Where Are They Now?

Over 25 years and 20 films, Spike Lee has deservedly earned a spot as one of film's most important directors, paving the way for a slew of African-American filmmakers and confronting heady and controversial racial issues.

With 1989's 'Do The Right Thing,' a character-driven film set on a single, sweltering day in Bedford-Stuyvestant, Brooklyn, Lee never shies away from the uncomfortable or polarizing, tackling the bubbling tension and interactions between various ethnicities. We check back in with the neighborhood.

It's been 23 years since Maverick and Goose flaunted their need ... their need for speed ... and you'd be surprised to know who's still flyin' high, and who's been skirting under the radar.Let us play your wingman as we reconnect you with the cast and crew (Kenny Loggins included!) of 1986's top-grossing hit 'Top Gun.'

Some considered it to be the defining film of the Me generation, others rolled their eyes at the thought of a bunch of navel-gazing Baby Boomers getting high and talking about their feelings after a funeral. Tomato, tomahto.

What can't be denied is that 'The Big Chill' not only had a big impact on '80s culture and TV (do you think we'd have had 'thirtysomething' without it?) but gave a serious career boost to more than a few stars (Glenn Close, we're looking at you). Here's a look at what happened to the 'Big' cast post-'Chill.'

Set in New York City's High School of the Performing Arts, the 1980 musical drama that followed a group of aspiring singers, dancers and actors featured a cast of unknowns and a rousing soundtrack. And oh, those dance numbers!

The film earned a modest $21.2 million at the box office but nabbed six Academy Award nominations (and won two, for original score and original song), spawned a popular TV show of the same name and inspired countless other musical films featuring singing and dancing teens -- including 2009's remake of 'Fame,' which arrives in theaters Sept. 25. But before then, we take a look back at the original cast. See if you remember their names (remember! remember! remember!).

'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial' had something for everyone -- American suburbia, sci-fi, a little Hitchcock, a lot of Steven Spielberg ... and some real tearjerker moments.

Once the squatty alien had invaded our hearts, he made his way home, thanks to a little kid, his pigtailed sister and a flying bicycle. But that was 1982. What have the cast and crew been up to since? We investigate -- without government intervention.

'Caddyshack' had "success" written all over it -- it starred 'SNL' darlings, the biggest stand-up comic in the country and a young Oscar-nominated actor; its writers were just coming off another smash hit, the raunchy and raucous 'Animal House.' Still, when it debuted critics panned it. (Really? No love for an animatronic gopher?)

But 'Caddyshack' had the last laugh (naturally). The 1980 golfing romp earned $40 million domestically, went on to cult-hit status and now ranks at No. 71 on the American Film Institute's 100 funniest American films. See which stars and writers continue to crack us up to this day ... and which writer let the bad reviews drive him to the edge -- literally.

For years, Howard Stern has talked up a remake of the original crude teen flick, 'Porky's' (1982). Now, the redo is a go, slated for a 2011 release with Savage Steve Holland tapped for the script.

Besides being the granddaddy of teen-raunch humor, 'Porky's' remains Canada's top-grossing film (taking inflation into account -- and who doesn't?). It was shot in Florida, directed by an American ... and financed by a Canadian production company. A number of actors from both sides of the border used the film as a launching pad. Let's see where they landed.

Before 'Terminator Salvation' hits theaters, we catch up with casts of the first three 'T' flicks.

Where has the cast of the first three 'Terminator' movies -- 1984's 'Terminator,' '91's 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day,' 2003's 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' -- gone? Mostly they've been terminated. In fact, only two actors (Arnie's one, do you know the other?) have appeared in all three films.

As we approach the release of the fourth movie in the series, 'Terminator: Salvation' (May 21), we catch up with the faces -- human and not so much -- that have populated the franchise.

We catch up with the stars of our favorite '80s teen flick.

It's been 25 years since John Hughes broke out as the go-to teen-flick auteur of the Me Decade, with his first directorial effort, the achingly romantic -- and uproariously hilarious -- 'Sixteen Candles' (1984). Remember when Molly Ringwald was the teen queen in all her quirky glory, Anthony Michael Hall was a skinny geek ... and John Cusack was a bit player who played "friend of geek"?

We're painfully aware that we're not in high school anymore; heck, Ringwald now plays the mother of a teen, in case we needed any greater reminder that we're all grown up. Which 'Candles' alum has gone into hiding, which quit the biz entirely (there's more than one) ... and which went on to two Oscar noms? Click through for an update on the whereabouts of the stars of one of the '80s most iconic teen comedies.

We catch up with Middle America's top dance crew.

It was 25 years ago that the small-town, teen-angst film 'Footloose' hoofed it through an abandoned warehouse and made Kevin Bacon a superstar, grossed more than $80 mil at the U.S. box office and spawned a hit Broadway musical.

Not bad for a little movie that received mixed reviews when it came out, eh? With a remake currently in the works (officially star-less since Zac Efron dropped out), we wanted to find out what happened to all those folks from the tiny burg where dancing was outlawed.

Let's see where the cast has been this quarter-century (yeah, that's how they'd say it in 'Footloose' country).