Holden Pike's Top 100 of the 1980s

1982

 1

  Blade Runner

1980

 2

  Raging Bull

1989

 3

  Do the Right Thing

1981

 4

  Raiders of the Lost Ark

1988

 5

  The Last Temptation of Christ

1985

 6

  Brazil

1984

 7

  Amadeus

1984

 8

  Once Upon a Time in America

1985

 9

  Ran

1981

 10

  Pennies from Heaven

1980

 11

  The Elephant Man

1984

 12

  Paris, Texas

1985

 13

  After Hours

1985

 14

  Come and See

1984

 15

  The Times of Harvey Milk

1982

 16

  Missing

1988

 17

  Bird

1989

 18

  Crimes and Misdemeanors

1981

 19

  Modern Romance

1987

 20

  Matewan

1987

 21

  Wings of Desire

1980

 22

  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1986

 23

  The Mosquito Coast

1982

 24

  The King of Comedy

1987

 25

  Full Metal Jacket

1987

 26

  Raising Arizona

1988

 27

  Die Hard

1988

 28

  Rain Man

1987

 29

  Broadcast News

1987

 30

  The Princess Bride

1982

 31

  Fitzcarraldo

1982

 32

  Burden of Dreams

1984

 33

  Ghostbusters

1985

 34

  Lost in America

1986

 35

  Aliens

1982

 36

  Diner

1988

 37

  The Thin Blue Line

1982

 38

  Fanny and Alexander

1984

 39

  This Is Spinal Tap

1986

 40

  Platoon

1982

 41

  The Verdict

1982

 42

  The Thing

1980

 43

  The Blues Brothers

1984

 44

  Under the Volcano

1980

 45

  The Shining

1982

 46

  Tootsie

1988

 47

  Cinema Paradiso

1985

 48

  Witness

1980

 49

  Airplane!

1981

 50

  Time Bandits

1984

 51

  The Killing Fields

1988

 52

  Eight Men Out

1987

 53

  Angel Heart

1981

 54

  Blow Out

1988

 55

  Clean and Sober

1984

 56

  The Terminator

1985

 57

  Vagabond

1983

 58

  Heat and Dust

1988

 59

  Bull Durham

1981

 60

  Reds

1988

 61

  Akira

2005

 62

  The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

1986

 63

  Something Wild

1986

 64

  The Fly

1989

 65

  The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover

1987

 66

  RoboCop

1988

 67

  Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989

 68

  When Harry Met Sally...

1988

 69

  The Vanishing

1989

 70

  Roger & Me

1984

 71

  Stop Making Sense

1986

 72

  Down by Law

1988

 73

  Midnight Run

1981

 74

  My Dinner with Andre

1982

 75

  Fast Times at Ridgemont High

1981

 76

  Thief

1989

 77

  Drugstore Cowboy

1982

 78

  Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1989

 79

  Glory

1982

 80

  My Favorite Year

1986

 81

  Blue Velvet

1988

 82

  Story of Women

1985

 83

  To Live and Die in L.A.

1984

 84

  Beverly Hills Cop

1987

 85

  Near Dark

1988

 86

  Biloxi Blues

1989

 87

  Mystery Train

1981

 88

  An American Werewolf in London

1989

 89

  Sex, Lies, and Videotape

1986

 90

  The Mission

1985

 91

  Desert Hearts

1986

 92

  True Stories

1988

 93

  The Chocolate War

1988

 94

  A Fish Called Wanda

1987

 95

  Withnail & I

1982

 96

  The World According to Garp

1989

 97

  Jesus of Montreal

1989

 98

  Say Anything...

1983

 99

  The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1989

 100

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