BEA's Best Films of The 80's [List]

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*sips coffee*
*puts The Smiths on the turntable*

Hey everyone. The time has come. BEA's 100 best films of the 80's.

I want to thank everyone who participated. I received a good handful of lists, give-or-take the same amount as the previous lists. We had a total of 506 individual films submitted, with 249 getting at least 2 votes.

I've decided to create a make-up of the points our top 100 received (mostly because these polls are notably helping my Excel skills ). #100 has 170 points, and our #1 has 800 points.

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I'll be posting some tidbits about the list after it's all posted. Perhaps I might edit some things into this post as well. Please don't post in this thread until the top 100 is complete. Please discuss in the poll thread if you wish though

So let's begin

(Runner-ups in alphabetical order: Betty Blue, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Shoah & The Wall)

(Also, our next list will be the 70's upon popular vote)

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100)

Dead Poet's Society (1989) Dir. Peter Weir

99)

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown(1988) Dir. Pedro Almodóvar


98 )

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My Life As A Dog (1985) Dir. Lasse Hallström


97)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Dir. Paul Schrader


96)

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1989) Dir. John McNaughton

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95)

Escape From New York (1981) Dir. John Carpenter

94)

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Drugstore Cowboy(1989) Dir. Gus Van Sant

93)

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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Dir. John Carpenter

92)

Predator (1985) Dir. John McTiernan

91)

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Lethal Weapon (1987) Dir. Richard Donner

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89) (tie)

Nostalghia (1983) Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

1 #2 Position

89) (tie)

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Jean de Florette(1986) Dir. Claude Berri

88 )

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Dead Ringers (1988) Dir. David Cronenberg

86) (tie)

Say Anything... (1989) Dir. Cameron Crowe

86) (tie)

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The Evil Dead (1981) Dir. Sam Raimi

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85)

Spaceballs (1987) Dir. Mel Brooks

84)

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A City of Sadness(1989) Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien

82) (tie)

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The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Dir. Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener & John Musker

82) (tie)

Zelig (1983) Dir. Woody Allen

81)

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Glory (1989) Dir. Edward Zwick

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80)

Down By Law (1986) Dir. Jim Jarmusch

79)

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The Untouchables(1987) Dir. Brian De Palma

78 )

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The Vanishing (1988) Dir. George Sluizer

77)

Castle In The Sky (1986) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki

76)

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Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Dir. Godfrey Reggio

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75)

Mystery Train (1989) Dir. Jim Jarmusch

74)

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1984) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki

73)

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Airplane (1980) Dir. David Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker

One #2 Position.

72)

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The Color Purple (1985) Dir. Steven Spielberg

71)

Withnail & I (1987) Dir. Bruce Robinson

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70)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Dir. Martin Brest

69)

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Field of Dreams (1989) Dir. Phil Alden Robinson

One #1 Position

68 )

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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Dir. Woody Allen

66) (tie)

The Killing Fields (1984) Dir. Roland Joffé

66) (tie)

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Au Revoir, Les Enphants (1987) Dir. Louis Malle

One #2 Position

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65)

The Secret of NIMH (1982) Dir. Don Bluth

64)

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Back To The Future, Part II (1989) Dir. Robert Zemeckis

63)

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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Dir. Martin Scorsese

62)

Scarface (1983) Dir. Brian De Palma

61)

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Sid and Nancy (1986) Dir. Alex Cox

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60)

Pretty In Pink (1986) Dir. Howard Deutch

One #2 Position

59)

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Stop Making Sense (1984) Dir. Jonathan Demme

58 )

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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Dir. Woody Allen

57)

Raising Arizona (1987) Dir. Coen Brothers

One #2 Position

56)

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Time Bandits (1981) Dir. Terry Gilliam