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Full In the Loop

Advanced guide to getting in the loop.

Supplementary to "Civilization Essentials."

If a movie is on this list, then it has one of these:
-Pop culture reference value
-Meme value
-Example of a namedropped director/producer/actor
-Popularity + cult popularity
-Had a cultural impact regardless of quality

There are 48 films in this list released in the 1980s available on Amazon US.

  • Come and See
  • The Thing
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Akira
  • The Elephant Man
  • Raging Bull
  • The Shining
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Stand by Me
  • Scarface
  • Blade Runner
  • My Dinner with Andre
  • Brazil
  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Die Hard
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • RoboCop
  • The Terminator
  • Clue
  • Rain Man
  • Airplane!
  • First Blood
  • The Goonies
  • Predator
  • Heathers
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Ghostbusters
  • Beetlejuice
  • Lethal Weapon
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Good Morning, Vietnam
  • The Evil Dead
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Field of Dreams
  • Wall Street
  • Big
  • Poltergeist
  • Top Gun
  • Footloose
  • Child's Play
  • Weekend at Bernie's
  • Tron
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • Friday the 13th
  • Children of the Corn
  • The Karate Kid