Think You Know ’80s Movies? Try to ID These From Just One Frame

There’s a reason we keep coming back to everything ’80s. It wasn’t just a decade, it was a «blockbuster» decade. Literally.

Before the mid-’70s, summer movies weren’t really a thing. Studios hadn’t yet figured out what a blockbuster season looked like. Then Jaws (buuuh-dum… buuuh-dum…) hit in ’75 and Spielberg (king of the blockbusters) helped crack the code, and George Lucas’ Star Wars sent the summer movie season into hyperspace in ’77.

And if you think about it, a lot of your favorite ’80s movies (Stand By Me, The Goonies) take place during summer… not exactly a coincidence.

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And then came home video. ’80s kids who were used to waiting for their favorite movies to show up on TV (that was a special event!) could suddenly rent — or even buy — their favorite movies, now able to watch their favorite scenes, pause to make popcorn, or even gander at a particularly salacious moment frozen in time (*cough* Fast Times at Ridgemont High *cough*).

We had way too much fun pulling together our music quiz, “Can You Name These ’80s Music Videos From One Frame?”, that it only made sense to give 1980s movies the same treatment. Did you guess the image at the top of this article? In case you’re wondering — it’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Let’s see how you do with the rest.