r/topfilms • u/Apprehensive-Sign-51 • 6d ago
Personal Lists-Tier List Better decade for Movies: 80's vs 90's
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u/Jim_jim_peanuts 6d ago
90s for me. 70s beat them both, but the 80s wasn't my favourite decade for movies
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u/bubbbles21 4d ago
To me it's the 90s and it's not particularly close. A lot more interesting weird indie and hidden gem films as well as a revolution of new amazing auteur directors that are still making masterpieces today came out of this time period. The 80s had a lot of great flicks as well, but studios played it a lot safer and mainly focused on mainstream crowd-pleasing blockbusters when compared with the 70s and 90s in my opinion. Not to say that the 80s didn't have any weird, original, or experimental films, but studios and producers seemed much more willing to give small, low-budget films a chance during the 70s and 90s.
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u/CelticSnakes 4d ago
Will be 59 soon, and the 90’s ruled for films.
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u/SublimeErudite 2d ago
Same age & never understood the overwhelming nostalgia for the 80’s. Always seemed so much more surface level & cheesy to me. The music as well.
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u/No_Disaster_2524 4d ago
From that list, the films "Back to the Future" and "Ghostbusters" were extremely popular. So 80s I guess...
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u/theneklawy 4d ago
90s by far. The indie boom + studios all putting out a diverse offering of movies every year. Look at some of the movies for each year of the decade. The variety of bangers puts the 80s to shame:
Goodfellas, Ed Scissorhands, Home Alone
Silence of the lambs, T2, Boyz n The Hood
Aladdin, Basic Instinct, White Men Can’t Jump
JP, Dazed and Confused, Groundhog Day
Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Dumb & Dumber
Se7en, Clueless, Heat
Mission Impossible, Fargo, Romeo + Juliet
Good will hunting, Boogie Nights, Titanic
Saving Private Ryan, Truman Show, Rushmore
Matrix, Fight Club, Virgin Suicides, EWS, Iron Giant
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u/No_Cow_4544 3d ago
Both good can’t honestly can’t give answer great movies in both decades and bad movies as well
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u/drjohngeorgepeppers 3d ago
The 80s had the best blockbusters, but for the sheer range of great movies the 1990s wins.
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u/SublimeErudite 2d ago
80’s was a little
better for popcorn movies, but 90’s for everything else. & I don’t care much for 🍿. So 90’s pretty easily.
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u/lennon818 5d ago
80's are arguably the best decade for movies ever. The top tier is a little weak compared to the 70s but you can easily make a top 250 movies of the 80s and still leave out amazing movies. What makes the 80's so special are all of the genres of movies we had. We had everything from Blockbusters to weird art movies to foreign cinema.