Monday, November 3, 2008

Top Ten 1980s Films On My Movie-Radar


The decade of blockbusters and sequels; the rise of the independent film; the last gasp of many of the classic Hollywood directors; and such popular genres as: slasher films, raunchy comedies, and films of teenage angst. Here's a list of ten classic 1980s films that have managed to elude me so far, but they're on my radar:

Absence of Malice— 1981

Das Boot— 1981

The Year of Living Dangerously— 1983

The Pope of Greenwich Village— 1984

A Room with a View— 1986

Empire of the Sun— 1987

Evil Dead II— 1987

The Last Temptation of Christ— 1988

Mississippi Burning— 1988

Valmont— 1989

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