Big trouble in little China.

Weird Science 1985

Lacking Short Circuit (86) and Real Genius (85), two of the most iconic 80s scifi films. They just don't make them casually bigoted like those anymore!

For me it was Indiana Jones or Star Wars ... as a kid in the 80s, these two movies completely occupied our imaginations for most of the decade.

Honourable mention for me is .... Commando ... with Schwarzenegger ... (every time we had a game pretending for war or shooting each other with toy guns, I did or someone in our group would mimic the suit up scene getting ready for battle)

I would argue that Goonies had a decent bit of it. It really scratches my nostalgia itch not just for the movie itself, but for things from my childhood. That springy workout thing, kids on bikes, the cars, etc. all just do it for me.

Breakfast Club also came to mind, but I haven't seen it in long enough to know for sure if it ticks the boxes.

I definitely agree with Flashdance being up there and Rocky.

It's "Back to the Future". Even though most of it was set in the 50's.

The Karate Kid should make the list.

Repo man 1984 (Henry Dean Stanton & Emilio Estavez' most iconic movie)

Suburbia 1983 (most punk bands in a movie, ever, at the time?)

And there's Top Secret (1984), Val Kilmer's first movie, made by the Airplane! ZAZ team.

Rocky IV was my immediate thought before opening the thread. Not one but two training montages. Cold War tensions. High tech training machines. It’s the best

Dune (1984) and Over The Top (1987) are both strong contenders for me.

Red Dawn. Cold war. Patrick Swayze. 100%.

To add on starwars and indiana jones, the goonies might be a good third place IMO.

Rocky 4? That's just nonsense.

Xanadu Valley Girl St Elmo's Fire

The 80s started out like Vacation and ended like Wall Street