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.