More of an experience than a movie, Xanadu is full of neon magic, great songs and good moments like Gene Kelly’s musical numbers – which unfortunately don’t make a good movie.
80s-o-meter: 80%
Total: 38%
Category: Musical
#496 Moonwalker (1988)
A series of a technically immaculate short films tied loosely together with embarrassing, ego-tripping child saviour messiah parts then paired with some amazing musical numbers.
#435 Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Dennis Quaid performs terrificly as the outrageous Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire, a movie that’s a weird mix of taking a piss at its subject – but with a certain affection.
#337 Footloose (1984)
With its formulaic plot that feels like belonging to the 50s rather than 80s, Footloose is an odd, cheesy, dance movie-musical – with one of the best 80s soundtracks out there!
#336 Electric Dreams (1984)
With imagery mixed straight from 80s computer ads and MTV, Electric Dreams is a great as small portions, but as a feature length film it never quite seems to take off.
#108 Popeye (1980)
I take pride in not fast forwarding through movies, even if they’re horrible.
But sometimes too much is just too much. I have no idea why does this movie exist, and I do not really even care.
80s-o-meter: 3%
Total: 0%
#99 A Chorus Line (1985)
Unimpressive dance numbers, and downright bad musical pieces make A Chorus Line a really long and painful 90 minutes.
Michael Douglas’ solid portrayal of a hard-boiled director is wasted in this poopfest of a movie.
80s-o-meter: 60%
Total: 24%