Some Of My Favorite 80's Movies

Very, very close between Blade Runner, Raiders, and Blue Velvet, but I think I'll have to just barely give the nod to Blue Velvet. David Lynch is a creepy genius and his movies are always so bizarre, they're memorable.

I voted Blade Runner - just barely.

He gave her his town house and his racing horses. Each meal she ate was a dozen courses. She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes. She sat around and counted them all a million times.

I dislike much of 80s mainstream cinema with as much passion as I dislike 80s mainstream music. Yet ironically, one of my all time favorite films came out in the 80s: Blade Runner.

Other 80s films I quite like are Hannah and Her Sisters, Moonstruck, A Fish Called Wanda, Aliens, The Terminator, Amadeus, Witness...

I just noticed Stranger Than Paradise is on the list. Great film as well.

As far as world cinema... the French film Diva is one of my all-time favorites... Wim Wenders' masterpiece Wings of Desire surely has to rank near the top; Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring has an awesome epic sweep... Rohmer's films in the 80s were of his usual high quality. Wong Kar-wai made his debut with the electric As Tears Go By (my favorites by him though are Ashes of Time and Chungking Express, both from '94). In China, the so-called Fifth Generation filmmakers began in the 1980s with great films like The Horse Thief, Ju Dou, Yellow Earth, and Red Sorghum. Iranian cinema became a force to be reckoned with, including Abbas Kiarostami's films Homework and Where Is My Friend's House? Almodovar arrived in the 1980s with an insane energy (e.g. Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) that I miss from his later period. Another favorite is Alain Tanner's In the White City, starring Bruno Ganz and set in Portugal.

I'm not all that knowledgeable about Japanese anime, but some of my favorite Studio Ghibli films came out in the 1980s, including Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro.

Edited by jude111 - June 08 2013 at 21:51

Poll Question: pick your favorite
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Altered States (Ken Russell-1980)	1	[2.27%]
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg-1981)	3	[6.82%]
The Wall (Alan Parker-1982)	3	[6.82%]
The Last American Virgin (Boaz Davidson-1982)	1	[2.27%]
The Thing (John Carpenter-1982)	3	[6.82%]
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott-1982)	13	[29.55%]
Tenebrae (Dario Argento-1982)	0	[0.00%]
Fanny And Alexander (Ingmar Bergman-1982)	2	[4.55%]
E.T. (Steven Spielberg-1982)	3	[6.82%]
Videodrome (David Cronenberg-1983)	0	[0.00%]
Zelig (Woody Allen-1983)	0	[0.00%]
Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola-1983)	0	[0.00%]
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders-1984)	2	[4.55%]
Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone-1984)	1	[2.27%]
Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch-1984)	0	[0.00%]
The Karate Kid (John Avildsen-1984)	1	[2.27%]
The Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen-1984)	2	[4.55%]
Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon-1985)	0	[0.00%]
The Fly (David Cronenberg-1986)	0	[0.00%]
Blue Velvet (David Lynch-1986)	3	[6.82%]
Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch-1986)	0	[0.00%]
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick-1987)	5	[11.36%]
Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore-1988)	0	[0.00%]
Sex, Lies And Videotape (Steven Soderbergh-1989)	0	[0.00%]
Crimes And Misdemeanors (Woody Allen-1989)	1	[2.27%]
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MillsLayne Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 14 2010 Location: Martinez, CA Status: Offline Points: 1829	Post Options Post Reply Quote MillsLayne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 01 2012 at 03:00
	Very, very close between Blade Runner, Raiders, and Blue Velvet, but I think I'll have to just barely give the nod to Blue Velvet. David Lynch is a creepy genius and his movies are always so bizarre, they're memorable.


otto pankrock Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2009 Location: canada Status: Offline Points: 330	Post Options Post Reply Quote otto pankrock Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 03 2012 at 18:01
	Toss-up between Blade Runner and The Thing. Thing gets it

Alitare Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 08 2008 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 3590	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alitare Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: October 03 2012 at 18:03
	I voted Blade Runner - just barely.
	He gave her his town house and his racing horses. Each meal she ate was a dozen courses. She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes. She sat around and counted them all a million times.

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	Blade runner definitely.
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jude111 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1308	Post Options Post Reply Quote jude111 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 08 2013 at 21:05
	I dislike much of 80s mainstream cinema with as much passion as I dislike 80s mainstream music. Yet ironically, one of my all time favorite films came out in the 80s: Blade Runner. Other 80s films I quite like are Hannah and Her Sisters, Moonstruck, A Fish Called Wanda, Aliens, The Terminator, Amadeus, Witness... I just noticed Stranger Than Paradise is on the list. Great film as well. As far as world cinema... the French film Diva is one of my all-time favorites... Wim Wenders' masterpiece Wings of Desire surely has to rank near the top; Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring has an awesome epic sweep... Rohmer's films in the 80s were of his usual high quality. Wong Kar-wai made his debut with the electric As Tears Go By (my favorites by him though are Ashes of Time and Chungking Express, both from '94). In China, the so-called Fifth Generation filmmakers began in the 1980s with great films like The Horse Thief, Ju Dou, Yellow Earth, and Red Sorghum. Iranian cinema became a force to be reckoned with, including Abbas Kiarostami's films Homework and Where Is My Friend's House? Almodovar arrived in the 1980s with an insane energy (e.g. Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) that I miss from his later period. Another favorite is Alain Tanner's In the White City, starring Bruno Ganz and set in Portugal. I'm not all that knowledgeable about Japanese anime, but some of my favorite Studio Ghibli films came out in the 1980s, including Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro. Edited by jude111 - June 08 2013 at 21:51

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	love many of these - The Thing (John Carpentr's peak), Zelig (amazing cinematic achievement), The Fly (wonderful remake, Jeff Goldblum really breaks out as a major talent) - but I think in retrospect it would have to be Crimes and Misdemeanors from this list.