LISTS

[Lzcutter]

David,

I didn't know about this thread but earlier last week, I posted about Kane vs Vertigo in this thread (in case anyone wants to read it, you can post about it here rather than have the subject straddling two threads.)

http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/vie ... ne#p110738

[fxreyman]

Wow, nice thread. I thought I was the only person who could come up with a decent thread about LISTS. I was very surprised to see a LISTS thread here today. All of you have posted some really cool and interesting lists. Some of you know of my interest in making lists. I often get very detailed so with my first list here on SSO, I thought I would just list a few of my favorites from the 1980's. These are all in alpha order, otherwise it would take me days or even weeks to figure out which ones would be in numerical order........
The bold listings are my favorite favorites.

1980
Airplane!
Coal Miners Daughter
The Earthling
The Elephant Man
The Empire Strikes Back
The Long Good Friday
Melvin and Howard
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
The Stunt Man

1981
Chariots of Fire
Das Boot
Eye of the Needle
Gallipoli
On Golden Pond
Outland
Prince of the City
Ragtime
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds

1982
Blade Runner
Gandhi
The Grey Fox
The Man From Snowy River
Missing
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Tootsie
The Verdict
Victor/Victoria
The Year of Living Dangerously

1983
A Christmas Story
The Dresser
Educating Rita
Local Hero
The Right Stuff
Silkwood
Tender Mercies
Under Fire
Without a Trace

1984
Amadeus
Blood Simple
Ghostbusters
The Killing Fields
The Natural
Romancing the Stone
A Soldier's Story
Starman
The Terminator
Under the Volcano

1985
After Hours
Back to the Future
Into the Night
Murphy's Romance
Out of Africa
Prizzi's Honor
A Room With a View
Silverado
The Trip to Bountiful
Witness

1986
Children of a Lesser God
Crocodile Dundee
Duet for One
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Hannah and Her Sisters
Heartbreak Ridge
Hoosiers
The Money Pit
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1987
84 Charing Cross Road
Broadcast News
Full Metal Jacket
Gardens of Stone
House of Games
The Last Emperor
Matewan
Moonstruck
The Untouchables
The Whales of August

1988
The Accused
Big
Bull Durham
Crossing Delancey
Die Hard
Midnight Run
Mississippi Burning
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Stand and Deliver

1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Do the Right Thing
Driving Miss Daisy
Farewell to the King
Field of Dreams
Glory
Henry V
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
My Left Foot
When Harry Met Sally.....

[movieman1957]

Rey:

Good to have you over here too.

"Gardens of Stones" is an interesting choice as a favorite. I saw it years ago and thought it an interesting film. The subject matter is rare and I think unique.

I'll certainly agree with you on "Silverado."

[fxreyman]

Thanks Chris,

I often come over here to read, especially when I don't have a lot of time to write. Today is an off day for me, so I thought it would be a good time to post some thoughts. Maybe I should post some more lists, but I am sure you are aware of my propensity to write many, many lists. But who cares right? I am sure that there are many folks here who never post over on the Message Boards, only here.

As far as my favorites from the eighties, I really, really like The Stunt Man, Star Trek II, Local Hero, The Right Stuff, The Natural, and Hoosiers.

[JackFavell]

Hey Rey! Good to see you!

It's also good to see Blood Simple, Starman and A Soldier's Story on your list, all from 1984!

[RedRiver]

I notice one of my favorite 80's films is not coming up. I like RAIN MAN!

[MikeBSG]

Delighted to see that somebody else likes "Eye of the Needle" and "Outland." I am especially surprised that "Eye of the Needle" seems to have died without a trace. It rarely seems to be shown anywhere as far as I can tell. Is it another case of the company that made the film folded and the rights are in legal limbo?

[movieman1957]

Space movies have never generally been among my favorites but often they resemble westerns. That was how I saw "Outland." Although I guess you could figure it as much cops and robbers as anything else.

[JackFavell]

Gosh, I haven't seen either of those for years. Maybe it is about rights issues. I remember Eye of the Needle was very well thought of by critics when it came out.

[RedRiver]

As a fan of fast paced spy novels, I found "Needle" a credible adaptation. And that Donald Sutherland! I could watch that man in anything.

[fxreyman]

Rey, thanks for posting and for reminding us of some good movies from the 80s. Please post your favorites. I'm also on the Eye of the Needle bandwagon. Can you believe that Donald Sutherland has never been nominated for an Oscar?

Thanks. I am not surprised that Sutherland has never been nominated. You would have thought that the least the academy could have done by now was to give him an honorary Oscar. But then they are more consumed with giving honorary Oscars to people who already have won an Oscar, like Robert Redford for winning best director for Ordinary People and then a few years back getting another Oscar for his Sundance Institute. They could have given several honorary Oscars to more deserving folks who were still alive at that point, like Richard Widmark. But no, it is really a "political" thing at the Academy now.

[fxreyman]

Okay so here are my favorites from the 1970's. Bold faced indicates fave favorite for each year.

1970
Chisum
Five Easy Pieces
The Great White Hope
I Never Sang for My Father
Little Big Man
MASH
Monte Walsh
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1971
The Andromeda Strain
Big Jake
Diamonds Are Forever
Dirty Harry
The French Connection
Get Carter
The Hospital
Klute
The Last Picture Show
Play Misty For Me

1972
'1776'
Cabaret
The Candidate
The Cowboys
Deliverance
The Godfather
Jeremiah Johnson
Junior Bonner
The Poseidon Adventure
Silent Running
Sounder

1973
American Graffiti
Bang the Drum Slowly
Charley Varrick
The Day of the Dolphin
The Day of the Jackal
The Paper Chase
Serpico
The Sting
The Three Musketeers
The Train Robbers

1974
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown
The Four Musketeers
The Godfather, Part II
Harry and Tonto
The Longest Yard
Murder on the Orient Express
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
A Woman Under the Influence

1975
Bite the Bullet
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
The Man Who Would Be King
Nashville
Night Moves
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Shampoo
Three Days of the Condor
The Wind and the Lion

1976
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Marathon Man
Network
The Omen
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Robin and Marian
Rocky
The Shootist
Silver Streak

1977
Annie Hall
Black Sunday
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Julia
MacArthur
The Man Who Loved Women
Saturday Night Fever
Semi-Tough
Star Wars
The Turning Point

1978
The Buddy Holly Story
Comes a Horseman
Coming Home
Days of Heaven
The Deer Hunter
Go Tell the Spartans
Grease
Heaven Can Wait
House Calls
An Unmarried Woman

1979
10
Being There
Breaking Away
The China Syndrome
The Electric Horseman
Heartland
Kramer vs. Kramer
Manhattan
Starting Over
Star Trek: The Motion Picture

[movieman1957]

Unexpected favorites within your list.