HCH Academy Awards - Best Picture 1985?

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

Pale Rider

RaceBannon

The Color Purple

When the guy abused his wife and then had her shave him with a straight razor stayed with me

Profile in courage

Mad_Son

F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

Fishpo31

Fletch

Over the years, I may quote Fletch as much, if not more than, any other movie...

chuck

Back To The Future

I don't think any of these were Oscar worthy. They're good but not that level.

I also can't believe I voted against Clint. I like Pale Rider but there's a bit too much cheese on the tin pan side. The preacher character and the villains were all perfecr.

RaceBannon

The Color Purple

chuck said:

I don't think any of these were Oscar worthy. They're good but not that level.

I also can't believe I voted against Clint. I like Pale Rider but there's a bit too much cheese on the tin pan side. The preacher character and the villains were all perfecr.

Agree on Pale Rider. Probably the "worst" of his westerns because one of them has to be. Does have some classic scenes and the whole bullets in his back and the grey coat private thugs is great

As is the sledge hammer to Lerch's balls

Color Purple left me speechless and pissed off which was the intention so they nailed it. Oprah's best role IMO as well as a young thin Whoopi

Tequilla

Back To The Future

For as much as I love Rocky IV ... it’s far from an award winning movie

Laocoön

F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

Rather easily, very egregious omission by Yella.


Also, the Breakfast Club is a worthy consideration..

RaceBannon

The Color Purple

Laocoön said:

Rather easily, very egregious omission by Yella.


Also, the Breakfast Club is a worthy consideration..

I watched the Breakfast Club again last year out of desperation for content and it was still good

Probably the best of John Hughes in the 80's IMO

Maybe we could do a pole of Brat Pack classics

dnc

The Goonies

Never seen most of these, Goonies was fun

chuck

Back To The Future

Laocoön said:

Rather easily, very egregious omission by Yella.


Also, the Breakfast Club is a worthy consideration..

Honestly would have to rate Breakfast Club ahead of most of the list now that you mention it. Huge cultural impact and maybe the best of the 80s teen angst movies.

Swaye

Back To The Future

YellowSnow

Pale Rider

RaceBannon said:

chuck said:

I don't think any of these were Oscar worthy. They're good but not that level.

I also can't believe I voted against Clint. I like Pale Rider but there's a bit too much cheese on the tin pan side. The preacher character and the villains were all perfecr.

Agree on Pale Rider. Probably the "worst" of his westerns because one of them has to be. Does have some classic scenes and the whole bullets in his back and the grey coat private thugs is great

As is the sledge hammer to Lerch's balls

Color Purple left me speechless and pissed off which was the intention so they nailed it. Oprah's best role IMO as well as a young thin Whoopi

Thirded on Pale Ride. Good film which has a it moments, but not top tier Clint western. It kept the genre alive - which was on life support at the time - until he could get the right guys in there like Little Bill and English Bob.

huskyhooligan

F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

Breakfast Club edges ahead of Better Off Dead for me. 1984 is going to be real tough.