Monday, February 25, 2008

by Ari

And now the 1980's:

1980:
1. Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese
2. The Shining - Stanley Kubrick
3. Kagemusha - Akira Kurosawa
4. Heaven’s Gate - Michael Cimino
5. Bad Timing - Nicolas Roeg
6. The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner
7. The Big Red One - Sam Fuller
8. The Long Good Friday - John Mackenzie
9. Atlantic City - Louis Malle
10. The Stunt Man - Richard Rush

1981:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg
2. Blow Out - Brian De Palma
3. Coup de torchon - Bertrand Tavernier
4. Reds - Warren Beatty
5. Stripes - Ivan Reitman
6. Lola - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
7. Das Boot - Wolfgang Peterson
8. Road Warrior - George Miller
9. Thief - Michael Mann
10. Time Bandits - Terry Gilliam

1982:
1. Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog
2. Blade Runner - Ridley Scott
3. Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
4. The Verdict - Sidney Lumet
5. ET - Steven Spielberg
6. Sophie’s Choice - Alan J. Pakula
7. The Thing - John Carpenter
8. The Year of Living Dangerously - Peter Weir
9. Pink Floyd The Wall - Alan Parker
10. The Border - Tony Richardson

1983:
1. And the Ship Sails On - Federico Fellini
2. The King of Comedy - Martin Scorsese
3. Videodrome - David Cronenberg
4. The 4th Man - Paul Verhoeven
5. Koyaanisqatsi - Godfrey Reggio
6. The Right Stuff - Philip Kaufman
7. Zelig - Woody Allen
8. Trading Places - John Landis
9. The Dead Zone - David Cronenberg
10. Return of the Jedi - Richard Marquand

1984:
1. Blood Simple - Joel and Ethan Coen
2. Amadeus - Milos Forman
3. The Cotton Club - Francis Ford Coppola
4. Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen
5. Body Double - Brian De Palma
6. The Killing Fields - Roland Joffé
7. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyazaki
8. This is Spinal Tap - Rob Reiner
9. Paris, Texas - Wim Wenders
10. Stranger Than Paradise - Jim Jarmusch

1985:
1. Ran - Akira Kurosawa
2. To Live and Die in LA - William Friedkin
3. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Paul Schrader
4. Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis
5. Brazil - Terry Gilliam
6. A Room with a View - James Ivory
7. The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
8. After Hours - Martin Scorsese
9. Witness - Peter Weir
10. Lost in America - Albert Brooks

1986:
1. Blue Velvet - David Lynch
2. Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
3. Down by Law - Jim Jarmusch
4. Platoon - Oliver Stone
5. The Color of Money - Martin Scorsese
6. The Mission - Roland Joffé
7. Salvador - Oliver Stone
8. The Fly - David Cronenberg
9. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - John Hughes
10. Aliens - James Cameron

1987:
1. Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick
2. The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci
3. Cobra Verde - Werner Herzog
4. House of Games - David Mamet
5. Empire of the Sun - Steven Spielberg
6. Wall Street - Oliver Stone
7. The Untouchables - Brian De Palma
8. Robocop - Paul Verhoeven
9. Lethal Weapon - Richard Donner
10. The Princess Bride - Rob Reiner

1988:
1. The Last Temptation of Christ - Martin Scorsese
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Philip Kaufman
3. A Short Film About Love - Krzysztof Kieslowski
4. Dangerous Liaisons - Stephen Frears
5. Frantic - Roman Polanski
6. Dead Ringers - David Cronenberg
7. Rain Man - Barry Levinson
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbitt - Robert Zemeckis
9. Beetlejuice - Tim Burton
10. Die Hard - John McTiernan

1989:
1. Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen
2. Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
3. Black Rain - Shohei Imamura
4. The Abyss - James Cameron
5. Born on the Fourth of July - Oliver Stone
6. Cinema Paradiso - Giuseppe Tornatore
7. My Left Foot - Jim Sheridan
8. Violent Cop - Takeshi Kitano
9. Casualties of War - Brian De Palma
10. Mystery Train - Jim Jarmusch

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