Dan Sallitt's Favorite Films of the 1980s, by International Release Date


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1989

1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, USA)
2. ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke, UK)
3. HOMEWORK (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
 4. LA TAREA (EL APRENDIZ DE PORNOGRAFO) (video version) (Jaime Hermosillo, Mexico)
5. SAY ANYTHING... (Cameron Crowe, USA)
6. THE LAST STOP (Serik Aprimov, Kazakhstan)
 7. CAT CHASER (120-minute version) (Abel Ferrara, USA)
8. PARENTS (Bob Balaban, USA)
9. GETTING IT RIGHT (Randal Kleiser, UK)
10. MIRACLE MILE (Steve De Jarnatt, USA)

SPEAKING PARTS (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
STRAPLESS (David Hare, UK)

1988

1. THE VENUS TRAP (Robert van Ackeren, West Germany)
2. LA LECTRICE (Michel Deville, France)
3. 36 FILLETTE (Catherine Breillat, France)
4. THE SUMMER OF MISS FORBES (Jaime Hermosillo, Mexico/Cuba)
5. THE FIRM (Alan Clarke, UK)
6. THE MODERNS (Alan Rudolph, USA)
7. CROSSING DELANCEY (Joan Micklin Silver, USA)
8. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies, UK)
9. ZERO CITY (Karen Shakhnazarov, USSR)
 10. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
11. HIGH HOPES (Mike Leigh, UK)
12. C.A.T SQUAD: PYTHON WOLF (William Friedkin, USA)
13. THE THIN BLUE LINE (Errol Morris, USA)
14. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN TO PLOW BY READING BOOKS (Richard Linklater, USA)
15. JULY (Darezhan Omirbaev, Kazakhstan)
16. JACOB (Mircha Daneliuc, Romania)
1987

1. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, USA)
2. CHRISTINE (Alan Clarke, UK)
3. THE CRY OF THE OWL (Claude Chabrol, France)
4. THE FOUR ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE (Eric Rohmer, France)
5. A TAXING WOMAN (Juzo Itami, Japan)
6. THE BIG EASY (Jim McBride, USA)
7. CHINA GIRL (Abel Ferrara, USA)
8. THE TROUBLE WITH DICK (Gary Walkow, USA)
9. THE SHORT AND CURLIES (Mike Leigh, UK)
10. LAW OF DESIRE (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
11. DAUGHTER OF THE NILE (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
12. DOGS IN SPACE (Richard Lowenstein, Australia)
13. THE CARTOGRAPHER'S GIRLFRIEND (Hal Hartley, USA)
14. PERSONAL SERVICES (Terry Jones, UK)
15. MAKING WAVES (Ann Wingate, UK)
16. L'AMI DE MON AMIE (Eric Rohmer, France)

UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN (Maurice Pialat, France)


1986

1. LE RAYON VERT (Eric Rohmer, France)
2. RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (Alan Clarke, UK)
3. ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE (Paul Vecchiali, France)
4. RIVER'S EDGE (Tim Hunter, USA)
5. SONG OF EXPERIENCE (Stephen Frears, UK)
6. NOIR ET BLANC (Claire Devers, France)
7. THE TERRORIZER (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
8. MAUVAIS SANG (Leos Carax, France)
9. EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE (Hal Ashby, USA)
10. CRIME STORY (Abel Ferrara, USA)
11. A DEADLY BUSINESS (John Korty, USA)
12. ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: ENOUGH ROPE FOR TWO (David Chase, USA)
13. A ROOM WITH A VIEW (James Ivory, UK)

1985

1. CONTACT (Alan Clarke, UK)
2. POLICE (Maurice Pialat, France)
3. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (Stephen Frears, UK)
4. THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Dan O'Bannon, USA)
5. BAD MEDICINE (Harvey Miller, USA)
6. INTO THE NIGHT (John Landis, USA)
7. MY LIFE AS A DOG (Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)
8. WETHERBY (David Hare, UK)
9. COME AND SEE (Elem Klimov, USSR)
10. FOUR DAYS IN JULY (Mike Leigh, UK)
11. ADELA (Mircea Veroiu, Romania)
 12. LITTLE TREASURE (Alan Sharp, USA)
13. DAY OF THE DEAD (George Romero, USA)
14. TAIPEI STORY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
 15. A PRIVATE FUNCTION (Malcolm Mowbray, UK)

1984

1. CHOOSE ME (Alan Rudolph, USA)
2. FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer, France)
3. ANOTHER COUNTRY (Marek Kanievska, UK)
4. TARANG (Kumar Shahani, India)
5. THE TERENCE DAVIES TRILOGY (Terence Davies, UK)
6. WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
7. THE HIT (Stephen Frears, UK)
8. KAOS (Taviani Bros., Italy)
9. NEXT OF KIN (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
10. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (Rob Reiner, USA)
11. STRANGER THAN PARADISE (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
12. THE FLAMINGO KID (Garry Marshall, USA)
13. SUMMER AT GRANDPA'S (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan)
14. MEMORIES OF PRISON (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazil)
15. FIRSTBORN (Michael Apted, USA)
16. BOY MEETS GIRL (Leos Carax, France)
17. TIME OF DESIRE (Yuli Raizman, USSR)
18. PASO DOBLE (Lothar Lambert, West Germany)

1983

1. A NOS AMOURS (Maurice Pialat, France)
2. RISKY BUSINESS (Paul Brickman, USA)
3. MEANTIME (Mike Leigh, UK)
4. BETRAYAL (David Jones, UK)
5. L'ARGENT (Robert Bresson, France)
6. GOOD GRIEF (Susan Rogers, USA)
7. BREATHLESS (Jim McBride, USA)
8. CATCH THE GOLDEN RING (Elizabeth Stoner, USA)
9. THE REVOLT OF JOB (Imre Gyongyossy and Barna Kabay, Hungary)
10. HARD MEN (Alan Barker, USA)
11. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
12. LOVESICK (Marshall Brickman, USA)
13. DREAMLAND COURT (Dale Herd and Barry Hall, USA)
14. CAREFUL, HE MIGHT HEAR YOU (Carl Schultz, Australia)
15. KHANDHAR (THE RUINS) (Mrinal Sen, India)
16. APPROACHING OMEGA (John Dorr, USA)
17. LOVING WALTER (Stephen Frears, UK)
18. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Eric Rohmer, France)
 
1982

1. THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
2. LE BEAU MARIAGE (Eric Rohmer, France)
3. LA TRUITE (Joseph Losey, France)
4. TEX (Tim Hunter, USA)
5. THE STATE OF THINGS (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
6. DANGEROUS COMPANY (Lamont Johnson, USA)
7. UTOPIA (Sohrab Shahid Saless, West Germany)
8. THE MARATHON FAMILY (Slobodan Sijan, Yugoslavia)
9. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (Taviani Bros., Italy)
10. HOME SWEET HOME (Mike Leigh, UK)
11. LOOKIN' TO GET OUT (director's cut only) (Hal Ashby, USA)
12. LES FANTOMES DU CHAPELIER (Claude Chabrol, France)
13. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (Nicholas Meyer, USA)
14. AMERICAN TABOO (Steve Lustgarden, USA)
15. THE HUNGER ARTIST (John Strysik, USA)
16. CHAN IS MISSING (Wayne Wang, USA)
17. THE EYES, THE MOUTH (Marco Bellochio, Italy)
18. MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke, UK)
19. STRAIGHT TO THE HEART (Gianni Amelio, Italy)
20. THE WORTHLESS (Mika Kaurismaki, Finland)
21. BLIND CHANCE (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland)
22. BLADE RUNNER (Ridley Scott, USA)
23. IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy/France)

1981

1. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE (Nils Malmros, Denmark)
2. RICH AND FAMOUS (George Cukor, USA)
3. DRAGONSLAYER (Matthew Robbins, USA)
4. LOLA (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
5. THE MELODY HAUNTS MY REVERIE (Rajko Grlic, Yugoslavia)
 6. SMASH PALACE (Roger Donaldson, New Zealand)
7. EAUX PROFONDES (Michel Deville, France)
8. A THOUSAND LITTLE KISSES (Mira Recanati, Israel)
9. KNIGHTRIDERS (George Romero, USA)
10. BELOVED ENEMY (Alan Clarke, UK)
11. MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (George Miller, Australia)
12. MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR (David Gladwell, UK)
13. CUTTER'S WAY (Ivan Passer, USA)
14. MURDER IN TEXAS (William Hale, USA)
15. EIJANAIKA (Shohei Imamura, Japan)
16. MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA)
17. MONTENEGRO (Dusan Makavejev, UK)
18. EYE OF THE NEEDLE (Richard Marquand, UK)
19. ORDERLY OR UNORDERLY (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)

1980

1. THE AVIATOR'S WIFE (Eric Rohmer, France)
2. GROWN-UPS (Mike Leigh, UK)
3. THE FIANCEE (Gunter Reisch and Gunther Rucker, East Germany)
4. CRUISING (William Friedkin, USA)
5. AMERICAN GIGOLO (Paul Schrader, USA)
6. BERLIN-ALEXANDERPLATZ (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)
7. PLEIN SUD (Luc Beraud, France)
8. LES BONS DEBARRAS (Francis Mankiewicz, Canada)
 9. LOULOU (Maurice Pialat, France)
10. ORDINARY PEOPLE (Robert Redford, USA)
11. UFORIA (John Binder, USA)
12. AMBER WAVES (Joseph Sargent, USA)
13. ASPHALT NIGHT (Peter Fratzscher, West Germany)
14. A CHANGE OF SEASONS (Richard Lang, USA)
15. BAD TIMING/A SENSUAL OBSESSION (Nicolas Roeg, UK)
16. THE COMPETITION (Joel Oliansky, USA)
17. ALTERED STATES (Ken Russell, USA)
18. SING BEAST SING (Marv Newland, USA)
19. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEMINI (Richard Benner, USA)
20. LA FEMME ENFANT (Raphaele Billetdoux, France)
21. KUNG-FU (Janusz Kijowski, Poland)
22. SNAPSHOT AROUND THE FAMILY TABLE (Ada Pistiner, Romania)

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