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. LA FILLE DE 15
ANS (Jacques Doillon, France)
8. CAT CHASER (120-minute
version) (Abel Ferrara,
USA)
9. PARENTS
(Bob Balaban, USA)
10. GETTING IT
RIGHT (Randal Kleiser, UK)
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. FALSCH (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
14. THE CARTOGRAPHER'S
GIRLFRIEND (Hal Hartley, USA)
15. PERSONAL
SERVICES (Terry Jones, UK)
16. MAKING
WAVES (Ann Wingate, UK)
17. 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. LA VIE DE FAMILLE (Jacques Doillon, France)
2. CONTACT (Alan Clarke, UK)
3. POLICE (Maurice
Pialat, France)
4. MY BEAUTIFUL
LAUNDRETTE (Stephen Frears,
UK)
5. THE RETURN
OF THE LIVING DEAD (Dan O'Bannon,
USA)
6. BAD MEDICINE
(Harvey Miller, USA)
7. INTO THE
NIGHT (John Landis, USA)
8. MY LIFE
AS A DOG (Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)
9. WETHERBY
(David Hare, UK)
10. COME AND
SEE (Elem Klimov, USSR)
11. FOUR DAYS
IN JULY (Mike Leigh, UK)
12. ADELA (Mircea Veroiu, Romania)
13. LITTLE
TREASURE (Alan Sharp, USA)
14. DAY OF THE
DEAD (George Romero, USA)
15. TAIPEI STORY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
16. 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. BREATHLESS
(Jim McBride, USA)
5. BETRAYAL (David
Jones, UK)
6. L'ARGENT (Robert
Bresson, France)
7. GOOD GRIEF
(Susan Rogers, 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. LEÇONS D'UNE UNIVERSITÉ VOLANTE: LEÇON 4 (Jean-Pierre
et Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
23. BLADE
RUNNER (Ridley Scott, USA)
24. 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. MURDER IN TEXAS
(William Hale, USA)
14. EIJANAIKA (Shohei
Imamura, Japan)
15. MS. 45 (Abel Ferrara, USA)
16. MONTENEGRO
(Dusan Makavejev, UK)
17. EYE OF
THE NEEDLE (Richard Marquand, UK)
18. 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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