6) Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Why do all the films on here have to be dark and super serious? After all, what’s life without a little bit of comedy. In Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure you have more than just a little comedy – you have one of the funniest and most unique films to come out of the eighties.
It’s a film that put Keanu Reeves (yeah, the same Keanu Reeves who played Neo from The Matrix) in the public eye as Ted Logan who, with best friend Bill (The Lost Boy’s Alex Winters), stumble on a path that transports them to history’s most significant moments, meeting some of the most famous (and some of the most evil) historical figures via a phone box from the future. Think Doctor Who with more ‘dudes’ and rock and roll.
Gathering the likes of Napoleon, Socrates, Genghis Khan (there’s even an appearance from Bruce Springsteen’s legendary late saxophonist, Clarence Clemens, in a cameo role), the boys struggle to get back to their own time, get their band off the ground and ultimately finish their school history report in what is a light-hearted adventure dripping in the decade’s nostalgia.
It’s fun, it’s brainless, and the sequel is just as good. But don’t take our word for it, go see it for yourself.
Published: Jun 4, 2014 10:30 am