1980
1. Mad Max (George Miller, Australia)
2. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, USA)
3. Kagemusha (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
4. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, USA/UK)
5. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strike Back (Irvin Kershner, USA)
6. Airplane! (David Zucker, USA)

7. City of the Living Dead (Lucio Fulci, Italy) (Released in USA in 1983)
8. Maniac (William Lustig, USA)

9. Zombie (Lucio Fulci, Italy)
10. Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, USA)

11. Confidence (Istvan Szabo, Hungary)

12. Used Cars (Robert Zemeckis, USA)

13. Solo Sunny (Konrad Wolf, East Germany)
14. The Plumber (Peter Weir, Australia)
15. Friday the 13th (Sean S. Cunningham, USA)
16. The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (Samuel Fuller, USA)
17. Terror Train (Roger Spottiswoode, Canada/USA)


1981
1. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, UK/USA)
2. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, USA)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, USA)
4. Scanners (David Cronenberg, Canada)
5. Polyester (John Waters, USA)
6. Escape from New York (John Carpenter, USA)
7. Dead & Buried (Gary Sherman, USA)
8. Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, UK)
9. The Funhouse (Tobe Hooper, USA)
10. Les bons débarras (Francis Mankiewicz, Canada)
11. S.O.B. (Blake Edwards, USA)
12. The Pit (Lew Lehman, USA)

13. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne (Walerian Borowczyk, France/West Germany) (No USA Release)
14.The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, USA)
15. The Dogs of War (John Irvin, USA)

16. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (Frank De Felitta, USA)
17. Eye of the Needle (Richard Marquand, UK)
18. Friday the 13th Part II (Steve Miner, USA)
19. Model (Frederick Wiseman, USA)

20. The House by the Cemetery (Lucio Fulci, Italy) (Released in USA in 1984)

21. The Black Cat (Lucio Fulci, Italy) (Released in USA in 1984)

22. Mephisto (Istvan Szabo, West Germany/Hungary/Austria)
23. Halloween II (Rick Rosenthal, USA)
24. Bloody Birthday (Ed Hunt, USA)
25. Final Exam (Jimmy Huston, USA)
26. My Young Auntie (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) (NO USA RELEASE)

27. The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, USA)
28. Superman II (Richard Lester, USA)
29. The Boogens (Jams L. Conway, USA)
30. Enter the Ninja (Menahem Golan, USA)
31. Eyes of a Stranger (Ken Wiederhorn, USA)


1982
1. Fanny and Alexander (TV Cut) (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
2. Sophie’s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, UK/USA)
3. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, West Germany/Peru)
4. The Thing (John Carpenter, USA)
5. Victor/Victoria (Black Edwards, USA)
6. The World According to Garp (George Roy Hill, USA)
7. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, USA)
8. White Dog (Samuel Fuller, USA)
9. Basket Case (Frank Hennenlotter, USA)
10. Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ridley Scott, USA)
11. Tootsie (Sydney Pollock, USA)
12. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace, USA)
13. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, USA)
14. My Favorite Year (Richard Benjamin, USA)
15. The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie, UK)
16. Eating Raoul (Paul Bartel, USA)

17. 48 Hrs. (Walter Hill, USA)

18. Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, USA/West Germany)
19. Missing (Costa-Gavras, USA)
20. Death Wish II (Michael Winner, USA) 

21. Smithereens (Susan Seidelman, USA)
22. Evilspeak (Eric Weston, USA)
23. House of Traps (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong) (NO OFFICIAL USA RELEASE)
24. The Dorm That Dripped Blood (Stephen Carpenter/Jeffrey Obrow, USA)

25. Smash Palace (Roger Donaldson, New Zealand)
26. Tron (Steven Lisberger, USA)


1983
1. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, USA)
2. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, France/West Germany)
3. The State of Things (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
4. Zelig (Woody Allen, USA)
5. The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, USA)
6. 10 the Midnight (J. Lee Thompson, USA)

7. Seeding of a Ghost (Keun Yeung, Hong Kong)
8. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, USA)
9. Videodrome (David Cronenberg, Canada)
10. Twilight Zone: The Movie: “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” (George Miller, USA)
11. Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks, USA)
12. The Deadly Spawn (Douglas McKeown, USA)
13. WarGames (John Badham, USA)
14. Psycho II (Richard Franklin, USA/Australia)


1984
1. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, West Germany/France/UK)
2. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, USA)
3. Amadeus (Milos Foman, US/France/Czechoslovakia) 
4. Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, USA)
5. Once Upon a Time in America (229 Minute Cut) (Sergio Leone, Italy/USA)

6. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
7. Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen, USA)
8. The Terminator (James Cameron, USA)
9. The Elements of Crime (Lars von Trier, Denmark) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1987)
10. Moscow on the Hudson (Paul Mazursky, USA)
11. Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, USA)
12. Sixteen Candles (John Hughes, USA)
13. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong)
14. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Joseph Zito, USA) 
15. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
16. The Mutilator (Buddy Cooper, USA)
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, USA)
18. Silent Night, Deadly Night (Charles E. Sellier, Jr., USA)

19. Scream for Help (Michael Winners, USA)


1985
1. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA)
2. Blood Simple. (Joel Coen, USA)
3. After Hours (Martin Scorsese, USA)
4. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
5. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
6. The Purple Rose of Cario (Woody Allen, USA)
7. O-Bi, O-Ba—The End of Civilization (Piotr Szulkin, Poland) (NO USA RELEASE)
8. Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, USA)

9. Come and See (Elem Klimov, Soviet Union) (Released in USA in 1987)
10. The Hit (Stephen Frears, UK)

11. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, USA)

12. Police Story (Jackie Chan, Hong Kong) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1988)
13. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, USA)
14. Death Wish 3 (Michael Winner, USA)

15. Crime Wave (John Paizs, Canada) (No USA Release)
16. The Return of the Living Dead (Dan O’Bannon, USA)

17. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, USA)

18. Mr. Vampire (Ricky Lau, Hong Kong)
19. Witness (Peter Weir, USA)
20. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (Jack Sholder, USA)
21. Commando (Mark L. Lester, USA)
22. Clue (Johathan Lynn, USA)
23. The Sure Thing (Carl Reiner, USA)
24. Fright Night (Tom Holland, USA)
25. Pray for Death (Gordon Hessler, USA)

26. Horror House on Highway Five (Richard Casey, USA)
27. Rambo: First Blood Part II (George P. Cosmatos, USA)
28. Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, USA)

 

Colonel Redl (Istvan Szabo, Yugoslavia/Hungary/Austria/West Germany)

1986
1. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, USA)

2. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, USA)
3. Something Wild (Jonathan Demme, USA)
4. Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
5. The Fly (David Cronenberg, US/UK/Canada)
6. True Stories (David Byrne, USA)
7. Matador (Pedro Almodovar, Spain) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1988)
8. Aliens (James Cameron, USA)
9. Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines, USA)
10. Peggy Sue Got Married (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
11. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner, USA)
12. Dead Man’s Letters (Konstantin Lopushanskiy, Soviet Union) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1989)
13. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, USA)

14. Running Scared (Peter Hyams, USA
15. Murphy’s Law (J. Lee Thompson, USA)
16. Avenging Force (Sam Firstenberg, USA)

17. From Beyond (Stuart Gordon, USA)
18. Night of the Creeps (Fred Dekker, USA)
19. Raw Deal (John Irvin, USA)


1987
1. Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
2. Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, USA) 
3. House of Games (David Mamet, USA)
4. River’s Edge (Tim Hunter, USA)
5. Predator (John McTiernan, USA)

6. Radio Days (Woody Allen, USA)
7. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (John Hughes, USA)
8. Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, USA)
9. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, UK/USA)
10. Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, USA)
11. Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, USA)
12. Roxanne (Fred Schepisi, USA)

13. Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
14. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, USA)
15. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, USA)
16. Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi, USA)
17. Moonstruck (Norman Jewison, USA)
18. September (Woody Allen, USA)
19. The Stepfather (Joseph Ruben, UK/Canada/USA)
20. Hellraiser (Clive Barker, UK)
21. Dolls (Stuart Gordon, USA)
22. Nekromantik (Jörg Buttgereit, West Germany)
23. Stagefright (Michele Soavi, Italy)

24. Shallow Grave (Richard Styles, USA)


1988

1. Die Hard (John McTiernan, USA)

2. My Neighbor Tortoro (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan) (NO USA RELEASE UNTIL 1993)

3. Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, Japan) (NO USA RELEASE UNTIL 1993)
4. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)

5. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, West Germany)
6. Mississippi Burning (Alan Parker, USA)
7. They Live (John Carpenter, USA)
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
9. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (Louis Malle, France/West Germany/Italy)
10. Damnation (Bela Tarr, Hungary)
11. Another Woman (Woody Allen, USA)
12. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, UK/USA)
13. Deadbeat at Dawn (Jim van Bebber, USA) (NO USA RELEASE)
14. The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, Canada/USA)
15. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan)
16. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (Tony Randel, USA)

17. Alice (Jan Svankmejer, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland/UK)
18. The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, USA)
19. The Accidental Tourist (Lawrence Kasdan, USA)
20. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, USA)
21. Rain Man (Barry Levinson, USA)
22. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman, USA)
23. Pumpkinhead (Stan Winston, USA)
24. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (David Zucker, USA)
25. Maniac Cop (William Lustig, USA)
26. Phantasm II (Don Coscarelli, USA)
27. Messenger of Death (J. Lee Thompson, USA)
28. Child’s Play (Tom Holland, USA)
29. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (Dwight H. Little, USA)
30. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Stephen Chiodo, USA)


1989
1. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, USA)
2. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, USA)
3. Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, USA)
4. Say Anything. . . (Cameron Crowe, USA)
5. When Harry Met Sally. . . (Rob Reiner, USA)
6. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
7. Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
8. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton, USA)
9. Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) (Released in USA in 1999)
10. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, USA)
11. Parents (Bob Balaban, USA)
12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, USA)
13. Paperhouse (Bernard Rose, UK)
14. Pet Sematary (Mary Lambert, USA)
15. The Siege of Firebase Gloria (Brain Trenchard-Smith, USA)
16. Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (J. Lee Thompson, USA)

17. Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
18. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus van Sant, USA)

19. Tango & Cash (Andrei Konchalovsky, USA)

20. Deadly Games (Dial Code Santa Claus) (Rene Manzor, France) (Released in USA in 2018)

21. Beyond Dream's Door (Jay Woelfel, USA)
22. Parenthood (Ron Howard, USA)