From: lorenh@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Loren Heisey)
Subject: MISC: Siskel & Ebert Ten Best Lists (1979-1991)
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:21:19 GMT
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[Enough people keep asking for this that it seems reasonable to post it
and get it into the archives.  -Moderator]

	    Siskel & Ebert Ten Best Lists (1979-1991)

Here are the top picks of Siskel & Ebert from 1979 to 1991, as well as
their "Ten Best of the 80s" list.

                              * 1979 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Hair                            1.  Apocalypse Now
    2.  Kramer vs. Kramer               2.  Breaking Away
    3.  The Deer Hunter                 3.  The Deer Hunter
    4.  Breaking Away                   4.  The Marriage of Maria Braun
    5.  Manhattan                       5.  Hair
    6.  The Marriage of Maria Braun     6.  Saint Jack
    7.  Nosferatu                       7.  Kramer vs. Kramer
    8.  The Onion Field                 8.  The China Syndrome
    9.  Time After Time                 9.  Nosferatu
    10. The China Syndrome              10. 10

                              * 1980 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Raging Bull                     1.  The Black Stallion
    2.  Ordinary People                 2.  Raging Bull
    3.  Coal Miner's Daughter           3.  Kagemusha
    4.  The Tree of Wooden Clogs        4.  Being There
    5.  Kagemusha                       5.  Ordinary People
    6.  Being There                     6.  The Great Santini
    7.  The Black Stallion              7.  The Empire Strikes Back
    8.  The Blues Brothers              8.  Coal Miner's Daughter
    9.  The Great Santini               9.  American Gigolo
    10. The Stunt Man                   10. Best Boy

                              * 1981 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Ragtime                         1.  My Dinner with Andre
    2.  My Dinner with Andre            2.  Chariots of Fire
    3.  Raiders of the Lost Ark         3.  Gates of Heaven
    4.  Mon Oncle D'Amerique            4.  Raiders of the Lost Ark
    5.  Gates of Heaven                 5.  Heartland
    6.  Bye Bye Brazil                  6.  Atlantic City
    7.  Prince of the City              7.  Thief
    8.  Melvin and Howard               8.  Body Heat
    9.  Body Heat                       9.  Tess
    10. The French Lieutenent's Woman   10. REDS

                              * 1982 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Moonlighting                    1.  Sophie's Choice
    2.  Tootsie                         2.  Diva
    3.  E.T.                            3.  E.T.
    4.  Diva                            4.  Fitzcarraldo
                                            Burden of Dreams
    5.  Mephisto                        5.  Personal Best
    6.  Lola                            6.  Das Boot
    7.  Personal Best                   7.  Mephisto
    8.  Three Brothers                  8.  Moonlighting
    9.  Das Boot                        9.  The Verdict
    10. An Officer and a Gentleman      10. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

                              * 1983 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  The Right Stuff                 1.  The Right Stuff
    2.  Terms of Endearment             2.  Terms of Endearment
    3.  Betrayl                         3.  The Year of Living Dangerously
    4.  Fanny and Alexander             4.  Fanny and Alexander
    5.  Star 80                         5.  El Norte
    6.  The Year of Living Dangerously  6.  Testament
    7.  Silkwood                        7.  Silkwood
    8.  Pauline at the Beach            8.  Say Amen, Somebody
    9.  Risky Business                  9.  Risky Business
    10. The Big Chill                   10. The Return of Martin Guerre

                              * 1984 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Once Upon a Time in America     1.  Amadeus
    2.  Amadeus                         2.  Paris, Texas
    3.  The Cotton Club                 3.  Love Streams
    4.  Entre Nous                      4.  This is Spinal Tap
    5.  Purple Rain                     5.  The Cotton Club
    6.  The Killing Fields              6.  Secret Honor
    7.  Secret Honor                    7.  The Killing Fields
    8.  A Passage to India              8.  Stranger than Paradise
    9.  Micki and Maude                 9.  Choose Me
    10. The Natural                     10. Purple Rain

                              * 1985 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Shoah                           1.  The Color Purple
    2.  Ran                             2.  After Hours
    3.  The Color Purple                3.  The Falcon and the Snowman
    4.  Streetwise                      4.  Prizzi's Honor
    5.  Prizzi's Honor                  5.  Ran
    6.  The Official Story              6.  Witness
    7.  Mishima                         7.  Mad Max:  Beyond Thunderdome
    8.  The Facon and the Snowman       8.  Lost in America
    9.  Back to the Future              9.  Street Wise
    10. The Purple Rose of Cairo        10. Blood Simple

                              * 1986 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Hannah and Her Sisters          1.  Platoon
    2.  Vagabond                        2.  Round Midnight
    3.  A Room with a View              3.  Hannah and Her Sisters
    4.  Mona Lisa                       4.  Sid and Nancy
    5.  Peggy Sue Got Married           5.  Lucas
    6.  Blue Velvet                     6.  Vagabond
    7.  Platoon                         7.  Trouble in Mind
    8.  Children of a Lesser God        8.  Down and out in Beverly Hills
    9.  Round Midnight                  9.  Peggy Sue Got Married
    10. The Fly                         10. Hard Choices

                              * 1987 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  The Last Emperor                1.  House of Games
    2.  Full Metal Jacket               2.  The Big Easy
    3.  House of Games                  3.  Barfly
    4.  Jean de Florette                4.  The Last Emperor
        Manon of the Spring
    5.  Broadcast News                  5.  Moonstruck
    6.  Moonstruck                      6.  Prick Up Your Ears
    7.  Radio Days                      7.  Radio Days
    8.  River's Edge                    8.  Broadcast News
    9.  Prick Up Your Ears              9.  Lethal Weapon
    10. Roxanne                         10. Housekeeping

                              * 1988 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  The Last Temptation Of Christ   1.  Mississippi Burning
    2.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit         2.  The Accidental Tourist
    3.  Bull Durham                     3.  The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
    4.  Little Dorrit                   4.  Shy People
    5.  The Accidental Tourist          5.  Salaam Bombay
    6.  Midnight Run                    6.  A Fish Called Wanda
    7.  The Thin Blue Line              7.  Wings Of Desire
    8.  Hotel Terminus: The Life And    8.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit
        Times of Klaus Barbie
    9.  The Unbearable Lightness Of     9.  Dear America: Letters Home From
        Being                               Vietnam
    10. Working Girl                    10. Running On Empty

                              * 1989 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Do the Right Thing              1.  Do the Right Thing
    2.  Roger & Me                      2.  Drugstore Cowboy
    3.  Drugstore Cowboy                3.  My Left Foot
    4.  Enemies, A Love Story           4.  Born on the Fourth of July
    5.  Born on the Fourth of July      5.  Roger & Me
    6.  The Little Mermaid              6.  The Mighty Quinn
    7.  Crimes and Misdemeanors         7.  Field of Dreams
    8.  The Fabulous Baker Boys         8.  Crimes and Misdemeanors
    9.  Say Anything                    9.  Driving Miss Daisy
    10. The War of the Roses            10. Say Anything

                              * 1990 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Goodfellas                      1.  Goodfellas
    2.  After Dark, My Sweet            2.  Monsieur Hire
    3.  Avalon                          3.  Dances With Wolves
    4.  The Plot Against Harry          4.  The Grifters
    5.  Too Beautiful For You           5.  Reversal Of Fortune
    6.  Die Hard II: Die Harder         6.  Santa Sangre
    7.  Dances With Wolves              7.  Last Exit to Brooklyn
    8.  Reversal Of Fortune             8.  Awakenings
    9.  The Freshman                    9.  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife,
                                            and Her Lover
    10. The Godfather Part III          10. Mountains of the Moon

                              * 1991 *

    Gene Siskel                         Roger Ebert

    1.  Hearts of Darkness              1.  JFK
    2.  An Angel at My Table            2.  Boyz N the Hood
    3.  Boyz N the Hood                 3.  Beauty and the Beast
    4.  La Belle Noiseuse               4.  Grand Canyon
    5.  Beauty and the Beast            5.  My Father's Glory/
                                            My Mother's Castle
    6.  Grand Canyon                    6.  A Woman's Tale
    7.  JFK                             7.  Life is Sweet
    8.  Ju Dou                          8.  The Man in the Moon
    9.  Daddy Nostalgi                  9.  Thelma & Louise
    10. Once Around                     10. The Rapture


                        * The Decade (80s) *

    Gene Siskel                          Roger Ebert

    1.  Raging Bull                     1.  Raging Bull
    2.  Shoah                           2.  The Right Stuff
    3.  The Right Stuff                 3.  E.T.
    4.  My Dinner with Andre            4.  Do The Right Thing
    5.  Who Framed Roger Rabbit         5.  My Dinner with Andre
    6.  Do The Right Thing              6.  Raiders of the Lost Ark
    7.  Once Upon A Time In America     7.  Ran
        (long version)
    8.  Moonlighting (not the TV show)  8.  Mississippi Burning
    9.  Sid and Nancy                   9.  Platoon
    10. Kagemusha                       10. House of Games

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Loren Heisey
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