The MoFo Top 100 of the 80s: Countdown
 

Those of you who have been busy immersing yourself in this rich cinematic decade over the last 4½ months, I hope you've had fun - I know I have. Now I've made Daniel suffer a little bit, I say it's about time we started revealing what MoFo really thinks about the 1980s, though, right? Of course I'm right.

In my estimation, we've put together one hell of a group of movies: eclectic and I think, ultimately, representative of the collective tastes of these here forums, which is exactly what we want. A total of 62 lists have been submitted since last September - eight more than the 90s list - containing 371 individual films. A huge thanks to you all for making this such a big success.


My personal thanks to Harry Lime, who offered some very useful advice during this process in addition to setting a great example with his 90s countdown, Yoda for his help and support in wrangling lists, and Daniel M, who again supplied a superb spreadsheet on which to quickly and easily jot up the scores.

I think we're about ready to get this show on the road. Most of you know the drill by now, but for the newcomers: films were awarded points from 25 for #1 to 1 for #25. Ties will be broken according to the amount of lists a film appeared on. Two movies every day. Let's do this thing!

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Finally!

Edit: Very nice graphic, what's the font called? I see it a lot.

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Thank you! I put that there just for you, Sexy Dorothy.

The font is Arvo, Daniel.

First two entries ETA 10 mins.

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Eeeekkk!!!!!!

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Hmm this shall be something else. Will we see a Gong today? Wait, I meant the Mannequin song.

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Tacitus didn't even send in a list?! *GASP* Ban him!

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*freezes into mannequin*

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And no list from Brodinski? What the hell

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Yeah, a few surprising absentees. Them's the breaks.

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F*cking boring Woody Allen, what a surprise that a film from one of the the list creators favourite director just about gets in...

Not seen it, in fact I have seen no Woody Allen 80s films, need to sort that out.

Stop Making Sense I haven't seen either, looks good though.

0/2 so far :(

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I haven't seen either as well. But a few of these May bode well for others I've voted for.

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*unfreezes from mannequin state*

I've seen neither, but this isn't... that disappointing. I've heard a lot about Stop Making Sense from people on this forum, but I've never bothered to check it out.

This makes me ... extremely irritated by that movie, now.

The Woody Allen film -- I like Woody Allen. And I like Michael Caine (as well as Dianne Wiest, Carrie Fisher and Daniel Stern). I would watch it. I might put this on the fast track to checking it out soon.

*freezes into mannequin*

The last list I added, Pussy Galore's I think, just snuck it on. :D Had the same number of points but was on two more lists than #101.

I was honestly expecting it to be higher.

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Two great ones, but believe it or not, I didn't vote for them. On a different day, I would have. :cool:

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Can we have a list of films with 1 point again?

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Sure, I was just about to ask if people wanted me to do that. Gimme a sec.

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I am irritated that a concert movie made the list, although I would have said nothing had Purple Rain popped up.

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Voted Hannah and Her Sisters. :)

Not even heard of the other one.

Haven't seen either. Not sure that I've ever even heard of Stop Making Sense.

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Shoot, I knew I should have put a stupid movie as my 25th film.

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Shoot, I'm forgetting to unfreeze from my mannequin state.

Like you did for the other 24?

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I probably am the only one who gave points to my #25 film.

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The one-pointers:

One Deadly Summer
The Hit
Dead Ringers
Young Einstein
Caravaggio
The Dark Crystal
Barbarosa
Octopussy
The Secret of NIMH
Billionaire Boy's Club
Melo
Bright Lights, Big City
Utu
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

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Shame NIMH only got one point. I didn't vote for it, but it was one I had considered.

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The Dark Crystal only got ONE point?

Well, wait a minute, look where I am....

Awww. Pity about Nightmare on Elm Street 3.

I also love Bright Lights, Big City.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 can be my 25th movie. I love that film.

But then that would give it two points.

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Yup, I knew I voted for one of the one pointers. It was the most 80s of all the films on that list.

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I'll bet dollars to donuts that Sarah voted for both 99 and 100 though. I haven't seen her list yet.

You voted for Nightmare on Elm Street 3 or something else?

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Something else

You can say which one you voted for if you like, it's not revealing anything.

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Bad news guys, Dorothy Michaels forgot to submit her list :(

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Oh, no, no, no. I submitted a list! And I am wondering what the deal is!

Negative.

She sent me this list:

1. Tootsie
2. Tootsie
3. Tootsie
4. Tootsie
5. Tootsie
6. Tootsie
7. Tootsie
8. Tootsie
9. Tootsie
10. Tootsie
11. Tootsie
12. Tootsie
13. Tootsie
14. Tootsie
15. Tootsie
16. Tootsie
17. Tootsie
18. Tootsie
19. Tootsie
20. Tootsie
21. Tootsie
22. Tootsie
23. Tootsie
24. Tootsie
25. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

I made the tough decision not to count it.

A good start.

Hannah & Her Sisters I'd have it around 40-50 from the decade.
Stop Making Sense Ranking looks about right IMO.

I put this on there because I went on a date with Leatherface's stunt double one time. Macho sh!thead.

So is Skepsis93 for not including my list! Macho sh!thead!

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Number 98 will be Tootsie

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Stop making sense is cool. I like Talking Heads quite a bit. Woody Allen on the other hand, bleh.

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At least it was a film by Woody Allen and not Soon-Yi, his daughter/wife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHwbgIELCc

Amen to that.

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I had Hannah and her Sister as number 22 on my list and I haven't seen the other movie

Hot damn, I'm already on the board. I voted for Stop Making Sense. If I could travel back in time that is the one band I would go see. Well, actually, I would go see them when they toured with The Ramones.

The other movie is ok too.

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I love Stop Making Sense, but it didn't quite make my top twenty-five. For me, Demme's film is the second-best concert film of all time, behind only Scorsese's The Last Waltz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4
"I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes..."

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Haven't seen Hannah for donkey's. Just had to read the synopsis to remember what it was about.
Still didn't jog my memory much.

Haven't seen Stop Making Sense.

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Poor start to the list for me personally in that I've not seen either of them. Stop Making Sense I know of but have never felt greatly inclined to track down, largely as I know very little about Talking Heads. And then Hannah and her Sisters I'm struggling to find the enthusiasm for given that it's Woody Allen and all.

By the way Skepsis love the format for each entry with one poster alongside a trio of images. Very slick and stylish. :up:

Now bring on some good movies! :p

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Didn't vote for Stop Making Sense. Could have made my list on another day, though. Need to see Hannah.

Thank you! I was hoping someone would notice. :p

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^ JayDee asking for good movies while we're still in the 100-91 spot.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/112...er-noooo-o.gif

I didn't even realize that Stop Making Sense was a concert doc. I think I'll probably skip that one altogether. I couldn't care much less about The Talking Heads.

I'm striving to take over Sexy's role as chief complainer of the list!

I thought that you would be happy to know that I voted for The Dark Crystal. If you want to PM me about how good the movie is, you can do that anytime you want to Sexy.

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I near voted The Dark Crystal myself.

Childhood favourite but sadly, it's aged terribly.

I almost did. It came seriously close and I think I regret not putting it on.

100. Hannah and Her Sisters - + MY LIST
99. Stop Making Sense - Not Seen

Wow, I really expected Hannah and Her Sisters to be higher, but I guess Woody is not THAT popular on this forum, so I should be glad it made it at all. I had it at 18 on my list.
It's not one of my ABSOLUTE favorite Allen films, but it's definitely one of his ten best (which means a lot already, as he's probably made about 20 top notch films, in my opinion).
It's basically a typical Allen story with loads of characters having neurotic problems and facing moral dilemmas. This film does it magnificently, though. It's full of great and funny scenes with a lot of philosophical depth and the characters are wonderfully fleshed out. Also the atmosphere is PERFECT! This film truly points out what happiness is all about in one of the most beautiful ways I've ever seen. If you would ever get into Woody's style, this film will be able to reward you endlessly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76-UbwX1i4A

Classic Woody, exposing the meaningless of life and the tragedy of death.


GREAT START!

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I agree with you it's the movie that made me like Woody Allen and made me want to watch some more os his work. (I had watch Annie Hall previously that is not that good imo)

My favorite scene in Hannah and her Sisters is when Woody Allen goes watch a movie (I think from the Marx Brothers) and the speech says something like I don't know what's the meaning of life, but what I know is that right now I have a good time and that is meaningfull. So that we should stop asking ourselves some questions about the meaning of life because what we know for sure is that we live for a short period of time and the best we could do is to enjoy it while it lasts

Yeah, that part and the ending are truly feel-good stuff (but still in a sort of thoughtful way). It's funny that he made Crimes and Misdemeanors as a response to his optimism in this film, because he felt the message might have been too positive. Classic Woody. :p

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I don't think crimes and misdemeanors is that much of a negative film, but I see your point

You seem to be a fan of his work. Where would you put Annie Hall amongst his other films?

It's not one of my favorites of his, but I still think it's very good. Probably around tenth place or maybe even a little bit lower. I think he both did better comedy and better (neurotic) drama in his career than in Annie Hall, but it was definitely a game changer and a lot of people still love it, so there's no way to deny the strength of that film. Like most of Woody's best films, it's also very rewatchable, which is of course a big plus.

Well, Crimes and Misdemeanors makes a very realistic, but cruel point, so in that sense it's much darker and much less uplifting than Hannah and Her Sisters.

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Haven't seen neither of them.

Not that hot on 'Hannah...' as I didn't like 'Annie Hall' that much.
I listened to Talking Heads' album once and thought it's decent. Not going to see the concert.

I really hope for some films from my list to show up! (and they certainly will, but on higher positions :D)

For those who haven't seen it, Stop Making Sense is more than a concert film. Jonathan Demme directed it in his best David Lynch mode, and the band, especially singer David Byrne, was possessed. I saw them on the Stop Making Sense tour. Here's a tasty taste. Sorry I couldn't narrow it down, but you have to watch the last one if nothing else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdp42fYKFZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pVjl4Rrtc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g42Xg-mAkGg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVHNwBbkSj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1Ro_wPGIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9aN93S8nl8

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So far I have seen none of the movies listed so far. That just means my movies have yet to come. :D

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Hannah And Her Sisters is one of the eight Woody Allen films I have watched this year in my journey through his films. Unfortunately it is my least favorite so far and did not make my list. I still think it is pretty good, just not great.

Have not heard of the other film.

I haven't seen Hannah and Her Sisters or any other Woody Allen film, and I never will. I don't like anything about the guy. I'm not at all surprised it made the list though.

I'm very surprised that Stop Making Sense made the list, although I think The Talking Heads are a great band.

I didn't vote for Dead Ringers but I'm surprised it only got 1 point. Out of all the films to get just one point, that's the only one I thought had a chance to make it.

I'm so pleased to see The Dark Crystal won't be showing up. :) That's one hugely overrated pile of crap I won't have to complain about. :up: Sadly, Aliens will. :(

The list hasn't started for me yet as I feel nothing for either film. Of course, I haven't seen Stop Making Sense, but that's because I'd have to turn the sound off to make it bearable and then I'd just be bored. :p

Despite that, one of my films has already shown up. :D

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/v...nceisBliss.jpg:)

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Are the songs really that different live? Enough to make someone who doesn't like Talking Heads like them?

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Did you look at my post above?

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Thanks for the videos Mark, actually looks quite intriguing. And I didn't realise they sang Psycho Killer, something about that daft, catchy song I've always loved.

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Great first two films. This list has promise.

Also, liking your choice of formatting, Skepsis. Looks good. And so quick to get the first two up, puts the rest of us to shame.

Yes, I forgot mentioning that. Looks good indeed!

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I forgot to mention that it puts Harry Lime to shame as well.

Hater.

Hey, did you vote for Three Crowns of the Sailor too?

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not telling.

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Damn. Now I wish I had placed it higher on my list, could have snuck it in.

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Linespalsy accidentally sent his list to me instead of Skepsis at first...

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Show us or it didn't happen.

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It didn't.

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it happened. bluedeed's post was right next to skepsis's and i was being sloppy as usual.

by accident, i actually posted it for a split second earlier today too. i'm a mess.

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I've never lied ever

Do you mean the post with the videos? If so, I hadn't, so I went back and played the first and last. The first, as it's the song of theirs I like the most and the last, as you recommended it before the others. I still don't understand your point. If it was that it's not your normal concert footage/movie, I agree. However, it's still a band playing music and, in this case, music I don't like much, so I wasn't going to enjoy it. With the second song, I actually turned the sound off about halfway through and, as I thought, it made it better, but I still wouldn't want to sit and watch it all like that.

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I expected both these films to make the list, and I thought both would be higher, I haven't seen either, but am particularly interested in watching more of WOODY Allen 80 films. I have seen four of his 80s movies, and one made my list.

Thanks. Well, I really don't care for The Dark Crystal at all. In fact, surprise, surprise, I don't think I've seen it. But I did think it was a big movie of the '80s that more people adored. But then I realized - this is Movie Forums. People here would rather watch The Dark Kimono.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Yeah, I knew that movie looked like a pretentious ass' wet dream.

That comment alone warrants my first act of Mannequin terrorism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQVrCflZ_E

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I find fault in those who use "pretentious" all the time as a form of criticism.

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That video is also for Harry Lime.

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Just reading the title now I have that damn song in my head.

Don't be so pretentious.

Good. It works. Thank you for the confirmation.

There should have been a movie about Starship instead of Talking Heads.

In regards to movies, not me.

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Maybe I'll use other '80s songs along the way. I could make a nice horrible soundtrack to the '80s countdown.

I didn't press play, but had it stuck in my head all afternoon, too. Fortunately I actually like that stupid song.