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Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« on: April 25, 2011, 12:46:30 AM »
1980
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
3. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker)
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
5. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa)

1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
2. The Fox and the Hound (Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art Stevens)
3. Absence of Malice (Sydney Pollack)
4. History of the World: Part I (Mel Brooks)
5. The Great Muppet Caper (Jim Henson)

1982
1. Fanny & Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
2. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
3. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack)
4. Diner (Barry Levinson)
5. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg)

1983
1. A Christmas Story (Bob Clark)
2. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
3. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand)
4. Zelig (Woody Allen)
5. Yentl (Barbra Streisand)

1984
1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
2. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg)
4. Sixteen Candles (John Hughes)
5. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)

1985
1. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
2. The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg)
3. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)
4. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton)
5. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)

1986
1. Aliens (James Cameron)
2. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
3. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes)
4. Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. A Room with a View (James Ivory)

1987
1. The Last Emperor (Bernando Bertolucci)
2. Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne)
3. The Dead (John Huston)
4. Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg)
5. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (John Hughes)

1988
1. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki)
2. The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris)
3. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodovar)
4. Die Hard (John McTieran)
5. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker)

1989
1. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg)
3. Born on the Fourth of July (Oliver Stone)
4. Henry V (Kenneth Brannagh)
5. Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki)


81, 83, and 87 are a little weak, I confess, but otherwise I think I did pretty well this decade. My ultimate goal is to have seen five good films per year. Enjoy. I like reading other's lists for recommendations.

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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2011, 01:35:05 AM »
1980

LOULOU (Pialat)
OUT OF THE BLUE (Hopper)
STARDUST MEMORIES (Allen)
THE VICTIM (Hung)
THE ELEPHANT MAN (Lynch)


1981

POSSESSION (Zulawski)
THIEF (Mann)
MODERN ROMANCE (Brooks)
MY YOUNG AUNTIE (Lau)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Spielberg)

1982

THE THING (Carpenter)
THE PRODIGAL SON (Hung)
CARRY ON PICKPOCKET (Hung)
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Spielberg)
THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (Greenaway)

1983

A NOS AMOURS (Pialat)
THE BOYS FROM FENGKUEI (Hou)
PRENOM CARMEN (Godard)
PROJECT A (Chan)
WINNERS AND SINNERS (Hung)

1984

STREETWISE (Bell)
REPO MAN (Cox)
8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (Lau)
BOY MEETS GIRL (Carax)
WHEELS ON MEALS (Hung)

1985

HAIL MARY (Godard)
POLICE (Pialat)
A TIME TO LIVE AND A TIME TO DIE (Hou)
TAMPOPO (Itami)
POLICE STORY (Chan)

1986

MANHUNTER (Mann)
MAUVAIS SANG (Carax)
DUST IN THE WIND (Hou)
MATADOR (Almodovar)
THE TERRORIZER (Yang)

1987

LAW OF DESIRE (Almodovar)
WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOME? (Kiarostami)
EASTERN CONDORS (Hung)
ROBOCOP (Verhoeven)
NEAR DARK (Bigelow)

1988

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Miyazaki)
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Almodovar)
DIE HARD (McTiernan)
THEY LIVE (Carpenter)
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Takahata)

1989

KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Miyazaki)
THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hartley)
DO THE RIGHT THING (Lee)
THE KILLER (Woo)
PEDICAB DRIVER (Hung)

It's clear Sammo Hung was the best director of the decade.

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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 02:42:51 AM »
1980:

1. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
2. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
3. Airplane! (ZAZ)
4. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller)
5. Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)

1981:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
2. Pennies From Heaven (Herbert Ross)
3. The Road Warrior (George Miller)
4. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
5. Reds (Warren Beatty)

1982:

1. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
2. The Atomic Cafe (Kevin Refferty & Jayne Loader)
3. White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
4. Passion (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet)

1983:

1. Sans soleil (Chris Marker)
2. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima)
3. The Right Stuff (Phillip Kaufman)
4. Zelig (Woody Allen)
5. Trading Places (John Landis)

1984:

1. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
2. Amadeus (Milos Foreman)
3. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)
4. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
5. 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau Kar-leung)

1985:

1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)
3. Police Story (Jackie Chan)
4. To Live and Die in LA (William Friedkin)
5. After Hours (Martin Scorsese)

1986:

1. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
2. The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer)
3. The Mission (Roland Joffe)
4. Platoon (Oliver Stone)
5. Aliens (James Cameron)

1987:

1. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner)
2. Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
3. Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg)
4. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
5. Raising Arizona (The Coen Brothers)

1988:

1. Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears)
2. Bull Durham (Ron Shelton)
3. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese)
4. Die Hard (John McTiernan)
5. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodovar)

1989:

1. Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee)
2. The Killer (John Woo)
3. Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)
4. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen
5. Glory (Edward Zwick)
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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 02:58:40 AM »
I guess I'll join in, since I love me some lists.  I won't refer to the lists I made in the individual year threads, so there may be some inconsistencies (whatever) or new additions (yay!).  Although I do like the year threads because I think listing the honorable mentions makes them more interesting. 

1980:
1. The Shining
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Airplane!
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. The Elephant Man

1981:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. 36 Chowringhee Lane
3. My Dinner With Andre
4. Das Boot
5. Thief

1982:
1. Fanny and Alexander
2. Blade Runner
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. The Loveless
5. The Dark Crystal

1983:
1. El Norte
2. Nostalghia
3. Carmen
4. The King of Comedy
5. L'Argent

1984:
1. Stop Making Sense
2. Love Streams
3. Amadeus
4. Threads
5. This Is Spinal Tap

1985:
1. Ran
2. Shoah
3. Brazil
4. A Zed & Two Noughts
5. Lost in America

1986:
1. Partisans of Vilna
2. Sherman's March
3. Blue Velvet
4. Mona Lisa
5. Hannah and Her Sisters

1987:
1. The Dead
2. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
3. Cobra Verde
4. Pelle the Conqueror
5. Swimming to Cambodia

1988:
1. Time of the Gypsies
2. Drowning By Numbers
3. Landscape in the Mist
4. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
5. Midnight Run

1989:
1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
2. The Decalogue
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Drugstore Cowboy
5. Leningrad Cowboys Go America
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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 11:54:24 AM »
1980
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Return of the Secaucus Seven
3. Airplane!
4. Superman II
5. The Elephant Man

1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Arthur
3. On Golden Pond
4. My Dinner with Andre
5. The Evil Dead

1982
1. Tootsie
2. Sophie's Choice
3. Gandhi
4. E.T.
5. Blade Runner

1983
1. Return of the Jedi
2. WarGames
3. Barefoot Gen
4. El Norte
5. A Christmas Story

1984
1. Amadeus
2. The Times of Harvey Milk
3. The Karate Kid
4. Beverly Hills Cop
5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

1985
1. Tampopo
2. Back to the Future
3. Ran
4. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown  ;D ;D ;D
5. The Color Purple

1986
1. Aliens
2. Hannah and Her Sisters
3. Little Shop of Horrors
4. Blue Velvet
5. Ethnic Notions

1987
1. The Princess Bride
2. Broadcast News
3. Good Morning Vietnam
4. The Last Emperor
5. Roxanne

1988
1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. Stand and Deliver
3. Die Hard
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
5. Big

1989
1. Do the Right Thing
2. sex, lies and videotape
3. The Decalogue
4. When Harry Met Sally
5. Glory

The eighties were not terribly impressive, to be honest. Perhaps the worst decade of film....

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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2011, 01:17:20 PM »
1980
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
The Shining
Blow Out
Airplane!

1981
An American Werewolf In London
Escape from New York
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Evil Dead
Escape To Victory

1982
First Blood
Blade Runner
King of Comedy
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing

1983
Scarface
Videodrome
Octopussy
Vacation
Twilight Zone: The Movie

1984
The Terminator
Once Upon A Time In America
Blood Simple
Sixteen Candlees
Top Secret!

1985
The Breakfast Club
Back to the Future
Day of the Dead
Brazil
The Goonies

1986
Blue Velvet
Platoon
Henry: A Portrait of a Serial Killer
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Stand By Me

1987
Full Metal Jacket
Near Dark
The Untouchables
The Evil Dead 2
Bad Taste

1988
Die Hard
Grave of the Fireflies
The Naked Gun
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
She's Having a Baby

1989
Do The Right Thing
Dead Poets Society
Licence To Kill
Tango and Cash
Batman

Wow, i've seen too few movies from the 80s. Octopussy and She's Having a Baby on top fives? This is awkward. I have posted in both the 90s and the 00s thread so i might as well post in this too. Wow. I suck.

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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2011, 02:11:55 PM »
I swear I thought Paris/Texas & Wings of Desire were made during the 80s. My mistake.  8)
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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 05:08:19 PM »
#8 and #7 of their years, respectively.
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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 06:15:30 PM »
This is a list that I made a while ago, but it only includes American films, and it hasn't been updated in like a year...

1980
1. Raging Bull
2. Ordinary People
3. The Elephant Man
4. The Shining
5. Return of the Secaucus Seven

1981
1. Reds
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. My Dinner with Andre
4. Thief
5. Prince of the City

1982
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Blade Runner
3. The Verdict
4. Missing
5. Diner

1983
1. The King of Comedy
2. The Big Chill
3. The Right Stuff
4. Silkwood
5. Scarface

1984
1. Amadeus
2. Blood Simple
3. Stranger Than Paradise
4. Once Upon a Time in America
5. This Is Spinal Tap

1985
1. Kiss of the Spider Woman
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Witness
4. After Hours
5. Runaway Train

1986
1. Blue Velvet
2. Hannah and Her Sisters
3. Platoon
4. Stand By Me
5. The Color of Money

1987
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Empire of the Sun
3. Raising Arizona
4. Wall Street
5. The Untouchables

1988
1. A Fish Called Wanda
2. Bull Durham
3. Die Hard
4. Big
5. Rain Man

1989
1. Do the Right Thing
2. Sex, Lies, and Videotape
3. Crimes and Misdemeanors
4. When Harry Met Sally
5. Dead Poet's Society
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Re: Top Five By Year: 1980-1989
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 06:54:31 PM »
1980
1. The Shining
2. Raging Bull
3. Out of the Blue (new)
4. Kagemusha
5. The Elephant Man

1981
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Blow Out
3. Prince of the City (new)
4. The Road Warrior
5. American Werewolf in London

1982
1. Blade Runner
2. Fanny and Alexander
3. Koyanisqaatsi
4. Fitzcarraldo
5. Missing (new)

1983
1. The King of Comedy
2. Zelig
3. Local Hero
4. The Right Stuff
5. Terms of Endearment

1984
1. Amadeus
2. Paris, Texas
3. Blood Simple
4. Nausicaa
5. A Sunday in the Country

1985
1. Ran
2. The Purple Rose of Cairo
3. Tampopo
4. When Father Was Away on Business
5. A Zed & Two Noughts

1986
1. Hannah and Her Sisters
2. Blue Velvet
3. Something Wild (new)
4. Down By Law
5. The Fly

1987
1. Wings of Desire
2. Au Revoir, Les Enfants
3. Broadcast News (new)
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Raising Arizona


1988
1. Time of the Gypsies
2. Drowning By Numbers
3. The Vanishing
4. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
5. Dead Ringers

1989
1. Do the Right Thing
2. Sex, Lies and Videotape
3. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
4. Say Anything...
5. Kiki's Delivery Service (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade demoted upon rewatch)

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