Your Favorite Films From Every Year Since You Were Born (beach, 2013)

[MadManofBethesda]

Originally Posted by Dire Wolf

If there's something I tend to watch over and over, I'd usually give it the nod as a "favorite" over something I think is perhaps a "better" film.

That's similar to the criteria that I use. If I'm down to two or three favorites, I imagine them all being shown on different stations at the same time and I can only choose one to watch. That's the one that goes on my list.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

Well for one thing, Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz were the same year (1939), so you'd have to make a choice. Secondly, no one who's posted yet was even born in 1939, so neither are even eligible to be included by them.

As for musicals, I included quite a few in my list including The Music Man, which you must have overlooked. One of the other musicals I listed was My Fair Lady for 1964, which is the same year that Mary Poppins came out, so if you like both musicals, you have to choose between the two. And while I love Guys and Dolls as you do, it came out in 1955, the year before I was born, so it was ineligible for my list.

See, it's a lot harder than you think to compose a list of favorite movies when you can only choose one for each year. Try it yourself and see.

That's me, the rebel.

[Bayarea4]

1948 - Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1949 - A Letter to Three Wives

1950 - All About Eve

1951 - An American in Paris

1952 - Singin' in the Rain

1953 - Kiss Me Kate

1954 - The Caine Mutiny

1955 - Lady and the Tramp

1956 - The King and I

1957 - Carousel

1958 - Gigi

1959 - North by Northwest

1960 - The Apartment

1961 - West Side Story

1962 - The Music Man

1963 - Dr. No

1964 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1965 - Darling

1966 - Georgy Girl

1967 - The Graduate

1968 - The Odd Couple

1969 - Goodbye, Columbus

1970 - Five Easy Pieces

1971 - T.R. Baskin

1972 - Cabaret

1973 - American Graffiti

1974 - Young Frankenstein

1975 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1976 - Rocky

1977 - Saturday Night Fever

1978 - Same Time, Next Year

1979 - Norma Rae

1980 - Airplane!

1981 - My Dinner with André

1982 - Koyaanisqatsi

1983 - Terms of Endearment

1984 - The Gods Must Be Crazy

1985 - The Purple Rose of Cairo

1986 - Hannah and Her Sisters

1987 - 84, Charing Cross Road

1988 - Rain Man

1989 - Valmont

1990 - Awakenings

1991 - Fried Green Tomatoes

1992 - A League of Their Own

1993 - The Remains of the Day

1994 - Ed Wood

1995 - Leaving Las Vegas

1996 - Fargo

1997 - The Full Monty

1998 - Hilary and Jackie

1999 - Boys Don't Cry

2000 - Chocolat

2001 - Winged Migration

2002 - Chicago

2003 - Love Actually

2004 - Sideways

2005 - Brokeback Mountain

2006 - The Devil Wears Prada

2007 - Juno

2008 - [none]

2009 - Julie & Julia

2010 - The King's Speech

2011 - The Artist

2012 - [none]

2013 - Nebraska

2014 - [none]

2015 - Carol

2016 - [none]

2017 - Lucky

2018 - Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2019 - [none]

[katharsis]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

That's similar to the criteria that I use. If I'm down to two or three favorites, I imagine them all being shown on different stations at the same time and I can only choose one to watch. That's the one that goes on my list.

That doesn't work for me because it depends on my mood. Btw, this thread was fairly easy* and fun for me because as I said, I keep my movies listed on an Excel spreadsheet, and periodically (about twice a year, on average), I revise my Top 100 favorite movies list, and it surprises me how my Top 100 will change. For example, some movies (and I am talking older ones as well as newer ones) might have been in the low 20's teens when I first compiled the list about five or ten years ago, but might now be in the high 40's -- or vice versa!

In fact, when I just started to take the movies from my Top 100 for this thread, it had been at least six months (maybe a year) since I last looked at it, and I found myself shaking my head and wondering why in the world I had put Movie A ahead of Movie B!

*The only really time-consuming part was researching the years the movie was released, and some years I had NO movies on my list at all, so I had to Google, for example, "Top 1954 movies.". Other years I had at least ten movies for that year -- 1963 had the most, I think, but I was greatly surprised how many of my favorites were released from 1990-2009! Anyway, great thread and a very fun and interesting one for me!!

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

C'mon now, that's cheating.

Half the fun in this "game" is having to make the tough decision. BTW, we both were down to the same two favorite movies for 1956, and I went with Forbidden Planet.

So which one is it going to be for you? Forbidden Planet or The Ten Commandments?

You can only choose one.

I can't decide. 1973 is a tough year. The Exorcist, American Graffiti, The Sting, Soylent Green, The Way We Were, Paper Moon, and The Paper Chase were all released that year. It's not quite Sophie's Choice, but I can't bring myself to do it.

[BellaDL]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I can't decide. 1973 is a tough year. ....It's not quite Sophie's Choice, but I can't bring myself to do it.

It was tough for me to decide which one is my most favorite for 1993 and 1994:

1993: Three colours: Red, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Piano, The Remains of The Day, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List

1994: Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Three colours: White, Three colors: Blue and Shawshank Redemption.

I chose Schindler's List and Shawshank Redemption simply because there were some scenes in them which etched deeper in my memory! It was very difficult for me not to select one of the Three Colours films of my favorite movie director, Krzysztof Kieślowski. I did choose his other films Dekalog: The Ten Commandments (1989) and The Double Life of Veronique (1991). I highly recommend watching all of his films.

[Over the hill gang]

It was VERY hard to choose just one movie for each year in the 50's-80's. Now it's easy because there aren't many good movies made.



1956: The Ten Commandments
1957: Old Yeller
1958: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
1959: A Summer Place
1960: Where The Boys Are
1961: The Parent Trap
1962: To Kill a Mockingbird
1963: Spencer's Mountain
1964: Goodbye Charlie
1965: The Sound of Music
1966: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (I love Don Knotts, he was so much fun)
1967: The Graduate and Cool Hand Luke are a tie!
1968: The Green Berets
1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


1970: Love Story
1971: Tie between Dirty Harry and Billy Jack
1972: The Godfather
1973: The Way We Were
1974: The Godfather Part II
1975: The Eiger Sanction
1976: Midway
1977: Tie- Smokey and the Bandit and Oh God
1978: Superman: The Movie
1979: Escape from Alcatraz


1980: Somewhere in Time
1981: On Golden Pond
1982: An Officer and a Gentleman
1983: The Right Stuff
1984: Romancing the Stone
1985: HARD TIE- Murphy's Romance, The Goonies, Summer Rental, Back To The Future

1986: Hard Tie- Stand By Me, Money Pit, Heartbreak Ridge.

1987: Lethal Weapon
1988: Mississippi Burning

1989: Christmas Vacation



1990: Pretty Woman
1991: Fried Green Tomatoes
1992: Sister Act
1993: Grumpy Old Men
1994: The Shawshank Redemption

1995: Grumpier Old Men
1996: The Birdcage

1997: The Lost World

1998: U.S. Marshals
1999: The Green Mile



2000: Remember the Titans
2001: Jurassic Park III
2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2003: Something's Gotta Give
2004: The Notebook
2005: Walk The Line

2006: Flags of Our Fathers
2007: Evan Almighty

2008:

2009:The Blind Side



2010:

2011: The Help
2012: Lincoln

2013:
2014: American Sniper
2015:

2016: Hidden Figures
2017: Wonder
2018:

2019:

[Michael Way]

Originally Posted by Mike555

For some years, I couldn't pin it down to one absolute favorite so I gave my two favorites.

1954: Them
1955: It Came from Beneath the Sea
1956: Forbidden Planet; The Ten Commandments
1957: The Monolith Monsters
1958: South Pacific: The Big Country
1959: Ben Hur
1960: The Time Machine
1961: King of Kings
1962: Hatari
1963: Donovan's Reef; The Birds
1964: A Fistful of Dollars
1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told
1966: One Million Years B.C.
1967: Don't Make Waves
1968: The Green Berets
1969: True Grit
1970: Rio Lobo
1971: Summer of 42
1972: Jeremiah Johnson
1973: The Exorcist
1974: Death Wish
1975: Rooster Cogburn
1976: Midway
1977: The Goodbye Girl
1978: Same Time Next Year
1979: Star Trek: THE Motion Picture
1980: Somewhere in Time
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983: Never Say Never Again
1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1985: Pale Rider
1986: Crocodile Dundee
1987: Predator
1988: Crocodile Dundee II
1989: Field of Dreams
1990: Tremors
1991: Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country
1992: Unforgiven: Last of the Mohicans ----- Correction: My favorite movie for 1992 is Medicine Man.
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: Stargate
1995: The Bridges of Madison County
1996: Twister
1997: Contact
1998: Armageddon; The Mask of Zorro ----- Correction: My favorite movie for 1998 is The Cowboy and the Movie Star.
1999: The World is Not Enough
2000: Cast Away
2001: ---
2002: ---
2003: The Last Samuri
2004: ---
2005: Batman Begins
2006: Rocky Balboa
2007: ---
2008: Iron Man; Outlander
2009: Avatar
2010: ---
2011: Captain America: The First Avenger
2012: The Avengers
2013: Man of Steel
2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015: The Martian
2016 - 2019 I haven't yet seen any movie from those years.

Years with a --- I couldn't come up with any movie that I really liked.

I just remembered a movie from 1998 which knocks out my pick(s) for that year. So for 1998 I'm changing my favorite to The Cowboy and the Movie Star. It was a very good made for TV movie with Sean Young and Perry King that I could watch again and again.

And good grief, what's wrong with me? My favorite movie for 1992 was Medicine Man with Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco. How could I have forgotten that movie? Well, it was late at night when I actually compiled the list, so. . .

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

Saw this on another website forum and thought it'd be fun for the Retirement Forum. (Especially since people keep wanting to list older movies on katharsis's post-2000 thread.)

List your favorite film of every year since the year you were born!
Your favorite is not necessarily the one you think is best...

List ONLY ONE film per year. This is harder than it looks.

While compiling my list, I was surprised at how many times I went with personal favorites over the more obvious "great" films of the year...

My list:

1956 - - - Forbidden Planet
1957 - - - The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - - - A Night to Remember
1959 - - - Operation Petticoat
1960 - - - The Apartment
1961 - - - The Hustler
1962 - - - The Music Man
1963 - - - The Great Escape
1964 - - - My Fair Lady
1965 - - - Cat Ballou
1966 - - - A Man For All Seasons
1967 - - - Barefoot in the Park
1968 - - - Oliver!
1969 - - - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
1970 - - - Patton
1971 - - - Fiddler on the Roof
1972 - - - The Godfather
1973 - - - The Sting
1974 - - - Young Frankenstein
1975 - - - The Man Who Would Be King
1976 - - - All The President's Men
1977 - - - Annie Hall
1978 - - - Animal House
1979 - - - All That Jazz
1980 - - - Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 - - - Excalibur
1982 - - - My Favorite Year
1983 - - - The Big Chill
1984 - - - Amadeus
1985 - - - Lost in America
1986 - - - Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 - - - Broadcast News
1988 - - - Die Hard
1989 - - - When Harry Met Sally
1990 - - - Miller's Crossing
1991 - - - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1992 - - - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - - - Dave*
1994 - - - Pulp Fiction
1995 - - - The Usual Suspects
1996 - - - Fargo
1997 - - - L.A. Confidential
1998 - - - Rounders
1999 - - - Galaxy Quest
2000 - - - Almost Famous
2001 - - - A Knight's Tale
2002 - - - Chicago
2003 - - - Kill Bill Vol. 1
2004 - - - Sideways
2005 - - - Good Night, and Good Luck
2006 - - - The Last King of Scotland
2007 - - - Charlie Wilson's War
2008 - - - Bottle Shock
2009 - - - Pirate Radio
2010 - - - True Grit
2011 - - - Midnight in Paris
2012 - - - Les Miserables
2013 - - - Pacific Rim
2014 - - - The Imitation Game
2015 - - - Amy
2016 - - - La La Land
2017 - - - Molly's Game
2018 - - - Crazy Rich Asians
2019 - - - Avengers: Endgame

Great idea!

We could sit around and watch a lot of movies together - many of your favorites are mine as well!

Here we go and sorry, but for a few years I just couldn't list one:

1962 - To Kill A Mockingbird
1963 - The Pink Panther
1964 - Becket
1965 - The Sound of Music
1966 - The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
1967 - Barefoot in the Park
1968 - With Six You Get Eggroll
1969 - True Grit
1970 - Two Mules for Sister Sara
1971 - Fiddler On The Roof
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1974 - The Great Gatsby
1975 - The Return of the Pink Panther
1976 - The Pink Panther Strikes Again (I really like the Pink Panther movies!)
1977 - The Turning Point
1978 - Not a great year for movies - I guess Revenge of the Pink Panther
1979 - Alien - love all the Alien movies!
1980 - Lots of great movies that year - either the Elephant Man or Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 - Taps or American Werewolf in London
1982 - Blade Runner absolutely
1983 - Tender Mercies though Terms of Endearment gives it a run for the money
1984 - Amadeus
1985 - The Color Purple
1986 - Blue Velvet
1987 - Full Metal Jacket with Planes Trains and Automobiles coming in hot
1988 - Dangerous Liaisons (runner up - Die Hard!)
1989 - Lots of great movies that year but I think that Do The Right Thing wins
1990 - Postcards From The Edge
1991 - Silence of the Lambs
1992 - A Few Good Men
1993 - GREAT movies that year - I guess Schindler's List but I loved Much Ado About Nothing
1994 - Pulp Fiction hands down
1995 - Another great movie year but I think I have to give it to The Usual Suspects
1996 - Oh wow - can't choose between Fargo, Trainspotting, and Sling Blade
1997 - The Devil's Advocate
1998 - Saving Private Ryan but it has to share space with American History X
1999 - American Beauty with a shout out to Office Space
2000 - O Brother Where Art Thou
2001 - Amelie but Monster's Ball was also great
2002 - 28 Days Later
2003 - Big Fish and shout out to Schultze Gets the Blues
2004 - Hotel Rwanda but I loved Napoleon Dynamite too!
2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia
2006 - The Lives of Others
2007 - Juno but dang, American Gangster was excellent
2008 - Burn After Reading
2009 - Julie and Julia
2010 - True Grit (Like the original too)
2011 - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
2012 - Life of Pi
2013 - 12 Years a Slave with a shout out to Dallas Buyer's Club
2014 - American Sniper
2015 - The Gift
2016 - Sully
2017 - T2 Trainspotting (though I really liked Baby Driver)
2018 - Crazy Rich Asians

[NYgal1542]

Good grief. And here I thought I wasted a lot of time on the computer.