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Best Film Direction - 1980s

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Average listal rating (1048 ratings) 8.7  
1. Martin Scorsese

#1

"Raging Bull" (1980)

#4

"The Color of Money" (1986)

#15

"The King of Comedy" (1983)

#26

"The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (999 ratings) 8.9  
2. Stanley Kubrick

#2

"The Shining" (1980)

#3

"Full Metal Jacket" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1351 ratings) 8.1  
3. Steven Spielberg

#5

"E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" (1982)

#10

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)

#28

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)

#42

"Empire of the Sun" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (401 ratings) 7.6  
4. Brian De Palma

#6

"Scarface" (1983)

#24

"The Untouchables" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (615 ratings) 7.3  
5. Robert Zemeckis

#8

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988)

#22

"Back to the Future" (1985)

#31

"Back to the Future Part II" (1989)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (370 ratings) 7.3  
6. Oliver Stone

#7

"Wall Street" (1987)

#19

"Platoon" (1986)

#32

"Born on the Fourth of July" (1989)

#44

"Talk Radio" (1988)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (65 ratings) 6.3  
7. Irvin Kershner

#9

"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (204 ratings) 8.2  
8. Sidney Lumet

#11

"The Verdict" (1982)

#74

"Deathtrap" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (326 ratings) 8.8  
9. Sergio Leone

#12

"Once Upon a Time in America" (1984)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (300 ratings) 6.8  
10. Rob Reiner

#13

"This is Spinal Tap" (1984)

#54

"The Princess Bride" (1987)

#61

"When Harry Met Sally" (1989)

#73

"Stand By Me" (1986)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (573 ratings) 8.6  
11. David Lynch

#14

"Blue Velvet" (1986)

#40

"The Elephant Man" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (706 ratings) 7.5  
12. James Cameron

#16

"The Terminator" (1984)

#20

"Aliens" (1986)

#38

"The Abyss" (1989)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (555 ratings) 7.9  
13. Terry Gilliam

#17

"Brazil" (1985)

#52

"Time Bandits" (1981)

#67

"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (1983)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (318 ratings) 8  
14. Robert Redford

#18

"Ordinary People" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (305 ratings) 9.1  
15. Akira Kurosawa

#21

"Kagemusha" (1980)

#51

"Ran" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (185 ratings) 6.5  
16. Barry Levinson

#23

"Rain Man" (1988)

#66

"The Natural" (1984)

#79

"Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (747 ratings) 8  
17. Ridley Scott

#25

"Blade Runner" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (215 ratings) 8  
18. Milos Forman

#29

"Amadeus" (1984)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (142 ratings) 6.9  
19. Richard Attenborough

#30

"Gandhi" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (215 ratings) 7.6  
20. John Hughes

#33

"The Breakfast Club" (1985)

#47

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)

#65

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (24 ratings) 5.5  
21. Richard Marquand

#34

"Return of the Jedi" (1983)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (158 ratings) 8.1  
22. Bernardo Bertolucci

#35

"The Last Emperor" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (65 ratings) 6.2  
23. Penny Marshall

#36

"Big" (1988)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (148 ratings) 7.3  
24. Sydney Pollack

#37

"Absence of Malice" (1981)

#49

"Tootsie" (1982)

#60

"Out of Africa" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (59 ratings) 6  
25. Taylor Hackford

#39

"An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (188 ratings) 6.5  
26. Harold Ramis

#41

"Vacation" (1983)

#57

"Caddyshack" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (520 ratings) 8.4  
27. Joel Coen

#43

"Raising Arizona" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (521 ratings) 8.2  
28. Roman Polanski

#45

"Frantic" (1988)

#89

"Tess" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (202 ratings) 6.5  
29. Wolfgang Petersen

#46

"Das Boot" (1981)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (1439 ratings) 8.3  
30. Tim Burton

#48

"Batman" (1989)

#85

"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (182 ratings) 7.3  
31. Peter Weir

#50

"Witness" (1985)

#62

"Dead Poets Society" (1989)

#68

"The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983)

Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (368 ratings) 8.1  
32. David Cronenberg

#53

"Scanners" (1981)

#75

"Videodrome" (1983)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (396 ratings) 7.1  
33. Steven Soderbergh

#55

"Sex, Lies and Videotape" (1989)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (195 ratings) 6.7  
34. John McTiernan

#56

"Die Hard" (1988)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (222 ratings) 6.1  
35. Ivan Reitman

#58

"Ghostbusters" (1984)

#77

"Stripes" (1981)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (84 ratings) 7.1  
36. Stephen Frears

#59

"Dangerous Liasons" (1988)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (123 ratings) 8.5  
37. David Lean

#63

"A Passage to India" (1984)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (92 ratings) 5.6  
38. Amy Heckerling

#64

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (839 ratings) 7.8  
39. Woody Allen

#69

"The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985)

#82

"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)

#90

"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (174 ratings) 8.3  
40. John Huston

#70

"Prizzi's Honor" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (365 ratings) 7.8  
41. John Carpenter

#71

"Escape From New York" (1981)

#88

"The Thing" (1982)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (746 ratings) 8.4  
42. Francis Ford Coppola

#72

"The Cotton Club" (1984)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (584 ratings) 6.9  
43. Ron Howard

#76

"Splash" (1984)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (285 ratings) 7.4  
44. Mel Brooks

#78

"Spaceballs" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (95 ratings) 7.3  
45. Warren Beatty

#80

"Reds" (1981)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (268 ratings) 6.7  
46. Richard Donner

#81

"Lethal Weapon" (1987)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (29 ratings) 7.9  
47. Bob Fosse

#83

"All That Jazz" (1980)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (95 ratings) 6.1  
48. Albert Brooks

#84

"Lost in America" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (45 ratings) 7.2  
49. Michael Cimino

#85

"Year of the Dragon" (1985)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (338 ratings) 6.9  
50. Wes Craven

#87

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
Stehako's rating:



50 Directors Boast 90 of My Favorite Directing Efforts from the Affluenza-Struck 80s!




Directing continues to get more wild and creative in the 80s. Manic directors like Lynch and Polanski continue their talents, newcomers like Cameron and Stone light up the industry, and veterans like Lean and Kurosawa cease their careers nobly.

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