30 Movies That Turned 30 This Year

Based on a John Updike novel, it follows three single women (Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer), who acquire magical powers after losing their husbands.

The epic love story has it all: romance, adventure, R.O.U.S.s, and tons of quotable lines.

Starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, the action film follows two cops who must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

One of the greatest action sci-fi movies of all time. An American commando team in Central America fights guerrillas and deals with an invisible alien who's hunting humans.

The movie tells the story of young stockbroker (Charlie Sheen) who teams up with a greedy corporate raider (Michael Douglas) to trade illegal inside information.

Loretta Castorini (Cher) plays a bookkeeper from New York who ends up falling in love with the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

Real-life couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are comedic gold as costars. The film tells a tale of a spoiled heiress who screws over a hired carpenter and later ends up getting kidnapped by him and made to think she's his wife after she loses her memory from falling overboard from a yacht.

A biographical film that follows the life and career of Chicano rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens.

The film follows three characters who work in television news. Naturally, sparks fly when you put them all in the same room.

A babysitter is tasked with keeping three kids safe while battling dangerous criminals and gangs throughout the city.

Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a local cop, falls in love with an ex-convict and wants nothing more than to have his baby, even if it means stealing one.

The Henderson family adopts a Sasquatch, but struggles to keep the legend of Bigfoot a secret.

Starring Andrew McCarthy and a pre-Sex and the City Kim Cattrall, the film follows a young artist who makes a mannequin that he ends up falling in love with.

Keith (Eric Stoltz) sees his best friend Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson) as just another one of the guys, but when a kiss between them generates sparks, it's not long before he realizes he has feelings for her.

A romantic comedy starring a young Patrick Dempsey who pays a popular girl to be his girlfriend. Spoiler alert: It ends pretty well for him.

A married man's weekend affair takes a turn for the worse in the erotic thriller.

Before the 2014 film with Joel Kinnaman, Peter Weller first starred as the police-officer-turned-robot in 1987.

J.C. Wiatt's (Diane Keaton) life gets turned upside down when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Bruce Willis takes on his first leading role in the romantic comedy about a man who allows his brother to set him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin (Kim Basinger).

Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks join forces to solve a mystery in this classic comedy.

Murphy brings on the laughs in his famous stand-up special.

Stanley Kubrick's classic (and horrifying) Vietnam War film stars Vincent D'Onofrio and Matthew Modine and probably gave you nightmares.

Robin Williams starred in the story of real-life wartime radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. The memorable role earned him a Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe!

Two brothers move to a beach town in California and quickly discover that it's swarming with teenage vampires. This may or may not be Kiefer Sutherland's greatest role of all time.

Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the comedy follows a man who travels home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious salesman.

Brantley Foster (Michael J. Fox), a recent Kansas State University graduate, moves to New York City to pursue a new finance job. The only problem is he gets laid off before he even begins.

A wacky parody of the space-set movies of the '70s and '80s.

A story of three New York City bachelors who find their dating and mating rituals interrupted when a baby shows up on their doorstep.

An ex-husband and a momma's boy both want their former spouse and mother dead, but who will actually pull it off?

The classic, which is being remade, is best known for its quotable lines, an awesome soundtrack, and some out-of-control dance scenes.