Criterionforums List Project: The 1980s (2009)


  1. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  2. Ran (1985)
  3. Blade Runner (1982)
  4. Raging Bull (1980)
  5. Blue Velvet (1986)
  6. The Shining (1980)
  7. Do the Right Thing (1989)
  8. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  9. Come and See (1985)
  10. Dekalog (1989)
  11. Veronika Voss (1982)
  12. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
  13. Wings of Desire (1987)
  14. L'Argent (1983)
  15. Videodrome (1983)
  16. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  17. The King of Comedy (1982)
  18. The Sacrifice (1986)
  19. The Right Stuff (1983)
  20. Paris, Texas (1984)
  21. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  22. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  23. Sans Soleil (1983)
  24. To Our Loves (1983)
  25. Down by Law (1986)
  26. The Thing (1982)
  27. Vagabond (1985)
  28. Brazil (1985)
  29. The Dead (1987)
  30. Zelig (1983)
  31. Dead Ringers (1988)
  32. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  33. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
  34. Sherman's March (1986)
  35. The Elephant Man (1980)
  36. Blood Simple (1984)
  37. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  38. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  39. After Hours (1985)
  40. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  41. Nostalgia (1983)
  42. Alice (1988)
  43. Atlantic City (1980)
  44. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
  45. Black Rain (1989, Imamura)
  46. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
  47. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
  48. Something Wild (1986)
  49. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
  50. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
  51. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
  52. Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
  53. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
  54. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
  55. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
  56. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  57. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
  58. The Vanishing (1988)
  59. Street of Crocodiles (1986)
  60. Blow Out (1981)
  61. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
  62. Possession (1981)
  63. The Fly (1986)
  64. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
  65. The Terrorisers (1986)
  66. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  67. Mystery Train (1989)
  68. They All Laughed (1981)
  69. Radio Days (1987)
  70. Santa Sangre (1989)
  71. Bad Timing (1980)
  72. The Green Ray (1986)
  73. Aliens (1986)
  74. Lola (1981)
  75. My American Uncle (1980)
  76. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
  77. Heaven's Gate (1980)
  78. Stardust Memories (1980)
  79. The Aviator's Wife (1981)
  80. A City of Sadness (1989)
  81. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  82. The Falls (1980)
  83. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  84. Raising Arizona (1987)
  85. Ballad of Narayama (1983)
  86. Gang of Four (1989)
  87. The Killer (1989)
  88. A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
  89. The Big Red One (1980)
  90. Lost in America (1985)
  91. Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
  92. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
  93. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
  94. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
  95. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  96. Amadeus (1984)
  97. House of Games (1987)
  98. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  99. Detective (1985)
  100. Elephant (1989)