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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 31st of May. If you haven't voted for your favorite movies of 1982 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 1983:

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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. Videodrome
2. Sans soleil
3. L'argent
4. Dimensions of Dialogue
5. Scarface
6. A nos amours
7. Nostalghia
8. Zelig
9. Prenom Carmen
10. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
11. Local Hero
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1. Scarface
2. Terms of Endearment
3. L'Été meurtrier [One Deadly Summer]
4. My Brother's Wedding
5. Pauline à la plage [Pauline at the Beach]
6. Flashdance
7. Local Hero
8. À nos amours
9. De Vierde Man [The Fourth Man]
10. Brussels by Night
11. Zelig
12. Octopussy
13. Videodrome
14. Prénom Carmen [First Name: Carmen]
15. The Tragedy of Richard III [TV movie]
16. Danton
17. The Hound of the Baskervilles [TV movie]
18. Risky Business
19. Never Say Never Again
20. Michael Jackson: Thriller [video short]
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BleuPanda wrote:3. Koyaanisqatsi
Isn't that 1982?
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BleuPanda wrote: 2. Sans soleil
3. Koyaanisqatsi
4. L'argent
5. Dimensions of Dialogue
We are film buddies. I already decided. Fantastic choices.
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Edited my list to move Koyaanisqatsi to 1982.
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1. Scarface
2. Trading Places
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Outsiders
5. A Christmas Story
6. Richard Pryor: Here and Now
7. Octopussy
8. Sudden Impact
9. Superman III
10. D.C. Cab
11. Strange Brew
12. Mr. Mom
13. Doctor Detroit
14. Stroker Ace

The 80s was such a bad decade for movies. There were some true gems but the depth is horrible.
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1. Zelig
2. The Right Stuff
3. Rikos ja rangaistus [Crime and Punishment]
4. Videodrome
5. Nostalghia [Nostalgia]
6. Scarface
7. Sans soleil [Sunless]
8. De vierde man [The Fourth Man]
9. The Meaning of Life [Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]
10. Entre tinieblas [Dark Habits]
11. Return of the Jedi
12. Rumble Fish
13. Christine
14. The Outsiders
15. Trading Places
16. Something Wicked This Way Comes
17. Eureka
18. The Dead Zone
19. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
20. Prénom Carmen [First Name: Carmen]
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1. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman/USA/Drama)
2. A Christmas Story (Bob Clark/USA/Comedy Drama)
3. Local Hero (Bill Forsyth/UK/Comedy)
4. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks/USA/Comedy Drama)
5. L'Argent (Robert Bresson/France/Drama)
6. Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford/USA/Drama)
7. El Norte (Gregory Nava/USA/Drama)
8. Videodrome (David Cronenberg/USA/Horror)
9. Coup de Foudre [Entre Nous] (Diane Kurys/France/Drama)
10. Hadashi no gen [Barefoot Gen] [anim] (Masaru Mori/Japan/War)
11. The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan/USA/Comedy Drama)
12. Scarface (Brian De Palma/USA/Crime)
13. Silkwood (Mike Nichols/USA/Drama)
14. Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand/USA/Science Fiction)
15. Danton (Andrzej Wajda/France/Historical)
16. Trading Places (John Landis/USA/Comedy)
17. Careful, He Might Hear You (Carl Schultz/Australia/Drama)
18. Dans la Ville Blanche [In the White City] (Alain Tanner/Portugal-Switzerland/Drama)
19. À Nos Amours [To Our Loves] (Maurice Pialat/France/Drama)
20. Pauline à la Plage [Pauline at the Beach] (Eric Rohmer/France/Comedy Drama)
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1. Nostalghia (Andrei Tarkovsky)
2. Zelig (Woody Allen)
3. Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
4. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand)
5. L'Argent (Robert Bresson)
6. Rikos ja Rangaistus/Crime and Punishment (Aki Kaurismäki)
7. Sans Soleil (Chris Marker)
8. Scarface (Brian de Palma)
9. E la Nave Va (Federico Fellini)
10. The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam)

Very weak year, it seems.
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1 Ballad of Narayama (Shohei Imamura JPN)
2 Feng gui lai de ren (The Boys from Fengkuei) (Hsiao-Hsien Hou TPE)
3 Zelig (W Allen USA)
4 The Meaning of Life ()
5 Videodrome
6 Dark Habits (Almodovar ESP)
7 Pauline at the Beach (Rohmer FRA)
8 Angst (G Kargl AUT)
9 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
10 The 4th Man
11 The Dead Zone
12 À nos amours
13 Streamers
14 The King of Comedy
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1. Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Scarface (Brian De Palma)
3. Zelig (Woody Allen)
4. The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg)
5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima)
6. Star 80 (Bob Fosse)
7. The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman)
8. The Meaning of Life [Monty Python's The Meaning of Life] (Terry Jones)
9. Un jour Pina m'a demandé [On Tour With Pina Bausch] (Chantal Akerman)
10. Mortelle randonnée [Deadly Circuit] (Claude Miller)
11. Le bal [The Ball] (Ettore Scola)
12. Angst [Fear] (Gerald Kargl)
13. Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
14. L' homme blessé [The Wounded Man] (Patrice Chéreau)
15. Vivement dimanche! [Confidentially Yours] (François Truffaut)
16. Sans soleil [Sunless] (Chris Marker)
17. Prénom Carmen [First Name: Carmen] (Jean-Luc Godard)
18. À nos amours [To Our Loves] (Maurice Pialat)
19. The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola)
20. L' été meurtrier [One Deadly Summer] (Jean Becker)
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1. The Right Stuff
2. Local Hero
3. Return of the Jedi
4. Terms of Endearment
5. Zelig
6. The Big Chill
7. A Christmas Story
8. The Meaning of Life
9. Trading Places
10. Scarface
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1. Nostalghia (Nostalgia) | Andrei Tarkovsky | Italy/U.S.S.R.
2. Videodrome | David Cronenberg | Canada
3. Sans soleil (Sunless) | Chris Marker | France
4. L'argent (Money) | Robert Bresson | France
5. Baby It's You | John Sayles | U.S.
6. Star 80 | Bob Fosse | U.S.
7. El Sur | The South | Víctor Erice | Spain
8. Rumble Fish | Francis Ford Coppola | U.S.
9. Vivement dimanche! (Confidentially Yours) | François Truffaut | France
10. Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach) | Éric Rohmer | France
11. Christine | John Carpenter | U.S.
12. Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | U.K.
13. Valley Girl | Martha Coolidge | U.S.
14. Scarface | Brian De Palma | U.S.
15. The Outsiders | Francis Ford Coppola | U.S.
16. Trading Places | John Landis | U.S.
17. Seventeen | Jeff Kreines & Joel DeMott | U.S.
18. E la nave va (And the Ship Sails On) | Federico Fellini | Italy
19. A Christmas Story | Bob Clark | U.S.
20. Tempo di viaggio (Voyage in Time) | Andrei Tarkovsky & Tonino Guerra | Italy

21. Return of the Jedi | Richard Marquand | U.S.
22. La ville des pirates (City of Pirates) | Raúl Ruiz | France
23. De vierde man (The Fourth Man) | Paul Verhoeven | Netherlands
24. Rikos ja rangaistus (Crime and Punishment) | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland
25. The Boys from Fengkuei | Hou Hsiao-Hsien | Taiwan
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Edited my list to add Nostalghia.
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Just in time! I didn't feel confident in my picks, so I postponed the list until I could watch all the movies I wanted. But Here I am now in the nick of time!

1) Sans Soleil
2) A Christmas Story
3) The Right Stuff
4) The Ballad of Narayama
5) El Norte
6) Return of the Jedi
7) Tender Mercies
8) Scarface
9) Twice Upon a Time
10) WarGames
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1. Zelig – Woody Allen (USA)
2. 楢山節考 (The Ballad of Narayama) – Shoei Imamura (Japan)
3. Die Vierde Man (The 4th Man) – Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands)
4. Videodrome – David Cronenberg (Canada)
5. Scarface – Brian de Palma (USA)
6. WarGames – John Badham (USA)
7. Trading Places – John Landis (USA)
8. The Dead Zone – David Cronenberg (USA)
9. L’argent – Robert Bresson (France / Switzerland)
10. El crack dos (The Crack II) – José Luis Garci (Spain)
11. Le bal (The Ball) – Ettore Scola (France / Italy / Algeria)
12. Smorgasboard / Cracking Up – Jerry Lewis (USA)
13. Michael Jackson's Thriller – John Landis (USA)
14. El sur (The South) – Victor Erice (Spain / France)
15. Nostalghia (Nostalgia) – Andrei Tarkovski (Italy / USSR)
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Last day to vote!
fredp wrote: 14 The King of Comedy
This is a 1982 movie (and already in the final). It was also the last on your list so no need to do anything.
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Not my favourite year. For me,nothing comes close to #1

1. The Right Stuff
2. Videodrome
3. Local Hero
4. Pauline At The Beach
5. Sans Soleil
6. National Lampoon's Vacation
7. Wargames
8. Zelig
9. Baby It's You
10. Scarface
11. The Big Chill
12. Tender Mercies
13. Risky Business
14. Rumble Fish
15. Seventeen
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The results. Three ties inside top 15 including #1 (film with more votes wins).
The biggest changes inside top 15: Scarface 7 -> 1. Meaning of Life 2 -> 14. Pauline at the Beach came out of nowhere and qualified.

1. (7.) Scarface (Brian De Palma/USA/Crime), 282 points, 12 votes , 2 #1 votes
2. (3.) Videodrome | David Cronenberg | Canada, 282 points, 10 votes , 1 #1 vote
3. (1.) Zelig (Woody Allen) USA, 277 points, 9 votes , 2 #1 votes
4. (4.) The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman/USA/Drama), 243 points, 6 votes , 3 #1 votes
5. (10.) Sans soleil (Sunless) | Chris Marker | France, 191 points, 7 votes , 1 #1 vote
6. (6.) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand/USA/Science Fiction), 149 points, 7 votes , 0 #1 votes
7. (8.) Nostalghia (Nostalgia) | Andrei Tarkovsky | Italy/U.S.S.R., 149 points, 5 votes , 2 #1 votes
8. (12.) Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | U.K., 147 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
9. (9.) L'argent (Money) | Robert Bresson | France, 129 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
10. (16.) A Christmas Story | Bob Clark | U.S., 125 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
11. (15.) 楢山節考 (The Ballad of Narayama) (Shohei Imamura JPN), 120 points, 3 votes , 1 #1 vote
12. (11.) Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks/USA/Comedy Drama), 100 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
13. (5.) Trading Places (John Landis/USA/Comedy), 88 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
14. (2.) The Meaning of Life [Monty Python's The Meaning of Life] (Terry Jones), 88 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
15. (--) Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach) | Éric Rohmer | France, 86 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes

16. (13.) Rumble Fish | Francis Ford Coppola | U.S., 82 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
17. (22.) De vierde man [The Fourth Man] – Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands), 77 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
18. (27.) The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg), 59 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
19. (19.) Rikos ja Rangaistus/Crime and Punishment (Aki Kaurismäki), 55 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
20. (23.) À Nos Amours [To Our Loves] (Maurice Pialat/France/Drama), 50 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
20. (27.) WarGames – John Badham (USA), 50 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
22 Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford/USA/Drama), 47 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
23 The Outsiders | Francis Ford Coppola | U.S., 45 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
24 El Norte (Gregory Nava/USA/Drama), 43 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
25. (14.) Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima), 41 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
26 Feng gui lai de ren (The Boys from Fengkuei) (Hsiao-Hsien Hou TPE), 40 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
26 Star 80 | Bob Fosse | U.S., 40 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
26 The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan/USA/Comedy Drama), 40 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
29 Baby It's You | John Sayles | U.S., 39 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
30 L'Été meurtrier [One Deadly Summer], 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
31 Entre tinieblas [Dark Habits], 32 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
32 Dimensions of Dialogue, 30 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
32 My Brother's Wedding, 30 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
34 Octopussy, 27 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
35 Prénom Carmen [First Name: Carmen] (Jean-Luc Godard), 26 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
36 Angst [Fear] (Gerald Kargl), 25 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
36 El Sur | The South | Víctor Erice | Spain, 25 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38 Flashdance, 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
38 Richard Pryor: Here and Now, 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
38 Vivement dimanche! (Confidentially Yours) | François Truffaut | France, 20 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38 Le bal (The Ball) – Ettore Scola (France / Italy / Algeria), 20 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38 National Lampoon's Vacation, 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
43 Christine | John Carpenter | U.S., 18 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
44 E la Nave Va (Federico Fellini), 17 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
45 Sudden Impact, 16 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Coup de Foudre [Entre Nous] (Diane Kurys/France/Drama), 14 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Superman III, 14 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Un jour Pina m'a demandé [On Tour With Pina Bausch] (Chantal Akerman), 14 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
46 Twice Upon a Time, 14 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
50 Brussels by Night, 12 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
50 D.C. Cab, 12 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
50 Hadashi no gen [Barefoot Gen] [anim] (Masaru Mori/Japan/War), 12 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
50 Mortelle randonnée [Deadly Circuit] (Claude Miller), 12 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
50 El crack dos (The Crack II) – José Luis Garci (Spain), 12 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
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Nice to see that an Éric Rohmer film has made it. His "Comedies and Proverbs" deserved at least one place.
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