LIFE Movies of the 1980s: A Look Back at the Decade's Best Films

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Back to the future with dozens of your 1980s favorites!

It was a movie era like no other, filled with teen angst , groundbreaking comedy , and incredible adventures . With E.T. , Top Gun , Back to the Future , Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , Dirty Dancing , The Princess Bride … The list of great movies from the 1980s goes on and on. Before the Internet, in the days of Rubik’s Cubes, the Iran-Contra scandal, and Wall Street’s booms and busts, these movies captured the spirit of our times. This new Special Edition from LIFE, Movies of the 1980s , revisits that singular decade and is filled with nostalgic photos and behind-the-scenes stories about the movies and the stars we came to know and love. Whether your favorites were teen films like Stand By Me , or pop-culture touchstones such as Batman , or satiric comedies like This Is Spinal Tap , or escapist masterpieces such as Return of the Jedi , this volume is sure to evoke a time, a place, and most of all a feeling.

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