Top 50 Famous Quotes from 80s Movies

Famous Quotes from 80s Movies – Everybody finds something memorable about the eighties. Whether it be the fashion, technology or media, there are many things that made the eighties stand out. One of the top memorable things about the time period are the movies. There are several films that released during that time that people still love today. There are also plenty of lines that speople continue to quote or have stuck in their head. From horror to romance and action, many eighties film have left an impact. Even those that were not around for the eighties has something to quote from one or two films. Here are some of the most Famous Quotes from 80s Movies:

• “I am your father”
  – Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  
• “Wax on, wax off.”
  – Karate Kid (1984)
  
• “Here’s Johnny!”
  – The Shining (1980)
  
• “I feel the need…the need for speed!”
  – Top Gun (1986)
  
• “E.T. phone home.”
  – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  
• “I’ll be back!”
  – The Terminator (1984)
  
• “Snakes! Why’d it have to be snakes?”
  – Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
  
• “Say hello to my little friend!”
  – Scarface (1983)
  
• “They’re here!”
  – Poltergeist (1982)
  
• “Go ahead, make my day.”
  – Sudden Impact (1983)
  
• “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
  – The Fly (1986)
  
• “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
  – Back To The Future (1985)
  
• “We came. We saw. We kicked its ass.”
  – Ghostbusters (1984)
  
• “As you wish”
  – Princess Bride (1987)
  
• “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
  – Dirty Dancing (1987)

More Famous Quotes from 80s Movies

• “Dead or alive, you are coming with me.”
  – Robocop (1987)
  
• “I’ll have what she’s having.”
  – When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  
• “That’s it, man. Game over, man. Game over!”
  – Aliens (1986)
  
• “Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother F****r!”
  – Die Hard (1988)
  
• “Forever is a long time, and time has a way of changing things.”
  – The Fox and the Hound (1981)
  
• “Tell me somethin’, my friend. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”
  – Batman (1989)
  
• “I’m not crazy. I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years.”
  – Steel Magnolias (1989)
  
• “Goonies never say die!”
  – The Goonies (1985)
  
• “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.”
  – Don’t Call Me Shirley (1980)
  
• “I am desperately, completely … in love with you.”
  – St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
  
• “Gizmo Caca!”
  – Gremlins (1984)
  
• “Don’t mess with the bull young man, you’ll get the horns.”
  – The Breakfast Club (1985)
  
• “You won’t answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I am not gonna be ignored!”
  – Fatal Attraction (1987)
  
• “In the field, we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. Back here there’s nothing!”
  – First Blood (1982)
  
• “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.”
  – Blade Runner (1982)

Inspiring Lines from Eighties Films

• “Carpe diem boys. Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!”
  – Dead Poets Society (1989)
  
• “A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have.”
  – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  
• “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while; you could miss it.”
  – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
  
• “There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.”
  – Caddyshack (1980)
  
• “Nobody really thinks it will work, do they? You just described every great success story.”
  – Say Anything (1989)
  
• “Life isn’t like in the movies. Life… is much harder.”
  – Cinema Paradiso (1988)
  
• “Don’t you understand? When you give up your dreams, you die.”
  – Flashdance’ (1983)
  
• “You had to be big shots, didn’t you? You had to show off. When are you gonna learn that people will like you for who you are, not for what you can give them?”
  – Weird Science (1985)
  
• “No one can stand being alone. The minute you stop thinking there’s someone out there for you, it’s over you know?”
  – Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
  
• “If someone doesn’t believe in me, I can’t believe in them.”
  – Pretty in Pink (1986)

Funny and Romantic Quotes from 80’s Movies

• “I’ve read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: ‘live people ignore the strange and unusual’. I myself am strange and unusual.”
  – Beetlejuice (1988)
  
• “Sorry, but I’m positive about this. The machine shrunk our kids.”
  – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
  
• “That’s why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they’d call ’em something else.”
  – Sixteen Candles (1984)
  
• “Alright, alright, Mickey’s a mouse, Donald’s a duck, Pluto’s a dog. What’s Goofy?”
  – Stand By Me’ (1986)
  
• “Arthur: I’m going to take a bath.
  Hobson: I’ll alert the media.”
  – Arthur (1981)
  
• “I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly.”
  – You’ve Got Mail (1998)
  
• “Didn’t I tell you, you’re the only one who can see me like this.”
  – Mannequin (1987)
  
• “All I ever wanted to do was get close to you.”
  – Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
  
• “I want a serious girlfriend. Somebody I can love, that’s gonna love me back. Is that psycho?”
  – Sixteen Candles’ (1984)

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