Description: This list is my top 10. Anything after 10 gets honorable mention because growing up they played every weekend on WPIX Channel 11 (before WB/CW/UPN9 existed this channel played weird stuff Friday night and movies all day Sunday but they had a tiny library so you watched these movies at least 2xs a month!)
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Movie:
Rear Window
( 1954 )
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
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Harlem Nights
( 1989 )
During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
( 1986 )
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that.
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The Sound of Music
( 1965 )
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
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The Outsiders
( 1983 )
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
( 1958 )
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Weird Science
( 1985 )
Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.
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Robin Hood
( 1973 )
An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy Prince John (Sir Peter Ustinov) and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.
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The Color Purple
( 1986 )
A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
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Lean on Me
( 1989 )
The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
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The Sting
( 1973 )
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
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Empire Records
( 1995 )
24 hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.
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Hackers
( 1995 )
Hackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers.
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Big Trouble in Little China
( 1986 )
A rough-and-tumble trucker helps rescue his friend's fiance from an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
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Stand and Deliver
( 1988 )
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.
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Pretty in Pink
( 1986 )
A poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.
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The Legend of Billie Jean
( 1985 )
A Texas teenager cuts her hair short and becomes an outlaw martyr with her brother and friends.
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The Secret of My Success
( 1987 )
A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.
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Pump Up the Volume
( 1990 )
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
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The Principal
( 1987 )
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.
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Summer School
( 1987 )
Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun, emphasis is on "field trips" - until he's fired unless all his students pass the test.
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Stand by Me
( 1986 )
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
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St. Elmo's Fire
( 1985 )
A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.
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Iron Eagle
( 1986 )
A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
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