not sure how to explain as title may be misleading, what Im after bigtime is 80s films with the perfect "80s" feel and atmosphere to it, eg breakfast club, blue brothers original one(?)

I bought a film called "killer clowns from outer space" few days ago, sounds crap but it was made in 1988 and is an awesome film O_O especially the music in it, it just surpasses all modern crap in modern crap films. I need anyone who has knowledge of films from that decade even its a rubbish film Id still enjoy it because of that 80s feel, before clowns film I got this one called "weird science" which is weird and perfect 80s but its so wrong in many ways still a good film though, need as much as possible.

edit: to be ironic Im not too keen on the back to the future films, same as "the navigator" dunno why

I prefer 1970s but some of my favourite (fun) 80s films:

Uncle Buck
Home Alone
They Live
Coming to America
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Batteries Not Included
The Princess Bride
Predator
Lethal Weapon
Crocodile Dundee
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Top Gun
The Breakfast Club
The Terminator
The Karate Kid
Superman 3 (really underrated)
The Thing
Escape From New York
Airplane!

Back to the future.
I know it's not your thing, but the original was ace (the 2nd one was pants).

Highlander, Robocop (in it's own way), Raw Deal (anything by Arnie really), They Live, actually, look up John Carpenter's 80's output on Wiki for a good start...

Anything with Chuck Norris, Stallone, Seagal, Van Damme...

'After Hours' by Martin Scorcese.

Jesus, I can't even begin with this one,or I'd be here all night, other than start with John Hughes. (which you have already as weird science is John Hughes).

You're wrong about back to the future btw, but I know where you're coming from with flight of the navigator. Despite having seen it about eighty million times, it's always left me cold, even starring a young Sarah Jessica Parker.

A similar, though not great film, but better than flight of the navigator is D.A.R.Y.L. Oops, I'm starting, best stop.

Cannonball Run.

Mark

EDIT - The Lost Boys
EDIT 2 - The Goonies. (8+)

This.

I was on Amazon yesterday looking at PCs. Killer Clowns was highlighted as a product I may be interested in.

I know you are looking for films set in the 80s, rather than just being made in the 80s, but you've opened a can of worms. Some of the films just ooze 80s even though they may be futuristic sci-fi or historical action.

Ernie has made a good point about John Carpenter, and I would suggest David Cronenberg too. The 80s were very good for horror, and there were many films that spooked me. They either desensitised me or they don't make films like they used to.

Aliens
Raiders of the lost ark
Temple of Doom
Scanners
The Fly
The Evil Dead I & II
Die Hard
The Abyss
An American Werewolf in London
Lair of the White Worm
Hellraiser
Red Dawn
Innerspace
Clash of the Titans
Labyrinth
Spaceballs
Lethal Weapon
The Terminator
Dragnet
Enemy Mine
The Untouchables
Flash Gordon
Phantasm II
Mad Max II

There were a whole load of yuppie comedies in the 80's which have dated very badly.

Working Girl:



The secret of my success
Risky business
All the right moves

In fact most of Tom Cruise's 80's output:

Legend
Top Gun
The Color of Money
Cocktail

EDIT:

9½ Weeks
48 hrs (actually worth seeing)
Beverly Hills Cop
Any of the early Nightmare on Elm Street movies (only the first one is any good though)
Body Heat

If you want proper 80's fromage, you require action films:

Arnold Schwarzeneggar

• Conan the Barbarian
• The Terminator
• Red Sonja
• Commando
• Predator
• The Running Man
• Red Heat

Sylvester Stallone

• Rocky III
• First Blood
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Rocky IV
• Cobra
• Rambo III
• Tango & Cash

Dolph Lungdren

• Rocky IV
• Masters of the Universe
• Red Scorpion
• The Punisher

‘James Bond’

• For Your Eyes Only
• Octopussy
• Never Say Never Again
• A View to a Kill
• The Living Daylights
• Licence to Kill

you might also consider the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover by Peter Greenaway.

If for nothing more than the awesome soundtrack by Michael Nyman.