1980s

1989

1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
2. THE DECALOGUE (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

3. SWEETIE (Jane Campion)

4. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (Oliver Stone)
5. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen)

6. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe)

7. CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma)

1988

1. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies)

2. WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders)

3. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Zemeckis)

4. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki)

5. BIRD (CLINT EASTWOOD)
6. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)

1987

1. EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Steven Spielberg)
2. RAISING ARIZONA (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks)

4. FULL METAL JACKET (Stanley Kubrick) 

5. PRINCE OF DARKNESS (John Carpenter)

1986

1. THE GREEN RAY (Éric Rohmer)
2. MAUVAIS SANG (Leos Carax)
3. THE HORSE THIEF (Tian Zhuangzhuang)

4. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)

5. ALIENS (James Cameron)

6. SOMETHING WILD (Jonathan Demme)

7. PLATOON (Oliver Stone)

8. THE FLY (David Cronenberg)

1985

1. RAN (Akira Kurosawa)
2. SHOAH (Claude Lanzmann)

3. AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)

4. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (George Miller)

1984

1. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders)

2. BODY DOUBLE (Brian De Palma)
3. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Rob Reiner)

4. STRANGER THAN PARADISE (Jim Jarmusch)

5. NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki)

6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Sergio Leone)

7. GHOSTBUSTERS (Ivan Reitman)
8. THE TERMINATOR (James Cameron)
9. BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel & Ethan Coen)
10. GREMLINS (Joe Dante)
11. STARMAN (John Carpenter)

1983

1. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese)

2. VIDEODROME (David Cronenberg)

3. SCARFACE (Brian De Palma)

1982

1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER [TV version] (Ingmar Bergman)

2. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)

3. SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker)

4. FITZCARRALDO (Werner Herzog)
5. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg)

1981

1. THEY ALL LAUGHED (Peter Bogdanovich)

2. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks)

3. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg)
4. BLOW OUT (Brian De Palma)

5. BODY HEAT (Lawrence Kasdan)
6. THIEF (Michael Mann)

1980

1. BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

2. THE BIG RED ONE (Samuel Fuller)

3. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kirshner)

4. RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)

5. DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
6. THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
7. KAGEMUSHA (Akira Kurosawa)

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