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Roger Ebert - Four Star Reviews of the 1980s

This is a chronological (roughly) list of all movies which Roger Ebert gave four-star reviews in the 1980s, even if they were made earlier (for example, Rear Window was re-released to theaters in 1984).

(found at: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=search)

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1. Being There  
2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Widescreen Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
  
3. The Great Santini
by Lewis John Carlino
  
4. Kagemusha - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
5. Ordinary People
by Robert Redford
  
6. Raging Bull  
7. Tess (Special Edition)
by Roman Polanski
  
8. Blow Out
by Brian De Palma
  
9. Chariots of Fire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Hugh Hudson
  
10. Four Friends
by Arthur Penn
  
11. Heartland
by Richard Pearce
  
12. The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection
by John Mackenzie
  
13. Mephisto
by István Szabó
  
14. Montenegro
by Dusan Makavejev
  
15. My Dinner with Andre
by Louis Malle
  
16. On Golden Pond (Special Edition)
by Mark Rydell
  
17.
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 Prince of the City
by Sidney Lumet
  
18. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition)  
19.
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 Smash Palace (1981)
by Roger Donaldson
  
20. Superman II
by Gene Hackman
  
21. Burden of Dreams - Criterion Collection
by Les Blank
  
22. Diva
by Jean-Jacques Beineix
  
23. The Draughtsman's Contract
by Peter Greenaway
  
24. Fitzcarraldo
by Werner Herzog
  
25. Gandhi  
26. Moonlighting  
27. An Officer and a Gentleman  
28.
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 Personal Best
by Robert Towne
  
29. Live on the Sunset Strip
by Joe Layton
  
30. Sophie's Choice
by Alan J. Pakula
  
31. Tex
by Tim Hunter
  
32. Tootsie  
33.
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 Tree of Knowledge (Kundskabens træ)
by Nils Malmros
  
34. Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
by Steven Lisberger
  
35. The Verdict
by Sidney Lumet
  
36.
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 Veronika Voss - Criterion Collection
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  
37.
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 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!
by Jim Brown
  
38. The Year of Living Dangerously
by Peter Weir
  
39.
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 Betrayal/Trahir
by Radu Mihaileanu
  
40. Danton [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
by Andrzej Wajda
  
41.
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 Dark Circle
by Chris Beaver
  
42. The Dresser
by Peter Yates
  
43. El Norte [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Gregory Nava
  
44. Fanny and Alexander (The Theatrical Version) - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
  
45. J'ai épousé une ombre
by Robin Davis
  
46. Local Hero
by Bill Forsyth
  
47. Rear Window (Collector's Edition)  
48. Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983 & 2004 versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by Richard Marquand
  
49. Richard Pryor - Here and Now  
50. The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Philip Kaufman
  
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Created by Larry Gilbert on Aug 29, 2006.