100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1980s

1. Raging Bull (1980)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
6. Ran (1985)
7. The Shining (1980)
8. Brazil (1985)
9. Dekalog (1989)
10. Do the Right Thing (1989)
11. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
13. Shoah (1985)
14. Sans Soleil (1983)
15. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
16. Paris, Texas (1984)
17. L'Argent (1983)
18. Wings of Desire (1987)
19. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
20. The Terminator (1984)
21. A City of Sadness (1989)
22. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
23. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
24. The Green Ray (1986)
25. Back to the Future (1985)
26. The King of Comedy (1982)
27. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
28. Aliens (1986)
29. Love Streams (1984)
30. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
31. Videodrome (1983)
32. Come and See (1985)
33. Amadeus (1984)
34. Mad Max 2 (1981)
35. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
36. My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
37. Dead Ringers (1988)
38. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
39. Tootsie (1982)
40. Local Hero (1983)
41. Nostalgia (1983)
42. The Dead (1987)
43. Die Hard (1988)
44. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
45. The Sacrifice (1986)
46. Vagabond (1985)
47. Ballad of Narayama (1983)
48. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
49. Kagemusha (1980)
50. Blood Simple. (1984)
51. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
52. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
53. Blow Out (1981)
54. Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
55. Evil Dead II (1987)
56. The Killer (1989)
57. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
58. The Elephant Man (1980)
59. The Right Stuff (1983)
60. Veronika Voss (1982)
61. Down by Law (1986)
62. The Fly (1986)
63. Heaven's Gate (1980)
64. Red Sorghum (1987)
65. Scarface (1983)
66. The Princess Bride (1987)
67. Reds (1981)
68. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
69. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
70. My Life as a Dog (1985)
71. Missing (1982)
72. Raising Arizona (1987)
73. Atlantic City (1980)
74. Midnight Run (1988)
75. Zelig (1983)
76. Gandhi (1982)
77. My American Uncle (1980)
78. Passion (1982)
79. Robocop (1987)
80. Slow Motion (1980)
81. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
82. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
83. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
84. Diner (1982)
85. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
86. The Verdict (1982)
87. Airplane! (1980)
88. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
89. El Sur (1983)
90. Excalibur (1981)
91. Heimat (1984)
92. Hôtel Terminus (1988)
93. Man of Iron (1981)
94. Ordinary People (1980)
95. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
96. Stardust Memories (1980)
97. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
98. The German Sisters (1981)
99. The State of Things (1982)
100. The Woman Next Door (1981)