Release Year: 1986
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Top Gun
Not every action movie needs to reinvent the wheel, but Top Gun manages to feel fresh anyway, thanks largely to Tony Scott’s confident direction. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “Up there with the best of the best.” gives away the game in the best way. The setup is…
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Platoon
Some movies announce themselves with noise; Platoon (1986) prefers to earn its reputation the slow way, one convert at a time. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “The first casualty of war is innocence.” gives away the game in the best way. Strip away the craft and the premise…
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Aliens
Not every film needs to reinvent its genre to be worth your time, and “Aliens”, an action and science fiction and thriller entry, proves the point. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “This time it’s war.” Much of the…