POLL RESULTS: Top 100 Films of the 1980s

98 Pretty In Pink
98 The Hidden
98 28 Up
97 Mystery Train
96 Beetlejuice
95 Predator
94 Cinema Paradiso
91 Fletch
91 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
91 Big
88 Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
88 My Life As A Dog
88 Real Genius
87 Manhunter
85 Diva
85 Zelig
82 To Live And Die In L.A.
82 Prince Of The City
82 Excalibur
81 Gregory's Girl
79 A Chinese Ghost Story
79 When Harry Met Sally
78 Labyrinth
77 Poltergeist
76 Amadeus
74 An American Werewolf In London
74 Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
73 Sherman's March
72 The Terminator
71 A Christmas Story
69 Sans Soleil
69 A Fish Called Wanda
68 The Fly
67 Kiki's Delivery Service
65 Diner
65 Caddyshack
64 Berlin Alexanderplatz
62 The Thing
62 Dead Ringers
61 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
60 Matewan
59 Sex Lies & Videotape
58 Videodrome
56 The Decalogue
56 Gremlins
55 Sixteen Candles
53 The Shining
53 Crimes And Misdemeanors
52 Die Hard
51 The Last Temptation Of Christ
49 Planes Trans & Automobiles
49 The Road Warrior
46 Down By Law
46 My Neighbor Totoro
46 Dangerous Liasons
45 Paris, Texas
44 Fitzcarraldo
42 Koyaanisqatsi
42 The Blues Brothers
41 Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
40 The Killer
38 The Right Stuff
38 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
37 Stranger Than Paradise
36 The Breakfast Club
35 Akira
34 Stop Making Sense
33 Blood Simple
31 Say Anything
31 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
30 Drugstore Cowboy
29 Robocop
28 Hannah And Her Sisters
27 Tampopo
26 Heathers
25 Raising Arizona
24 The Princess Bride
22 Wings Of Desire
22 Evil Dead II
21 Ran
20 After Hours
19 Scarface
18 Aliens
17 Fast Times At Ridgemont High
16 Brazil
15 Raging Bull
14 Back To The Future
13 Full Metal Jacket
12 Ghostbusters
11 E.T.
10 Withnail And I
09 Airplane!
08 Repo Man
07 The King Of Comedy
06 This Is Spinal Tap
05 The Empire Strikes Back
04 Blade Runner
03 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
02 Do The Right Thing
01 Blue Velvet

I was never going to be satisfied with this after "79 A Chinese Ghost Story", and Ran finishing outside of the top 20 confirmed my disappointment. I only really like less than half of the eventual top 20.

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Mac and Me

Hahaha, that joke justifies the thread.

Rereading this thread hurt my feelings.

And, I admit, I brought it on myself.

not entirely.

blount is like a snapping turtle!

He's like a lot of things way less evolved.

I'm just saying, when I was a jackass on the '90s threads, I should've learned something from the experience.

I can see how it might have seem as though I was attacking Dee when the controversy all started.

Since I've bumped this thread, here's as good as any to talk about the AFI 100 Years ... 100 Movies list redux.

http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/Movies_ballot_06.pdf?docID=141

Eric, you'll really sleep better if you ignore the AFI list stuff; it's a lost cause, like trying to convince people that Nolan Ryan WASN'T one of the 5 (or even 20) greatest pitchers ever.

I wish I'd picked fights on this thread.

I wish I picked scabs.

that mac and me joke = worth the price of admission

This thread is like spotting an interesting-looking photo album on the shelf, cracking it open, and finding extremely horrible pictures of yourself from when you were very definitely not looking even remotely at your best, and slamming it closed in disgust, not even bothering to look at the rest of the contents. In other words, I wish someone could hand me a shovel so I could dig a deep hole in the back yard and bury this ugly beast. (Eric H, I'm sorry.)

Seconded, except for that I feel like I should come back and read this thread every time I feel like getting it on, so I can remember it's also fine to simply walk away.

How is a thread ever enough to quell your sex drive?

You people are not the same kind of people as I.

Haha, my "defending my right to like The Goonies and read Ramona Quimby books" spiel up there is like the emo-est thing I've ever written anywhere. I hope I was drunk.

here's the movies in the new afi poll from 1997 onwards (and I gave up on fixing their spacing):
1 4 AMERICAN BEAUTY
21 AS GOOD AS IT GETS
23 AUSTIN POWERS : INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
2 4 T H E AVI AT O R
3 3 A B E A U T I F U L M I N D
3 5 B E I N G J O H N M A L K O V I C H
5 0 B O O G I E N I G H T S
6 1 BROKEBACK MOUNTA I N
7 4 CHICAGO
8 6 C R A S H
1 1 2 E R I N B R O C K O V I C H
1 1 3 E T E R N A L S U N S H I N E O F T H E S P O T L E S S M I N D
1 2 2 F I G H T C L U B
1 2 3 F I N D I N G N E M O
1 4 4 G L A D I AT O R
1 5 2 GOOD NIGHT, A N D G O O D L U C K .
1 5 3 G O O D W I L L H U N T I N G
1 6 9 HARRY P O T T E R A N D T H E P R I S O N E R O F A Z K A B A N
1 7 4 H O T E L R WA N D A
1 7 5 T H E H O U R S
1 8 0 T H E I N S I D E R
1 9 7 L . A . C O N F I D E N T I A L
70 American Film Institute
2 0 9 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E F E L L O W S H I P O F T H E R I N G
2 1 0 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E T W O T O W E R S
2 1 1 T H E L O R D O F T H E R I N G S : T H E R E T U R N O F T H E K I N G
2 1 3 L O S T I N T R A N S L AT I O N
2 2 5 T H E M AT R I X
2 2 9 MEMENTO
2 3 2 M I L L I O N D O L L A R B A B Y
2 3 7 M O U L I N R O U G E
2 4 5 M Y S T I C R I V E R
2 7 1 P I R AT E S O F T H E C A R I B B E A N : T H E C U R S E O F T H E B L A C K P E A R L
2 8 9 RAY
2 9 5 R E Q U I E M F O R A D R E A M
3 0 4 R U S H M O R E
3 0 7 S AV I N G P R I VAT E RYA N
3 1 6 S H A K E S P E A R E I N L O V E
3 2 2 S H R E K
3 2 3 S I D E WAY S
3 2 6 T H E S I X T H S E N S E
3 3 6 S P I D E R - M A N 2
3 5 8 T H E R E ’ S S O M E T H I N G A B O U T M A RY
3 6 4 T H R E E K I N G S
3 6 5 T I TA N I C
3 7 3 T R A F F I C

Thank god critics can now vote for Ray and Shrek!

and they still consider carol reed and david lean films american, i see