Издание World of Reel опросило критиков и составило топ-лист (персональные списки тут) декады 1980's:

Top-10:
1) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
2) Blue Velvet (David Lynch)
3) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese)
4) The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)
5) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
6) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
7) Fanny And Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
8) Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
9) Aliens (James Cameron)
10) Ran (Akira Kurosawa)

11-20:
11) Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders)
12) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg)
13) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)
14) The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner)
15) Come and See (Elem Kilmov)
16) Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
17) The Thing (John Carpenter)
18) Die Hard (John McTiernan)
19) Amadeus (Miloš Forman)
20) Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen)

21-30:
21) Vagabond (Agnes Varda)
22) Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)
23) Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
24) Dekalog (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
25) L’Argent (Robert Bresson)
26) The Green Ray (Éric Rohmer)
27) Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
28) Tootsie (Sydney Pollack)
29) This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner)
30) Blow Out (Brian DePalma)