Year-by-Year: 1980s

1980

1. The Elephant Man (10/10)
2. The Empire Strikes Back (9/10)
3. Breaker Morant (8.5/10)
4. Ordinary People (8.5/10)
5. Kagemusha (8.5/10)
6. Raging Bull (8/10)
7. Airplane! (7.5/10)
8. Bad Timing (7.5/10)
9. The Blues Brothers (7.5/10)
10. Superman II (7.5/10)

Best Director: David Lynch, The Elephant Man

Best Actor: John Hurt, The Elephant Man

Best Actress: Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People

Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, Raging Bull

Best Supporting Actress: Carrie Fisher, The Empire Strikes Back

1981

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (9.5/10)
2. Das Boot (9/10)
3. Chariots of Fire (9/10)
4. Blow Out (8.5/10)
5. The Long Good Friday (8.5/10) 
6. An American Werewolf in Paris (8/10)
7. Escape From New York (8/10)
8. Ragtime (8/10)
9. Pennies From Heaven (8/10) 

Best Director: Wolfgang Petersen, Das Boot

Best Actor: Jürgen Prochnow, Das Boot

Best Actress: Bernadette Peters, Pennies From Heaven

Best Supporting Actor: Howard Rollins, Ragtime

Best Supporting Actress: Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982

1. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (10/10)
2. Blade Runner (9.5/10)
3. The Thing (9.5/10)
4. Tootsie (8.5/10)
5. Diner (8/10)
6. The Verdict (8/10)
7. Rocky III (8/10)

Best Director: Ridley Scott, Blade Runner

Best Actor: Paul Newman, The Verdict

Best Actress: Jessica Lange, Tootsie

Best Supporting Actor: Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner

Best Supporting Actress: Sean Young, Blade Runner

1983

1. A Christmas Story (9.5/10)
2. The Dresser (9/10)
3. The Right Stuff (9/10)
4. Videodrome (9/10)
5. Trading Places (8.5/10)
6. The Dead Zone (8/10)
7. The Return of the Jedi (8/10)
8. Terms of Endearment (8/10)
9. The Big Chill (8/10)
10. Tender Mercies (8/10)

Best Director: Philip Kaufman, The Right Stuff

Best Actor: Tom Courtenay, The Dresser

Best Actress: Julie Walters, Educating Rita

Best Supporting Actor: Darren McGavin, A Christmas Story

Best Supporting Actress: Melinda Dillon, A Christmas Story

1984

1. Amadeus (10/10)
2. Paris, Texas (9/10)
3. The Killing Fields (9/10)
4. The Pope of Greenwich Village (8.5/10)
5. The Hit (8.5/10)
6. Ghostbusters (8/10)
7. Broadway Danny Rose (8/10)
8. Gremlins (8/10) 
9. 1984 (8/10)
10. Repo Men (8/10)

Best Director: Miloš Forman, Amadeus

Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus

Best Actress: Mia Farrow, Broadway Danny Rose

Best Supporting Actor: Rick Moranis, Ghostbusters

Best Supporting Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Ghostbusters

1985

1. Back to the Future (10/10)
2. After Hours (9.5/10) 
3. Ran (9/10)
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo (9/10)
5. Come and See (9/10)
6. Blood Simple (9/10) 
7. Kiss of the Spider Woman (8.5/10)
8. The Breakfast Club (8.5/10)
9. Witness (8/10)
10. Clue (8/10)

Best Director: Akira Kurosawa, Ran

Best Actor: William Hurt and Raul Julia, Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actress: Cher, Mask

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Lloyd, Back to the Future

Best Supporting Actress: Lesley Ann Warren, Clue

1986

1. Blue Velvet (10/10)
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (9.5/10)
3. Aliens (9.5/10)
4. The Great Mouse Detective (9.5/10)
5. Hannah and Her Sisters (9/10)
6. Mona Lisa (9/10)
7. Stand By Me (8.5/10)
8. Platoon (8.5/10)
9. The Fly (8/10)
10. Little Shop of Horrors (8/10)

Best Director: David Lynch, Blue Velvet

Best Actor: Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa

Best Actress: Chloe Webb, Sid and Nancy

Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet

Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters

1987

1. The Princess Bride (10/10)
2. Raising Arizona (9/10)
3. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (9/10) 
4. Wings of Desire (8.5/10)
5. Broadcast News (8.5/10) 
6. Spaceballs (8/10)
7. The Lost Boys (8/10)
8. Lethal Weapon (8/10)
9. River's Edge (8/10)
10. The Untouchables (7.5/10)

Best Director: Rob Reiner, The Princess Bride

Best Actor: John Candy, Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Best Actress: Holly Hunter, Raising Arizona

Best Supporting Actor: Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride

Best Supporting Actress: Veronica Cartwright, The Witches of Eastwick

1988

1. Cinema Paradiso (10/10)
2. Die Hard (10/10)
3. My Neighbour Totoro (9.5/10)
4. Grave of the Fireflies (9.5/10)
5. Rain Man (9/10)
6. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (9/10)
7. A Fish Called Wanda (8.5/10)
8. Beetlejuice (8/10)
9. Midnight Run (8/10)
10. Dead Ringers (7.5/10)

Best Director: Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso

Best Actor: Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers

Best Actress: Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons

Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda

Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons

1989

1. My Left Foot (10/10)
2. The Last Crusade (9.5/10)
3. Field of Dreams (9/10)
4. Crimes and Misdemeanors (9/10)
5. Glory (9/10)
6. Henry V (8.5/10)
7. Say Anything (8.5/10)
8. Driving Miss Daisy (8.5/10)
9. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (8.5/10)
10. Casualties of War (8.5/10)

Best Director: Kenneth Brangh, Henry V

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

Best Actress: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery, The Last Crusade

Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot