As always, in no particular order:

A Better Tomorrow

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Hannah and Her Sisters

A Room with a View

9 1/2 Weeks

Sid and Nancy

Defence of the Realm

Lady Jane

Honorable mentions:

Pretty in Pink

• 1: Big Trouble in Little China
• 2: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• 3: Manhunter
• 4: Betty Blue
• 5: Aliens
• 6: The Fly
• 7: Labyrinth
• 8: Top Gun
• 9: Cobra

1. The Fly
2. Aliens
3. Transformers: The Movie
4. The Color of Money
5. The Hitcher
6. Labyrinth
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. Manhunter
9. A Better Tomorrow
10. Highlander

I should love Highlander but I've never managed to finish it... Just one of those things!

@JustinJackFlash said:

1. The Fly
2. Aliens
3. Transformers: The Movie
4. The Color of Money
5. The Hitcher
6. Labyrinth
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. Manhunter
9. A Better Tomorrow
10. Highlander

Have you seen the Korean remake of 'A Better Tomorrow'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1138442/

@bratface said:

Have you seen the Korean remake of 'A Better Tomorrow'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1138442/

No. I had heard of it. Korea seem to make a lot of remakes of Japanese films. They remade Ring too.

Is it worth watching? I did have a huge John Woo obsession when I was younger.

@JustinJackFlash said:

@bratface said:

Have you seen the Korean remake of 'A Better Tomorrow'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1138442/

No. I had heard of it. Korea seem to make a lot of remakes of Japanese films. They remade Ring too.

Is it worth watching? I did have a huge John Woo obsession when I was younger.

It's not as good as the original but it was good enough for me to buy the Blu-Ray (it was a double package, has the 'plain' DVD too). Bonus features include an interview with Woo. Woo was the executive producer, so I figured that meant he approved? I think I'll give it a rewatch tonight.

@bratface said:

It's not as good as the original but it was good enough for me to buy the Blu-Ray (it was a double package, has the 'plain' DVD too). Bonus features include an interview with Woo. Woo was the executive producer, so I figured that meant he approved? I think I'll give it a rewatch tonight.

Cool. I might give it a go. Korea have had truly excellent cinematic output over the last couple of decades.

I realise I implied above that the original A Better Tomorrow was Japanese. Which was pretty dopey of me. I meant Korea remake a lot of films from other Asian countries.

My favorites from that year include

Aliens the Fly Big Trouble in Little China Labyrinth The Color of Money Hannah and her Sisters Ferris Bueller's Blue Velvet Stand by Me Crocodile Dundee

Another time, and my list might look different. This is what I thought of at the moment.

• Aliens
• Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
• Stand By Me
• Top Gun
• Platoon
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Big Trouble in Little China
• The Karate Kid, Part II
• The Fly
• Hoosiers