Only five spots remain and so many great and big titles are yet to be seconded!
Only five spots remain and so many great and big titles are yet to be seconded!
One plug for Cat People to make it through. Really atmospheric erotic/mystery/fantasy/horror/detective thriller with an intriguing premise and wonderful feline performances by Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell.
I've only got about 20 or so movies left on my list. None that I think are really great but I liked them well enough.
Plus the rest of the un-nominated movies from the popular 80's horror franchises like Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm St. Although none of those are particularly memorable either. Many of them run together in my mind and it's hard to remember which scene happened in which movie.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Wanted: Human skin edition of The Book of the Dead. Will accept PC copy.
I'll second Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. It's utterly disturbing but definitely one of a kind.
I've got a handful left I'd like to nominate but I doubt I will get to so....
Body Heat
A Room with a View
Maurice
Kagemusha
Stardust Memories
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Cheesy musical but I love it and we are woefully short on them for this decade)
Any interest in any of those? If not, I will end my nominations now.
Mystic pizza - 1988
https://youtu.be/muLvjpHGHig
Barefoot Gen (1983)
Mori Masaki
Watch video:
BTW, the soundtrack to Purple Rain is exquisite and one of the greatest of all time but the movie I am a bit dubious about.
My Last nomination:
Maximum Overdrive
1986
Stephen King
Wanted:
'Salem's Lot Portfolio #606
Fairy Tale UK S/L
I felt that way too but I had mentioned it a few pages back and there was no response so I thought little interest in it. There was already a Kasdan on the list and I really wanted an Ivory to make it on the list so.... Hopefully folks will seek out the unseconded nominees as well.
Thats it!
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
And that makes it 256. Our list is set for the tournament. If you're unfamiliar with some of the entries or just need a refresher, please do make an effort to seek them out on streaming or what have you, if you can. That makes things more fair. And I do think of the films not seconded as honorable mentions, so do feel free to dip into that pool as well!
I'm not sure yet when we'll start voting, but it's likely going to be one of the upcoming Mondays, January 27 or February 3.
Thank you all for such wonderful participation in the nominating process! I feel like we've gotten a great slice of all things '80s, from art-house fare to muscly action movies to cheesy comedies and teen movies. We even got all of the Studio Ghibli output from the decade!
Well shoot, I guess I was too late.
Anyway, here's what I had left on my list in no particular order. Nothing really ground-breaking IMO.
Look Who's Talking
The Karate Kid 2
The Karate Kid 3
Flight of the Navigator
Lady in White
The Wizard
Wildcats
Back to School
Spies Like Us
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Howard the Duck
Cat's Eye
Firestarter
Teen Witch
Tango and Cash
Mannequin
History of the World, Part 1
Adventures in Babysitting
The Brave Little Toaster
Crocodile Dundee
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Secret of NIMH
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Nightmare on Elm St. 2: Freddy's Revenge
Nightmare on Elm St. 4: The Dream Master
Nightmare on Elm St. 5: The Final Nightmare
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 3
Friday the 13th 4: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th 5: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Halloween II
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Here were the remaining picks I had if anyone's curious:
Some stats:
Number of nominations per year:
- 1980: 13 (5%)
- 1981: 18 (7%)
- 1982: 26 (10%)
- 1983: 18 (7%)
- 1984: 26 (10%)
- 1985: 28 (11%)
- 1986: 26 (10%)
- 1987: 33 (13%)
- 1988: 33 (13%)
- 1989: 35 (14%)
Directors with multiple nominations:
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Alan Parker: Angel Heart; The Wall
Barry Levinson: Good Morning, Vietnam; Rain Man
Bob Clark: A Christmas Story; Porky's
Chuck Russell: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; The Blob
Clint Eastwood: Pale Rider; Sudden Impact
Dario Argento: Opera; Tenebre
David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams: Airplane!; Top Secret!
David Lynch: Blue Velvet; The Elephant Man
George Miller: Mad Max 2; The Witches of Eastwick
Harold Ramis: Caddyshack; National Lampoon's Vacation
Herbert Ross: Footloose; Steel Magnolias
Howard Deutch: Pretty in Pink; Some Kind of Wonderful
James L. Brooks: Broadcast News; Terms of Endearment
Jean-Jacques Annaud: The Bear; The Name of the Rose
Jim Henson: Labyrinth; The Dark Crystal
Joel Coen: Blood Simple; Raising Arizona
Joel Schumacher: St. Elmo's Fire; The Lost Boys
John Badham: Short Circuit; Wargames
John McTiernan: Die Hard; Predator
John Milius: Conan the Barbarian; Red Dawn
John Woo: A Better Tomorrow; The Killer
Martha Coolidge: Real Genius; Valley Girl
Martin Brest: Beverly Hills Cop; Midnight Run
Ridley Scott: Blade Runner; Legend
Sam Raimi: Evil Dead II; The Evil Dead
Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket; The Shining
Sylvester Stallone: Rocky III; Rocky IV
Ted Kotcheff: First Blood; Weekend at Bernie's
Terry Gilliam: Brazil; Time Bandits
Tim Burton: Batman; Beetlejuice
Wim Wenders: Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire
Wolfgang Petersen: Das Boot; The Neverending Story
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Adrian Lyne: 9½ Weeks; Fatal Attraction; Flashdance
David Zucker: Airplane!; Top Secret!; The Naked Gun
Don Bluth: An American Tail; The Land Before Time; The Secret of NIMH
Frank Oz: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Little Shop of Horrors; The Dark Crystal
Ivan Reitman: Ghostbusters; Stripes; Twins
James Cameron: Aliens; The Abyss; The Terminator
Joe Dante: Gremlins; Innerspace; The 'Burbs
Oliver Stone: Born on the Fourth of July; Platoon; Wall Street
Peter Weir: Dead Poets Society; Gallipoli; Witness
Tony Scott: Beverly Hills Cop II; The Hunger; Top Gun
Woody Allen: Crimes and Misdemeanors; Hannah and Her Sisters; The Purple Rose of Cairo
4
Brian De Palma: Blow Out; Body Double; Scarface; The Untouchables
Hayao Miyazaki: Castle in the Sky; Kiki's Delivery Service; My Neighbor Totoro; Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Martin Scorsese: After Hours; Raging Bull; The King of Comedy; The Last Temptation of Christ
Rob Reiner: Stand by Me; The Princess Bride; This is Spinal Tap; When Harry Met Sally
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future; Back to the Future Part II; Romancing the Stone; Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Ron Howard: Cocoon; Night Shift; Splash; Willow
5
David Cronenberg: Dead Ringers; Scanners; The Dead Zone; The Fly; Videodrome
John Carpenter: Big Trouble in Little China; Christine; Escape from New York; The Thing; They Live
John Landis: An American Werewolf in London; Coming to America; The Blues Brothers; Three Amigos; Trading Places
Richard Donner: Ladyhawke; Lethal Weapon; Lethal Weapon 2; Scrooged; The Goonies
Steven Spielberg: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Color Purple
6
John Hughes: Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Sixteen Candles; The Breakfast Club; Uncle Buck; Weird Science
I also had a few extreme horror/disturbing pics left but I felt like people would get mad about some of them like Cannibal Holocaust, Nekromantik and In a Glass Cage. Maybe one day we could have the Most Disturbing Movie Tournament. I would win that one.