Val Kilmer is such a missed talent and was very much a part of many people's childhoods. I remember watching the train wrecks that were Batman Returns and The Island of Dr. Moreau and thinking he was the best part of each. He would also give me a core memory with the frightening The Ghost and the Darkness, scaring yet enthralling me as a kid (the movie remains one of his most underrated projects to this day). I have my favs, and you, the reader, probably have yours. Top Gun was not for me at the time, but it is often the first film that comes to mind when talking about iconic 80s movies; or perhaps you are thinking of Willow,Tombstone, True Romance, or Heat?