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My revised list...

Akira ('88)
The Blues Brothers ('80)
Brazil ('85)
Raging Bull ('80)
Raiders of the Lost Ark ('81)
Repo Man ('84)
The Shining ('80)
The Thing ('82)
This Is Spinal Tap ('84)
Withnail and I ('87)

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srsly.raging bull.

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You should work up a list as well, Marky!

I'll update mine in a few days. I'm not sure why I quoted him in my last post, saying I left Sex, Lies, and Videotape off of my list. it was right there. :rolleyes:

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ahh the 80's, If only I had a TV back in the 80's! unfortunatally living in rural ireland we did not have a TV untill about 1986.
We also finally got a cinema, think the first film I saw there was infact that Michael Jackson film!

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The Shame!!!!!!!!!!1

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01. Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese
02. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Sergio Leone
03. Rumble Fish (1983) Francis Ford Coppola
04. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen
05. The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick
06. Dead Poets Society (1989) Peter Weir
07. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Gus Van Sant
08. The Last Emperor (1987) Bernardo Bertolucci
09. Rain Man (1988) Barry Levinson
10. The King of Comedy (1983) Martin Scorsese

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10.The King Of Comedy (1983, Scorsese)

9.Ghostbusters (1984, Reitman)

8.Brazil (1985, Gilliam)

7.Blade Runner (1982, Scott)

6.The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Kershner)

5.Back To The Future (1985, Zemeckis)

4.Who Frammed Roger Rabbit? (1988, Zemeckis)

3.Stranger Than Paradise (1984, Jarmusch)

2.The King And The Mockingbird (1980, Grimault)

1.Scarface (1983, De Palma)

No order;

"Scarface"
"Beverly Hills Cop"
"Hellraiser"
"The Killer"
"Amadeus"
"Blues Brothers"
"Die Hard"
"Ran"
"A Chinese Ghost Story"
"The Long Good Friday"

Manhunter
Aliens
Raging Bull
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Robocop
Once Upon a Time in America
The Thing
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Cinema Paradiso
Broadway Danny Rose

(I haven't included Blade Runner because I only like the director's cut released in 1993)

Bubbling under...

The Terminator
The Empire Strikes Back
The Fly
Used Cars
The King of Comedy

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Decalogue
The Empire Strikes Back
Wings of Desire
Do the Right Thing
Blade Runner
Raging Bull
A Christmas Story
This Is Spinal Tap
Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources

Hell, forgot about "spinal Tap".

I hate lists! Just had to add "Amadeus" to mine...Bye bye Rupert Pupkin.

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I'll have to think about this for awhile but one of my all time fve movies from the 80's is Dirty Dancing :D. It's such an amazing movie & one of my all time fave Dance flicks :D.

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1. Ghostbusters
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
3. Back To The Future
4. Beetlejuice
5. Lethal Weapon
6. Batman
7. The Breakfast Club
8. Weird Science
9. Ferris bueller's Day Off
10. The Burbs

My Faves:



10. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
....and how do we know that this werewolf is an American?
Because he wants to be a Pepper.
And wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?

9. The Verdict (1982)
Paul Newman in an amazing court case drama, depicting a fight-the-system story of a man seeking justice against the advice of his closest colleague/partner, the mega-structure of the malpractice status quo, the will of a high priced large legal-firm, his own clients' wishes, and most of all, against his own inner demons.

8. Raging Bull (1980)
Okay, seriously, do I really need to explain this one?

7. Ran (1985)
The sweeping Shakespearian epic from the visonary dream of Akira Kurosawa.

6. The Abyss (1989)
"Close Encounters Of The Under-Water Kind".
Or maybe even "The Day The Ocean Stood Still".

5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A moving picture showing that when it comes to a deep longing for love in the form of kindness & friendship, we humans are not alone.
And all we have to do to get it, even on a universally galactic level, is to just "be.... good".

4. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Okay, seriously, do I really need to explain this one?

3. Gandhi (1982)
The British Empire, humbled via one man & the power of peaceful resistance.
Nuff said.

2. Indiana Jones & The Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Best.
Action.
Adventure.
Movie.
Ever.

1. Aliens (1986)
In this sequel to the non-plural installment of the series, Ripley is back. And this time around, she arms herself with some big guns & with an even bigger attitude of instead of squaring off against just one xenomorph, she's taking on a whole hive full of them. And their momma too.

I like Smokey and The Bandit from the´80s
Burt Reynolds and Sally Field is orsom together spicule Sally Filed so ratent and butyful.

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Well I don't have a whole list but if there was an official list I would have wanted Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back and the Back to the Future Series should be included in it! I liked those movies a lot and they were also critically acclaimed :D

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No Order
Back To The Future (1985)
Platoon (1986)
Breakfast Club (1985)
Star Wars:Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
The Terminator (1984)
Star Wars:Episode VI The Return Of The Jedi (1983)
Top Gun (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Diehard (1989)

Aliens
Die Hard
The Killer (42ndStreetFreak I like your taste)
Blue Brothers
The Thing
The Shining
The Fly (Would be an idiot, if I didn't include it)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Evil Dead 1...AND 2!!!
The Terminator

Okay so there's technically eleven BUT wait there's more...

Friday the 13th
Blade Runner
Hellraiser
The Empire Strikes Back & Return of The Jedi
Planes, Trains & Automobiles


And there's probably so many more that I can't remember at the moment.

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Blade Runner-I know honeykid you think it's overrated, but its just such a beautiful movie
American Werewolf in London-the story is amazing and the effects are still good to date
Labyrinth-coolest fantasy movie ever, david b is great
Die Hard-you know you love it too
Ferris Bueller's Day Off-"my sister wears alot of eye make up, some people say she looks like a whore"
Hellrasier-first torcher porn flick?
Lethal Weapon- great acting, he wasn't always crazy, lets pay him the respect he deserves
First Blood-ya rambo, still making good flicks to this day
Risky Business-just take that old record off the shelf!
Tango and Cash- again, just gotta love it
Say Anything- the love of my life better hold a boom box over his head
The Fly- there isn't a better movie like it out there
Twilight Zone The Movie- what was that little thing out on the plane?
The Breakfast Club-classic teen movie, its good
Lost Boys-f*ck twilight!

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and nightmare on elm street, i dont know how i missed that one!

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When I look at the best movies of the '80's, I think it is the worst decade for film in comparison.

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Although I think it's overrated as a film, there's no denying its place in sci-fi history. I'd guess that Lang's Metropolis is the only other film that could claim to be as influencial in terms of how sci-fi films look. Without Blade Runner, there'd be no Matrix... Which is just another reason not to like it. :p

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Fair enough honeykid, fair enough :)

right now

Altered States [Ken Russell] 1980
The Big Red One [Samuel Fuller] 1980
Cruising [William Fredkin] 1980
Heaven's Gate [Michael Cimino] 1980
Inside Moves [Richard Donner] 1980
Melvin and Howard [Johathan Demme] 1980
The Ninth Configuration [William Peter Blatty] 1980
The Shining [Stanley Kubrick] 1980
The Empire Strikes Back [Irvin Kershner] 1980
The Stunt Man [Richard Rush] 1980



Blow Out [Brian De Palma] 1981
Das Boot [Wolfgang Petersen] 1981
Escape From New York [John Carpenter] 1981
Fort Apache, The Bronx [Daniel Petrie] 1981
Mad Max 2 Road Warrior [George Miller] 1981
Prince of the City [Sidney Lumet] 1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark [Steven Spielberg] 1981
Rollover [Alan J. Pakula] 1981
Scanners [David Cronenberg] 1981
They All Laughed [Peter Bogdanovich] 1981



48hrs [Walter Hill] 1982
Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] 1982
E.T. [Steven Spielberg] 1982
Hammett [Wem Winders] 1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip [Joe Layton] 1982
The Secret of NIMH [Don Bluth] 1982
John Carpenter's The Thing [John Carpenter] 1982
The Verdict [Sidney Lumet] 1982
Victor Victoria [Blake Edwards] 1982
White Dog [Sumuel Fuller] 1982
The World According to Garp [George Roy Hill] 1982



The Dead Zone [David Cronenberg] 1983
Le Dernier Combat [Luc Besson] 1983
The King of Comedy [Martin Scorsese] 1983
Local Hero [Bill Forsyth] 1983
Nostalghia [Andrei Tarkovsky] 1983
The Right Stuff [Philip Kaufman] 1983
Scarface [Brian De Palma] 1983
Trading Places [John Landis] 1983
Videodrome [David Cronenberg] 1983
Zelig [Woody Allen] 1983



Amadeus [Milos Forman] 1984
Body Double [Brian De Palma] 1984
Broadway Danny Rose [Woody Allen] 1984
Iceman [Fred Schepisi] 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Steven Spielberg] 1984
Mike's Murder [James Bridges] 1984
Once Upon a Time in America [Sergio Leone] 1984
Paris, Texas [Wim Wenders] 1984
Streets of fire [Walter hill] 1984
The Terminator [James Cameron] 1984



After Hours [Martin Scorsese] 1985
Brazil [Terry Gillam] 1985
Flesh & Blood [Paul Verhoeven] 1985
Fletch [Michael Ritchie] 1985
Legend [Ridley Scott] 1985
My Life as a Dog [Lasse Hallström] 1985
The Quiet Earth [Geoff Murphy] 1985
Runaway Train [Andrei Konchalovsky] 1985
To Live and Die in L.A. [William Fredkin] 1985
Year of the Dragon [Michael Cimino] 1985



Aliens [James Cameron ] 1986
Blue Velvet [David Lynch] 1986
The Color of Money [Martin Scorsese] 1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills [Paul Mazursky] 1986
Down by Law [Jim Jarmusch] 1986
Manhunter [Michael Mann] 1986
The Mosquito Coast [Peter Weir] 1986
Platoon [Oliver Stone] 1986
Salvador [Oliver Stone] 1986
Stand By Me [Rob Reiner] 1986



Angel Heart [Alan Parker] 1987
The Big Easy [Jim McBride] 1987
Evil Dead II [Sam Raimi] 1987
Full Metal Jacket [Stanley Kubrick] 1987
Hope and Glory [John Boorman] 1987
Lethal Weapon [Richard Donner] 1987
Matewan [John Sayles] 1987
The Princess Bride [Rob Reiner] 1987
RoboCop [Paul Verhoeven] 1987
Tin Men [Barry Levinson] 1987



The Beast [Kevin Reynolds] 1988
Cinema Paradiso [Giuseppe Tornatore] 1988
Colors [Dennis Hopper] 1988
Decalogue V [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VI [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VII [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Decalogue VIII [Krzysztof Kieslowski] 1988
Die Hard [John McTiernan] 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ [Martin Scorsese] 1988
Midnight Run [Martin Beast] 1988
Rain Man [Barry Levinson] 1988
The Thin Blue Line [Errol Morris] 1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Pedro Almodóvar] 1988



The Abyss [James Cameron] 1989
Born on the Fourth of July [Oliver Stone] 1989
Breaking In [Bill Forsyth] 1989
Casualties of War [Brian De Palma] 1989
Cohen and Tate [Eric Red] 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover [Peter Greenaway] 1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors [Woody Allen] 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Steven Spielberg] 1989
Lean on Me [John G. Avildsen] 1989
Say Anything...[Cameron Crowe] 1989

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Back to the Future II
Uncle Buck
Paris, Texas
The Breakfast Club (any of the Molly Ringwald movies)
Beetlejuice
Dirty Dancing
Steel Magnolias
Rain Man
The Shining
When Harry Met Sally

Hold on now. Tango & Cash was good, and Commando was classic! Cobra is good too, a fine example of a good 80's action movie. I actually think that I saw that in the theater. I thought it was so cool that Stallone walked around with an unlit match in his mouth. Haha. Maybe I like them more because I was a kid when they came out. I also can't believe that I haven't seen anyone list The Karate Kid. I remember seeing that at the theater, it was a double feature with Return of the Jedi.

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1. Dirty Dancing
2. Rain Man
3. The Adventures of Milo and Otis
4. The Little Mermaid
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
6. An Officer and a Gentleman
7. Terms of Endearment
8. The Fox and the Hound
9. Look Who’s Talking
10. Risky Business

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1. Rain Man
2. The Brave Little Toaster
3. Glory

All in all, aside from Rain Man, nothing really intrigues me from the 80's yet, though this is probably the decade that I've seen the least of, for one reason or another.

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Rain Man
Terminator
ET
Full Metal Jacket
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Batman/The Empire Strikes Back
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Little Mermaid
Dead Poets Society

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There are so many great movies from what I believe is the best era in film to even choose from.

1. Some Kind Of Wonderful(My Favorite Movie)
2. Dead Poets Society (Robin Williams & Ethan Hawke are brilliant)
3. The Outsiders( what a compilation of great actors for this movie)
4. The Breakfast Club (the brilliant mind of the late John Hughes)
5. Can't Buy Me Love ( this movie may seem silly, but actually Patrick Dempsey isn't bad at all)
6. Pretty In Pink ( Molly Ringwald was great, but Jon Cryer steals the show in this one)
7. Sixteen Candles (another brilliant performance by Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall was great to.)
8. St. Elmos Fire: (another great ensemble of actors and actresses)
9. Taps: (Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise give a great performance)
10. The Princess Bride: (A Classic for all ages)
8.

Best Movies of the 80's
 

1. Back to the Future Triology
2. Trading Places
3. The Blues Brothers
5. Brewster's Millions
6. Coming to America
7. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8. Beverley Hills Cop Triology
9. The Man with Two Brains

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Fanny and Alexander
Once Upon a Time in America
Topio stin omichli
Offret - Sacrificatio
Pisma myortvogo cheloveka
Blade Runner
Elephant Man
Platoon
Lethal Weapon 1
Lethal Weapon 2

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1. Elephant Man
2. The Shining
3. Fright night
4. Raging Bull
5. Poltergeist
6. Back to the Future
7. Back to the Future II
8. Ghostbusters
9. Pink Floyd the Wall
10. Uncle Buck

I think this is the weakest decade in film

I think I had watch several old movies but could not remember the titles..too bad :)

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Oh man, so many good ones to choose from! In no particular order...

The Goonies
The Terminator
The Thing
Critters
Ghostbusters
Evil Dead
Aliens
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Shining

Watch Once Upon a time in America, that's an extremely intriguing film and if you like sci fi, you just can't go wrong with Empire Strikes Back.

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I won't make a top 10 just yet, it is so tough. One of the best decades for film in my opinion.

Still have lots to see, of course, but here's my ten, in no particular order:

Back to the Future (Zemeckis, '85)
The Breakfast Club (Hughes, '85)
Airplane! (Zucker, Abrahams & Zucker, '80)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, '81)
The Princess Bride (Reiner, '87)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Soderbergh, '89)
Dead Poet's Society (Weir, '89)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Heckerling, '82)
When Harry Met Sally... (Reiner, '89)
Do the Right Thing (Lee, '89)

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My personal favorite 10 of the 80s in no order are...

Back to the Future (zemeckis)
Ghostbusters (reitman)
The Burbs (Dante)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (craven)
Big Trouble in Little China (carpenter)
The Thing (carpenter)
Blood Simple (Coen bros)
Day of the Dead (romero)
The Terminator (cameron)
Beetlejuice (burton)

Honorable mention ET, Poltergeist, every film Directed by John Hughes and about the 10 others he wrote. Basically every Carpenter, Craven, Dante film of the 80s, and Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedie. So many more. Tough to make a top 10.

Very nice list. Carpenter was killin' it in the 80s. I have probably seen about 70 percent of these and heard of almost every one. Where is De Palma's Blowout?

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No Order.

The Shinning
Full Metal Jacket
Scarface
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
The Untouchables
Platoon
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Breakfast Club
Field Of Dreams
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Love em em all but haven't seen Untouchables.

I have a soft spot for movies from the 80's as well as for making lists, so i made a top 10 per year.

1980
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1. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
2. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
3. Altered States (Ken Russel)
4. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
5. Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma)
6. Cruising (William Friedkin)
7. Maniac (William Lustig)
8. The Elephant Man (David Lynch)
9. The Fog (John Carpenter)
10. Arrebato (Iván Zulueta)

1981
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1. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
2. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski)
3. Scanners (David Cronenberg)
4. Escape from New York (John Carpenter)
5. The Beyond (Lucio Fulci)
6. The Entity (Sidney J. Furie)
7. The Road Warrior (George Miller)
8. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis)
9. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
10. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)

1982
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1. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
2. The Thing (John Carpenter)
3. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
4. Tenebre (Dario Argento)
5. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper)
6. Rambo: First Blood (Ted Kotcheff)
7. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling)
8. Tron (Steven Lisberger)
9. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (Enzo G. Castellari)
10. Conan the Barbarian (John Milius)

1983
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1. Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
2. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand)
3. The Meaning of Life (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)
4. Zappa (Bille August)
5. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg)
6. Miniatures (Peter Tscherkassky)
7. The Boxer's Omen (Chih-Hung Kwei)
8. Vigilante (William Lustig)
9. Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik)
10. Xtro (Harry Bromley Davenport)

1984
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1. The Terminator (James Cameron)
2. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
4. Repo Man (Alex Cox)
5. Threads (Mick Jackson)
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven)
7. C.H.U.D. (Douglas Cheek)
8. Midt om natten (Erik Balling)
9. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)
10. 1984 (Michael Radford)

1985
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1. Come and See (Elem Klimov)
2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
3. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
4. The Quiet Earth (Geoff Murphy)
5. Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon)
6. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero)
7. Manufraktur (Peter Tscherkassky)
8. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Ogilvie, George Miller)
9. Demons (Lamberto Bava)
10. To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin)

1986
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1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
2. The Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky)
3. Aliens (James Cameron)
4. The Hitcher (Robert Harmon)
5. The Fly (David Cronenberg)
6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton)
7. Combat Shock (Buddy Giovinazzo)
8. Manhunter (Michael Mann)
9. Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch)
10. From Beyond (Stuart Gordon)

1987
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1. Where Is The Friend's Home? (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven)
3. Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi)
4. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
5. Hellraiser (Clive Barker)
6. Predator (John McTiernan)
7. Street Trash (J. Michael Muro)
8. Blood Diner (Jackie Kong)
9. Dolls (Stuart Gordon)
10. Hell Comes to Frogtown (Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer)

1988
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1. Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo)
2. The Vanishing (George Sluizer)
3. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata)
4. They Live (John Carpenter)
5. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)
6. The Blob (Chuck Russell)
7. Child's Play (Tom Holland)
8. Deadbeat at Dawn (Jim Van Bebber)
9. Die Hard (John McTiernan)
10. Slugs (Juan Piquer Simón)

1989
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1. Santa sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
2. Visitor of a Museum (Konstantin Lopushansky)
3. The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke)
4. A City of Sadness (Hsiao-hsien Hou)
5. Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch)
6. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto)
7. Batman (Tim Burton)
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg)
9. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant)
10. The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements, John Musker)

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Updated list, no particular order:

Back to the Future
Tootsie
My Dinner with Andre
Blue Velvet
Hannah and Her Sisters
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
The Breakfast Club
Dead Poets Society
Do the Right Thing
The Purple Rose of Cairo

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1) Raging Bull
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5) The Elephant Man
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6) Once upon a time in America
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7) Full Metal Jacket
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8) This is Spinal Tap
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9) Amadeus
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10) Scarface
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Looks like I never did get round to posting that list, so I'll post 10 movies I absolutely love from the 80s in no particular order:

The Empire Strikes Back (Lucas/Kersher)
The Terminator (James Cameron)
Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
Ghostbusters (Ivan Rietman)
Platoon (Oliver Stone)
Tampopo (Juzo Itami)
Die Hard (John McTiernan)
Rambo: First Blood (Ted Kotcheff)
Predator (John McTiernan)

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Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
Rain Man (Barry Levinson)
The Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg)
Aliens (James Cameron)
Ferris Buellers Day Off (John Hughes)
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
Tron (Steven Lisberger)
Trading Places (John Landis)
My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki)

All of the above had to be mentioned too

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

1) Fanny and Alexander
2) Blue Velvet
3) Blow Out
4) The Shining
5) The Empire Strikes Back
6) Blade Runner
7) Dressed to Kill
8) Ran
9) Dead Ringers
10) The Terrorizers

And to make it to the top20:

My favorite decade:

1. Aliens
2. The Thing
3. Southern Comfort
4. First Blood
5. The Road Warrior
6. The 'Burbs
7. Return to Oz
8. Die Hard
9. Extreme Prejudice
10. Rambo: First Blood Part II

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

RJMacReady from your avatar I am surprised one of the movies on my list did not make yours.

10. Heavy Metal
9. The Toxic Avenger
8. Evil Dead II
7. Raging Bull
6. The King of Comedy
5. Escape from New York
4. The Terminator
3. The Road Warrior
2. Die Hard
1. Red Dawn

Sci-fi/fantasy- These are my pics...

1. Escape From New York
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Terminator
4. Aliens
5. The Road Warrior
6. Predator
7. Starman
8. The Abyss
9. E.T.
10. Back To The Furture

There are so many great movies from the 80s, Heavy Metal is up there. Your list is pretty awesome. Have you ever seen Invasion U.S.A.? If Red Dawn is your favorite you have to have some appreciation for Invasion U.S.A.

It is on my list of very over due to watch movies

Let's see, among my top 10 of the 1980's there are the 4 movies Miyazaki made:

- Nausicaa
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Nausicaa.jpg

- Castle in the Sky
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...in_the_Sky.jpg

- My Neighbor Totoro
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...bor_Totoro.jpg

- Kiki's Delivery Service
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...ry_Service.jpg

And also Takahata's:

- Grave of the Fireflies
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p..._Fireflies.jpg

Also another Ghibli's animation.

Plus, I would also include the following "normal" movies:

- Blade Runner (Scott)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...ade_Runner.jpg

- Ran (Kurosawa)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Ran.jpg

- The Terminator (Cameron)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...Terminator.jpg

- Aliens (Cameron)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Aliens.jpg

- Back to the Future (Zemeckis)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...the_Future.jpg

Besides these, I might extent my top 10 to a top 20 and include:

- Once Upon a Time in America (Leone)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...me_in_1984.jpg

- Road Warrior (Miller)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p.../Mad_Max_2.jpg

- Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p..._Alexander.jpg

- The Shining (Kubrick)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...he_Shining.jpg

- Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...tal_Jacket.jpg

- The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p..._Episode_V.jpg

- Nostalghia (Tarkovsky)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...Nostalghia.jpg

- Blue Velvet (Lynch)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...lue_Velvet.jpg

- The Elephant Man (Lynch)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...ephant_Man.jpg

- First Blood (Stallone)
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/p...irst_Blood.jpg

Re: Top Ten movies of the '80s
 

In no particular order, these movies should be on a top 10 list :) :
Back to the Future
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Empire Strikes Back