1984

1. Once Upon a Time In America (Sergio Leone)
2. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
3. Secret Honor (Robert Altman)
4. Body Double (Brian De Palma)
5. Love Streams (John Cassavetes)
6. Dune (David Lynch)
7. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki)
8. Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen)
9. Full Moon In Paris (Eric Rohmer)
10. Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell)

Honorable Mentions:
Under the Volcano (John Huston), Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker), A Nightmare On Elm Street (Wes Craven), Meantime (Mike Leigh), Blood Simple (Joel Coen), Red Dawn (John Milius), Streets of Fire (Walter Hill), The Terminator (James Cameron), Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis), Stranger Than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch)