Best Film Direction - 1980s

#1

"Raging Bull" (1980)

#4

"The Color of Money" (1986)

#15

"The King of Comedy" (1983)

#26

"The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

#2

"The Shining" (1980)

#3

"Full Metal Jacket" (1987)

#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)

#6

"Scarface" (1983)

#24

"The Untouchables" (1987)

#8

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988)

#22

"Back to the Future" (1985)

#31

"Back to the Future Part II" (1989)

#7

"Wall Street" (1987)

#19

"Platoon" (1986)

#32

"Born on the Fourth of July" (1989)

#44

"Talk Radio" (1988)

#9

"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)

#11

"The Verdict" (1982)

#74

"Deathtrap" (1982)

#12

"Once Upon a Time in America" (1984)

#13

"This is Spinal Tap" (1984)

#54

"The Princess Bride" (1987)

#61

"When Harry Met Sally" (1989)

#73

"Stand By Me" (1986)

#14

"Blue Velvet" (1986)

#40

"The Elephant Man" (1980)

#16

"The Terminator" (1984)

#20

"Aliens" (1986)

#38

"The Abyss" (1989)

#17

"Brazil" (1985)

#52

"Time Bandits" (1981)

#67

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

#18

"Ordinary People" (1980)

#21

"Kagemusha" (1980)

#51

"Ran" (1985)

#23

"Rain Man" (1988)

#66

"The Natural" (1984)

#79

"Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987)

#25

"Blade Runner" (1982)

#29

"Amadeus" (1984)

#30

"Gandhi" (1982)

#33

"The Breakfast Club" (1985)

#47

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" (1987)

#65

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

#34

"Return of the Jedi" (1983)

#35

"The Last Emperor" (1987)

#36

"Big" (1988)

#37

"Absence of Malice" (1981)

#49

"Tootsie" (1982)

#60

"Out of Africa" (1985)

#39

"An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982)

#41

"Vacation" (1983)

#57

"Caddyshack" (1980)

#43

"Raising Arizona" (1987)

#45

"Frantic" (1988)

#89

"Tess" (1980)

#46

"Das Boot" (1981)

#48

"Batman" (1989)

#85

"Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985)

#50

"Witness" (1985)

#62

"Dead Poets Society" (1989)

#68

"The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983)

#53

"Scanners" (1981)

#75

"Videodrome" (1983)

#55

"Sex, Lies and Videotape" (1989)

#56

"Die Hard" (1988)

#58

"Ghostbusters" (1984)

#77

"Stripes" (1981)

#59

"Dangerous Liasons" (1988)

#63

"A Passage to India" (1984)

#64

"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982)

#69

"The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985)

#82

"Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)

#90

"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989)

#70

"Prizzi's Honor" (1985)

#71

"Escape From New York" (1981)

#88

"The Thing" (1982)

#72

"The Cotton Club" (1984)

#76

"Splash" (1984)

#78

"Spaceballs" (1987)

#80

"Reds" (1981)

#81

"Lethal Weapon" (1987)

#83

"All That Jazz" (1980)

#84

"Lost in America" (1985)

#85

"Year of the Dragon" (1985)

#87

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)