10 reasons why we still love Top Gun

Can Top Gun 2 -- now officially in the works -- even hope to live up to the original?
As Tom Cruise's new film The Mummy releases this week, Monali Sarkar looks at the Top Gun phenom...

10

The lines

Full disclosure: We've borrowed them more than a few times

9

The music

Take my breath away...

8

That shirtless volleyball scene

Let's all just take moment for Playing with the Boys.

7

The call signs

Maverick, Goose and Iceman still do it for us.

6

Charlie

Astrophysicist, Top Gun instructor and all-round

badass.

5

The style

When leather jackets and aviators meet F-14 Tomcats and the Kawasaki GPZ 900R.

4

The bromance

Maverick and Goose. Iceman and Slider. And that last hint of Maverick and Iceman.

3

'Take me to bed or lose me forever'

Hello, Meg Ryan!

2

The stunts

Remember: It was still the '80s

1

And Tom Cruise

Has he ever looked hotter?

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