Best Films of the 80's
Submitted by AfterHours on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 15:19
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- 9.5/10
- Nostalghia-Tarkovsky (1983)
- 9/10
- Brazil-Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes]
- Possession-Zulawski (1981) [Original Cut, 123 minutes]
- Landscape in the Mist-Angelopoulos (1988)
- The Shining-Kubrick (1980)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover-Greenaway (1989)
- Blue Velvet-Lynch (1986)
- Aliens-Cameron (1986) [Theatrical Cut, 137 minutes]
- Come & See-Klimov (1985)
- 8.5/10
- Blade Runner-Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes]
- The Ballad of Narayama-Imamura (1983)
- 8/10
- Wings of Desire-Wenders (1987)
- The Sacrifice-Tarkovsky (1986)
- 7.5/10
- The Terminator-Cameron (1984)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark-Spielberg (1981)
- Raging Bull-Scorsese (1980)
- The Killer-Woo (1989)
- Dressed To Kill-De Palma (1980)
- Ran-Kurosawa (1985)
- Videodrome-Cronenberg (1983)
- Prefab People-Tarr (1987)
- The Seventh Continent-Haneke (1989)
- Paris, Texas-Wenders (1983)
This is too much fun. Suggestions: The Thin Blue Line, Christmas Story, My Dinner with Andre, Body Heat, Do The Right Thing, Evil Dead 2, Fanny and Alexander, The Shining, Airplane!, Amadeus, Back to the Future, and Videodrome. And maybe I'm being nostalgic but I really reckon that Pee Wee's Big Adventure is a great film.
Thanks for the suggestions. Don't think I've seen The Thin Blue Line, My Dinner with Andre, Fanny & Alexander or Evil Dead 2 but the rest are probably in the 7-ish range for me.
Definitely put those on your must see list. Evil Dead 2 is probably the most fun, while Thin Blue Line is the most profound.
Sans Soleil needs to find itself in the second spot on the list. It's a whole new kind of sight, incredible.
Hmmm, haven't seen it but when I do I'll get back to you on that. Thanks.
This essay on Wings of Desire may interest you.
You're right, a very good read. Carney did a great job of describing the films qualities. One thing I'd never quite thought of to the degree he states it is the different spatial relationships in the film (passengers in cars, subway trains, apartments, behind windows, etc) as representations of how closed off they were from eachother.