From Top Gun to Stand By Me: why the 1980s is my favourite film decade

It was the best of times for action, romance, teen and time-travel movies.

It was also surprisingly liberal and diverse.

But most of all it was funI’m such a raging narcissist (or sociopath) that I generally assume my taste is the same as everyone else’s.

How can people possibly think differently from me? Obviously everyone prefers Albert Finney’s Poirot to David Suchet’s Poirot, Blur to Oasis, hard cheese to soft cheese, Anchorman to Knocked Up, 80s goofball Tom Hanks to 90s Oscar winner Tom Hanks, right? Right?So when I was asked to write about my favourite decade for films I sighed and said, “Well, I guess the 80s have already been taken, right?” Because, obviously, my favourite film decade is everyone’s favourite film decade, right?

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