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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 15th of June. If you haven't voted for your favorite movies of 1983 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 1984:

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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. Stop Making Sense
2. Once Upon a Time in America
3. The Terminator
4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
5. Paris, Texas
6. This Is Spinal Tap
7. Blood Simple
8. Amadeus
9. Love Streams
10. Heimat
11. Stranger Than Paradise
12. Repo Man
13. A Nightmare on Elm Street
14. Ghostbusters
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1. The Terminator
2. A Soldier's Story
3. Beverly Hills Cop
4. Ghostbusters
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. The Karate Kid
7. The Natural
8. Gremlins
9. Police Academy
10. Red Dawn
11. Conan the Destroyer
12. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
13. Purple Rain
14. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
15. Children of the Corn
16. Revenge of the Nerds
17. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
18. Romancing the Stone
19. Cannonball Run II
20. Beat Street
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1. Paris, Texas
2. Blood Simple
3. Stop Making Sense
4. Once Upon a Time in America
5. Stranger Than Paradise
6. 黄土地 [Yellow Earth]
7. Amadeus
8. 風の谷のナウシカ [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]
9. Forbrydelsens element [The Element of Crime]
10. This Is Spinal Tap
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street
12. The Terminator
13. Beverly Hills Cop
14. Heimat
15. Repo Man
16. Police Academy
17. ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! [What Have I Done to Deserve This?]
18. Hrafninn flýgur [When the Raven Flies]
19. The NeverEnding Story
20. Gremlins
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1. ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? [What Have I Done to Deserve This?]
2. Heimat [mini-series]
3. Another Country
4. Body Double
5. Les Nuits de la pleine lune [Full Moon in Paris]
6. The Woman in Red
7. Ciske de Rat
8. Splash
9. The Hotel New Hampshire
10. Sixteen Candles
11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street
13. Amadeus
14. Paris, Texas
15. Broadway Danny Rose
16. Maria's Lovers
17. The Company of Wolves
18. Footloose
19. Ghostbusters
20. Once Upon a Time in America
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1. Once upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
2. Kaos (Paolo & Vittorio Taviani)
3. Threads (Mick Jackson)
4. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé)
5. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
6. 2010 (Peter Hyams)
7. Blood Simple (Joel & Ethan Coen)
8. The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein)
9. The Terminator (James Cameron)
10. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
12. Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)
13. The Hit (Stephen Frears)
14. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg)
15. Gremlins (Joe Dante)
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1. The Terminator
2. Starman
3. The Natural
4. Amadeus
5. Repo Man
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7. Ghostbusters
8. Romancing the Stone
9. This Is Spinal Tap
10. Beverly Hills Cop
11. The Bay Boy
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street
13. Splash
14. Purple Rain
15. Gremlins
16. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
17. Dreamscape
18. All of Me
19. Sixteen Candles
20. The Karate Kid
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Edit: Added Love Streams.
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Probably my favorite year in the 80s, film and music.

1. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner/USA/Comedy)
2. Amadeus (Milos Forman/USA/Comedy Drama)
3. The Terminator (James Cameron/USA/SciFi Action)
4. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone/USA-Italy/Crime)
5. Stop Making Sense [doc] (Jonathan Demme/USA/Music)
6. Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen/USA/Crime)
7. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch/USA/Comedy)
8. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders/France-Germany/Drama)
9. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé/UK/Drama)
10. A Passage to India (David Lean/UK/Drama)
11. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman/USA/SciFi Comedy)
12. Kaze no Tani no Naushika [Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind] (Hayao Miyazaki/Japan/Fantasy)
13. Places in the Heart (Robert Benton/USA/Drama)
14. A Soldier's Story (Norman Jewison/USA/Drama)
15. Carmen (Francesco Rosi/France-Italy/Musical)
16. Huang Tudi [Yellow Earth] (Chen Kaige/China/Drama)
17. All of Me (Carl Reiner/USA/Fantasy Comedy)
18. Bayan Ko [My Country] (Lino Brocka/Philippines/Drama)
19. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven/USA/Horror)
20. Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest/USA/Action Comedy)
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1. Forbrydelsens element [The Element of Crime] (Lars von Trier)
2. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
3. Amadeus (Miloš Forman)
4. Another Country (Marek Kanievska)
5. Birdy (Alan Parker)
6. Maria's Lovers (Andrei Konchalovsky)
7. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
8. Blood Simple (Ethan Coen / Joel Coen)
9. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
10. The Cotton Club (Francis Ford Coppola)
11. The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein)
12. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
13. Bianca (Nanni Moretti)
14. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman)
15. L' amour à mort [Love Unto Death] (Alain Resnais)
16. Love Streams (John Cassavetes)
17. Frankenweenie (Tim Burton)
18. Boy Meets Girl (Leos Carax)
19. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé)
20. The Hit (Stephen Frears)
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1 Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (Edgar Reitz FRG)
2 Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch USA)
3 ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! (What Have I Done To Deserve This?) (Pedro Almodovar ESP)
4 A Summer at Grandpa's (Hsiao-hsien Hou TPE)
5 Bianca (Nanni Moretti ITA)
6 Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Eric Rohmer FRA)
7 Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme USA)
8 Er Moretto - Von Liebe leben (Simon Bischoff SUI)
9 Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen USA)
10 This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner USA)
11 Love Streams (John Cassavetes USA)
12 Another Country (Marek Kanievska GBR)
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1. Stop Making Sense – Jonathan Demme (USA)
2. 1984 – Michael Radford (UK)
3. Dune – David Lynch (USA)
4. Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen (USA)
5. Gremlins – Joe Dante (USA)
6. Another Country – Marek Kanievska (UK)
7. Seksmisja (Sexmission) – Juliusz Machulski (Poland)
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Steven Spielberg (USA)
9. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Hugh Hudson (UK / USA)
10. Los santos inocentes (The Holy Innocents) – Mario Camus (Spain)
11. Blood Simple - Joel Coen (USA)
12. La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves) – Richard Dembo (France / Liechtenstein / Switzerland)
13. Frankenweenie (short) – Tim Burton (USA)
14. The Cotton Club – Francis Ford Coppola (USA)
15. Moscow on the Hudson – Paul Mazursky (USA)
16. Choose Me – Alan Rudolph (USA)
17. Paris, Texas – Wim Wenders (UK / France / West Germany)
18. Boy Meets Girls – Leos Carax (France)
19. Kaos – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy / France)
20. Tasio – Montxo Armendáriz (Spain)
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1) Amadeus
2) This is Spinal Tap
3) Once Upon a Time in America
4) The Terminator
5) Paris, Texas
6) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
7) A Sunday in the Country
8) Stop Making Sense
9) Ghostbusters
10) The NeverEnding Story
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1. Forbrydelsens element (The Element of Crime) | Lars von Trier | Denmark
2. Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | U.S.
3. Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | West Germany/U.S.
4. Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | Italy/U.S.
5. Blood Simple | Joel & Ethan Coen | U.S.
6. The Brother From Another Planet | John Sayles | U.S.
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street | Wes Craven | U.S.
8. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan
9. Ghostbusters | Ivan Reitman | U.S.
10. Love Streams | John Cassavetes | U.S.
11. The Terminator | James Cameron | U.S./Canada
12. Purple Rain | Albert Magnoli | U.S.
13. Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | U.S.
14. Secret Honor | Robert Altman | U.S.
15. Voyage to Cythera | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece
16. Quilombo | Carlos Diegues | Brazil
17. The Legend of Suram Fortress | Sergei Parajanov | U.S.S.R./Georgia
18. Full Moon in Paris | Eric Rohmer | France
19. Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations) | Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet | Germany/France
20. Under the Volcano | John Huston | U.S.

21. Dune | David Lynch | U.S.
22. Choose Me | Alan Rudolph | U.S.
23. Birdy | Alan Parker | U.S./U.K.
24. The NeverEnding Story | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany/U.S.
25. Sixteen Candles | John Hughes | U.S.
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Last day to vote!
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1)Once Upon A Time In America
2)Paris,Texas
3)Blood Simple
4)Amadeus
5)Stop Making Sense
6)The Killing Fields
7)The Times Of Harvey Milk
8)Body Double
9)The Terminator
10)Meantime
11)Stranger Than Paradise
12)This Is Spinal Tap
13)The Hit
14)Broadway Danny Rose
15)Repo Man
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Here are the results
1. (5.) Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone/USA-Italy/Crime), 275 points, 9 votes , 2 #1 votes
2. (1.) Paris, Texas – Wim Wenders (UK / France / West Germany), 267 points, 10 votes , 1 #1 vote
3. (7.) The Terminator (James Cameron/USA/SciFi Action), 247 points, 9 votes , 2 #1 votes
4. (6.) Amadeus (Milos Forman), 239 points, 9 votes , 1 #1 vote
5. (4.) Stop Making Sense – Jonathan Demme (USA), 219 points, 7 votes , 2 #1 votes
6. (2.) This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner USA), 185 points, 9 votes , 1 #1 vote
7. (3.) Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen/USA/Crime), 182 points, 8 votes , 0 #1 votes
8. (8.) Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch USA), 152 points, 7 votes , 0 #1 votes
9. (13.) Forbrydelsens element (The Element of Crime) | Lars von Trier | Denmark, 114 points, 3 votes , 2 #1 votes
10. (23.) Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (Edgar Reitz FRG), 109 points, 4 votes , 1 #1 vote
11. (12.) 風の谷のナウシカ [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind] | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan, 105 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
12. (9.) Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman/USA/SciFi Comedy), 102 points, 8 votes , 0 #1 votes
13. (19.) Another Country – Marek Kanievska (UK), 94 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
14. (--) ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto! (What Have I Done To Deserve This?) (Pedro Almodovar ESP), 89 points, 3 votes , 1 #1 vote
15. (21.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Steven Spielberg (USA), 78 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes

16. (11.) The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé/UK/Drama), 66 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
17. (26.) Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen (USA), 65 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
18. (21.) A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven/USA/Horror), 56 points, 6 votes , 0 #1 votes
18. (14.) Beverly Hills Cop (Martin Brest/USA/Action Comedy), 56 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
20. (15.) Gremlins – Joe Dante (USA), 54 points, 5 votes , 0 #1 votes
21. (29.) The Natural, 53 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
22. (--) A Soldier's Story (Norman Jewison/USA/Drama), 47 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
23. (10.) Repo Man, 46 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
23. (62.) Body Double, 46 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
25. (--) Les Nuits de la pleine lune [Full Moon in Paris] Eric Rohmer FRA, 45 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
26. (32.) The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein), 44 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
27. (24.) Kaos – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy / France), 42 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
28. (49.) Love Streams (John Cassavetes USA), 41 points, 4 votes , 0 #1 votes
29. (16.) 1984 – Michael Radford (UK), 40 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
29. (27.) Starman, 40 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
31. (25.) Dune – David Lynch (USA), 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
31. (--) Threads (Mick Jackson), 35 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
33. (--) Bianca (Nanni Moretti ITA), 33 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
34. (--) A Summer at Grandpa's (Hsiao-hsien Hou TPE), 30 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
35. (18.) Birdy (Alan Parker), 25 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
35. (39.) Maria's Lovers (Andrei Konchalovsky), 25 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
35. (--) 黄土地 [Yellow Earth] (Chen Kaige/China/Drama), 25 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
38. (28.) Purple Rain | Albert Magnoli | U.S., 24 points, 3 votes , 0 #1 votes
38. (62.) Splash, 24 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
40. (58.) The Karate Kid, 21 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
41. (34.) 2010 (Peter Hyams), 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
41. (31.) The Brother From Another Planet | John Sayles | U.S., 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
41. (--) The Woman in Red, 20 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
44. (44.) Police Academy, 19 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
44. (36.) Romancing the Stone, 19 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
44. (34.) The Cotton Club – Francis Ford Coppola (USA), 19 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
47. (66.) A Sunday in the Country [Un dimanche à la campagne], 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
47. (--) Ciske de Rat, 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes
47. (44.) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Hugh Hudson (UK / USA), 18 points, 2 votes , 0 #1 votes
47. (38.) Seksmisja (Sexmission) – Juliusz Machulski (Poland), 18 points, 1 vote , 0 #1 votes

The same movies in top 8 than last time (only in different order). Heimat qualified although antonius didn't even vote.
Repo Man (again a movie beefsupreme is a big fan of) was the only one that were in top 10 last time but missed the final now. I actually rewatched it this week. It's a great movie (liked it more than in first view) and I love the atmosphere but 1984 is such a good movie year (so it stayed at #15 on my list).
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