I'm going to speed things up and not wait for the 90s competition to end. Same rules apply here, only difference is that I've surveyed 100 people to find the top 32 movies in the 80s instead of having the forum debate where anything got thrown in. It honestly ached me to see Instinct contest the 90s poll without The Piano or Fargo as candidates.
I didn't really survey. I just picked them myself but I think they're fair.
Just to inform. The winners of every decade from the 20s,30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s and 90s will then form the last 8 to compete to decide on the crown for Best Movie.
The 80s
Raging Bull v Parenthood
Ran v Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fanny and Alexander v The Elephant Man
Once Upon A Time in America v The Princess Bride
King of Comedy v Do the Right Thing
Back to the Future v Cinema Paradiso
Wings of Desire v Amadeus
Raising Arizona v The Empire Strikes Back
Au Revoir Les Enfants v Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? v Raiders of the Lost Ark
Airplane! v When Harry Met Sally
Pelle The Conqueror v RoboCop
Tootsie v Field Of Dreams
This is Spinal Tap v Hannah and Her Sisters
Witness v Blue Velvet
E.T. v Glory
I haven't seen all these movies so they're not a personal preference. I'd have put in Henry V, American Werewolf in London, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure but I haven't seen much praise for those films on the site so I left them out. I think the films above come close enough to pleasing both the movie lovers and the film lovers.
Let the 80s battle begin.
I didn't really survey. I just picked them myself but I think they're fair.
Just to inform. The winners of every decade from the 20s,30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s and 90s will then form the last 8 to compete to decide on the crown for Best Movie.
The 80s
Raging Bull v Parenthood
Ran v Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fanny and Alexander v The Elephant Man
Once Upon A Time in America v The Princess Bride
King of Comedy v Do the Right Thing
Back to the Future v Cinema Paradiso
Wings of Desire v Amadeus
Raising Arizona v The Empire Strikes Back
Au Revoir Les Enfants v Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? v Raiders of the Lost Ark
Airplane! v When Harry Met Sally
Pelle The Conqueror v RoboCop
Tootsie v Field Of Dreams
This is Spinal Tap v Hannah and Her Sisters
Witness v Blue Velvet
E.T. v Glory
I haven't seen all these movies so they're not a personal preference. I'd have put in Henry V, American Werewolf in London, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure but I haven't seen much praise for those films on the site so I left them out. I think the films above come close enough to pleasing both the movie lovers and the film lovers.
Let the 80s battle begin.
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I couldn't believe that she knew my name. Some of my best friends didn't know my name.