So let's keep this going, shall we! Top 3 of each year bolded. Ranking later.
Altered States (1980)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Spetters (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Final Countdown (1980)
The Last Metro (1980)
The Shining (1980)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Escape from New York (1981)
Quest for Fire (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Reds (1981)
Thief (1981)
Time Bandits (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
E.T. (1982)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
First Blood (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Last American Virgin (1982)
The Thing (1982)
The Wall (1982)
Barefoot Gen (1983)
Nostalghia (1983)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Scarface (1983)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Dead Zone (1983)
The Fourth Man (1983)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Dune (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Police Academy (1984)
Savage Streets (1984)
The Element of Crime (1984)
The Neverending Story (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
After Hours (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Cocoon (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Flesh and Blood (1985)
Just One of the Guys (1985)
Legend (1985)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
Ran (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Betty Blue (1986)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Short Circuit (1986)
Something Wild (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
The Fly (1986)
The Hitcher (1986)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Predator (1987)
RoboCop (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Wall Street (1987)
Withnail & I (1987)
Alien Nation (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
The Bear (1988)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
The Vanishing (1988)
Twins (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Batman (1989)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Pet Sematary (1989)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989
The Abyss (1989)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)