GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1984

[CiG]

5th) Blood Simple directed by the Coen bros.



Voted for by:
@no country for old wainds (1st place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (2nd place)
@rms (5th place)
@Bloopy (8th place)
@CiG (10th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

John Getz


Frances McDormand


Dan Hedaya


M. Emmet Walsh


Samm-Art Williams

TOTAL POINTS: 29

 

[CiG]

4th) Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders



Voted for by:
@challenge_everything (1st place)
@Bourbon (2nd place)
@CiG (3rd place)
@no country for old wainds (4th place)
@Bloopy (9th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Harry Dean Stanton


Hunter Carson


Nastassja Kinski


Dean Stockwell


Aurore Clément

TOTAL POINTS: 36

 

[CiG]

3rd) Ghostbusters directed by Ivan Reitman



Voted for by:
@Bourbon (1st place)
@Krow (2nd place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (4th place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (5th place)
@RadicalThrasher (5th place)
@rms (6th place)
@challenge_everything (7th place)
@Slammed (7th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Bill Murray


Sigourney Weaver


Dan Aykroyd


Harold Ramis


Ernie Hudson


Rick Moranis


Annie Potts


William Atherton

TOTAL POINTS: 51

 

[CiG]

2nd) A Nightmare on Elm Street directed by Wes Craven

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Voted for by:
@Bloopy (1st place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (1st place)
@Krow (1st place)
@challenge_everything (3rd place)
@rms (3rd place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (3rd place)
@Bourbon (4th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Heather Langenkamp


Robert Englund


Johnny Depp


John Saxon

TOTAL POINTS: 61

 

[CiG]

1st) The Terminator directed by James Cameron



Voted for by:
@CiG (1st place)
@RadicalThrasher (1st place)
@TechnicalBarbarity (1st place)
@Bloopy (2nd place)
@rms (2nd place)
@Bourbon (3rd place)
@Krow (3rd place)
@TageRyche (5th place)
@dwellerINTHEdark (6th place)
@no country for old wainds (7th place)
@challenge_everything (10th place)

Spoiler

IMDB
Main cast:

Michael Biehn


Linda Hamilton


Arnold Schwarzenegger

TOTAL POINTS: 80

Top spot, right where it should be.

 

[CiG]

Simplified results:

1. The Terminator
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street
3. Ghostbusters
4. Paris, Texas
5. Blood Simple
6. Gremlins
7. The Karate Kid
=8. Combat Shock
=8. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
=10. Once Upon a Time in America
=10. Toxic Avenger

 

[Einherjar86]

Wow, top ten for 1984 and Nineteen Eighty-Four doesn’t even make the list.

 

[CiG]

You didn't even participate.

 

[challenge_everything]

RIP Ennio Morricone. Becoming a pattern that people die after having their movies featured in our top 10s.

 

[Einherjar86]

You didn't even participate.

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Hey man, I can't pull all the weight around here. Need others to step it up sometimes.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Glad you guys got #1 right. Looking over the rest, though, I have zero interest in checking out the ones I haven't seen.

 

[CiG]

I have zero interest in checking out the ones I haven't seen.

Which are?

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Everything but Ghostbusters, Karate Kid and the slashers.

 

[CiG]

Paris, Texas is the only one I'd stress that you should see, at least once.

 

[challenge_everything]

Fair warning: Paris, Texas starts off pretty slow and alienating. Definitely worth persevering with though - the last half hour in particular is just crushing.