moviefan2k4

I thought this would be an interesting way to see how varied folks' tastes are around here. Its simple: start with the year of your birth, and pick at least one film that had its original release during that period up to the present. As an example, here's my list...

1980: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Escape From New York
1982: Tron
1983: Eddie and the Cruisers
1984: The Karate Kid, Supergirl
1985: Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club
1986: Highlander, Short Circuit, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Flight of the Navigator, Crocodile Dundee, An American Tail, Star Trek IV
1987: Lethal Weapon, Spaceballs, Three Men and a Baby, Good Morning Vietnam
1988: Beetlejuice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ernest Saves Christmas, Oliver & Company
1989: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Field of Dreams, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Batman, The Little Mermaid
1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Darkman, Home Alone, Edward Scissorhands, DuckTales
1991: What About Bob?, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Rocketeer, Terminator 2, Beauty and the Beast, Hook, My Girl, Fried Green Tomatoes
1992: My Cousin Vinny, Ferngully, Sister Act, A League of Their Own, 3 Ninjas, Captain Ron, The Mighty Ducks, Aladdin, A Few Good Men, Forever Young, The Muppet Christmas Carol
1993: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Super Mario Bros., Last Action Hero, Jurassic Park, Free Willy, The Fugitive, Cool Runnings, The 3 Musketeers, Tombstone, Grumpy Old Men
1994: My Girl 2, Greedy, With Honors, The Crow, The Mask, Renaissance Man, The Lion King, The Shadow, Forrest Gump, Angels in the Outfield, Timecop, The Next Karate Kid, The Santa Clause, Star Trek: Generations, The Pagemaster, Street Fighter
1995: The Quick and the Dead, While You Were Sleeping, Casper, Batman Forever, Apollo 13, Mortal Kombat, The American President, GoldenEye, Jumanji, Sabrina, Mr. Holland's Opus
1996: Broken Arrow, Muppet Treasure Island, The Phantom, The Birdcage, Twister, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mission: Impossible, Independence Day, Phenomenon, Multiplicity, Escape From L.A., First Kid, The Associate, Ransom, Space Jam, Star Trek: First Contact, Daylight, Ghosts of Mississippi
1997: Metro, Dante's Peak, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Saint, Con Air, Hercules, Face/Off, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black, Air Force One, Out to Sea, Flubber, Titanic, Tomorrow Never Dies
1998: The Wedding Singer, U.S. Marshals, The Man in the Iron Mask, Lost in Space, City of Angels, Deep Impact, Godzilla, The Truman Show, Mulan, Armageddon, Lethal Weapon 4, The Mask of Zorro, Rounders, The Prince of Egypt, Patch Adams
1999: Blast From the Past, My Favorite Martian, October Sky, The Mummy, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Instinct, Tarzan, Wild Wild West, Inspector Gadget, The Iron Giant, Chill Factor, Double Jeopardy, Music of the Heart, the Green Mile, Bicentennial Man, Stuart Little
2000: The Skulls, Frequency, Titan A.E., X-Men, Coyote Ugly, Highlander: Endgame, The Grinch, The 6th Day, Finding Forrester
2001: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tomb Raider, The Princess Diaries, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Majestic
2002: Spider-Man, The Bourne Identity, Lilo & Stitch, Die Another Day, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003: Daredevil, X2, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, LXG, Paycheck, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2004: Passion of the Christ, The Punisher, I Robot, Phantom of the Opera, National Treasure
2005: Hitch, Robots, Batman Begins, Herbie: Fully Loaded, The Chronicles of Narnia
2006: Superman Returns, Annapolis, Cars, The Prestige
2007: Amazing Grace, TMNT, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Bucket List
2008: Expelled, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Wall-E
2009: Taken, Race to Witch Mountain, Terminator Salvation, This Is It,
2010: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Megamind, Tangled, Tron: Legacy
2011: Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, Cars 2, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Courageous, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2012: The Avengers, Men in Black 3, Amazing Spider-Man, Skyfall, The Hobbit
2013: Oz: The Great and Powerful, Iron man 3

Ash Ketchum

That's easy for you to do, you young whippersnapper, you were only born in 1980! I have 27 additional years to work with.

I love making lists, but even I have to ask: what's the point?

Tarantino

Yeah, too much work.

moviefan2k4

Actually, typing that list took me almost an hour and a half; I kept looking up the years on Wikipedia.

Its intended as an experiment to see how diverse everyone's filmic tastes are here.

rocket1312

I could see some fun in choosing your favorite movie of each tear, but for some years you list like 10 movies. That seems less like personal taste and more like just telling us what movies came out in a given year.

csant

True, lets make it pick the best movie for you for that year... =) BRB working on my list (it will be long). lol

Meglos

1971 - Dirty Harry
1972 - The Getaway
1973 - High Plains Drifter
1974 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1975 - Night Moves
1976 - The Outlaw Josey Wales
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Animal House
1979 - Alien
1980 - Flash Gordon
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - Blade Runner
1983 - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1984 - The Terminator
1985 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1986 - Big Trouble in Little China
1987 - Evil Dead II
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Road House
1990 - Miller's Crossing
1991 - Barton Fink
1992 - Unforgiven
1993 - True Romance
1994 - The Hudsucker Proxy
1995 - Heat
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Lost Highway
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2001 - Black Hawk Down
2002 - The Bourne Identity
2003 - X2
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2006 - The Prestige
2007 - Zodiac
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Zombieland
2010 - True Grit
2011 - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
2012 - The Avengers

EddieMoney

1980: Raging Bull
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Blade Runner
1983: Scarface
1984: Once Upon a Time in America
1985: Back to the Future
1986: Platoon
1987: Robocop
1988: Die Hard
1989: Born on the Fourth of July
1990: Goodfellas
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Schindler's List
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Heat
1996: Fargo
1997: L.A. Confidential
1998: The Thin Red Line
1999: The Insider
2000: Almost Famous
2001: In the Bedroom
2002: Gangs of New York
2003: Mystic River
2004: Million Dollar Baby
2005: Batman Begins
2006: The Departed
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Wrestler
2009: Up in the Air
2010: Blue Valentine
2011: The Descendants
2012: Skyfall

Osiris3657

You guys have alot of free time at work.

Hokeyboy

I'll do this, but I'm only choosing my favorite movie of each year. Otherwise, who's got da time?:

1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1972 The Godfather
1973 Badlands
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 Nashville
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
1977 Star Wars
1978 Superman
1979 Alien
1980 Airplane!
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Blade Runner
1983 Videodrome
1984 This Is Spinal Tap
1985 Brazil
1986 Blue Velvet
1987 Robocop
1988 A Fish Called Wanda
1989 Do The Right Thing
1990 Miller's Crossing
1991 The Commitments
1992 The Last of the Mohicans
1993 Short Cuts
1994 Pulp Fiction
1995 Toy Story
1996 Fargo
1997 L.A. Confidential
1998 Elizabeth
1999 Eyes Wide Shut
2000 In The Mood For Love
2001 Mulholland Dr.
2002 Talk To Her
2003 Oldboy
2004 The Incredibles
2005 Munich
2006 Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Once
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 A Serious Man
2010 True Grit
2011 Midnight In Paris
2012 Moonrise Kingdom

Charlie Goose

Here's my list.

You have to put them in order yourself though.

bunkaroo

I did a list like this a while back of the best 5 movies of each year of my life. Gotta dig that up.

The Infidel

The only thing I was compelled to look up was whether or not "filmic" was actually a word.

inri222

1969 - Andrei Rublev / Army of Shadows / Midnight Cowboy
1970 - The Conformist / Le Cercle rouge / Five Easy Pieces
1971 - Straw Dogs / The Devils / A Clockwork Orange
1972 - Solaris / The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie / Aguirre, The Wrath of God
1973 - Mean Streets / Don't Look Now / The Exorcist
1974 - The Godfather Part II / Chinatown / The Conversation
1975 - The Mirror / Barry Lyndon / The Passenger
1976 - Taxi Driver / Network / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 - That Obscure Object of Desire / Eraserhead / 3 Women
1978 - Autumn Sonata / Dawn of the Dead / Blue Collar
1979 - Stalker / Apocalypse Now / The Brood
1980 - The Ninth Configuration / Raging Bull / Atlantic City
1981 - Pixote / Prince of the City / Thief
1982 - Fitzcarraldo / Fanny & Alexander / The Verdict
1983 - Nostalghia / L'Argent / Videodrome
1984 - Love Streams / Rumble Fish / Paris, Texas
1985 - Ran / Brazil / Come and See
1986 - The Sacrifice / Blue Velvet / The Fly
1987 - The Last Emperor / Full Metal Jacket / Withnail & I
1988 - Dead Ringers / The Vanishing / Damnation
1989 - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover / The Seventh Continent / Sex, lies, and videotape
1990 - Wild at Heart / Reversal of Fortune / Goodfellas
1991 - The Double Life of Veronique / The Silence of the Lambs / Naked Lunch
1992 - Bad Lieutenant / Man Bites Dog / Benny's Video
1993 - Naked / Short Cuts / Bad Boy Bubby
1994 - Satantango / Once Were Warriors / 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 - Dead Man / Heat / 12 Monkeys
1996 - Crash / Goodbye, South, Goodbye / Breaking the Waves
1997 - The River / Fireworks / Lost Highway
1998 - The Thin Red Line / Happiness / Buffalo '66
1999 - Eyes Wide Shut / Ghost Dog / eXistenZ
2000 - Werckmeister Harmonies / Dancer in the Dark / Code Unknown
2001 - Mulholland Dr. / What Time Is It There? / The Piano Teacher
2002 - Talk to Her / Spider / 25th Hour
2003 - Dogville / Elephant / Time of the Wolf
2004 - Bad Education / Keane / The Intruder
2005 - Cache / Three Times / A History of Violence
2006 - Inland Empire / The Fountain / Bug
2007 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days / Eastern Promises / No Country for Old Men
2008 - Hunger / Gomorrah / Che
2009 - The White Ribbon / Antichrist / A Prophet
2010 - Biutiful / Winter's Bone / Carlos
2011 - Melancholia / The Skin I Live In / Drive
2012 - Amour / Cosmopolis / The Turin Horse

EddieMoney

Damn good list, inri222.

jeffkjoe

1971 - Diamonds Are Forever
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - Live and Let Die
1974 - The Godfather, Part II
1975 - Jaws
1976 - Rocky
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Jaws 2
1979 - Rocky II
1980 - Friday the 13th
1981 - Friday the 13th, Part 2
1982 - Friday the 13th, Part 3 in 3-D
1983 - Jaws 3-D
1984 - Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
1985 - Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning
1986 - Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
1987 - Jaws the Revenge
1988 - Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood
1989 - Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1990 - Rocky V
1991 - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Star Trek: Generations
1995 - Goldeneye
1996 - Star Trek: First Contact
1997 - Jurassic Park II
1998 - Star Trek: Insurrection
1999 - Star Wars Episode I
2000 - Freddy vs. Jason
2001- Jurassic Park III
2002 - Star Wars Episode II
2003 - 2 Fast 2 Furious
2004 - Shrek 2
2005 - Star Wars Episode III
2006 - Rocky VI
2007 - Shrek the Third
2008 - Quantum of Solace
2009 - Fast & Furious
2010 - Shrek Forever After
2011 - Fast Five
2012 - Skyfall

EddieMoney

Besides the fact that you seemed to cease living in select years, I think this one came out in 1993.

RichC2

1983 - Wargames
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - The Goonies
1986 - Aliens
1987 - The Witches of Eastwick
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Back to the Future Part 2
1990 - Gremlins 2
1991 - The Addams Family
1992 - Wayne's World
1993 - Groundhog Day
1994 - True Lies
1995 - Die Hard with a Vengeance
1996 - Mars Attacks
1997 - Men in Black
1998 - Dark City / The Truman Show
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - American Psycho
2001 - Mulholland Drive / Black Hawk Down
2002 - Minority Report
2003 - Identity
2004 - The Incredibles / Kill Bill Vol 2
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - Casino Royale
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - Yes Man / Role Models
2009 - Up in the Air / Star Trek / The Hangover
2010 - Inception / True Grit
2011 - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2012 - Django Unchained

I'm very simple minded.

moviefan2k4

Well, I'm very indecisive when it comes to picking out favorites in almost any category.

Lt Ripley

I limited it to 2 films for each year. I'm a pretty mainstream fellow.

1974: Texas Chain Saw Massacre...........The Godfather II
1975: Jaws.........................................Rollerball
1976: Outlaw Josey Wales....................The Bad News Bears
1977: Star Wars..................................Slap Shot
1978: Halloween..................................Dawn of the Dead
1979: A L I E N....................................Apocalypse Now
1980: Empire Strikes Back.....................The Final Countdown
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark.................Escape From New York.......Outland
1982: Blade Runner..............................The Thing
1983: Videodrome................................The Right Stuff
1984: The Terminator............................Nightmare on Elm Street
1985: Brazil.........................................Day of the Dead
1986: Aliens........................................The Fly
1987: Predator.....................................Hellraiser
1988: Hellraiser II..................................Die Hard
1989: The Killer.....................................The Abyss
1990: Jacob's Ladder..............................Goodfellas
1991: Naked Lunch................................Terminator 2.........SOTL
1992: Unforgiven...................................Reservoir Dogs
1993: Dazed and Confused......................Killing Zoe
1994: Pulp Fiction.................................Léon: The Professional
1995: Se7en........................................12 Monkeys
1996: Fargo.........................................Sling Blade
1997: Gattaca......................................Boogie Nights
1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.......Big Lebowski
1999: Audition......................................eXistenZ
2000: Unbreakable.................................American Psycho
2001: Frailty.........................................Session 9
2002: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance...........City of God
2003: House of 1000 Corpses...................Kill Bill 1
2004: Downfall......................................Kill Bill 2
2005: The Proposition.............................The New World
2006: Children of Men.............................Casino Royale
2007: No Country for Old Men..................Sunshine
2008: Bronson.......................................In Bruges
2009: Moon..........................................Inglourious Basterds
2010: Four Lions....................................The American
2011: Killer Joe......................................Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2012: Antiviral.......................................Prometheus

Ash Ketchum

Jeffkjoe--Hollywood's target viewer...never met a franchise he didn't love (except for LOTR and Harry Potter).

jeffkjoe

LOL!

I'm Mc-lovin' my Mc-franchises!

devilshalo

My favorite films of the years. (Most will be of that time, not over time. With exception to those where I was just too young to remember.) The mid 80's to the mid 90's are the most difficult to choose one.

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Wild Bunch
M*A*S*H*
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Deliverance
Enter the Dragon
Phantom of the Paradise
JAWS
King Kong
Star Wars
Grease
Blake Edwards' 10
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Scarface
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future
Big Trouble in Little China
Untouchables
Die Hard
The Abyss
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Wayne's World
Last Action Hero
The Crow
Se7en
Independence Day
As Good As It Gets
Saving Private Ryan
The Matrix
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Monsters, Inc.
Spider-Man
Finding Nemo
Kill Bill v.2
Batman Begins
300
Superbad
The Dark Knight
Up
The Social Network
The Descendants
The Avengers

Ash Ketchum

It took me a while / but I couldn't resist
The opportunity / to make a new list.

I opted for one film per year. Some years had too many good films and it was hard to make a choice, while some years had too few decent films and I had to dig into anime and Hong Kong films to find something.

1953: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
1954: SEVEN SAMURAI (Japan)
1955: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
1956: THE SEARCHERS
1957: GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
1958: THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
1959: RIO BRAVO
1960: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
1961: WEST SIDE STORY
1962: THE LONGEST DAY
1963: THE GREAT ESCAPE
1964: DR. STRANGELOVE
1965: THUNDERBALL
1966: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING
1967: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968: PLANET OF THE APES
1969: THE WILD BUNCH
1970: M*A*S*H
1971: DIRTY HARRY
1972: THE GETAWAY
1973: MEAN STREETS
1974: THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT
1975: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
1976: TAXI DRIVER
1977: ORCA THE KILLER WHALE
1978: THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (Hong Kong)
1979: LUPIN III: CASTLE CAGLIOSTRO (Japan)
1980: THE BLUES BROTHERS
1981: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: THE MOVIE (Japan)
1982: ARCADIA OF MY YOUTH (Japan)
1983: EIGHT-DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER (Hong Kong)
1984: NAUSICAA IN THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (Japan)
1985: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
1986: CASTLE IN THE SKY (Japan)
1987: ROBOCOP
1988: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Japan)
1989: BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
1990: GOODFELLAS
1991: JFK
1992: HARD-BOILED (Hong Kong)
1993: SWORDSMAN III: THE EAST IS RED (Hong Kong)
1994: STREET FIGHTER II: THE ANIMATED MOVIE (Japan)
1995: GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE (Japan)
1996: THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT
1997: FACE/OFF
1998: THE STORM RIDERS (Hong Kong)
1999: THE MATRIX
2000: MOHABBATEIN (India)
2001: MILLENNIUM ACTRESS (Japan)
2002: DEVDAS (India)
2003: KILL BILL, VOL. 1
2004: CUTIE HONEY (Japan)
2005: CINDERELLA MAN
2006: PAPRIKA (Japan)
2007: TRANSFORMERS
2008: THE BANK JOB (UK)
2009: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
2010: UNSTOPPABLE
2011: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (3-D)
2012: DJANGO UNCHAINED
2013: ?

Spottedfeather

I picked my favourite movie (sometimes 4) from each year..

1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Clash Of The Titans/Excalibur
1982: The Thing/Tron/E.T./Wrath Of Khan/Dark Crystal
1983: Return Of The Jedi/Wargames
1984: Ghostbusters/Gremlins/Karate Kid/Terminator/Nightmare On Elm Street
1985: Back To The Future/Breakfast Club/Goonies/Real Genius
1986: Highlander/Ferris Bueller/Labyrinth/Peanut Butter Solution
1987: Lethal Weapon/Lost Boys
1988: Willow
1989: Batman/Bill&Ted's/Uncle Buck
1990: Home Alone/TMNT
1991: Warlock/TMNT II/Rocketeer/T2
1992: Hand That Rocks The Cradle/Aladdin/Home Alone 2
1993: Jurassic Park/Robin Hood Men In Tights/3 Musketeers
1994: PCU/City Slickers II/Airheads/Little Giants
1995: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain/Nine Months/
1996: Down Periscope/Mystery Science Theatre 3000/Matilda
1997: Good Burger
1998: Dark City/Dirty Work/Mulan
1999: Matrix/Galaxy Quest
2000: Gladiator/Godzilla 2000
2001: A Knight's Tale
2002: Jason X/Spy Kids 2/Ghost Ship
2003: Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie/Freddyvs.Jason
2004: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: The Pink Panther/Ron White - You Can't Fix Stupid/Health Inspector
2007: Delta Farce
2008: Nothing interesting
2009: Nothing interesting
2010: Nothing interesting
2011: Super 8
2012: Avengers
2013: Jurassic Park 3D