Best Film Direction - 1980s
Sort by:
Showing 1-50 of 51
Rating:
List Type:
#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:
#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:
#8
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988)#22
"Back to the Future" (1985)#31
"Back to the Future Part II" (1989)
Stehako's rating:
#7
"Wall Street" (1987)#19
"Platoon" (1986)#32
"Born on the Fourth of July" (1989)#44
"Talk Radio" (1988)
Stehako's rating:
#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:
#17
"Brazil" (1985)#52
"Time Bandits" (1981)#67
"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (1983)
Stehako's rating:
#23
"Rain Man" (1988)#66
"The Natural" (1984)#79
"Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987)
Stehako's rating:
#33
"The Breakfast Club" (1985)#47
"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)#65
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
Stehako's rating:
#37
"Absence of Malice" (1981)#49
"Tootsie" (1982)#60
"Out of Africa" (1985)
Stehako's rating:
#50
"Witness" (1985)#62
"Dead Poets Society" (1989)#68
"The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983)
Stehako's rating:
#69
"The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985)#82
"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)#90
"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989)
Stehako's rating:
Load more items (1 more in this list)
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.