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clydefro's "Top 50 of 1980s"

clydefro’s 50 films submitted to the unofficial Criterion Forum’s Lists Project. See here – http://filmjournal.net/clydefro/2009/01/27/top-50-of-1980s/ – for further explanation, justification, and appreciation.
1. Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
by David Lynch
  
2. After Hours  
3. Wings of Desire  
4. Raging Bull (Special Edition)  
5. Videodrome - Criterion Collection
by David Cronenberg
  
6. Do The Right Thing - Criterion Collection  
7. The Verdict
by Sidney Lumet
  
8. Something Wild
by Jonathan Demme
  
9. The Purple Rose of Cairo
by Woody Allen
  
10.
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 Veronika Voss - Criterion Collection
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  
11. Fanny and Alexander (Special Edition Five-Disc Set) - Criterion Collection  
12. Paris, Texas
by Wim Wenders
  
13. Crimes and Misdemeanors  
14. Stranger Than Paradise - Criterion Collection
by Jim Jarmusch
  
15. Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Ridley Scott
  
16. Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition)
by Irvin Kershner
  
17.
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 Prince of the City (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Sidney Lumet
  
18.
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 House of Games  
19.
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 Eight Men Out (20th Anniversary Edition)  
20. Matador (The Bullfighter) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
by Pedro Almodovar
  
21.
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 My Neighbour Totoro
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
22. Black Rain
by Shohei Imamura
  
23.
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 Au revoir les enfants - criterion collection
by Louis Malle
  
24. Ran - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
25. She's Gotta Have It
by Spike Lee
  
26. Rain Man (Special Edition)
by Barry Levinson
  
27. Brazil - The Criterion Collection - (Single Disc Editon)  
28. Down by Law - Criterion Collection  
29. Bad Timing - Criterion Collection
by Nicolas Roeg
  
30. Manhunter (Director's Cut, Limited Edition Set)
by Michael Mann
  
31. Sherman's March  
32. Stardust Memories  
33.
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 Sans Soleil (Sunless) - 1983 - Chris Marker  
34. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)  
35. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Criterion Collection
by Paul Schrader
  
36. The Killer - Criterion Collection
by John Woo
  
37.
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 Blood Simple  
38.
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 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
by Pedro Almodóvar
  
39. Body Heat (Deluxe Edition)
by Lawrence Kasdan
  
40. The Big Red One - The Reconstruction (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
41. Dead Ringers - Criterion Collection  
42. The Vanishing - Criterion Collection
by George Sluizer
  
43. The Natural (Director's Cut)
by Barry Levinson
  
44.
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 Chameleon Street  
45.
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 Ballad of Narayama  
46. Time Bandits (Special Edition)
by Terry Gilliam
  
47. Field of Dreams (Widescreen Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by Phil Alden Robinson
  
48. This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition)  
49.
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 Police
by Maurice Pialat
  
50. A Fish Called Wanda (2-Disc Collector's Edition)  
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Created by clydefro on Jan 27, 2009.