Following the success of "Jaws" and "Star Wars" in the 1970s, the '80s gave rise to even more mainstream blockbusters and general crowd-pleasing fare. The era of New Hollywood died out around the ...

The 1980s were a hell of a time for motion pictures. Moving away from the revolutionary New Hollywood era of filmmaking and into a time characterized by spectacular blockbusters and high-concept ...

Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and Westley (Cary Elwes) from The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Elliott (Henry Thomas) from E.T. the ...