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

royale65

Cool, I'll play!

1988 – Die Hard
1989 – Licence to Kill
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 – Reservoir Dogs
1993 – Jurassic Park
1994 – Pulp Fiction
1995 – GoldenEye
1996 – James and the Giant Peach
1997 – Tomorrow Never Dies
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – The World Is Not Enough
2000 – Gladiator
2001 – Donnie Darko
2002 – Die Another Day
2003 – The Dreamers
2004 – Shaun of the Dead
2005 – Serenity
2006 – Casino Royale
2007 – No Country For Old Men
2008 – Quantum of Solace
2009 – Zombieland
2010 – True Grit
2011 – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2012 – Skyfall
2013 – The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 – Captain America: The Winter Solider
2015 – Spectre
2016 – Captain America: Civil War
2017 – Logan
2018 – Avengers: Infinity War
2019 – Avengers: Endgame

Thunderfinger

Movie of the year 2019: JOKER.

Torgeirtrap

Updated:

1992: Reservoir Dogs
1993: The Fugitive
1994: Pulp Fiction/Clear and Present Danger
1995: Goldeneye
1996: Mission Impossible
1997: Jackie Brown
1998: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1999: The World Is Not Enough
2000: Snatch
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: The Bourne Identity
2003: Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
2004: Bourne Supremacy
2005: Sin City:
2006: Casino Royale
2007: The Bourne Ultimatum
2008: Quantum of Solace
2009: The International
2010: The Other Guys
2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2012: Django Unchained
2013: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2014: Inherent Vice
2015: Mission Impossible 5/ The Man from U.N.C.L.E
2016: Hail, Caesar!
2017: *haven’t watched any films released in 2017*
2018: *haven’t watched any films released in 2018*
2019: *haven’t watched any films released in 2019* (Will watch Once Upon a Time In Hollywood eventually, and I have no doubt I'll love it)

Walecs

1996: Independence Day
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies
1998: Mulan
1999: The Dinner Game
2000: The Emperor's New Groove
2001: Monsters, Inc.
2002: Spider-Man
2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004: Spider-Man 2
2005: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2006: Casino Royale
2007: Ratatouille
2008: Quantum of Solace
2009: Sherlock Holmes
2010: How to Train Your Dragon
2011: The Adventures of Tintin
2012: Skyfall
2013: Saving Mr. Banks
2014: How to Train Your Dragon 2
2015: Spectre
2016: Perfect Strangers
2017: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2018: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
2019: Aladdin

Five Bond movies out of seven released during those years.

Risico007

I decided to rework my old list a bit as well as update it

1986 – Big trouble little China
1987 – The living Daylights
1988 – Die Hard
1989 – Licence to kill
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – terminator 2 judgment day
1992 – Batman Returns
1993 – the fugitive
1994 – True Lies
1995 – The usual suspects
1996 – mission Impossible
1997 – The Saint
1998 – Blade
1999 – The world is not enough
2000 – Almost famous
2001 – Heist
2002 – Die Another Day
2003 – Freddy vs Jason
2004 – Shaun of the dead (and I hate zombie movies lol)
2005 – Batman begins
2006 – Casino Royale
2007 – live free or die hard
2008 – Quantum of solace
2009 – x-men origins: wolverine
2010 – The A-team
2011 – Captain America: the first avenger
2012 – The Bourne legacy
2013 – (sadly) A Good day to Die Hard (I went through the list to see if there was any film I repeat ANY film I have seen since first making this list... I think I caught part of The millers on TV Can I just Put that for the Jennifer Anniston stripper scene lol...)
2014 – Captain America winter soldier
2015 – Mission impossible Rogue Nation
2016 - Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice
2017 - Wonder Woman
2018 - Bohemian Rhapsody
2019 - don't know yet possibly Rise of Skywalker
2020 - I think No Time to Die

thedove

Since I have just hit 50 why not do my list!

1969---The Graduate
1970---Elvis That's the Way it Is
1971---Diamonds are Forever
1972---Elvis on Tour
1973---The Sting
1974---Young Frankenstein
1975---Jaws
1976---The Bad News Bears
1977---Star Wars
1978---Superman
1979---The Muppet Movie
1980---The Empire Strikes Back
1981---Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982---E.T.
1983---Return of the Jedi
1984---Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985---Back to the Future
1986---Heartbreak Ridge
1987---The Untouchables
1988---Bull Durham
1989---Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990---Good Fellas
1991---Beauty and the Beast
1992---Aladdin
1993---Mrs. Doubtfire
1994---Speed
1995---Toy Story
1996---The Rock
1997---Tomorrow Never Dies
1998---Saving Private Ryan
1999---The Sixth Sense
2000---Castaway
2001---Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone
2002---Spider Man
2003---Pirates of the Caribbean
2004---The Incredibles
2005---Batman Begins
2006---Casino Royale
2007---Ratatouille
2008---WALL-E
2009---UP
2010---Toy Story 3
2011---Captain America the First Avenger
2012---Skyfall
2013---Saving Mister Banks
2014---Guardians of the Galaxy
2015---Star Wars the Force Awakens
2016---Deadpool
2017---Star Wars the Last Jedi
2018---Avengers Infinity War
2019---Avengers End Game

Wow very interesting and you can see how Hollywood has changed over the years. Some are sentimental picks. Some years it was tough cause there wasn't many good films to choose from. Other years it was extremely difficult.

ToTheRight

I'm leaving Bond out of this list although 007 always takes the top spot (and priority).

That makes this is more difficult than I thought.

In addition, since the start of the 21st century I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel just to find anything remotely up my alley. Therefore I saw fewer movies these past two decades.

1975- FAREWELL MY LOVELY
1976- THE ENFORCER
1977- SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
1978- SUPERMAN (though CONVOY is a close second)
1979- DRACULA
1980- BON VOYAGE CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON'T COME BACK)
1981- RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1982- BLADE RUNNER
1983- SUDDEN IMPACT
1984- LASSITER
1985- FRIGHT NIGHT
1986- STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
1987- THE UNTOUCHABLES
1988- DIE HARD
1989- INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
1990- GOODFELLAS
1991- THE ROCKETEER
1992- A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
1993- IN THE LINE OF FIRE
1994- ED WOOD
1995- SE7EN
1996-SLING BLADE
1997- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
1998-THE BIG LEBOWSKI
1999-THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER
2000-O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOUGH
2001-THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
2002-DEUCES WILD
2003-MYSTIC RIVER
2004-THE POLAR EXPRESS
2005-KING KONG
2006- HOLLYWOODLAND
2007-HITMAN
2008-GRAN TORINO
2009-PUBLIC ENEMIES
2010-SHUTTER ISLAND
2011-MISSION IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL
2012-LAWLESS
2013-DALLAS BUYER'S CLUB
2014-THE NOVEMBER MAN
2015-BRIDGE OF SPIES
2016-THE CONJURING 2
2017-LOGAN LUCKY
2018-BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
2019-JUDY

IGotABrudder

Am struck by how difficult this gets from the early 1980s onwards. There’s a world of good films until 1984 or so and then things get harder.

1967 You Only Live Twice
1968 2001
1969 OHMSS

1970 Colossus: the Forbin Project (this is a great film)
1971 Diamonds are Forever
1972 Deliverance
1973 The Wicker Man
1974 The Towering Inferno
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 The Omen
1977 Star Wars (it will never be A New Hope to me)
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979 Alien (Apocalypse Now runs it close)

1980 The Empire Strikes Back
1981 Excalibur
1982 Blade Runner (The Thing runs it close)
1983 Return of the Jedi
1984 Dune (yes really)
1985 Pale Rider
1986 Aliens
1987 Hellraiser
1988 Die Hard
1989 Do The Right Thing

1990 Total Recall
1991 The Addams Family (scraping the barrel here)
1992 Alien 3
1994 Stargate
1995 Showgirls
1996 Independence Day
1997 Event Horizon
1998 Picnic at Hanging Rock
1999 The Ninth Gate

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 Black Hawk Down
2002 The Two Towers (but massive competition from at least five other films, see below)
2003 Return of the King
2004 Dead Birds
2005 The Descent
2006 The Prestige
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Quantum of Solace
2009 District 9

2010 Agora
2011 Once upon a time in Anatolia
2012 The Cabin in the Woods
2013 A Field in England (the only black and white film on the list)
2014 Interstellar
2015 Spectre
2016 Rogue One
2017 Blade Runner 2049
2018 Annihilation

Haven’t seen a film in 2019 that I’ve really liked yet.

2002 was an astonishing year, I chose Two Towers but could easily have been Bourne Identity, or Ghost Ship, or Minority Report, or Resident Evil, or Gangs of New York

ringfire211

IGotABrudder wrote: »

Am struck by how difficult this gets from the early 1980s onwards. There’s a world of good films until 1984 or so and then things get harder.

1967 You Only Live Twice
1968 2001
1969 OHMSS

1970 Colossus: the Forbin Project (this is a great film)
1971 Diamonds are Forever
1972 Deliverance
1973 The Wicker Man
1974 The Towering Inferno
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 The Omen
1977 Star Wars (it will never be A New Hope to me)
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979 Alien (Apocalypse Now runs it close)

1980 The Empire Strikes Back
1981 Excalibur
1982 Blade Runner (The Thing runs it close)
1983 Return of the Jedi
1984 Dune (yes really)
1985 Pale Rider
1986 Aliens
1987 Hellraiser
1988 Die Hard
1989 Do The Right Thing

1990 Total Recall
1991 The Addams Family (scraping the barrel here)
1992 Alien 3
1994 Stargate
1995 Showgirls
1996 Independence Day
1997 Event Horizon
1998 Picnic at Hanging Rock
1999 The Ninth Gate

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 Black Hawk Down
2002 The Two Towers (but massive competition from at least five other films, see below)
2003 Return of the King
2004 Dead Birds
2005 The Descent
2006 The Prestige
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Quantum of Solace
2009 District 9

2010 Agora
2011 Once upon a time in Anatolia
2012 The Cabin in the Woods
2013 A Field in England (the only black and white film on the list)
2014 Interstellar
2015 Spectre
2016 Rogue One
2017 Blade Runner 2049
2018 Annihilation

Haven’t seen a film in 2019 that I’ve really liked yet.

2002 was an astonishing year, I chose Two Towers but could easily have been Bourne Identity, or Ghost Ship, or Minority Report, or Resident Evil, or Gangs of New York

I’m struggling to understand this. You say things get really bad after 1984 or so and that you end up scraping the bottom of the barrel there. Yet you exclude any Bond films during that period. Surely Bond films should be the easy pick during those “bad” years. I mean you have Showgirls for 1995 but not GoldenEye?????? Not a single Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton film??? I don’t get it...

IGotABrudder

I didn’t say things get really bad after 1984, I said things get harder. There were very good Bond films but they are edged out (for me) in those particular years by other films.

ringfire211

IGotABrudder wrote: »

I didn’t say things get really bad after 1984, I said things get harder. There were very good Bond films but they are edged out (for me) in those particular years by other films.

Ah, my mistake. So you mean it gets harder to pick just one because of so many good films?

JamesCraig

JamesCraig wrote: »

1984: Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom
1985: Commando
1986: Lucas
1987: A Nightmare On Elm Street III: Dream Warriors
1988: Beetlejuice
1989: Licence To Kill
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Terminator II: Judgment Day
1992: Reservoir Dogs
1993: True Romance
1994: Léon
1995: Seven
1996: Scream
1997: Men In Black
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: The Sixth Sense
2000: Cast Away
2001: Hannibal
2002: Minority Report
2003: X2
2004: Kill Bill Volume 2
2005: Batman Begins
2006: Casino Royale
2007: La Vie En Rose
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Inglorious Basterds
2010: Inception
2011: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
2012: Skyfall
2013: American Hustle
2014: X Men: Days Of Future Past
2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2017: Darkest Hour
2018: Avengers: Infinity War
2019: Joker

And the movie of the year 2019 is... JOKER!

Thunderfinger

Film of the year 2020:

TENET

Thunderball

This might be rough for the more recent years as I haven’t seen a lot of newer films. Lemme try:

1979: Alien
1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (also my #1 favorite film of all time)
1983: Return of the Jedi (ouch, rough year)
1984: The Karate Kid (you’re gonna see a lot of childhood nostalgia picks for the ‘80s)
1985: The Breakfast Club
1986: Stand By Me
1987: Empire of the Sun
1988: My Neighbor Totoro
1989: Field of Dreams (largely responsible for making me fall in love with baseball at 11)
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992: Scent of a Woman
1993: Dazed and Confused
1994: The Shawshank Redemption (barely, Ed Wood almost made it)
1995: Heat (was to be The Usual Suspects but Singer and Spacey being creeps brought it down)
1996: Swingers
1997: Jackie Brown / Princess Mononoke (a tie between these two wonderful films)
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: (I have no idea)
2000: In The Mood For Love (one of the most beautifully moving films ever made, please watch)
2001: Spirited Away (my favorite animated film ever)
2002: Catch Me If You Can
2003: Lost In Translation (my favorite film of the 21st century thus far)
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: wow, even rougher year than ‘83. Um... Batman Begins, I guess?
2006: Letters From Iwo Jima (sorry, Casino Royale, but not quite)
2007: No Country For Old Men
2008: Revolutionary Road (ooh, so close for The Dark Knight, but nope)
2009: 500 Days of Summer (but the first ten minutes of Up is way better)
2010: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (might change if I finally see Inception or Black Swan)
2011: The Artist (I really need to see Drive)
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Boyhood
2015: The Martian
2016: La La Land
2017: Blade Runner 2049 (Wonder Woman a close second)
2018: A Star is Born (I way prefer the 1954 Judy Garland classic but this was quite good too)
2019: The Irishman
2020: (nothing due to pandemic)
2021: (nada due to the same)

I will put something for 1999 after I see something worthy, like perhaps Fight Club (yep, still haven’t seen it). Ditto for this year and last.

R1s1ngs0n

1974 The Godfather Part II
1975 Jaws
1976 Taxi Driver
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
1978 Superman
1979 Life Of Brian
1980 Raging Bull
1981 The Road Warrior
1982 Blade Runner
1983 Scarface
1984 Once Upon A Time In America
1985 Brazil
1986 The Hitcher
1987 The Princess Bride
1988 Midnight Run
1989 Time Of The Gypsies
1990 Goodfellas
1991 T2
1992 Batman Returns
1993 Falling Down
1994 Pulp Fiction
1995 Casino
1996 Trainspotting
1997 Jackie Brown
1998 The Big Lebowski
1999 Fight Club
2000 Billy Elliot
2001 Donnie Darko
2002 Catch Me If You Can
2003 Oldboy
2004 Shaun Of The Dead
2005 V For Vendetta
2006 Pan’s Labyrinth
2007 Zodiac
2008 Bronson
2009 Inglourious Basterds
2010 Inception
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2012 Killer Joe
2013 Snowpiercer
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015 The Hateful Eight
2016 Moonlight
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody
2019 Parasite
2020 nothing of worth

GeneralGogol

1987: The Untouchables
1988: A Dog's Heart
1989: Kiki's Delivery Service
1990: Goodfellas
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Schindler's List
1994: Leon
1995: Heat
1996: The Prisoner of the Mountains
1997: Life is Beautiful
1998: The Big Lebowski
1999: The Matrix
2000: Gladiator
2001: Amelie
2002: City of God
2003: Les triplettes de Belleville
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: Munich
2006: Casino Royale
2007: Into the Wild
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Mr. Nobody
2010: Inception
2011: Les intouchables
2012: Holy Motors
2013: The Great Beauty
2014: Whiplash
2015: The Revenant
2016: The Handmaiden
2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018: Roma
2019: Knives Out
2020: Soul

Thunderfinger

Film of the year 2021: Dune.

Whirlybird_Fan

Oooo... this is interesting.

1973 - Enter the Dragon/Magnum Force
1974 - haven't seen many; I'll go with The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Rocky
1977 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope/TSWLM
1978 - Superman
1979 - MR
1980 - Superman II/The Empire Strikes Back
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 - OP/Blue Thunder
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - Rambo: First Blood Part II
1986 - Platoon/Aliens
1987 - The Untouchables
1988 - Willow
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Die Hard 2
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day/The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - can't think of any favourite
1993 - Jurassic Park/Cliffhanger
1994 - True Lies
1995 - GE
1996 - The Rock/Independence Day
1997 - Face/Off
1998 - Armageddon
1999 - TWINE
2000 - Mission: Impossible 2
2001 - can't think of one
2002 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
2003 - Paycheck
2004 - Troy
2005 - King Kong/The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
2006 - United 93
2007 - can't think of one
2008 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2009 - 2012
2010 - Alice in Wonderland
2011 - I am Number Four
2012 - Wreck-It Ralph
2013 - Olympus Has Fallen
2014 - Divergent
2015 - SP/Terminator Genisys/Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
2016 - Arrival
2017 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018-2021 can't think of any particular favourites

DaltonCraig007

1991 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Se7en
1996 - The Rock
1997 - Face/Off
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Green Mile
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - Training Day
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Collateral
2005 - Lord of War
2006 - Blood Diamond
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - District 9
2010 - Inception
2011 - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - Rush
2014 - The Raid 2
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - Hacksaw Ridge
2017 - Blade Runner 2049
2018 - Mission Impossible: Fallout
2019 - Parasite
2020 - The Father
2021 - Dune
2022 - Top Gun: Maverick / The Banshees of Inisherin (tie)

StirredNotShaken

1995: Casino
1996: Fargo
1997: Jackie Brown*
1998: The Big Lebowski
1999: Magnolia
2000: In the Mood for Love
2001: Spirited Away
2002: Punch-Drunk Love
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Before Sunset
2005: Munich
2006: Casino Royale
2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
2008: Man on Wire
2009: Up in the Air
2010: Boy
2011: Drive
2012: Django Unchained
2013: 12 Years a Slave
2014: Mommy
2015: Inside Out
2016: Moonlight
2017: Blade Runner 2049*
2018: Thunder Road
2019: The Lighthouse
2020: Soul
2021: Dune
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once* (my favourite film of all time)
2023 thus far: Infinity Pool

* = decade best

Slazenger7

Something like this. I realised how much I’ve lost interest in movies sometime in the 2010’s and til today. There’s lot of great tv shows but not so many movies that I’ve cared for since. And the 90’s were really amazing.

1988 Die Hard
1989 Back to the Future Part II
1990 Goodfellas
1991 Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 Reservoir Dogs
1993 Schindlers List
1994 Pulp Fiction
1995 Seven
1996 Jerry Maguire
1997 Titanic
1998 Saving Private Ryan
1999 The Blair Witch Project
2000 Almost Famous
2001 Oceans Eleven
2002 The Ring
2003 Kill Bill Vol.1
2004 Downfall
2005 Batman Begins
2006 The Departed
2007 Grindhouse
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Inglorious Basterds
2010 Black Swan
2011 Intouchables
2012 Django Unchained
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 Interstellar
2015 The Hateful Eight
2016 La La Land
2017 Dunkirk
2018 Avengers: Infinity War
2019 Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2020 Tenet
2021 No Time To Die
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water

DaltonCraig007

1991 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Heat
1996 - The Rock
1997 - Jackie Brown
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Green Mile
2000 - In the Mood for Love
2001 - Spirited Away
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Der Untergang
2005 - Munich
2006 - Children of Men
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - District 9
2010 - Inception
2011 - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - Rush
2014 - The Raid 2
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - Hacksaw Ridge
2017 - Blade Runner 2049
2018 - Mission Impossible: Fallout
2019 - Parasite
2020 - The Father
2021 - Dune
2022 - Top Gun: Maverick
2023 - Killers of the Flower Moon