1980s Films (Teaching Archive)

Altered States (USA: Ken Russell, 1980)

Breaker Morant (Australia: Bruce Beresford, 1980) 

The Elephant Man (USA/UK: David Lynch, 1980)

Gloria (USA: John Cassavetes, 1980)

Heaven's Gate (USA: Michael Cimino, 1980)

Kagemusha (Japan: Akira Kurosawa, 1980)

Raging Bull (USA: Martin Scorsese, 1980)

The Shining (USA/UK: Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

An American Werewolf in London (USA: John Landis, 1981)

The Beyond (Italy: Lucio Fulci, 1981)

Blind Chance (Poland: Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1981: 114 mins)

Das Boot (West Germany: Wolfgang Peterson, 1981)

Lola (West Germany: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981)

Pixote (Brazil: Hector Babenco, 1981)

Possession (France/West Germany: Andrzej Zuwalski, 1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (USA: Steven Spielberg, 1981)

The Road Warrior (Australia: George Miller, 1981)

Quest for Fire (Canada/France: Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1981)

Zuit Suit (USA: Luis Valdez, 1981)

Blade Runner (USA/Hong Kong: Ridley Scott, 1982)

The Draughtsman Contract (UK: Peter Greenaway, 1982)

E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (USA: Steven Spielberg, 1982)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (USA: Amy Heckerling, 1982)

Fitzcarraldo (West Germany/Peru: Werner Herzog, 1982)

The King of Comedy (USA: Martin Scorsese, 1982)

Missing (USA: Costa-Gavras, 1982)

Pink Floyd: The Wall (UK: Alan Parker, 1982)

Poltergeist (USA: Tobe Hooper, 1982)

The Thing (USA: John Carpenter, 1982)

Veronika Voss (West Germany: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982)

The World According to Garp (USA: George Roy Hill, 1982) 

The Ballad of Narayama (Japan: Shohei Imamura, 1983)

The Big Chill (USA: Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)

Born in Flames (USA: Lizzie Borden, 1983)

Danton (France/Poland: Andrzej Wajda, 1983)

Never Cry Wolf (USA: Carroll Ballard, 1983)

Nostalgia (Italy/Soviet Union: Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983)

The Outsiders (USA/France: Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)

Rumble Fish (USA: Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)

Scarface (USA: Brian De Palma, 1983)

Suburbia (USA: Penelope Spheeris, 1983)

Videodrome (Canada: David Cronenberg, 1983)

Amadeus (USA/France/Czechoslovakia: Milos Forman, 1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (USA: Wes Craven, 1984)

Blood Simple (USA: Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen, 1984)

The Brother From Another Planet (USA: John Sayles, 1984)

The Company of Wolves (UK: Neil Jordan, 1984)

Dune (USA/Mexico: David Lynch, 1984)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (Italy/USA: Sergio Leone, 1984)

Purple Rain (USA: Albert Mangoli, 1984)

Repo Man (USA: Alex Cox, 1984)

Stranger Than Paradise (USA/West Germany: Jim Jarmusch, 1984)

This is Spinal Tap (USA: Rob Reiner, 1984)

The Terminator (UK/USA: James Cameron, 1984)

Voyage to Cythera (Greece/Italy/UK/West Germany: Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1984)

Brazil (UK: Terry Gilliam, 1985)

The Breakfast Club (USA: John Hughes, 1985)

The Color Purple (USA: Steven Spielberg, 1985)

Come and See (Soviet Union: Elem Klimov, 1985)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (Brazil/USA: Hector Babenco, 1985)

Lost in America (USA: Albert Brooks, 1985)

Pale Rider (USA: Clint Eastwood, 1985)

Ran (Japan/France: Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Tampopo (Japan: Juzo Itami, 1985)

Aliens (USA: James Cameron, 1986)

Blue Velvet (USA: David Lynch, 1986)

Down by Law (USA/West Germany: Jim Jarmusch, 1986)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (USA: John Hughes, 1986)

The Fly (USA/UK/Canada: David Cronenberg, 1986)

Jean de Florette (France/Switzerland/Italy: Claude Berri, 1986)

The Mission (UK/France: Roland Joffe, 1986)

Platoon (USA: Oliver Stone, 1986)

River's Edge (USA: Tim Hunter, 1986)

The Sacrifice (Sweden/UK/France: Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986)

Salvador (UK/USA/Mexico: Oliver Stone, 1986)

Stand by Me (USA: Rob Reiner, 1986)

Angel Heart (UK/Canada/USA: Alan Parker, 1987)

Au Revoir Les Enfants (France/West Germany/Italy: Louis Malle, 1987)

Babette's Feast (Denmark: Gabriel Axel, 1987)

Empire of the Sun (USA: Steven Spielberg, 1987)

Evil Dead II (USA: Sam Raimi, 1987)

Full Metal Jacket (UK/USA: Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

House of Games (USA: David Mamet, 1987)

Matewan (USA: John Sayles, 1987)

Predator (USA: John McTiernan, 1987)

Raising Arizona (USA: Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen, 1987)

Walker (USA/Mexico/Spain: Alex Cox, 1987)

Wall Street (USA: Oliver Stone, 1987)

Wings of Desire (West Germany/France: Wim Wenders, 1987)

A Fish Called Wanda (UK/USA: Charles Crichton and John Cleese, 1988)

Akira (Japan: Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)

Alice (Czechoslovakia/Switzerland/UK/West Germany: Jan Svankmajer, 1988)

Camp de Thiaroye (Senegal/Algeria/Tunisia: Ousmane Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow, 1988) 

Chocolat (France/West Germany/Cameroon: Claire Denis, 1988)

Dead Ringers (Canada/USA: David Cronenberg, 1988)

Die Hard (USA: John McTiernan, 1988)

Grave of the Fireflies (Japan: Isao Takahata, 1988)

Heathers (USA: Michael Lehmann, 1988)

The Last Temptation of Christ (Canada/USA: Martin Scorsese, 1988)

My Neighbor Totoro (Japan: Hayao Miyasaki, 1988)

Salaam Bombay! (UK/India/France: Mira Nair, 1988)

School Daze (USA: Spike Lee, 1988)

The Thin Blue Line (USA: Errol Morris, 1988)

The Vanishing (Netherlands/France/West Germany: George Sluizer, 1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (USA: Roger Zemeckis, 1988)

Black Rain (Japan: Shohei Imamura, 1989)

Born on the Fourth of July (USA: Oliver Stone, 1989)

Cinema Paradiso (Italy/France: Giuseppe Tornatore, 1989)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (USA: Woody Allen, 1989)

Dead Poets Society (USA: Peter Weir, 1989)

Do the Right Thing (USA: Spike Lee, 1989)

Drugstore Cowboy (USA: Gus van Sant, 1989)

Jesus of Montreal (Canada/France: Denys Arcand, 1989)

The Killer (Hong Kong: John Woo, 1989)

Say Anything ... (USA: Cameron Crowe, 1989)

Mystery Train (USA/Japan: Jim Jarmusch, 1989)