Oops, forgot to post my own list. It's actually quite similar to the final list due to the fact that I have seen 4-5 films per year from the '80s and I use people's list to chose my films.
1. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
2. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
3. Blow Out (Brian De Palma)
4. Mad Max 2 (George Miller)
5. Coup de Torchon (Bertrand Tavernier)
6. Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix)
7. Escape From New York (John Carpenter)
8. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
9. The Decline Of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris)
10. Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Uli Edel)
I've got five films to watch from this year. Hopefully they're conveniently available on Netflix.
I'm surprised to see so much love for Escape From New York. It's one of those action films where the protagonists win without really ever doing anything.
I'm finding differing release dates for films back then. TSPDT has stuff listed as 1926 that another source had as 1927.
I feel though in the 20s that, the best films were fantastic, but once you get past the greats (Murnau, Chaplin, Eisenstein, Lang, etc) it slopes down a lot quicker. There are fewer great films today, but a whole lot more good films.