Best Film of 1984 (ongoing survey)

JonTurner · 04-05-02, 01:21 AM

I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1984 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1984 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Ghostbusters

All Years:
2000 -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 -- Fight Club*
1998 -- (currently) Rushmore
1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 -- Fargo*
1995 -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 -- Schindler's List*
1992 -- Unforgiven*
1991 -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 -- Goodfellas*
1989 -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 -- Die Hard*
1987 -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 -- (currently) Aliens / Ferris Bueller's Day Off (tie)
1985 -- Back to the Future*
1984 -- Ghostbusters*
1983 -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 -- (currently) Blade Runner
1981 -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back
1979 -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 -- (currently) The Deer Hunter
1977 -- Star Wars*
1976 -- Taxi Driver*
1975 -- Jaws*
1974 -- The Godfather: Part II*
1973

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

JonTurner · 04-05-02, 01:27 AM

I've only seen 10 from the year, only one which I consider great:

1) Paris, Texas 9/10
2) This Is Spinal Tap 7/10
3) Amadeus 7/10
4) The Killing Fields 7/10

For the heck of it:

Siskel:
1) Once Upon a Time in America
2) Amadeus
3) The Cotton Club
4) Entre Nous
5) Purple Rain
6) The Killing Fields
7) Secret Honor
8) A Passage to India
9) Micki & Maude
10) The Natural

Ebert:
1) Amadeus
2) Paris, Texas
3) Love Streams
4) This Is Spinal Tap
5) The Cotton Club
6) Secret Honor
7) The Killing Fields
8) Stranger Than Paradise
9) Choose Me
10) Purple Rain

Sunday Morning · 04-05-02, 01:29 AM

1984

#1 stop making sense: the talking heads

02. paris, texas
03. choose me
04. stranger than paradise
05. suburbia
06. crimes of passion
07. romancing the stone
08. boy meets girl
09. this is spinal tap
10. love streams

11. the hotel new hampshire
12. a nightmare on elm street
13. starman
14. broadway danny rose
15. beverly hills cop
16. body double
17. gremlins
18. the natural
19. the terminator
20. night of the comet

of note:
all of me
alphabet city
another country
the company of wolves
the cotton club
dune
electric dreams
first name: carmen
firstborn
the flamingo kid
footloose
full moon in paris
the hit
i’m almost not crazy: john cassavetes
indiana jones & the temple of doom
the karate kid
the killing fields
the last starfighter
the lonely guy
moscow on the hudson
next of kin
1984
old enough
once upon a time in america
the pope of greenwich village
repo man
the river
sixteen candles
streetwalkin’
a sunday in the country
swing shift
under the volcano

Sunday Morning · 04-05-02, 01:34 AM

How could i forget micky & maude. I love that film.
I love blake edwards!

wm lopez · 04-05-02, 09:52 AM

1. TEMPLE OF DOOM
2. PURPLE RAIN
3. TERMINATOR
4. 16 CANDELS

LBPound · 04-05-02, 10:00 AM

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

Trout · 04-05-02, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LBPound
GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

I thought that was '85. If it was '84 then I will agree with Ghostbusters.

evenflow · 04-05-02, 10:27 AM

The Terminator.

Off topic: How far are you going back in time? Until the 60's?

Morf · 04-05-02, 10:53 AM

Ghostbusters, baby.

grunter · 04-05-02, 11:06 AM

The Killing Fields

followed closely by Repo Man

Johnny Zhivago · 04-05-02, 11:12 AM

Amadeus in a landslide...

HMs to The Killing Fields and This is Spinal Tap.

Meatpants · 04-05-02, 11:34 AM

Amadeus

Tie for runner up: Temple of Doom and The Natural

LBPound · 04-05-02, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trout

I thought that was '85. If it was '84 then I will agree with Ghostbusters.

Nope, it definitely came out in the summer of '84.

explosivej · 04-05-02, 12:34 PM

Ghostbusters

JonTurner · 04-05-02, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by evenflowddt
Off topic: How far are you going back in time? Until the 60's?

Yeah, probably... unless interest completely dies out.

LBPound · 04-05-02, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JonTurner

Yeah, probably... unless interest completely dies out.

I'll remain interested even though there are a few years from which I have hardly seen any movies. This is fun, though! Keep

the good work, JT.

Goat3001 · 04-05-02, 01:26 PM

GhostBusters

paratize · 04-05-02, 01:32 PM

1. THE TERMINATOR (it was the No. 1 movie at the box-office when I was born.

)
2. AMADEUS
3. THIS IS SPINAL TAP
4. GHOSTBUSTERS
5. A PASSAGE TO INDIA

Jaymole · 04-05-02, 02:03 PM

Once Upon a Time in America

kian69 · 04-05-02, 02:10 PM

1-Ghostbusters
2-Beverly Hills Cop
3-Gremlins
4-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

cineman · 04-05-02, 02:46 PM

This Is Spinal Tap

CLOSE 2nd Ghostbusters

mst3k man · 04-05-02, 03:42 PM

The Terminator

Damfino · 04-05-02, 03:45 PM

Once Upon a Time in America

Trout · 04-05-02, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LBPound

Nope, it definitely came out in the summer of '84.

Cool...I remember seeing that movie in some tiny theatre in Florida while on vacation.

Geofferson · 04-05-02, 03:52 PM

1. The Terminator
2. Amadeus
3. Once Upon a Time in America

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04-05-02, 01:21 AM	#1
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	Best Film of 1984 (ongoing survey) I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative. This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1984 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice. Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun. Please start your post with your #1 film from 1984 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome! Current Leader -- Ghostbusters All Years: 2000 -- Requiem For a Dream* 1999 -- Fight Club* 1998 -- (currently) Rushmore 1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights 1996 -- Fargo* 1995 -- (currently) Braveheart 1994 -- Pulp Fiction* 1993 -- Schindler's List* 1992 -- Unforgiven* 1991 -- Silence of the Lambs* 1990 -- Goodfellas* 1989 -- Do the Right Thing* 1988 -- Die Hard* 1987 -- Full Metal Jacket* 1986 -- (currently) Aliens / Ferris Bueller's Day Off (tie) 1985 -- Back to the Future* 1984 -- Ghostbusters* 1983 -- Return of the Jedi* 1982 -- (currently) Blade Runner 1981 -- Raiders of the Lost Ark* 1980 -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back 1979 -- Apocalypse Now* 1978 -- (currently) The Deer Hunter 1977 -- Star Wars* 1976 -- Taxi Driver* 1975 -- Jaws* 1974 -- The Godfather: Part II* 1973 If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so. Poll closed, winner declared. Last edited by JonTurner; 06-19-02 at 01:21 AM.*

04-05-02, 01:27 AM	#2
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	I've only seen 10 from the year, only one which I consider great: 1) Paris, Texas 9/10 2) This Is Spinal Tap 7/10 3) Amadeus 7/10 4) The Killing Fields 7/10 For the heck of it: Siskel: 1) Once Upon a Time in America 2) Amadeus 3) The Cotton Club 4) Entre Nous 5) Purple Rain 6) The Killing Fields 7) Secret Honor 8) A Passage to India 9) Micki & Maude 10) The Natural Ebert: 1) Amadeus 2) Paris, Texas 3) Love Streams 4) This Is Spinal Tap 5) The Cotton Club 6) Secret Honor 7) The Killing Fields 8) Stranger Than Paradise 9) Choose Me 10) Purple Rain

04-05-02, 01:29 AM	#3
Sunday Morning DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: A little bit here and a little bit there. Posts: 2,644	1984 #1 stop making sense: the talking heads 02. paris, texas 03. choose me 04. stranger than paradise 05. suburbia 06. crimes of passion 07. romancing the stone 08. boy meets girl 09. this is spinal tap 10. love streams 11. the hotel new hampshire 12. a nightmare on elm street 13. starman 14. broadway danny rose 15. beverly hills cop 16. body double 17. gremlins 18. the natural 19. the terminator 20. night of the comet of note: all of me alphabet city another country the company of wolves the cotton club dune electric dreams first name: carmen firstborn the flamingo kid footloose full moon in paris the hit i’m almost not crazy: john cassavetes indiana jones & the temple of doom the karate kid the killing fields the last starfighter the lonely guy moscow on the hudson next of kin 1984 old enough once upon a time in america the pope of greenwich village repo man the river sixteen candles streetwalkin’ a sunday in the country swing shift under the volcano

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Sunday Morning DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: A little bit here and a little bit there. Posts: 2,644	How could i forget micky & maude. I love that film. I love blake edwards!

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