, as Demme somehow managed to perfectly capture the brilliance of Talking Heads, one of the greatest bands of all time. I also love Amadeus, Paris Texas, Once Upon A Time In America and Stranger Than Paradise quite a bit. I must say, I did not expect Ghostbusters at number 1, but you explained the greatness of the movie so well that I can't complain. Almost want to watch it again.
If you are going to cover 1944, I recommend Double Indemnity and Laura. If you are going to cover 1985, I recommend a lot of films, but especially Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, After Hours, Ran, Brazil, Back To The Future and Come And See. All are some of my favorite films. Come And See is probably the single most horrifying film I have ever seen, but trust me, you have to see it. It's one of the greatest films ever made.
Cheers!
Interesting list. Very underrated channel; I like your style of narration aswell. That coming from a cinephile who watched over 3.500 movies over the last few yrs, keep up the good work! 💪👍
The way Harry feels about Ghostbusters is how I feel about Amadeus. I've watched that film since childhood, and I keep watching every few years. Just a delight. And that music.
I really enjoyed watching you explain your list. Paris, Texas is one of my ten favorite movies of all time. As far as Ghostbusters goes... I just feel that going to the cinema is nowhere near as much fun now as it was then. I can recall seeing that comedy about 4-5 times during the summer at different theaters with different family or friends. Each time it was in a sold-out show and the audience response was... unified. Difficult to describe but it really felt like a fun, good-feeling, shared community experience. It doesn't exist today and it's not for lack of effort. The magic no longer exists. It was a special time.
at 12 years old you see things differently. I'm sure the 54 year olds felt like you know.
Holy crap.... when I watched Das Boot for the first time a few years ago, the chase scene on the surface with the waves splashing and the music playing, I thought it was oddly reminiscent of Sebastian riding on Falcor.... now it all makes sense.
Ghostbusters was meant to co-star John Belushi, not James. I’m sure I’m not the first uptight Ghostbusters fan to point this out. Great video and keep up the good work!
Great List, a lot of my favorites on here and two or three I need to see especially streetwise, I had a trawl and have managed to assemble an alternative list from what is left, some of these films are high on quality and some are Low but I love them:
20 -2010 not as good as 2001 but I still really enjoyed this film was a bit mind-bending when I was 11.
19-The Natural- as well as Money Ball this is one of my favorite Baseball films Robert Redford doing what he does best.
18-Boy Meets Girl- A great early flick by Leos Carex not a conventional romantic flick.
17-Under the Volcano- Last great performance from Mr Finney and he even got an Oscar nod.
16-The Pope of Greenwich Village- This one has Eric Roberts best performance and Mickey Rourke just being a dude.
15-Runaway- Tom Selleck. Michael Crichton and Gene Simmons what could go wrong B movie classic.
14-Harry and Son- Paul Newman making me cry.
13- Footloose- This film also makes me cry but in a different way worth it just for thee soundtrack and Chris Penn busting moves.
12-Cal- Moody Irish flick with Stephen Rea just getting started on his 80's domination.
11-The Last Starfighter- I watched this recently and the effects do not always hold up but great story.
10-Broadway Danny Rose- One of my favorite Woody Allen films.
9-The River- Mel and Sissy, a bit unconvincing but I really enjoyed it at the time.
8-Birdy- I am not really an Alan Parker fan but I think this is my favorite great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.
7- Eureka- Not a classic Roeg film but still better than most other peoples of the year.
6-Comfort and Joy- One of the best Scottish Films about Ice Cream
5-Where the Green Ants Dream- Saw this a few years ago, Herzog and the outback apparently it really pissed off the aussie government of the time.
4-The Brother from Another Planet- Great John Sayles sci fi homeless flick, great social commentary.
3-Streets of Fire- Bonkers rock musical with a great performance from Williem dafoe, weirdly it is made by Walter Hill.
2-The Hit- existential gangster film when Stephen Frears was good.
1-Another Country- This film is so good it appeared on the cover of The Style Council's second album my Favorite Shop, if it is good enough for Mr Weller it will do for me as my no 1.
@Nospater Thanks
A great list. A lot of films on it I didn't know of that look very interesting and look forward to seeing the one's that I can. Thanks for this.
Just an observation but, why is the video titled The Top 20 Films of 1984 but at 27 seconds in it says "The Top 10 Films of 1984"?
Whoops! That was just a mistake. Cheers for the heads up.
@@1-2many Sorry I don't mean to be awkward.
My top 10
10. Footloose
9. A nightmare on elm street
8. The Karate Kid
7. Friday the 13th The final chapter
6. Gremlins
5. Beverly Hills Cop
4. Police academy
3. C.H.U.D.
2. The terminator
1. Ghostbusters
Despite what Allen Bauer Played by Tom Hanks says in Splash, Mermaids are Aquatic Mammals. Actually in the 80s it was called Warriors of The Wind, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind is The Uncut Version.
Some interesting picks, a few i need to check out. Personally i'm not a fan of Ghostbusters, but these are my 12 favourites from what i think is a really good year in film:
12 The Terminator
11 Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter
10 Splash
9 Best Defence
8 Terror In The Aisles
7 Protocol
6 Gremlins
5 Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock
4 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
3 Police Academy
2 A Nightmare On Elm Street
1 Beverly Hills Cop
Some excellent suggestions here. Not seen here: Broadway Danny Rose, Full Moon In Paris, The Company of Wolves which would be on my list. At any rate, 1984 is probably the best film year of the 1980s.
My Top 20
1. Once Upon A Time In America
2. Ghostbusters
3. Blood Simple
4. Beverly Hills Cop
5. This Is Spinal Tap
6. Amadeus
7. Purple Rain
8. Romancing The Stone
9. Beat Street
10. The Terminator
11. Splash
12. The Brother From Another Planet
13. Paris, Texas
14. The Night of the Comet
15. The Lonely Guy
16. Broadway Danny Rose
17. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
18. Police Academy
19. The Muppets Take Manhattan
20. All of Me
Points for Steve Martin in "The Lonely Guy."
Indeed "Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom" was not as good as "Raiders of the lost Ark" and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". Also a prequel to "Raiders of the lost ark". Fun video😆
Good list.
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84 I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO STORES ONLY HAD 1COPY OF NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET HAD TO WAIT A WEEK I WAS TRULY SO EXITED AND GOT FRIGHTENED, WATCHED IT 3 TIMES IN A ROW
I can't believe those movies have 40 years old now
1984 was just an incredible year for film.
My top ten (as of now):
10. Romancing the Stone
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street
7. The Killing Fields
6. Threads
5. Gremlins
4. A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott)
3. The Terminator
2. Ghostbusters
1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Yeah I still have a lot to catch up on.
Can't wait to see what you have to say about 1985 since it's home to two of my favorite war films, favorite comedy, and one of my favorite anime films ever.
What are those films from 1985? Just wondering.
@@tranaproductions
Come and See
Ran
Brazil
Angel's Egg
1987's the best year for film in the 1980s.
No Beverly Hills Cop??
when you going back to have it finished ?
My Favorites From 1984 Are:
•Terminator
•Neverending Story
•Razorback
•Nightmare on Elm Street
•Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind
•Once Upon a Time in America
•Romance of the Stone
•Blood Simple
•Paris, Texas
•Repo Man
I can see why you had to expand your listing to "Top 20 Films." You make a good case for why "Ghostbusters" is your #1. I think #14 on this list "The Times of Harvey Milk" is the best feature-length documentary I've ever seen. The procession from the Castro to the S.F. City Hall after Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered is truly moving.
My favourite year for film from the 1980s. So many classics, but I think Paris Texas would be my number 1 from what I've seen.
War of the roses too
My top three favorites from 1984 are The Karate Kid, A Nightmare On Elm Street & Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter.
My 10 for 1984
10. This Is Spinal Tap
9. Stranger Than Paradise
8. Stop Making Sense
7. Amadeus
6. Blood Simple
5. Love Streams
4. The Terminator
3. Paris Texas
2. Repo Man
NUMBER ONE: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
What a year!!! my top pick.......Repo Man.
My top 10
1. The Terminator
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. Ghostbusters
5. Star Trek 3
6. Repoman
7. Gremlins
8. The Pope of Greenwich Villaige
9. A Nightmare on Elm St.
10. The Last Starfighter
Year I was born. Ghostbusters is my number one as well.
TOP 20 MOVIES OF 1984:
1. The Terminator
2. Stop Making Sense
3. This Is Spinal Tap
4. A Nightmare On Elm Street
5. Ghostbusters
6. The Karate Kid
7. Amadeus
8. Once Upon A Time In America
9. Repo Man
10. Stranger Than Paradise
11. Blood Simple
12. A Soldier's Story
13. Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind
14. Starman
15. Gremlins
16. Beverly Hills Cop
17. The Neverending Story
18. The Natural
19. Sixteen Candles
20. Splash
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was always my favorite of the original Indiana Jones films growing up, and even now at the age of 33, after becoming much more mature and developing a greater appreciaton for artistic films and the art of filmmaking in general, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is in fact still my number one favorite film of all time!
For this reason, I can't tell you just how much it ticks me off when people claim that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom isn't a superb film, or that it's the worst installment of the original Indiana Jones trilogy.....
For one, most people don't seem to get that, with the exception of the opening scene of Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Temple Doom encapsulates everything that Indiana Jones was always meant to be, even more than either Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.....
The point of Indiana Jones was never to be some American patriot who went after Nazis.....
Sure, that's what movie-goers came to expect and love to see, but what Indiana Jones really always was meant to be was that swashbuckling adventurer trekking through sweltering jungles, going into a lost temple to retrieve some ancient, fabled artifact, being chased by natives shooting arrows at him, stumbling upon a secret temple of a deadly ancient cult like the Thugee, or being cornered onto a jungle rope bridge suspended above crocodile-infested waters with nothing but a sword in hand and his will to get out of it alive...... THAT is Indiana Jones!
That's why it is so fitting that the original poster for Temple of Doom says "If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones".....
Indiana Jones is meant to be an homage to all the old classic adventure serials, dime novels and adventure films of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, just a far better version because it's Spielberg and it's the New Hollywood era, so the director and producers are no longer bound by the code of the MPAA, nor are they bound by the culture and sentiments of audiences of the 30s, 40s and 50s.....
So Spielberg could finally make a c. 1930s adventure film, just like he'd always seen on TV as a kid, but actually put onto the screen what he would imagine in his head, or dream about, because he isn't bound by the old motion picture code, or the culture of those times.....
Therefore, just about every complaint I ever hear from people regarding Temple of Doom shows me that they simply don't get what Indiana Jones was meant to be, and I personally feel that Temple of Doom is a great improvement on Raiders of the Lost Ark, despite the fact that Raiders is certainly the better made film, if we are speaking strictly of the art of filmmaking, the use of lighting, etc......
So many movie's in 1984 first movie's a nightmare on elm street terminator a never ending story Ghostbusters to etc...
This is neither here nor there, but the video title says „20“ and the title card at the beginning says „10“.😄😄😄
Almost 40 years old
1 for me was Killing Fields, but not one I can watch over & over.
2. Terminator
3. Beverly Hills Cop
My top 10 :
10 Supergirl
9 Dune
8 CHUD
7 RazorBack
6 Greystoke: Tarzan
5 Repo Man
4 Footloose
3 Sheena
2 The Bounty
1 The Toxic Avenger
Sheena should be no 1...
I haven't seen Sheena yet. Looks outstanding.
Top 169 USA box office grossing movies of 1984. The top 10-20 are pretty obvious, but the list is an example of how many movies which became cult classics didn't sell so well initially.
1 Ghostbusters
2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3 Gremlins
4 The Karate Kid
5 Police Academy
6 Footloose
7 Beverly Hills Cop
8 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
9 Terms of Endearment
10 Romancing the Stone
11 Splash
12 Purple Rain
13 Tightrope
14 The Natural
15 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
16 Revenge of the Nerds
17 Breakin'
18 Bachelor Party
19 Red Dawn
20 All of Me
21 The Terminator
22 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
23 Conan the Destroyer
24 Sudden Impact
25 Silkwood
26 The Last Starfighter
27 Places in the Heart
28 Cannonball Run II
29 Teachers
30 2010: The Year We Make Contact
31 The Muppets Take Manhattan
32 Scarface
33 The Woman in Red
34 Moscow on the Hudson
35 City Heat
36 Yentl
37 Sixteen Candles
38 The Jungle Book (1984 Re-release)
39 Against All Odds
40 Missing in Action
41 Rhinestone
42 Never Cry Wolf
43 Top Secret!
44 Hot Dog... The Movie
45 The NeverEnding Story
46 Unfaithfully Yours
47 Oh, God! You Devil
48 Uncommon Valor
49 Best Defense
50 Dune
51 A Soldier's Story
52 Blame It on Rio
53 Lassiter
54 Angel
55 Firestarter
56 Amadeus
57 Beat Street
58 Weekend Pass
59 The Ice Pirates
60 Night of the Comet
61 Supergirl
62 The Evil That Men Do
63 Children of the Corn
64 Starman
65 The Big Chill
66 Irreconcilable Differences
67 Dreamscape
68 Pinocchio (1984 Re-release)
69 The Cotton Club
70 Two of a Kind
71 Up the Creek
72 Tank
73 Hard to Hold
74 The Wild Life
75 Broadway Danny Rose
76 The Rescuers (1983 Re-release)
77 Where the Boys Are
78 Thief of Hearts
79 Gorky Park
80 D.C. Cab
81 Terror in the Aisles
82 Cloak and Dagger
83 Christine
84 Protocol
85 Falling in Love
86 Bolero
87 Body Double
88 Oxford Blues
89 The Bounty
90 Reckless
91 Streets of Fire
92 Just the Way You Are
93 The Little Drummer Girl
94 To Be or Not to Be
95 Micki + Maude
96 Country
97 Johnny Dangerously
98 Iceman
99 A Nightmare on Elm Street
100 Hardbodies
101 The Pope of Greenwich Village
102 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
103 Swing Shift
104 The Razor's Edge
105 Ninja III: The Domination
106 The Philadelphia Experiment
107 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
108 Firstborn
109 The Right Stuff
110 The Flamingo Kid
111 A Christmas Story
112 Racing with the Moon
113 Sheena
114 The Man Who Loved Women
115 The Lonely Guy
116 Meatballs Part II
117 Once Upon a Time in America
118 Alphabet City
119 The Hotel New Hampshire
120 American Dreamer
121 No Small Affair
122 Harry & Son
123 Grandview, U.S.A.
124 C.H.U.D.
125 Making the Grade
126 Star 80
127 Joy of Sex
128 Until September
129 This Is Spinal Tap
130 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
131 Flashpoint
132 Cheech & Chong's: The Corsican Brothers
133 Exterminator 2
134 The Dresser
135 Runaway
136 Crimes of Passion
137 The Warrior and the Sorceress
138 Impulse
139 The Bear
140 Under the Volcano
141 Silent Night, Deadly Night
142 Electric Dreams
143 Purple Hearts
144 The Buddy System
145 Body Rock
146 Misunderstood
147 Garbo Talks
148 Finders Keepers
149 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
150 Sahara
151 A Christmas Story (1984 Re-release)
152 The River Rat
153 Mike's Murder
154 The Power
155 Songwriter
156 A Passage to India
157 The Killing Fields
158 Scandalous
159 Windy City
160 Champions
161 Razorback
162 Crackers
163 Repo Man
164 Slayground
165 The River
166 Birdy
167 Mrs. Soffel
168 "1984"
169 Stop Making Sense
Could have added The Natural and The Bounty.
The last starfighter
An absolute criminal offense you left no mention of the 1984 film The River starring Mel Gibson, Sissy spacek, and Scott Glenn.
That should be a horror movie trapped in a body with Lilly tomlin?I'm getting ill just thinking about it
I hnow I am boring now, but the first time judgement day happends before the Terminator is send back John connor can not send his Father back in time because he is not born yet.
As I recall, Repo Man didn't get to Australia until 1986 (but still should be classified 1984 IMHO).
A lot of US movies took yonks to get to Oz. I saw Star Wars in 1978.
So what? Just sayin'.
The Terminator
OMG OMG OMG! I have seen this and watch this video with Yetl Smoke and Black Peter Griffin on TH-cam and it was awesome! I love Gremlins but I don't like Ghostbusters because they might give me any ideas! This video has forgotten Red Dawn and Sixteen Candles! I also stopped watching at that time cause Yeti Smoke came back on Discord! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
JOHN Belushi!!!!!!!
Not Purple Rain🤦🏾♂️
Harvey milk would be pleases in 2023
I love terminator very much. But to say its a better movie than amadeus is aaa.....well......
Let's keep it at 10:
1 The Terminator
2 The Karate Kid
3 Beverly Hills Cop
4 Gremlins
5 Shanghai 13 (a Chang Cheh's all-star kung fu actioner)
6 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7 The Killing Fields
8 Opium and the Kung Fu Master
9 Amadeus
10 Police Academy
It is the thing now to make fun of my generation the Boomer generation , but there is one thing today's generation cannot even come close to matching Us with , and that's Music and Movies . We had hands down better of both these genres
How do you remember all these movies with all that drinking
Great List, a lot of my favorites on here and two or three I need to see especially streetwise, I had a trawl and have managed to assemble an alternative list from what is left, some of these films are high on quality and some are Low but I love them:
20 -2010 not as good as 2001 but I still really enjoyed this film was a bit mind-bending when I was 11.
19-The Natural- as well as Money Ball this is one of my favorite Baseball films Robert Redford doing what he does best.
18-Boy Meets Girl- A great early flick by Leos Carex not a conventional romantic flick.
17-Under the Volcano- Last great performance from Mr Finney and he even got an Oscar nod.
16-The Pope of Greenwich Village- This one has Eric Roberts best performance and Mickey Rourke just being a dude.
15-Runaway- Tom Selleck. Michael Crichton and Gene Simmons what could go wrong B movie classic.
14-Harry and Son- Paul Newman making me cry.
13- Footloose- This film also makes me cry but in a different way worth it just for thee soundtrack and Chris Penn busting moves.
12-Cal- Moody Irish flick with Stephen Rea just getting started on his 80's domination.
11-The Last Starfighter- I watched this recently and the effects do not always hold up but great story.
10-Broadway Danny Rose- One of my favorite Woody Allen films.
9-The River- Mel and Sissy, a bit unconvincing but I really enjoyed it at the time.
8-Birdy- I am not really an Alan Parker fan but I think this is my favorite great soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.
7- Eureka- Not a classic Roeg film but still better than most other peoples of the year.
6-Comfort and Joy- One of the best Scottish Films about Ice Cream
5-Where the Green Ants Dream- Saw this a few years ago, Herzog and the outback apparently it really pissed off the aussie government of the time.
4-The Brother from Another Planet- Great John Sayles sci fi homeless flick, great social commentary.
3-Streets of Fire- Bonkers rock musical with a great performance from Williem dafoe, weirdly it is made by Walter Hill.
2-The Hit- existential gangster film when Stephen Frears was good.
1-Another Country- This film is so good it appeared on the cover of The Style Council's second album my Favorite Shop, if it is good enough for Mr Weller it will do for me as my no 1.
I forgot about Broadway Danny Rose!
@@1-2many I have just realized I forgot about Mike Leigh's Meantime another of my favorites.