LIST - O - MANIA
Last update 08/12/04
from the mind of Nathaniel R
favorite films by yearAbout the 80s lists
# after title indicates number of viewings --if viewings are multiple.
Rankings are extremely subject to change since the 80s lists are like some unholy hybrid of memories of childhood favorites mixed with altered perceptions of adulthood. If I ever have a major 80s viewing spree almost nothing will remain the same I suspect.
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1980
01 The Empire Strikes Back (Irving Keschner) 6
02 Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
03 The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
04 Stardust Memories (Woody Allen)
05 9 to 5 (Colin Higgins) 3
06 Tess (Roman Polanski)
07 Airplane (Abrahams/Zucker/Abrahams) 3
08 Ordinary People (Robert Redford)
09 Superman 2 (Richard Lester) 3
10 Fame (Alan Parker)1981
01 Reds (Warren Beatty)
02 Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg) 3
03 Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan) 2
04 Excalibur (John Boorman)
05 On Golden Pond (Mark Rydell)
06 Atlantic City (Louis Malle) 2
07 The French Lieutenant's Woman (Karel Reisz)
08 Dragonslayer (Matthew Robbins)
09 Absence of Malice (Sydney Pollack)
10 Time Bandits (Gilliam)1982
01 Bladerunner (Ridley Scott) 4
02 Tootsie (Sydney Pollack) 5
03 Victor/Victoria (Blake Edwards) 4
04 Gandhi (Richard Attenborough)
05 Diva (Jean-Jacques Beneix) 3
06 The Verdict (Sidney Lumet)
07 The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson & Frank Oz) 3
08 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg) 2
09 One From the Heart (Francis Coppola)
10 An Officer and a Gentleman (Taylor Hackford)1983
01 Silkwood (Mike Nichols) 2
02 The Right Stuff (Phillip Kauffman)
03 The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
04 Yentl (Barbra Streisand) 2
05 Terms of Endearment (James L Brooks)
06 Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand) 8
07 The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir)
08 The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan)
09 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones)
10 Pauline at the Beach (Eric Rohmer)
1984
01 Amadeus(Milos Forman) 2
02 Places in the Heart (Robert Benton)
03 Choose Me (Alan Rudolph) 2
04 The Terminator (James Cameron) 5
05 This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
06 Birdy (Alan Parker)
07 Splash (Ron Howard) 3
08 Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis) 4
09 The Karate Kid (John G Avildsen) 4 hey I was a teen in love with Shue
10 Blood Simple (Coen Bros)
1985
01 The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen) 3
02 Out of Africa (Sydney Pollack) 2
03 Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton) 3
04 Witness (Peter Weir) 3
05 The Breakfast Club (John Hughes) 11
06 Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
07 Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Hector Babenco) 2
08 Ladyhawke (Richard Donner) 4
09 Prizzi's Honor (John Huston)
10 Insignificance (Nicholas Roeg)1986
01 A Room With a View (James Ivory) 4
02 Hannah and her Sisters (Woody Allen) 3
03 Law of Desire (Pedro Almodovar) 4
04 Aliens (James Cameron) 4
05 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears) 2
06 Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz) 3
07 Peggy Sue Got Married (Francis Coppola) 2
08 The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir)
09 The Fly (David Cronenberg)
10 Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines)1987
01 Moonstruck(Milos Forman) 2
02 Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources (Claude Berri)
03 Raising Arizona (Coen Bros) 2
04 Broadcast News (James L Brooks)
05 Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow) 2
06 Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth)
07 Roxanne (Fred Schepisi) 2
08 The Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg)
09 The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner) 3
10 The Dead (John Huston)1988
01 Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears) 3
02 Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata)
03 Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet) 4
04 Bull Durham (Ron Shelton) 3
05 The Accidental Tourist (Lawrence Kasdan)
06 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis) 3
07 Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair)
08 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodovar)
09 Wish You Were Here (David Leland)
10 Beetlejuice (Tim Burton) 3
1989
01 sex, lies, and videotape (Steven Sodebergh) 2
02 Heathers (Michael Lehmann) 7
03 The Fabulous Baker Boys (Steve Kloves) 4
04 The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements & John Musker) 5
05 Batman (Tim Burton) 3
06 The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito) 2
07 Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)
08 Jesus of Montreal (Denys Arcand)
09 Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant)
10 Steel Magnolias (Herbert Ross) 4 guilty pleasure
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