Top 10 when you were 10

[NoirFan]

Stole this idea from the Criterion forum. Your top ten favorite films, from when you were a wee lad (or lass) of ten.

The Goonies
La Bamba
The Blob
Stand by Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Cloak and Dagger
Flight of the Navigator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Terminator
Jaws

[Gdrlv]

I would have turned 10 in 1985...

Back to the Future (was completely obsessed with this movie)
The Goonies
Star Wars (all 3 of them)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ice Pirates
Explorers
E.T.
Clash of the Titans
Alien (saw this late one night on HBO when I was young...of course my parents didn't know)
The Elephant Man (really odd, I know, but for some reason, I loved that movie when I was a kid)

[wakwak007]

This see, I would have to go back to 1977 and not in any order:
PLanet of the Apes
The Naked Prey
The Deep
Earthquake
Star Wars
Big Jake
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
The People that Time Forgot
West Side Story
The Distant Drum
Good topic, I think it was quicker to come up with the movies at 10 years of age as opposed to age 41.

[chris_sc77]

1. Terminator 2
2. Jurassic Park
3. True Lies
4. Speed
5. Stargate
6. Batman Returns
7.The Empire Strikes Back
8.Independence Day
9. Last Action Hero
10. Die Hard With A Vengeance

[Jason]

I was ten years old in 1977. Can't think of a better year to be 10. :)

So my top ten were:

1: Star Wars
2: Star Wars
3: Star Wars
4: Star Wars
5: Star Wars
6: Star Wars
7: Star Wars
8: Star Wars
9: Star Wars
10: Star Wars

[Seantn]

Stole this idea from the Criterion forum. Your top ten favorite films, from when you were a wee lad (or lass) of ten.

The Goonies
La Bamba
The Blob
Stand by Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Cloak and Dagger
Flight of the Navigator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Terminator
Jaws


Flight of the Navigator, hell yeah!

[tommyp007]

1981, so....

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Clash of the Titans
Excalibur
An American Werewolf in London
For Your Eyes Only
The Great Muppet Caper
Escape From New York
Porky's
Stripes
The Road Warrior

[The Bus]

The Goonies
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Disney's Robin Hood
The Man With One Red Shoe
The Departed
Weekend at Bernie's
Back to the Future

[EdTheRipper]

1987 for me. In alphabetical order...

Adventures in Babysitting
The Gate
Hiding Out
The Lost Boys
The Monster Squad
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Raising Arizona
Roxanne
Spaceballs
Summer School

[killershark]

Indy/Jaws would be tied for 1st

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Jaws
Raiders
Jaws2
Better off dead
Alligator
Piranha
Robin Hood (Disney)
Star Wars
Creature from the Black lagoon
Karate Kid

[Michael Corvin]

I would have turned 10 in 1985...

Back to the Future
The Goonies
Star Wars (all 3 of them)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Gremlins
Ghostbusters
Rocky IV
Jaws
the Fox & the Hound

[Eplicon]

My younger self from 30 years ago really liked:

Gone With the Wind
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Jaws
Rocky
Planet of the Apes
The Poseidon Adventure
Star Wars
Superman
The Time Machine
West Side Story

[Mondo Kane]

Raising Arizona
Angel Heart
The Untouchables
RoboCop
Straight to Hell
The Lost Boys

...Can't think of no more.

[gmal2003]

1995 (in no order)

Great Balls of Fire
The Mask
Forrest Gump
Jurrasic Park
Dont Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Dumb and Dumber
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Batman Returns
Lisa
Killer Clowns From Outer Space

[NoirFan]

The Departed


Aren't you a bit young for this forum?

[mcfly]

My taste in movies when I was 10 hasn't really changed at all (I turn 22 on Monday).

Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Terminator 2
Beetlejuice
The Naked Gun
Caddyshack
Vacation
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Police Academy
Die Hard

And tons more. I've been a movie fiend since I was born. I still watch all of the above on a regular basis.

[jeffkjoe]

I was 10 in 1981.

Let's see.....


1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Jaws
4. Superman
5. Rocky
6. Rocky II
7. Grease
8. Wizard of Oz
9. Sound of Music
10. The Muppet Movie

[Apone]

Ranked by number of viewings.

1. Aliens
2. The Rock
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Saving Private Ryan
6. Predator
7. Blade Runner
- Bambi
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- Fight Club

[RichC2]

1. Beetlejuice
2. Beetlejuice
3. Beetlejuice
4. Batman
5. Jurassic Park
6. Salo
7. The Tin Drum
8. The Wicker Man
9. Fritz the Cat
10. Chinatown

[majorjoe23]

Batman
Return of the Jedi
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Temple of Doom
Back to the Future
Weird Science
I'm spacing on what else I watched a lot. What was all over Cinemax and HBO in 1989?

[sauce07]

1993

Star Wars
Raiders
Die Hard
Kindergarten Cop
Masters Of The Universe
Robocop
Bloodsport
Total Recall
Terminator 2
Lethal Weapon
Top Gun
A League of Their Own
Stand By Me
Lucas

[Drexl]

Return of the Jedi (because I liked the Ewoks then)
Star Wars
Back to the Future
Weird Science
E.T.
The Goonies
Ghostbusters
The Muppet Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Popeye

That's probably what I would have said. For some reason I didn't see The Empire Strikes Back or Temple of Doom until later.

[Gunde]

1. Commando
2. Commando
3. Commando
4. Commando
5. Commando
6. Commando
7. Commando
8. Commando
9. Commando
10. Monster Squad

Yeah I REALLY loved Commando :)

[The Cow]

I was ten years old in 1977. Can't think of a better year to be 10. :)

So my top ten were:

1: Star Wars
2: Star Wars
3: Star Wars
4: Star Wars
5: Star Wars
6: Star Wars
7: Star Wars
8: Star Wars
9: Star Wars
10: Star Wars

Pretty much this.

Although some academy would say "Annie Hall". 30 years later, I still don't understand how this could get ANY award or recognition.

[Boba Fett]

The Empire Strikes Back (I'm going with the one film per series rule here)
What About Bob?
Batman Returns
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Robocop
The Karate Kid
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
The Rocketeer
Flight of the Navigator

[Dr Mabuse]

I was ten years old in 1977. Can't think of a better year to be 10. :)

So my top ten were:

1: Star Wars
2: Star Wars
3: Star Wars
4: Star Wars
5: Star Wars
6: Star Wars
7: Star Wars
8: Star Wars
9: Star Wars
10: Star Wars

man i STILL remember when those trailers first started coming on TV...

with everything happening so fast, and like hairy bigfoot looking guys, and lasers being fired, and zooming space ships, and laser swords, and wild looking white looking robot guys, and some evil guy looking robot dude in black...

i remember us talking about it at school... and how weird it seemed... and so new... we all new we were gonna see that...

[wilky61]

I didn't start watching movies until I was about 17 or 18.
Like, I hadn't seen ANYTHING at age 10. No BTTF, no Forrest Gump, no Goonies, no Star Wars, no E.T., no Indy, maaaaybe The Sandlot.

[ytrez]

1978 for me. It was a big year for kung fu films, and I'm an unabashed fan of Jackie Chan and he was prolific in '78.:

Martial Arts Flix:
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Drunken Master
Five Deadly Venoms
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Spiritual Kung-Fu

"Hollywood" Films:
The Buddy Holly Story
Dawn of the Dead
The Deer Hunter
Grease
Halloween
Animal House
Superman
Midnight Express

Super-Cheesey Flick of the Year:
Corvette Summer

[starman9000]

1988, in no particular order:

Star Wars (series)
Flight of the Navigator
Space Camp
The Last Starfighter
The Princess Bride
The NeverEnding Story
Labyrinth
The Muppet Movie
The Goonies
And I was still 10 when Bill and Ted came out, that shot to #1.

Edited to add RAD! (not sure what to bump though, so this list goes to 11)

[Hulkabrgr]

1985:

Star Wars Trilogy
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Superman
ET
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Police Academy ( Even though I didn't get all of the humor, I used to rent it weekly)
Airplane

[tommyp007]

looking at most of these posts, I must have mis-interpreted the thread. I thought it was your top 10 movies that came out the year you turned 10 years old.

Hence my list.

[DeputyDave]

I was ten years old in 1977. Can't think of a better year to be 10. :)

So my top ten were:

1: Star Wars
2: Star Wars
3: Star Wars
4: Star Wars
5: Star Wars
6: Star Wars
7: Star Wars
8: Star Wars
9: Star Wars
10: Star Wars
Exactly. I didn't have cable, no VHS, and we had 3 TV channels. Star Wars is the only movie I remember seeing in the theater before I was 10.

My kids look at me like I was crazy or pathetic. "What did you do all day?"

We played outside from dawn to dusk, everyday. It was a pretty good childhood.

[terrycloth]

i like some mentioned werent allowed towatch much tv when i was a kid but i had a few i watched all the damn time.

1. Monter Squad
2. The Goonies
3.Ghostbusters
4. Bill and Teds Adventure

....cant think of anymore O wait tmnt!

[toddly6666]

1986:


All of Me
Beverly Hills Cop
European Vacation
Vacation
Big
Volunteers
Fletch
Foul Play
Bugsy Malone
The Blues Brothers
Splash
Summer Rental
Brewster's Millions
Silver Streak
Back to the Future
Animal House
Trading Places
Murder by Death
Pink Panther movies
James Bond movies
Ghostbusters
All those Disney live action films, such as The Love Bug, Bedknobs and Broomsticks

As a kid, I don't think I really loved any drama films. I now see the connection that my favorite films revolved around Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor, John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Gene Wilder, Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, and John Candy. And I wasn't even aware of Saturday Night Live til much older...

I rememember being amazed with My Life as a Dog though.

[Solid Snake PAC]

that would be 1996 for me....sooo...in no order.

T2: Judgment Day
Robocop
Batman
Batman Returns
Enter the Dragon
Jurassic Park
Transformers: The Movie
Rambo III
Ghostbusters
Predator

[Ky-Fi]

I was ten years old in 1977. Can't think of a better year to be 10. :)

So my top ten were:

1: Star Wars
2: Star Wars
3: Star Wars
4: Star Wars
5: Star Wars
6: Star Wars
7: Star Wars
8: Star Wars
9: Star Wars
10: Star Wars

Same here. :)

[Charlie Goose]

Jeez, that's a hard one. Some off the top of my head:

Batman (Adam West)
The Wizard of Oz
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Night of the Living Dead
Herbie the Love Bug series
Snoopy Come Home

[Jason]

I didn't start watching movies until I was about 17 or 18.
Like, I hadn't seen ANYTHING at age 10. No BTTF, no Forrest Gump, no Goonies, no Star Wars, no E.T., no Indy, maaaaybe The Sandlot.

Were your parents in a cult or something? :)

[wishbone]

I was 10 in 1981 so my top ten would be,

Time Bandits
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Airplane!
The Great Muppet Caper
Dragonslayer
The Final Countdown
Wholly Moses
Caveman
Super Fuzz

[modfather]

Well, I'm another that was 10 in 1977. But I think I went to the movies maybe twice up until I was 13 or so, so most of these movies come from Betamax tapes that my parents either bought or we taped (with my corded remote!) at 12-13 or so:

In no particular order:

Fun with Dick and Jane
Murder by Death
Muppet Movie
Annie
Jaws
Bad News Bears
The In-Laws
Rocky
Star Wars
Buster Keaton films (had a few on tape)
and any Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros. cartoons I could tape! :)

[KillerCannibal]

1991:

- The Goonies
- King Kong
- pretty much every Godzilla film available on VHS
- The NeverEnding Story
- The Last Unicorn
- The Monster Squad
- Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Night of the Living Dead
- Jaws

[cruzness]

1985
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters
Alien
Jaws
Superman 2
ET
Gremlins
Rocky III

[visitor Q]

Someone posted "Deer Hunter" .... wow!! Fairly advanced for a 10 year old.

Back in 1982, the best I could recollect would be ...

Godzilla (just pick one)
Ray Harryhausen (just pick one)
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Superman
Dark Crystal
Tron
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

[calhoun07]

Silent Running
Logan's Run
Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Born Free
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Airport 79
Xtro (Hey I WAS TEN!!!! They can't all have become cinema gold!!!)

[Buttmunker]

The Goonies
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Disney's Robin Hood
The Man With One Red Shoe
The Departed
Weekend at Bernie's
Back to the Future

The Departed? That would make you now...12. How young are these members?!

[caiman]

I was 10 in 1993.

10.Return of the Jedi
9. Videodrome
8. Taxi Driver
7. Scenes from a Marriage (TV cut)
6. Back to the Future part 3
5. Godfather Part III
4. Jurassic Park
3. Lady and the Tramp
2. Casablanca
1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

[TattedBigMan]

1995:

T2: Judgment Day
Platoon
Carlito's Way
Predator
Predator 2
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Sandlot
TMNT
TMNT 2:Secrect of The Ooze
Home Alone

[Paul_SD]

I'm another '10 in 77'er too, but it was when I was 12 in 7th grade in 1979 when I remember making up top ten lists in the back of my notebook (especially during science class).
1) King Kong ('33)
2) Jaws 2
3) Superman
4) Jaws
5) Star Wars
6) Alien
7) Foul Play
8) The In-Laws
9) The Buddy Holly Story
10) The Exorcist

...and I still love all of 'em.

I still remember some of my favorite movies pre-10 as well
King Kong (ever since seeing it when I was 7, it dominated my imagination like no other movie)
Prisoner Of Second Avenue
Paper Moon
Phantom Of The Paradise
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Planet Of The Apes
Werewolf Of Washington
War Of The Collosal Beast
Phantom Of The Opera (Hammer version)
Posideon Adventure
Arnold (!?)
many of these courtesy of unsupervised HBO afternoon viewings. I still love all these too, though I have never been able to track down Arnold again. Boy, did I have a huge crush on Stella Stevens then. It would be a real kick to see it again. I live in hope one of the labels like Synapse, or BU will unearth this.

[Hokeyboy]

Stole this idea from the Criterion forum. Your top ten favorite films, from when you were a wee lad (or lass) of ten.

The Goonies
La Bamba
The Blob
Stand by Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Cloak and Dagger
Flight of the Navigator
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Terminator
Jaws
OK let's see now... I was 10 in 1981... so I will only include movies I'd seen up until that point.

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Superman: The Movie
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. A Hard Day's Night
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood
8. King Kong
9. Grease
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (my very first Bond flick ever. Saw it in the theaters in '77. Loved it)

These were my Top 10 around that time. I can't tell you how many times I saw Flynn/Curtiz's ROBIN HOOD. I was a fresh Beatlemaniac and saw HARD DAYS NIGHT at a revival theater and just fell in love with the movies. Of course, there were the STAR WARS films. WIZARD OF OZ was religion when it came on TV every spring. KING KONG was the greatest creature feature ever. And GREASE was religion to everyone back then, pretty much.

If there were #11 and #12, they'd be CLASH OF THE TITANS and ARTHUR, respectively.