i probably owned 25 actual movie VHS' in the day and the first was 1 of many from Columbia House offer. i think "Face/Off" was one of them.

I can't remember the first one I bought, but the first pre-recorded VHS I owned was "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller". I got it for Christmas in 1984.

Back to the Future

It was Alien and Aliens for me. Part 3 hadn't been made yet.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, purchased at age eleven in 1988. I still own it.

I owned several VHS tapes before I paid for any with my own money. In 8th grade, I was on the wait list for a trip to Chicago, and I had to save money to get to go if someone canceled or was disqualified. That never happened, so I bought my very first VCR, a Sanyo. To go with it, I also bought Batman Returns and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. Batman Returns was the first one that I watched on my new VCR in my room for the very first time.

I'm pretty sure it was E.T. back in 1986.

It was an Abbot and Costello double feature with Africa Screams and Jack And The Beanstalk. I can't remember why I bought it, but I selected it from some bin in a grocery store. I also remember the first movie I rented, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.

I had a very strange childhood.

I only ever owned two VHS tapes: Bottle Rocket and the WS version of the re-done Star Wars Trilogy. Don't remember which I got first.

Trading Places

The Warriors

jaws... it was like $70

Superman: The Movie when VHS movies were over $100.

The Hulkster, Hulk Hogan. A Christmas present in, I believe, 1987.

The first two I got was a tape with 4 cartoons on it, and the movie Pardon My Blooper.

Godzilla vs Megalon in the early 80s

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

I purchased more 'used' VHS tapes than I care to recall, however, my first was Dogfight with River Phoenix - or - The Last of the Mohicans'. I'm almost certain that it was Dogfight.

the first one I bought myself I think would be Titanic :)

1990: Evil Dead and a coupla Bruce Lee flicks.

Tetsuo the Iron Man

Cool thread!! I'll play!

The first two I owned when I was a lad were Tron and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock!

Take care all!!

Top Gun

None. I always saw them as another "tape" product. I never had luck with cassette tapes (played fine one day, next it was bad) so I never wasted my $$$ on VHS. DVD was the first movie media for me.

The first one I ever got was Batman (1989) that my Dad bought me for X-mas. The first ones I can remember buying were the 3 Indiana Jones movies at McDonalds when they were $5 each.