10 Movies That Make Us Wish We Were Back in the 80s But Aren’t Actually From the 80s

Sometimes the best films with fabulous eighties atmosphere, vibes, and music are films that aren’t from that decade.

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So when a user in a popular forum asked, “What’s the best movie set in the 80s that wasn’t filmed in the 80s?

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Two of the favorites I mentioned discussing this once are Donnie Darko and Adventureland, but many disagreed.”

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People had plenty to say, and these are the nominated films encompassing eighties vibes but aren’t actually from the 80s.

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10 Movies That Make Us Wish We Were Back in the 80s But Aren’t Actually From the 80s

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I love Hot Tub Time Machine. More so because I can relate to it quite a bit. My group of buddies would do a yearly ski trip back in the 80s but now we’re all married (mostly), doing our own thing, and aren’t as close like back in the day.

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The Wedding Singer is the first Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film in their trilogy of romantic comedies. It tells the story of Robbie Hart (Sandler), a wedding singer who is stood up at the altar.

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Everybody Wants Some is an American teen comedy sports flick about college baseball players in 1980s Texas. It follows a first-year college student and his baseball teammates, a wild group of disco-dancing partiers chasing skirts.

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10 Movies That Make Us Wish We Were Back in the 80s But Aren’t Actually From the 80s

Sometimes the best films with fabulous eighties atmosphere, vibes, and music are films that aren’t from that decade.

So when a user in a popular forum asked, “What’s the best movie set in the 80s that wasn’t filmed in the 80s?

Two of the favorites I mentioned discussing this once are Donnie Darko and Adventureland, but many disagreed.”

People had plenty to say, and these are the nominated films encompassing eighties vibes but aren’t actually from the 80s.

10 Movies That Make Us Wish We Were Back in the 80s But Aren’t Actually From the 80s

I love Hot Tub Time Machine. More so because I can relate to it quite a bit. My group of buddies would do a yearly ski trip back in the 80s but now we’re all married (mostly), doing our own thing, and aren’t as close like back in the day.

Hot Tub Time Machine

The Wedding Singer is the first Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film in their trilogy of romantic comedies. It tells the story of Robbie Hart (Sandler), a wedding singer who is stood up at the altar.

The Wedding Singer

Everybody Wants Some is an American teen comedy sports flick about college baseball players in 1980s Texas. It follows a first-year college student and his baseball teammates, a wild group of disco-dancing partiers chasing skirts.

Everybody Wants Some!!

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