Films of the 1980s: Bonus Films (2025 Edition)

[BleuPanda]

Everyone gets to choose 2 movies from the below list to enter the final round. The deadline is April 30th.

Note that I am putting this up now to keep the half-month rhythm - the eligible films for 1989 will be determine on April 16th. If you want to vote in the first half of the month and do not want to wait, you can vote for two pre-1989 movies but also include any 1989 movies you would rank above them, just in case those 1989 films land in the eligible zone.

1980:
17. Loulou - Maurice Pialat, 63 Points (3 Votes)
18. Out of the Blue - Dennis Hopper, 61 Points (2 Votes)
19. The Fog - John Carpenter, 57 Points (3 Votes)
20. The Last Metro / Le Dernier Métro - François Truffaut, 56 Points (2 Votes)
21. Every Man for Himself / Suave qui peut (la vie) - Jean-Luc Godard, 51 Points (4 Votes)
22. Cruising - William Friedkin, 44 Points (3 Votes)
23. Permanent Vacation - Jim Jarmusch, 43 Points (2 Votes)
27. Bad Timing - Nicolas Roeg, 34 Points (3 Votes)
28. The Big Red One - Samuel Fuller, 33 Points (2 Votes)

1981:
16. Escape from New York - John Carpenter, 67 Points (4 Votes)
17 (tie). Diva - Jean-Jacques Beineix, 66 Points (4 Votes)
17 (tie). Reds - Warren Beatty, 66 Points (4 Votes)
19. Clean Slate / Coup de torchon - Bertrand Tavernie, 64 Points (2 Votes)
20. Tango - Zbigniew Rybczynski, 60 Points (2 Votes)
21. The Aviator's Wife / La femme de l'aviateur - Éric Rohmer, 57 Points (3 Votes)
22. Son of the White Mare / Fehérlófia - Marcell Jankovics, 55 Points (3 Votes)
24 (tie). We Children from Bahnhof Zoo / Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo - Uli Edel, 48 Points (2 Votes)
24 (tie). Gallipoli - Peter Weir, 48 Points (3 Votes)
26. Cutter's Way - Ivan Passer, 47 Points (2 Votes)
29. Time Bandits - Terry Gilliam, 44 Points (2 Votes)
30 (tie). Lili Marleen - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 40 Points (2 Votes)

1982:
16. Burden of Dreams - Les Blank, 70 Points (3 Votes)
17. Poltergeist - Tobe Hooper, 52 Points (3 Votes)
18. Losing Ground - Kathleen Collins, 50 Points (3 Votes)
19 (tie). Cat People - Paul Schrader, 47 Points (2 Votes)
19 (tie). Identification of a Woman / Identificazione di una donna - Michelangelo Antonioni, 47 Points (2 Votes)
22. Moonlighting - Jerzy Skolimowski, 44 Points (2 Votes)
23. Missing - Costa-Gavras, 42 Points (4 Votes)
24 (tie). The Good Marriage / Le beau mariage - Éric Rohmer, 40 Points (2 Votes)
27. The Plague Dogs - Martin Rosen, 35 Points (2 Votes)
28. The Secret of NIMH - Don Bluth, 32 Points (2 Votes)
29. Victor/Victoria - Blake Edwards, 29 Points (3 Votes)
30 (tie). Tenebre / Tenebrae - Dario Argento, 28 Points (3 Votes)

1983:
16. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / 戦場のメリークリスマス - Nagisa Ōshima, 71 Points (4 Votes)
17. Born in Flames - Lizzie Borden, 66 Points (4 Votes)
18. Pauline at the Beach / Pauline à la plage - Éric Rohmer, 61 Points (2 Votes)
19 (tie). The Dead Zone - David Cronenberg, 56 Points (2 Votes)
19 (tie). Star 80 - Bob Fosse, 56 Points (2 Votes)
21 (tie). One Deadly Summer / L'été meurtrier - Jean Becker, 50 Points (2 Votes)
23. Dimensions of Dialogue / Moznosti dialogu - Jan Svankmajer, 47 Points (2 Votes)
24. Bless Their Little Hearts - Billy Woodberry, 44 Points (2 Votes)
25. Deadly Circuit / Mortelle randonnée - Claude Miller, 42 Points (3 Votes)
29. The Fourth Man / De vierde man - Paul Verhoeven, 39 Points (4 Votes)
30. Meantime - Mike Leigh, 32 Points (2 Votes)

1984:
16. 28 Up - Michael Apted, 69 Points (3 Votes)
17 (tie). Streetwise - Martin Bell, 68 Points (2 Votes)
17 (tie). What Have I Done to Deserve This? / ¿Qué he hecho YO para merecer esto!! - Pedro Almodóvar, 68 Points (3 Votes)
19. Body Double - Brian De Palma, 67 Points (4 Votes)
20. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Steven Spielberg, 66 Points (3 Votes)
21. Heimat / Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen - Edgar Reitz, 56 Points (3 Votes)
22 (tie). The Killing Fields - Roland Joffé, 45 Points (3 Votes)
24. Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen, 40 Points (4 Votes)
25. The Times of Harvey Milk - Rob Epstein, 39 Points (3 Votes)
26. Gremlins - Joe Dante, 38 Points (3 Votes)
27 (tie). Class Relations / Klassenverhältnisse - Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, 36 Points (2 Votes)

1985:
16. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - Tim Burton, 68 Points (4 Votes)
17. My Life as a Dog / Mitt liv som hund - Lasse Hallström, 67 Points (5 Votes)
18. Police Story / 警察故事 - Jackie Chan, 64 Points (4 Votes)
19. Taipei Story / 青梅竹馬 - Edward Yang, 58 Points (4 Votes)
20. To Live and Die in L.A. - William Friedkin, 57 Points (3 Votes)
21. Night on the Galactic Railroad / 銀河鉄道の夜 - Gisaburo Sugii, 54 Points (2 Votes)
22. Police - Maurice Pialat, 48 Points (2 Votes)
25. My Beautiful Laundrette - Stephen Frears, 41 Points (4 Votes)
26 (tie). Sherman's March - Ross McElwee, 40 Points (2 Votes)
28. My Friend Ivan Lapshin / Мой друг Иван Лапшин - Aleksei German, 37 Points (2 Votes)

1986:
16. Hoosiers - David Anspaugh, 65 Points (3 Votes)
17. The Terrorizers / 恐怖份子 - Edward Yang, 63 Points (3 Votes)
18. When the Wind Blows - Jimmy T. Murakami, 62 Points (2 Votes)
19. Betty Blue / 37°2 le matin - Jean-Jacques Beineix, 61 Points (4 Votes)
20. The Name of the Rose / Der Name der Rose - Jean-Jacques Annaud, 60 Points (3 Votes)
21. Platoon - Oliver Stone, 59 Points (2 Votes)
22. Working Girls - Lizzie Borden, 50 Points (2 Votes)
23. Mona Lisa - Neil Jordan, 48 Points (3 Votes)
24. Street of Crocodiles - The Brothers Quay, 44 Points (2 Votes)
25. An American Tail - Don Bluth, 41 Points (2 Votes)
27. Landscape Suicide - James Benning, 38 Points (2 Votes)
29 (tie). His Motorbike, Her Island / 彼のオートバイ、彼女の島 - Nobuhiko Obayashi, 32 Points (2 Votes)

1987:
16. The Belly of an Architect - Peter Greenaway, 80 Points (2 Votes)
17. The Dead - John Huston, 77 Points (3 Votes)
18. Wall Street - Oliver Stone, 76 Points (2 Votes)
19. Yeelen - Souleymane Cissé, 74 Points (3 Votes)
20. Law of Desire / La ley del deseo - Pedro Almodóvar, 72 Points (4 Votes)
21. Hellraiser - Clive Barker, 67 Points (4 Votes)
22. House of Games - David Mamet, 63 Points (3 Votes)
23. The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci, 57 Points (4 Votes)
24. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story - Todd Haynes, 55 Points (3 Votes)
25. Blind Chance / Przypadek - Krzysztof Kieślowski, 53 Points (3 Votes)
26. Prince of Darkness - John Carpenter, 50 Points (2 Votes)
27. Matewan - John Sayles, 47 Points (2 Votes)

1988:
16. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Robert Zemeckis, 98 Points (6 Votes)
17. Damnation / Kárhozat - Béla Tarr, 93 Points (5 Votes)
18. Coming to America - John Landis, 88 Points (4 Votes)
19. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - David Zucker, 81 Points (3 Votes)
20. Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopolous, 79 Points (3 Votes)
21. Big - Penny Marshall, 77 Points (2 Votes)
22. Rain Man - Barry Levinson, 75 Points (6 Votes)
23. High Hopes - Mike Leigh, 73 Points (3 Votes)
24. Mississippi Burning - Alan Parker, 69 Points (3 Votes)
25. Médea - Lars von Trier, 67 Points (2 Votes)
26. They Live - John Carpenter, 64 Points (4 Votes)
27. Beetlejuice - Tim Burton, 59 Points (3 Votes)
28. Ariel - Aki Kaurismäki, 52 Points (2 Votes)
29. A Short Film About Love / Krótki film o milosci - Krzysztof Kieslowski, 42 Points (2 Votes)

1989:
16. The Seventh Continent / Der siebente Kontinent - Michael Haneke, 79 Points (3 Votes)
17. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! / ¡Átame! - Pedro Almodóvar, 78 Points (2 Votes)
18. Drugstore Cowboy - Gus Van Sant, 73 Points (3 Votes)
19. Near Death - Frederick Wiseman, 70 Points (3 Votes)
20. The Little Mermaid - John Musker & Ron Clements, 64 Points (4 Votes)
21. Back to the Future Part II - Robert Zemeckis, 60 Points (3 Votes)
22. Nostos: The Return / Nostos: Il ritorno - Franco Piavoli, 59 Points (2 Votes)
23. Field of Dreams - Phil Alden Robinson, 52 Points (3 Votes)
24 (tie). Tetsuo: The Iron Man / 鉄男 - Shinya Tsukamoto, 50 Points (4 Votes)
27. Leningrad Cowboys Go America - Aki Kaurismäki, 47 Points (2 Votes)
29. Casualties of War - Brian De Palma, 42 Points (2 Votes)

[BleuPanda]

Tango
Dimensions of Dialogue

[Petri]

When the Wind Blows - Jimmy T. Murakami
Working Girls - Lizzie Borden

[bonnielaurel]

The Last Metro / Le Dernier Métro
Pauline at the Beach / Pauline à la plage

[acroamor]

The Terrorizers / 恐怖份子 - Edward Yang, 63 Points (3 Votes)
Near Death - Frederick Wiseman, 70 Points (3 Votes)

[The_Claw]

Yeelen - Souleymane Cissé
Taipei Story / 青梅竹馬 - Edward Yang

[Christy12]

Coming to America - John Landis, 88 Points
The Name of the Rose / Der Name der Rose - Jean-Jacques Annaud, 60 Points

[Michel]

Moonlighting - Jerzy Skolimowski
Star 80 - Bob Fosse

[Humphrey12]

Born in Flames - Lizzie Borden
Losing Ground - Kathleen Collins

[mileswide]

Big
Rain Man