100 Best Movies since 1980

[Allhallowsday]

99. THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) 

[Ted C]

97) TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY(1991)

A masterpiece that sequels worked HARD to ruin.

[Rev. Powell]

Well, if you guys are going to leave it to me to finish off... then

100. "Knives Out" (2019)

My runners-up: A Christmas Story (1983), The Wolf House (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Hereditary (2018), Get Out (2017), The Death of Stalin (2017), The Witch (2015), The Lobster (2015), Blancanieves (2012), The Master (2012), Bronson (2008), Sita Sings the Blues (2008), A Serious Man (2009), The Hurt Locker (2008), In Bruges (2008), Mr. Nobody (2009), The Secret of Kells (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), Ex Machina (2014), Mysterious Skin (2004), Adaptation (2002), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Run Lola Run (1998), The City of Lost Children (1995), Barton Fink (1991), The King of Comedy (1982)

[Allhallowsday]

Well, if you guys are going to leave it to me to finish off... then

100. "Knives Out" (2019)

My runners-up: A Christmas Story (1983), The Wolf House (2018), The Lighthouse (2019), Hereditary (2018), Get Out (2017), The Death of Stalin (2017), The Witch (2015), The Lobster (2015), Blancanieves (2012), The Master (2012), Bronson (2008), Sita Sings the Blues (2008), A Serious Man (2009), The Hurt Locker (2008), In Bruges (2008), Mr. Nobody (2009), The Secret of Kells (2009), The Tree of Life (2011), Ex Machina (2014), Mysterious Skin (2004), Adaptation (2002), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Run Lola Run (1998), The City of Lost Children (1995), Barton Fink (1991), The King of Comedy (1982)

I didn't think of A CHRISTMAS STORY but I wish I had!  I like that better than KNIVES OUT (which I just finally watched). 

[kornula]

"Nothing Lasts Forever"   (1984)  
Tom Shiller (of SNL fame) made this nearly flawless film ...that has yet to be officially released.  There was a digital "leak" of a decent copy a couple of years ago. So it is floating around on peoples computers/hard drives. Most the reviewers say it is an accessible version of "Brazil" (1985) and I would agree with that sentiment - Even though it was made a whole year before.  Zach Gafinoffis "golly gee Whiz" performance is flawless. He pulls it off without a trace of irony or self awareness whatsoever. That alone grounds this absurd [city bus] journey to the Moon that much more enjoyable.

[bob]

1 Pulp Fiction (1994)
2 Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3 The Dark Knight (2008)
4 Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)
5 Aliens (1986)
6 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7 The Shining (1980)
8 Schindler's List (1993)
9 The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984)
10 Kill And Kill Again (1981)
11 Jurassic Park (1993)
12 Fight Club (1999)
13 Gymkata (1985)
14 The Matrix (1999)
15 Inception (2010)
16 Iron Man (2008)
17 The Avengers (2012)
18 The Lion King (1994)
19 Return of the King (2003)
20 Raging Bull (1980)
21 Full Metal Jacket (1988)
22 Spirited Away (2001)
23 The Big Lebowski (1998)
24 Silence Of the Lambs (1991)
25 Dumb and Dumber (1994)
26 My Life as a Dog (Mit Liv Som Hund) (1985)
27 Momento (2000)
28 Farewell My Concubine (1993)
29 Gummo (1997)
30 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
31 Cinema Paradiso (1988)
32 The Sixth Sense (1999)
33 Gremlins (1984)
34 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
35 Hannah and Her Sisters (1985)
36 The Crow (1994)
37 The Last Emperor (1987)
38 Boyhood (2014)
39 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
40 Good Fellas
41 Blue Velvet (1986)
42 No Country For Old Men (2007)
43 Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
44 Dazed and Confused (1993)
45 Come and See (1985)
46 River's Edge (1986)
47 Up (2008)
48 Airplane! (1980)
49 Ran (1985)
50 Monster (2003)
51 Dangerous Liasons (1988)
52 Amadeus (1984)
53 Black Swan (2010)
54 Die Hard (1988)
55 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
56 City of God (2002)
57 Ghostbusters (1984)
58 Unforgiven (1992)
59 Inside Out (2015)
60 Avengers: End Game (2019)
61 JFK (1991)
62 Return of the Jedi (1983)
63 Natural Born Killers (1994)
64 13 Assassins (2010)
65 The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
66 Audition (1999)
67 Return of the Living Dead (1985)
68 LA Confidential (1997)
69 Leon: The Professional (1994)
70 The Thing (1982)
71 Thema and Louise (1991)
72 The Evil Dead 2 (1987)
73 Fargo (1996)
74 The Two Towers (2002)
75 Tootsie (1982)
76 Brokeback Mountain (2005)
77 Boogie Nights (1997)
78 Paris, Texas (1984)
79 Trainspotting (1996)
80 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
81 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
82 Sid and Nancy (1986)
83 Three Colours: Red (1994)
84 Pick Up Your Ears (1987)
85 Fitzcarraldo (1982)
86 Wings of Desire (1987)
87 Blade Runner  - The Final Cut (2007)
88 The Favorite (2018)
89 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
90 Capote (2005)
91 Scarface (1983)
92 Eating Raoul (1982)
93 Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
94 Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
95 The Killing Fields (1984)
96 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
97 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
98 Brazil (1985)
99 The Shape of Water (2017)
100 Knives Out (2019)

Some very notable omissions, but given the time frame and length of the list I knew it would happen.

[Allhallowsday]

^ Yes!  No VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) ... another I forgot!