1980s

By: WoodyAl​len

My personal picks for the best films of 1980-89.

Not on Auetuers:

Firstborn – Michael Apted
Fast-Walking – James B Harris
Friday the 13th – Sean S Cunningham
Heart of Midnight – Matthew Chapman
Delinquents – Chris Thomson
Eye for an Eye – Steve Carver

• 01
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 02
  And the Ship Sails On
  Federico Fellini
• 03
  Ran
  Akira Kurosawa
• 04
  Raging Bull
  Martin Scorsese
• 05
  A Christmas Story
  Bob Clark
• 06
  The Sacrifice
  Andrei Tarkovsky
• 07
  Airplane!
  Jim Abrahams
• 08
  Day of the Dead
  George A. Romero
• 09
  The Decalogue
  Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 10
  Little Shop of Horrors
  Frank Oz
• 11
  The Dark Crystal
  Jim Henson
• 12
  Muddy River
  Kôhei Oguri
• 13
  Electric Dreams
  Steve Barron
• 14
  Another Woman
  Woody Allen
• 15
  Missile
  Frederick Wiseman
• 16
  Heaven's Gate
  Michael Cimino
• 17
  Radio Days
  Woody Allen
• 18
  Stardust Memories
  Woody Allen
• 19
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  Robert Zemeckis
• 20
  Scanners
  David Cronenberg
• 21
  Mr. Mom
  Stan Dragoti
• 22
  P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang.
  Michael Apted
• 23
  Enemy Mine
  Wolfgang Petersen
• 24
  Freeze, Die, Come to Life
  Vitali Kanevsky
• 25
  Rambo: First Blood Part II
  George Pan Cosmatos
• 26
  Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  George Miller
• 27
  Cyborg
  Albert Pyun
• 28
  Dreamchild
  Gavin Millar
• 29
  Black Rain
  Shôhei Imamura
• 30
  Antonio Gaudí
  Hiroshi Teshigahara
• 31
  Full Moon in Paris
  Éric Rohmer
• 32
  Gandahar
  René Laloux
• 33
  Fool for Love
  Robert Altman
• 34
  River's Edge
  Tim Hunter
• 35
  Running on Empty
  Sidney Lumet
• 36
  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
  Carl Reiner
• 37
  The Architecture of Doom
  Peter Cohen
• 38
  The Ear
  Karel Kachyna
• 39
  Shadows in Paradise
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 40
  Uncle Buck
  John Hughes
• 41
  Himatsuri: Fire Festival
  Mitsuo Yanagimachi
• 42
  Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
  Guy Hamilton
• 43
  Altered States
  Ken Russell
• 44
  At Close Range
  James Foley
• 45
  The Store
  Frederick Wiseman
• 46
  The Boogeyman
  Ulli Lommel
• 47
  Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
  Ken Kwapis
• 48
  Educating Rita
  Lewis Gilbert
• 49
  Gleaming the Cube
  Graeme Clifford
• 50
  The Stunt Man
  Richard Rush
• 51
  Excalibur
  John Boorman
• 52
  8 Million Ways to Die
  Hal Ashby
• 53
  Just One of the Guys
  Lisa Gottlieb
• 54
  Baby Boom
  Charles Shyer
• 55
  The Ice Pirates
  Stewart Raffill
• 56
  The Blob
  Chuck Russell
• 57
  52 Pick-Up
  John Frankenheimer
• 58
  The Last Starfighter
  Nick Castle
• 59
  Heavy Metal
  Gerald Potterton
• 60
  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 61
  Explorers
  Joe Dante
• 62
  Inseminoid
  Norman J. Warren
• 63
  Turner and Hooch
  Roger Spottiswoode
• 64
  F/X
  Robert Mandel
• 65
  Pretty in Pink
  Howard Deutch
• 66
  Cujo
  Lewis Teague
• 67
  Absence of Malice
  Sydney Pollack
• 68
  Absolute Beginners
  Julien Temple
• 69
  Betrayed
  Costa-Gavras
• 70
  Children of a Lesser God
  Randa Haines
• 71
  Iron Eagle
  Sidney J. Furie
• 72
  Hairspray
  John Waters
• 73
  How to Get Ahead in Advertising
  Bruce Robinson
• 74
  Heathers
  Michael Lehmann
• 75
  Flesh + Blood
  Paul Verhoeven
• 76
  Eat a Bowl of Tea
  Wayne Wang
• 77
  No Man's Land
  Peter Werner
• 78
  The Chosen
  Jeremy Kagan
• 79
  The Punisher
  Mark Goldblatt
• 80
  Dragons Forever
  Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
• 81
  Arthur
  Steve Gordon
• 82
  Firestarter
  Mark L. Lester
• 83
  Stand by Me
  Rob Reiner
• 84
  Bloodsport
  Newt Arnold
• 85
  Deadly Blessing
  Wes Craven
• 86
  Deprisa, deprisa
  Carlos Saura
• 87
  Loulou
  Maurice Pialat
• 88
  The Star Chamber
  Peter Hyams
• 89
  Castaway
  Nicolas Roeg
• 90
  The Natural
  Barry Levinson
• 91
  Colors
  Dennis Hopper
• 92
  The Hand
  Oliver Stone
• 93
  Red Heat
  Walter Hill
• 94
  Clash of the Titans
  Desmond Davis
• 95
  Revenge of the Nerds
  Jeff Canew
• 96
  Masters of the Universe
  Gary Goddard
• 97
  The Legend of Billie Jean
  Mathew Robbins
• 98
  Cat's Eye
  Lewis Teague
• 99
  Ms. 45
  Abel Ferrara
• 100
  Alien Nation
  Graham Baker
• 101
  UHF
  Jay Levey
• 102
  Bustin' Loose
  Oz Scott
• 103
  The Boost
  Harold Becker