Very cool info graphic made by Stephen Wildish, put on his tumblr, probably for Christmas. Although I’m not a big fan of the 1980’s, as it has produced too much bad music and bad fashion to overcome the positives, the movies of that era do rock, in their own special way.
Films like Back to the Future, Rambo and Ghostbusters (got you started with a few easy answers) are pretty easy to spot even for those born deep in the 1990’s, but some of these films are a bit harder to figure out. Sometimes because they didn’t stand the test of time so well, some because the drawing is a bit too general or vague.
So we have 26 films, some more known than others, some easy to identify in seconds, some quite a lot harder or even close to impossible. Don’t get discouraged and have no fear. We’ve got the cheat sheet below.
1980’s Film Cheat Sheet
Airplane
Back to the Future
Coming to America
Dirty Dancing
E.T.
Flight of the Navigator
Ghostbusters
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Indiana Jones
Jumpin Jack Flash
Karate Kid
Labyrinth
Mannequin
Nightmare on Elm Street
Octopussy
Princess Bride
Q
Rambo
Short Circuit
Teenwolf
Untouchables
Vice Versa
Weird Science
Xanadu
Youngblood
Zelig
