In conjunction with this year’s intensely serious Muriel Awards voting, we had a purely unofficial and fun-ish poll of our favorite films of the 1980s. We used to do stuff like this in the past, so I decided to bring it back this year. Next year – our best films (and performances) of the 2010s!
Here’s the full list. By now, the winner should surprise no one. I was, however, surprised by the high placement of the film at #15.
1. Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch, USA) [228 points/20 votes]
2. Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee, USA) [202/18]
3. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese, USA) [110/9]
4. The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick, UK) [109/11]
5. Videodrome (1983, David Cronenberg, Canada) [93/9]
6. Sans Soleil (1983, Chris Marker, France) [91/8]
7. The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese, USA) [77/8]
8. Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott, USA) [77/7]
9. Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam, UK) [73/7]
10. The Thing (1982, John Carpenter, USA) [72/8]
11. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Spielberg) [70/6]
12. Fanny and Alexander (1982, Bergman) [65/5]
13. Stop Making Sense (1984, Demme) [61/6]
14. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Spielberg) [60/6]
15. Possession (1981, Zulawski) [52/6]
16. Blow Out (1981, De Palma) [49/6]
17 (tie). L’Argent (1983, Bresson) [47/5]
17 (tie). The Fly (1986, Cronenberg) [47/5]
19. My Neighbor Totoro (1988, Miyazaki) [43/5]
20. Ran (1985, Kurosawa) [43/4]
21. The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Kershner) [42/4]
22. Broadcast News (1987, J.L. Brooks) [40/5]
23. The Princess Bride (1987, R. Reiner) [36/4]
24. Paris, Texas (1984, Wenders) [36/3]
25. Raising Arizona (1987, Coen) [33/4]
26 (tie). Come and See (1985, Klimov) [32/4]
26 (tie). The Killer (1989, Woo) [32/4]
28 (tie). The Green Ray (1986, Rohmer) [31/3]
28 (tie). A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985, Hou) [31/3]
30 (tie). Blood Simple (1984, Coen) [29/4]
30 (tie). Back to the Future (1985, Zemeckis) [29/4]
32 (tie). Tootsie (1982, Pollack) [27/3]
32 (tie). Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Allen) [27/3]
34. Love Streams (1984, Cassavetes) [26/3]
35 (tie). Stranger Than Paradise (1984, Jarmusch) [26/2]
35 (tie). City of Sadness (1989, Hou) [26/2]
37. This Is Spinal Tap (1984, R. Reiner) [25/3]
38 (tie). Full Metal Jacket (1987, Kubrick) [24/3]
38 (tie). Dekalog (1989, Kieslowski) [24/3]
40. The Evil Dead (1981, Raimi) [24/2]
41 (tie). Taipei Story (1985, Yang) [23/2]
41 (tie). Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987, Iran) [23/2]
43 (tie). The Road Warrior (1981, Miller) [22/3]
43 (tie). À Nos Amours (1983, Pialat) [22/3]
45 (tie). Koyaanisqatsi (1982, Reggio) [22/2]
45 (tie). Evil Dead II (1987, Raimi) [22/2]
45 (tie). Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, Davies) [22/2]
48 (tie). Amadeus (1984, Forman) [21/2]
48 (tie). Hope and Glory (1987, Boorman) [21/2]
48 (tie). Withnail & I (1987, B. Robinson) [21/2]
51. The Terminator (1984, Cameron) [20/3]
52 (tie). El Sur (1983, Erice) [20/2]
52 (tie). A Nightmare on Elm St. (1984, Craven) [20/2]
52 (tie). The Terrorizers (1986, Yang) [20/2]
52 (tie). Die Hard (1988, McTiernan) [20/2]
52 (tie). Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Allen) [20/2]
57. sex, lies and videotape (1989, Soderbergh) [19/3]
58 (tie). Tenebrae (1982, Argento) [19/2]
58 (tie). White Dog (1982, Fuller) [19/2]
58 (tie). Aliens (1986, Cameron) [19/2]
58 (tie). Empire of the Sun (1987, Spielberg) [19/2]
58 (tie). Wings of Desire (1987, Wenders [19/2]
63 (tie). The Elephant Man (1980, Lynch) [17/2]
63 (tie). Heaven’s Gate (1980, Cimino) [17/2]
63 (tie). That Day, on the Beach (1983, Hou) [17/2]
63 (tie). Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone) [17/2]
67 (tie). Day of the Dead (1985, Romero) [16/2]
67 (tie). Re-Animator (1985, Gordon) [16/2]
67 (tie). Akira (1988, Otomo) [16/2]
67 (tie). Hairspray (1988, Waters) [16/2]
67 (tie). Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Almodovar) [16/2]
67 (tie). The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989, Greenaway) [16/2]
73 (tie). Airplane! (1980, Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker) [15/2]
73 (tie). Drugstore Cowboy (1989, van Sant) [15/2]
75 (tie). Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Miyazaki) [14/2]
75 (tie). Manhunter (1986, Mann) [14/2]
75 (tie). RoboCop (1987, Verhoeven) [14/2]
78 (tie). Toute Une Nuit (1982, Akerman) [14/1]
78 (tie). The Right Stuff (1983, Kaufman) [14/1]
78 (tie). Heathers (1988, Lehmann) [14/1]
78 (tie). The Little Mermaid (1989, Clements/Musker) [14/1]
78 (tie). The Seventh Continent (1989, Haneke) [14/1]
83 (tie). Ms.45 (1981, Ferrara) [13/2]
83 (tie). Mystery Train (1989, Jarmusch) [13/2]
The following films received one vote apiece:
84 Charlie MoPic
Batman
Beetlejuice
Berlin Alexanderplatz
The Big Red One
Big Trouble in Little China
Body Double
Boris Godunov
Born in Flames
Christine (Carpenter)
A Christmas Story
Cinema Paradiso
The Color Purple
The Company of Wolves
Crime Wave
Daniel
Dead Ringers
Diner
Diva
Down by Law
Dressed to Kill
Eating Raoul
Excalibur
Explorers
The Falls
A Fish Called Wanda
Fitzcarraldo
Flash Gordon
Full Moon in Paris
Gloria
Grave of the Fireflies
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Inferno
Jean de Florette
Kiki’s Delivery Service
The Last Temptation of Christ
Law of Desire
Local Hero
The Long Riders
Loulou
Made in Britain
The Makioka Sisters
Meantime
Midnight Run
Modern Romance
Mommie Dearest
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
Near Dark
Night of the Comet
The Night of the Shooting Stars
On the Silver Globe
One From the Heart
Passion
Pauline at the Beach
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Peking Opera Blues
Personal Problems
Platoon
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Repo Man
Return of the Jedi
The Road (Clarke)
S.O.B.
The Sacrifice
Shoah
Shoot the Moon
Sid and Nancy
Smithereens
So Is This
Something Wild
Stand By Me
Starman
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Tampopo
Terms of Endearment
Three Crowns of the Sailor
To Live and Die in L.A.
Trading Places
La Traviata (Zeffirelli)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbelievable Truth
The Untouchables
Victor/Victoria
When Harry Met Sally
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