In chronological order, only one movie per director.
- Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 1981)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (Bob Rafelson, 1981)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
- Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
- Storia di Ordinaria Follia (Marco Ferreri, 1982)
- Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (Hugh Hudson, 1984)
- The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
- Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
- The Decline of the American Empire (Denys Arcand, 1986)
- House of Games (David Mamet, 1987)
- Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (Pedro Almodóvar, 1988)
- Farewell to the King (John Milius, 1989)
- The War of the Roses (Danny DeVito, 1989)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard, 1990)
- Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)