Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - the best film of 1988 and the best animated film of the 80's

1980  -  1989

Total Films I’ve Seen:  942

Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  43

Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category:  Platoon

Film of the Decade:  Raiders of the Lost Ark

Worst Film of the Decade:  Human Highway

Worst Best Picture Nominee of the Decade:  Fatal Attraction

Worst Film of the Decade Made by a Top 100 Director:  Phobia

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Nicholson and MacLaine won Oscars for Terms of Endearment - Debra Winger will have to settle for being my serious childhood crush

The 56th annual Academy Awards for the film year 1983.  The nominations were announced on February 16, 1984 and the awards were held on April 9, 1984.

Best Picture:  Terms of Endearment

  • The Big Chill
  • The Right Stuff
  • The Dresser
  • Tender Mercies

Most Surprising Omission:  Fanny and Alexander

Best Eligible Film Not Nominated:  Fanny and Alexander

Best Eligible English-Language Film Not Nominated:  Zelig

Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years:  #26 (more…)

Fanny and Alexander (1983): Ingmar Bergman's triumphant farewell to film-making (which didn't mean he stopped making films)

My Top 20:

  1. Fanny and Alexander
  2. Terms of Endearment
  3. The Big Chill
  4. The Right Stuff
  5. Zelig
  6. Betrayal
  7. Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi
  8. Local Hero
  9. Educating Rita
  10. Denton
  11. The Year of Living Dangerously
  12. The Return of Martin Guerre
  13. Silkwood
  14. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
  15. The Mirror
  16. The King of Comedy
  17. Trading Places
  18. The Evil Dead
  19. L’Argent
  20. El Bruto (more…)
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