Movies of the Early 1980s, Ranked in the Order I Enjoyed Them

I revisited the "Some Other Movies" entries from 1980-1984.  Any list like this is bound to leave a lot out, but below are the movies of those years ranked from "loved" to "hated."  Just imagine all of these movies sitting together on a shelf, and #1 below is the movie I'd pick first.

Sans Soleil (83)

1984 (84)

The Natural (84)

The Verdict (82)

Blue Thunder (83)

Dreamscape (84)

The Hunger (83)

A Passage to India (84)

Gandhi (82)

The Clones of Bruce Lee (80)

The Killing Fields (84)

The Howling (81)

Tootsie (82)

Reds (81)

Educating Rita (83)

An Officer and a Gentleman (82)

Mephisto (81)

Deathstalker (83)

Honkytonk Man (82)

Creepshow (82)

Mommie Dearest (81)

Body Heat (81)

Blow Out (81)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (84)

Xtro (83)

The Last Starfighter (84)

The Slumber Party Massacre (82)

Tarzan the Ape Man (81)

Hopscotch (80)

Class of 1984 (84)

Missing in Action (84)

Barefoot Gen (83)

Brave New World (80)

Beat Street (84)

Atlantic City (80)

Flashdance (83)

Danton (83)

L'Argent (83)

Querelle (82)

Veronika Voss (82)

Fanny and Alexander (82)

Burden of Dreams (82)

Silkwood (83)

Cujo (83)

Basket Case (82)

Shogun Assassin (80)

Purple Rain (84)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (81)

The Beastmaster (82)

The Day After (83)

Night Shift (82)

The Right Stuff (83)

Humanoids From the Deep (80)

The Jazz Singer (80)

Altered States (80)

Private Benjamin (80)

Nighthawks (81)

Cannonball Run (80)

Ms. 45 (81)

Can't Stop the Music (80)

Inseminoid (81)

Ordinary People (80)

The Dark Crystal (82)

Stop Making Sense

The Plague Dogs (82)

Southern Comfort (81)

The History of the World Part 1 (81)

Paternity (81)

The Whale Hunter (84)

Chariots of Fire (81)

Inferno (80)

Forced Vengeance (82)

Falling in Love (84)

The Element of Crime (84)

The Long Good Friday (80)

Outland (81)

The Unseen (80)

Xanadu (80)

Condorman (81)

Somewhere in Time (80)

Airplane II: The Sequel (82)

48 Hrs. (82)

Quest for Fire (81)

Without Warning (81)

Breakin' (84)

Red Dawn (84)

Angst (83)

Against All Odds (84)

Deathtrap (82)

Stir Crazy (80)

Smokey and the Bandit Part II (80)

Cat People (82)

Pauline at the Beach (83)

Police Academy (84)

Virus (80)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (83)

The Secret of Nimh (82)

Private Lessons (81)

The NeverEnding Story (84)

Evil Under the Sun (82)

The Exterminator (80)

The Children (80)

The Philadelphia Experiment (84)

The Gods Must Be Crazy (80)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (82)

A Nos Amours (83)

Sleepaway Camp (83)

The Man from Snowy River (82)

The Four Seasons (81)

Streets of Fire (84)

ffolkes (80)

A Night in Heaven (83)

Zapped! (82)

Full Moon High (81)

Heaven's Gate (80)

Psycho II (83)

Porky's (82)

9 to 5 (80)

Jagko (80)

Hell Night (81)

Valley Girl (83)

Carnal Olympics (83)

Gorky Park (83)

The House by the Cemetery (81)

Raggedy Man (81)

Project A (83)

Dark Habits (83)

Local Hero (83)

Firestarter (84)

Love Streams (84)

Liquid Sky (82)

Rumble Fish (83)

Raise the Titanic (80)

Threads (84)

Children of the Corn (84)

The Last Unicorn (82)

Firefox (82)

Eddie and the Cruisers (83)

A Christmas Story (83)

Victor/Victoria (82)

Under Fire (83)

Gloria (80)

Buckaroo Banzai (84)

Saturday the 14th (81)

Melvin and Howard (80)

Roadhouse 66 (84)

Inspector Blunder (80)

Paris, Texas (84)

S.O.B. (81)

My Dinner with Andre (81)

Stranger Than Paradise (84)

Give My Regards to Broad Street (84)

Possession (81)

Roar (81)

Nothing Lasts Forever (84)

Pennies From Heaven (81)

The Hotel New Hampshire (84)

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