 | Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) / Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1988) (Totally Awesome 80s Double Feature)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.75 enjoyable romp about an early 60's type rock and roll band enjoying a revival of sorts in the 80's and questions of whether the lead singer(michael pare)is still alive or not
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 | Runaway Train
Buy used from: $3.53 good suspense/action movie starring jon voight and eric roberts about a prison break in the dead of winter and the warden's attempt to apprehend them
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 | Big Wednesday
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $3.71 brilliant movie about surfers in the 60's starring jan michael vincent,gary busey and william katt. watch this on a sunday afternoon for a great nostalgia feeling
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 | Better Off Dead
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.25 one of john cusack's early outings finds him in brilliant form in this enjoyable comedy. especially hilarious are two koreans who keep dogging him and the newspaper boy from hell with his incessant demands for an unpaid bill of $2(!)
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 | Streets of Fire
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.40 another one starring michael pare this actioner has our recently discharged army veteran rescuing a female rock star who happens to be his old flame.this one also stars willem dafoe as the leader of the baddies.check out the excellent soundtrack on this one featuring the blasters,ry cooder & maria mckee
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 | The Warriors (The Ultimate Director's Cut)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.92 ok,ok this one is from 1979 but it's worth an honourable mention.directed by walter hill who went on to direct some of the great 80's movies this one is about a gang trying to reach their home turf in new york after having been wrongly accused of killing a prominent gang leader
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 | Crossroads
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.99 another one from walter hill.this one has a young aspiring bluesman played by ralph macchio bringing an old bluesman played by joe seneca to the crossroads to release him from a contract made with the devil.soundtrack also by ry cooder
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 | The Falcon and the Snowman
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.22 based on a true story this one stars timothy hutton and sean penn about two young boys who sell u.s. secrets to the russians.this one has stunning performances from the two leads
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 | Music Box
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.46 a woman lawyer played by jessica lange fights to stop her father played by armin mueller-stahl from being deported back to his native hungary to face war crime charges.especially poignant is her growing realisation that her father was indeed guilty of the charges levelled against him.
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 | Talk Radio
Buy used from: $1.00 eric bogosian stars in this movie directed by oliver stone about a controversial talk show host rise to fame and his tragic end
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 | Videodrome
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.25 directed by david cronenberg this movie stars the great james woods and deborah harry from blondie about the owner of a cable station(woods) and his suspicion that a signal which affects whoever has been watching has been inserted into the programmes that he has been playing,mostly snuff movies.
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 | Paris, Texas
Buy used from: $13.99 a haunting tale of a man played by harry dean stanton and his search for his wife played by natassja kinski.directed by wim wenders this one boasts a brooding soundtrack by ry cooder
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 | Southern Comfort
Buy used from: $13.95 another one by walter hill this one is about a national guard unit who are lost in cajun country and their harassment(often homicidal) by hostile locals
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