Throwback Thursday: The Evolution of Elisabeth Shue

If there’s one kind of movie we love, it’s POV porn so-crappy-they’re-great action joints. And at the top of our Most Anticipated list is Piranha 3-D, a feast for the senses that stars everyone from certified badasses (Ving Rhames) to acting legends (Richard Dreyfuss) to comic geniuses (Christopher Lloyd) to one of the greatest dimepieces of the ’80s and ’90s. Yes, Elizabeth Shue, the heartbreaker of every classic from Karate Kid to Adventures in Babysitting, has left Las Vegas for good to bless 3-D technology with her depth-defying frame. Not only that, but she’s looking better than ever—presumably one has to be in killer shape to stave off bloodthirsty seafood.

So follow us into the archives as we go fishing for only the finest images of one of our earliest crushes…

KARATE KID, 1984

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, 1987

COCKTAIL, 1988

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II, 1989

HEART AND SOULS, 1993

BLIND JUSTICE, 1994

LEAVING LAS VEGAS, 1995