Top 20 films of the 1980's POLL

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What are your favorite films from the 1980s? Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll.

EVERYONE, assign point values, if none are assigned, we will assume an even spread of ten points for each choice.

The Results:



1: Blade Runner 698
2: Raiders of the Lost Ark 695
3: The Empire Strikes Back 645
4: The Shining 532
5: Raging Bull 456
6: Die Hard 441
7: Aliens 438
8: Back to the Future 381
9: Blue Velvet 286
10: The Terminator 274
11: Full Metal Jacket 263
12: The Thing 261
13: Brazil 236
14: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 233
15: Amadeus 220
16: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 197
17: Do the Right Thing 196
18: Predator 190
19: Ferris Beullers Day Off 187
19: Ghostbusters 187

The Rest:

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21: RoboCop 180
21: Scarface 180
23: Once Upon a Time in America 179
23: The Return of the Jedi 179
25: Ran 178
26: Fanny and Alexander 172
27: The Road Warrior 158
28: Stand By Me 147
29: To Live and Die in LA 144
30: Paris, Texas 134
31: The King of Comedy 131
32: Grave of the Fireflies 118
33: A Nightmare on Elm Street 114
34: The Elephant Man 112
35: First Blood 108
36: Gremlins 106
37: Platoon 105
38: Batman 104
39: This Is Spinal Tap 101
40: Glory 100
40: The Right Stuff 100
42: The Princess Bride 99
43: The Last Temptation of Christ 97
43: Videodrome 97
45: Conan the Barbarian 92
46: Wings of Desire 90
47: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 89
48: The Untouchables 86
49: The Breakfast Club 85
49: Witness 85
51: Dekalog 84
52: Airplane! 83
53: The Fly 82
54: Das Boot 79
55: Hannah and Her Sisters 77
55: My Neighbor Totoro 77
57: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 74
57: Top Gun 74
59: Come and See 72
60: Blood Simple 71
60: Blow Out 71
62: The Abyss 70
62: National Lampoons Vacation 70
64: A Christmas Story 67
65: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 66
65: After Hours 66
67: The Evil Dead 65
67: The Goonies 65
69: An American Werewolf in London 61
69: Big Trouble in Little China 61
69: Possession 61
72: The Killer 58
72: Planes, Trains & Automobiles 58
74: Cinema Paradiso 57
74: Crimes and Misdemeanors 57
74: Evil Dead II 57
74: Raising Arizona 57
78: The Blues Brothers 56
78: Born on the Fourth of July 56
78: Coming to America 56
81: Mississippi Burning 55
81: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 55
83: Body Heat 54
83: Thief 54
83: Tootsie 54
86: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 53
87: Akira 52
87: Fast Times at Ridgemont High 52
89: Down by Law 48
90: Dead Poets Society 47
90: The Thin Blue Line 47
92: Big 46
93: Heaven's Gate 45
94: Beverly Hills Cop 44
94: Poltergeist 44
96: Kagemusha 43
96: Rain Man 43
96: Trading Places 43
99: Au Revoir, Les Enfants 42
99: Manhunter 42
The Naked Gun 41
Field of Dreams 40
Labyrinth 40
Lethal Weapon II 40
The Purple Rose of Cairo 40
The Terrorizers 40
Santa Sangre 39
Back to the Future II 38
Caddyshack 38
The Vanishing 38
Time Bandits 37
Wall Street 37
Broadway Danny Rose 36
Koyaanisqatsi 36
Lethal Weapon 36
The Mission 36
Rocky IV 36
Commando 35
Friday The 13th Part IV 35
The Karate Kid 35
Nostalghia 34
Where is the Friend's Home? 34
Excalibur 32
Pink Floyd: the Wall 32
The Sacrifice 32
Say Anything... 32
When Harry Met Sally 32
Kiki's Delivery Service 31
The Name of the Rose 31
Repo Man 31
Can't Buy Me Love 30
The Land Before Time 30
Beetlejuice 29
The Killing Fields 29
Missing 29
The Verdict 29
Gandhi 28
The Long Good Friday 28
Ordinary People 28
Dead Ringers 27
Diva 27
The Mosquito Coast 27
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 26
Fitzcarraldo 26
The Lost Boys 26
The NeverEnding Story 26
The Night of the Shooting Stars 26
On Golden Pond 25
Atlantic City 24
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 24
Stop Making Sense 24
Vampire's Kiss 24
War Games 24
Fright Night 23
Gallipoli 23
Inferno 23
The Year of Living Dangerously 23
The Color Purple 22
The Meaning of Life 22
Midnight Run 22
The Natural 22
Something Wild 22
Southern Comfort 22
Stardust Memories 22
Threads 22
48 Hrs. 21
Chariots of Fire 21
Friday the 13th 21
Babette's Feast 20
Berlin Alexanderplatz 20
A Better Tomorrow 20
Black Rain (Ridley Scott) 20
Black Rain (Shōhei Imamura) 20
The Dark Crystal 20
Flash Gordon 20
The Fog 20
For Your Eyes Only 20
Henry V 20
Kaos 20
Landscape in the Mist 20
Laputa: Castle in the Sky 20
Legend 20
Mauvais Sang 20
Mommie Dearest 20
Radio Days 20
Road House 20
Rocky III 20
Room With a View 20
Sex, Lies, and Videotape 20
SpaceCamp 20
The Stunt Man 20
Tampopo 20
Transformers: The Movie 20
At Close Range 19
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 19
Driving Miss Daisy 19
The Man Who Planted Trees 19
Maurice 19
My Dinner with Andre 19
Out of Africa 19
A Short Film About Killing 19
Tenebrae 19
They Live 19
Yellow Earth 19
Dust in the Wind 18
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 18
Empire of the Sun 18
The Great Outdoors 18
Heathers 18
A Passage to India 18
La Pont du Nord 18
Shogun Assassin 18
Windwalker 18
1984 17
Angst 17
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 17
Dangerous Liaisons 17
Fandango 17
Friday the 13th part III 17
Mask 17
Streets of Fire 17
The Time to Live and the Time to Die 17
2010: The Year We Make Contact 16
Better Off Dead 16
Comrades 16
The Dead 16
Highlander 16
Lonesome Dove 16
Michael Jackson's Thriller 16
Purple Rain 16
Resurrection 16
Risky Business 16
Sans Soleil 16
The Seventh Continent 16
American Dreams: Lost and Found 15
American Gigolo 15
A City of Sadness 15
Damnation 15
A Fish Called Wanda 15
High Hopes 15
Near Dark 15
An Officer and a Gentleman 15
Rambo: First Blood Part II 15
Red Sorghum 15
Vice Squad 15
The World According to Garp 15
Child's Play 14
Clash of the Titans 14
Death Watch 14
Nighthawks 14
El Norte 14
Weird Science 14
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain 13
The Adventures of Milo and Otis 13
Arthur 13
Bring on The Night 13
Chronos 13
The Draughtsman's Contract 13
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 13
Mystery Train 13
Scrooged 13
Spaceballs 13
Withnail and I 13
Young Einstein 13
28 Up 12
L'Argent 12
The Big Red One 12
City of Pirates 12
The Company of Wolves 12
Friday the 13th Part II 12
The Green Ray 12
Halloween II 12
My Life as a Dog 12
Police Story II 12
Project A 12
Salvador 12
Silverado 12
A Tale of the Wind 12
A Zed & Two Noughts 12
The Exterminator 11
Jean De Florette 11
The Last Emperor 11
My Left Foot 11
Pauline at the Beach 11
A Short Film About Love 11
Splash 11
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 11
The Stepfather 11
Vagabond 11
Wild Style 11
Yol 11
9 ½ Weeks 10
About Last Night 10
An American Tail 10
Apartment Zero 10
Bagdad Café 10
*batteries not included 10
Beverly Hills Cop II 10
The Beyond 10
The Big Chill 10
Bloodsport 10
Breakin' 10
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo 10
Broadcast News 10
Cannibal Holocaust 10
The Changeling 10
Cobra 10
Cocktail 10
The Color of Money 10
Critters 10
The Dead Zone 10
Escape from new york 10
Explorers 10
Fatal Attraction 10
Flesh and Blood 10
Flight of the Navigator 10
Footloose 10
Friday the 13th Part VI 10
Ghostbusters II 10
Godzilla (1985) 10
Halloween IV 10
Heartbeeps 10
Heimat 10
The Hitcher 10
Hope and Glory 10
House of Games 10
Howard: A New Breed of Hero 10
In a Glass Cage 10
k9 10
Krush Groove 10
Lady in White 10
The Legend of Billie Jean 10
Less Than Zero 10
The Living Daylights 10
The Long Riders 10
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie 10
Love Streams 10
Matewan 10
Miracle Mile 10
Mon Oncle D'Amerique 10
Moonstruck 10
Mystic Pizza 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street II 10
Nightmare on elm st III 10
Night of the Comet 10
Polyester 10
Prince of the City 10
The Private Eyes 10
Psycho II 10
Rad 10
Real Genius 10
Return to Oz 10
River's Edge 10
'Round Midnight 10
Running Man 10
Sea of Love 10
Shanghai Surprise 10
Shoah 10
Some Kind of Wonderful 10
Speaking Parts 10
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 10
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 10
Staying Alive 10
St. Elmo's Fire 10
Stripes 10
Tango & Cash 10
Taps 10
Tetsuo, the Iron Man 10
Tron 10
Tucker: The Man and His Dream 10
Twice in a Lifetime 10
Two of a Kind 10
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 10
Willow 10
The Woman Next Door 10
Xanadu 10
Young Blood 10
Young Guns 10
Zelig 10
Dead and Buried 9
Final Score 9
Full Moon in Blue Water 9
Himala 9
Liquid Sky 9
The Outsiders 9
Sophie's Choice 9
Violent Cop 9
Water and Power 9
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover 8
Halloween III 8
Hellraiser 8
Law of Desire 8
Made in Britain 8
Malcolm 8
Ms. 45 8
Noisy Requiem 8
Parents 8
Rikyu 8
Rumble Fish 8
Sweetie 8
Terms of Endearment 8
Used Cars 8
Above the Law 7
Bashu: The Little Stranger 7
Body Double 7
Dressed to Kill 7
Evil Dead Trap 7
Full moon in Paris 7
Ladyhawke 7
Major League 7
Starman 7
Strange Brew 7
Typhoon Club 7
Boy Meets Girl 6
Brain Damage 6
Eating Raoul 6
The Fox and the Hound 6
The Gods Must Be Crazy 6
Good Morning, Vietnam 6
Hoosiers 6
Howard the Duck 6
The Little Mermaid 6
Over the Top 6
The Quiet Earth 6
Sixteen Candles 6
Under the Volcano 6
Yeelen 6
Distant Voices, Still Lives 5
Friday the 13th part VII 5
Ofelas 5
Porky's II: The Next Day 5
The Return of the Living Dead 5
Superman II 5
Time of the Gypsies 5
What Have I Done to Deserve This? 5
Bad Boys (Rick Rosenthal) 4
The 'Burbs 4
The Great Mouse Detective 4
The Last Metro 4
The Money Pit 4
Out of the Blue 4
Porky's 4
Suave Qui Peut 4
The Toxic Avenger 4
When The Raven Flies 4
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown... 3
Castle in the Sky 3
Day of the Dead 3
Hotel Terminus 3
Lifeforce 3
Local Hero 3
Pee Wee's Big Adventure 3
Preppies 3
The Stuff 3
Tightrope 3
The Times of Harvey Milk 3
All Dogs go to Heaven 2
As Tears Go By 2
Casualties of War 2
Confidentially yours 2
Cyborg 2
Harry and the Hendersons 2
Lola 2
Mona Lisa 2
My Friend Ivan Lapshin 2
Pelle the Conqueror 2
Running on Empty 2
Altered States 1
Bad Taste 1
Christiane F. 1
Dune 1
Eddie Murphy: Raw 1
Harlem Nights 1
Henry: portrait of a serial killer 1
History of the World Part I 1
License to Kill 1
Nightmare on Elm Street IV 1
The Octagon 1
A Pool Without Water 1
Stagefright (Aquarius) 1
El Sur 1
Three O'Clock High 1

My List:

Say Anything... - 20
Raging Bull - 19
The Last Temptation of Christ - 18
Blade Runner -17
Blow Out - 16
Once Upon a Time in America - 15
Purple Rain - 14
Blue Velvet - 13
Grave of the Fireflies - 12
Stop Making Sense - 11
Heaven's Gate - 10
This is Spinal Tap - 9
Born on the Fourth of July - 8
My Left Foot - 7
Thief - 6
Wings of Desire - 5
Ran - 4
Vagabond - 3
Fitzcarraldo - 2
The Right Stuff - 1