You can post a list of anywhere between 5 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the year we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the RYM list and the top 10 of each year will go on to the final top 100 round. The deadline is July 24th.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50 points
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
10. 9
...
20. 1
However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the great (and awful) films released in 1984, from a variety of sources:
IMDb
RYM
Films101
RottenTomatoes

decade rank in parentheses

1. The Element of Crime / Lars von Trier / Denmark (#2)
2. Stranger Than Paradise / Jim Jarmusch / U.S. (#9)
3. Paris, Texas / Wim Wenders / West Germany (#14)
4. The Brother from Another Planet / John Sayles / U.S. (#17)
5. Once Upon a Time in America / Sergio Leone / Italy (#23)
6. Blood Simple / Joel Coen / U.S. (#30)
7. Ghostbusters / Ivan Reitman / U.S. (#42)
8. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind / Hayao Miyazaki / Japan (#44)
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street / Wes Craven / U.S. (#45)
10. Purple Rain / Albert Magnoli / U.S. (#55)
11. The Terminator / James Cameron / U.S. (#78)
12. Quilombo / Carlos Diegues / Brazil (#92)
13. Choose Me / Alan Rudolph / U.S.
14. Dune / David Lynch / U.S.
15. Broadway Danny Rose / Woody Allen / U.S.
16. Sixteen Candles / John Hughes / U.S.
17. Under the Volcano / John Huston / U.S.
18. The Neverending Story / Wolfgang Petersen / West Germany
19. Birdy / Alan Parker / U.S.
20. Stop Making Sense / Jonathan Demme / U.S.

While I struggled a bit with 80-83, I suddenly have a top 10.

1. Paris, Texas
2. This Is Spinal Tap
3. Stop Making Sense
4. Once Upon a Time in America
5. Beverly Hills Cop
6. Blood Simple
7. Amadeus
8. Ronja Rövardotter [Ronja Robbersdaughter]
9. Gremlins
10. 風の谷のナウシカ [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]

1. Repo Man

This was somewhere in my top 5 in the all time movies poll last year, really dig the vibe it puts out.

2. This Is Spinal Tap
3. The Terminator
4. Beverly Hills Cop
5. Ghostbusters
6. Purple Rain
7. C.H.U.D.
8. Blood Simple
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
11. Conan the Destroyer
12. Gremlins
13. Revenge of the Nerds
14. The Karate Kid
15. Romancing the Stone

1. Blood Simple
2. Stop Making Sense
3. Stranger Than Paradise
4. Paris, Texas
5. This Is Spinal Tap
6. Amadeus
7. 風の谷のナウシカ [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]
8. A Nightmare on Elm Street
9. Police Academy
10. Entre tinieblas [Dark Habits]
11. The Terminator
12. Hrafninn flýgur [When the Raven Flies]
13. Beverly Hills Cop
14. Repo Man
15. Ronja Rövardotter [Ronja Robbersdaughter]

1. Amadeus
2. The Element of Crime [Forbrydelsens element]
3. Another Country
4. Paris, Texas
5. Birdy
6. Maria's Lovers
7. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [風の谷のナウシカ]
8. Blood Simple
9. Ghostbusters
10. Love Streams
11. This Is Spinal Tap
12. Boy Meets Girl
13. The Hit
14. The Killing Fields
15. A Sunday in the Country [Un dimanche à la campagne]
16. Broadway Danny Rose
17. Once Upon a Time in America
18. Sexmission [Seksmisja]
19. Le bon plaisir
20. The Cotton Club

1. Heimat
2. Once upon a time in America
3. Paris, Texas
4. Nausicaa
5. Amadeus
6. Blood Simple
7. Stranger Than Paradise
8. The Killing Fields
9. Repo Man
10. Birdy
11. The Hit
12. Under The Volcano
13. Body Double
14. The Company of Wolves
15. Choose Me
16. 1984
17. A Passage to India
18. Spinal Tap
19. Terminator
20. Crimes of passion

1. Stranger Than Paradise
2. Paris, Texas
3. The Killing Fields
4. Stop Making Sense
5. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
6. De Illusionist
7. Birdy
8. Amadeus
9. Gremlins
10. Revenge of the Nerds

01. Once upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
02. Kaos (Paolo & Vitorio Taviani)
03. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
04. The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein) 26
05. 2010 (Peter Hyams) 24
06. The Terminator (James Cameron) 20
07. Amadeus (Milos Forman) 18
08. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé) 16
09. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner) 14
10. Blood Simple. (Joel & Ethan Coen) 12
11. Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch) 7
12. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg) 5
13. Gremlins (Joe Dante) 3
14. The Karate Kid (John G. Avildsen) 1

01. De Illusionist
02. The Killing Fields
03. This Is Spinal Tap
04. Blood Simple
05. Repo Man
06. Paris, Texas
07. The Terminator
08. The Cotton Club
09. Stranger Than Paradise
10. The Toxic Avenger
11. Amadeus
12. The Company Of Wolves
13. Dreamscape
14. Kaos
15. Stop Making Sense

A good year for films. 1985 In comparision seems pretty weak and cheesy, though.

1985 has Ran and Vagabond, but beyond that, I agree it's looking pretty weak. (Although I need to see Purple Rose of Cairo which I hear is very underrated.)

I suppose I should watch Amadeus in addition to the other ones I mentioned. The only reason I was avoiding it is that I know the entire plot already, and I'm aware it's not entirely accurate.

Brazil and Back To The Future as well. Also, the best part of the Up series by Michael Apted, 28 Up, is from 1985.

My favorite movie (Back to the Future) is from '85.

1. Stop Making Sense – Jonathan Demme
2. 1984 – Michael Radford
3. Dune – David Lynch
4. Broadway Danny Rose – Woody Allen
5. Gremlins – Joe Dante
6. Another Country – Marek Kanievska
7. Seksmisja (Sexmission) – Juliusz Machulski
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Steven Spielberg
9. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – Hugh Hudson
10. Los Santos Inocentes (The Holy Innocents) – Mario Camus
11. Blood Simple – Joel Coen
12. La diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves) – Richard Dembo
13. Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
14. The Cotton Club – Francis Ford Coppola
15. Moscow on the Hudson – Paul Mazursky
16. Choose Me – Alan Rudolph
17. Paris, Texas – Wim Wenders
18. Boy Meets Girls – Leos Carax
19. Kaos – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
20. Tasio – Montxo Armendáriz

1. Amadeus
2. Stop Making Sense
3. Revenge of the Nerds
4. This Is Spinal Tap
5. Star Trek III- The Search For Spock
6. The Natural
7. Paris, Texas
8. Ghostbusters
9. Bachelor Party

1. This is Spinal Tap
2. Blood Simple
3. Stop Making Sense
4. Ghostbusters
5. The Terminator
6. Stranger Than Paradise
7. Once Upon a Time in America
8. Repo Man
9. The Killing Fields
10. Choose Me

1. The Terminator
2. Starman
3. The Natural
4. Amadeus
5. Repo Man
6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7. Ghostbusters
8. Romancing the Stone
9. This Is Spinal Tap
10. Beverly Hills Cop
11. The Bay Boy
12. A Nightmare on Elm Street
13. Splash
14. Purple Rain
15. Gremlins
16. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
17. Dreamscape
18. All of Me
19. Sixteen Candels
20. The Karate Kid

Any chance of any brat pack movies making an appearance here? What would a top 80s list be without the breakfast club or pretty in pink? An acclaimed music movies list - that's what

I do plan to vote for The Breakfast Club in 1985.

I'm not a fan of Brat Pack movies.

The Breakfast club has a small chance of making my 85 list, depending on the overall quality of the other movies.

Paris, Texas
Once Upon A Time In America
Blood Simple
This Is Spinal Tap (15 pts)
The Terminator (5 pts)
Nausicaa (1 pt)

Unless Klassenverhaltnisse or Love Streams suddenly get votes I don't think I need to look for anything else to add.

My own list:

1. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone)
2. The Terminator (James Cameron)
3. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
4. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
5. Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme)
6. Ghost Busters (Ivan Reitman)
7. Amadeus (Milos Forman)
8. Blood Simple (Ethan Coen / Joel Coen)
9. Balkan Spy (Dusan Kovacevic / Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic)
10. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Steven Spielberg)

The results for this decade consistently have the winners end up with more total points than in the '90s; we do have a voter more in most years, but I think there's also more of an established set of classics. Also, a record 9 films in the top 10 have at least 1 #1 vote.

#. Title (Director) - Points/Voters/#1s
1. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders) - 382/12/2
2. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner) - 301/12/1
3. Blood Simple (Joel Coen) - 285/12/1
4. Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme) - 267/9/1
5. Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone) - 257/8/2
6. Amadeus (Milos Forman) - 255/10/2
7. The Terminator (James Cameron) - 215/10/1
8. Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch) - 184/7/1
9. Ghost Busters (Ivan Reitman) - 141/7//0
10. Repo Man (Alex Cox) - 137/6//1

I'm surprised Once Upon A Time In America didn't finish first or second.

Anyone know a good way to see Balkan Spy? It doesn't seem to be on Netflix.

I used a torrent to get it, seems rather rare. I think I'd change my list to have it at #6 instead, but since I was the only one to vote for it, it doesn't really matter.