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The rules:

You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the period we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the IMDb list and the top 15 of each period will go on to the final top 150. The deadline is 30th of June. If you haven't voted for your favorite movies of 1984 there's is still two weeks left to do it.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the films released in 1985:

IMDb
RYM
Films101
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If you vote for 4 movies or less, this is the adjusted scores:
4 votes
1. Movie 40 p
2. 35 p
3. 30 p
4. 25 p

3 votes
1. Movie 35 p
2. 30 p
3. 25 p

2 votes
1. Movie 30 p
2. 25 p

1 vote
1. Movie 25 p
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1. Иди и смотри [Come and See]
2. Back to the Future
3. Otac na službenom putu [When Father Was Away on Business]
4. 乱 [Ran]
5. After Hours
6. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
7. Brazil
8. Calamari Union
9. The Purple Rose of Cairo
10. Witness
11. Kiss of the Spider Woman
12. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
13. Tuntematon sotilas [The Unknown Soldier]
14. My Beautiful Laundrette
15. Runaway Train
16. The Emerald Forest
17. Flesh + Blood
18. Painija
19. The Black Cauldron
20. Subway
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1. The Purple Rose of Cairo
2. The Breakfast Club
3. Witness
4. Agnes of God
5. Bitteren Ernte [Angry Harvest]
6. The Emerald Forest
7. Death of a Salesman [TV movie]
8. Back to the Future
9. The Color Purple
10. My Beautiful Laundrette
11. Police
12. Marie
13. A Room with a View
14. Desperately Seeking Susan
15. Oberst Redl [Colonel Redl]
16. Out of Africa
17. Clue
18. Jagged Edge
19. Sans toi ni loi [Vagabond]
20. La historia oficial [The Official History]
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1. Back to the Future
2. The Last Dragon
3. Blood Simple
4. Rambo: First Blood Part II
5. Rocky IV
6. The Breakfast Club
7. Fletch
8. A View to a Kill
9. Commando
10. Teen Wolf
11. Weird Science
12. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
13. Clue
14. The Color Purple
15. Krush Groove
16. Spies Like Us
17. The Jewel of the Nile
18. Brewster's Millions
19. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
20. Missing in Action II: The Beginning
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1. Come and See
2. Brazil
3. Ran
4. Shoah
5. Back to the Future
6. The Breakfast Club
7. After Hours
8. The Goonies
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1 A Time to Live, a Time to Die ( Hsiao-hsien Hou TPE)
2 Иди и смотри [Come and See] (Elem Klimov URS)
3 Sans Toit Ni Loi [Vagabond] (Agnès Varda FRA)
4 Tampopo (Juzo Itami JPN)
5 Flesh & Blood (Paul Verhoeven USA)
6 Taifû kurabu (Shinji Sômai JPN)
7 La messa è finita (Nanni Moretti ITA)
8 Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis USA)
9 Westler (Wieland Speck FRG)
10 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears GBR)
11 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Shrader USA)
12 Tokyo-Ga (Wim Wenders)
13 A Room with a View (James Ivory GBR)
14 The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen USA)
15 Mala Noche (Gus Van Sant USA)
16 Calamari Union (Aki Kaurismaki FIN)
17 The Coca-Cola Kid (Dušan Makavejev AUS)
18 A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway GBR)
19 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton)
20 After Hours (Martin Scorsese USA)
21 When Father Was Away on Business (Emir Kusturica YUG)

wow I managed to make top 20
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1. Idi i Smotri/Come and See (Elem Klimov)
2. La Historia Oficial (Luis Puenzo)
3. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
4. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
5. Qing mei zhu ma/Taipei Story (Edward Yang) 15 points
6. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes) 8 points
7. A Room with a View (James Ivory) 6 points
8. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis) 2 points
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1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa/Japan/Epic)
2. Brazil (Terry Gilliam/UK/Science Fiction)
3. A Room with a View (James Ivory/UK/Romance)
4. Shoah [doc] (Claude Lanzmann/France/History)
5. Idi i Smotri (Come and See) (Elem Klimov/USSR/War)
6. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis/USA/Science Fiction)
7. Tampopo (Juzo Itami/Japan/Comedy)
8. Witness (Peter Weir/USA/Romance-Thriller)
9. Prizzi's Honor (John Huston/USA/Crime)
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen/USA/Romantic Fantasy Comedy)
11. The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg/USA/Drama)
12. Mitt Liv Som Hund [My Life as a Dog] (Lasse Hallström/Sweden/Comedy Drama)
13. Lost in America (Albert Brooks/USA/Comedy)
14. Kiss of the Spider Woman (Héctor Babenco/Brazil-USA/Drama)
15. Sans toit ni loi [Vagabond] (Agnès Varda/France/Drama)
16. My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears/UK/Drama)
17. Tong nien Wang shi [A Time to Live, A Time to Die] (Hou Hsiao-Hsien/Taiwan/Drama)
18. Jingcha Gushi [Police Story] (Jackie Chan/Hong Kong/Action)
19. Qingmei Zhuma [Taipei Story] (Edward Yang/Taiwan/Drama)
20. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes/USA/Comedy Drama)
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1. Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
2. Péril en la demeure [Death in a French Garden] (Michel Deville)
3. Sans toit ni loi [Vagabond] (Agnès Varda)
4. Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
5. Police (Maurice Pialat)
6. Come and See (Elem Klimov)
7. Prizzi's Honor (John Huston)
8. The Falcon and the Snowman (John Schlesinger)
9. After Hours (Martin Scorsese)
10. Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood)
11. A Room With a View (James Ivory)
12. Runaway Train (Andrei Konchalovsky)
13. Witness (Peter Weir)
14. Le lieu du crime [Scene of the Crime] (André Téchiné)
15. La messa è finita [The Mass Is Ended] (Nanni Moretti)
16. My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears)
17. A Time to Live, a Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
18. Elle a passé tant d'heures sous les sunlights... [She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps] (Philippe Garrel)
19. Je vous salue, Marie [Hail Mary] (Jean-Luc Godard)
20. Year of the Dragon (Michael Cimino)
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1. The Color Purple
2. A Room With a View
3. Back to the Future
4. Out of Africa
5. Cocoon
6. Witness
7. After Hours
8. The Breakfast Club
9. Brazil
10. Fletch
11. Goonies
12. Silverado
13. Mask
14. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
15. Pale Rider
16. Enemy Mine
17. Ladyhawk
18. Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome
19. Better Off Dead
20. Fright Night
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Wow! I actually ended up giving six 10/10 ratings this year.

1) Brazil
2) Back to the Future
3) Come and See
4) Ran
5) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
6) The Breakfast Club
7) Shoah
8) The Color Purple
9) Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
10) Night on the Galactic Express
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1. Pale Rider – Clint Eastwood (USA)
2. Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis (USA)
3. Brazil – Terry Gilliam (UK)
4. Runaway Train – Andrei Konchalovsky (USA)
5. La vaquilla (The Heifer) – Luis García Berlanga (Spain)
6. Young Sherlock Holmes – Barry Levinson (USA)
7. Mitt liv som hund (My Life as a Dog) – Lasse Hallström (Sweden)
8. Witness – Peter Weir (USA)
9. After Hours – Martin Scorsesse (USA)
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo – Woody Allen (USA)
11. Flesh + Blood – Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands / Spain / USA)
12. Trouble in Mind – Alan Rudolph (USA)
13. Zuckerbaby (Sugarbaby) – Percy Adlon (West Germany)
14. Alamo Bay – Louis Malle (USA)
15. A Room with a View – Ivory, James (UK)
16. Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack (USA / UK)
17. The Colour Purple – Steven Spielberg (USA)
18. Männer... (Men...) – Doris Dörrie (West Germany)
19. La messa è finita (The Mass Has Ended) – Nanni Moretti (Italy)
20. Sé infiel y no mires con quién (Be Wanton and Tread No Shame) – Fernando Trueba (Spain)

21. Vesnicko má stredisková (My Sweet Little Village) – Jirí Menzel
22. Maccheroni (Macaroni) – Ettore Scola
23. Legend – Ridley Scott
24. Year of the Dragon – Michael Cimino
25. Trip to Bountiful – Peter Masterson
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Wow,I knew William Friedkin was sort of overlooked outside The French Connection and Exorcist,but no votes at all? A little shocked
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1.After Hours
2.To Live And Die In L.A.
3.28 Up
4.Come And See
5.Ran
6.Lost In America
7.Back To The Future
8.Purple Rose Of Cairo
9.Vagabond
10.Brazil
11.The Breakfast Club
12.Better Off Dead
13.The Sure Thing
14.Pee Wee's Big Adventure
15.Real Genius
16.Prizzi's Honor
17.Chronos
18.My Beautiful Laundrette
19.Out Of The Darkness
20.Subway
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Last day to vote!
I probably won't be able to release the results before next Thursday (I will check the votes tonight and if someone votes after that I won't be able to update the results).

bootsy wrote: 3. Blood Simple
A 1984 movie that is already in the final (I moved everything (#4-#20) up one spot.)
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Petri wrote:Last day to vote!
I probably won't be able to release the results before next Thursday (I will check the votes tonight and if someone votes after that I won't be able to update the results).

bootsy wrote: 3. Blood Simple
A 1984 movie that is already in the final (I moved everything (#4-#20) up one spot.)
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Sorry Petri, will submit my ballot tomorrow afternoon, if that's ok
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1. Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | France
2. Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Tim Burton | U.S.
3. Ran | Akira Kurosawa | Japan
4. To Live and Die in L.A. | William Friedkin | U.S.
5. After Hours | Martin Scorsese | U.S.
6. The Angelic Conversation | Derek Jarman | U.K.
7. Louie Bluie | Terry Zwigoff | U.S.
8. Angel's Egg | Mamoru Oshii | Japan
9. The Breakfast Club | John Hughes | U.S.
10. The Goonies | Richard Donner | U.S.
11. Sans toit li noi (Vagabond) | Agnès Varda | France
12. Day of the Dead | George A. Romero | U.S.
13. Re-Animator | Stuart Gordon | U.S.
14. Lost in America | Albert Brooks | U.S.
15. Flesh + Blood | Paul Verhoeven | Netherlands/U.S.
16. O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji (O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization) | Piotr Szulkin | Poland
17. Bez końca (No End) | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland
18. Otac na službenom putu (When Father Was Away on Business) | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia
19. The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | U.S.
20. Come and See | Elem Klimov | U.S.S.R.

21. Return to Oz | Walter Murch | U.S.
22. Taipei Story | Edward Yang | Taiwan
23. Őszi almanach (Almanac of Fall | Béla Tarr | Hungary
24. Prizzi's Honor | John Huston | U.S.
25. A Time to Live, a Time to Die | Hou Hsiao-Hsien | Taiwan
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Here are the results. Sorry for the delay. Again it was very tight at the top (302 p vs. 301 p).

1. (1.) Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis USA), 302 points, 11 votes , 1 #1 vote
2. (4.) Иди и смотри [Come and See] (Elem Klimov, Soviet Union), 301 points, 9 votes , 3 #1 votes
3. (2.) Brazil (Terry Gilliam), 289 points, 9 votes , 2 #1 votes
4. (3.) 乱 [Ran] (Akira Kurosawa/Japan/Epic), 270 points, 8 votes , 1 #1 vote
5. (5.) After Hours (Martin Scorsese USA), 165 points, 8 votes , 1 #1 vote
6. (11.) The Breakfast Club (John Hughes/USA/Comedy Drama), 154 points, 9 votes , 0 #1 votes
7. (9.) Shoah (Claude Lanzmann/France/History), 128 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
8. (14.) A Room with a View (James Ivory GBR), 113 points, 7 votes , 0 #1 votes
8. (6.) The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen/USA/Romantic Fantasy Comedy), 113 points, 7 votes , 1 #1 vote
10. (7.) Witness (Peter Weir), 107 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
11. (9.) The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg/USA/Drama), 102 points, 6 votes , 1 #1 vote
11. (13.) Sans Toit Ni Loi [Vagabond] (Agnès Varda FRA), 102 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
13. (8.) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (Tim Burton), 75 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
14. (29.) To Live and Die in L.A. | William Friedkin | U.S., 70 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
15. (15.) Pale Rider – Clint Eastwood (USA), 68 points, 3 votes , 1 #1 vote

16. (48.) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Shrader USA), 55 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
17. (--) A Time to Live, a Time to Die ( Hsiao-hsien Hou TPE), 54 points, 2 votes , 1 #1 vote
18. (51.) Tampopo (Juzo Itami/Japan/Comedy), 48 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
19. (21.) Runaway Train – Andrei Konchalovsky (USA), 45 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
19. (39.) Flesh + Blood – Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands / Spain / USA), 45 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
21. (17.) My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears GBR), 44 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
22. (29.) La historia oficial [The Official History] (Luis Puenzo), 41 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
23. (18.) Péril en la demeure [Death in a French Garden] (Michel Deville), 40 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
23. (--) The Last Dragon, 40 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
23. (16.) Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack (USA / UK), 40 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
26. (22.) Otac na službenom putu (When Father Was Away on Business) | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia, 38 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
26. (20.) The Goonies | Richard Donner | U.S., 38 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
28. (23.) Prizzi's Honor (John Huston/USA/Crime), 37 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
29. (35.) Police (Maurice Pialat), 35 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
29. (28.) 28 Up, 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
29. (--) Rambo: First Blood Part II, 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
29. (34.) Lost in America (Albert Brooks/USA/Comedy), 35 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
33. (51.) Fletch, 32 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
34. (--) Agnes of God, 30 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
34. (65.) Rocky IV, 30 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
36. (11.) Mitt Liv Som Hund [My Life as a Dog] (Lasse Hallström/Sweden/Comedy Drama), 27 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
37 La messa è finita [The Mass Is Ended] (Nanni Moretti), 26 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
38 Bitteren Ernte [Angry Harvest], 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
38 Cocoon, 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
38 The Emerald Forest, 25 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38 La vaquilla (The Heifer) – Luis García Berlanga (Spain), 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
42 Calamari Union (Aki Kaurismaki FIN), 21 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
43 Taifû kurabu (Shinji Sômai JPN), 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
43 Young Sherlock Holmes – Barry Levinson (USA), 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
43 The Angelic Conversation | Derek Jarman | U.K., 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Death of a Salesman [TV movie], 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 A View to a Kill, 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Louie Bluie | Terry Zwigoff | U.S., 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
49 Kiss of the Spider Woman (Héctor Babenco/Brazil-USA/Drama), 17 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
49 Qingmei Zhuma [Taipei Story] (Edward Yang/Taiwan/Drama), 17 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
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