1980
10. Stardust Memories [Woody Allen] USA
09. Altered States [Ken Russell] USA
08. Fame [Alan Parker] USA
07. The Elephant Man [David Lynch] USA
06. Kagemusha [Akira Kurosawa] Japan / USA
05. Airplane! [Jim Abrahams] USA
04. City of Women [Federico Fellini] Italy
03. Alexander the Great [Theodoros Angelopoulos] Greece
02. Raging Bull [Martin Scorsese] USA
01. The Shining [Stanley Kubrick] UK / USA
11. Kagero-za [Seijun Suzuki] Japan
10. Das Boot [Wolfgang Petersen] West Germany
09. Lola [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany
08. Quest for Fire [Jean-Jacques Annaud] Canada / France
07. Mandala [Im Kwon-taek] South Korea
06. Son of the White Mare [Marcell Jankovics] Hungary
05. Christiane F. [Uli Edel] West Germany
04. Blow Out [Brian De Palma] USA
03. Documenteur [Agnès Varda] USA / France
02. Possession [Andrzej Zulawski] France / West Germany
01. Pixote [Hector Babenco] Brazil
10. Veronika Voss [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany
09. Gandhi [Richard Attenborough] UK / India / USA
085. The Wall [Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe] UK
07. Koyaanisqatsi [Godfrey Reggio] USA
06. The Thing [John Carpenter] USA
05. The Night of the Shooting Stars [Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani] Italy
04. Sophie’s Choice [Alan J. Pakula] USA
03. Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] USA
02. Querelle [Rainer Werner Fassbinder] West Germany / France
01. Fanny and Alexander [Ingmar Bergman] Sweden / France / West Germany
1983
11. Never Cry Wolf [Carroll Ballard] USA
10. Rumble Fish [Francis Ford Coppola] USA
09. L’Argent [Robert Bresson] France / Switzerland
08. Scarface [Brian De Palma] USA
07. Sans Soleil [Chris Marker] France
06. Pauline at the Beach [Éric Rohmer] France
05. The Ballad of Narayama [Shohei Imamura] Japan
04. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Nagisa Ōshima] UK / Japan / New Zealand
03. Nostalghia [Andrey Tarkovskiy] Soviet Union / Italy
02. Angst [Gerald Kargl] Austria
01. City of Pirates [Raúl Ruiz] France
1984
10. This Is Spinal Tap [Rob Reiner] USA
09. The Public Woman [Andrzej Żuławski] France
08. A Nightmare on Elm Street [Wes Craven] USA
07. Paris, Texas [Wim Wenders] West Germany / France / UK / USA
06. A Summer at Grandpa’s [Hsiao-Hsien Hou] Taiwan
05. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [Hayao Miyazaki] Japan
04. Amadeus [Milos Forman] USA
03. Once Upon a Time in America [Sergio Leone] USA / Italy
02. Streetwise [Martin Bell] USA
01. Birdy [Alan Parker] USA
1985
10. The Breakfast Club [John Hughes] USA
09. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters [Paul Schrader] Japan / USA
08. Tampopo [Juzo Itami] Japan
07. Night on the Galactic Railroad [Gisaburō Sugii] Japan
06. Mad Love [Andrzej Żuławski] France
05. A Time to Live, a Time to Die [Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Jia-hua Lao, Li-Yin Yang, Hsiao-ming Hsu] Taiwan
04. Ran [Akira Kurosawa] Japan / France
03. The Color Purple [Steven Spielberg] USA
02. Vagabond [Agnès Varda] France
01. Come and See [Elem Klimov] Soviet Union
10. The Fly [David Cronenberg] USA
09. Street of Crocodiles [Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay] UK
08. Stand By Me [Rob Reiner] USA
07. Caravaggio [Derek Jarman] UK
06. Little Shop of Horrors [Frank Oz] USA
05. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off [John Hughes] USA
04. The Sacrifice [Andrei Tarkovsky] Sweden / UK / France
03. Blue Velvet [David Lynch] USA
02. Tree Without Leaves [Kaneto Shindo] Japan
01. The Green Ray [Éric Rohmer] France
1987
10. Blind Chance [Krzysztof Kieslowski] Poland
09. The Lost Boys [Joel Schumacher] USA
08. Where Is the Friend’s Home? [Abbas Kiarostami] Iran
07. Evil Dead II [Sam Raimi] USA
06. Yeelen [Souleymane Cissé] Mali / Burkina Faso / France / West Germany
05. Full Metal Jacket [Stanley Kubrick] UK / USA
04. The Man Who Planted Trees [Frédéric Back] Canada
03. Wings of Desire [Wim Wenders] West Germany / France
02. Au Revoir les Enfants [Louis Malle] France / West Germany
01. Empire of the Sun [Steven Spielberg] USA
1988
12. Alice [Jan Švankmajer] Czechoslovakia / Switzerland / UK / West Germany / Russia
110. Salaam Bombay! [Mira Nair] India
10. Jane B. by Agnès V. [Agnès Varda] France
09. Camp de Thiaroye [Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow] Algeria / Senegal / Tunisia
08. My Neighbor Totoro [Hayao Miyazaki] Japan
07. Akira [Katsuhiro Ôtomo] Japan
06. Drowning by Numbers [Peter Greenaway] UK / Netherlands
05. Landscape in the Mist [Theodoros Angelopoulos] Greece / France / Italy
04. A Short Film About Killing [Krzysztof Kieslowski] Poland
03. Cinema Paradiso [Giuseppe Tornatore] Italy
02. On the Silver Globe [Andrzej Żuławski] Poland
01. Grave of the Fireflies [Isao Takahata] Japan
10. Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? [Bae Yong-kyun] South Korean
09. Pet Sematary [Mary Lambert] USA
08. Dead Poets Society [Peter Weir] USA
07. Mystery Train [Jim Jarmusch] USA
06. A City of Sadness [Hsiao-Hsien Hou] Taiwan
05. Tetsuo: The Iron Man [Shinya Tsukamoto] Japan
04. O Sangue [Pedro Costa] Portugal
03. Do The Right Thing [Spike Lee] USA
02. Santa Sangre [Alejandro Jodorowsky] Mexico / Italy
01. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover [Peter Greenaway] UK / France
