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Best of the Decade
1 L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
2 WHITE DOG (Samuel Fuller)
3 DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies)
4 DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
5 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
6 SWEETIE (Jane Campion)
7 THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Shohei Imamura)
8 À NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
9 THE SACRIFICE (Andrei Tarkovsky)
10 ROAD (Alan Clarke)
1989
1 DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee)
2 SWEETIE (Jane Campion)
3 THE CHURCH (Michele Soavi)
4 CASUALTIES OF WAR (Brian De Palma)
5 STREET OF NO RETURN (Samuel Fuller)
6 BLACK RAIN (Shohei Imamura)
7 VISIONS IN MEDITATION #2: MESA VERDE (Stan Brakhage)
8 SKIN DEEP (Blake Edwards)
9 ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke)
10 KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki)
1988
1 DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies)
2 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki)
3 TALES FROM THE GIMLI HOSPITAL (Guy Maddin)
4 THEY LIVE (John Carpenter)
5 MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest)
6 A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
7 TANNER '88 (Robert Altman)
8 THE THIN BLUE LINE (Errol Morris)
9 DIE HARD (John McTiernan)
10 SUNSET (Blake Edwards)
1987
1 ROAD (Alan Clarke)
2 HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth)
3 WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOME? (Abbas Kiarostami)
4 RAISING ARIZONA (Joel Coen)
5 ROBOCOP (Paul Verhoeven)
6 BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks)
7 UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN (Maurice Pialat)
8 INNERSPACE (Joe Dante)
9 PATIENCE LABOUR (Alexander Sokurov)
10 FOUR ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE (Eric Rohmer)
1986
1 THE SACRIFICE (Andrei Tarkovsky)
2 MANHUNTER (Michael Mann)
3 BLUE VELVET (David Lynch)
4 THE SINGING DETECTIVE (Jon Amiel)
5 LE RAYON VERT (Eric Rohmer)
6 SHERMAN'S MARCH (Ross McElwee)
7 ROUTINE PLEASURES (Jean-Pierre Gorin)
8 ALIENS (James Cameron)
9 HEARTBREAK RIDGE (Clint Eastwood)
10 CRIME STORY: PILOT (Abel Ferrara)
1985
1 POLICE (Maurice Pialat)
2 MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (Stephen Frears)
3 VAGABOND (Agnès Varda)
4 AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese)
5 CRIME WAVE (John Paizs)
6 PALE RIDER (Clint Eastwood)
7 TAMPOPO (Juzo Itami)
8 THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Dan O'Bannon)
9 LOST IN AMERICA (Albert Brooks)
10 HAIL MARY (Jean-Luc Godard)
1984
1 STREETS OF FIRE (Walter Hill)
2 FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer)
3 BLOOD SIMPLE (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4 THE SPIRIT OF CHARLES LINDBERGH (Orson Welles)
5 DUNE (David Lynch)
6 REPO MAN (Alex Cox)
7 LOVE STREAMS (John Cassavetes)
8 THE HIT (Stephen Frears)
9 WHEELS ON MEALS (Sammo Hung)
10 KAOS (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani)
1983
1 L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson)
2 À NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat)
3 SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker)
4 CHRISTINE (John Carpenter)
5 THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND (Sam Peckinpah)
6 MICHAEL JACKSON: THRILLER (John Landis)
7 THREE CROWNS OF THE SAILOR (Raoul Ruiz)
8 ZU: WARRIORS FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (Tsui Hark)
9 SUDDEN IMPACT (Clint Eastwood)
10 P.P. RIDER (Shinji Somai)
1982
1 WHITE DOG (Samuel Fuller)
2 THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Shohei Imamura)
3 POLTERGEIST (Tobe Hooper)
4 NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (Taviani brothers)
5 TOUTE UNE NUIT (Chantal Akerman)
6 BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott)
7 EUREKA (Nicolas Roeg)
8 HONKYTONK MAN (Clint Eastwood)
9 THE DREAMERS (Orson Welles)
10 LE BEAU MARIAGE (Eric Rohmer)
1981
1 MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks)
2 MAD MAX 2 (George Miller)
3 EAUX PROFONDES (Michel Deville)
4 CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer)
5 SPRINGTIME IN GREENLAND (John Paisz)
6 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (John Carpenter)
7 BELOVED ENEMY (Alan Clarke)
8 DRAGONSLAYER (Matthew Robbins)
9 THIEF (Michael Mann)
10 LOLA (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
1980
1 HEAVEN'S GATE (Michael Cimino)
2 DRESSED TO KILL (Brian De Palma)
3 THE BIG RED ONE (Samuel Fuller)
4 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (Irvin Kershner)
5 THE ELEPHANT MAN (David Lynch)
6 USED CARS (Robert Zemeckis)
7 BAD TIMING: A SENSUAL OBSESSION (Nicolas Roeg)
8 THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick)
9 LOULOU (Maurice Pialat)
10 RAGING BULL (Martin Scorsese)
