1980: The Empire Strikes Back

1981: Superman

1982: E.T.

1983: Return of the Jedi

1984: Gremlins

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1985: Back to the Future

The NeverEnding Story

1986: Amadeus

The Transformers: The Movie

1987: Dirty Dancing

Dreamscape

Enemy Mine

1988: The Fly

Stand by Me

RoboCop

1989: Aliens

Steel Magnolias

1990: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

1991: Beauty and the Beast

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992: Kiss of the Spider Woman

The Crying Game

1993: The Piano

1994: Three Colours: Red

Blue Velvet

Ordinary People

1995: 8½

Wild Reeds

Smoke

1996: Secrets & Lies

Lone Star

Dead Man Walking

1997: Ran

Man with a Movie Camera

The Sweet Hereafter

1998: The End of Evangelion

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Vertigo

1999: Boys Don’t Cry

Election

The Straight Story

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Memento

You Can Count on Me

2001: Mulholland Drive

The Fellowship of the Ring

2002: Spirited Away

Hukkle

Y tu mama tambien

2003: Tokyo Story

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

Capturing the Friedmans

2004: Before Sunset

Primer

2005: Cleo from 5 to 7

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2006: Inland Empire

The Descent

2007: Yi Yi

Once

2008: Still Life

Nashville

2009: Let the Right One In

Synecdoche, New York

2010: Stalker

2011: Paris, Texas

2012: Cloud Atlas

2013: Late Spring

2014: Under the Skin

2015: Magic Mike XXL

Mad Max: Fury Road

2016: Moonlight

The Witch

2017: Blade Runner 2049

The Florida Project

2018: The Rider

2019: Kaili Blues

Daisies

An Elephant Sitting Still

2020: Another Year

Daughters of the Dust

2021: Only Yesterday

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

2022: A Woman Under the Influence

Spring in a Small Town

2023: Yellow Earth

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