"Dialogue with a Woman Departed" by Hurwitz, Leo (USA, 1980)
"La mort en direct" (Death Directly) by Tavernier, Bertrand (France, 1980)
"Body Heat" by Kasdan, Lawrence (USA, 1981)
"Celeste" by Adlon, Percy (Germany, 1981)
"Die bleiernde Zeit" (Time of Lead) by Trotta, Margarethe von (Germany, 1981)
"Mephisto" by Szabo, Istvan (Hungary, 1981)
"Sophie's Choice" by Pakula, Alan J. (USA, 1982)
"Blood Simple" by Coen, Joel (USA, 1983)
"Der Peppermintfrieden" (Peppermint Peace) by Rosenbaum, Marianne (Germany, 1983)
"Heller Wahn" (Sheer Lunacy) by Trotta, Margarethe von (Germany, 1983)
"L'été meurtrier" (One Deadly Summer) by Becker, Jean (France, 1983)
"Mitten ins Herz" (Right Through the Heart) by Dörrie, Doris (Germany, 1983)
"Rikos ja rangaistus" (Crime and Punishment) by Kaurismäki, Aki (Finland, 1983)
[This version is radically different from all the "normal" ones. Not merely that a male was murdered by the central person. But this male had in a traffic accident killed the girlfriend of the main person, and was acquitted in subsequent legal proceedings.]
"Paris, Texas" by Wenders, Wim (Germany/France, 1984)
"Death of a Salesman" by Schlöndorff, Volker (USA, 1985)
"Männer" (Men) by Dörrie, Doris (Germany, 1985)
"Petrina Chronia" (Years of Stone) by Voulgaris, Pantelis (Greece, 1985)
"Ran" by Kurosawa, Akira (Japan, 1985)
"Rok spokojnego slonca" (The Year of the Quiet Sun) by Zanussi, Krzysztof (Poland, 1985)
"Tangos, l'exil de Gardel" by Solanas, Fernando E. (Argentina, 1985)
"Den lilla flickan och den stora kärleken" (The Little Girl and the Great Love) by Geer, Marie-Louise de (Sweden, 1986) [The little girl is a dwarf]
"Hoffmanns Erzählungen" (Hoffmann's Tales) by Kaslic, Vaclav (Germany, 1986)
[Although I think this is the best adaptation of an opera for the screen, I do not think that the movie has been formally released. It may be shown at the Goethe Institute or other comparable places]
"Jean de Florette (I)" by Berri, Claude (France/Italy, 1986)
"Mauvais sang" (Evil Blood) by Carax, Leos (France, 1986)
"O melissokomos" (The Bee Keeper) by Angelopoulos, Theodor (Greece, 1986)
"Peeking Opera Blues" by Tsui Hark (Hong Kong, 1986)
"Seppan" by Fagerström-Olsson, Agneta (Sweden, 1986)
"Der Himmel über Berlin" (Wings of Desire) by Wenders, Wim (Germany/France, 1987)
"Housekeeping" by Forsyth, Bill (USA, 1987)
"Krotki film a milosci" (A Little Movie About Love) by Kieslowski, Krzysztof (Poland, 1987)
"Les possedes" (Evil Spirits) by Wajda, Andrzej (France, 1987)
"Manon des sources [= Jean de Florette, II]" by Berri, Claude (France/Italy, 1987)
"Dekalog, 7, "Thou Shalt Not Steal"" by Kieslowski, Krzysztof (Poland, 1988)
"Quelques jours avec moi" (A Few Days With Me) by Sautet, Claude (France, 1988)
"Skyggen af Emma" (The Shadow of Emma) by Kragh-Jakobsen, Sören (Denmark, 1988)
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Kaufman, Philip (USA, 1988)
"Topio stin omichli" (Landscape in the Mist) by Angelopoulos, Theodor (Greece/France/Italy, 1988)
"Monsieur Hire" by Leconte, Patrice (France, 1989)
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