1. Manon des sources [Manon of the Spring]
2. Stand by Me
3. Blue Velvet
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Jean de Florette
6. Varjoja paratiisissa [Shadows in Paradise]
7. 天空の城ラピュタ [Laputa: Castle in the Sky]
8. Crocodile Dundee
Rank Title Year Points Rating
1 31 David Lynch - Blue Velvet 1986 5.97 93
2 105 Jim Jarmusch - Down By Law 1986 2.53 80
3 256 Alex Cox - Sid and Nancy 1986 1.31 65
4 303 Rob Reiner - Stand By Me 1986 1.07 64
5 307 Jim Henson - Labyrinth 1986 1.05 64
6 453 John Hughes - Ferris Buellers Day Off 1986 -1.17 60
Total domination by Lynch with everyone voting for Blue Velvet, for the first time in the '80s poll, and more than half of the voters placing it at #1.
1. Blue Velvet (David Lynch) - 554/15/8
2. Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch) - 292/8/1
3. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen) - 218/10/0
4. Platoon (Oliver Stone) - 212/8/1
5. Aliens (James Cameron) - 202/7/1
6. Stand By Me (Rob Reiner) - 168/6
7. The Fly (David Cronenberg) - 145/8/0
8. Offret [The Sacrifice] (Andrei Tarkovsky) - 119/6/0
9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes) - 109/7/0
10. Varjoja Paratiisissa [Shadows in Paradise] (Aki Kaurismäki) - 101/4/1
Almost:
Something Wild (95)
37°2 Le Matin [Betty Blue] (92)
Cameron, Cronenberg, Jarmusch, Lynch, Reiner and Tarkovsky all get a second film through, and Woody Allen joins the ranks of Spielberg and Scorsese in having 3 films in the final. In other words there are only 3 new directors through to the next round, probably a first.
1. Blue Velvet
2. Aliens
3. Down By Law
4. Platoon
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. The Fly
7. Stand By Me
8. Hannah And Her Sisters
9. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
10. Big Trouble In Little China
I just saw Aliens. It's a good film but the 'Everyone is stupid except Ripley' thing is overplayed to comic proportions. Every other scene is like:
Ripley "Come on everybody, let's do this obviously sensible thing!"
Other person "I have an idea! Let's try to jump down the aliens' throats and choke them to death!"
