What's the Best Film of Every Year?

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2017: Get Out (Jordan Peele) [so far]
2016: Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)
2015: The Revenant (Alejandro G. Inarritu)
2014: Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)
2013: Rush (Ron Howard) really under-appreciated in my opinion
2012: The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)
2011: The Intouchables (Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache)
2010: Inception (Christopher Nolan)

2009: District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)
2008: The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) my all time favourite
2007: The Mist (Frank Darabont)
2006: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
2005: Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)
2004: Brothers (Susanne Bier)
2003: Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)
2002: Insomnia (Christopher Nolan)
2001: A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)
2000: Memento (Christopher Nolan)

1999: American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
1998: Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg)
1997: Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant)
1996: Ransom (Ron Howard)
1995: Se7en (David Fincher)
1994: The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
1993: Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg)
1992: Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
1991: The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)
1990: Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)

1989: Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir)
1988: Rain Man (Barry Levinson)
1987: Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
1986: The Untouchables (Brian De Palma)
1985: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis)
1984: Amadeus (Milos Forman)
1983: Scarface (Brian De Palma)
1982: Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
1980: The Shining (Stanley Kubrick)

1979: Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola)
1978: Halloween (John Carpenter)
1977: Star Wars (George Lucas)
1976: Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman)
1974: The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
1973: The Three Muskeeters (Richard Lester)
1972: The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
1971: -
1970: Kelly's Heroes (Brian G. Hutton)

1969: The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)
1968: Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone)
1967: -
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)
1965: -
1964: Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick)
1963: The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean)
1961: West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins)
1960: The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges)

1959: -
1958: -
1957: Twelve Angry Men (Sidney Lumet)
1956: The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)
1955: Killer's Kiss (Stanley Kubrick)
1954: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
1953: -
1952: -
1951: -
1950: -

1949: The Third Man (Carol Reed)
1948: -
1947: -
1946: -
1945: -
1944: -
1943: -
1942: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
1941: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)



Long features only.

1911: Dante's Inferno*
1912: The independence of Romania*
1913: Marcantonio e Cleopatra
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919: Broken blossoms
1920: The cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1921
1922: Nosferatu*
1923
1924: The last laugh*
1925: Battleship Potemkin
1926: A page of madness
1927: The 7th Heaven
1928: The passion of Joan of Arc
1929: Blackmail
1930: The tale of the fox
1931: City lights
1932: Scarface
1933: Duck soup
1934: The Goddess
1935: A night at the opera
1936: Modern times
1937: Make way for tomorrow
1938: Holiday
1939: Mr. Smith goes to Washington
1940: The great dictator
1941: Citizen Kane
1942: To be or not to be
1943: The Ox-Bow incident
1944: Double indemnity
1945: Scarlet Street
1946: The killers
1947: Out of the past
1948: The treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949: Kind hearts and coronets
1950: All about Eve
1951: Alice in Wonderland
1952: Umberto D.
1953: Wages of fear
1954: Rear window
1955: Pather Panchali
1956: A man escaped
1957: Paths of glory
1958: Cat on a hot tin roof
1959: Nazarín
1960: The apartment
1961: Viridiana
1962: Days of wine and roses
1963: The executioner
1964: I am Cuba
1965: For a few dollars more
1966: The good, the bad and the ugly
1967: Happy end
1968: Once upon a time in the West
1969: Blind beast
1970: Witchhammer
1971: A clockwork orange
1972: The Godfather
1973: Scenes from a marriage
1974: The Godfather. Part II
1975: Dersu Uzala
1976: Cría cuervos
1977: The ascent
1978: Waiting for the rain
1979: Life of Brian
1980: The elephant man
1981: Pixote
1982: The Plague Dogs
1983: El Sur
1984: Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind
1985: Come and see
1986: The name of the rose
1987: Full metal jacket
1988: Grave of the fireflies
1989: My left foot
1990: Edward Scissorhands
1991: Only yesterday
1992: Aladdin
1993: Groundhog Day
1994: The Shawshank redemption
1995: Whisper of the heart
1996: Trainspotting
1997: Princess Mononoke
1998: A simple plan
1999: American beauty
2000: Amores perros
2001: Spirited away
2002: 25th hour
2003: Oldboy
2004: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
2005: Match point
2006: Little Miss Sunshine
2007: Once
2008: Wall-e
2009: Mary and Max
2010: Toy Story 3
2011: A separation
2012: La casa Emak Bakia
2013: Blue is the warmest color
2014: The Lego movie
2015: Inside Out
2016: A silent voice
2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales (so far)

* are my only entries for the year in question.



Current favourites from each year:

2017: T2: Trainspotting
2016: Green Room
2015:Heaven Knows What
2014: Mommy
2013: Dallas Buyers Club
2012: The Place Beyond the Pines
2011: Drive
2010: Shutter Island

2009: Enter the Void
2008: Hunger
2007: This is England
2006: Pan's Labyrinth
2005: The Devil's Rejects
2004: Hellboy
2003: Oldboy
2002: Lilya 4-Ever
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2000: American Psycho

1999: The Blair Witch Project
1998: The Faculty
1997: Princess Mononoke
1996: Trainspotting
1995: Ghost in the Shell
1994: Chungking Express
1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas
1992: Bram Stocker's Dracula
1991: Cape Fear
1990: Goodfellas

1989: Puppetmaster
1988: Killer Klowns From Outer Space
1987: Hellraiser
1986: Labyrinth
1985: The Goonies
1984: A Nightmare on Elm Street
1983: Scarface
1982: The Dark Crystal
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: Inferno

1979: Alien
1978: Halloween
1977: Suspiria
1976: The Omen
1975: Jaws
1974: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1973: The Exorcist
1972: Aguirre, Wrath of God
1971: A Clockwork Orange
1970: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

I'll stop there before the list starts getting gappy.



40s to present as i'm still way behind on the 30's and before.

1940: The Shop Around The Corner
1941: How Green Was My Valley
1942: Bambi
1943: Day of Wrath
1944: Double Indemnity
1945: Brief Encounter
1946: Notorious
1947: Nightmare Alley
1948: Letter From An Unknown Woman
1949: The Third Man

1950: Rashomon
1951: A Place In The Sun
1952: Singin' In The Rain
1953: Tokyo Story
1954: Seven Samurai
1955: Night and Fog
1956: The Wrong Man
1957: The Bridge On The River Kwai
1958: Vertigo
1959: The 400 Blows

1960: The Apartment
1961: The Innocents
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1963: 8 1/2
1964: Kwaidan
1965: For A Few Dollars More
1966: Au Hasard Balthazar
1967: Le Samourai
1968: Once Upon A Time In The West
1969: Army of Shadows

1970: Five Easy Pieces
1971: A Clockwork Orange
1972: The Godfather
1973: The Exorcist
1974; The Godfather Part II
1975: Jaws
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Eraserhead
1978: The Last Waltz
1979: Apocalypse Now

1980: The Elephant Man
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: The King of Comedy
1983: Videodrome
1984: Paris, Texas
1985: Back to the Future
1986: The Fly
1987: Full Metal Jacket
1988: Midnight Run
1989: The 'Burbs

1990: Goodfellas
1991: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Naked
1994: Chungking Express
1995: SE7EN
1996: A Moment of Innocence
1997: Princess Mononoke
1998: Rushmore
1999: Ratcatcher

2000: In The Mood For Love
2001: Mulholland Drive
2002: Sweet Sixteen
2003: Lost In Translation
2004: Team America: World Police
2005: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
2006: Pan's Labyrinth
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: Wall-E
2009: Fantastic Mr Fox

2010: Animal Kingdom
2011: A Separation
2012: The Master
2013: Before Midnight
2014: Mommy
2015: Anomalisa
2016: American Honey
2017 (So Far): Song To Song



All titles are listed in the year they first played in public theaters (not including film festivals) in the U.S.

1900: Jeanne D'Arc (Melies)
1901: Fire! (Williamson)
1902: A Trip to the Moon (Melies)
1903: The Great Train Robbery (Porter)
1904: The Impossible Voyage (Melies)
1905: New York Subway (Bitzer)
1906: San Francisco (Bitzer)
1907: Ben-Hur (Olcott, Rose, Temple, & Morey)
1908: Fantasmagorie (Cohl)
1909: The Devilish Tenant (Melies)

1910: Frankenstein (Dawley)
1911: Fighting Blood (Griffith)
1912: The Musketeers of Pig Alley (Griffith)
1913: Fantomas (Feuillade)
1914: Cabiria (Pastrone)
1915: The Vampires (Feuillade)
1916: Intolerance (Griffith)
1917: A Man There Was (Sjostrom)
1918: The Outlaw and His Wife (Sjostrom)
1919: Broken Blossoms (Griffith)

1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene)
1921: Sir Arne's Treasure (Stiller)
1922: Nanook of the North (Flaherty)
1923: Haxan (Christensen)
1924: Sherlock Jr. (Keaton)
1925: The Gold Rush (Chaplin)
1926: Faust (Murnau)
1927: Sunrise (Murnau)
1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
1929: The Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov)

1930: Earth (Dovzhenko)
1931: City Lights (Chaplin)
1932: I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang (LeRoy)
1933: The Blood of a Poet (Cocteau)
1934: L'Atalante (Vigo)
1935: Triumph of the Will (Riefenstahl)
1936: The Only Son (Ozu)
1937: Grand Illusion (Renoir)
1938: Alexander Nevsky (Eisenstein & Vasilev)
1939: The Rules of the Game (Renoir)

1940: The Grapes of Wrath (Ford)
1941: Citizen Kane (Welles)
1942: The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles)
1943: Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
1944: Double Indemnity (Wilder)
1945: Children of Paradise (Carne)
1946: Notorious (Hitchcock)
1947: Out of the Past (Tourneur)
1948: The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger)
1949: The Third Man (Reed)

1950: Sunset Boulevard (Wilder)
1951: Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson)
1952: Ikiru (Kurosawa)
1953: The Earrings of Madame De... (Ophuls) & Tokyo Story (Ozu) - tie
1954: On the Waterrfront (Kazan)
1955: Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi)
1956: Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean) & Wild Strawberries (Bergman) - tie
1958: Vertigo (Hitchcock)
1959: Le Chant du Styrene (Resnais)

1960: The World of Apu (Ray)
1961: Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (Lean)
1963: 8 1/2 (Fellini)
1964: Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick)
1965: Pierrot Le Fou (Godard)
1966: Persona (Bergman)
1967: The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo)
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) & The Red and The White (Jansco) - tie
1969: Medium Cool (Wexler)

1970: Hospital (Wiseman)
1971: The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich)
1972: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Bunuel)
1973: Playtime (Tati) & Juvenile Court (Wiseman) - tie
1974: Chinatown (Polanski)
1975: Welfare (Wiseman)
1976: Taxi Driver (Scorsese)
1977: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog)
1978: Days of Heaven (Malkick)
1979: Apocalypse Now (Coppola)

1980: Raging Bull (Scorsese)
1981: Pixote (Babenco) & Modern Romance (Brooks) - tie
1982: Diva (Beneix)
1983: Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)
1984: Paris, Texas (Wenders)
1985: Streetwise (Bell)
1986: The Sacrifice (Tarkovsky)
1987: Yeelen (Cisse)
1988: The Decalogue (Kieslowski)
1989: Do the Right Thing (Lee)

1990: GoodFellas (Scorsese)
1991: JFK (Stone)
1992: Malcolm X (Lee)
1993: A Brighter Summer Day (Yang)
1994: Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)
1995: Heat (Mann)
1996: Fargo (Coens)
1997: Good Will Hunting (Van Sant)
1998: Mother and Son (Sokurov)
1999: Magnolia (Anderson)

2000: Songs from the Second Floor (Andersson)
2001: In the Mood for Love (Kar-Wai)
2002: Devils on the Doorstep (Wen)
2003: The Son (Dardennes)
2004: Star Spangled to Death (Jacobs)
2005: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Scorsese)
2006: Children of Men (Cuaron)
2007: There Will Be Blood (Anderson)
2008: Gomorrah (Garrone)
2009: The White Ribbon (Haneke)

2010: Lebanon (Maoz)
2011: Take Shelter (Nichols)
2012: Samsara (Fricke)
2013: Let the Fire Burn (Osder)
2014: Citizenfour (Poitras)
2015: Making a Murderer (Demos & Ricciardi)
2016: Moonlight (Jenkins)
2017 (so far): A Ghost Story (Lowery)