Your favorite films from every year since you were born

Just listened to this podcast where they explored this topic. Thought it might be a fun thread.
Jensen and Matty's Favorite Movies, episode #290 of Get Up On This on Earwolf

Start with the year you were born and pick your favorite movie from every year until 2017.

I'm still working on my list, but I'll post it soon.

 

This is going to be, like, mainstream wide release only because it's the easiest to look up lol

1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - 12 Monkeys
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Boogie Nights
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Rushmore
2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums
2002 - Gangs of New York
2003 - Mystic River
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Brokeback Mountain
2006 - Children of Men
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - The Social Network
2011 - Hugo
2012 - The Master
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - Moonlight

Totals By Director
Martin Scorsese: 4
Coen Brothers: 4
Quentin Tarantino: 3
Wes Anderson: 3
Paul Thomas Anderson: 3
David Fincher: 1
Edgar Wright: 1
Terry Gilliam: 1
Barry Jenkins: 1
George Miller: 1
Christopher Nolan: 1
Alfonso Cauron: 1
Steven Spielberg: 1
Ang Lee: 1
Clint Eastwood: 1

 

Oh cool, I just did this on Letterboxd the other day (ps follow me on Letterboxd)

1994: Forrest Gump
1995: Now and Then
1996: Happy Gilmore
1997: Titanic
1998: The Parent Trap
1999: Drop Dead Gorgeous
2000: Almost Famous
2001: Wet Hot American Summer
2002: Lilo and Stitch
2003: Holes
2004: Mean Girls
2005: The Naked Brothers Band Movie
2006: Little Miss Sunshine
2007: Juno
2008: Step Brothers
2009: Precious
2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
2011: The Tree of Life
2012: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2013: Short Term 12
2014: Big Hero 6
2015: Room
2016: Moonlight

 

There were a lot of posts like this in the Favorite Movies thread a few weeks back. Worth the double post though.

The amount of great films that came out between 2005 and 2010 is pretty insane imo. Those were the toughest years for me to choose from.

1985: The Breakfast Club
1986: Blue Velvet
1987: The Untouchables
1988: Heathers
1989: Say Anything
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Boyz N The Hood
1992: Glengarry Glen Ross
1993: True Romance
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Seven (or Casino or Heat)
1996: Fargo
1997: Lost Highway
1998: American History X
1999: Office Space
2000: Memento
2001: In the Bedroom
2002: 28 Days Later
2003: Old School
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: Lord of War
2006: The Prestige
2007: The Assassination of Jesse James
2008: In Bruges
2009: Inglorious Basterds
2010: Blue Valentine
2011: Drive
2012: Seven Psychopaths
2013: Inside Llewyn Davis
2014: Gone Girl
2015: Spotlight
2016: Manchester By The Sea

 

These were my #2's for each of their respective years (yes, including all of the ones in 1995 which was, I think, the hardest year to choose for me as well). Although, ultimately going with Reservoir Dogs over Glengarry Glen Ross in 1992 did made my heart hurt.

 

Some years are super hard to pick just one. And as I'm doing this I feel like I'm leaving out some personal favorites that weren't as critically acclaimed b/c they're harder to find when researching online.

 

Put. That. Coffee. Down.

 

Super underrated film in general. It's one of those that whenever I mention it most people have no idea what I'm talking about.

 

Some of you guys make me feel old. I just went through each year and picked my favorite instead of what I thought was the best. Some of the years were harder to pick a favorite than other. I know some of these movies are considered bad by a lot of people, but I just tried to stick with what the original post said and to pick your favorite movie from each year.


1985 – Back to the Future
1986 – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1987 – Predator
1988 – Die Hard
1989 – Ghostbusters 2
1990 – Total Recall
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1992 – Reservoir Dogs
1993 – Jurassic Park
1994 – Pulp Fiction
1995 – Friday
1996 – Twister
1997 – Con Air
1998 – Rounders
1999 – Deep Blue Sea
2000 – O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001 – Vanilla Sky
2002 – 28 Days Later
2003 – Kill Bill vol. 1
2004 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 – Hostel
2006 – Children of Men
2007 – 28 Weeks Later
2008 – Step Brothers
2009 – Up
2010 – Blue Valentine
2011 – The Raid: Redemption
2012 – Dredd
2013 – Pacific Rim
2014 – John Wick
2015 – Jurassic World
2016 – Don’t Breathe
2017 – The Lego Batman Movie

 

This film is in my top 4 of all time so it will definitely be taking my '91 spot.

 

I'm finding it nearly impossible to pick a single film from certain years.

 

In parenthesis are movies that came in a close second

1983 A Christmas Story (Return of the Jedi)
1984 Ghostbusters (Beverly Hills Cop)
1985 Back to the Future (Fletch)
1986 Aliens (Ferris Bueller)
1987 Spaceballs (Lethal Weapon)
1988 Die Hard (Big)
1989 Major League (Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade)
1990 Goodfellas (Tremors)
1991 Terminator 2 (Silence of the Lambs)
1992 Wayne's World (A Few Good Men)
1993 Jurassic Park (The Fugitive)
1994 Shawshank Redemption (Pulp Fiction)
1995 Tommy Boy (Se7en)
1996 Fargo (That Thing You Do)
1997 Boogie Nights (Good Will Hunting)
1998 The Big Lebowski (Saving Private Ryan)
1999 Magnolia (Election)
2000 American Psycho (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
2001 Ghost World (The Royal Tenenbaums)
2002 Catch Me If You Can (Adaptation)
2003 Kill Bill (Lost In Translation)
2004 Shaun of the Dead (The Aviator)
2005 Walk the Line (Jarhead)
2006 The Departed (Children of Men)
2007 Zodiac (There Will Be Blood)
2008 The Wrestler (The Dark Knight)
2009 Up In The Air (Inglorious Basterds)
2010 The Social Network (Scott Pilgrim)
2011 Bridesmaids (Moneyball)
2012 Django Unchained (Safety Not Guaranteed)
2013 Wolf of Wall Street (Gravity)
2014 Nightcrawler (Guardians of the Galaxy)
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Mad Max Fury Road)
2016 Green Room (Hell or High Water)

 

1993 Abraham's Valley (Manoel de Oliveira)
1994 Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai)
1995 The Convent (Manoel de Oliveira)
1996 Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh)
1997 Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai)
1998 The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)
1999 Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)
2000 In The Mood For Love (Wong Kar Wai)
2001 Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
2002 Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2003 Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
2004 Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2005 Three Times (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
2006 Collosal Youth (Pedro Costa)
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
2008 Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
2009 Wild Grass (Alain Resnais)
2010 Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
2011 The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
2012 Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg)
2013 Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie)
2014 Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
2015 Carol (Todd Haynes)
2016 20th Century Women (Mike Mills)