Greatest movie year ever?

We were having a talk at work and somehow we got onto the subject of Police Academy. Don't as me how. Anyway, we were all sitting around trying to think of the names of all the characters in the movie, so I did what I always do in those situations, I went to Wikipedia. It turns out, Police Academy was the 6th highest grossing movie of 1984 behind: 1. Beverly Hills Cop, 2. Ghostbusters, 3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 4. Gremlins, and 5. The Karate Kid. Now THAT'S a stout lineup of movies to come out in just one year. I did a little bit of digging and found some other classics that came out that year. Check this:

Amadeus won the Oscar for best picture. This is a fantastic film and probly in my top20 all time.

Bachelor Party and Splash came out. This is where Tom Hanks really hit his stride.

Apparently, and this isn't just from wikipedia, both Breakin' AND Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo came out this year. Has a movie and it's sequel ever been released in the same year?!? This is crazy!!

I can't even describe the rest in detail, the list is just to long. Here you go:
Children of the Corn, Footloose, Hot Dog...The Movie, Johnny Dangerously (under-rated), The Last Starfighter, Missing in Action, The Natural (top 5 all-time sports movie), The Neverending Story, Nightmare on Elm Street, Purple Rain, Red Dawn, Revenge of the Nerds, Romancing the Stone, Sixteen Candles, Starman, The Terminator, This is Spinal Tap and Top Secret!

Good Lord, that is one helluva list. I don't think I would have left the theaters in 1984 if I hadn't been learning to break graham crackers along the dotted line in kindergarten. Add to this the fact that actors like James Mason and Richard Burton, considered 2 of the Best. Actors. Ever. by basically everyone, died that year, and you have quite a historic time in film.

I have to do a bit more research before I proclaim 1984 as the greatest year ever in film history, but there better be some serious competition if it's gonna beat this list.