Explorers (
1985) | IMDb:
6.4
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Directed by:
Joe Dante
National Lampoon's Vacation (
1983) | IMDb:
7.3
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Starring:
Chevy Chase
,
Beverly D'Angelo
,
Anthony Michael Hall
,
Imogene Coca
,
Randy Quaid
,
Dana Barron
Losin' It (
1983) | IMDb:
4.9
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
Starring:
Tom Cruise
,
Jackie Earle Haley
,
John Stockwell
,
John P. Navin, Jr.
,
Shelley Long
,
Henry Darrow
Directed by:
Curtis Hanson
Taps (
1981) | IMDb:
6.7
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.