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Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Repo — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:47:52 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 11/23/2022 02:47

Amazing project, Hayden!!! Psyched to work through all of these!!! 😁

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Hayden — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:32:39 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/22/2022 15:32

Thanks guys.

I actually had the next five ready, but I thought leaving a 'top 35' was odd 🤣

I should have time to post the rest tonight.

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Olli — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:49:18 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 11/22/2022 13:49

i want as next round a 1920's Poll? 😄

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EyeKanFly — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:13:13 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 11/22/2022 13:13

Great work Hayden!

I can't believe it didn't even cross my mind to include Purple Rain or other Prince albums in the list of best scores. Granted, I haven't seen PR or any of his other films, but I've heard the music and probably would've ranked it higher than some stuff I had on there.

Looking forward to the top 40 (there's a few of my favorites that I already know must be in there, it's shaping up to be a solid list)

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:17:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/22/2022 12:17

Really good stuff, thanks Hayden for putting this together so well.

Looking forward to the top 40. I still think Brazil for the win ( not a world cup reference btw), though maybe Blade Runner could win best soundtrack and best film with a late surge there 🤔

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Hayden — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:44:34 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/21/2022 12:44

And that's a wrap 😄

List will be posted this week.

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

MadhattanJack — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:52:41 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 11/21/2022 05:52

TodFitz wrote:

I'm not sure what my list did, but I'm glad it did something.

You included Major League? 🤔

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

TodFitz — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:40:11 GMT

Author: TodFitz

Posted: 11/21/2022 03:40

[quote="Hayden"]*blows away the smoke from my keyboard*

TodFitz — Your list did something no other list did, and something I was starting to think wouldn't happen. It might not be obvious though.

I'm not sure what my list did, but I'm glad it did something.

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Hayden — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 21:24:39 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/21/2022 02:24

*blows away the smoke from my keyboard*

All tallied 😄

Cestuneblague— your list is great (the full 180 too). Along with Dbz I'll be taking a few recs off of there... (I mean, at least a dozen)

EyeKanFly — Because I have the data on what's new to your list, etc, I'm glad to see the additions 😜 Son of the White Mare almost made my list as well... it would have been somewhere in the bottom 10, but I kept thinking about adding it. Babylon is another film on my to-watch list... (as well as the new completely unrelated one coming out next month :D)

TodFitz — Your list did something no other list did, and something I was starting to think wouldn't happen. It might not be obvious though.

Special thanks to all those who submitted their score lists today. Turns out, it won't be cancelled 😁

Also, the 101-120 range is now causing me pain 😢
So good... so close... so far away...

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

EyeKanFly — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:59:41 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 11/21/2022 00:59

https://letterboxd.com/eyekanfly/list/ekfs-top-films-of-the-80s/

Updated to 82 films.

Best scores:
1. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Koyaanisqatsi
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Top Gun
5. Akira
6. Thief
7. When Harry Met Sally...
8. Chariots of Fire
9. Predator
10. Footloose
(if either Top Gun and/or Footloose don't count, here are the next 2)
11. Damnation
12. My Neighbor Totoro

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

cestuneblague — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:01:26 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 11/20/2022 23:01

No Bill & Ted or Stallone or Dolph make this a weird 80's list, but that's just how it shakes out I guess.

Repo Man (1984; Alex Cox)
Fanny and Alexander (1982; Ingmar Bergman)
Come and See (1985; Elem Klimov)
Robocop (1987; Paul Verhoeven)
Sans Soleil (1983; Chris Marker)
Do the Right Thing (1989; Spike Lee)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986; John McNaughton)
Streetwise (1984; Martin Bell)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981; Penelope Spheeris)
E.T- the Extra Terrestrial (1982; Steven Spielberg)
The King of Comedy (1982; Martin Scorsese)
Vagabond (1985; Agnes Varda)
My Neighbor Tortoro (1988; Hayao Miyazaki)
Paris, Texas (1984; Wim Wenders)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980; Irvin Kershner)
Tree of Knowledge (1981; Nils Malmros)
Matewan (1987; John Sayles)
The Long Good Friday (1980; John McKenzie)
Black Rain (1989; Shohei Imamura)
Les Bons Debarres (1980; Francis Mankiewicz)
Raging Bull (1980; Martin Scorsese)
The New York Ripper (1982; Lucio Fulci)
Heathers (1989; Michael Lehmann)
A Nos Amours (1983; Maurice Pialat)
Pixote (1980; Hector Babenco)
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985; Tim Burton)
Out of the Blue (1980; Dennis Hopper)
The Terminator (1984; James Cameron)
Phenomena (1985; Dario Argento)
Sid and Nancy (1986; Alex Cox)
Talk Radio (1988; Oliver Stone)
The Thing (1982; John Carpenter)
Videodrome (1983; David Croneberg)
A City of Sadness (1989; Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
Taipei Story (1989; Edward Yang)
Betty Blue (1986; Jean-Jacques Beineix)
Zelig (1983; Woody Allen)
Christiane F. (1981; Uli Edel)
Blow Out (1981; Brian De Palma)
Full Metal Jacket (1987; Stanley Kubrick)
The Killer (1989; John Woo)
Landscape in the mist (1988; Theo Angeloupoulous)
The Last Unicorn (1982; Jules Bass; Arthur Rankin Jr)
Better Off Dead (1985: Savage Steve Holland)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988; Isao Takahata)
Labyrinth (1986; Jim Henson)
Der Fan (1982; Eckhart Schmidt)
Re-Animator (1985; Stuart Gordon)
Celia (1989; Ann Miller)
Airplane (1980; Zucker-Abrams)
Peking Opera Blues (1986; Tsui Hark)
Predator (1987; John McTiernan)
Never Cry Wolf (1983; Carrol Ballard)
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987; Kazuo Hara)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987; Louis Malle)
Angst (1983; Gerald Kargl)
Beetlejuice (1988; Tim Burton)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985; Paul Schrader)
Manhunter (1986; Michael Mann)
An American Werewolf in London (1981; John Landis)
The Falls (1980; Peter Greenaway)
School on Fire (1988; Ringo Lam)
Fitzcarraldo (1982; Werner Herzog)
Love Streams (1984; John Cassavattes)
Mona Lisa (1986; Neil Jordan)
Walker (1987; Alex Cox)
La Femme de l’aviateur (1981; Eric Rohmer)
Sleepaway Camp (1983; Robert Hiltzik)
Lucas (1986; David Seltzer)
The Victim (1980; Sammo Hung)
The Matador (1986; Pedro Almadovar)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986; Woody Allen)
Threads (1984; Mick Jackson)
Real Genius (1985; Martha Coolidge)
Conan the Barbarian (1982; John Milius)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988; Martin Scorsese)
Das Boot (1981; Wolfgang Peterson)
Motherland Hotel (1987; Omer Kavur)
Parting Glances (1986; Bill Sherwood)
The Evil Dead (1981; Sam Raimi)
This is Spinal Tap (1984; Rob Reiner)
Nomad (1982; Patrick Tam)
Sound and Fury (1988; Jean-Claude Brisseau)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984; Rob Epstein)
Running on Empty (1988; Sidney Lumet)
The Street Player (1983; Mohammed Kahn)
Die Beruhrte (1981; Helma Sanders-Brahms)
The Vanishing (1988; George Sluzier)
Brazil (1985; Terry Gilliam)
The big Blue (1988; Luc Besson)
Sonatine (1984; Micheline Lanctot)
The Sacrifice (1986; Andrei Tarkovsky)
A Rustling of Leaves (1988; Nettie Wild)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989; Hal Hartley)
In the White City (1983; Alain Tanner)
Dogs in Space (1986; Richard Lowenstein)
The Hitcher (1986; Robert Harmon)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989; Don Bluth)
Miss Lonely (1985; Nobuhiko Obayashi)
Polyester (1981; John Waters)

Decided to leave off Prince: SIgn o the Times, which probs wouldn't have made the final cut anyways, and The Man Who Planted Trees would've been an easy top 10 were it longer than half an hour- definitely worth checking out considering it's one of the best things to ever come out of Quebecois cinema

For Scores? 😕

Der Fan
The Long Good Friday
Beverly Hills Cop
Do the Right Thing
This is Spinal Tap
The Blues Brothers
Prince of Darkness
Subway
The Breakfast Club
Nomad

Edit: I sold out awhile ago and do have it all dumped on a letterboxd list.

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Olli — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:29:11 GMT

Author: Olli

Posted: 11/20/2022 22:29

10 Best Music Scores

1. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (John Williams)
2. Blade Runner (Vangelis)
3. Escape From New York (John Carpenter In Association With Alan Howarth)
4. The Untouchables (Ennio Morricone)
5. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
6. E.T. (John Williams)
7. The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
8. Halloween II (John Carpenter In Association With Alan Howarth)
9. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (John Williams)
10. Return Of The Jedi (John Williams)

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

LedZep — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:27:50 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/20/2022 22:27

Hayden wrote:

As much as I appreciate the list LedZep, you just knocked one of my favourites out of the top 100 🤐

I'll make sure to watch that mystery favourite of yours after the list is out (if I haven't already seen it) in hopes of redemption 🤣

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

TodFitz — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:23:26 GMT

Author: TodFitz

Posted: 11/20/2022 22:23

This was really difficult to choose. I had 30+ films that could have made the cut.
Hayden, thank you for all your hard work on this!

01. Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982)
02. Evil Dead II - Sam Raimi (1987)
03. A Fish Called Wanda - Charles Crichton (1987)
04. Better Off Dead - Savage Steve Holland (1985)
05. Heathers - Michael Lehmanm (1988)
06. Die Hard - John McTiernan (1988)
07. The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
08. Beetlejuice – Tim Burton (1988)
09. The Cure In Orange - Tim Pope (1987)
10. Amadeus - Milos Forman (1984)
11. Scarface - Brian De Palma (1983)
12. Lethal Weapon - Richard Donner (1987)
13. The Keep - Michael Mann (1983)
14. An American Werewolf In London - John Landis (1981)
15. Aliens - James Cameron (1986)
16. Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (1981)
17. After Hours - Martin Scorsese (1985)
18. A Nightmare On Elm Street - Wes Craven (1984)
19. Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986)
20. Blow Out - Brian De Palma (1981)
21. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - George Miller (1981)
22. Hellraiser - Clive Barker (1987)
23. Raising Arizona - Joel & Ethan Coen (1987)
24. Body Double - Brian De Palma (1984)
25. Manhunter - Michael Mann (1986)
26. They Live - John Carpenter (1988)
27. Videodrome - David Cronenberg (1983)
28. Sixteen Candles - John Hughes (1984)
29. No Way Out - Roger Donaldson (1987)
30. Say Anything - Cameron Crowe (1989)
31. The Return Of The Living Dead - Dan O'Bannon (1985)
32. Major League - David S. Ward (1989)
33. Escape From New York - John Carpenter (1981)
34. The Hunger - Tony Scott (1983)
35. Midnight Run - Martin Brest (1988)
36. Near Dark - Kathryn Bigelow (1987)
37. Dressed to Kill - Brian De Palma (1980)
38. The Evil Dead - Sam Raimi (1981)
39. Paperhouse - Bernard Rose (1988)
40. Valley Girl - Martha Coolidge (1983)
41. The Thing - John Carpenter (1982)
42. Sid & Nancy - Alex Cox ((1986)
43. Uncle Buck - John Hughes (1987)
44. Beverly Hills Cop - Martin Brest (1984)
45. To Live and Die in L.A. - William Friedkin (1985)
46. Predator - John McTeirnan (1987)
47. Body Heat - Lawrence Kasdan (1981)
48. The Ninth Configuration - William Peter Blatty (1980)
49. Possession - Andrzej Zulawski (1981)
50. The Fly - David Cronenberg (1986)
51. Pretty In Pink - Howard Deutch (1986)
52. A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - Chuck Russell (1987)
53. Child's Play - Tom Holland (1988)
54. Risky Business - Paul Brickman (1983)
55. Some Kind Of Wonderful - Howard Deutch (1987)
56. Less Than Zero - Marek Kanievska (1987)
57. Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling (1982)
58. Poltergeist - Tobe Hooper (1982)
59. Dreamscape - Joseph Ruben (1984)
60. Real Genius - Martha Coolidge (1985)
61. Tapeheads - Bill Fishman (1988)
62. Blood Simple - Joel and Ethan Coen (1984)
63. Stop Making Sense - Jonathan Demme (1984)
64. Reckless - James Foley (1984)
65. The Shining - Stanley Kubrick (1980)
66. Frantic - Roman Polanski (1988)
67. The Lost Boys - Joel Schumacher (1987)
68. Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985)
69. Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984)
70. Desperately Seeking Susan - Susan Seidelman (1985)
71. The Breakfast Club - John Hughes (1985)
72. Repo Man - Alex Cox (1984)
73. Caddyshack - Harold Ramis (1980)
74. Ordinary People - Robert Redford (1980)
75. Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter (1987)
76. Planes, Trains and Automobiles - John Hughes (1987)
77. Cousins - Joel Schumacher (1989)
78. Witness - Peter Weir (1985)
79. Fright Night - Tom Holland (1985)
80. Trading Places - John Landis (1983)
81. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - Pedro Almodovar (1988)
82. The Dead Zone - David Cronenberg (1983)
83. Kill Me Again - John Dahl (1989)
84. Altered States - Ken Russell (1980)
85. Wall Street - Oliver Stone (1987)
86. Re-Animator - Stuart Gordon (1985)
87. True Stories - David Byrne (1986)
88. Something Wild - Jonathan Demme (1986)
89. Dead Ringers - David Cronenberg (1988)
90. Big - Penny Marshall (1988)
91. Working Girl - Mike Nichols (1987)
92. Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis (1985)
93. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – John Hughes (1986)
94. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Jeremiah S. Chechik (1989)
95. Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne (1987)
96. Sea Of Love - Harold Becker (1989)
97. Tequila Sunrise - Robert Towne (1988)
98. Thief - Michael Mann (1981)
99. The Hidden - Jack Sholder (1987)
100. From Beyond - Stuart Gordon (1986)

Best Scores

TodFitz — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:05:38 GMT

Author: TodFitz

Posted: 11/20/2022 22:05

Here you go Hayden:

01. The Keep - Tangerine Dream
02. Bladerunner - Vangelis
03. Escape From New York - John Carpenter
04. Risky Business - Tangerine Dream
05. Videodrome - Howard Shore
06. Scarface - Giorgio Moroder
07. Thief - Tangerine Dream
08. The Terminator - Brad Fiedel
09. Near Dark - Tangerine Dream
10. Manhunter - Michel Rubini
11. Blow Out - Pino Donaggio
12. Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream
13. The Dead Zone - Michael Kamen
14. Contamination - Goblin
15. Predator - Alan Silvestri
16. The Thing - Ennio Morricone
17. The Hunger - Denny Jaeger & Michel Rubini
18. Altered States - John Corigliano
19. Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
20. Witness - Maurice Jarre
21. Aliens - James Horner
22. Beetlejuice - Danny Elfman
23. Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti
24. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
25. Dead Ringers - Howard Shore

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Hayden — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:44:50 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/20/2022 19:44

LedZep wrote:

Might make slight adjustments, but doubt it. https://boxd.it/fCWna

Scores were extremely tough actually.

Scores:

1. Blue Velvet (Badalamenti)
2. Blade Runner (Vangelis)
3. Nausicaa (Hisaishi)
4. The Thing (Morricone)
5. Inferno (Emerson)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Williams)
7. Empire Strikes Back (Williams)
8. Manhunter (Rubini)
9. Thief (Tangerine Dream)
10. Castle in the Sky (Hisaishi)

As much as I appreciate the list LedZep, you just knocked one of my favourites out of the top 100 🤐

Mercury / AfterHours / LedZep— I'll tally your score lists in one sec 😄

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

AfterHours — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:43:35 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 11/20/2022 19:43

Soundtracks

1. The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel (Martin Scorsese)
2. Purple Rain - Prince (Albert Magnoli)
3. Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti (David Lynch)
4. Brazil - Michael Kaman (Terry Gilliam)
5. The Beekeeper - Eleni Karaindrou (Theo Angelopoulos)
6. Drowning By Numbers - Michael Nyman (Peter Greenaway)
7. Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder (Wim Wenders)
8. Cat People - Georgio Moroder and David Bowie (Paul Schrader)
9. The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto (Bernardo Bertolucci)
10. The Terminator - Brad Fiedel (James Cameron)

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Mercury — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:42:30 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 11/20/2022 19:42

Top 10 1980s film
Soundtracks/scores

1. Cinema Paradiso
2. Purple Rain
3. Passion (Music for the Last Temptation of Christ)
4. Paris, Texas
5. Parade
6. When Harry Met Sally
7. Glory
8. Stop Making Sense
9. Back to The Future
10. This Is Spinal Tap

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

LedZep — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:19:44 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/20/2022 19:19

Might make slight adjustments, but doubt it. https://boxd.it/fCWna

Scores were extremely tough actually.

Scores:

1. Blue Velvet (Badalamenti)
2. Blade Runner (Vangelis)
3. Nausicaa (Hisaishi)
4. The Thing (Morricone)
5. Inferno (Emerson)
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Williams)
7. Empire Strikes Back (Williams)
8. Manhunter (Rubini)
9. Thief (Tangerine Dream)
10. Castle in the Sky (Hisaishi)

Re: Best Films of The 80s (V2) [Poll][Dead]

Hayden — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:07:32 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 11/20/2022 19:07

theblueboy wrote:

Ah, I forgot about Koyaanisqatsi. That is an interesting one. I updated my list from this morning to add it in.

Updated— no problem.