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Letterboxd Four Favorites Interviews

All movies mentioned in Letterboxd Four Favorites interviews, ranked by number of picks. The notes contain the names of those who pick each film and its position in their ranking. The links in the names will redirect to each interview, with time codes for those on YouTube. Constantly updated as new interviews are released.

Some were interviewed more than once, so in these cases I've included the date of each occasion in parentheses. When the same person chose the same film in different interviews, it counts as one pick (the highest one). For those who picked more than four, I put it exactly how they answered. The tiebreaker for the ranking is the number of picks in each position. If…

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There are 359 films in this list released in the 1980s.

  • The Shining

    6

  • Back to the Future

    14

  • Do the Right Thing

    18

  • Paris, Texas

    21

  • The Princess Bride

    24

  • When Harry Met Sally...

    25

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    30

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    31

  • Blue Velvet

    44

  • Blade Runner

    52

  • Cinema Paradiso

    58

  • The NeverEnding Story

    71

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    77

  • The Thing

    80

  • Broadcast News

    84

  • The King of Comedy

    85

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    87

  • Possession

    93

  • Wings of Desire

    94

  • Withnail & I

    96

  • Aliens

    105

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    113

  • Amadeus

    122

  • Scarface

    124

  • The Color Purple

    130

  • Stand by Me

    133

  • The Goonies

    138

  • After Hours

    143

  • Come and See

    145

  • Raising Arizona

    146

  • Raging Bull

    148

  • Coming to America

    152

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    156

  • Moonstruck

    164

  • Midnight Run

    167

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    173

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    176

  • Evil Dead II

    186

  • Dirty Dancing

    192

  • Where Is the Friend's House?

    212

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    217

  • Brazil

    221

  • Dead Poets Society

    226

  • Steel Magnolias

    232

  • Tootsie

    240

  • The Elephant Man

    264

  • Labyrinth

    265

  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    268

  • Fanny and Alexander

    274

  • An American Werewolf in London

    286

  • Clue

    298

  • Dekalog

    304

  • This Is Spinal Tap

    310

  • The Breakfast Club

    313

  • Die Hard

    316

  • Poltergeist

    322

  • A Room with a View

    323

  • Beverly Hills Cop

    326

  • Heathers

    327

  • RoboCop

    328

  • Caddyshack

    362

  • Annie

    368

  • The Green Ray

    374

  • Once Upon a Time in America

    375

  • Gallipoli

    400

  • Repo Man

    441

  • The Blues Brothers

    455

  • Tongues Untied

    456

  • The Mission

    460

  • Out of the Blue

    464

  • Stop Making Sense

    466

  • Kiki's Delivery Service

    467

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    468

  • The Vanishing

    479

  • The Fly

    484

  • ¡Three Amigos!

    490

  • My Life as a Dog

    492

  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    499

  • Working Girl

    504

  •  of Endearment

    507

  • Back to the Future Part II

    509

  • Tampopo

    513

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    514

  • True Stories

    516

  • Jane B. by Agnès V.

    529

  • Beetlejuice

    534

  • The 'Burbs

    545

  • Mad Max 2

    546

  • Koyaanisqatsi

    549

  • Airplane!

    558

  • Akira

    568

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    573

  • St. Elmo's Fire

    574

  • Fatal Attraction

    578

  • Crossing Delancey

    603

  • Betty Blue

    609

  • The Sacrifice

    636

  • Trading Places

    658

  • The Silent One

    686

  • Hellraiser

    687