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25 of the Best ‘80s Movies on Netflix and More for When You Need a Dose of Nostalgia

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I’ve always been a little jealous that I didn’t grow up in the '80s. It might have been the oversized sweatshirts and leg warmers, Rob Lowe in everything, MTV being the premiere channel for music videos, or those cool transparent telephones. Or, of course, it could be that my parents always made it seem like such a cool decade with classics that we still watch today. With a million different streaming services to choose from, there are endless movies you can watch, but these are the best '80s movies on Netflix to get you started. 

Warning: there’s going to be a lot of John Hughes.

1. 'Ferris Bueller’s Day Off' (1986)

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2. 'Scarface' (1983)

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3. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

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4. 'Blade Runner' (1982)

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5. 'Steel Magnolias' (1989)

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6. 'Road House' (1989)

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7. 'Big' (1988)

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8. 'Dirty Dancing' (1987)

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9. 'The Breakfast Club' (1985)

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10. 'Risky Business' (1983)

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11. 'Beetlejuice' (1988)

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12. 'Stand By Me' (1986)

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13. 'St. Elmo’s Fire' (1985)

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14. 'Footloose' (1984)

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15. 'Eddie Murphy: Raw' (1987)

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16. 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' (1982)

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17. 'Heathers' (1989)

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18. 'School Daze' (1988)

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19. 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' (1989)

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20. 'The Goonies' (1985)

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21. 'The Princess Bride' (1987)

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22. 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back' (1980)

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23. 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)

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24. 'Aliens' (1986)

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25. 'Batman' (1989)

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