1986 Mini-List – Eligible Films

Below is a list of films you can vote for from this year. If you want to be able to vote for something that isn’t listed here, you need to ask me to add it to the list. The only reason I won’t do so is if I deem that it belongs in another year. I have my own curious system for assigning films to years, but rest assured that I will never let a film miss its chance to qualify in one year or another. I am the ultimate arbiter of year assignments.

Eligible films

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T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais[You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know]Agnès Varda
Tras el cristal[In a Glass Cage]Agustí Villaronga
Varjoja paratiisissa[Shadows in Paradise]Aki Kaurismäki
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Christmas at Ground ZeroAl Yankovic
ThérèseAlain Cavalier
Au-delà du souvenir[Beyond Memory]Alain Mazars
MéloAlain Resnais
Sweet LibertyAlan Alda
SolarbabiesAlan Johnson
Back to SchoolAlan Metter
The The: Angels of DeceptionAlastair McIlwain
Amor a la vuelta de la esquina[Love Around the Corner]Alberto Cortés
Sid and NancyAlex Cox
Crowded House: Don't Dream It's OverAlex Proyas
Vermischte Nachrichten[Miscellaneous News]Alexander Kluge
مادیان[Madian][The Mare]Ali Zhekan
美國心[Mei gwok sam][Just Like Weather]Allen Fong
אסתר[Esther]Amos Gitai
Le Lieu du crime[Scene of the Crime]André Téchiné
Desiderando Giulia[Desiring Julia]Andrea Barzini
Offret[The Sacrifice]Andrei Tarkovsky
Stan Ridgway: Drive She SaidAndrew Doucette
Somewhere in the ArcticAndrew Stanton
Kronika wypadków miłosnych[Chronicle of Amorous Accidents]Andrzej Wajda
Cyndi Lauper: Change of HeartAndy Morahan
Luther Vandross: Stop to LoveAndy Morahan
The Blow Monkeys: Digging Your SceneAndy Morahan
The Communards: So Cold the NightAndy Morahan
Pet Shop Boys: Love Comes QuicklyAndy Morahan & Eric Watson
Loose CornerAnita Thacher
Du mich auch[You Love Me Too]Anja Franke, Dani Levy & Helmut Berger
ApologiesAnne Charlotte Robertson
LoyaltiesAnne Wheeler
Psycho IIIAnthony Perkins
Golden Earring: Quiet EyesAnton Corbijn
El imperio de la fortuna[The Realm of Fortune]Arturo Ripstein
Aaahh BelindaAtıf Yılmaz
Santa FeAxel Corti
Welcome in ViennaAxel Corti
Macskafogó[Cat City]Béla Ternovszky
Tenue de soirée[Ménage]Bertrand Blier
'Round MidnightBertrand Tavernier
Greed – Pay to PlayBette Gordon
ComradesBill Douglas
Ramones: Something to Believe InBill Fishman
Parting GlancesBill Sherwood
That's Life!Blake Edwards
Ormens väg på hälleberget[The Serpent's Way]Bo Widerberg
Big Fun in the Big TownBram van Splunteren
L'Heure des anges[Romance z temnot][Nightangel]Břetislav Pojar & Jacques Drouin
The Moody Blues: Your Wildest DreamsBrian Grant
Dead End Drive-InBrian Trenchard-Smith
Sade: Is It a Crime?Brian Ward
Sade: Never as Good as the First TimeBrian Ward
Crimes of the HeartBruce Beresford
A-Ha: Train of ThoughtCandace Reckinger & Michael Patterson
Veneno para las hadas[Poison for the Fairies]Carlos Enrique Taboada
Filme Demência[Movie Dementia]Carlos Reichenbach
El amor brujo[Love, the Magician]Carlos Saura
Bintang KejoraChaerul Umam
我的愛[Wo de ai][This Love of Mine]Chang Yi
Golden EightiesChantal Akerman
Portrait d'une paresseuse[Portrait of a Sloth]Chantal Akerman
The Boy in BlueCharles Jarrott
Trick or TreatCharles Martin Smith
Nyamanton[Lessons from the Garbage]Cheick Oumar Sissoko
阴阳奇兵[Yin yang qi bin][The Young Taoism Fighter]Chen Chi-hwa
大閱兵[Da yue bing][The Big Parade]Chen Kaige
By the LakeChick Strand
Fake Fruit FactoryChick Strand
Where the River Runs BlackChristopher Cain
ClockwiseChristopher Morahan
Precious ImagesChuck Workman
Jean de FloretteClaude Berri
Jean de Florette/Manon des sourcesClaude Berri
Manon des sources[Manon of the Spring]Claude Berri
Inspecteur Lavardin[Inspector Lavardin]Claude Chabrol
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls: Darling It HurtsClaudia Castle
Mano destraCleo Uebelmann
Heartbreak RidgeClint Eastwood
Depeche Mode: A Question of LustClive Richardson
執法先鋒[Zhi fa xian feng][Righting Wrongs]Corey Yuen
Alain Chamfort: Traces de toiCosta Kekemenis
RocketKitKongoKitCraig Baldwin
Alger la blancheCyril Collard
Jimi Plays MontereyD.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus
Shake! Otis at MontereyD.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus
Miami Sound Machine: Bad BoyD.J. Webster
HoosiersDavid Anspaugh
Talking Heads: Wild Wild LifeDavid Byrne
True StoriesDavid Byrne
Talking Heads: Love for SaleDavid Byrne & Melvin Sokolsky
Остров Сокровищ[Ostrov sokrovishch][Treasure Island](1986-1988)David Cherkassky
皇家戰士[Wong ga jin si][Royal Warriors]David Chung
The FlyDavid Cronenberg
The Wyeths: A Father and His FamilyDavid Grubin
Oingo Boingo: StayDavid Hogan
Blue VelvetDavid Lynch
Lovedolls SuperstarDavid Markey
LucasDavid Seltzer
Thrashin'David Winters
Ruthless PeopleDavid Zucker, Jim Abrahams & Jerry Zucker
Half LifeDennis O'Rourke
Le Déclin de l'empire américain[The Decline of the American Empire]Denys Arcand
CaravaggioDerek Jarman
Easterhouse: Nineteen Sixty NineDerek Jarman
Easterhouse: Whistling in the DarkDerek Jarman
Matt Fretton: AvatarDerek Jarman
The Smiths: AskDerek Jarman
The Smiths: PanicDerek Jarman
The Smiths: The Queen Is DeadDerek Jarman
The Smiths: There Is a Light That Never Goes OutDerek Jarman
FlodderDick Maas
Yello: GoldrushDieter Meier
Robert Tepper: Don't Walk AwayDominic Sena
An American TailDon Bluth
Big Audio Dynamite: E = MC²Don Letts
The Champions, Part 3: The Final BattleDonald Brittain
Paradies[Paradise]Doris Dörrie
Tichá radosť[Silent Joy]Dušan Hanák
恐怖分子[Kong bu fen zi][Terrorizers]Edward Yang
About Last Night...Edward Zwick
Hombre mirando al sudeste[Man Facing Southeast]Eliseo Subiela
Silip[Daughters of Eve]Elwood Perez
Bois ton café, il va être freudÉric Rohmer
Le Rayon vert[The Green Ray]Éric Rohmer
Pet Shop Boys: SuburbiaEric Watson
Ex VotoErich Langjahr
Rear WindowErnie Gehr
The Cosmic EyeFaith Hubley
Ginger e Fred[Ginger and Fred]Federico Fellini
El viaje a ninguna parte[Voyage to Nowhere]Fernando Fernán Gómez
De aanslag[The Assault]Fons Rademakers
Peggy Sue Got MarriedFrancis Ford Coppola
Mix-Up ou Meli-meloFrançoise Romand
Little Shop of HorrorsFrank Oz
Night of the CreepsFred Dekker
暗夜[An ye][Dark Night]Fred Tan
April Fool's DayFred Walton
BlindFrederick Wiseman
Multi-HandicappedFrederick Wiseman
Nothing in CommonGarry Marshall
Paul Simon: You Can Call Me AlGary Weis
The Bangles: Walk Like an EgyptianGary Weis
Weather Diary 1George Kuchar
CobraGeorge P. Cosmatos
NakounineGeorges Schwizgebel
Кин-дза-дза![Kin-dza-dza]Georgi Danelia
Bruce Hornsby and the Range: The Way It IsGerard de Thame
Erasure: SometimesGerard de Thame
ತಬರನ ಕಥೆ[Tabarana Kathe][Tabara's Tale]Girish Kasaravalli
Shadow Killers Tiger ForceGodfrey Ho
Peter Gabriel: In Your EyesGraham Dean & Peter Gabriel
8 Million Ways to DieHal Ashby
RadHal Needham
SpaceCampHarry Winer
天空の城ラピュタ[Tenkuu no shiro laputa][Castle in the Sky]Hayao Miyazaki
Völlerei? Füttern!Helke Sander
Seven Women, Seven SinsHelke Sander, Bette Gordon, Maxi Cohen, Chantal Akerman, Valie Export, Laurence Gavron & Ulrike Ottinger
十手舞[Jittemai][Death Shadows]Hideo Gosha
戀戀風塵[Lian lian feng chen][Dust in the Wind]Hou Hsiao-hsien
Pretty in PinkHoward Deutch
错位[Cuo wei][Dislocation]Huang Jianxin
Les Trottoirs de Saturne[The Sidewalks of Saturn]Hugo Santiago
길소뜸[Gilsoddeum]Im Kwon-taek
티켓[Ticket]Im Kwon-taek
As Sete Vampiras[The Seven Vampires]Ivan Cardoso
Legal EaglesIvan Reitman
Murphy's LawJ. Lee Thompson
龍兄虎弟[Lung hing foo dai][Armour of God]Jackie Chan
Maine OcéanJacques Rozier
Landscape SuicideJames Benning
AliensJames Cameron
At Close RangeJames Foley
Madonna: Papa Don't PreachJames Foley
A Room with a ViewJames Ivory
Two FriendsJane Campion
'Weird Al' Yankovic: Living with a HerniaJay Levey
Madonna: Open Your HeartJean-Baptiste Mondino
Scritti Politti: Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Faubourg St MartinJean-Claude Guiguet
The Name of the RoseJean-Jacques Annaud
37°2 le matin[Betty Blue]Jean-Jacques Beineix
Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma[The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company]Jean-Luc Godard
Routine PleasuresJean-Pierre Gorin
BlatzomJeff Keen
Heavy Metal Parking LotJeff Krulik & John Heyn
Paul Simon: The Boy in the BubbleJim Blashfield
LabyrinthJim Henson
Big Audio Dynamite: Sightsee M.C.!Jim Jarmusch
Down by LawJim Jarmusch
The Big EasyJim McBride
Genesis: In Too DeepJim Yukich
Genesis: Invisible TouchJim Yukich
Iron Maiden: Wasted YearsJim Yukich
Mike + the Mechanics: All I Need Is a MiracleJim Yukich
Pat Benatar: Le Bel AgeJim Yukich
When the Wind BlowsJimmy T. Murakami
Krysař[The Pied Piper]Jiří Barta
Joan Does DynastyJoan Braderman
CapriceJoanna Hogg
À Flor do Mar[Hovering Over the Water]João César Monteiro
Mort un dimanche de pluie[Death on a Rainy Sunday]Joël Santoni
I ♥ $[I Love Dollars]Johan van der Keuken
അമ്മ അറിയാൻ[Amma Ariyan][Report to Mother]John Abraham
Handsworth SongsJohn Akomfrah
Short CircuitJohn Badham
Big Trouble in Little ChinaJohn Carpenter
52 Pick-UpJohn Frankenheimer
The Karate Kid Part IIJohn G. Avildsen
Ferris Bueller's Day OffJohn Hughes
A Deadly BusinessJohn Korty
Three Amigos!John Landis
Luxo Jr.John Lasseter
Genesis: Land of ConfusionJohn Lloyd & Jim Yukich
Henry: Portrait of a Serial KillerJohn McNaughton
NomadsJohn McTiernan
The Great Mouse DetectiveJohn Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener & Burny Mattinson
OmJohn Smith
英雄本色[Ying hung boon sik][A Better Tomorrow]John Woo
The Singing DetectiveJon Amiel
Bell DiamondJon Jost
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeJonas Mekas
Something WildJonathan Demme
CrucifixionJörg Buttgereit
New York - ParisJörg Buttgereit
De wisselwachter[The Pointsman]Jos Stelling
Tata mía[Dear Nanny]José Luis Borau
SouvenirJosé Luis Guerín
Birds at SunriseJoyce Wieland
David Bowie: Absolute BeginnersJulien Temple
Janet Jackson: When I Think of YouJulien Temple
夢みるように眠りたい[Yume miru yō ni nemuritai][To Sleep So as to Dream]Kaizō Hayashi
Курьер[Kuryer][Courier]Karen Shakhnazarov
Kate Bush: Experiment IVKate Bush
Kate Bush: Hounds of LoveKate Bush
Kate Bush: The Big SkyKate Bush
FatherlandKen Loach
GothicKen Russell
Huey Lewis and the News: Hip to Be SquareKevin Godley & Lol Creme
Peter Gabriel: Don't Give UpKevin Godley & Lol Creme
Wang Chung: Everybody Have Fun TonightKevin Godley & Lol Creme
Sonic Youth: Shadow of a DoubtKevin Kerslake
الطوق والسوار[El towk wa el eswera][The Collar and the Bracelet]Khairy Beshara
人間の約束[Ningen no yakusoku][A Promise]Kijū Yoshida
火宅の人[Kataku no hito][House on Fire]Kinji Fukasaku
Письма мёртвого человека[Pisma myortvogo cheloveka][Dead Man's Letters]Konstantin Lopushansky
原振俠與衛斯理[Yuen chun hap yu wai see lee][The Seventh Curse]Lam Ngai Kai
Dèmoni 2[Demons 2]Lamberto Bava
Sophie's PlaceLarry Jordan
南北少林[Nan bei shao lin][Martial Arts of Shaolin]Lau Kar-leung
Il maestroLaurence Gavron
Home of the BraveLaurie Anderson
Thị trấn yên tĩnh[A Quiet Little Town]Lê Đức Tiến
Anne TristerLéa Pool
뽕[Ppong][Mulberry]Lee Doo-yong
Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeLeonard Nimoy
乒乓[Ping Pong]Leong Po-chih
Mauvais Sang[Bad Blood]Leos Carax
Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico[Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil]Lina Wertmüller
Working GirlsLizzie Borden
The Mexican Tapes: A Chronicle of Life Outside the LawLouis Hock
...And the Pursuit of HappinessLouis Malle
La storiaLuigi Comencini
REALFilmLutz Dammbeck
AmorosaMai Zetterling
Blackadder IIMandie Fletcher
Mon Cas[My Case]Manoel de Oliveira
La mitad del cielo[Half of Heaven]Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
ParasympathicaMara Mattuschka
Pascal-GödelMara Mattuschka
For MemoryMarc Karlin
Arcadia: Goodbye Is ForeverMarcelo Anciano
Arcadia: The PromiseMarcelo Anciano
Il diavolo in corpo[Devil in the Flesh]Marco Bellocchio
La gran fiestaMarcos Zurinaga
Rosa LuxemburgMargarethe von Trotta
The The: Sweet Bird of TruthMark Romanek
Ethnic NotionsMarlon Riggs
The Color of MoneyMartin Scorsese
Janet Jackson: NastyMary Lambert
近松門左衛門鑓の権三[Yari no gonza][Gonza the Spearman]Masahiro Shinoda
子猫物語[Koneko monogatari][The Adventures of Milo and Otis]Masanori Hata
Peter Gabriel: Mercy StreetMatt Mahurin
The Lover Speaks: No More 'I Love You'sMatt Mahurin
The Night StalkerMax Kleven
AngerMaxi Cohen
SarraouniaMed Hondo
The Delta ForceMenahem Golan
The Clan of the Cave BearMichael Chapman
Tristan[Legend of a Hero]Michael J. Murphy
My Little Pony: The MovieMichael Joens
ManhunterMichael Mann
WildcatsMichael Ritchie
R.E.M.: Fall on MeMichael Stipe
Le PaltoquetMichel Deville
Violent Femmes: Children of the RevolutionMick Haggerty
HeartburnMike Nichols
Harmadik jelenlét[Third Presence]Miklós Jancsó
Footrot Flats: The Dog's TaleMurray Ball
MalcolmNadia Tass
マックス、モン・アムール[Makkusu mon amūru][Max mon amour]Nagisa Ōshima
ビリィ★ザ★キッドの新しい夜明け[Birī za kiddo no atarashii yoake][The New Morning of Billy the Kid]Naoto Yamakawa
Mona LisaNeil Jordan
The Transformers: The MovieNelson Shin
Züğürt Ağa[The Broken Landlord]Nesli Çölgeçen
Howard Jones: No One Is to BlameNichola Bruce & Michael Coulson
The Boy Who Could FlyNick Castle
Eddie Money: Take Me Home TonightNick Morris
Europe: The Final CountdownNick Morris
Toto: I'll Be Over YouNick Morris
Η φωτογραφία[I fotografia][La Photo][The Photograph]Nikos Papatakis
Magdalena ViragaNina Menkes
彼のオートバイ、彼女の島[Kare no ootobai kanojo no shima][His Motorbike, Her Island]Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
ريح السد[Rih essed][Man of Ashes]Nouri Bouzid
XOddvar Einarson
PlatoonOliver Stone
SalvadorOliver Stone
Désordre[Disorder]Olivier Assayas
Piccolo film decompostoPaolo Gioli
Down and Out in Beverly HillsPaul Mazursky
Rosa la rose, fille publique[Public Girl]Paul Vecchiali
MatadorPedro Almodóvar
Bananarama: VenusPeter Care
Depeche Mode: StrippedPeter Care
Public Image Ltd.: RisePeter Care
Marc Almond: Ruby RedPeter Christopherson
Marc Almond: The House Is Haunted (by the Echo of Your Last Goodbye)Peter Christopherson
Nik Kershaw: Radio MusicolaPeter Christopherson
The The: HeartlandPeter Christopherson
The The: InfectedPeter Christopherson
The The: The Mercy BeatPeter Christopherson
Crocodile DundeePeter Faiman
Running ScaredPeter Hyams
Duran Duran: NotoriousPeter Kagan & Paula Greif
Steve Winwood: Higher LovePeter Kagan & Paula Greif
Universal HotelPeter Thompson
A Great WallPeter Wang
The Mosquito CoastPeter Weir
神探朱古力[Shen tan zhu gu li][Inspector Chocolate]Philip Chan
À l'ombre de la canaille bleue[In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal]Pierre Clémenti
Ga, ga, chwała bohaterom[Glory to the Heroes]Piotr Szulkin
The Mark of LilithPolly Biswas Gladwin, Bruna Fionda & Zachary Nataf
Prince and the Revolution: MountainsPrince
Under the Cherry MoonPrince
אוונטי פופולו[Avanti popolo]Rafi Bukai
The Rolling Stones: Harlem ShuffleRalph Bakshi
न्यू देहली टाइम्स[New Delhi Times]Ramesh Sharma
Children of a Lesser GodRanda Haines
Flight of the NavigatorRandal Kleiser
The Replacements: Bastards of YoungRandy Skinner
The Replacements: Hold My LifeRandy Skinner
The Replacements: Left of the DialRandy Skinner
L'Île au trésor[Treasure Island]Raúl Ruiz
MammameRaúl Ruiz
Mémoire des apparences[Life Is a Dream]Raúl Ruiz
Richard IIIRaúl Ruiz
Midnight Oil: The Dead HeartRay Argall
Prince and the Revolution: KissRebecca Blake
LinkRichard Franklin
Sonic Youth: Death Valley '69Richard Kern & Judith Barry
Crowded House: Mean to MeRichard Lowenstein
Dogs in SpaceRichard Lowenstein
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingRichard Pryor
VampRichard Wenk
殭屍家族[Geung see ga zuk][Mr. Vampire II: Vampire Family]Ricky Lau
Stand by MeRob Reiner
Bang!Robert Breer
Forest of BlissRobert Gardner
The HitcherRobert Harmon
F/XRobert Mandel
The Best of TimesRoger Spottiswoode
Nem Tudo é VerdadeRogério Sganzerla
The MissionRoland Joffé
Храни меня, мой талисман[Krani menja, moj talisman][Guard Me, My Talisman]Roman Balayan
PiratesRoman Polański
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Like a RockRon Howard
Arcadia: The FlameRussell Mulcahy
HighlanderRussell Mulcahy
Ópera do MalandroRuy Guerra
The London StorySally Potter
富貴列車[Foo gwai lip che][Millionaires' Express]Sammo Hung
SleepwalkSara Driver
Charlotte for EverSerge Gainsbourg
C'mon Babe (Danke Schôn)Sharon Sandusky
The Morning AfterSidney Lumet
She's Gotta Have ItSpike Lee
Night MusicStan Brakhage
The LoomStan Brakhage
地下情[Dei ha ching][Love Unto Waste]Stanley Kwan
Street of CrocodilesStephen & Timothy Quay
CrittersStephen Herek
Oingo Boingo: Just Another DayStephen R. Johnson
Peter Gabriel: SledgehammerStephen R. Johnson
Cherry 2000Steve De Jarnatt
From BeyondStuart Gordon
Level 42: Lessons in LoveStuart Orme
Pretenders: Don't Get Me WrongStuart Orme
Let's Get HarryStuart Rosenberg
Bröderna Mozart[The Mozart Brothers]Suzanne Osten
最愛[Zui ai][Passion]Sylvia Chang
写真記[Shashin ki][Photodiary]Takashi Itō
StagecoachTed Post
Robert Palmer: Addicted to LoveTerence Donovan
Ο μελισσοκόμος[O melissokomos][The Beekeeper]Theo Angelopoulos
盗马贼[Dao ma zei][The Horse Thief]Tian Zhuangzhuang
River's EdgeTim Hunter
Talk Talk: Living in Another WorldTim Pope
The Cure: A Night Like ThisTim Pope
The Cure: Boys Don't CryTim Pope
The Cure: Jumping Someone Else's TrainTim Pope
The Cure: Killing an ArabTim Pope
Invaders from MarsTobe Hooper
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2Tobe Hooper
HeroTony Maylam
Top GunTony Scott
Love and Rockets: Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)Tony van den Ende
The Mission: Stay with MeTony van den Ende
はだしのゲン2[Hadashi no gen ni][Barefoot Gen 2]Toshio Hirata
Lady JaneTrevor Nunn
刀馬旦[Do ma daan][Peking Opera Blues]Tsui Hark
तहखाना[Tahkhana][The Dungeon]Tulsi & Shyam Ramsay
Superbia – Der StolzUlrike Ottinger
Ein perfektes Paar oder Die Unzucht wechselt ihre Haut[Lust]Valie Export
Фуэте́[Fouetté]Vladimir Vasiliev & Boris Yermolayev
X: The Unheard MusicW.T. Morgan
Werner Herzog – Filmemacher[Portrait: Werner Herzog]Werner Herzog
Der Rosenkönig[The Rose King]Werner Schroeter
Howard the DuckWillard Huyck
Black Power in America: Myth... or Reality?William Greaves
ContactsWilliam Klein
Eurythmics: Missionary ManWilly Smax
Hannah and Her SistersWoody Allen
コミック雑誌なんかいらない![Komikku zasshi nanka iranai][No More Comics]Yōjirō Takita
Cameo: CandyZbigniew Rybczyński
Fat Boys: Sex MachineZbigniew Rybczyński
Lou Reed: The Original WrapperZbigniew Rybczyński
Missing Persons: I Can't Think About DancingZbigniew Rybczyński
Pet Shop Boys: Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)Zbigniew Rybczyński
Simple Minds: All the Things She SaidZbigniew Rybczyński
The Alan Parsons Project: StereotomyZbigniew Rybczyński
绝响[Jue xiang][Swan Song]Zhang Zeming
Лепота порока[Lepota poroka][The Beauty of Vice]Živko Nikolić
Hunters & Collectors: Say Goodbye
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Love Missile F1-11