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[John Dunbar]

If we limit it from May to September, 1982 seems to be pretty tough to beat. Just look at this stuff right here (picking the best here, so not the full release list):

May 14
Conan the Barbarian

May 21
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

May 28
Rocky III

June 4
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

June 11
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

June 25
Blade Runner
The Thing

July 2
The Secret of NIMH

July 9
Tron

July 16
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

July 23
The World According to Garp

August 13
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
An Officer and a Gentleman

August 20
The Beastmaster

The Thing and Blade Runner released on the same day? Already the best summer. Very balanced, too. The whole year was also very strong since outside that list there were Porky's, First Blood, 48 Hours, Sophie's Choice, My Favourite Year, The Dark Crystal, Tootsie, Gandhi and The Verdict. 48 Hours, The Verdict and Sophie's Choice were also released on the same day, so that's probably pretty high on an all time stacked release days-list.

I included The Beastmaster for all the kids, wink wink nudge nudge.

 

[RPGamer92]

This summer was pretty good with Xmen, GOTG, ROTPOTA, and Edge of Tommorow.

 

[Traumnovelle]

June 25 was a really good day.

 

[potam]

How can anybody forget The World According to Garp???

wtf happened to my av?

 

[Currygan]

there are many, many others, but 1982 was definitely a great year, although full of turds. I love Tootsie, probably my favourite comedy of that time

 

[Switch Back 9]

This summer was pretty good with Xmen, GOTG, ROTPOTA, and Edge of Tommorow.

This acronym both amuses and enrages me with its length. Kick ass movie though.

 

[ckohler]

Another reason I loved being 9 years old in 1982.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Dat June 25.

 

[slit]

I don't know about summer, but nothing beats 1984 as far as the whole year goes.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Yeah, 1982 is often recognized as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, years for genre cinema.

Although 1999 gives it a run, (it's probably better, overall) but only in year-to-year comparisons. 82's summer is better, definitely.

edit: I don't think 84 measures up to either 82 or 99.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

1984

Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Indiana Jones - Temple of Doom
The Karate Kid
Star Trek III
The Natural
Police Academy
Sixteen Candles
Revenge of the Nerds
Purple Rain
Conan the Destroyer
Muppets Take Manhattan
The Last Starfighter

 

[speculawyer]

80's were an amazing decade in film. So much great stuff from Rob Reiner, John Hughes, Spielberg, John Landis, Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick, etc.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Huh, that's a hell of a lineup!

 

[Slayven]

80's were an amazing decade in film. So much great stuff from Rob Reiner, John Hughes, Spielberg, John Landis, Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick, etc.

80s were on some next level shit.

 

[bobbychalkers]

...I have not see any of those movies
#90sbaby #YOLO

 

[Vyrance]

1983 was pretty solid as well

 

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

I was also released in the summer of 1982 so yeah, best summer ever.

 

[Abounder]

80s were on some next level shit.

Indeed

 

[Ganondorfo]

2004 was also very good with movies like Collateral, Bourne Supremacy and Spiderman 2.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

1982:
Diner
Missing
Deathtrap
The Road Warrior
Porky's
Conan the Barbarian
Rocky III
Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Annie
Blade Runner
The Thing
The Secret of NIMH
Night Shift
The Last American Virgin
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
An Officer & A Gentleman
My Favorite Year
First Blood
Creepshow
The Last Unicorn
48 Hours
Sophie's Choice
The Verdict
Airplane II
The Dark Crystal
Tootsie

The questionables: Movies that are okay-ish, or closer to infamous rather than successful - Halloween III, Beastmaster, Tron, Grease 2, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Cat People, Penitentiary II, Eating Raoul

1984
Broadway Danny Rose
Footloose
Repo Man
This is Spinal Tap
Splash
Police Academy
Friday the 13th Part IV (the only one that actually works as a movie)
Sixteen Candles
The Natural
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
Once Upon a Time in America
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
The Karate Kid
Top Secret!
The Last Starfighter
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Revenge of the Nerds
Purple Rain
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Red Dawn
The Brother From Another Planet
Amadeus
The Terminator
The Killing Fields
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
Starman

The questionables: Movies that are okay-ish, or closer to infamous rather than successful - The Cotton Club, Dune, Supergirl, The Ewok Adventure, Tank, Dreamscape, Rhinestone, C.H.U.D., Firestarter, Breakin', Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Children of the Corn, Hot Dog... the Movie

1999
The Thin Red Line
Payback
Rushmore
October Sky
Office Space
Analyze This
10 Things I Hate About You
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Matrix
Go
Life
The Mummy
Election
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
The Straight Story
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
Summer of Sam
American Pie
Eyes Wide Shut
The Blair Witch Project
The Iron Giant
The Sixth Sense
Mystery Men
The Thomas Crown Affair
Bowfinger
American Beauty
Three Kings
Boys Don't Cry
Fight Club
Bringing Out the Dead
The Insider
Sleepy Hollow
Toy Story 2
The Green Mile
Any Given Sunday
Galaxy Quest
Magnolia
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Fantasia 2000
The Hurricane

The questionables: Movies that are okay-ish, or closer to infamous rather than successful - The Phantom Menace, Deuce Bigalow, End of Days, Dogma, Pokemon: the First Movie, The 13th Warrior, Deep Blue Sea, Lake Placid, Big Daddy, Tarzan, Idle Hands, Cruel Intentions, She's All That.

I mean, based on all that, I have a hard time arguing against 1999. But 1982 is really close.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Indeed

Like it was 1980

 

[entremet]

Love 80s films.

 

[Sobriquet]

From what I remember, I saw all of these in the theater:

Poltergeist
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Annie
The Secret of NIMH
The Dark Crystal
Tootsie
Airplane II

Saw pretty much all the others once they came out on HBO or VHS.

Seeing the full list is pretty amazing. Some awesome movies that year.

 

[Randam]

This summer was pretty good with Xmen, GOTG, ROTPOTA, and Edge of Tommorow.

ROTPOTA?

 

[Ganondorfo]

ROTPOTA?

Rise of the planet of the apes

 

[Randam]

Rise of the planet of the apes

oh.
was trying to figure it out, but only got return of the .. :lol

 

[NekoFever]

Mad Max 2 was that summer as well. And First Blood only just missed your window.

 

[Rubenov]

...I have not see any of those movies
#90sbaby #YOLO

This makes me sad