Compiled
by Robert E. YahnkeA list of recommended titles is included below.
YEAR |
FILM |
DIRECTOR |
COUNTRY |
1981 |
My Dinner With Andre |
Louis Malle |
France |
1981 |
Reds |
Warren Beatty |
USA |
1982 |
Das Boot |
Wolf. Peterson |
Germany |
1982 |
Moonlighting |
Jerzy Skolimowski |
Polish |
1982 |
Sophie's Choice |
Alan Pakula |
USA |
1982 |
Verdict, The |
Sidney Lumet |
USA |
1983 |
Betrayal |
David Jones |
England |
1983 |
Fanny and Alexander |
Ingmar Bergman |
Sweden |
1983 |
Killing Fields, The |
Roland Joffe |
England |
1983 |
The Dresser |
Peter Yates |
England |
1983 |
Local Hero |
Bill Forsyth |
Scotland |
1983 |
Terms of Endearment |
James Brooks |
USA |
1983 |
Year of Living Dangerously |
Peter Weir |
Australia |
1984 |
Amadeus |
Milos Foreman |
USA |
1984 |
Natural, The |
Barry Levinson |
USA |
1985 |
28 Up |
Michael Apted |
England |
1985 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman, The |
Hector Babenco |
USA |
1985 |
Mishima |
Paul Schrader |
USA |
1985 |
Plenty |
Fred Schepisi |
Australia |
1985 |
Ran |
Akiru Kurosawa |
Japan |
1985 |
Streetwise |
M. Bell & C. McCall |
USA |
1986 |
Brazil |
Terry Gilliam |
USA |
1986 |
Hannah and Her Sisters |
Woody Allen |
USA |
1986 |
Pelle the Conqueror |
Bille August |
Denmark |
1986 |
The Assault |
Fons Rademaker |
Holland |
1986 |
My Life as a Dog |
Lasse Hallstrom |
Sweden |
1986 |
Shoah |
Claude Lanzman |
France |
1987 |
Babette's Feast |
Gabriel Axel |
Denmark |
1987 |
House of Games |
David Mamet |
USA |
1987 |
Jean de Florette |
Claude Berri |
France |
1987 |
Last Emperor, The |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
Italy |
1987 |
Manon of the Spring |
Claude Berri |
France |
For the next chapter in this Cinema History
See Chapter 10
The Late 1980s--Independent Films, New Voices