30 Movies That Turned 30 This Year

1 The Witches of Eastwick

Based on a John Updike novel, it follows three single women (Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer), who acquire magical powers after losing their husbands.

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2 The Princess Bride

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The epic love story has it all: romance, adventure, R.O.U.S.s, and tons of quotable lines.

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3 Lethal Weapon

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Starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, the action film follows two cops who must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

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4 Predator

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One of the greatest action sci-fi movies of all time. An American commando team in Central America fights guerrillas and deals with an invisible alien who's hunting humans.

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5 Wall Street

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The movie tells the story of young stockbroker (Charlie Sheen) who teams up with a greedy corporate raider (Michael Douglas) to trade illegal inside information.

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6 Moonstruck

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Loretta Castorini (Cher) plays a bookkeeper from New York who ends up falling in love with the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

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7 Overboard

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Real-life couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are comedic gold as costars. The film tells a tale of a spoiled heiress who screws over a hired carpenter and later ends up getting kidnapped by him and made to think she's his wife after she loses her memory from falling overboard from a yacht.

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8 La Bamba

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A biographical film that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens.

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9 Broadcast News

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The film follows three characters who work in television news. Naturally, sparks fly when you put them all in the same room.

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10 Adventures in Babysitting

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A babysitter is tasked with keeping three kids safe while battling dangerous criminals and gangs throughout the city.

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11 Raising Arizona

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Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a local cop, falls in love with an ex-convict and wants nothing more than to have his baby, even if it means stealing one.

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12 Harry and the Hendersons

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The Henderson family adopts a Sasquatch, but struggles to keep the legend of Bigfoot a secret.

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13 Mannequin

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Starring Andrew McCarthy and a pre-Sex and the City Kim Cattrall, the film follows a young artist who makes a mannequin that he ends up falling in love with.

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14 Some Kind of Wonderful

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Keith (Eric Stoltz) sees his best friend Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson) as just another one of the guys, but when a kiss between them generates sparks, it's not long before he realizes he has feelings for her.

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15 Can't Buy Me Love

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A romantic comedy starring a young Patrick Dempsey who pays a popular girl to be his girlfriend. Spoiler alert: It ends pretty well for him.

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16 Fatal Attraction

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A married man's weekend affair takes a turn for the worse in the erotic thriller.

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17 Robocop

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Before the 2014 film with Joel Kinnaman, Peter Weller first starred as the police-officer-turned-robot in 1987.

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18 Baby Boom

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J.C. Wiatt's (Diane Keaton) life gets turned upside down when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

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19 Blind Date

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Bruce Willis takes on his first leading role in the romantic comedy about a man who allows his brother to set him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin (Kim Basinger).

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20 Dragnet

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Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks join forces to solve a mystery in this classic comedy.

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21 Eddie Murphy Raw

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Murphy brings on the laughs in his famous stand-up special.

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22 Full Metal Jacket

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Stanley Kubrick's classic (and horrifying) Vietnam War film stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Matthew Modine and probably gave you nightmares.

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23 Good Morning, Vietnam

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Robin Williams starred in the story of real-life wartime radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. The memorable role earned him a Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe!

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24 The Lost Boys

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Two brothers move to a beach town in California and quickly discover that it's swarming with teenage vampires. This may or may not be Kiefer Sutherland's greatest role of all time.

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25 Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the comedy follows a man who travels home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious salesman.

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26 The Secret of My Success

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Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox), a recent Kansas State University graduate, moves to New York City to pursue a new finance job. The only problem is he gets laid off before he even begins.

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