Ghostbusters (1984)
This movie’s featured song is almost as famous as the movie itself! The movie is about a team of scientists who lose their regular jobs and now need a way to pay the bills; they decide to become “ghostbusters” to wage a battle with supernaturals for money. They accidentally find a gateway to another dimension, which becomes a pathway for evil to be released upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction. I bet that’s not what they thought they signed up for! This movie grossed $295.2 million and even had a remake in 2016.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Did you know that E.T. is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in Canada and the United States? It made $792.9 million! How crazy is that? This movie features Drew Barrymore, a popular American actress, when she was just a small child. The movie is about an alien that becomes stranded on earth, and even after these children keep the secret about E.T. being at their home, something happens to him which requires action to be taken.