1980’s

1989

  1. DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee, USA)
  2. KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  3. THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH (Hal Hartley, USA)
  4. PEDICAB DRIVER (Sammo Hung, Hong Kong)
  5. LES SIÈGES DE L’ALCAZAR (Luc Moullet, France)
  6. MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE (Patrick Tam, Hong Kong)
  7. SKIN DEEP (Blake Edwards, USA)
  8. NOSTOS IL RITORNO (Franco Piavoli, Italy)
  9. SHOCKER (Wes Craven, USA)
  10. WHITE WEDDING (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
  11. MEETING A MILESTONE (Goutam Ghose, India)
  12. ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke, UK)
  13. THE PHILOSOPHER (Rudolf Thome, Germany)

1988

  1. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  2. SOUND AND FURY (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
  3. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata, Japan)
  4. DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (Terence Davies, UK)
  5. ENCORE (ONCE MORE) (Paul Vecchiali, France)
  6. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
  7. ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN WAITING FOR A TRAIN (Ignacio Agüero, Chile)
  8. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter, USA)
  9. CROSSING DELANCEY (Joann Micklin Silver, USA)
  10. HAIRSPRAY (John Waters, USA)
  11. BIRD (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  12. SURVEY MAP OF A PARADISE LOST (Hisayasu Sato, Japan)

1987

  1. DAUGHTER OF THE NILE (Hou Hsiao Hsien, Taiwan)
  2. BU SU (Jun Ichikawa, Japan)
  3. BROADCAST NEWS (James L. Brooks, USA)
  4. IJAAZAT (Gulzar, India)
  5. NAYAGAN (Mani Ratnam, India)
  6. BLIND DATE (Blake Edwards, USA)

1986

  1. THE TERRORIZERS (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  2. PEKING OPERA BLUES (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)
  3. HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  4. MOUNA RAAGAM (Mani Ratnam, India)
  5. SHADOWS IN PARADISE (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland)
  6. MANHUNTER (Michael Mann, USA)
  7. CASTLE IN THE SKY (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  8. THE GREEN RAY (Eric Rohmer, France)
  9. ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE (Paul Vecchiali, France)
  10. HEARTBREAK RIDGE (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  11. MILLIONAIRE’S EXPRESS (Sammo Hung, Hong Kong)

1985

  1. FOUR SISTERS (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  2. TAIPEI STORY (Edward Yang, Taiwan)
  3. LOST CHAPTER OF SNOW: PASSION (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  4. LOVE HOTEL (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  5. MISS LONELY (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  6. YEAR OF THE DRAGON (Michael Cimino, USA)
  7. TYPHOON CLUB (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  8. POLICE STORY (Jackie Chan, Hong Kong)
  9. GRIM (Takashi Ito, Japan)
  10. THE COLOR PURPLE (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  11. COMO ME DA LA GANA (Ignacio Agüero, Chile)

1984

  1. SHANGHAI BLUES (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)
  2. WHEELS ON MEALS (Sammo Hung, Hong Kong)
  3. STARMAN (John Carpenter, USA)
  4. THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  5. NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  6. BIANCA (Nanni Moretti, Italy)
  7. LEILA AND THE WOLVES (Heiny Srour, Palestine/Lebanon)
  8. BARRES (Luc Moullet, France)
  9. TEPPANYAKI (Michael Hui, Hong Kong)

1983

  1. P.P. RIDER (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  2. PAULINE AT THE BEACH (Eric Rohmer, France)
  3. MY BROTHER’S WEDDING (Charles Burnett, USA)
  4. A BRUTAL GAME (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
  5. ARDH SATYA (Govind Nihalani, India)
  6. L’ARGENT (Robert Bresson, France)
  7. THE CATCH (Shinji Somai, Japan)
  8. LA PETITE BANDE (Michel Deville, France)
  9. BLUE RAIN OSAKA (Masaru Konuma, Japan)

1982

  1. VICTOR/VICTORIA (Blake Edwards, USA)
  2. DISCO DANCER (Babbar Subhash, India)
  3. EXCHANGE STUDENTS (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan)
  4. TOUTE UNE NUIT (Chantal Akerman, Belgium)
  5. RAT TRAP (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India)
  6. WHITE DOG  (Samuel Fuller, USA)
  7. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  8. THUNDER (Takashi Ito, Japan)

1981

  1. THEY ALL LAUGHED (Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
  2. LA VISITEUSE (Jean-Claude Guiguet, France)
  3. THE PRODIGAL SON (Sammo Hung, Hong Kong)
  4. SPACY (Takashi Ito, Japan)

1980

  1. KHUBSOORAT (Hrishikesh Mukherjee, India)
  2. NIGHT OF THE HUNTED (Jean Rollin, France)
  3. POTO AND CABENGO (Jean-Pierre Gorin, USA)
  4. SIMONE BARBÈS OU LA VERTU (Marie-Claude Treilhou, France)
  5. HARDLY WORKING (Jerry Lewis, USA)