This was a tough call for me, but as I think through it, Lethal Weapon is an underrated movie for its 80s-ish-ness. It checks a lot of pure 80s boxes. And it's a great action movie in its own right. And Christmas Vacation is a great movie, and an iconic holiday movie, which, in some ways cuts against its 80s-ish-ness. The fact that people still turn to it today for holiday tradition shows that it was a lot more than just the 1980s. Of course, Lethal Weapon is still a great action movie, too, so...
Close call, but Lethal Weapon for me.
