Popular culture is obsessed with the '80s—Stranger Things, anyone?—and it's not hard to see why. The '80s were a golden decade in film, boasting a near-endless list of must-watch movies you've likely seen many times before even if you were a '90s or '00s baby: Dirty Dancing, E.T., Footloose!
That doesn't necessarily mean that every beloved film from the decade has aged well. A handful are fairly problematic when looked at through our 21st-century eyes. Many include offensive portrayals of race (or blatant racism), treat sexual harassment like a joke, and feature casually rampant homophobia, to name just some of the questionable content you'll want to keep an eye out for.
Of course, that doesn't mean you can't rewatch and enjoy these movies four-plus decades later—only that it's important to look at them through an analytical lens and keep in mind the context of the times in which they were made.
