Best Year for Movies?
 

What do you think was the best year ever for movies?

Tough to say what the best year was. But as far as favorites go, that would have to be '94


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its impossible for me to pick, so I will just go with the year of my favorite movie 1985

Years that often come up in this kind of discussion:

1939
1974
1976
1994
1999

1999, without a doubt.

I thought 2001 was great for indies along with this year...

Really...

I have grave doubts about that, myself.

I'll go with:

1941
1939
1927
1963

One thing is certain, it's not this year...

1939 and 1999.

1977
1983
1984
1987
2003
And this is for Summer Popcorn movies.

there were some great movies this year but not much in between. im hoping for a better next year!

1939

Not sure how anybody can argue differently.

The Wizard of Oz
Gone With the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Stagecoach

Just those 4 alone make this the greatest year ever. No other year has had as many classics that can compare to those 4. Then you can throw in the following, and it just makes it that much better:

Ninotchka
Wuthering Heights
Gunga Din
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Destry Rides Again
The Roaring Twenties
Beau Geste
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Another Thin Man
Dodge City



1939-1941 were the absolute 3 best years of film - ever.


Why all the votes for 1999? I'm looking through that year, and I'm thoroughly unimpressed. Is it just because of Fight Club?

Along with:

South Park BL&U
Austin Powers2
American Pie
American Beuty
Matrix
Man On The Moon
Rushmore
...and Star Wars Episode 1 ;)

I can only think of those.

1982
1981
1980
1983
1984

The 80's rule

Some great years:

1994
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Lion King
Dumb & Dumber
Clerks
...many others

1999
(see above)

2002
8 Mile
Punch-Drunk Love
Signs
Comedian
Minority Report
Bowling For Columbine
LOTR TTT
About Schmidt
Catch Me If You Can
Spider-Man
Die Another Day
Adaptation

DECENT MOVIES
Super Troopers
Star Wars Episode 2
Changing Lanes
40 Days & 40 Nights
Jackass
...cant think of anymore

Also from 1999:

Magnolia
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Straight Story
Boys Don't Cry
Being John Malkovich
Toy Story 2
Election
The Talented Mr. Ripley
All About My Mother
Eyes Wide Shut
The Iron Giant
Three Kings
Office Space

A lot of people seem to like The Sixth Sense also.

The Hurricane!

No my friend, this is the summer for SEQUELS. The year for sequels even.

And my vote is for 1999.

Every summer is for sequels! This summer is the summer of lame-title sequels:

X-Men United
Full Throttle
2 Fast 2 Furious
Red, White, and Blonde
The Cradle of Life
Game Over
When Harry Met Lloyd (well, that's a prequel)
Reloaded (it's growing on me though :))

And you left out what may very well be the greatest movie ever made, Rules Of the Game.

A lot of people also like American Beauty and The Matrix, both of which I thought were complete crap. It's funny how so many people mention 1999, but nobody mentions the best films from that year, namely Rosetta, Beau Travail, and The Limey, which are three of the best films to come along in the last decade.

and I remember leaving the theater after seeing Hoop Dreams thinking it was the best movie I'd seen all year

Dude - 1982 owns you all:

ET
The Wrath of Kahn
First Blood
The Dark Crystal
Conan the Barbarian
Tron
Blade Runner
The Road Warrior
48 HRS.
Creepshow
Swamp Thing
The Thing

Nothing else even comes close.

***EDIT - to add a couple of movies I forgot about***

I'b be curious to know how many of you who are voting for the 80s and 99 were born in the late 70s or later, as well as how old those who are voting for the 30s are.

Those of you who are listing the 80s, how many of those movies on your lists will be mentioned as true classeics? I mean come on - I've never seen them, but do you really think First Blood and The Dark Crystal will ever really stand up to The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, or Mr. Smith Goes To Washington? Chances are your list of 80s movies will smolder into the forgot history of movies (sorry, I'm not trying to be an a-hole or anything, just realistic). I mean, I love ST:II, but I don't really expect that to go down as cinema history. Only reason it might is because it is part of Star Trek which has lasted so long.

As for the topic at hand, I really don't think I can answer that fairly because really the only "old" movies I have ever seen are Cassablanca, Wizard of Oz (no sir, I don't like it!), and The It Girl (I think that was the name). So it wouldn't be all that fair of me to come out and say "Oh, 91 by far! (Just cause I liked Robin Hood and ST:VI). I would be partial to the movies that I had seen during my lifetime in the theater.

Just my thoughts.

Main reason for 1999: Fight Club, of course.

Magnolia
The Insider
Toy Story 2
The Limey
Being John Malkovich

Along with the others mentioned. I just thought it was amazing...

This year is also an amazing year. I'll have a list soon...

I was born in 1969 - so I'm 34.

It's been 20+ years now and they're still pretty memorable movies. How long does something have to be in the can to be a "classic". A decade? Two? Five? Just because you haven't seen them doesnt mean that they're forgotten or otherwise unworthy.

And the question is: "what YEAR was the best for movies", not "Can Tron and Bladerunner kick the Wizard of OZ's ass?"

Am I sad and deluded enough to think that Tron was the superior movie to Casablanca. No, of course not. However 1942 (or 1939, in the case of Oz) only had one or two solid classic movies released. 1982 had a dozen home runs - thus the year was superior, if not the individual listings.

The whole is greater than the parts.

I find this statement astounding. John Ford alone had three films released in 1939 (Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, and Drums Along the Mohawk) that are at least the equal of any film from 1982. There are literally dozens of classics from 1939 - if you only think there were "one or two" then you're not bothering to look at all.