Your Top 80s movies by year

1980: The Shining (The Elephant Man)
1981: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Pixote)
1982: Fanny and Alexander (Blade Runner)
1983: Local Hero (Pauline at the Beach)
1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Paris, Texas)
1985: My Life as a Dog (The Emerald Forest)
1986: Blue Velvet (Aliens)
1987: Au Revoir les Enfants (Hope and Glory)
1988: A Short Film about Love (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
1989: Crimes and Misdemeanours (Jesus of Montreal)

Never heard your 1989 pick, we seem to have similar tastes, I'll check it out.

Some of my favorites from the 80’s:

The Shining (1980)
Nightmare City (1980)
The Good Long Friday (1980)
The Last Hunter (1980)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Firecracker (1981)
Ms 45 (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Beyond (1981)
Southern Comfort (1981)
Conan the Barbarian (1981)
The Challenge (1982)
Raw Force (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Pieces (1982)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Starman (1983)
The Survivors (1983)
Red Dawn (1984)
The Bounty (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Come and See (1985)
Phenomena (1985)
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Platoon (1986)
Hunters Blood (1986)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The Naked Gun (1988)
The Woman in Black (1989)
Cyborg (1989)

1980: Raging Bull (HM: Elephant Man)
1981: Das Boot (HM: Diva)
1982: E.T. (HM: Fanny and Alexander)
1983: The King of Comedy (HM: A nos amours)
1984: Amadeus (HM: The Terminator)
1985: Ran (HM: Brazil)
1986: Blue Velvet (HM: The Fly)
1987: Wings of Desire (HM: Au Revoir Les Enfants)
1988: Die Hard (HM: The Vanishing)
1989: Do The Right Thing (HM: The Seventh Continent)

1980 - The Dogs of War / HMs: Altered States; Caddyshack
1981 - Excalibur / HMs: Absence of Malice; Body Heat
1982 - Blade Runner / HMs: Fast Times at Ridgemont High; The World According to Garp
1983 - Local Hero / HMs: Tender Mercies; Cross Creek
1984 - The Terminator / HMs: Starman; Streets of Fire
1985 - Witness / HMs: Ladyhawke; Silverado
1986 - Hoosiers / HMs: Children of a Lesser God; Highlander
1987 - 84 Charing Cross Road / HMs: Black Widow; Light of Day
1988 - The Presidio / HMs: Alien Nation; Coming to America
1989 - Glory / HMs: Black Rain; Uncle Buck

1980 - The Empire Strikes Back
runner up – Raging Bull

1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
runner up - Excalibur

1982 – Blade Runner
runner up - Conan the Barbarian

1983 - Return of the Jedi
runner up – Trading Places

1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
runner up - Ghostbusters

1985 - Rambo: First Blood Part II
runner up - Commando

1986 - Aliens
runner up – Three Amigos

1987 - Predator
runner up – Beverly Hills Cop II

1988 - Die Hard
runner up – Young Guns

1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
runner up - Lethal Weapon 2

1980 - Ordinary People
1981 - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
1982 - Blade Runner
1983 - The Right Stuff
1984 - Amadeus
1985 - The Return of the Living Dead
1986 - Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 - The Untouchables
1988 - Cinema Paradiso
1989 - Glory

1980 9 to 5
1981 Clash of the Titans
1982 Victor/Victoria
1983 Trading Places
1984 Romancing the Stone...Search For Spock...Neverending Story..Holy Crap... 84 was a good year.
1985 Fletch
1986 Three Amigos
1987 Princess Bride
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
1989 Christmas Vacation