A poll conducted by the Official Charts Company and FindAnyFilm.com to celebrate Must See Movies 80s, part of the National Album Day celebrations, has found that Robert Zemeckis‘ classic Back To The Future i the nation’s favourite 80s movie! Great Scott!
The poll was launched to mark Must See Movies 80s, a promotion that saw participating stores including Amazon, ASDA, HMV, Morrisons, and Tesco celebrate the very best of the decade with exclusive collections on DVD. Fans voted in a poll across the month of October, allocating votes to their top three choices, and the 1985 beauty, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd took us 88mph and beyond. And why not, with its iconic soundtrack and 1980s fashion, the film has rightfully stood the test of time. By the way, if you’ve ever fancied building your own 1:8 Scale DeLorean, well, we literally did – take a look here!
Looking across the rest of the Top 10, festive-action classic Die Hard comes second, followed closely by iconic sci-fi Blade Runner. Coming in at joint fourth in the poll is adventure-comedy The Goonies and James Cameron’s acclaimed sequel, Aliens. Three more sci-fi titles come in at six, seven and eight in the form of The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. and The Terminator. Completing the top 10 is horror The Shining at nine and romantic comedy classic, When Harry Met Sally at number ten.
The Top 10 Movies Of The 80s, as voted by followers of the Official Charts Company and FindAnyFilm.com, are:
| 1 | Back To The Future (1985) |
| 2 | Die Hard (1988) |
| 3 | Blade Runner (1982) |
| 4 | Aliens (Joint) [1986] |
| 4 | The Goonies (Joint) [1985] |
| 6 | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
| 7 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
| 8 | The Terminator (1984) |
| 9 | The Shining (1980) |
| 10 | When Harry Met Sally (1989) |
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