Wait no way you left out Blade Runner The Shining Poltergeist The Running Man Stand by me Major League Indiana Jones The lost boys Top Gun Empire strikes back Return of the Jedi E.T The Thing Predator Karate kid trilogy Purple Rain All of those transfers were spectacular!
I can't agree with Predator, and I don't know why everyone keeps giving it such high marks. The grain on it is overbearing and the audio is quite bad, and extremely tinny sounding. Yes, I'm talking about the UHD, not just the blu-ray that's even worse. I do agree with most of the rest of your list though.
Ken, I totally agree! Just bought the arrow release of Robocop two weeks ago and just recently watched it. Arrow video nailed it with a borderline perfect transfer. Can’t wait for Robocop 2 scream factory release in June too!
That's not the reason why we didn't like "Aliens" on 4K. The problems were face sharpening, blown out highlights, sitcom color grading, no real HDR enhancement, non-filmic look of a classic film, ruined audio with missing dialog. It's a joke of a transfer and the fact that you like it doesn't change that. You can't change objective reality with your preferences. "The Abyss" is overally fine.
@@bened22 I've seen more complaints about the film grain then what you mentioned. The only one I've seen complaints like this for recent Cameron movies was True Lies and I also agree, but it's still not as bad as T2.
Very cool list & topic Ken! Mine would probably be quite similar and have many of the same titles. I love that you included Halloween III on your list. It's one of my favorite Halloween movies (next JC's original). And I agree about the 4K... it looks incredible. Probably my favorite Halloween franchise 4K as well, so you're definitely not alone in that view. Also From Beyond is another favorite 80s 4K for me.
There’s actually a new back to the future trilogy box set 4K coming out on June 4th That’s not in cardboard and in three individual cases thank God. It’s on Amazon as a preorder as well.
In the new box that they do come in individual cases with original poster artwork for each movie, no more cardboard, thankfully but no slip covers unfortunately.
Here are some more: Killer Klowns Conan Hellraiser 2 Return of the living dead Dragon slayer Temple of doom Labyrinth The shining Total recall Blues brothers
Great pickups , just jumped back into collecting 4k media after halting my collection few yrs back in favour of my gaming consoles. Now buying some awesome upgrades from dvd to 4k 👌👌👌
1. The Shining 2. The Thing 3. Back to the Future 4. Stand By Me 5. Christine 6. Poltergeist 7. Full Metal Jacket 8. Fright Night 9. Raging Bull 10. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
I own Robocop, Howard the Duck & Scarface. The few 4ks I own & like are: Predator, ESB, ROTJ, Cloak & Dagger & Conan Chronicles. Btw, the new BTF trilogy comes out on 6/4 and there own case with slipcovers.
I don’t understand what you mean about Creepshow “ being immortalized that way it should have looked back when it originally came out.” The original theatrical experience looked beautiful. Just as good as the 4K. Were you talking about the first physical releases instead?
8ED209, HIII is my best Halloween Classic movie. Yes, i still love the first Halloween. But i guess i really like the 3rd because - "8 more days til Halloween, Halloween. lol... NotC is a classic all the way..Chief Woodenhead. This is why i hav a Huge selection. When i want to watch a Classic 4real. I jus whip out the disc.
Ken ken ken - The shinning is the best 4k from the 80's. I don't think anything could look better. Also I really love Predator, die hard looked pretty good as well as beetlejuice and batman
It saddens me the argument for Halloween 3 still has to be made all these years later. If you ignored the title I think more would see what a gem it is. Great cast, insane plot, ridiculous one liners. It’s one of the best early 80’s horror films I own.
Ken you pick most obvious titles that everyone knows about. But here is some good titles from the 80's. Lost boys gremlins Hellraiser & Hellbound hellraised 2 pet semetery & rad & Texas chainsaw massacre 2
@midlevelmedia Yeah. I just got my replacement set. Fingers crossed, but it seems to be a pretty wide issue. My other disc's worked, others had issues with those. I wish I could have just returned the bad disk b/c my luck, the other disks are jacked up
Great List, 80s Rule !!! anyone see "Teen Wolf" 🐺 in 80s with M.J Fox. Such an awsome actor 😅 Family Ties. They dont make good family tv shows like that anymore 😢
Yikes. Kino Lorber's release of To Live and Die in L.A. is one of my least favorite 4K discs from the 1980s. The print is dirty and damaged and the grain was mismanaged. Still, the MOVIE is fantastic.
I know you don’t like the films but I would’ve added Beverly Hills Cop 1&2. I also would’ve added The Goonies, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters 1&2, but I guess those are for another video.
My Top 25 films from 1980's I tried to pull from different genres, otherwise my list would be mostly Sci-fi and horror. So war films, foreign, fantasy, drama, etc. 25. Sex, Lies and Video Tape 24. Evil Dead 23. 1984 (No 4k yet. Criterion? C'mon) 22. Platoon 21. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life 20. Labyrinth 19. The Princess Bride 18. My Neighbor Totoro 17. The Last Emperor 16. Wall Street (no 4k, Disney problem) 15. Stand By Me 14. The Terminator 13. Scarface 12. The Shining 11. Star Trek 3 The Wrath of Khan 10. Ran 09. Predator 08. Beetlejuice 07. Full Metal Jacket 06. Das Boot (No 4k yet) 05. The Dark Crystal 04. The Thing 03. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 02. Aliens 01. Blade Runner Honorable Mentions: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover Amadeus Blue Velvet The Breakfast Club Tootsie
Um you didn’t include the best Star Wars movie ever empire strikes back but you included Halloween 3? No Aliens one of the biggest action epics of all time? Raiders of the lost Arc ? Um I think you need to rethink your list or rename it to my best.
To be fair he did say 4k UHD I do think Raiders and Empire for sure need to be mentioned Aliens I have to watch again as so many are 50/50 on the restoration.
Neither Road House films were actually any good. Sorry Swayze stans. The only reason anyone remembers the original was because of Patrick, but that doesn't mean it was good. If you want to go by metrics, both critics and audiences actually prefer the newer one as well. I thought the remake was disposable, but I actually prefer Gyllenhaal, so it was at least watchable. I just watched the original (again) as well as soon as it came out on 4K, so it's not like I had forgotten it. Can't argue about the transfer though, because it looks fantastic.
Couldn't agree more with Back to the Future and Scarface, and of course Lea Thompson. The view of her ass in the scene on the bed in Howard the Duck is simply the best ass you'll see in any movie... ever. Anyway, The Thing and The Shining are absolutely fantastic as well. I was also going to mention Total Recall, but when I checked IMDb, it turned out the movie is actually from 1990, so it just doesn't make this list. However, just like Back to the Future, it's one of those movies I can keep on watching over and over again. These movies are just awesome.
Ken, sorry, but Halloween III is NOT one of the top 80s movies, but I respect the call out for a Halloween film. What SHOULD HAVE been a top 80s movie, and is a hidden gem, is Who's That Girl starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne (Dunne- pronounced "Done" is from "After Hours"). Dude, you NEED to watch Who's That Girl. It's totally 80s and I think it's totally up your alley. You should marathon it and After Hours with your wife and let us know what y'all think. I grew up watching Who's That Girl, and while After Hours is better, it's only slightly better imo. Who's That Girl also has my college screenwriting professor, Patrick McCord, as the motorcycle cop, who has lines in Who's That Girl. It was crazy to me when I had his class that I instantly knew who he was, even though I was the only student who did.
For me The Thing is the best looking 80s 4K I've ever seen
Wait no way you left out
Blade Runner
The Shining
Poltergeist
The Running Man
Stand by me
Major League
Indiana Jones
The lost boys
Top Gun
Empire strikes back
Return of the Jedi
E.T
The Thing
Predator
Karate kid trilogy
Purple Rain
All of those transfers were spectacular!
I can't agree with Predator, and I don't know why everyone keeps giving it such high marks. The grain on it is overbearing and the audio is quite bad, and extremely tinny sounding. Yes, I'm talking about the UHD, not just the blu-ray that's even worse. I do agree with most of the rest of your list though.
The Shining 4K transfer is incredible. Top 10 worthy.
Such great titles from the 1980’s I own almost all of these and they are all fantastic!
Agreed!
Back to the Future Trilogy is my all time favorite 😊
Ken, I totally agree! Just bought the arrow release of Robocop two weeks ago and just recently watched it. Arrow video nailed it with a borderline perfect transfer. Can’t wait for Robocop 2 scream factory release in June too!
I like Aliens and The Abyss. Many hated them because there wasn't a sandstorm of film grain.
You should never use AI and DNR to "restore" a classic film
That's not the reason why we didn't like "Aliens" on 4K. The problems were face sharpening, blown out highlights, sitcom color grading, no real HDR enhancement, non-filmic look of a classic film, ruined audio with missing dialog. It's a joke of a transfer and the fact that you like it doesn't change that. You can't change objective reality with your preferences. "The Abyss" is overally fine.
Hey, Randy. I agree; Aliens looks really great.
I like both the Alien and Aliens 4ks.
@@bened22 I've seen more complaints about the film grain then what you mentioned. The only one I've seen complaints like this for recent Cameron movies was True Lies and I also agree, but it's still not as bad as T2.
Very cool list & topic Ken! Mine would probably be quite similar and have many of the same titles. I love that you included Halloween III on your list. It's one of my favorite Halloween movies (next JC's original). And I agree about the 4K... it looks incredible. Probably my favorite Halloween franchise 4K as well, so you're definitely not alone in that view. Also From Beyond is another favorite 80s 4K for me.
Kenny You have to do part 2. You left a lot of films out, What about aliens, Platoon, National lampoon's vacation, so many you looked over
There’s actually a new back to the future trilogy box set 4K coming out on June 4th That’s not in cardboard and in three individual cases thank God. It’s on Amazon as a preorder as well.
They need to do them individually with slips like they did for the Hitchcock and Monster films
In the new box that they do come in individual cases with original poster artwork for each movie, no more cardboard, thankfully but no slip covers unfortunately.
Here is a pre-order link and pictures of how the new boxset looks like
I saw a RoboCop opening weekend at the Mann Chinese on Hollywood Boulevard. THX was a big thing back then and I recall it sounding really good.
Here are some more:
Killer Klowns
Conan
Hellraiser 2
Return of the living dead
Dragon slayer
Temple of doom
Labyrinth
The shining
Total recall
Blues brothers
The bttf box set is so good I want to buy it again every time I see it. So many extras you will never be able to watch it all. I tried
I love how you are hyping up the LA smog looking beautiful on 4k!
Great pickups , just jumped back into collecting 4k media after halting my collection few yrs back in favour of my gaming consoles. Now buying some awesome upgrades from dvd to 4k 👌👌👌
The Princess Bride and Beetlejuice are 2 of my favorite 80s 4ks
1. The Shining
2. The Thing
3. Back to the Future
4. Stand By Me
5. Christine
6. Poltergeist
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. Fright Night
9. Raging Bull
10. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The new ROADHOUSE is amazing. True feel good movie. Cant wait for the 4k.
return of the living dead looks great on 4k
I own Robocop, Howard the Duck & Scarface. The few 4ks I own & like are: Predator, ESB, ROTJ, Cloak & Dagger & Conan Chronicles. Btw, the new BTF trilogy comes out on 6/4 and there own case with slipcovers.
I am surprised you didn't put The Golden Shower...huh umm Flashdance on there.
I have the ultimate back to the future trilogy as well as RoboCop director cut
The Thing, Blade Runner, The Shinning, Silver Bullet, Creepshow 1 & 2, Children of the Corn, Predator...
I don’t understand what you mean about Creepshow “ being immortalized that way it should have looked back when it originally came out.” The original theatrical experience looked beautiful. Just as good as the 4K. Were you talking about the first physical releases instead?
Would love to see a video for all the decades lol
Have you seen The Untouchables in 4k? Amazing looking. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade looks great too.
There is so many great transfers though
Where is The Thing???
Not on this list.
A great one that I could have included, but didn’t want the list to turn into horror only.
Definitely that's missing!🤔
8ED209, HIII is my best Halloween Classic movie. Yes, i still love the first Halloween. But i guess i really like the 3rd because - "8 more days til Halloween, Halloween. lol... NotC is a classic all the way..Chief Woodenhead. This is why i hav a Huge selection. When i want to watch a Classic 4real. I jus whip out the disc.
Ken ken ken - The shinning is the best 4k from the 80's. I don't think anything could look better.
Also I really love Predator, die hard looked pretty good as well as beetlejuice and batman
I hope arrow re-release robo cop 4k again it's hard to find
Howard the Duck looks like George Lucas...is it just me?
Back To the Future Trilogy on 4K comes out in two weeks on June 4th in a box set featuring 4K and Blu-ray in individual UHD cases.
Howard the duck is a blast. Love that movie. Yeah Night of the Commit was a great improvement.
Temple of Doom is also an amazing 4k. My fav from 80ies.
That was the best looking of the original 3
@@midlevelmedia Agree a 100%
Was even a tad dissappointed that RAIDERS did not look THAT good.
It saddens me the argument for Halloween 3 still has to be made all these years later. If you ignored the title I think more would see what a gem it is. Great cast, insane plot, ridiculous one liners. It’s one of the best early 80’s horror films I own.
Ken you pick most obvious titles that everyone knows about. But here is some good titles from the 80's. Lost boys gremlins Hellraiser & Hellbound hellraised 2 pet semetery & rad & Texas chainsaw massacre 2
Everyone doesn’t know about Lost Boys and Gremlins?
@@midlevelmedia I also said rad and texas chainsaw massacre part 2 . And nobody hardly talks about rad on 4k
Where did you get those shelves?
The BTTF trilogy has disk issues. There are sound drop and freezing around 48 mm disk one
I had no issues.
@midlevelmedia Yeah. I just got my replacement set. Fingers crossed, but it seems to be a pretty wide issue. My other disc's worked, others had issues with those. I wish I could have just returned the bad disk b/c my luck, the other disks are jacked up
He killed thanos
Great List, 80s Rule !!! anyone see "Teen Wolf" 🐺 in 80s with M.J Fox. Such an awsome actor 😅 Family Ties. They dont make good family tv shows like that anymore 😢
We need Teen Wolf on 4K. Absolutely love it.
Yikes. Kino Lorber's release of To Live and Die in L.A. is one of my least favorite 4K discs from the 1980s. The print is dirty and damaged and the grain was mismanaged. Still, the MOVIE is fantastic.
From Beyond currently $38 on Amazon
I know you don’t like the films but I would’ve added Beverly Hills Cop 1&2. I also would’ve added The Goonies, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters 1&2, but I guess those are for another video.
An American Werewolf in London!
Forgot to mention Blow Out (1981)
My Top 25 films from 1980's
I tried to pull from different genres, otherwise my list would be mostly Sci-fi and horror. So war films, foreign, fantasy, drama, etc.
25. Sex, Lies and Video Tape
24. Evil Dead
23. 1984 (No 4k yet. Criterion? C'mon)
22. Platoon
21. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
20. Labyrinth
19. The Princess Bride
18. My Neighbor Totoro
17. The Last Emperor
16. Wall Street (no 4k, Disney problem)
15. Stand By Me
14. The Terminator
13. Scarface
12. The Shining
11. Star Trek 3 The Wrath of Khan
10. Ran
09. Predator
08. Beetlejuice
07. Full Metal Jacket
06. Das Boot (No 4k yet)
05. The Dark Crystal
04. The Thing
03. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
02. Aliens
01. Blade Runner
Honorable Mentions:
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Amadeus
Blue Velvet
The Breakfast Club
Tootsie
Great list!
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Put your list in the description.
Don’t want to spoil the list.
@@midlevelmedia Much agreed. No need to spoil the list.
Um you didn’t include the best Star Wars movie ever empire strikes back but you included Halloween 3? No Aliens one of the biggest action epics of all time? Raiders of the lost Arc ? Um I think you need to rethink your list or rename it to my best.
Not a list based on the movies themselves necessarily, but some of the best overall transfers.
To be fair he did say 4k UHD I do think Raiders and Empire for sure need to be mentioned Aliens I have to watch again as so many are 50/50 on the restoration.
Raiders stinks
@@reginaldforthright805 sounds like a rotten opinion
These are his favorites. Not your favorites. I would of definitely put the Star Wars movies and the Raiders. He's much more of horror movie guy.
Indiana Jones trilogy
Beetlejuice
Road House
Ghostbusters
E.T.
Predator
Close Encounters...
I have the Arrow version of Night of the Comet cos we cannot buy Scream Factory releases cos they are reqion locked
Neither Road House films were actually any good. Sorry Swayze stans. The only reason anyone remembers the original was because of Patrick, but that doesn't mean it was good. If you want to go by metrics, both critics and audiences actually prefer the newer one as well. I thought the remake was disposable, but I actually prefer Gyllenhaal, so it was at least watchable.
I just watched the original (again) as well as soon as it came out on 4K, so it's not like I had forgotten it. Can't argue about the transfer though, because it looks fantastic.
1978 To 1998 Was the ERA when the MAJORITY of the BEST movies of all TIME were made PERIOD...
Couldn't agree more with Back to the Future and Scarface, and of course Lea Thompson. The view of her ass in the scene on the bed in Howard the Duck is simply the best ass you'll see in any movie... ever.
Anyway, The Thing and The Shining are absolutely fantastic as well. I was also going to mention Total Recall, but when I checked IMDb, it turned out the movie is actually from 1990, so it just doesn't make this list. However, just like Back to the Future, it's one of those movies I can keep on watching over and over again. These movies are just awesome.
The new RH is entertaining bro. Not a movie I’d buy tho.
The new Road House is so freaking bad. Connor shows up, and a mediocre movie becomes cartoonish nonsense for the rest of the movie.
I hated it so much
@@midlevelmedia The original isn't a masterpiece itself, but it's very entertaining and at least makes sense compared to whatever the hell that was.
Ken, sorry, but Halloween III is NOT one of the top 80s movies, but I respect the call out for a Halloween film. What SHOULD HAVE been a top 80s movie, and is a hidden gem, is Who's That Girl starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne (Dunne- pronounced "Done" is from "After Hours"). Dude, you NEED to watch Who's That Girl. It's totally 80s and I think it's totally up your alley. You should marathon it and After Hours with your wife and let us know what y'all think. I grew up watching Who's That Girl, and while After Hours is better, it's only slightly better imo. Who's That Girl also has my college screenwriting professor, Patrick McCord, as the motorcycle cop, who has lines in Who's That Girl. It was crazy to me when I had his class that I instantly knew who he was, even though I was the only student who did.
New Roadhouse is so lame lol
“You taste in film is terrible” really???
First
Hated all 3 Back to The Future movies,as I can't stand Michael J. Fox,except in Mars Attacks.
"Man, I hated these two movies and that damn lead actor! .... Guess I'll watch the third movie."