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What is your favorite film from a "Bond year"?

ringfire211ringfire211
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In my case a Bond film will almost invariably be my favorite film of that particular year. This is especially the case with the older films. Does the same apply to you? What is your favorite film for each "Bond year"?

Here are mine:

1962 - Dr. No
1963 - From Russia With Love
1964 - Goldfinger
1965 - Thunderball
1967 - You Only Live Twice
1969 - Where Eagles Dare (my all-time favorite WWII adventure film!!)
1971 - Diamonds Are Forever
1973 - Live and Let Die
1974 - The Man With the Golden Gun
1977 - The Spy Who Loved Me
1979 - Moonraker
1981 - For Your Eyes Only
1983 - Octopussy
1985 - A View to a Kill
1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1995 - GoldenEye
1997 - Air Force One
1999 - The Green Mile
2002 - Panic Room
2006 - Casino Royale
2008 - Eagle Eye
2012 - Skyfall
2015 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

P.S. Yes I have seen many other films from each of those years. What can I say? A die-hard Bond fan here!
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  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,226
    Excellent thread!!!! Usually a Bond is my fave for the year as well, though during the Hammer Horror era a few of those take the spot.


    1962- DR NO
    1963- FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    1964- GOLDFINGER
    1965- THUNDERBALL
    1967- FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
    1969- TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (along with OHMSS)
    1971- VAMPIRE CIRCUS
    1973- LIVE AND LET DIE
    1974- DRACULA (Jack Palance version)
    1977- THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    1979- DRACULA (Frank Langella version)
    1981- FYEO (although Raiders and Superman II are contenders)
    1983- OCTOPUSSY (second only to JAWS 3-D.........just kidding)
    1985- FRIGHT NIGHT (along with AVTAK)
    1987- THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    1989- LICENCE TO KILL
    1995- GOLDENEYE
    1997- LA CONFIDENTIAL (along with TND)
    1999-TWINE
    2002-DIE ANOTHER DAY
    2006- CASINO ROYALE (along with HOLLYWOODLAND)
    2008- QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    2012- SKYFALL
    2015- SPECTRE
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    Posts: 655
    You do seem to have a thing for those Dracula films, don't you? I don't think I've ever seen a single one - not a fan at all. But it's always great to see a fellow Bond fan who has a Bond film as their favorite for almost every year.

    It's also refreshing to see someone place FYEO above RAIDERS for 1981. I think FYEO is criminally overlooked (even in the Bond community) while RAIDERS gets way too much praise. I mean sure RAIDERS is great but folks treat it like it's a masterpiece while FYEO is just "another movie". I totally disagree with this. Personally I get much more satisfaction out of watching FYEO than RAIDERS. So if the latter is a masterpiece then I insist that the former is even more so!

    At the end of the day both are just popcorn entertainment so it really bothers me that RAIDERS is proclaimed as some type of cinematic art whereas FYEO is just another run-of-the-mill Bond flick to watch once and then throw away into the storage bin somewhere. Even if you don't consider it as iconic a Bond film as, say GF or FRWL, simply as an action film it really delivers the goods, and just in that department alone stands shoulder to shoulder with RAIDERS. In fact with the exception of the truck chase in RAIDERS I find the action in FYEO much more exciting and spectacular! And Roger Moore as Bond still runs circles around Ford as Indy. The latter just mumbles a lot and looks sour half the time. But that's Harrison for ya.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    All of mine are Bond films. Sorry.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    I imagine mine are probably all Bond films with a couple exceptions (Alien for '79, Two Towers for '02, maybe a couple others).
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited March 2017 Posts: 7,214
    All right, I'll give this a crack. I must warn you guys I like all sorts of movies so probably not all Bond films will make it.

    1962: Lawrence of Arabia
    1963: Le mépris
    1964: Sei donne per l'assassino
    1965: Thunderball
    1967: Le samouraï
    1969: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    1971: Dirty Harry
    1973: The Wicker Man
    1974: The Godfather: Part II
    1977: Suspiria
    1979: Stalker
    1981: Das Boot
    1983: Scarface
    1985: Day of the Dead
    1987: Der Himmel über Berlin
    1989: Licence to Kill
    1995: Heat
    1997: L.A. Confidential
    1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley
    2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    2006: Das Leben der Anderen
    2008: Vals im Bashir
    2012: Cloclo
    2015: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    edited March 2017 Posts: 4,325
    Only two Bond films makes the list for me

    1962: Lawrence of Arabia
    1963: From Russia with Love
    1964: A Fistful of Dollars
    1965: Dr. Zhivago
    1967: Bonnie and Clyde
    1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    1971: A Clockwork Orange
    1973: American Graffiti
    1974: The Godfather: Part II
    1977: Star Wars
    1979: Apocalypse Now
    1981: For Your Eyes Only
    1983: Scarface
    1985: The Breakfast Club
    1987: Full Metal Jacket
    1989: Born on the Fourth of July
    1995: Heat
    1997: L.A. Confidential
    1999: American Beauty
    2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    2006: Das Leben der Anderen
    2008: Gran Torino
    2012: Amour
    2015: Sicario
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    edited March 2017 Posts: 6,844
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    1963: Le mépris

    Forgot this was '63. I may very well choose Le mépris over FRWL as well. My favorite from Godard, and quite possibly my favorite from the New Wave as a whole. Absolutely stunning film. Great to meet another fan on here!

    I greatly enjoy Le samouraï as well, but I think my soft spot for YOLT wins out here.

    Dig Der Himmel über Berlin also. You have fine taste in European cinema.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited March 2017 Posts: 7,214
    Thank you @Some_Kind_Of_Hero! Monsieur Aubergine would say: I see you are a connoisseur ;)

    Great list @tanaka123, with the exception of Lola rennt I like every film on your list as well!
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    edited March 2017 Posts: 4,325
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Thank you @Some_Kind_Of_Hero! Monsieur Aubergine would say: I see you are a connoisseur ;)

    Great list @tanaka123, with the exception of Lola rennt I like every film on your list as well!

    1999 was the hardest - I could easily have picked Fight Club, The Matrix, The Straight Story, The Green Mile, American Beauty, Angela's Ashes, The Talented Mr Ripley

    I've just updated it as Lola Rennt is actually 1998
  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    1999 for me belongs to THE GREEN MILE (one of my favorite films), which I prefer even to THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (both by Frank Darabont). Then TWINE is an easy #2 for me. 1999 overall I think was a weak year. Most of the lauded films from this year seem to be really overrated. THE MATRIX (which I've never been able to sit through), FIGHT CLUB, AMERICAN BEAUTY, THE SIXTH SENSE, etc. Actually I prefer stuff like OFFICE SPACE, BLUE STREAK, ENTRAPMENT, or even DEEP BLUE SEA from this year over the above "masterpieces".
  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    Also I'm a huge fan of films from the 1960s but I can't get over how overhyped some films are, like BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, COOL HAND LUKE, THE GRADUATE, BONNIE AND CLYDE, etc. The true masterpieces from the 60s are the "Spaghetti Westerns" by Sergio Leone, PSYCHO and THE BIRDS by Hitchcock, the works of David Lean like LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, and Robert Mulligan's classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (one of my favorites!). But there's so many other great films from that decade - SPARTACUS, EL CID, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, CAPE FEAR, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, A SHOT IN THE DARK, CHARADE, HOW TO STEAL A MILLION, MIRAGE, ARABESQUE, THE TRAIN, THE GREAT ESCAPE, ICE STATION ZEBRA, BULLITT, THE DIRTY DOZEN, WHERE EAGLES DARE, WAIT UNTIL DARK, etc. Any one of these is infinitely superior to snoozers like THE GRADUATE or COOL HAND LUKE or BUTCH AND SUNDANCE. I know 1967 was supposed to be some type of revolutionary year for cinema, representing the counter-culture movement and social upheaval in general. But today these films are dated and simply don't resonate in any meaningful way. Now, I personally can enjoy dated films (some of my favorite Bond films, for instance) because they take me back to a particular time. But that's not enough. They need to engage me and entertain me. There's nothing engaging about BUTCH AND SUNDANCE. Just 2 guys riding for 2 hours, trying to stay ahead of some invisible pursuers. How many times do I have to hear "Who are those guys?" Yes I know there are themes about friendship and the changing West but it's all presented in such a dull and pedestrian fashion. How can I seriously prefer a film like that over something as exciting and visually rich as YOLT or OHMSS? Oh, and John Barry's sublime score? Come on!
  • GerardGerard
    edited March 2017 Posts: 6,022
    1962 : West Side Story
    1963 : The Great Escape
    1964 : 100 000 Dollars au Soleil
    1965 : Mary Poppins
    1967 : The Dirty Dozen
    1969 : Z
    1971 : Le Casse
    1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
    1974 : Enter the Dragon
    1977 : Star Wars
    1979 : Alien
    1981 : Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1983 : First Blood
    1985 : Trois Hommes et un Couffin
    1987 : Lethal Weapon
    1989 : A Fish Called Wanda
    1995 : Apollo 13
    1997 : Mars Attacks
    1999 : Matrix
    2002 : Lord of the Rings / The Two Towers
    2006 : Casino Royale
    2008 : Iron Man
    2012 : Avengers
    2015 : Ant Man
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Apocalypto - 2006 is one of the greatest films of all time, and so is CR so a great year for cinema
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    1954-On the waterfront
    1962-The Manchurian candidate
    1963-Zapruder film of the Kennedy Assassination
    1964-Goldfinger
    1965-Cat Ballou
    1967-In Cold Blood
    1969-Pippi Långstrump
    1971-Bedknobs And Broomsticks
    1973-Robin Hood
    1974-Dracula
    1977-Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
    1979-Apocalypse Now
    1981-Quest For Fire
    1983-Rumble Fish
    1985-The Falcon and the Snowman
    1987-Angel Heart
    1989-Wallace & Grommit: A Grand Day Out
    1995-La Cite des Enfants Perdues
    1997-Lost Highway
    1999-The Sixth Sense
    2002-Ali G- Indahouse
    2006-Perfume- The Story of a Murderer
    2008-The Spirit
    2012-Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
    2015-Ant-Man
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    Posts: 2,730
    Ali g indahouse is you favorite movie from 2002!?
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    It would be easy to say all the Bond movies were my favorites but I'm going to take them out of the equation here.

    1962 - To Kill A Mockingbird
    1963 - Jason And The Argonauts
    1964 - Mary Poppins
    1965 - Doctor Zhivago
    1967 - The Dirty Dozen
    1969 - The Italian Job
    1971 - Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
    1973 - Westworld
    1974 - The Towering Inferno
    1977 - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
    1979 - Alien
    1981 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1983 - Sudden Impact
    1985 - Back To The Future
    1987 - Robocop
    1989 - Back To The Future Part II
    1995 - Heat
    1997 - Con Air
    1999 - Galaxy Quest
    2002 - The Ring
    2006 - Mission: Impossible III
    2008 - The Dark Knight
    2012 - The Dark Knight Rises
    2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Ali g indahouse is you favorite movie from 2002!?

    I enjoy a good laugh.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    Posts: 2,730
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    Ali g indahouse is you favorite movie from 2002!?

    I enjoy a good laugh.

    Well I can't think of a better film from that year so I guess you win
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    PropertyOfALady wrote: »
    All of mine are Bond films. Sorry.

    Well said! I can only agree!
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
    edited March 2017 Posts: 257
    1962: The Longest Day
    1963: From Russia With Love
    1964: Dr. Strangelove
    1965: Thunderball
    1967: Cool Hand Luke
    1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    1971: Get Carter
    1973: The Long Goodbye
    1974: Chinatown
    1977: A Bridge Too Far
    1979: Alien
    1981: Arthur
    1983: Trading Places
    1985: The Breakfast Club
    1987: The Living Daylights
    1989: Henry V
    1995: The Usual Suspects
    1997: LA Confidential
    1999: The Green Mile
    2002: About A Boy
    2006: Casino Royale
    2008: WALL-E
    2012: Les Miserables
    2015: Ex Machina

    .... Although, I've clearly watched each Bond film more often than any other film from each year! That's got to count for something.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Being a fan of all cinema only a few Bond movies make my best of that year!

    1962 Dr No
    1963 From Russia With Love
    1964 Goldfinger
    1965 Repulsion
    1967 Bonnie and Clyde
    1969 OHMSS
    1971 Get Carter
    1973 The Wicker Man
    1974 Chinatown
    1977 Star Wars
    1979 Alien
    1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1983 Psycho II
    1985 Brazil
    1987 Blue Velvet
    1989 Manhunter (made in 1986 but not released in England until 1989)
    1995 The Usual Suspects
    1997 L.A Confidential
    1999 Fight Club
    2002 Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers
    2006 Casino Royale
    2008 There Will Be Blood
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
    2015 Mad Max Fury Road

  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    If I were to only choose non-Bond films for each year...

    1962 - To Kill a Mockingbird / Cape Fear
    1963 - The Birds / The Great Escape
    1964 - A Fistful of Dollars
    1965 - Doctor Zhivago / For a Few Dollars More
    1967 - The Dirty Dozen / Wait Until Dark
    1969 - Where Eagles Dare (released in U.S.)
    1971 - Duel / Dirty Harry
    1973 - Magnum Force
    1974 - Mr. Majestyk
    1977 - Black Sunday
    1979 - Rocky II
    1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1983 - Cujo (my #2 for the year, behind Octopussy, is still Bond - NSNA)
    1985 - Commando / Rambo: First Blood, Part II
    1987 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles / Lethal Weapon
    1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade / Lethal Weapon 2
    1995 - Braveheart / Die Hard With a Vengeance
    1997 - Air Force One / Titanic / Breakdown
    1999 - The Green Mile
    2002 - Panic Room / The Sum of All Fears
    2006 - The Pursuit of Happyness
    2008 - Eagle Eye / Rambo / Gran Torino
    2012 - Django Unchained
    2015 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    1962 - Lawrence of Arabia, my favourite film ever made
    1963 - 8 1/2
    1964 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    1965 - Doctor Zhivago
    1967 - Cool Hand Luke
    1969 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    1971 - The French Connection
    1973 - The Long Goodbye
    1974 - Chinatown
    1977 - Annie Hall
    1979 - Being There
    1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1983 - Terms of Endearment
    1985 - The Breakfast Club
    1987 - The Living Daylights
    1989 - Say Anything...
    1995 - Before Sunrise
    1997 - Jackie Brown
    1999 - Magnolia
    2002 - Road to Perdition
    2006 - Casino Royale, my favourite film of the 2000s
    2008 - Milk
    2012 - Django Unchained
    2015 - Spotlight

    Only three Bond films, and they're my top three.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    edited March 2017 Posts: 4,325
    Gerard wrote: »
    1962 : West Side Story
    1963 : The Great Escape
    1964 : 100 000 Dollars au Soleil
    1965 : Mary Poppins
    1967 : The Dirty Dozen
    1969 : Z
    1971 : Le Casse
    1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
    1974 : Enter the Dragon
    1977 : Star Wars
    1979 : Alien
    1981 : Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1983 : First Blood
    1985 : Trois Hommes et un Couffin
    1987 : Lethal Weapon
    1989 : A Fish Called Wanda
    1995 : Apollo 13
    1997 : Mars Attacks
    1999 : Matrix
    2002 : Lord of the Rings / The Two Towers
    2006 : Casino Royale
    2008 : Iron Man
    2012 : Avengers
    2015 : Ant Man

    West Side Story was 1961. Enter the Dragon was 1973. Mars Attack was 1996.
  • CountJohnCountJohn
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    62- Lolita
    63- FRWL
    64- Dr. Strangelove
    65- Doctor Zhivago
    67- The Graduate
    69- OHMSS
    71- The French Connection
    73- The Sting
    74- The Godfather Part II
    77- Eraserhead
    79- Being There
    81- Raiders of the Lost Ark
    83- Return of the Jedi
    85- Back to the Future
    87- Full Metal Jacket
    89- Glory
    95- Toy Story
    97- Star Trek: First Contact
    99- Fight Club
    02- Catch Me If You Can
    06- United 93
    08- Doubt
    12- Lincoln
    15- Steve Jobs
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,084
    CountJohn wrote: »
    62- Lolita
    63- FRWL
    64- Dr. Strangelove
    65- Doctor Zhivago
    67- The Graduate
    69- OHMSS
    71- The French Connection
    73- The Sting
    74- The Godfather Part II
    77- Eraserhead
    79- Being There
    81- Raiders of the Lost Ark
    83- Return of the Jedi
    85- Back to the Future
    87- Full Metal Jacket
    89- Glory
    95- Toy Story
    97- Star Trek: First Contact
    99- Fight Club
    02- Catch Me If You Can
    06- United 93
    08- Doubt
    12- Lincoln
    15- Steve Jobs

    Nice to see someone who appreciates Eraserhead.....but Return of the Jedi??? :(
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,523
    CountJohn wrote: »
    62- Lolita
    63- FRWL
    64- Dr. Strangelove
    65- Doctor Zhivago
    67- The Graduate
    69- OHMSS
    71- The French Connection
    73- The Sting
    74- The Godfather Part II
    77- Eraserhead
    79- Being There
    81- Raiders of the Lost Ark
    83- Return of the Jedi
    85- Back to the Future
    87- Full Metal Jacket
    89- Glory
    95- Toy Story
    97- Star Trek: First Contact
    99- Fight Club
    02- Catch Me If You Can
    06- United 93
    08- Doubt
    12- Lincoln
    15- Steve Jobs

    I really like a lot of this list; nice picks.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,022
    tanaka123 wrote: »

    West Side Story was 1961. Enter the Dragon was 1973. Mars Attack was 1996.

    Yes, but we recieved them the following year in France. It was only recently that movies started being released here at the same time (and sometimes before) their country of origin.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited April 2017 Posts: 45,489
    For 2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp? Disney s new Mulan could be a contender.

    If it s 2019, maybe the fifth Indiana Jones movie. ..but who knows?
  • ringfire211ringfire211
    Posts: 655
    There's no way a superhero movie would make my favorite for any year (I simply don't think they're good enough to qualify as #1 for any given year), much less something like ANT-MAN. How can you even take it seriously with a title like that?? What's next?? CARROT-MAN? SNOT-MAN?? They just need to cut it out with these superheroes.
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