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

[Hayden]

[TodFitz]

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

[TodFitz]

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)

[LedZep]

[Olli]

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)

[cestuneblague]

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.

[EyeKanFly]

https://letterboxd.com/eyekanfly/list/e...f-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
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51 Washington, D.C. albums!

[Hayden]

*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 )

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...

[TodFitz]

[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.

[MadhattanJack]