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1980s Poll— Top 100

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1) Do the Right Thing — 84 votes
2) Blue Velvet – 64
3) Raging Bull — 51
4) The Shining — 48
5) Raiders of the Lost Ark — 43
6) Blade Runner— 38
7) Fanny And Alexander – 31
8) Brazil — 28
9) Aliens — 27
10) Ran — 26

11) Wings of Desire – 24
12) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial— 23
13) The King of Comedy — 21
14) The Empire Strikes Back – 20
15) Come and See— 19
15) Back to the Future— 19
17) The Thing (John Carpenter) — 18
17) Die Hard— 18
19) Amadeus— 17
20) Crimes and Misdemeanors— 16
20) Vagabond— 16

22) Hannah and Her Sisters— 15
23) Paris, Texas — 15
24) Dekalog— 15
25) L’Argent (Robert Bresson)— 14
26) The Green Ray- 13
26) Broadcast News— 13
26) Tootsie — 13
29) Sans Soleil — 12
29) This is Spinal Tap— 12
29) Blow Out— 12
29) Airplane — 12

33) Last Temptation of Christ — 11
33) Who Framed Roger Rabbit — 11
33) Once Upon A Time in America — 11
33) Platoon— 11
33) Distant Voices, Still Lives – 11
33) Shoah — 11
39) After Hours— 10
39) My Neighbor Totoro — 10
39) The Purple Rose of Cairo — 10
39) The Right Stuff— 10

43) Love Streams — 9
43) Videodrome— 9
43) The Elephant Man — 9
43) Grave of the Fireflies — 9
43) Dead Ringers — 9
48) The Fly — 8
48) Full Metal Jacket – 8
48) The Sacrifice— 8
48) The Princess Bride — 8

52) Drugstore Cowboy — 7
52) A City of Sadness — 7
52) Ghostbusters — 7
52) Heathers —7
52) Fast Times at Ridgemont High — 7
52) Road warrior — 7
52) The Terminator 7
52) Raising Arizona 7
52) RoboCop — 7
52) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover — 7
52) Koyaanisqatsi — 7
52) Stop Making Sense - 7

64) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off — 6
64) Mauvais Sang — 6
64) Stand By Me — 6
64) Ordinary People – 6
64) Cinema Paradiso – 6
64) Berlin Alexanderplatz – 6
64) Fitzcarraldo – 6
64) Room With a View – 6
64) Withnail And I – 6
64) Sid and Nancy – 6

74) Reds — 5
74) Manhunter — 5
74) The Killer — 5
74) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters — 5
74) Kagemusha — 5
74) Night of the Shooting Stars — 5
74) When Harry Met Sally… — 5
74) Law of Desire — 5
74) Near Dark — 5
74) The Dead 5
74) The Untouchables 5
74) Rumble Fish — 5
74) Local Hero — 5
74) Stranger Than Paradise — 5
74) Das Boot —5
74) Akira 5

90) Something Wild —4
90) Fatal Attraction — 4
90) Jean de Forette — 4
90) They Live — 4
90) Moonstruck — 4
90) Repo Man — 4
90) Scarface — 4
90) A Nos Amours — 4
90) The Thin Blue Line — 4


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