Films Fatale's The Best 100 Films of the 1980's

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"(...) Why is it that film gets a bad reputation when it is attached to the ‘80s? Have we learned to try and ignore a time in film history full of creative exploration that didn’t only result in duds? Do we assume that the end of New Hollywood means the start of safe cinema once more? Did the film franchises leave sour tastes in our mouths? It’s unfortunate, because I was handed the biggest mixed bag I have received so far. If anything, it’s a mixed bag that makes looking back feel worthwhile. What cult films have stuck with us? Which films of our youths did we identify with more as adults? How difficult was it to view these countless films (including the honourable mentions) without nostalgia goggles (or — the opposite — the expectation that cinema’s most unnecessarily ignored era would not deliver once more)? I have come to adore this era, and I hope that I can convince you to do the same. Either way, there is a lot to explore. Here are the best one hundred films of the 1980’s." (Andreas Babiolakis)

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    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
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    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
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    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
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    Fanny och Alexander

    1983 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 2 top lists
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Berlin Alexanderplatz

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
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    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
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    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
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    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
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    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
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    L'argent

    1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
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    Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa

    1985 — a.k.a. The Legend of Suram Fortress, in 2 top lists Check
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    After Hours

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
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    Blow Out

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
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    Possession

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
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    Tanpopo

    1985 — a.k.a. Tampopo, in 10 top lists Check
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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
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    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
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    Dao ma zei

    1986 — a.k.a. The Horse Thief, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Secret of NIMH

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
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    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
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    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 13 top lists Check
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    Le rayon vert

    1986 — a.k.a. The Green Ray, in 9 top lists Check
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    Love Streams

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    Offret

    1986 — a.k.a. The Sacrifice, in 13 top lists Check
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    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
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    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
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    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
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    Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss

    1982 — a.k.a. Veronika Voss, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
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    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
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    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Salaam Bombay!

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Camille Claudel

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
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    L'ange

    1982, in 1 top list Check
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    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    Camp de Thiaroye

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
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    Narayama bushikô

    1983 — a.k.a. Ballad of Narayama, in 8 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
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