33 '80s Movies You Watched At Sleepovers

A bunch of regular kids get caught up in a search for buried treasure, and they don't make timeless movies like this anymore.

Marty McFly and his mad scientist neighbor go back in time where the teen has the strange duty of making sure his parents get together. You could say it was his "density."

Not only did my friends and I know every word to this movie, we knew every move. Where's my pleasing arc?

Scaring yourselves half to death is a sleepover tradition, and the '80s schlock horror canon had you covered in that area.

Just call it Really Mean Girls. This hella dark satire skewered Queen Bee culture before Lindsay Lohan was even born.

I based all my expectations of college and post-college life on this Brat Pack dramedy.

Rebellion without consequences: the teenage dream. Ferris Bueller is a cultural icon and the charm of this movie never dims.

It was easier to get through the assigned school reading of this novel knowing that there was a movie adaption stacked with '80s heartthobs like Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, and Matt Dillon.

A fairy tale for almost grown-ups.

The cheesier the concept, the better, as far as sleepover horror is concerned. A possessed doll goes on a killing spree in this franchise originator.

Two brothers move to Santa Clara with their mom and find out that the cool kids aren't actually kids at all: they're immortal vampires dead-set on maintaining their way of life. Or death.

Jake Ryan. That's all you need to know.

A cautionary tale about growing up too fast, Big's goofy premise is grounded by leading man-boy, Tom Hanks.

And the 2011 remake isn't half-bad either.

The source of many a strange and consuming crush on David Bowie.

Movie musicals don't get more regal or sexy than Purple Rain, Prince's masterpiece.

You could get a couple scares in with your comedy with the original Ghostbusters...unless you ain't afraid of no ghost, of course.

If you haven't belted "Part Of Your World" in a nightgown through a mouth full of whipped cream, have you really lived?

The hyper-verbal friends-to-lovers romantic comedy instilled an early yen for Nora Ephron's wit and wisdom.

Hey hey hey, it's America's Sweetheart Julia Roberts in her first major role.

A window dresser falls in love with one of his mannequins (played by a young Kim Cattrall). There's a scathing feminist critique in here somewhere, but for now, just enjoy the weirdness.

A favorite of all budding comedy nerds. Why pull out the board game when you can watch Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn mug through the impossibly funny movie version?

Why are there so many vampire movies on this list? Because those creatures of the night symbolize forbidden sexuality, duh.

An R-rated comedy for after the parents go to bed. Eddie Murphy made the graceful leap from Saturday Night Live cast member to genuine movie star.

Quality-wise, it can't hold a candle to the original. But Grease 2 is so off-track, so gloriously bad that it somehow comes full circle back to good again.

Long-time real life couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell star as a socialite struck with amnesia and the carpenter who claims that she's his wife in order to teach her a lesson about humility.

Still searching for my Lloyd Dobler over here.

Adult relationships are super complicated. Also, don't ever leave your bunny alone with Glenn Close.

Two slackers take a trip through time to come up with the best history report ever. You'll never pronounce Socrates the correct way again.

Stage your own rap battle to "Top That"!

The '80s had the follow-your-dreams dramas on lock, like this one about a small-town welder with dreams of making it as a dancer.

Tom Cruise + Ray-Bans + Billy Joel = a sleepover winner.