Red Dawn

Any child of the '80s knows the battle cry "Wolverines!" - and no, it has nothing to do with a mutant Hugh Jackman sporting a wicked case of bed-head. It's the 1984 rally of a brave group of Colorado high school students turned guerilla fighters in this cinematic combination of Cold War paranoia and Aqua Net. It all starts when Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, and a small group of fellow Brat Packers find their small town invaded by the Russian army. Refusing to take "Die American scum!" for an answer, these resourceful teens flee, take up arms, and turn into a gung-ho gang of freedom fighters. With a body count over one hundred, the film was once hailed as the most violent film ever released (and hence, the first to don a PG-13 rating). Sure it's outrageously over-the-top and jingoistic, but brother, you haven't lived until you've seen Jennifer Grey mow down militants with an assault rifle. Nobody puts Baby in a prison camp!