| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
| 201 | Hope and Glory | 1987 | John Boorman | 1423 |
| 202 | Vagabond | 1985 | Agnès Varda | 1427 |
| 203 | The Big Chill | 1983 | Lawrence Kasdan | 1429 |
| 204 | Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | John Milius | 1433 |
| 205 | The Mission | 1986 | Roland Joffé | 1451 |
| 206 | Love Streams | 1984 | John Cassavetes | 1457 |
| 207 | Betty Blue | 1986 | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1458 |
| 208 | Broadway Danny Rose | 1984 | Woody Allen | 1461 |
| 209 | Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 | Oliver Stone | 1467 |
| 210 | Angel Heart | 1987 | Alan Parker | 1468 |
| 211 | L'Argent | 1983 | Robert Bresson | 1495 |
| 212 | Manon of the Spring | 1986 | Claude Berri | 1503 |
| 213 | Working Girl | 1988 | Mike Nichols | 1515 |
| 214 | National Lampoon's Vacation | 1983 | Harold Ramis | 1516 |
| 215 | A Short Film about Killing | 1988 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 1522 |
| 216 | Diva | 1981 | Jean-Jacques Beineix | 1523 |
| 217 | The Fog | 1980 | John Carpenter | 1524 |
| 218 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 | Paul Schrader | 1525 |
| 219 | Rumble Fish | 1983 | Francis Ford Coppola | 1529 |
| 220 | She's Gotta Have It | 1986 | Spike Lee | 1537 |
| 221 | Dressed to Kill | 1980 | Brian De Palma | 1538 |
| 222 | The Brother from Another Planet | 1984 | John Sayles | 1548 |
| 223 | Cruising | 1980 | William Friedkin | 1549 |
| 224 | Alice | 1988 | Jan Svankmajer | 1561 |
| 225 | Major League | 1989 | David S. Ward | 1566 |
| 226 | Tampopo | 1985 | Juzo Itami | 1579 |
| 227 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Martin Scorsese | 1587 |
| 228 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | 1988 | Philip Kaufman | 1601 |
| 229 | À nos amours | 1983 | Maurice Pialat | 1607 |
| 230 | Cannibal Holocaust | 1980 | Ruggero Deodato | 1609 |
| 231 | Roxanne | 1987 | Fred Schepisi | 1610 |
| 232 | Altered States | 1980 | Ken Russell | 1626 |
| 233 | Good Morning, Vietnam | 1987 | Barry Levinson | 1629 |
| 234 | 9 1/2 Weeks | 1986 | Adrian Lyne | 1633 |
| 235 | Steel Magnolias | 1989 | Herbert Ross | 1658 |
| 236 | Pink Floyd the Wall | 1982 | Alan Parker | 1663 |
| 237 | An Officer and a Gentleman | 1982 | Taylor Hackford | 1664 |
| 238 | The Ballad of Narayama | 1983 | Shôhei Imamura | 1670 |
| 239 | Arthur | 1981 | Steve Gordon | 1690 |
| 240 | Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | John Carpenter | 1699 |
| 241 | The Man with Two Brains | 1983 | Carl Reiner | 1702 |
| 242 | Highlander | 1986 | Russell Mulcahy | 1714 |
| 243 | Possession | 1981 | Andrzej Zulawski | 1719 |
| 244 | The Time to Live and the Time to Die | 1985 | Hsiao-hsien Hou | 1725 |
| 245 | Nine to Five | 1980 | Colin Higgins | 1731 |
| 246 | The Lost Boys | 1987 | Joel Schumacher | 1734 |
| 247 | Landscape in the Mist | 1988 | Theodoros Angelopoulos | 1744 |
| 248 | Desperately Seeking Susan | 1985 | Susan Seidelman | 1745 |
| 249 | Law of Desire | 1987 | Pedro Almodóvar | 1758 |
| 250 | Matewan | 1987 | John Sayles | 1768 |
| 251 | On Golden Pond | 1981 | Mark Rydell | 1773 |
| 252 | To Live and Die in L.A. | 1985 | William Friedkin | 1777 |
| 253 | Summer | 1986 | Eric Rohmer | 1778 |
| 254 | Thief | 1981 | Michael Mann | 1789 |
| 255 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 1984 | W.D. Richter | 1790 |
| 256 | Pixote | 1981 | Hector Babenco | 1793 |
| 257 | Mephisto | 1981 | István Szabó | 1800 |
| 258 | The Hunger | 1983 | Tony Scott | 1805 |
| 259 | Victory | 1981 | John Huston | 1809 |
| 260 | The Dead Zone | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 1816 |
| 261 | Salvador | 1986 | Oliver Stone | 1820 |
| 262 | Mississippi Burning | 1988 | Alan Parker | 1833 |
| 263 | Purple Rain | 1984 | Albert Magnoli | 1834 |
| 264 | Silverado | 1985 | Lawrence Kasdan | 1839 |
| 265 | Salaam Bombay! | 1988 | Mira Nair | 1842 |
| 266 | The Name of the Rose | 1986 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1844 |
| 267 | Commando | 1985 | Mark L. Lester | 1850 |
| 268 | Pale Rider | 1985 | Clint Eastwood | 1877 |
| 269 | Sid and Nancy | 1986 | Alex Cox | 1889 |
| 270 | The Outsiders | 1983 | Francis Ford Coppola | 1892 |
| 271 | Maurice | 1987 | James Ivory | 1894 |
| 272 | Heimat | 1984 | Edgar Reitz | 1895 |
| 273 | The Last Metro | 1980 | François Truffaut | 1896 |
| 274 | 48 Hrs. | 1982 | Walter Hill | 1919 |
| 275 | Excalibur | 1981 | John Boorman | 1923 |
| 276 | Silkwood | 1983 | Mike Nichols | 1924 |
| 277 | Spaceballs | 1987 | Mel Brooks | 1931 |
| 278 | Lethal Weapon 2 | 1989 | Richard Donner | 1932 |
| 279 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | 1988 | Terry Gilliam | 1937 |
| 280 | The Long Riders | 1980 | Walter Hill | 1944 |
| 281 | Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | Bruce Beresford | 1945 |
| 282 | Better Off Dead… | 1985 | Savage Steve Holland | 1960 |
| 283 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | Leonard Nimoy | 1973 |
| 284 | My Dinner with Andre | 1981 | Louis Malle | 1996 |
| 285 | Mystery Train | 1989 | Jim Jarmusch | 1997 |
| 286 | Stripes | 1981 | Ivan Reitman | 2003 |
| 287 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | 1989 | Stephen Herek | 2016 |
| 288 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | 1983 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 2019 |
| 289 | 1984 | 1984 | Michael Radford | 2028 |
| 290 | Dune | 1984 | David Lynch | 2034 |
| 291 | 'Breaker' Morant | 1980 | Bruce Beresford | 2038 |
| 292 | Rocky IV | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | 2044 |
| 293 | The Year of Living Dangerously | 1982 | Peter Weir | 2045 |
| 294 | A Short Film about Love | 1988 | Teresa Violetta Buhl, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Pawel Rzepkowski | 2046 |
| 295 | Born in Flames | 1983 | Lizzie Borden | 2070 |
| 296 | Starman | 1984 | John Carpenter | 2074 |
| 297 | Yellow Earth | 1984 | Kaige Chen | 2079 |
| 298 | The Emperor's Naked Army Marches on | 1987 | Kazuo Hara | 2085 |
| 299 | Something Wild | 1986 | Jonathan Demme | 2086 |
| 300 | Runaway Train | 1985 | Andrey Konchalovskiy | 2090 |
| 301 | Annie | 1982 | John Huston | 2097 |
| 302 | Prizzi's Honor | 1985 | John Huston | 2101 |
| 303 | Rocky III | 1982 | Sylvester Stallone | 2108 |
| 304 | The Changeling | 1980 | Peter Medak | 2118 |
| 305 | The Land before Time | 1988 | Don Bluth | 2120 |
| 306 | Scanners | 1981 | David Cronenberg | 2121 |
| 307 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | 1983 | Nagisa Ôshima | 2162 |
| 308 | Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Robert Zemeckis | 2167 |
| 309 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | 1989 | Jeremiah S. Chechik | 2170 |
| 310 | The Hitcher | 1986 | Robert Harmon | 2173 |
| 311 | Fame | 1980 | Alan Parker | 2174 |
| 312 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | 1989 | Steven Kloves | 2177 |
| 313 | Personal Best | 1982 | Robert Towne | 2193 |
| 314 | House of Games | 1987 | David Mamet | 2207 |
| 315 | The Dark Crystal | 1982 | Jim Henson and Frank Oz | 2212 |
| 316 | The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | Dan O'Bannon | 2213 |
| 317 | Longtime Companion | 1989 | Norman René | 2223 |
| 318 | Bloodsport | 1988 | Newt Arnold | 2228 |
| 319 | Parting Glances | 1986 | Bill Sherwood | 2233 |
| 320 | The Decline of Western Civilization | 1981 | Penelope Spheeris | 2258 |
| 321 | When the Wind Blows | 1986 | Jimmy T. Murakami | 2261 |
| 322 | The Stunt Man | 1980 | Richard Rush | 2267 |
| 323 | Stardust Memories | 1980 | Woody Allen | 2269 |
| 324 | Clash of the Titans | 1981 | Desmond Davis | 2277 |
| 325 | Top Secret! | 1984 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker | 2278 |
| 326 | Missing | 1982 | Costa-Gavras | 2295 |
| 327 | Dead Calm | 1989 | Phillip Noyce | 2303 |
| 328 | The Beyond | 1981 | Lucio Fulci | 2308 |
| 329 | Red Sorghum | 1988 | Yimou Zhang | 2323 |
| 330 | Body Double | 1984 | Brian De Palma | 2346 |
| 331 | Lola | 1981 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2352 |
| 332 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1985 | Hector Babenco | 2361 |
| 333 | Pelle the Conqueror | 1987 | Bille August | 2363 |
| 334 | Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story | 1988 | Todd Haynes | 2374 |
| 335 | The Sure Thing | 1985 | Rob Reiner | 2393 |
| 336 | Radio Days | 1987 | Woody Allen | 2396 |
| 337 | Cocoon | 1985 | Ron Howard | 2400 |
| 338 | Yol | 1982 | Serif Gören and Yilmaz Güney | 2405 |
| 339 | An American Tail | 1986 | Don Bluth | 2406 |
| 340 | The World According to Garp | 1982 | George Roy Hill | 2411 |
| 341 | Mon oncle d'Amérique | 1980 | Alain Resnais | 2417 |
| 342 | Parenthood | 1989 | Ron Howard | 2428 |
| 343 | Jackie Chan's Police Story | 1985 | Jackie Chan | 2431 |
| 344 | Yentl | 1983 | Barbra Streisand | 2433 |
| 345 | Cutter's Way | 1981 | Ivan Passer | 2436 |
| 346 | The Official Story | 1985 | Luis Puenzo | 2438 |
| 347 | Wild Style | 1983 | Charlie Ahearn | 2444 |
| 348 | The Hidden | 1987 | Jack Sholder | 2447 |
| 349 | My Favorite Year | 1982 | Richard Benjamin | 2453 |
| 350 | Splash | 1984 | Ron Howard | 2476 |
| 351 | Desert Hearts | 1985 | Donna Deitch | 2489 |
| 352 | Heavy Metal | 1981 | Gerald Potterton | 2492 |
| 353 | El Sur | 1983 | Víctor Erice | 2494 |
| 354 | The Toxic Avenger | 1984 | Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman | 2501 |
| 355 | A Chinese Ghost Story | 1987 | Siu-Tung Ching | 2532 |
| 356 | The Howling | 1981 | Joe Dante | 2536 |
| 357 | Tenebrae | 1982 | Dario Argento | 2542 |
| 358 | The Last Starfighter | 1984 | Nick Castle | 2552 |
| 359 | Gloria | 1980 | John Cassavetes | 2560 |
| 360 | River's Edge | 1986 | Tim Hunter | 2565 |
| 361 | Santa Sangre | 1989 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 2596 |
| 362 | El Norte | 1983 | Gregory Nava | 2598 |
| 363 | Casualties of War | 1989 | Brian De Palma | 2600 |
| 364 | Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | 1988 | Marcel Ophüls | 2610 |
| 365 | Ladyhawke | 1985 | Richard Donner | 2614 |
| 366 | ¡Three Amigos! | 1986 | John Landis | 2616 |
| 367 | Stir Crazy | 1980 | Sidney Poitier | 2629 |
| 368 | Bad Timing | 1980 | Nicolas Roeg | 2636 |
| 369 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | 1980 | Jamie Uys | 2641 |
| 370 | Enemy Mine | 1985 | Wolfgang Petersen | 2648 |
| 371 | Lonesome Dove | 1989 | Simon Wincer | 2658 |
| 372 | Caravaggio | 1986 | Derek Jarman | 2663 |
| 373 | Torch Song Trilogy | 1988 | Paul Bogart | 2665 |
| 374 | The Brave Little Toaster | 1987 | Jerry Rees | 2685 |
| 375 | Outland | 1981 | Peter Hyams | 2687 |
| 376 | Fright Night | 1985 | Tom Holland | 2695 |
| 377 | Tender Mercies | 1983 | Bruce Beresford | 2698 |
| 378 | Mommie Dearest | 1981 | Frank Perry | 2702 |
| 379 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | 1981 | Bob Rafelson | 2714 |
| 380 | The Accused | 1988 | Jonathan Kaplan | 2721 |
| 381 | Liquid Sky | 1982 | Slava Tsukerman | 2725 |
| 382 | Tetsuo: The Iron Man | 1989 | Shinya Tsukamoto | 2748 |
| 383 | Jesus of Montreal | 1989 | Denys Arcand | 2755 |
| 384 | Fletch | 1985 | Michael Ritchie | 2795 |
| 385 | Society | 1989 | Brian Yuzna | 2798 |
| 386 | Veronika Voss | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2799 |
| 387 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | 1989 | Pedro Almodóvar | 2803 |
| 388 | Querelle | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 2806 |
