Better Decade For Movies: 80s or 90s?

[dougdirt]

I don't know. I think Das Boot alone makes up in quality what the '90s had in quanity.

Das Boot clearly leads the 80's and keeps them in the conversation. But, Captain Ron. Captain. Ron.

[Dom Heffner]

80s.

We had Van Damme in Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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[TRF]

I voted 90's, but the 80's gave us Raising Arizona, The Princess Bride and Big Trouble in Little China.

That's tough to beat.

[bucksfan2]

90's for me.

Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Shawshank
Braveheart
A Few Good Men
American Pie

Are some of my favorites. I think maybe my favorite of all time is Gladiator, which was released in 2000.

Funny think about Shawshank is it wasn't released to huge reviews, was pretty much a dud. I don't know how it gained steam, but it did.

[Kingspoint]

Decent point, but that leaves out some of the best movies ever made:

The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters

Lord of the Rings...I waited so long for it to come out, the anticipation was the '90's.

[RedTeamGo!]

Lord of the Rings...I waited so long for it to come out, the anticipation was the '90's.

That came out in 2001. I’ll never forget because my friend who was the biggest LOTR fan I’ve ever met died in a car wreck a couple of months before it was released.

[M2]

Best boat movies from the 80's: Overboard, Jaws 3-D, Das Boot
Best boat movies from the 90's: Titanic, U-571, Down Periscope (clearly I'm counting submarines as boats), The Hunt for Red October, SPEED 2, CAPTAIN RON, WATERWORLD

Clearly the 90s had better boat movies.

Ahem, Fitzcarraldo.

[kaldaniels]

You forgot Cabin Boy.

Wait, that goes against my argument. Scratch that one!

I believe Dave and Chris Elliott were friends so I get it, but of all the movies it could have been, this is the one Dave Letterman chooses a small acting role in?

[marcshoe]

The best boat movie of the nineties was Dark City.

Well, ship movie then.

[Kinsm]

Good movies were made every year over the past ~100 years of cinema but 1975 to 1994, that 20 year span was probably the best IMHO.

[marcshoe]

Good movies were made every year over the past ~100 years of cinema but 1975 to 1994, that 20 year span was probably the best IMHO.

Then how did Terms of Endearment win the best picture Oscar for 1983?

[M2]

Then how did Terms of Endearment win the best picture Oscar for 1983?

I think the distinguishing feature of the '80s was there was a disconnect between the actual good movies that have endured and the ones that were declared to be good at the time.