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Films That Defined Me

A list of the films that were most dear to me as a kid, ages 6-10 (1986-1990). Films that helped to mold and shape the impressionable lump of clay that I was, into the person I am today. That codified my taste in film. And, that I wore out many a VHS tape watching endlessly.
I watched a lot of stuff as a kid, so I tried to restrict these to one film per franchise where applicable. Also, I watched movies mostly with my dad, who often rented whatever he wanted to watch, with very little regard for what was age appropriate. So, that explains my weird taste in movies as a kid.
This list was inspired by similar lists created by:
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  • Blade Runner
  • Alien
  • Legend
  • The Terminator
  • RoboCop
  • The Thing
  • The Fly
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Sorcerer
  • Predator
  • Mad Max 2
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • The Breakfast Club
  • The Last Unicorn
  • Rocky IV
  • Ghostbusters
  • Batman
  • Escape from New York
  • Bloodsport
  • The Lost Boys
  • Runaway Train
  • Lethal Weapon 2
  • Labyrinth
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The 'Burbs
  • Conan the Barbarian
  • Commando
  • Die Hard
  • WarGames
  • The Keep
  • Tremors
  • Poltergeist
  • Hellbound: Hellraiser II
  • Ladyhawke
  • The Goonies
  • The Monster Squad
  • Explorers
  • The Manhattan Project
  • Gremlins
  • The Gate
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Weird Science
  • Fist of Fury
  • Howard the Duck
  • Stand by Me
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  • Phantasm II