08/27/2021 6:01 AM
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Updated 08/27/2021 6:01 AM
There are many film classics that marked our lives, indelible moments of our childhood.
From
Back to the Future
with Marty McFly and the Doc, to
Star Wars
, through
Indiana Jones
and his adventures.
In one way or another, all these worlds intertwine with our
memories
, which also bring to mind the version of
Superman
with Christopher Reeve or the great Steven Spielberg masterpiece,
ET
.
Most of these films were produced in the 80s and in many of them the American dream and its idiosyncrasies are reflected on the surface, but that does not matter when it comes to talking about the
trip to our childhood
, where everything was possible.
The truth is that, already with some "ailments", but always young spirit, we want to show the generations that follow us
what stories moved us when we were children
.
Although with the subjectivity that any selection of this type implies –and without order of priorities-, here we list 10 films of your childhood to watch again with your children.
1) Indiana Jones (saga 1981-1989)
Harrison Ford.
The great Indiana Jones with one of Akubra's mythical hats.
Now classics, the Indiana Jones films offer us a combo of travel, history, action, emotion and humor.
An adventurous archaeologist, played by Harrison Ford, brings a tale from Steven Spielberg that shows us that teamwork, courage and desire do indeed move mountains.
With a script by George Lucas (Star Wars) and music by John Williams, this saga was undoubtedly destined to become a success.
We recommend three of the Indiana Joneses in particular:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Genre: adventures.
Age: ATP.
Available on DIRECTV, Google Play and Movistar Play.
2) Back to the future (1985-1990 saga)
Return to the future.
Unforgettable Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd)
travel back in time
to fix some issues from the past, but every piece they move affects the present.
Mixing science fiction and comedy, the story extends to three films where the
DeLorean
- the car they travel with - acts as a time machine.
Written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg, Back to the Future is another must-see classic in film history.
We recommend the three films in the saga.
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future 2 (1989)
Back to the Future 3 (1990)
Genre: Adventure-Science fiction.
Age: ATP.
Available on Netflix.
3) Star Wars (original trilogy 1977-1983)
The revered Jedi Master, who served as Grand Master of the Jedi Order.
In
1977
Episode IV: A New Hope
came to the cinema
, a giant bet by filmmaker George Lucas, where he told a futuristic story of spaceships, alternative worlds, strange planets and imaginative characters embodied in aliens living in unique universes.
That
ecosystem
quickly
came to life and with its second installment,
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
(1980),
Star Wars
became one of the highest-grossing franchises in film history and part of popular culture that has continued to this day. .
We recommend:
Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Genre: adventure, science fiction.
Age: ATP.
Available on Disney +.
4) Karate Kid (original trilogy 1984-1994)
Karate Kid, classic from the 80s with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka.
And the classics continue.
Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) and Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) interpret a story of apprentice and teacher that leaves us an essential lesson to transmit to our children about the sense of respect, overcoming and fighting against bullying, back in the 80s Directed by John G. Avildsen, this saga has its best spin off with the
Cobra Kai
series
, the continuation of the story in current times.
We recommend:
Karate Kid (1984)
Karate Kid 2 (1986)
Karate Kid 3 (1989)
Genre: Action, martial arts.
Age: ATP.
Available on Netflix.
5) Ghostbusters (original saga 1984-1989)
This big screen trademark was one of the highest grossing in its day.
This big screen trademark was one of the highest grossing in its day.
Told in a comedy tone and in a science fiction universe, the film directed by Ivan Reitman tells the story of a group of ghost hunters who do their thing fighting against all kinds of monsters and demons.
Great performances from
Bill Murray
, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, and Harold Ramis.
The song of the same name that sets the two songs to music is by the musician Ray Parker Jr. And it still resonates in our ears, making us smile.
We recommend:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Genre: comedy, fantastic.
Age: ATP.
Available on Google Play.
6) Superman (saga 1978-1987)
The ill-fated Christopher Reeve was a great appearance in Superman.
Starring
Christopher Reeve
, these films are based on the famous DC Comics superhero, the last survivor of Krypton and one of the most powerful beings in the Universe, created in 1933 by the American writer Jerry Siegel and the Canadian artist-cartoonist Joe Shuster.
In 1978, directed by Richard Donner, none other than Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman acted and the next two were in charge of the famous director Richard Lester, who had worked with the Beatles in their two fiction films (A Hard day's night and Help).
We recommend:
Superman (1978)
Superman II (1980)
Superman III (1983)
Superman IV (1987)
Genre: Adventure, fantastic.
Age: ATP.
Available on HBO MAX
.
7) ET The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Tiny Drew Barrymore with the ET doll It was in 1982.
In 1982, Steven Spielberg touched us with a beautiful and hopeful story of an
alien stranded on Earth
who was trying to return to his family.
The interaction between ET and an earthbound child draws tears from adults and children and even "steals the hearts" of the most skeptical.
This is the fourth success in Spielberg's young career after "Jaws" (1975), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), and the one that earned him the podium of the great geniuses of cinema of all time.
Podium that he only reconfirmed later.
We recommend:
ET The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Science fiction, fantastic.
Age: ATP.
Available on Amazon Prime Video.
8) Labyrinth (1986)
David Bowie plays a mighty king in Labyrinth, the Jim Henson film LABERINTO WITH DAVID BOWIE
From the hand of the
creator of The Muppets
-the puppeteer, director, writer and producer Jim Henson-, the film Labyrinth is also a must.
Produced by George Lucas (Star Wars), the story tells the desperate journey of a young woman to a fantasy world to rescue her brother kidnapped by a powerful king, played by the White Duke:
David Bowie
.
The wit and audacity in the narrative remind us of two other characters present in all childhoods:
Alice in Wonderland
, by Lewis Carroll, and the mythical
Wizard of Oz
, by Lyman Frank Baum.
We recommend:
Labyrinth (1986)
Fantasy genre.
Age: ATP.
Available on Google Play.
9) The endless story (1984-1990 saga)
The endless story.
Enchanting film from the 80s / Google Play.
This German-American production where a bullied child is completely immersed in an incredible
fantasy world
, spawned a historic three-part saga.
Based on the homonymous novel by Michael Ende and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the 1984 film adapted the first half of the book and for the 1990 installment - The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter - the second half was used.
The third film, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasy (1994), respects some original characters, but not the plot of the book.
We recommend:
The Endless Story (1984)
The Endless Story II (1990)
The Endless Story III (1994)
Fantasy genre.
Age: ATP.
Available on Google Play.
10) Splash (1984)
Splash, full romance with Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah./ Disney +.
A very young Tom Hanks is the protagonist of this film, directed by Ron Howard.
This
romantic comedy
tells the fantastic story of a mermaid (Daryl Hannah) who saves Allen (Hanks), a boy who fell into the sea from a cruise ship, from drowning.
Twenty years have passed since that episode when the same mermaid - under the name of Madison - travels to New York to look for him and there they will live the wildest adventures, and also love.
But not everything will be rosy: a scientist who studies mermaids and marine phenomena will try to catch her.
We recommend:
Splash (1994)
Fantasy genre.
Age: ATP.
Available on Disney +.
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