Top 5 films each decade

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Top 5 film each decade. You can do whatever decades you want, but I'll start of with mine for the 1920s to the 2010s (not expecting many far prior to this period tbh!).
You can have 1 decade where you pick 10 films instead of 5, plus 1 bonus film (so 6 or 11 in 1 decade).
No documentaries.

1920s
Sherlock Jr 1924 Keaton
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 Murnau
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Dreyer
Pandora's Box 1929 Pabst
Blackmail 1929 Hitchcock

1930s
The Blue Angel 1930 von Sternberg
Scarface 1932 Hawks
The Roaring Twenties 1938 Walsh
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1939 Curtiz
The Wizard of Oz 1939 Fleming

1940s
Day of Wrath 1943 Dreyer
Laura 1944 Preminger
Rome Open City 1945 Rossellini
Panique 1946 Duvivier
The Third Man 1949 Reed

1950s
Journey to Italy 1954 Rossellini
Rear Window 1954 Hitchcock
The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 Lee
Jalsaghar 1958 Ray
Touch of Evil 1958 Welles

1960s
Psycho 1960 Hitchcock
Last Year At Marienbad 1961 Resnais
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Lean
High and Low 1963 Kurosawa
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Demy
Soy Cuba 1964 Kalatazov
The Sound of Music 1965 Wise
Blow-up 1966 Antonioni
The Graduate 1967 Nichols
Point Blank 1967 Boorman
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Kubrick

1970s
McCabe and Mrs Miller 1971 Altman
Barry Lyndon 1975 Kubrick
The Passenger 1975 Antonioni
Jaws 1975 Speilberg
Alien 1979 Scott

1980s
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 1982 Speilberg
Blade Runner 1982 (Director’s Cut, technically 1992) Scott
Thunderbolt/Coup de Foudre/ Entre Nous 1983 Kurys
Blue Velvet 1986 Lynch
Withnail & I 1987 Robinson

1990s
The Commitments 1991 Parker
The Player 1992 Altman
Long Live Love/ Vive L'Amour 1994 Tsai
Voices Through Time / Voci nel Tempo 1996 Piavoli
L.A. Confidential 1997 Hanson

2000s
Gladiator 2000 Scott
In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-wai
Mulholland Drive 2001 Lynch
Distant/Uzak 2002 Ceylan
Wall-E 2008 Stanton

2010s
Argo 2012 Affleck
Embrace of the Serpent 2015 Guerra
La La Land 2016 Chazelle
Arrival 2016 Villeneuve
The Lighthouse 2019 Eggers

1920s
Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 F. W. Murnau
The General 1926 Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 Lotte Reiniger
Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

1930s
The Roaring Twenties 1939 Raoul Walsh
Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks
Grand Illusion 1937 Jean Renoir
M 1931 Fritz Lang
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Michael Curtiz

1940s
The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston
Bicycle Thieves 1948 Vittorio De Sica
Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock
Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz
Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder

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1920s:

1) Man With a Movie Camera
2) The Phantom Carriage
3) Safety Last!
4) The Passion of Joan of Arc
5) Metropolis

1930s:

1) It Happened One Night
2) City Lights
3) M
4) Vampyr
5) Angels With Dirty Faces

1940s:

1) Late Spring
2) Double Indemnity
3) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4) Arsenic and Old Lace
5) Out of the Past

1950s:

1) Vertigo
2) Mirror of Holland
3) Paths of Glory
4) The Bridge on the River Kwai
5) High Noon

1960s:

1) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2) Wavelength
3) Persona
4) The Good, The Good and the Ugly
5) The Trial

1970s:

1) Stalker
2) Eraserhead
3) The Travelling Players
4) A Clockwork Orange
5) All That Jazz

1980s:

1) Wings of Desire
2) Come and See
3) Dead Man's Letters
4) Koyaanisqatsi
5) The Horse Thief

1990s:

1) A Moment of Innocence
2) Raise the Red Lantern
3) Gummo
4) The Celebration
5) Magnolia

2000s:

1) The Piano Teacher
2) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
3) Pan's Labyrinth
4) Children of Men
5) The Return

2010s:

1) The Tre of Life
2) Holy Motors
3) Parasite
4) We Need to Talk About Kevin
5) Moonlight

2020s (so far):

1) Titane
2) EO
3) Da 5 Bloods
4) Anatomy of a Fall
5) The Sound of Metal

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What would be your top recommendations?

Drive My Car, Mom, Is That You?! & Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

I've only seen Drive My Car. I'll have to check the others out.

If you've seen it and it's not in your top you already done goofed

I liked it a lot and enjoyed how it expanded on the healing through role playing theme from my favorite segment of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, but it felt hobbled by the various eccentricities of its writing (Oto conceiving Yusuke's stories during sex, Koji going berserk at people taking photos of him, and the detail of Masaki's mother having (I think it was) schizophrenia). Given the film had a mostly straight face and was a genuine drama with real people, these details felt like dead weight. Again though, I still found the film deeply moving aside from this element.

Early decades will have fewer than 5 because I'm only including movies I genuinely liked. Also I'm too lazy to look up directors and dates.

Pre-1920s
The Cameraman's Revenge
A Trip to the Moon

1920s
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The General
The Kid

1930s
Freaks
Gone With the Wind
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1940s
Bambi
Dumbo
Pinocchio
Casablanca
Gaslight (either version, I like them about the same)


1950s
The Hanging Tree
East of Eden
Wild Strawberries
Rear Window
Alice in Wonderland

1960s
Persona
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Woman in the Dunes
Planet of the Apes
Onibaba

1970s
Charlotte's Web
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Long Goodbye
Harold and Maude
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1980s
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Road Warrior
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gremlins
Heathers

1990s
Being John Malkovich
Dances With Wolves
Clay Pigeons
Army of Darkness
The Big Lebowski

2000s
Quills
Gladiator
Up
Mary and Max.
Ratatouille

2010s
Her
Wreck-It Ralph
Mad Max: Fury Road
Joker
Ernest & Celestine
The Broken Circle Breakdown
You Were Never Really Here
The Skin I Live In
Django Unchained
The Wolf of Wall Street

ETA: Just saw the rule that one decade can have 10. So I'm going to expand the 2010s.

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Loads and loads of older films are really enjoyable.
I do wonder though whether in some of the polls for the early decades, how many people voting have actually watched the films they're voting for, rather than going on reputation!
I'm sure that many have, but perhaps not everyone?
Anyway, thanks for your 5s. I like Harold and Maude too (especially the first half).

Not for me.

You got through Gone With the Wind!!
I jus noticed Onibaba as well. That would have been next on my 60s list probably.

Yeah, and I'll probably never watch it again because it's too damn long.

My comments in blue on Robert the List-list.
1920s
Sherlock Jr 1924 Keaton...Keaton's the man, good one.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 Murnau...Very poetically filmed.
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Dreyer...Strong visuals, heartbreaking story.
Pandora's Box 1929 Pabst...Enjoyed this one.
Blackmail 1929 Hitchcock...Haven't seen it.

1930s
The Blue Angel 1930 von Sternberg...Good one.
Scarface 1932 Hawks...Worth it just for the grapefruit scene and Cagney's last appearance at the door.
The Roaring Twenties 1938 Walsh...One of my favorites!
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1939 Curtiz...Always a fun watch.
The Wizard of Oz 1939 Fleming...A classic I enjoyed.

1940s
Day of Wrath 1943 Dreyer...Damn powerful story!
Laura 1944 Preminger...Gene Tierney wow, great noir too.
Rome Open City 1945 Rossellini...Italian realism, liked it.
Panique 1946 Duvivier...not seen it.
The Third Man 1949 Reed....Impressed on the 1st watch but on subsequent watches that damn zither score drove me crazy.

1950s
Journey to Italy 1954 Rossellini...not seen it
Rear Window 1954 Hitchcock...Awesome film
The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 Lee...Another awesome film.
Jalsaghar 1958 Ray...not seen it
Touch of Evil 1958 Welles...Loved it on a 1st watch but felt Orson was too much of a caricature on 2nd & 3rd watches. Still one has to be impressed with Welles cinematography direction.

1960s
Psycho 1960 Hitchcock....Hell yes.
Last Year At Marienbad 1961 Resnais...Did not do anything for me.
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Lean...Gosh I wish I would've seen this in Seattle when it played on one of the very few existing Cinerama theaters.
High and Low 1963 Kurosawa...Don't know if I seen it or not.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Demy...5/5 for me, amazing!
Soy Cuba 1964 Kalatazov...not seen it.
The Sound of Music 1965 Wise...Respect it but need to watch again.
Blow-up 1966 Antonioni...not seen it
The Graduate 1967 Nichols...I wasn't a fan.
Point Blank 1967 Boorman...not seen it
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Kubrick...a masterpiece what else can I say.

1970s
McCabe and Mrs Miller 1971 Altman...Respect it but it's hard to relate to as the sound mix makes hearing the dialogue hard.
Barry Lyndon 1975 Kubrick...Perfection
The Passenger 1975 Antonioni...not seen it
Jaws 1975 Speilberg...one of Speilberg's best.
Alien 1979 Scott...one of Scott's best.

1980s
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 1982 Speilberg...ack, can't stand it.
Blade Runner 1982 (Director’s Cut, technically 1992) Scott...Director's Cut Theatrical Cut
Thunderbolt/Coup de Foudre/ Entre Nous 1983 Kurys...not seen it
Blue Velvet 1986 Lynch...Seemed cool when I watched in the 1980s.
Withnail & I 1987 Robinson...Hated it, drove me crazy.

1990s
The Commitments 1991 Parker...Didn't care one way or another.
The Player 1992 Altman...A true hidden gem.
Long Live Love/ Vive L'Amour 1994 Tsai...not seen it
Voices Through Time / Voci nel Tempo 1996 Piavoli...not seen it.
L.A. Confidential 1997 Hanson...Solid film.

2000s
Gladiator 2000 Scott...Use to like it but not so much anymore
In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-wai...Hell yes! So stylish.
Mulholland Drive 2001 Lynch...Mixed feelings about it.
Distant/Uzak 2002 Ceylan...not seen it
Wall-E 2008 Stanton...Pretty cool stuff.

2010s
Argo 2012 Affleck...I think I liked it, I believe I even reviewed it here.
Embrace of the Serpent 2015 Guerra...I've been wanting to see this one for a long time.
La La Land 2016 Chazelle...Enjoyed this one.
Arrival 2016 Villeneuve...The aliens and their language was cool but the military threat was pot boiler and done a million times before.
The Lighthouse 2019 Eggers...To weird for me, but yet it had a visual quality that was interesting.

1930s:
M
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Humanity and Paper Balloons
The Goddess
L’Âge d’Or

1940s:
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
Germany Year Zero
Bicycle Thieves
Black Narcissus

1950s:
The Seventh Seal
The Big Heat
It Happened in Broad Daylight
The Bad Seed
Sunset Boulevard

1960s:
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sundays and Cybele
Psycho
The Wild Bunch

1970s:
The Exorcist
Apocalypse Now
Demons
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Suspiria
Alien
Deep Red
Don't Torture a Duckling
The House with Laughing Windows
Cross of Iron

1980s:
RoboCop
Aliens
Blade Runner
The Thing
Conan the Barbarian
In a Glass Cage

1990s:
Matrix
Starship Troopers
Ringu
Léon: The Professional
The Reflecting Skin

2000s:
Let the Right One In
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pulse
Ginger Snaps
Watchmen

2010s:
Brimstone
Kick-Ass
The VVitch
John Wick
The Conjuring

2020s:
When Evil Lurks
RRR
The Innocents
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Last Night in Soho

Some disclaimer on these top fives:

• I've only kept a record of my viewings for the six years I've been here (I've been watching movies regularly for 40+ years)
• I've consciously omitted films I've seen too long ago to be sure of my current opinion
• I don't usually make ranked lists so these are quickly thrown together and subject to change on a daily basis
• I've probably forgotten something that should be there

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Would love to respond but it's too hard to pick just 5 per decade. 100 per decade would be hard enough.

That's why it's a challenge.

I've done it with songs too, which is even harder!

Nobody has 100 films per decade that they can't differenciate between in terms of greatness imo!

Yeah I can differentiate between the 1st, 13th and 96th but it's harder between 96th and 114th.

Never underestimate Mr. Minio's megalomania.