Back to the Future
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
1985
Screenwriting teachers use it as the worked example: every joke and every prop planted early comes back later, and the whole machine runs without a single wasted second.
★ 8.8
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The Goonies
Directed by Richard Donner
1985
Spielberg wrote the story and Richard Donner let the children shout constantly across each other's lines: a treasure map, a condemned neighborhood, and a set built so they discovered it in order.
★ 4.3