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The Top 10 Cheesiest 80s Movies of All Time

Before Pixar and computer generated characters took over the big screen, Atari, Day-Glo, leg-warmers, shoulder pads, slap bracelets, big hair and "The Corey's" defined an entire generation. While the birth of clothing trends, which have inspired Halloween costumes for millions, and the rise of Madonna and Michael Jackson helped in making the 80s one of the cheesiest decades on the books, nothing quite defined the generation as much as the awesomely bad, and awesomely cheesy 80s cult movies.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – Even though it rips off the general plot of Back to the Future (1985) going back in time. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure finds it’s identity as one of the cheesiest movies in 80s movie history in many ways. Besides the stupid look that seems to remain on Keanu Reeves’ face throughout the entire movie and now as we know most of his life, the overuse of the words dude, excellent and bogus combined with the horribly cheesy surfer accents and their ability to perfect the socially unacceptable action/gesture of the air guitar give this movie its very own spot on the top 10 list of 80s cheesy movies.
Blues Brothers (1980) – If you can find a list of 80s cheesy movies anywhere on the internet that doesn’t include the Blues Brothers, someone isn’t doing their job. This movie has some of the best and worst the 80s had to offer. Two of the all time greatest comedians take us on a wild ride and provide some of the cheesiest moments in movie history. From the cheesy graphics of the car falling off the bridge, to the diner seen where Aretha Franklin and crew along with Dan Akroyd and John Belushi break out into song and dance with her 80s hit R-E-S-P-E-C-T. The seen where the band goes to Ray Charles’ shop where he sings and plays the piano and the entire neighborhood breaks out into a choreographed dance, and who can forget the unnecessary and extremely over the top chase scene that ends with every law enforcement agency represented but the health inspector, with guns out and pointed at the Blues Brothers. Released in 1980, 80s cheesy movies were truly born with this ridiculous classic.
Weird Science (1895) – This classic 80s cheesy movie follows two high school rejects on their quest for popularity, girls and sex as they manage to create a real life woman with the help of a computer and a thunderstorm? Played by Kelly LeBrock, she comes fully equipped with magical powers and a plan to make Gary and Wyatt the two most popular guys in school. Throw in a crazy party with mutant bikers, a brother who gets turned into a blob of some sort and a magical ending that leaves their once trashed parents house in perfect condition and you have one of the 80s cheesiest movies of the decade.
Howard The Duck (1986) – An alien duck beamed to earth? A rock star, a wannabe scientist and a duck save the world from the Evil Dark Overlord. Cheesy 80s movies were disgraced by this abortion an absolute disaster of a so called film.

Little Shop of Horrors – With this all star cast of guest appearances by Bill Murray, Steve Martin, John Candy, and Jim Belushi, your first thought is this could be funny! But a singing plant? Ellen Greene who plays Audrey and her hideously annoying voice, the horribly cheesy wig on Steve Martin, and Rick Moranis as the star? C’mon! I’m sorry but the 80s hit an all time low with this disgracefully cheesy 80s movie.
Footloose (1984) – This tale of adolescent rebellion, freedom and love takes the free spirited city boy Ren McCormack (Cheesy 80s icon Kevin Bacon) with his super slim tight jeans, to a rural country town where he falls in love with the preachers daughter and sweeps her off her feet with his SWEET moves on the dance floor. Along the way he develops a cult of rebellious teens from the town to help him break the rules and the opinions of the adults in the town about rock music and dancing and ultimately and more importantly sends Footloose down in the books as one of the cheesiest 80s cult movies of the decade. Let’s hear it for the boy! Let’s give the boy a hand!
Teen Wolf (1985) – If someone told you before you paid your hard earned money that this movie was about a dorky high school kid who turns into a ware wolf and that makes everyone in school thin he’s cool. Would you go? And if you did, was it because you were curious about how cheesy this movie would actually be? Michael J Fox is just about all you have to say and the term cheesy 80s movies comes to mind. Teen wolf is one of his all-time cheesiest, from the slow motion triple back flip slam dunks to the awesomely bad costume that looks more like a monkey. Teen Wolf is a dreadfully cheesy 80s movie for the record books. What’s even cheesier is that they made a sequel! Teen Wolf Too.
Cobra (1986) – Lt. Marion Cobrettie played by Sylvester “Sly” Stallone plays a ruthless detective with violent methods of upholding the law. He chews on a match stick and says things like “Hey Dirtbag” and “You wasted a kid for no reason now I think its time to waste you”. This movie has some of the cheesiest cop cliches of all times. But this is Sly we are talking about here. He played our champion in Rocky and said things like “Ayo Adrianne…We did it!” and stole the hearts of the ladies saying things like “I wanna kiss ya - ya don't have to kiss me back if ya don't feel like it.” It’s nice to know he stayed true to what he knew as Stallone himself Co-wrote this 80s cheesy movie masterpiece.
Grease II (1982) – I would have doubled up and included the original Grease as well but since that came out in 1978 we will stick with the cheesier and just flat out unbelievably bad sequel of this cheesy 80s movie. The theme stills hold true in the sequel with the T-birds and the pink ladies and no outsiders allowed. This racier version has sex as the overall theme for the characters in this high school musical/movie. Cheesy tunes like “Score Tonight” “Do IT for our country” and “Reproduction” are intertwined in a horrible plot that includes a talent show that decides who are the token King and Queen of the school. They sing, they dance, and they commit career suicide as actors as they manage to make the sequel even cheesier than the original.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) – Someone had the bright idea to mesh the world of animation with regular film making and succeeded in making yet another lucky member of the top 10 list of 80s cheesy movies. A murder mystery that includes a rabbit being framed and the lives of Mickey, Daffy and Betty Boop in danger definitely deserves a place in the cheesy 80s movies hall of fame, but for now I will just put them on my top 10 list.