What are your three favorite years of film that are in order? ex.1938,39,40

1980,81,82 for me.
'80
The Empire Strikes Back
Superman II
The Shining
The Blues Brothers
Raging Bull
Airplane!
Caddyshack
Friday the 13th
The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Fog
The Big Red One

'81
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Das Boot
The Evil Dead
Mad Max 2
Excalibur
Escape from New York
An American Werewolf in London
Gallipoli
Outland
Dragonslayer
History of the World: Part I
For Your Eyes Only

'82
Blade Runner
E.T.
The Thing
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Conan the Barbarian
First Blood
Poltergeist
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Tron

anyone?

Best ones I've been able to experience in the theater, 1999,2000,2001

yeah gotta agree here, many of my faves came in this time period.

92, 93, 94

74-75-76

only because the drugs and sex were-a-flowing. At least I hear. Dammit.

69-70-71

Erm.

72,73,74

I guess

EDIT:

'72
The Godfather
Fist of Fury
Across 110th Street
Superfly
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Five Fingers of Death
Lady Sings the Blues
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Deliverance
The Big Bird Cage
Frenzy
Don't Torture a Duckling
Pink Flamingos
Lone Wolf and Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub 3: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub 4: Baby Cart In Peril
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
Slaughterhouse-Five
Last Tango in Paris
Charley One-Eye
Way of the Dragon

'73
Enter the Dragon
Coffy
High Plains Drifter
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Fantastic Planet
Magnum Force
The Exorcist
Amarcord
Charlotte's Web
My Name Is Nobody
Soylent Green
The Mack
Robin Hood
Bang the drum slowly
The Wicker Man
American Graffiti
Lady Snowblood
Godspell
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Hanzo: The Razor-Sword of Justice
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Jesus Christ Superstar
Westworld

'74
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
The Godfather Part II
Blazing Saddles
The Street Fighter
Earthquake
Phantom of the Paradise
The Great Gatsby
Truck Turner
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
Chinatown
Flesh for Frankenstein
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Black Christmas
Conrack
Death Wish
The Longest Yard
Foxy Brown

Yup, that's a great couple of years for me!

Me too

My second favorite would be 54,55,56, it alternates between 80-82.
62,63,64 was pretty nifty too.

I'm choosing 1998-2000 because I got to see most of these in the theater and enjoyed them alot.

1998
Saving Private Ryan
Elizabeth
A Simple Plan
Gods and Monsters
Shakespeare in Love
Being John Malkovich
American History X
The Truman Show
A Civil Action
Pleasantville
Out of Sight
A Bug's Life
The Mask of Zorro
There's Something About Mary

1999
The Insider
American Beauty
Star Wars
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story 2
The Mummy
The Blair Witch Project
The Green Mile
Sleepy Hollow
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Magnolia

2000
Gladiator
Traffic
Erin Brockovich
Cast Away
Meet the Parents
X-Men
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chocolat
Road Trip
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
Scary Movie
Charlie's Angels
Quills
The Contender
Shadow of the Vampire
Requiem for a Dream
Wonder Boys
Almost Famous

I think you nailed it - that was a great run of movies over those 3 years.

(edit: although Superman II actually was released in the U.S. in 1981. It oddly got a worldwide release starting in 1980 before finally hitting the states during the next Summer.)

1984
Ghostbusters
Temple of Doom
Police Academy
Revenge of the Nerds
Sixteen Candles

1985
Better Off Dead
Back to the Future
Explorers
After Hours
Brewster's Millions
The Breakfast Club
Moving Violations
The Goonies

1986- my personal favorite movie year

Top Gun
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Money Pit
One Crazy Summer
Short Circuit
Big Trouble in Little China
Hoosiers









I miss the 80s!!!!!!!!

1981 has got to be my single favorite movie year.

I too miss the 80s, for sheer enjoyability no decade since has matched it.

For the 70's:1977 is favorite, 1970 is the worst.
For the 80's:1983 is favorite, 1986 is the worst.
so it's 82,83,84 for me.

Wow i agree with all of that.

I'll have to agree with many others too: 1980, 1981 and 1982. Most of my favorite movies fit within that time period, with huge spikes on my DVD Profiler Charts & Graphs. I would've been Junior High School at that time. Here are the years, with my favorite movies which were released.

1980
Airplane!
Death Ship
The Empire Strikes Back
Flash Gordon
Friday the 13th
Hawk the Slayer
Inferno
Popeye
Prom Night
The Shining
Superman II
Xanadu

1981
An American Werewolf in London
The Beyond
Conan the Barbarian
Escape from New York
For Your Eyes Only
Friday the 13th part 2
Halloween II
Radiers of the Lost Ark

1982
Blade Runner
Creepshow
E.T.
The Evil Dead
Friday the 13th part III 3-D
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Pirate Movie
Poltergeist
Six Pack
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Tenebre
The Thing
Tron

Definitely

allright, we are officially out of ideas for "favorite" lists. just stop.

Watch out for "Your 10 favorite 'favorite' lists".

absolutely. In fact there are only about 4 movies from the last 4 years that would have even been contenders for my top ten (of the year) had they come out in 1999.

1999
American Beauty
Fight Club
Being John Malkovich
The Castle
Run Lola Run
Eyes Wide Shut
Magnolia
Election
The Matrix
Princess Mononoke
SLC Punk
The Three Kings
Blair witch Project
Splendor
Jawbreaker
Lock stock and 2 smoking Barrels
Go
My Son the Fanatic
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Dinner Game
The Iron Giant
The Sixth Sense
The Muse
Last Night
American Movie

2000
Requiem For a Dream
You Can count on Me
Committed
Unbreakable
Kikujuro
Cecil B Demented
Virgin Suicides
High Fidelity
George Washington
Best in Show
Ghost Dog
American Psycho
Jesus's son
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Human Traffic
Almost Famous
The Whole Nine Yards
Waking the Dead

2001
Donnie Darko
The Royal Tenenbaums
Amelie
Bully
Brother
A.I.
Intacto
No Man's Land
My Life as a House
LIE
Made
Ghostworld
Series 7
swordfish
Mullholland Dr
Moulin Rouge
Vanilla Sky
Momento
Blow
wet hot american summer
zoolander
Tranining Day

1939, 40, 41

1939

Wizard of Oz
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Rules of the Game
It's a Wonderful World
Some Like it Hot
Gunga Din
Stagecoach
Of Mice and Men
Gone with the Wind
Only Angels Have Wings
Ninotchka

1940

Fantasia
His Girl Friday
Philadelphia Story
Rebecca
The Mark of Zorro
The Shop Around the Corner
Grapes of Wrath

1941

The 49th Parallel
Dumbo
Citizen Kane
The Lady Eve
Maltese Falcon
The Wolfman
Sgt. York
Devil and Daniel Webster
Sullivan's Travels

And these are only the ones I've seen.

79-80-81