1980's

FILMS OF THE YEAR: THE 1980's

"Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion."  - David Cronenberg 


 1989
  1. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore)
  2. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg)
  4. Say Anything… (Cameron Crowe)
  5. Glory (Edward Zwick)
  6. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
  7. The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements & John Musker)
  8. Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir)
  9. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant)
  10. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh)
Honourary Mention:
Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson)
The Abyss (James Cameron)
The Killer (John Woo)

1988

  1. Die Hard (John McTiernan)
  2. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata)
  3. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker)
  4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis)
  5. My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki)
  6. The Vanishing (George Sluizer)
  7. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese)
  8. Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet)
  9. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton)
  10. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
Honourary Mention: 
They Live (John Carpenter)
Rain Man (Barry Levinson)
Bird (Clint Eastwood)
Midnight Run (Martin Brest)

1987

  1. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders)
  2. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
  3. Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle)
  4. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner)
  5. Matewan (John Sayles)
  6. Angel Heart (Alan Parker)
  7. Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson)
  8. Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
  9. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner)
  10. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow)
Honourary Mention: 
Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson)
Wall Street (Oliver Stone)
RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
Moonstruck (Norman Jewison)

1986

  1. Platoon (Oliver Stone)
  2. Aliens (James Cameron)
  3. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
  4. The Fly (David Cronenberg)
  5. Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan)
  6. Manhunter (Michael Mann)
  7. Salvador (Oliver Stone)
  8. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner)
  9. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton)
  10. Something Wild (Jonathan Demme) 
Honourary Mention:
The Horse Thief (Tian Zhuangzhuang)
The Big Easy (Jim McBride)
Hoosiers (David Anspaugh)
At Close Range (James Foley)

1985

  1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
  2. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
  3. Witness (Peter Weir)
  4. Runaway Train (Andrey Konchalovskiy)
  5. After Hours (Martin Scorsese)
  6. To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin)
  7. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
  8. Come and See (Elem Klimov)
  9. Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood)
  10. The Falcon and the Snowman (John Schlesinger)
Honourary Mention:
Silverado (Lawrence Kasdan)
The Colour Purple (Steven Spielberg)

1984

  1. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
  2. The Terminator (James Cameron)
  3. Blood Simple. (Joel Coen)
  4. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
  5. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
  6. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)
  7. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
  8. The Bounty (Roger Donaldson)
  9. The Hit (Stephen Frears)
  10. Repo Man (Alex Cox)
Honourary Mention: 
The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé)
Under the Volcano (John Huston)
Threads (Mick Jackson)

1983

  1. Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky)
  2. Scarface (Brian De Palma)
  3. A Christmas Story (Bob Clark)
  4. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman)
  5. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks)
  6. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg)
  7. Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
  8. Silkwood (Mike Nichols)
  9. The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan)
  10. Risky Business (Paul Brickman)
Honourary Mention:
Trading Places (John Landis)
The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola)

1982

  1. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
  2. The Thing (John Carpenter)
  3. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
  4. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
  5. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg)
  6. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet)
  7. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer)
  8. My Favourite Year (Richard Benjamin)
  9. Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio)
  10. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
Honourary Mention:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (Alan Parker)
Missing (Costa-Gavras)
The Grey Fox (Phillip Borsos)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller)

1981

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
  2. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller)
  3. Scanners (David Cronenberg)
  4. Thief (Michael Mann)
  5. Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan)
  6. Blow Out (Brian De Palma) 
  7. Modern Romance (Albert Brooks)
  8. Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix)
  9. Prince of the City (Sidney Lumet)
  10. Southern Comfort (1981, Walter Hill)
Honourary Mentions: 
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter)
Arthur (Steve Gordon)
Reds (Warren Beatty) 
Gallipoli (Peter Weir)

1980

  1. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
  2. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
  3. The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
  4. The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie)
  5. Ordinary People (Robert Redford)
  6. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
  7. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa)
  8. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller)
  9. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams/David Zucker)
  10. Altered States (Ken Russell)
Honourary Mentions: 
The Blues Brothers (John Landis)
Atlantic City (Louis Malle
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