1981 Poll
The 1982 poll is now reopened for a week as well. The poll following 1981 will be 1941.
1. Reds
The Great Muppet Caper
Gregory’s Girl
A Friend Is a Treasure
Neighbors
Polyester
They All Laughed
Endless Love
My Dinner with Andre
I Love You
1) Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Chosen
Superman II
The Decline of Western Civilization
Prince of the City
On Golden Pond
Stripes
Body Heat
Blow Out
Mephisto
Clash of the Titans
An American Werewolf in London
The Aviator’s Wife
The Evil Dead
Reds
Time Bandits
Escape From New York
History of the World Part 1
Scanners
Student Bodies
1-Das Boot
2-Blow out
3-Reds
as far as I remember.
bodas de sangre (blood wedding) — c. saura
an american werewolf in london — j. landis
das boot — w. petersen
the french lieutenant’s woman — k. reisz
goodbye, pork pie — g. murphy
o homem que virou suco — j. batista de andrade
junkopia — j. chapman, c. marker, f. simeone
montenegro — d. makavejev
possession — a. zulawski
tango — z. rybczynski
tre fratelli (three brothers) — f. rosi
tiempo de revancha (time for revenge) — a. aristarain
turumba — k. tahimik
Looking forward to watch Szabo’s Mephisto
1. Two Portraits (Peter Thompson, USA)
Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, USA)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA)
Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, Germany)
Pixote (Hector Babenco, Brazil)
Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry, USA)
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia)
Mephisto (Istvan Szabo, Hungary/Germany)
Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France)
Muddy River /Doroi Kawa (Kohei Oguri, Japan)
Cutter’s Way (Ivan Passer)
Coup de Torchon (Bertrand Tavernier)
Beau Pere (Bertrand Blier)
Polyester (John Waters)
Night of the Shooting Stars (Taviani bros)**
My Own Private Idaho
Poison
Blow Out
Cape Fear
The Decline of Western Civilization
Barton Fink
Scanners
Escape From New York
Lola
A Brighter Summer Day
Night on Earth
Slacker
The Howling
Naked Lunch
Europa
Point Break
Flirting
Tacones lejanos
They All Laughed
Merry-Go-Round
Blind Chance – Krzysztof Kieslowski
The Liar – Mika Kaurismaki
Christiane F. – Uli Edel
Tango – Zbigniew Rybczynski
New York Portrait, Chapter II – Peter Hutton
Lucas: My Own Private Idaho was 1991, not 1981.
Here are mine:
1. Lola
2. The Decline of Western Civilzation
3. Reds
4. S.O.B.
5. Blow-Out
Sorry, I don’t know why I put My Own Private Idaho in my list, considering the movie is from 1991 and not from 1981…Anyway, this is the correct list, ignore the other one:
Blow Out
Poison
Cape Fear
The Decline of Western Civilization
Barton Fink
Scanners
Escape From New York
Lola
A Brighter Summer Day
Night on Earth
Slacker
The Howling
Polyester
Naked Lunch
Europa
Point Break
Flirting
Tacones lejanos
They All Laughed
Merry-Go-Round
Lucas: several of your choices are from 1991.
@lucas yesss Night on Earth is from ’91 too, and Brighter Summer Day, Slacker, Naked Lunch, Flirting
As is Barton Fink.
Arthur
Chariots Of Fire
History Of The World Pt II
Time Bandits
Montenegro
Ragtime
Le Pont du Nord, La Femme de L’Aviateur, Taxi Zum Klo, The Mystery of Oberwald, Man of Iron, The Long Good Friday, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man.
1. The Aviator’s Wife
They All Laughed
Cutter’s Way
Boda de Sangre
Lola
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Cannonball Run
For Your Eyes Only
Body Heat
The Evil Dead
Excalibur
The Howling
Mad Max 2
Scanners
Southern Comfort
They All Laughed
Five votes for They All Laughed already? That’s a fucking miracle. I love you guys.
but too few love for Modern Romance
1.The Aviator’s Wife (Rohmer)
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Body Heat (Kasdan)
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Kusturica)
Coup de Torchon (Tavernier)
An American Werewolf in London (Landis)
Rat Trap (Gopalakrishnan)
Excalibur (Boorman)
Umrao Jaan (Muzaffar Ali)
Diva (Beineix)
Flirting (Duigan)
I need some year rulings. The more I do these polls, the more IMDB seems completely unreliable.
Killer of Sheep — IMDB says 1981, even though Burnett completed the film in 1977.
Downtown 81 (aka New York Beat Movie) — IMDB says 1981, even though the film was completed and first screened in 2000.
Immagini di un convento — IMDB says 1981, Wikipedia says 1979. Probably cuz IMDB only lists France & Spain release dates, not the original Italy release date.
I’ll probably update my list after seeing other lists, but for now:
(1) Lili Marleen
Lola
Excalibur
The Evil Dead
Scanners
Coup de Torchon
Montenegro
The Aviator’s Wife
Kagero-za
Eijanaika
Southern Comfort
The Decline of Western Civilization
Stripes
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Man of Iron
Deprisa, Deprisa
My Dinner with Andre
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Killer of Sheep (if counted as 1981)
Immagini di un convento (if counted as 1981)
Yeah, ok i’m totally confused. So ignore all the movies from 1991 that are on my list.
Muddy River (Kôhei Oguri)
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Light Years Away (Alain Tanner)
Blind Chance (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Francisca (Manoel de Oliveira)
Rat-Trap (Adoor Gopalakrishnan)
Christiane F. (Uli Edel)
O Homem Que Virou Suco (João Batista de Andrade)
Le Pont du Nord (Jacques Rivette)
Pixote, the Law of the Weakest (Hector Babenco)
Time for Revenge (Adolfo Aristarain)
Wait! delete Flirting from my list, i saw it in passing on a list after doing mine, then added it without properly thinking(after checking it was 1991 not 1990) and of course that was 10 years later! That is how addled my brain is these days
Taxi Zum Klo (Frank Ripploh)
Possession (Andrzej Żuławski)
Pixote, the Law of the Weakest (Hector Babenco)
Polyester (John Waters)
Kisapmata (Mike de Leon)
My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle)
Blind Chance (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
The Aviator’s Wife (Eric Rohmer)
Mommie Dearest (Frank Perry)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter)
They All Laughed (Peter Bogdanovich)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
An American Werewolf in London (John Landis)
A very good year…
REDS
and then in no particular order..
Blow Out
Thief
Ragtime
Time Bandits
True Confessions
The Postman Always Rings Twice
S.O.B.
Diva
Wolfen
Venom
Body Heat
Pennies from Heaven
Gregory’s Girl
An American Werewolf in London
Christiane F
Ms. 45
Pixote
Cutter’s Way
Polyester
Jaspar has great taste.
Maybe not all of u have seen Reds (:
1. Mephisto
Man of Iron
Gregory’s Girl
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
Polyester
Zoot Suit
Le Pont du Nord
Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
Blind Chance
Diva
An American Werewolf in London
Three Brothers
My Dinner with Andre
Pixote
Lola
Coup de Touchon
Blood Wedding
Smash Palace
Das Boot
MovieGuide1
What I’m asking you to do is to fill a ballot with some titles of your own choice. 1981 must be the year of first release (according to IMDb).
- Each person votes for up to 20 movies. Do not feel compelled to fill the maximum allowable number, only true favorites.
- There is no need to rank the films except the number 1, it gets two points.
- You may change your ballot as many times as you’d like.
A certain standardization of the outcome is predictable, but it is not our goal to establish a Canon. It’s just a game and individual votes are the true centers of attraction.
Results will be presented in a specially created Movie List.
Thank you in advance for joining us in this game.