"Rolling Stone" has chosen the 100 Greatest Movies of the 1980s. And they made some bold . . . and in many cases AWESOME . . . choices. Here's the Top 20:
1. "Do the Right Thing" (1989)
2. "Videodrome" (1983)
3. "Raging Bull" (1980)
4. "Blue Velvet" (1986)
5. "Ran" (1985)
6. "Shoah" (1985)
7. "Blade Runner" (1982)
8. "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984)
9. "The Thin Blue Line" (1988)
10. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
11. "Sex, Lies and Videotape" (1989)
12. "Come and See" (1985)
13. "The Thing" (1982)
14. "Brazil" (1985)
15. "Die Hard" (1988)
16. "The Shining" (1980)
17. "Raising Arizona" (1987)
18. "Say Anything" (1989)
19. "Something Wild" (1986)
20. "Blow Out" (1981)
A few other highlights: "E.T." (#27) . . . "The Terminator" (#28) . . . "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (#32) . . . "The Empire Strikes Back" (#37) . . . "Aliens" (#51) . . . "Big" (#56) . . . "Bull Durham" (#58) . . . "Evil Dead 2" (#62) . . . "Back to the Future" (#65) . . . "Caddyshack" (#69) . . . "Ghostbusters" (#73) . . . "Heathers" (#76) . . . "The Little Mermaid" (#83) . . . "Airplane!" (#92) . . . "Scarface" (#96)