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Your favorite movie from each year you've been alive!

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  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Ok, so this took some doing. Here is my list, please note that no Bond movies are included. I have left the 007 movies out as my list would have had them all from ’73 onwards, due to a bit of bias.

    1973 – Westworld
    1974 – The Towering Inferno
    1975 – Jaws
    1976 – Logan’s Run
    1977 – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
    1978 – Superman
    1979 – Alien
    1980 – Superman 2
    1981 – Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1982 – Blade Runner
    1983 – Sudden Impact
    1984 – Ghostbusters
    1985 – Back To The Future
    1986 – Highlander
    1987 – Robocop
    1988 – Die Hard
    1989 – Back To The Future Part II
    1990 – Total Recall
    1991 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    1992 – Batman Returns
    1993 – Jurassic Park
    1994 – The Mask
    1995 – Heat
    1996 – Scream
    1997 – Con Air
    1998 – Saving Private Ryan
    1999 – Galaxy Quest
    2000 – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    2001 – Shrek
    2002 – The Ring
    2003 – School Of Rock
    2004 – Saw
    2005 – Batman Begins
    2006 – Mission: Impossible 3
    2007 – I Am Legend
    2008 – The Dark Knight
    2009 – A Christmas Carol
    2010 – The Expendables
    2011 – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
    2012 – The Dark Knight Rises
    2013 – Oz The Great And Powerful
    2014 – Guardians Of The Galaxy
    2015 – Cinderella (Not done much cinema-going this year unfortunately or bought dvd/blurays)
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    edited December 2015 Posts: 1,699
    Hmm, all right. One rises to a challenge, so... ;)

    1979 ~ Moonraker
    1980 ~ The Empire Strikes Back
    1981 ~ Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1982 ~ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
    1983 ~ Local Hero
    1984 ~ Ghostbusters
    1985 ~ Back To The Future
    1986 ~ Labyrinth
    1987 ~ The Untouchables
    1988 ~ Cinema Paradiso
    1989 ~ Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
    1990 ~ Back To The Future Part III
    1991 ~ Doc Hollywood
    1992 ~ Aladdin
    1993 ~ Trois Couleurs Bleu (Three Colours Blue)
    1994 ~ The Madness Of King George
    1995 ~ GoldenEye
    1996 ~ Trainspotting
    1997 ~ L.A. Confidential
    1998 ~ Saving Private Ryan
    1999 ~ Toy Story 2
    2000 ~ Almost Famous
    2001 ~ Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)
    2002 ~ Catch Me If You Can
    2003 ~ Lost In Translation
    2004 ~ Layer Cake
    2005 ~ The Matador
    2006 ~ Casino Royale
    2007 ~ Le Scaphandre et la Papillion (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
    2008 ~ Flashbacks Of A Fool
    2009 ~ (500) Days Of Summer
    2010 ~ Inception
    2011 ~ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    2012 ~ Skyfall
    2013 ~ Gravity
    2014 ~ Boyhood
    2015 ~ Spectre

    Note: as per the thread's title, these are my favourite flicks from each year of my life, not necessarily those I consider best (although there's certainly some cross-overs).
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Oy, I'll undertake this trial tonight. Tough choices to make...
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
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    1995: Se7en (Heat came close)
    1996: Fargo (weak year)
    1997: Good Will Hunting
    1998: Saving Private Ryan
    1999: American Beauty/ The Matrix
    2000: Gladiator
    2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    2004: The Bourne Supremacy
    2005: Batman Begins/ Coach Carter
    2006: Casino Royale
    2007: The Bourne Ultimatium
    2008: The Dark Knight
    2009: Star Trek/ Up in the Air (weak year)
    2010: Inception
    2011: Warrior
    2012: The Dark Kight Rises
    2013: Wolf of Wall Street
    2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier/ X-Men: Days of Future Past
    2015: Mad Max Fury Road (to date)
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    St_George wrote: »
    Hmm, all right. One rises to a challenge, so... ;)

    1979 ~ Moonraker
    1980 ~ The Empire Strikes Back
    1981 ~ Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1982 ~ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
    1983 ~ Local Hero
    ...
    ...

    Note: as per the thread's title, these are my favourite flicks from each year of my life, not necessarily those I consider best (although there's certainly some cross-overs).

    If I had been born a year earlier this would be on there too. The only Star Wars film that I really rate, but what a movie that is ^:)^
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    We all have so many varying and differing opinions when it comes to Bond, but damn, if I don't agree with a lot of the lists presented here. Also nice to see a lot of you placing 'Fury Road' as number one for the year. The National Board of Review just declared it as the best film of the year yesterday!
  • RC7RC7
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    My list exempts Bond films and is compiled strictly of what I would deem mainstream Hollywood cinema. I needed some boundaries. It was an interesting experiment. It reminded me that some years (particularly the 80s) were particularly rich in choice, whereas others were pretty bereft of quality. If I were including the Bond's, 2006 would be slam dunk for CR, that year is so lacking in quality blockbusters.


    1984: Romancing the Stone
    1985: Back to the Future
    1986: Labyrinth
    1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
    1988: Die Hard
    1989: Batman
    1990: Home Alone
    1991: Cape Fear
    1992: Reservoir Dogs
    1993: Jurassic Park
    1994: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
    1995: Toy Story
    1996: Scream
    1997: The Fifth Element
    1998: The Truman Show
    1999: The Matrix
    2000: Unbreakable
    2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2002: Spider-Man
    2003: POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    2004: Kill Bill Vol.2
    2005: Batman Begins/King Kong
    2006: The Departed
    2007: No Country for Old Men
    2008: The Dark Knight
    2009: Up
    2010: Inception
    2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    2012: Argo
    2013: The World's End
    2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
    2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
  • bigladiesmanbigladiesman
    edited December 2015 Posts: 1,009
    Some though choices, but picking my personal preferences over quality...

    1983: Return of The Jedi (Best movie: Scarface)
    1984: The Terminator (tied with Ghostbusters)
    1985: Death Wish 3 (BEST. CINEMATIC. YEAR. EVER. for me: Back To The Future, Commando, Into The Night, Goonies, Crimewave, Ladyhawke, Flesh+Blood, Remo Williams, Young Sherlock Holmes, and... Err... Well... I guess I'll include AVTAK... Best movie: maybe Akira Kurosawa's Ran)
    1986: Big Trouble in Little China
    1987: The Running Man (Best movie: Full Metal Jacket)
    1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    1989: License To Kill (non Bond... Maybe Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, but it's another hard year).
    1990: Gremlins 2
    1991: Terminator 2
    1992: Army Of Darkness
    1993: Demolition Man
    1994: The Shawshank Redemption
    1995: Goldeneye (Best movie... I love The Usual Suspects)
    1996: Spy Hard (I’m dead serious about this)
    1997: Men In Black
    1998: The Mask Of Zorro
    1999: Sleepy Hollow
    2000: Hollow Man (just coincidence that “hollow” appears on both)
    2001: Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
    2002: Spider-Man
    2003: Kill Bill
    2004: Spider-Man 2
    2005: Revenge Of The Sith
    2006: Casino Royale (a non-Bond movie? Heck, man, I dig Black Sheep!)
    2007: Hot Fuzz
    2008: The Fighter
    2009: Unglorious Basterds
    2010: Kick-Ass
    2011: Secret Of The Unicorn
    2012: Django Unchained
    2013: Rush
    2014: Guardians Of The Galaxy
    2015: Spectre (Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Mad Max: Fury Road? Terminator Genisys? Creed?...)

    * Definitve post.


  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
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    Nice choice with big trouble little China that's my favorite movie of all time.Can't beat good old Jack Burton.
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
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    1986: Hannah And Her Sisters
    1987: The Living Daylights
    1988: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    1989: Batman
    1990: Miller's Crossing
    1991: Barton Fink
    1992: Unforgiven
    1993: Schindler's List
    1994: Pulp Fiction
    1995: The Usual Suspects
    1996: Michael Collins
    1997: LA Confidential
    1998: The Big Lebowski
    1999: The Green Mile
    2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    2001: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2002: About A Boy
    2003: Love Actually
    2004: Sideways
    2005: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    2006: Casino Royale
    2007: Atonement
    2008: WALL-E
    2009: Up
    2010: Inception
    2011: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
    2012: Les Miserables
    2013: 12 Years a Slave
    2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel
    2015 (so far): Spectre

    More Coen Brothers' films on there than Bond films - but a couple made the list....
  • dinovelvetdinovelvet
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    Murdock wrote: »
    1993 Super Mario Bros. The Movie

    :D
    2002 Die Another Day tied with Jackass the movie.

    There's something hilarious about these two movies being grouped together...



  • daltondalton
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    1984: Ghostbusters
    1985: A View to a Kill
    1986: Aliens
    1987: The Living Daylights
    1988: The Blob
    1989: Licence to Kill
    1990: Misery
    1991: The Silence of the Lambs
    1992: Alien 3
    1993: Schindler's List
    1994: Leon: The Professional
    1995: Heat
    1996: The Rock
    1997: As Good as it Gets
    1998: Saving Private Ryan
    1999: The Thomas Crown Affair
    2000: Traffic
    2001: Hannibal
    2002: The Bourne Identity
    2003: Mystic River
    2004: The Girl Next Door
    2005: Munich
    2006: Casino Royale
    2007: Into the Wild
    2008: Quantum of Solace
    2009: Adventureland
    2010: Kick-Ass
    2011: Haywire (weak year)
    2012: Byzatium
    2013: Prisoners
    2014: Edge of Tomorrow
    2015: haven't seen enough to make an informed decision
  • timmertimmer
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    Murdock wrote: »
    1991Terminator 2
    1992 Home Alone 2
    1993 Super Mario Bros. The Movie
    1994 Leon: The Professional
    1995 GoldenEye
    1996 Mission: Impossible
    1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
    1998 Waterboy
    1999 The World is Not Enough
    2000 Bedazzled
    2001 Tomb Raider
    2002 Die Another Day tied with Jackass the movie.
    2003 Kill Bill Volume 1
    2004 The Incredibles
    2005 Munich
    2006 Casino Royale
    2007 Hot Fuzz
    2008 Quantum of Solace
    2009 Star Trek
    2010 The Other Guys
    2011 Cowboys and Aliens
    2012 Skyfall
    2013 The Dark Knight Returns (Deluxe Edition.)
    2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    2015 Spectre
    Perfect marks for Bond love 1995-2015
    Very Good! Bond trumps all!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(
    We seem to be an action-oriented bunch...
  • RC7RC7
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(

    I deliberately limited it to Hollywood cinema. I might do my European/World cinema list tomorrow.

  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    I nearly put Oldboy for 2003, but Kill Bill was just too big a part of my year then! That was the coolest movie around back then!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    1962... Sanjuro or To Kill A Mockingbird? I went with the latter. :-??
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(

    I love foreign films...but most are heavily intellectual. When I want to exercise my brain, they're a good choice. When I want entertainment (mostly) I go with the mainstream stuff.

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    timmer wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    1991Terminator 2
    1992 Home Alone 2
    1993 Super Mario Bros. The Movie
    1994 Leon: The Professional
    1995 GoldenEye
    1996 Mission: Impossible
    1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
    1998 Waterboy
    1999 The World is Not Enough
    2000 Bedazzled
    2001 Tomb Raider
    2002 Die Another Day tied with Jackass the movie.
    2003 Kill Bill Volume 1
    2004 The Incredibles
    2005 Munich
    2006 Casino Royale
    2007 Hot Fuzz
    2008 Quantum of Solace
    2009 Star Trek
    2010 The Other Guys
    2011 Cowboys and Aliens
    2012 Skyfall
    2013 The Dark Knight Returns (Deluxe Edition.)
    2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    2015 Spectre
    Perfect marks for Bond love 1995-2015
    Very Good! Bond trumps all!

    Hehe yes, I'm huge Bond fan. As I was looking through lists of the movies for each year I couldn't find any I enjoyed over Bond so Bond wins naturally. That being said, I need to watch more movies. ;)
  • timmertimmer
    edited December 2015 Posts: 4,622
    Murdock wrote: »
    timmer wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    1991Terminator 2
    1992 Home Alone 2
    1993 Super Mario Bros. The Movie
    1994 Leon: The Professional
    1995 GoldenEye
    1996 Mission: Impossible
    1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
    1998 Waterboy
    1999 The World is Not Enough
    2000 Bedazzled
    2001 Tomb Raider
    2002 Die Another Day tied with Jackass the movie.
    2003 Kill Bill Volume 1
    2004 The Incredibles
    2005 Munich
    2006 Casino Royale
    2007 Hot Fuzz
    2008 Quantum of Solace
    2009 Star Trek
    2010 The Other Guys
    2011 Cowboys and Aliens
    2012 Skyfall
    2013 The Dark Knight Returns (Deluxe Edition.)
    2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    2015 Spectre
    Perfect marks for Bond love 1995-2015
    Very Good! Bond trumps all!

    Hehe yes, I'm huge Bond fan. As I was looking through lists of the movies for each year I couldn't find any I enjoyed over Bond so Bond wins naturally. That being said, I need to watch more movies. ;)
    Bond trumps every year for me . I know this because I compulsively watch all of the.films over and over and over again, and always have and always will. Only original Apes and original Godfather also get regular repeat viewings, and even then nowhwere close to the Bond treatment.

    As for action emphasis. My list would show more variety if it went beyond top film of year.
    Such a list will generally capture my top favourite genre film.
    My top 30 films from any given year would show more variety.
    I particularly like a wide variety of '60s and '70s fare. Not only the two Golden decades of Bond but all cinema IMO, although the Police Academy romps of the '80s deserve special standing in comedy hall of fame.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(

    I have 'Jagten' (The Hunt) as my top film of 2012, and by a country mile. It's an engrossing piece of Danish film making starring our friend Mads Mikkelson.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited December 2015 Posts: 15,718
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Not a lot of foreign movies seem to make it to the top spots here. :(

    I have the South Korean crime film 'The Chaser' as my favorite of 2008, and the horror/thriller film 'I Saw The Devil' for 2010 (from the same country).

  • RC7RC7
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    My second list: Independent/World Cinema (Inc. Docs)

    1984: Threads
    1985: Blood Simple
    1986: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
    1987: Bad Taste
    1988: My Neighbour Totoro
    1989: Violent Cop
    1990: Nikita
    1991: Delicatessen
    1992: Strictly Ballroom
    1993: Sonatine
    1994: Leon
    1995: Hoop Dreams
    1996: Paradise Lost
    1997: Princess Mononoke
    1998: Ring
    1999: Audition
    2000: Battle Royale
    2001: Spirited Away
    2002: 24 Hour Party People
    2003: Oldboy
    2004: Howl's Moving Castle
    2005: Grizzly Man
    2006: The Host
    2007: Control
    2008: Let the Right One In
    2009: A Prophet
    2010: Four Lions
    2011: The Raid
    2012: The Imposter
    2013: The Act of Killing
    2014: Frank
    2015: -
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @DaltonCraig007, still can't get over 'I Saw The Devil' and 'The Chaser,' even though I saw them both years ago. Those are some quality films.

    @RC7, finally caught 'The Act of Killing' a few months ago. It's a tough watch but very good, odd, and unique.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    God, don't know how you guys came up with your lists so quick. I was born in 1965, so its gonna take me a while. But I shall endeavour!
  • dinovelvetdinovelvet
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    I just came across an interesting discrepancy which may affect a couple of people's picks in here. I had forgotten that Memento was released in the UK in late 2000, where I saw it, but it didn't come out until January 2001 in the US. So I'm reclaiming it as a 2000 movie! Updated list:

    1975 One flew over the cuckoo's nest
    1976 Rocky
    1977 TSWLM
    1978 Superman
    1979 Alien-MR-Rocky II
    1980 The Shining
    1981 Thief
    1982 Star Trek II
    1983 Scarface/National Lampoon's Vacation
    1984 The Terminator
    1985 Eh...Rocky IV?
    1986 Manhunter
    1987 TLD
    1988 Rain man
    1989 Eh...LTK?
    1990 Pump up the volume
    1991 The last boy scout
    1992 Reservoir dogs
    1993 True romance/Hard Target
    1994 Natural born killers
    1995 Heat
    1996 Fargo
    1997 Boogie nights
    1998 Very bad things
    1999 The Matrix
    2000 MEMENTO
    2001 SEXY BEAST
    2002 Road to Perdition
    2003 eeesh...struggling...The Cooler?
    2004 SIDEWAYS (had forgotten about this, updated after I saw it on someone else's list!)
    2005 The New World
    2006 Casino Royale (with shoutout to Miami Vice)
    2007 Sunshine
    2008 In Bruges
    2009 Public enemies
    2010 Inception
    2011 Drive
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises (sorry, James!)
    2013 Blue Ruin
    2014 The Guest
    2015 so far...The Gift

  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited December 2015 Posts: 4,585
    Somewhat off topic, but...Here are the weirdest films I have ever seen. And by weird, I don't mean in a David Lynch sort of way; I mean films that have an odd combination of cast, plot, music that makes the whole thing feel disjointed and/or uneasy. Most of these are early 90s films...an era of the bizarre, imho.

    The Warriors (1979)
    Sharky's Machine (1981)
    Risky Business (1983)
    The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
    Tequila Sunrise (1988)
    The Bodyguard (1992)
    Final Analysis (1992)
    Jennifer 8 (1992)
    Rising Sun (1993) (Is this not Connery playing old man Bond in a weird YOLT sequel???)
    Intersection (1994)
    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
    Random Hearts (1999)
    Spy Game (2001)
    The Recruit (2003)

    If I catch any of these films on TV, especially late at night, I'm usually in a funk afterward. LOL
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    edited December 2015 Posts: 1,699
    AceHole wrote: »
    St_George wrote: »
    Hmm, all right. One rises to a challenge, so... ;)

    1979 ~ Moonraker
    1980 ~ The Empire Strikes Back
    1981 ~ Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    1982 ~ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
    1983 ~ Local Hero
    ...
    ...

    Note: as per the thread's title, these are my favourite flicks from each year of my life, not necessarily those I consider best (although there's certainly some cross-overs).

    If I had been born a year earlier this would be on there too. The only Star Wars film that I really rate, but what a movie that is ^:)^

    Yes, it also happens to be one of my all-time favourite movies (there's only five or six of them on that particular list; I probaly have about a dozen in total, I'd guess).

    With the benefit of hindsight, I've made one or two alterations to that list, actually. If anyone at all cares, that is.
    RC7 wrote: »
    My second list: Independent/World Cinema (Inc. Docs)

    That's a cracking selection. But no Cidade de Deus? For shame; for shame. ;)
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