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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
memorable movie characters of the 1980s
Sun bucks off for this list we’ve looked
at films and film characters from the
1980s ranking the most memorable
regardless of the genre in which they
appear only one character is allowed
from any certain movie however this is
part of a series of videos exploring
memorable movie characters throughout
the decades
I’ll bring the dog I love animals I’m a
great cook number 10 Axel Foley Beverly
Hills Cop my name is Axel Foley and what
it’s pertaining Eddie Murphy emerged as
one of the world’s leading actors in the
early 80s but he’ll forever be
remembered for this one role in
particular your ass is skating on thin
ice as it is look we’re talking about a
friend of mine hair as Axel Foley the
eponymous Beverly Hills Cop has the
unorthodox street smartness of a Detroit
based detective but heads for the west
coast of America instead yeah very funny
the gun toting trash talkin chaos that
ensues proved popular enough to fuel a
further two sequels while talks up a
fourth film have been ongoing since the
mid-90s
number nine John Rambo first blood
nothing is over nothing you just don’t
turn it off if there is a cinematic
archetype for the misunderstood War
veteran then John Rambo is that
archetype who later protests me huh who
are they a one-time elite soldier in
Vietnam and a receiver of the Medal of
Honor Sylvester Stallone’s iconic
character is a force very much to be
reckoned with
however having been tortured in the Far
East and having received a less than
friendly reception since his return to
the US Rambo is always one wrong move
away from one hell of a rampage are you
telling me that 200 men against your boy
is a no-win situation for us you send
that money don’t forget one thing what a
good supply of body bags kills just
don’t come this quickly for anybody else
back there I can fly a gunship I could
drive a tank how’s the choice a million
dollar equipment back here I can’t even
hold the jump buggy guard number eight
Jack Torrence The Shining got an
appointment with mr. almond my name’s
Jack Torrence an influential actor
throughout the 80s we might have
included Jack Nicholson’s work later in
the decade as Batman villain the Joker
that’s good work but we’ve instead gone
for his psychologically nightmarish
portrayal of a family man gone very very
bad
Jack Torrance is a writer looking for
some winter solitude to get on with his
work something that he hopes a period at
the out of season Overlook Hotel can
provide however the longer he his wife
and son stay at the hotel the more
terrifying the experience becomes
especially for his wife and son here’s
Johnny
number 7 Freddy Krueger a Nightmare on
Elm Street then if entry number 8 wasn’t
already keeping you awake at night
then entry number 7 definitely will
we’re all a little afraid of things that
go bump in the night but Freddy Krueger
takes it to a whole new level
come to Freddy he slashes stabs and
torturously murders through most nights
and some days depending on when you fall
asleep just tell me who did it I’ll go
get him baby Fred Krueger did it a
seemingly inescapable villain he attacks
his victims when they are most
vulnerable from fedora hat to grisly
glove choice Freddy is frankly
terrifying
number six John McClane diehard
yeah got a buddy to the Christmas party
by mistake
who knew from the horror villain to the
action hero and to probably one of the
most badass good guys ever captured on
film
thanks for the advice John McClane is
the vigilante cop at the heart of the
die hard film series debuting with
delightful destruction in the late 80s
Happy Trails earns as almost equally
awesome 80s character Hans Gruber sets
about taking an LA tower block by siege
Bruce Willis’s McClane proves a problem
that the German terrorists did not see
coming
aah machine gun oh oh oh
a glorious combination of killing and
catchphrases
how could McClane not make today’s
countdown you become a mother number 5
lieutenant Pete maverick Mitchell Top
Gun let’s go
Tom Cruise’s fighter pilot character
Pete Mitchell more than earns his
maverick alias in our next movie as he
proves that rules are there to be broken
and that breaking them is brilliant get
some things ahead to cash a gifted flier
with no family to speak of maverick
lives and works with very little fear I
feel the need hey oh he isn’t entirely
emotionless though and that’s what makes
him ultimately likeable and definitely
memorable and he passes into our top 5
with flying colors you can be my wingman
anytime bullshit you can be mine
number four Tony Montana Scarface so
what do you call yourself a como se
llaman
Antonio Montana are you one of the most
iconic movie characters of all time Tony
Montana is the American Dream gone more
than slightly askew I kill communists
for fun
for a green card I gotta carve him up
real nice a Cuban immigrant initially
refused a green card in the US Montana
makes his way in the country via
alternative outwardly criminal methods
when I eat that sauce up for breakfast
closed F come down there are many steps
to take between the ranks of small-time
drug dealer and omniscient crime lord
but Montana navigates his way to
notoriety in style I never fought
anybody over in my life didn’t have a
comment you got that he suited he’s
booted and we’re still saying hello to
his little friend all these years on
blame us okay number three dr. Emmett
doc brown back to the future when this
baby hits 88 miles per hour you’re gonna
see some serious shit Marty McFly might
have made it onto today’s countdown
himself were it not for Michael J Fox is
even more memorable mentor Doc Brown
Jesus Christ doc you disintegrated
Einstein calm down Marty I didn’t
disintegrate anything the molecular
structure above Einstein in a car
completely attacked played by
Christopher Lloyd everything about this
guy is impossible to forget you see
Einstein has just become the world’s
first time traveler high-tech head into
the future the inventor of the flux
capacitor and the designer of a DeLorean
based time machine we first meet the
maddest of mad scientists in a shopping
mall parking lot from that point forward
or perhaps backwards he takes us all
over time and space course
November 5th 1955 I don’t get what
happened that was the day I invented
time travel and scores a bronze medal
for his troubles the way I see it if
you’re gonna build a time machine into a
car why not do it some style number 2 et
et the extra-terrestrial
the sci-fi theme continues as we soar
into second spot as this oddly
proportioned alien had the whole world
laughing crying and calling home all at
the same time who’s Steven Spielberg’s
et captured even the hardest of hearts
as the movie paired the lost and
confused extraterrestrial with an
equally lonely ten-year-old boy bringing
the very best out in both of them yeah I
taught him head hockey as far as
otherworldly beings go there are none
more famous or more loved and there are
few who brightened our place up quite as
effectively as et
you
before we unveil our number one pick
whoa somebody’s coming get out of here
here are a few honorable mentions you
bastards
why are you torturing me like this why
Claire Claire Claire it’s a family name
oh it’s a fat girl’s name oh thank you
you’re welcome
I’d call that a big yes uh are you
habitually using drugs stimulants
alcohol
no no just ask you what you doing in
here the guns name looking for somebody
who the President to me is hard for me
watch me Mike for you man number one
Indiana Jones
Raiders of the Lost Ark
just beating et to top spot another
Steven Spielberg in stalwart the
archaeologists turned action adventure
that is Indiana Jones
played by Harrison Ford India is one of
the most instantly recognizable
characters in cinematic history
who else can pair a bullwhip with a
leather jacket and still come up cool
who else can teach college students one
day and go fight Nazis the next snake in
the flying jock oh that’s just my pet
snake Reggie my hate snakes
Chuck Jones is one part scholar one part
superhero one part everyday guy in the
street it’s a killer WatchMojo countdown
winner of a combination do you agree
with our list your mother which 80’s
character do you remember most of all
for more action-packed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com there’s something you
don’t see every day
and quit teasing your hair take ten
minutes to remember these guys instead
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
memorable movie characters of the 1980s
Sun bucks off for this list we’ve looked
at films and film characters from the
1980s ranking the most memorable
regardless of the genre in which they
appear only one character is allowed
from any certain movie however this is
part of a series of videos exploring
memorable movie characters throughout
the decades
I’ll bring the dog I love animals I’m a
great cook number 10 Axel Foley Beverly
Hills Cop my name is Axel Foley and what
it’s pertaining Eddie Murphy emerged as
one of the world’s leading actors in the
early 80s but he’ll forever be
remembered for this one role in
particular your ass is skating on thin
ice as it is look we’re talking about a
friend of mine hair as Axel Foley the
eponymous Beverly Hills Cop has the
unorthodox street smartness of a Detroit
based detective but heads for the west
coast of America instead yeah very funny
the gun toting trash talkin chaos that
ensues proved popular enough to fuel a
further two sequels while talks up a
fourth film have been ongoing since the
mid-90s
number nine John Rambo first blood
nothing is over nothing you just don’t
turn it off if there is a cinematic
archetype for the misunderstood War
veteran then John Rambo is that
archetype who later protests me huh who
are they a one-time elite soldier in
Vietnam and a receiver of the Medal of
Honor Sylvester Stallone’s iconic
character is a force very much to be
reckoned with
however having been tortured in the Far
East and having received a less than
friendly reception since his return to
the US Rambo is always one wrong move
away from one hell of a rampage are you
telling me that 200 men against your boy
is a no-win situation for us you send
that money don’t forget one thing what a
good supply of body bags kills just
don’t come this quickly for anybody else
back there I can fly a gunship I could
drive a tank how’s the choice a million
dollar equipment back here I can’t even
hold the jump buggy guard number eight
Jack Torrence The Shining got an
appointment with mr. almond my name’s
Jack Torrence an influential actor
throughout the 80s we might have
included Jack Nicholson’s work later in
the decade as Batman villain the Joker
that’s good work but we’ve instead gone
for his psychologically nightmarish
portrayal of a family man gone very very
bad
Jack Torrance is a writer looking for
some winter solitude to get on with his
work something that he hopes a period at
the out of season Overlook Hotel can
provide however the longer he his wife
and son stay at the hotel the more
terrifying the experience becomes
especially for his wife and son here’s
Johnny
number 7 Freddy Krueger a Nightmare on
Elm Street then if entry number 8 wasn’t
already keeping you awake at night
then entry number 7 definitely will
we’re all a little afraid of things that
go bump in the night but Freddy Krueger
takes it to a whole new level
come to Freddy he slashes stabs and
torturously murders through most nights
and some days depending on when you fall
asleep just tell me who did it I’ll go
get him baby Fred Krueger did it a
seemingly inescapable villain he attacks
his victims when they are most
vulnerable from fedora hat to grisly
glove choice Freddy is frankly
terrifying
number six John McClane diehard
yeah got a buddy to the Christmas party
by mistake
who knew from the horror villain to the
action hero and to probably one of the
most badass good guys ever captured on
film
thanks for the advice John McClane is
the vigilante cop at the heart of the
die hard film series debuting with
delightful destruction in the late 80s
Happy Trails earns as almost equally
awesome 80s character Hans Gruber sets
about taking an LA tower block by siege
Bruce Willis’s McClane proves a problem
that the German terrorists did not see
coming
aah machine gun oh oh oh
a glorious combination of killing and
catchphrases
how could McClane not make today’s
countdown you become a mother number 5
lieutenant Pete maverick Mitchell Top
Gun let’s go
Tom Cruise’s fighter pilot character
Pete Mitchell more than earns his
maverick alias in our next movie as he
proves that rules are there to be broken
and that breaking them is brilliant get
some things ahead to cash a gifted flier
with no family to speak of maverick
lives and works with very little fear I
feel the need hey oh he isn’t entirely
emotionless though and that’s what makes
him ultimately likeable and definitely
memorable and he passes into our top 5
with flying colors you can be my wingman
anytime bullshit you can be mine
number four Tony Montana Scarface so
what do you call yourself a como se
llaman
Antonio Montana are you one of the most
iconic movie characters of all time Tony
Montana is the American Dream gone more
than slightly askew I kill communists
for fun
for a green card I gotta carve him up
real nice a Cuban immigrant initially
refused a green card in the US Montana
makes his way in the country via
alternative outwardly criminal methods
when I eat that sauce up for breakfast
closed F come down there are many steps
to take between the ranks of small-time
drug dealer and omniscient crime lord
but Montana navigates his way to
notoriety in style I never fought
anybody over in my life didn’t have a
comment you got that he suited he’s
booted and we’re still saying hello to
his little friend all these years on
blame us okay number three dr. Emmett
doc brown back to the future when this
baby hits 88 miles per hour you’re gonna
see some serious shit Marty McFly might
have made it onto today’s countdown
himself were it not for Michael J Fox is
even more memorable mentor Doc Brown
Jesus Christ doc you disintegrated
Einstein calm down Marty I didn’t
disintegrate anything the molecular
structure above Einstein in a car
completely attacked played by
Christopher Lloyd everything about this
guy is impossible to forget you see
Einstein has just become the world’s
first time traveler high-tech head into
the future the inventor of the flux
capacitor and the designer of a DeLorean
based time machine we first meet the
maddest of mad scientists in a shopping
mall parking lot from that point forward
or perhaps backwards he takes us all
over time and space course
November 5th 1955 I don’t get what
happened that was the day I invented
time travel and scores a bronze medal
for his troubles the way I see it if
you’re gonna build a time machine into a
car why not do it some style number 2 et
et the extra-terrestrial
the sci-fi theme continues as we soar
into second spot as this oddly
proportioned alien had the whole world
laughing crying and calling home all at
the same time who’s Steven Spielberg’s
et captured even the hardest of hearts
as the movie paired the lost and
confused extraterrestrial with an
equally lonely ten-year-old boy bringing
the very best out in both of them yeah I
taught him head hockey as far as
otherworldly beings go there are none
more famous or more loved and there are
few who brightened our place up quite as
effectively as et
you
before we unveil our number one pick
whoa somebody’s coming get out of here
here are a few honorable mentions you
bastards
why are you torturing me like this why
Claire Claire Claire it’s a family name
oh it’s a fat girl’s name oh thank you
you’re welcome
I’d call that a big yes uh are you
habitually using drugs stimulants
alcohol
no no just ask you what you doing in
here the guns name looking for somebody
who the President to me is hard for me
watch me Mike for you man number one
Indiana Jones
Raiders of the Lost Ark
just beating et to top spot another
Steven Spielberg in stalwart the
archaeologists turned action adventure
that is Indiana Jones
played by Harrison Ford India is one of
the most instantly recognizable
characters in cinematic history
who else can pair a bullwhip with a
leather jacket and still come up cool
who else can teach college students one
day and go fight Nazis the next snake in
the flying jock oh that’s just my pet
snake Reggie my hate snakes
Chuck Jones is one part scholar one part
superhero one part everyday guy in the
street it’s a killer WatchMojo countdown
winner of a combination do you agree
with our list your mother which 80’s
character do you remember most of all
for more action-packed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com there’s something you
don’t see every day
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