YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1995

 

1. SE7EN
2. THE USUAL SUSPECTS
3. A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES
4. FRIDAY
5. BEFORE SUNRISE
6. OTHELLO
7. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
8. BRAVEHEART
9. LA CEREMONIE
10. CASINO
11. MALLRATS
12. WHISPER OF THE HEART
13. SABRINA
14. THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
15. THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.
16. THE MAKING OF JAWS
17. LUMIERE AND COMPANY
18. TALES FROM THE HOOD
19. TALES FROM THE CRYPT:  DEMON KNIGHT
20. 12 MONKEYS
21. THE BATTLE OVER CITIZEN KANE
22. OUTBREAK
23. ICE CREAM MAN
24. DESPERADO
25. CARL TH. DREYER:  MY METIER
26. THE CELLULOID CLOSET
27. THE LOST GARDEN:  THE LIFE AND CINEMA OF ALICE GUY-BLACHE
28. THE WORLD OF JACQUES DEMY
29. FROSTBITER:  WRATH OF THE WENDIGO
30. SPIN
31. APOLLO 13
32. THE LAST SUPPER
33. TRUMAN
34. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
35. CARRINGTON
36. NIXON
37. TO DIE FOR
38. MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS
39. THE LIFE AND GHOSTS OF M.R. JAMES
40. FIRST KNIGHT
41. EMPIRE RECORDS
42. CLUELESS
43. CITIZEN X
44. DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
45. THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE
46. KAREN BLIXEN:  STORYTELLER
47. ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
48. DALEKMANIA
49. MURDER IN THE FIRST
50. RICHARD III
51. JUST CAUSE
52. DOLORES CLAIBORNE
53. BYE BYE, LOVE
54. SCREAMERS
55. XTRO 3:  WATCH THE SKIES
56. STRANGE DAYS
57. THE PROPHECY
58. GRUMPIER OLD MEN
59. COPYCAT
60. JEFFERSON IN PARIS
61. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
62. BABE
63. FRENCH KISS
64. CASTLE FREAK
65. THE LANGOLIERS
66. JUMANJI
67. DRACULA:  DEAD AND LOVING IT
68. BOYS ON THE SIDE
69. VIRTUOSITY
70. MAD LOVE
71. SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
72. THE SCARLET LETTER
73. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
74. JUDGE DREDD
75. THE NET
76. ACE VENTURA:  WHEN NATURE CALLS
77. BATMAN FOREVER
78. JADE
79. KISS OF DEATH
80. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
81. NINE MONTHS
    
    

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1994

 

1. NOBODY'S FOOL
2. CEMETERY MAN
3. CLERKS
4. CHUNGKING EXPRESS
5. PULP FICTION
6. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
7. ED WOOD
8. CRUMB
9. SPEED
10. FIST OF LEGEND
11. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
12. LITTLE WOMEN
13. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT III
14. THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE
15. BLOODLUST:  SUBSPECIES III
16. FLESH AND BLOOD:  THE HAMMER HERITAGE OF HORROR
17. HEAVENLEY CREATURES
18. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
19. QUIZ SHOW
20. THE BROWNING VERSION
21. THE LEGEND OF THE DRUNKEN MASTER
22. THE LION KING
23. NATURAL BORN KILLERS
24. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
25. MAVERICK
26. WHITE MILE
27. THE SUM OF US
28. THE CLIENT
29. CINEMA OF VENGEANCE
30. THEREMIN:  AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY
31. LURKING FEAR
32. SHRUNKEN HEADS
33. DUMB AND DUMBER
34. STAR TREK:  GENERATIONS
35. THE MASK
36. LEPRECHAUN 2
37. HATED:  GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES
38. WITCH HUNT
39. ACE VENTURA:  PET DETECTIVE
40. AIRHEADS
41. THE SANTA CLAUSE
42. THE CROW
43. NEW NIGHTMARE
44. THIS CAN'T BE LOVE
45. ONE CHRISTMAS
46. PHANTASM III:  LORD OF THE DEAD
47. NO ESCAPE
48. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
49. IMMORTAL BELOVED
50. MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
51. MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
52. LOVE AFFAIR
53. STARGATE
54. THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3:  THE FINAL INSULT
55. SERIAL MOM
56. TRUE LIES
57. BIONIC EVER AFTER?
58. ROSWELL
59. THE REF
60. MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
61. THE GETAWAY
62. WOLF
63. NELL
64. INTERSECTION
65. MY GIRL 2
66. NORTH
67. THE SHADOW
68. MILK MONEY
69. THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
70. DISCLOSURE
71. I.Q.
72. THE LITTLE RASCALS
73. TIMECOP
74. PCU
75. THE SPECIALIST
76. FORREST GUMP
77. EXIT TO EDEN

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1993

 

1. THREE COLORS:  BLUE
2. AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
3. DAZED AND CONFUSED
4. GROUNDHOG DAY
5. LOST IN YONKERS
6. THE UNTOLD STORY
7. THE SECRET GARDEN
8. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST
10. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III
11. PHILADELPHIA
12. BLOODSTONE:  SUBSPECIES II
13. THE FUGITIVE
14. KATHARINE HEPBURN:  ALL ABOUT ME
15. THE WASHING MACHINE
16. LA CLASSE AMERICAINE
17. TRUE ROMANCE
18. A BRONX TALE
19. IRON MONKEY
20. BARBARIANS AT THE GATE
21. JURASSIC PARK
22. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
23. INDIAN SUMMER
24. FALLING DOWN
25. THE HALLOWEEEN TREE
26. SCARY TALES
27. REFLECTIONS OF THE LIVING DEAD
28. REMAINS OF THE DAY
29. POINT OF NO RETURN
30. SHADOWLANDS
31. GRUMPY OLD MEN
32. THE FIRM
33. MATINEE
34. THE SANDLOT
35. NINJA SCROLL
36. FIRE IN THE SKY
37. RUDY
38. THE VANISHING
39. ETHAN FROME
40. BODY BAGS
41. SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
42. LEPRECHAUN
43. TOMBSTONE
44. NECRONOMICON
45. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
46. ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
47. TWENTY BUCKS
48. ROBIN HOOD:  MEN IN TIGHTS
49. THE DARK HALF
50. MRS. DOUBTFIRE
51. THE PELICAN BRIEF
52. DARK WATERS
53. DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS
54. BODY SNATCHERS
55. BATMAN:  MASK OF THE PHANTASM
56. IN THE LINE OF FIRE
57. THE TEMP
58. THE CRUSH
59. INDECENT PROPOSAL
60. SOMMERSBY
61. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
62. BORN YESTERDAY
63. BENNY & JOON
64. CONEHEADS
65. THE NIGHT WE NEVER MET
66. MY LIFE
67. THE LAST ACTION HERO
68. A PERFECT WORLD
69. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE
70. FLESH AND BONE
71. THE CHILL FACTOR
72. HOT SHOTS PART DEUX
73. THE GOOD SON
74. FREE WILLY
75. MALICE
76. WAYNE'S WORLD 2
77. DAVE
78. THE SEVENTH COIN
79. SLIVER
80. GHOST IN THE MACHINE
81. ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN
82. WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S II
83. LOOK WHO'S TALKING NOW

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1992

1. BARAKA
2. TRU
3. RESERVOIR DOGS
4. PETER'S FRIENDS
5. WINTERBEAST
6. UNFORGIVEN
7. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
8. BRAINDEAD
9. TRESPASS
10. A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE LIFE OF METALLICA
11. YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS:  A TRIBUTE TO 'CASABLANCA'
12. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
13. A FEW GOOD MEN
14. TWIN PEAKS:  FIRE WALK WITH ME
15. MONSTER IN A BOX
16. BOB ROBERTS
17. NOISES OFF
18. BRAIN DONORS
19. PATRIOT GAMES
20. A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
21. ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA II
22. BROTHER'S KEEPER
23. SATCHMO
24. SNEAKERS
25. CANDYMAN
26. GHOSTWATCH
27. FLYING SAUCERS OVER HOLLYWOOD:  THE 'PLAN 9' COMPANION
28. ARMY OF DARKNESS
29. GAS FOOD LODGING
30. MALCOLM X
31. MGM:  WHEN THE LION ROARS
32. ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA III
33. AMITYVILLE 1992:  IT'S ABOUT TIME
34. HEARTSTOPPERS:  HORROR AT THE MOVIES
35. CHICKBOXER
36. ALIEN3
37. HOFFA
38. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE
39. DEMONIC TOYS
40. NAKED KILLER
41. WAYNE'S WORLD
42. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
43. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
44. UNLAWFUL ENTRY
45. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
46. THE SEARCH FOR ROBERT JOHNSON
47. EMPIRE OF THE AIR:  THE MEN WHO MADE RADIO
48. DOCTOR MORDRID
49. SCHOOL TIES
50. THE BODYGUARD
51. A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
52. NINJA ZOMBIE
53. SEEDPEOPLE
54. SINGLES
55. WAXWORK II:  LOST IN TIME
56. THE CRYING GAME
57. ORLANDO
58. THE PLAYER
59. CHAPLIN
60. BATMAN RETURNS
61. STAY TUNED
62. MY COUSIN VINNY
63. LETHAL WEAPON 3
64. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
65. THE MAN UPSTAIRS
66. SISTER ACT
67. HOUSESITTER
68. LEAP OF FAITH
69. HOWARD'S END
70. DEATH BECOMES HER
71. FRANKENSTEIN
72. LADYBUGS
73. PASSENGER 57
74. FOREVER YOUNG
75. FAR AND AWAY
76. SCENT OF A WOMAN
77. BAD CHANNELS
78. SLEEPWALKERS
79. NETHERWORLD
80. PURE COUNTRY
81. HERO
82. THE BABE
83. USED PEOPLE
84. UNDER SIEGE
85. DARK HARVEST
86. CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
87. PRELUDE TO A KISS
88. COOL WORLD
89. BOOMERANG
90. HOME ALONE 2:  LOST IN NEW YORK
91. THE OPPOSITE SEX AND HOW TO LIVE WITH THEM
92. FREEJACK
93. 1492:  CONQUEST OF PARADISE
94. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS:  THE DISCOVERY
95. BLUE ICE
96. NIGHT AND THE CITY
97. TOYS
98. HUMANOIDS FROM ATLANTIS
99. MEMOIRS OF THE INVISIBLE MAN

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1991

 

1. JFK
2. TERMINATOR 2:  JUDGMENT DAY
3. THE COMMITMENTS
4. RIKI-OH:  THE STORY OF RICKY
5. THE RESURRECTED
6. ONLY YESTERDAY
7. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
8. DEFENDING YOUR LIFE
9. 35 UP
10. HEART OF DARKNESS:  A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE
11. CLOSE MY EYES
12. NAKED LUNCH
13. A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION
14. MADONNA:  TRUTH OR DARE
15. BODY PARTS
16. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
17. HIGHWAY TO HELL
18. OSCAR
19. THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
20. DELICATESSEN
21. THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE
22. FEAR IN THE DARK
23. PUPPET MASTER III
24. CAST A DEADLY SPELL
25. EUROPA
26. SUBSPECIES
27. ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA
28. ONLY THE LONELY
29. THE FISHER KING
30. RUSH
31. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
32. MARTIAL LAW II:  UNDERCOVER
33. BUGSY
34. POPCORN
35. THE BONEYARD
36. THE ADDAMS FAMILY
37. WHAT ABOUT BOB?
38. DEAD AGAIN
39. THE CRUCIFER OF BLOOD
40. CITY SLICKERS
41. THATCHER:  THE FINAL DAYS
42. GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH
43. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
44. THE BEST OF FRIENDS
45. L.A. STORY
46. DOLLMAN
47. BACKDRAFT
48. CAPE FEAR
49. SHADOWS AND FOG
50. STAR TREK VI:  THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
51. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
52. BLOODSUCKING PHARAOHS IN PITTSBURGH
53. THE ROCKETEER
54. KINGDOM OF THE VAMPIRE
55. THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2:  THE PRICE OF FEAR
56. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II:  THE SECRET OF THE OOZE
57. DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD
58. MY GIRL
59. ROBIN HOOD:  PRINCE OF THIEVES
60. HOOK
61. GRAND CANYON
62. DYING YOUNG
63. REGARDING HENRY
64. SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
65. THE DOORS
66. DUTCH
67. ERNEST SCARED STUPID
68. KING RALPH
69. SOAPDISH
70. BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY
71. V.I. WARSHAWSKI
72. CURLY SUE

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1990

 

1. GOODFELLAS
2. ROSENKRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
3. DREAMS
4. LIFE IS SWEET
5. PUMP UP THE VOLUME
6. MILLER'S CROSSING
7. LORD OF THE FLIES
8. TRULY MADLY DEEPLY
9. MISERY
10. THE EXORCIST III
11. THE HOT SPOT
12. THE LIFE OF PYTHON
13. GHOST
14. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
15. JACOB'S LADDER
16. MANIAC COP 2
17. CHILD'S PLAY 2
18. MARTIAL LAW
19. TWO EVIL EYES
20. THE SUCKLING
21. THE TWO JAKES
22. STEPHEN KING'S IT
23. TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE:  THE MOVIE
24. AVALON
25. PRETTY WOMAN
26. DANCES WITH WOLVES
27. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
28. PACIFIC HEIGHTS
29. THE KRAYS
30. TREMORS
31. POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
32. THE LONG WALK HOME
33. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
34. GRAVEYARD SHIFT
35. HAMLET
36. DEMON WIND
37. THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE
38. PUPPET MASTER II
39. AWAKENINGS
40. BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR
41. THE WITCHES
42. EROTIC GHOST STORY
43. ROCKULA
44. PALE BLOOD
45. CHINA O'BRIEN
46. THE WILLIES
47. FLATLINERS
48. FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND
49. THE RUSSIA HOUSE
50. DIE HARD 2
51. THE RIFT
52. STUFF STEPHANIE IN THE INCINERATOR
53. TREASURE ISLAND
54. HOME ALONE
55. ARACHNOPHONIA
56. THE FRESHMAN
57. MEMPHIS BELLE
58. MY BLUE HEAVEN
59. JETSONS:  THE MOVIE
60. GRIM PRAIRIE TALES
61. THE GUARDIAN
62. A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
63. WHITE PALACE
64. BLUE STEEL
65. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
66. SOULTAKER
67. I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
68. DICK TRACY
69. FERTILIZE THE BLASPHEMING BOMBSHELL
70. JEKYLL & HYDE
71. JOE VS. THE VOLCANO
72. THE GODFATHER PART III

HAPPY SEAN LOCK DAY!!!!

 AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, APRIL 22ND IS NATIONAL SEAN LOCK DAY!!! 

There are many ways to celebrate:  drink some canal water, catapult a mole into the ground, eat some pork to get a tapeworm, buy a tiger a pint and many other festive activities.

WAYNE'S STEAK RECIPE. FERDA.

 WAYNE'S STEAK RECIPE.  FERDA.

As per usual, there will be a slight pause between decades.  So make yerself a steak.

"What?  A pause?!?!  Ke Digida!!!"

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1989

 

1. SHIRLEY VALENTINE
2. KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
3. ONE WARM LINE:  THE LEGACY OF STAN ROGERS
4. VALMONT
5. THE CHURCH
6. SAY ANYTHING. . .
7. THE KILLER
8. SCANDAL
9. THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
10. INTRUDER
11. GRAVE ROBBERS
12. THE DEAD PIT
13. BATMAN
14. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
15. HENRY V
16. MY LEFT FOOT
17. FIELD OF DREAMS
18. ACTION U.S.A.
19. LAURIN
20. PEDICAB DRIVER
21. DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS aka GAME OVER
22. GOD OF GAMBLERS
23. THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BIGGEST BALL
24. DEAD POETS' SOCIETY
25. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION
26. THE BLACK CAT
27. OPERATION PINK SQUAD II
28. LONGTIME COMPANION
29. GLORY
30. DEAD CALM
31. MONTY PYTHON:  PARROT SKETCH NOT INCLUDED
32. PARENTS
33. PET SEMATARY
34. ROGER & ME
35. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
36. UHF
37. BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
38. PARENTHOOD
39. THE TALL GUY
40. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
41. THE 'BURBS
42. LETHAL WEAPON 2
43. LEVIATHAN
44. AMITYVILLE:  THE EVIL ESCAPES
45. THE LITTLE MERMAID
46. VAMPIRE BUSTER
47. STAR TREK V:  THE FINAL FRONTIER
48. STEEL MAGNOLIAS
49. MOONTRAP
50. PUPPET MASTER
51. SLEEPAWAY CAMP III:  TEENAGE WASTELAND
52. ALWAYS
53. SKIN DEEP
54. LITTLE MONSTERS
55. NIGHTWISH
56. DEEPSTAR SIX
57. THE WAR OF THE ROSES
58. WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S
59. BEYOND THE STARS
60. ROAD HOUSE
61. LOOK WHO'S TALKING
62. SEA OF LOVE
63. THE DREAM TEAM
64. TURNER & HOOCH
65. TAP
66. NEXT OF KIN
67. PAGANINI HORROR
68. CANNIBAL WOMEN IN THE AVOCADO JUNGLE OF DEATH
69. TANGO & CASH
70. SHE-DEVIL
71. SECOND SIGHT
72. THE MCPHERSON TAPE
73. FLETCH LIVES

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1988

 

1. DANGEROUS LIAISONS
2. DIE HARD
3. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
4. THE THIN BLUE LINE
5. PAPERHOUSE
6. THEY LIVE
7. DEADBEAT AT DAWN
8. COMIC BOOK CONFIDENTIAL
9. SLEEPAWAY CAMP II:  UNHAPPY CAMPERS
10. MISSISSIPPI BURNING
11. THE VANISHING
12. CINEMA PARADISO
13. BIG
14. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
15. CLARA'S HEART
16. THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW
17. BEETLEJUICE
18. U2:  RATTLE AND HUM
19. THE NAVIGATOR:  A MEDIAEVAL ODYSSEY
20. THE LADY IN WHITE
21. BRAIN DAMAGE
22. THE NAKED GUN:  FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD
23. IMAGINE:  JOHN LENNON
24. THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
25. BACALL ON BOGART
26. MOONWALKER
27. AMNSTERDAMNED
28. DOMINICK AND EUGENE
29. DAFFY DUCK'S QUACKBUSTERS
30. MONKEY SHINES
31. WAXWORK
32. THE BRAIN
33. GRAVEROBBERS
34. A FISH CALLED WANDA
35. PHANTASM II
36. SCROOGED
37. CHILD'S PLAY
38. RAIN MAN
39. THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
40. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS
41. ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK
42. THE BLOB
43. HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA
44. MANIAC COP
45. I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA
46. YOUNG GUNS
47. BEACHES
48. TWINS
49. HEATHERS
50. PATTY HEARST
51. GORILLAS IN THE MIST
52. THE EVIL CLERGYMAN
53. HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN
54. YOUNG EINSTEIN
55. SPELLCASTER
56. BLACK ROSES
57. GHOSTHOUSE
58. DEAD HEAT
59. DEEP SPACE
60. EIGHT MEN OUT
61. ROBO VAMPIRE
62. TUCKER:  THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
63. THE BEAR
64. PUMPKINHEAD
65. HACK-O-LANTERN
66. 976-EVIL
67. CELLAR DWELLER
68. NOT OF THIS EARTH
69. COMING TO AMERICA
70. GHOST TOWN
71. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
72. LAURA LANSING SLEPT HERE
73. WITCHERY
74. VAMPIRE'S KISS
75. WITHOUT A CLUE
76. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
77. JACK THE RIPPER
78. THE TESTIMONY OF RANDOLPH CARTER
79. THE DEAD POOL
80. SHOOT TO KILL
81. THE GREAT OUTDOORS
82. SHE'S HAVING A BABY
83. VICE VERSA
84. PUNCHLINE
85. OUT OF THE DARK
86. HELLBOUND:  HELLRAISER II
87. ZOMBIE VS. NINJA
88. BIG BUSINESS
89. SPACE MUTINY
90. ARTHUR 2:  ON THE ROCKS
91. CONSUMING PASSIONS
92. HIGH SPIRITS
93. D.O.A.
94. HOBGOBLINS
95. SCARECROWS
96. THE SEVENTH SIGN
97. MAC AND ME

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1987

 

1. 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD
2. BABETTE'S FEAST
3. BLOOD DINER
4. THE WHALES OF AUGUST
5. THE DARK ANGEL
6. PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
7. ROBOCOP
8. DEATHROW GAMESHOW
9. MASTERS OF COMIC BOOK ART
10. THE LAST EMPEROR
11. BAGDAD CAFE
12. OPERA
13. EVIL DEAD 2
14. DEAD OF WINTER
15. SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA
16. THE LOST BOYS
17. LESS THAN ZERO
18. THE MONSTER SQUAD
19. ANGEL HEART
20. LETHAL WEAPON
21. NEAR DARK
22. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
23. RAISING ARIZONA
24. DOLLS
25. THE TEN-YEAR LUNCH
26. DIRTY DANCING
27. CREEPSHOW 2
28. ROXANNE
29. THE GATE
30. STAGEFRIGHT:  AQUARIUS
31. BAD TASTE
32. A CHINESE GHOST STORY
33. THE CALLER
34. SLAUGHTERHOUSE
35. RAGE OF HONOR
36. BLOOD RAGE
37. BLOODY NEW YEAR
38. DARK AGE
39. THE HOSPICE
40. WINGS OF DESIRE
41. HELLRAISER
42. AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON
43. EDDIE MURPHY:  RAW
44. THE VIDEO DEAD
45. GRAVEYARD DISTURBANCE
46. THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S THIRD BALL
47. SPACEBALLS
48. YEELEN
49. PREDATOR
50. HARD TICKET TO HAWAII
51. CYCLONE
52. WALL STREET
53. ROLLING VENGEANCE
54. CHUCK BERRY:  HAIL!  HAIL!  ROCK 'N' ROLL
55. SUMMER SCHOOL
56. FATAL ATTRACTION
57. SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
58. WHITE WATER SUMMER
59. TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE
60. RADIO DAYS
61. THE BELIEVERS
62. MOONSTRUCK
63. GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
64. HELLO MARY LOU:  PROM NIGHT II
65. REST IN PIECES
66. PRINCE OF DARKNESS
67. FULL METAL JACKET
68. THE CURSE
69. FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM
70. THE UNTOUCHABLES
71. BURGLAR
72. OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE
73. CREEPOZOIDS
74. GHOST CHASE
75. MANNEQUIN
76. BLIND DATE
77. THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN
78. *BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
79. THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
80. DRAGNET
81. BACK TO THE BEACH
82. MAYFLOWER MADAM
83. LA BAMBA
84. HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS
85. THE PRINCESS BRIDE
86. THE RUNNING MAN
87. BEVERLY HILLS COP II
88. THREE MEN AND A BABY
89. CRIMINALLY INSANE 2
90. SUPERMAN IV:  THE QUEST FOR PEACE
91. CRY, WILDERNESS
92. HOWLING III

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1986

 

1. CLOCKWISE
2. ALIENS
3. FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
4. THE SPENCER TRACY LEGACY:  A TRIBUTE BY KATHARINE HEPBURN
5. NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
6. STAR TREK IV:  THE VOYAGE HOME
7. KILLER PARTY
8. THE NAME OF THE ROSE
9. STAND BY ME
10. LABYRINTH
11. THE DISPUTATION
12. SPOOKIES
13. TERROR VISION
14. DEMONS 2
15. FROM BEYOND
16. THE FLY
17. THE DELIBERATE STRANGER
18. JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
19. CROSSROADS
20. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
21. RUTHLESS PEOPLE
22. RAD
23. CRITTERS
24. THE SEVENTH CURSE
25. CASTLE IN THE SKY
26. SLAUGHTER HIGH
27. DEAD END DRIVE-IN
28. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT
29. CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH
30. MARTIAL ARTS OF SHAOLIN
31. NEON MANIACS
32. MILLIONAIRES EXPRESS
33. SWEET LIBERTY
34. BACK TO SCHOOL
35. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
36. BLOOD HOOK
37. TROLL
38. CROCODILE DUNDEE
39. THE WIND
40. NOTHING IN COMMON
41. DEADLY FRIEND
42. ELIMINATORS
43. LADY JANE
44. ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
45. SOUL MAN
46. GOTHIC
47. MRS. DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY
48. THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS
49. THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
50. THREE AMIGOS
51. TOP GUN
52. PLATOON
53. HOUSE
54. WITCHBOARD
55. HOWARD THE DUCK
56. POLTERGEIST II:  THE OTHER SIDE
57. ESCAPES
58. TRICK OR TREAT
59. STAR CRYSTAL
60. ABOUT LAST NIGHT. . .
61. HAUNTED HONEYMOON
62. THE SUPERNATURALS
63. NECROPOLIS
64. THE WHOOPEE BOYS
65. THE GOLDEN CHILD

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1985

 

1. TAMPOPO
2. BRAZIL
3. SHADOWLANDS
4. THE BREAKFAST CLUB
5. MISHIMA:  A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
6. RE-ANIMATOR
7. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
8. DEMONS
9. POLICE STORY
10. PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
11. RETURN TO OZ
12. PHENOMENA 
13. BETTER OFF DEAD
14. AFTER HOURS
15. DAY OF THE DEAD
16. MR. VAMPIRE
17. THE OFFICIAL STORY
18. ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR
19. CEMETERY OF TERROR
20. THE STUFF
21. SCREAMPLAY
22. PRAY FOR DEATH
23. THAT'S DANCING
24. MALIBU EXPRESS
25. THE NEW KIDS
26. FRIGHT NIGHT
27. THE GOLDEN GONG
28. COCOON
29. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE
30. GEORGE STEVENS:  A FILMMAKER'S JOURNEY
31. GRACE QUIGLEY
32. PALE RIDER
33. CLUE
34. THE FANTASY FILM WORLDS OF GEORGE PAL
35. SAVAGE DAWN
36. 9 DEATHS OF THE NINJA
37. THE DARK POWER
38. INVASION U.S.A.
39. LIFEFORCE
40. A ROOM WITH A VIEW
41. VAMPIRE HUNTER D
42. THE GOONIES
43. THE HOLCROFT COVENANT
44. WEIRD SCIENCE
45. CAT'S EYE
46. CREATURE
47. ONCE BITTEN
48. ALIEN OUTLAW
49. LEGEND
50. REMO WILLIAMS:  THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
51. YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
52. LADYHAWKE
53. BACK TO THE FUTURE
54. SILVER BULLET
55. THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES
56. FLESH AND BULLETS
57. ST. ELMO'S FIRE
58. TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000
59. BEER
60. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EUROPEAN VACATION
61. BABY:  SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND
62. REVOLUTION

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1984

 

1. AMADEUS
2. REPO MAN
3. THREADS
4. THE EIGHT DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER
5. THE BOUNTY
6. MARLENE
7. 28 UP
8. CHOOSE ME
9. WHEELS ON MEALS
10. GHOSTBUSTERS
11. ANTONIO GAUDI
12. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
13. FRIDAY THE 13TH:  THE FINAL CHAPTER
14. ALL OF ME
15. TERROR IN THE AISLES
16. STREETS OF FIRE
17. THE NEVERENDING STORY
18. JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY
19. NIGHT PATROL
20. THE TERMINATOR
21. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
22. THE MUTILATOR
23. DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS
24. C.H.U.D.
25. STAR TREK III:  THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
26. BLOODBATH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH
27. V:  THE FINAL BATTLE
28. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
29. SILENT MADNESS
30. DEVILFISH
31. NIGHT OF THE COMET
32. PURPLE RAIN
33. THE DUNGEONMASTER
34. LUST IN THE DUST
35. PURANA MANDIR
36. STARMAN
37. MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON
38. THE KARATE KID
39. GREMLINS
40. THIS IS SPINAL TAP
41. WHITE FIRE
42. CHILDREN OF THE CORN
43. SECRET HONOR
44. FRANKENSTEIN
45. SUPERGIRL
46. SATAN'S BLADE
47. ROMANCING THE STONE
48. OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY BANK
49. RUNAWAY

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1983

 

1. SANS SOLEIL
2. A CHRISTMAS STORY
3. THE HORROR OF IT ALL
4. EDUCATING RITA
5. STRANGE BREW
6. MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE
7. AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD
8. THE OUTSIDERS
9. EDDIE MURPHY:  DELIRIOUS
10. WARGAMES
11. MACBETH
12. OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
13. CURTAINS
14. BMX BANDITS
15. SHAOLIN VS. LAMA
16. SILKWOOD
17. THE DEADLY SPAWN
18. SLEEPAWAY CAMP
19. RETURN OF THE JEDI
20. THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD III
21. I LIVED, BUT. . .
22. BILL COSBY:  HIMSELF
23. REVENGE OF THE NINJA
24. GORKY PARK
25. TRADING PLACES
26. THE TWILIGHT ZONE:  THE MOVIE
27. VIDEODROME
28. THE RIGHT STUFF
29. A BLADE IN THE DARK
30. ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX
31. PSYCHO II
32. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
33. HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS
34. KRULL
35. THE MAN IN THE SILK HAT
36. FANTASY MISSION FORCE
37. SHAOLIN INTRUDERS
38. THE DEAD ZONE
39. PROZZIE
40. V
41. THE WINDS OF WAR
42. FIRE AND ICE
43. CUJO
44. MAUSOLEUM
45. KING LEAR
46. FRIGHTMARE
47. AMITYVILLE 3_D
48. THE DAY AFTER
49. MORTUARY
50. YELLOWBEARD
51. THE BIG CHILL
52. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION
53. RISKY BUSINESS
54. BRAINSTORM
55. HIGH ROAD TO CHINA
56. PHAROS OF CHAOS
57. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND
58. THE NEW BARBARIANS
59. ADAM AND EVE VS. THE CANNIBALS
60. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
61. 10 TO MIDNIGHT
62. WHAT'S UP, HIDEOUS SUN DEMON?
63. MR. MOM
64. THE PREY
65. CHRISTINE
66. YENTL
67. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
68. TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1982

 

1. FANNY AND ALEXANDER
2. SWEENEY TODD:  THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
3. THE THING
4. GANDHI
5. TENEBRE
6. STAR TREK II:  THE WRATH OF KHAN
7. BLADE RUNNER
8. DEATHTRAP
9. VIGILANTE
10. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
11. THE DEADLY GAME
12. SPIDER'S WEB
13. RICHARD PRYOR:  LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP
14. TOOTSIE
15. SOPHIE'S CHOICE
16. E.T.:  THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
17. UNE CHAMBRE EN VILLE
18. LEGENDARY WEAPONS OF CHINA
19. FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS
20. DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID
21. MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
22. MY FAVORITE YEAR
23. CREEPSHOW
24. BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER
25. EATING RAOUL
26. BASKET CASE
27. ALONE IN THE DARK
28. HALLOWEEN III:  SEASON OF THE WITCH
29. Q THE WINGED SERPENT
30. THE ATOMIC CAFE
31. NIGHTBEAST
32. WACKO
33. MANHATTAN BABY
34. COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
35. THE KILLING HOUR aka THE CLAIRVOYANT
36. THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S OTHER BALL
37. POLTERGEIST
38. THE PIRATE MOVIE
39. FRANCES
40. THE VERDICT
41. DINER
42. AMITYVILLE II:  THE POSSESSION
43. THE GREY FOX
44. HOUSE OF TRAPS
45. THE COMPLEAT BEATLES
46. ROARING FIRE
47. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III
48. THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW
49. THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE
50. SUPERSTITION
51. BLOODTIDE
52. THE DEAD AND THE DEADLY
53. THE SLAYER
54. SILENT RAGE
55. TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN
56. SAVANNAH SMILES
57. COMING SOON
58. 1990:  THE BRONX WARRIORS
59. SWAMP THING
60. THE ENTITY
61. PANDEMONIUM
62. DON'T GO TO SLEEP
63. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
64. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
65. SHOOT THE MOON
66. UNHINGED
67. CONAN THE BARBARIAN
68. EVIL UNDER THE SUN
69. THE AFTERMATH
70. HAMMETT
71. NIGHT SHIFT
72. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
73. WHODUNIT? aka ISLAND OF BLOOD
74. THE FOREST
75. THE DARK CRYSTAL
76. IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD
77. EUNICE
78. THE MISSIONARY
79. VICTOR/VICTORIA
80. WORLD WAR III
81. IVANHOE
82. WHO DARES WINS
83. PINK FLOYD:  THE WALL
84. THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS
85. THE LAST UNICORN
86. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
87. HONKYTONK MAN
88. HANKY PANKY
89. AIRPLANE II:  THE SEQUEL
90. THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
91. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
92. IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR
93. CAT PEOPLE

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1981

 

1. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
2. ON GOLDEN POND
3. THE FOUR SEASONS
4. THE GIN GAME
5. POSSESSION
6. MY BLOODY VALENTINE
7. THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
8. CUTTER'S WAY
9. THE BEYOND
10. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
11. THE EVIL DEAD
12. HEAVY METAL
13. TRANCES
14. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
15. GALLIPOLI
16. EXCALIBUR
17. TIME BANDITS
18. THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY
19. THE FOX AND THE HOUND
20. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
21. THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW
22. BLOW OUT
23. THE BURNING
24. MADMAN
25. EVILSPEAK
26. EYE OF THE NEEDLE
27. THE PROWLER
28. THE BUNKER
29. DEAD & BURIED
30. VENOM
31. DANCE CRAZE
32. JUST BEFORE DAWN
33. MYSTICS IN BALI
34. PORKY'S
35. FIRECRACKER
36. THE HOWLING
37. CLASH OF THE TITANS
38. THE BLACK CAT
39. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
40. MISS MORISON'S GHOSTS
41. MARTIAL CLUB
42. RAGTIME
43. ENTER THE NINJA
44. NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF
45. GHOSTKEEPER
46. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART II
47. THE FUNHOUSE
48. GRADUATION DAY
49. ABSENCE OF MALICE
50. DRAGONSLAYER
51. THE CANNONBALL RUN
52. HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I
53. THE WARRIOR
54. QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC
55. MOMMIE DEAREST
56. BURNED AT THE STAKE
57. SHERLOCK HOLMES:  THE STRANGE CASE OF ALICE FAULKNER
58. HALLOWEEN II
59. THE FINAL CONFLICT
60. MASADA
61. THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER
62. ARTHUR
63. THE MONSTER CLUB
64. DAWN OF THE MUMMY
65. DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW
66. HELL NIGHT
67. SPHINX
68. SHARKY'S MACHINE
69. THE SURVIVOR
70. INSEMINOID
71. AMERICAN POP
72. MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND
73. FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
74. FORT APACHE, THE BRONX
75. WET JOB
76. THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
77. RICH AND FAMOUS
78. WOLFEN
79. THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA
80. LOOKER
81. DEAD KIDS
82. ZOMBIE LAKE
83. THE MUNSTERS' REVENGE
84. THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN
85. CHARIOTS OF FIRE
86. GHOST STORY
87. STUDENT BODIES
88. SATURDAY THE 14TH
89. UNDER THE RAINBOW
90. CAVEMAN
91. HEARTBEEPS

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1980

 

1. THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
2. BREAKER MORANT
3. FATSO
4. AIRPLANE
5. THE BLUES BROTHERS
6. THE FOG
7. GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS
8. THE BIG RED ONE
9. THE SHINING
10. THE LATHE OF HEAVEN
11. MANIAC
12. INFERNO
13. FFOLKES
14. HANK WILLIAMS:  THE SHOW HE NEVER GAVE
15. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
16. THE CHANGELING
17. CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
18. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
19. CADDYSHACK
20. THE RETURN OF THE KING
21. COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
22. 9 TO 5
23. ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND
24. TWELFTH NIGHT
25. GUYANA TRAGEDY:  THE STORY OF JIM JONES
26. THE MAN WITH BOGART'S FACE
27. ANIMALYMPICS
28. SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
29. DIVINE MADNESS
30. THE LAST HUNTER
31. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
32. THE EXTERMINATOR
33. SUPERMAN II
34. FLASH GORDON
35. NIGHTMARE CITY
36. HAPPY DAYS
37. CHRISTMAS EVIL
38. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
39. THE ELEPHANT MAN
40. HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
41. FRIDAY THE 13TH
42. GILDA LIVE
43. MELVIN AND HOWARD
44. LITTLE DARLINGS
45. FADE TO BLACK
46. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
47. WITHOUT WARNING
48. TO ALL A GOODNIGHT
49. AMERICAN GIGOLO
50. TERROR TRAIN
51. THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS
52. FAME
53. LITTLE MISS MARKER
54. USED CARS
55. PRIVATE BENJAMIN
56. THE ISLAND
57. BRUCE, KING OF KUNG FU
58. ISLAND CLAWS
59. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
60. BRUBAKER
61. DEATH SHIP
62. THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF M.C. ESCHER
63. RISING DAMP
64. BAT WITHOUT WINGS
65. HAMLET  (Dir. Rodney Bennett)
66. GEORGE AND MILDRED
67. BEYOND EVIL
68. THE JAZZ SINGER
69. DEADLINE
70. THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE
71. THE PRIVATE EYES
72. HAWK THE SLAYER
73. THE AWAKENING
74. THE MIRROR CRACK'D
75. THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
76. HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
77. PROM NIGHT
78. FOXES
79. FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH
80. THE HEARSE
81. THE BLUE LAGOON
82. HANGAR 18
83. WHEN TIME RAN OUT. . .
84. HERO AT LARGE
85. THE HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS
86. THE APPLE
87. POPEYE
88. URBAN COWBOY
89. THE NUDE BOMB
90. THE LAST MARRIED COUPLE IN AMERICA
91. WHOLLY MOSES
92. UP THE ACADEMY
93. THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU
94. A CHANGE OF SEASONS
95. EFFECTS
96. RAISE THE TITANIC