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1980s

A personal diary of every film I’ve watched from the 1980s, ranked from my favorites to least. This list explores a decade of high-concept blockbusters and distinctive visual styles — a time when cinema balanced spectacle, creativity, and cultural impact.

  • Come and See

    1

  • Akira

    2

  • Paris, Texas

    3

  • Possession

    4

  • The Shining

    5

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    6

  • Son of the White Mare

    7

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    8

  • Angel's Egg

    9

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    10

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man

    11

  • Tongues Untied

    12

  • Barefoot Gen

    13

  • The Pied Piper

    14

  • Where Is the Friend's House?

    15

  • The Hunger

    16

  • The 4th Man

    17

  • Blue Velvet

    18

  • sex, lies, and videotape

    19

  • When the Wind Blows

    20

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    21

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    22

  • The Plague Dogs

    23

  • Time Masters

    24

  • Poison for the Fairies

    25

  • Tootsie

    26

  • Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    27

  • Pepi, Luci, Bom

    28

  • The Thing

    29

  • Santa Sangre

    30

  • The Color of Money

    31

  • Shanghai Blues

    32

  • Alice

    33

  • Moonstruck

    34

  • Tango

    35

  • The Chorus

    36

  • Top Gun

    37

  • Life Sentence

    38

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    39

  • Brazil

    40

  • Aunt Alejandra

    41

  • The Fly

    42

  • Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

    43

  • The Land Before Time

    44

  • Coming Out

    45

  • Muscle

    46

  • The Mark of Lilith

    47

  • The Brother from Another Planet

    48

  • The Brave Little Toaster

    49

  • Cujo

    50

  • Looking for Langston

    51