Yearly Consensus 1981 (Deadline Oct. 13th)

[Thirdmango]

Submit your five favorite films and five favorite performances from this year and in a week someone will give you a top ten in both categories. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

10.5 pts will be required to make either list.

There will be no restrictions on short films.

There will be no distinction made between male and female performances.
There will be no distinction made between lead and supporting performances.
Voice acting can be considered a performance.

We would like to be able to count votes as they come in. This means that if you change your vote, you need to make a new post. Please quote your old list and then add your new list so that we can easily track the changes. We will not be looking for edits. Once you make a post, consider your vote cast.

You may begin now.

[Melville]

1. Possession
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Ms. 45
4. Crac
5. The French Lieutenant's Woman

HM: Das Boot

1. Sam Neill, Possession
2. Isabelle Adjani, Possession
3. Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman
5. Jeremy Irons, The French Lieutenant's Woman

HM: Jürgen Prochnow, Das Boot

[Spinal]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Das Boot
3. The French Lieutenant's Woman
4. An American Werewolf in London
5. Mommie Dearest

1. Faye Dunaway - Mommie Dearest
2. Meryl Streep - The French Lieutenant's Woman
3. Kathleen Turner - Body Heat
4. Griffin Dunne - An American Werewolf in London
5. Nicol Williamson - Excalibur

[Boner M]

1. Modern Romance
2. Ms. 45
3. Blow Out
4. Possession
5. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

HM: Southern Comfort, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Cutter's Way, The Aviator's Wife, Vernon Florida, Prince of the City

1. Isabelle Adjani, Possession
2. John Heard, Cutter's Way
3. Albert Brooks, Modern Romance
4. Treat Williams, Prince of the City
5. John Travolta, Blow Out

Need to see: Pixote, Ladies & Gentlemen... The Fabulous Stains, Reds

[Yxklyx]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
2. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen)
3. Southern Comfort (Walter Hill)
4. My Dinner with Andre (Louis Malle)
5. Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix)

1. Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Jürgen Prochnow - Das Boot
3. Philippe Noiret - Coup de Torchon
4. David Naughton - An American Werewolf in London
5. Steve Martin - Pennies from Heaven

[Spinal]

Adjani's performance is just not fresh enough in my mind to vote for it. I really should see it again.

[Pop Trash]

For the record, I'm going to say Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest is just as great of a batshit go-for-broke performance as Isabelle Adjani in Possession, but probably won't get nearly the votes here.

[Spinal]

For the record, I'm going to say Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest is just as great of a batshit go-for-broke performance as Isabelle Adjani in Possession, but probably won't get nearly the votes here.

Yeah, there is no irony intended in my vote for Dunaway.

[Pop Trash]

1. The Road Warrior
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Polyester
4. Modern Romance
5. An American Werewolf in London

6. The Evil Dead
7. Escape from New York
8. Mommie Dearest
9. My Dinner With Andre
10. Clash of the Titans

Perfs:
1. Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
2. Andre Gregory, MDWA
3. Wallace Shawn, MDWA
4. Harrison Ford, Raiders
5. Isabelle Adjani, Possession

The Fab Stains is IMDB '82, otherwise it would make my list.

[Rowland]

1. Ms. 45
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Blow Out
4. Possession
5. Thief

HM: Pennies From Heaven, Cutter's Way, The Evil Dead, Modern Romance, The Road Warrior, Polyester, Escape From New York, Scanners, An American Werewolf in London, The Funhouse

[Russ]

1. Gallipoli
2. Possession
3. Vernon, Florida
4. Polyester
5. Fehérlófia

1. Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest
2. Isabelle Adjani, Possession
3. Vasili Livanov, The Hound of the Baskervilles
4. Elizabeth McGovern, Ragtime
5. Christopher Walken, Pennies From Heaven

[baby doll]

Films:
1. Modern Romance (Albert Brooks)
2. Cutter's Way (Ivan Passer)
3. Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix)
4. Blind Chance (Krzyzstof Kieślowski)
5. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

Performances:
1. Albert Brooks, Modern Romance
2. Jeff Bridges, Cutter's Way
3. John Heard, Cutter's Way
4. Marie Rivière, La Femme de l'aviateur
5. Barbara Sukowa, Lola

1981 movies I haven't seen but want to:

The Arabic Numerals Series (Stan Brakhage)
Freak Orlando (Ulrike Ottinger)
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara)
Pennies From Heaven (Herbert Ross)
Possession (Andrzej Żuławski)
Reds (Warren Beatty)
Thief (Michael Mann)
The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (Bernardo Bertolucci)
Trop tôt, trop tard (Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub)
You Are Not I (Sara Driver)

[Watashi]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Road Warrior
3. My Dinner with Andre
4. Gallipoli
5. Escape from New York

[Weeping_Guitar]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Blow Out
3. The Woman Next Door
4. Das Boot
5. The Great Muppet Caper

[Mr. McGibblets]

One of my top years:

1. They All Laughed
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. La Chevre
4. Blow Out
5. Reds

[Derek]

1. The Road Warrior (George Miller)
2. Southern Comfort (Walter Hill)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
4. Excalibur (John Boorman)
5. Blow Out (Brian De Palma)

HM: America is Waiting (Bruce Conner), Modern Romance (Albert Brooks), Scanners (David Cronenberg), Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara), Possession (Andrzej Zulawski)

Will add perfs later.

[Derek]

One of my top years

Really?? You're the first person I've seen ever say this. There are certainly a few great films, but top to bottom, it's one of the weakest years ever IMO.

[Pop Trash]

Really?? You're the first person I've seen ever say this. There are certainly a few great films, but top to bottom, it's one of the weakest years ever IMO.

Yeah, '82 and even '80 are much better.

[elixir]

Can Rivette get some love, folks?

1. Le Pont du Nord (Jacques Rivette)
2. Merry-Go-Round (Jacques Rivette)
3. The Aviator's Wife (Eric Rohmer)
4. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski)
5. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
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6. Hôtel des Amériques (André Téchiné)
7. The Territory (Raúl Ruiz)
8. Blow Out (Brian De Palma)
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
10. Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Emir Kusturica)


1. Isabelle Adjani, Possession
2. Joe Dallesandro, Merry-Go-Round
3. Bulle Ogier, Le Pont du Nord
4. Catherine Deneuve, Hôtel des Amériques
5. Anne-Laure Meury, The Aviator's Wife

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Reds
2. Pixote
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Time Bandits
5. Quest for Fire

1. Harrison Ford, Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mephisto
4. Philippe Noiret, Coup de Torchon
5. Howard Rollins, Ragtime

[Boner M]

Can Rivette get some love, folks?

1. Le Pont du Nord (Jacques Rivette)

I had this as '82 in my film log... anyway, edited my top 5 accordingly.

EDIT: Nahhh, actually my top 5's fine.

[kopello]

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. An American Werewolf in London
3. Vernon, Florida
4. Blow Out
5. Southern Comfort

[Derek]

EDIT: Nahhh, actually my top 5's fine.

Cold.

[elixir]

Especially 'cause it's, like, a bajillion times better than the massively overrated Brooks film...

[Boner M]

Especially 'cause it's, like, a bajillion times better than the massively overrated Brooks film...

Get off the ludes.