Name A Favorite Movie For Every Year Since You Were Born

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If you're on Facebook you may have seen this popping up the past couple weeks. I did it for my page there. HERE is an article from The Onion's A.V. Club where some of their staff reviewers did it and then talked about each other's lists. Here is mine. I didn't get too hung up on whether I should pick what I felt was "the best" or the one I had watched the most or were most important in my development as a cinemaniac or whatever. For the sake of the list I just made some choices. Spoiler alert: I kinda like Martin Scorsese movies.

1970: Little Big Man
1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1972: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1973: The Long Goodbye
1974: Chinatown
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Star Wars
1978: The Last Waltz
1979: Breaking Away
1980: The Blues Brothers
1981: Pennies from Heaven
1982: Blade Runner
1983: The King of Comedy
1984: Amadeus
1985: After Hours
1986: The Mosquito Coast
1987: Broadcast News
1988: Bird
1989: Do the Right Thing
1990: GoodFellas
1991: Barton Fink
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Fearless
1994: Shallow Grave
1995: SE7EN
1996: Hamlet
1997: L.A. Confidential
1998: Rushmore
1999: The Limey
2000: Dancer in the Dark
2001: Amélie
2002: Talk to Her
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2006: Children of Men
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: Fantastic Mr. Fox
2010: The Social Network
2011: Incendies
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Birdman
2015: The Revenant
2016: La La Land

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1997: L.A. Confidential
1998: The Big Lebowski*
1999: Magnolia

2000: O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001: A.I. Artificial Intelligence**
2002: 25th Hour
2003: Kill Bill vol.1
2004: Kill Bill vol.2
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2006: Children of Men
2007: Jesse James
2008: Dark Knight***
2009: Inglourious Basterds

2010: Never Let Me Go
2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2012: The Master
2013: Inside Llewyn Davis
2014: Boyhood
2015: The Hateful Eight
2016: O.J.: Made in America

*Thin Red Line, though
**Mulholland Dr., though
***I liked Benjamin Button...



1987- The Untouchables
1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
1989- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990- Goodfellas
1991- Silence of the Lambs
1992- Unforgiven
1993- A Bronx Tale
1994- Pulp Fiction
1995- Casino
1996- Fargo
1997- L.A. Confidental
1998- The General
1999- The Limey
2000- Memento
2001- Frailty
2002- Gangs of New York
2003- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004- Collateral
2005- Munich
2006- The Departed
2007- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2008- Burn After Reading
2009- Inglorious Basterds
2010- Animal Kingdom
2011- Drive
2012- Looper
2013- The Wolf of Wall Street
2014- A Most Violent Year
2015- Mad Max: Fury Road
2016- Green Room



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Ahem....is there a maximum post length because I'm old as dirt and sh*t could get real on a post such as this?
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1993: Naked (Mike Leigh)
1994: Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
1995: SE7EN (David Fincher)
1996: Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson)
1997: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki)
1998: Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
1999: Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay)
2000: In The Mood For Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
2001: Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
2002: Sweet Sixteen (Ken Loach)
2003: Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola)
2004: Team America: World Police (Trey Parker)
2005: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (Alex Gibney)
2006: Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
2007: There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2008: WALL-E (PIXAR)
2009: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
2010: Animal Kingdom (David Michod)
2011: A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
2012: The Master: (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2013: Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
2014: Mommy (Xavier Dolan)
2015: Anomalisa (Charlie Kauffman)
2016: American Honey (Andrea Arnold)



Might be difficult cause I haven't watched that many films

1999 - Fight Club
2000 - American Psycho
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - Punch-Drunk Love
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Zodiac
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - True Grit
2011 - X-Men: First Class
2012 - Skyfall
2013 - The World's End
2014 - Whiplash
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - La La Land
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1982 - The Thing (Poltergeist close)
1983 - Return Of The Jedi
1984 - Ghostbusters (Gremlins and The Karate Kid close)
1985 - The Goonies
1986 - Aliens
1987 - RoboCop (Predator close)
1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989 - The Abyss (Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade close)
1990 - Total Recall (TMNT close)
1991 - Terminator 2
1992 - Basic Instinct, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Batman Returns... can't decide
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Dumb And Dumber
1995 - Se7en (Waterworld close)
1996 - Independence Day
1997 - The Fifth Element
1998 - Deep Rising (Saving Private Ryan close)
1999 - The Green Mile
2000 - Pitch Black
2001 - LOTR: Fellowship
2002 - LOTR: Towers
2003 - LOTR: King (POTC: The Curse Of The Black Pearl close)
2004 - Kung Fu Hustle
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - POTC: Dead Man's Chest
2007 - POTC: At World's End
2008 - The Dark Knight (WALL-E Close)
2009 - Moon
2010 - Kick-Ass (The Crazies, TRON Legacy and the Expendables close)
2011 - Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (The Grey and Real Steel close)
2012 - Dredd (The Dark Knight Rises, Lawless, The Cabin In The Woods and The Amazing Spider-Man close)
2013 - Man Of Steel (Prisoners close)
2014 - Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (Guardians Of The Galaxy and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 close)
2015 - The Force Awakens (Jurassic World and The Martian close)
2016 - Batman V Superman (Star Trek Beyond and Deadpool close)


Not much to choose from after 1998 tbh.
Is it me or was 1998, 1999 and 2000 just a really really poor block of years for movies?



If you're on Facebook you may have seen this popping up the past couple weeks. I did it for my page there. HERE is an article from The Onion's A.V. Club where some of their staff reviewers did it and then talked about each other's lists. Here is mine. I didn't get too hung up on whether I should pick what I felt was "the best" or the one I had watched the most or were most important in my development as a cinemaniac or whatever. For the sake of the list I just made some choices. Spoiler alert: I kinda like Martin Scorsese movies.

1970: Little Big Man
1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1972: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1973: The Long Goodbye
1974: Chinatown
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
1976: Taxi Driver
1977: Star Wars
1978: The Last Waltz
1979: Breaking Away
1980: The Blues Brothers
1981: Pennies from Heaven
1982: Blade Runner
1983: The King of Comedy
1984: Amadeus
1985: After Hours
1986: The Mosquito Coast
1987: Broadcast News
1988: Bird
1989: Do the Right Thing
1990: GoodFellas
1991: Barton Fink
1992: Unforgiven
1993: Fearless
1994: Shallow Grave
1995: SE7EN
1996: Hamlet
1997: L.A. Confidential
1998: Rushmore
1999: The Limey
2000: Dancer in the Dark
2001: Amélie
2002: Talk to Her
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2006: Children of Men
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: Fantastic Mr. Fox
2010: The Social Network
2011: Incendies
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Her
2014: Birdman
2015: The Revenant
2016: La La Land

Nice format. I may copy it a bit.



You can't win an argument just by being right!
Why are you so rude to ask people about their age!?
Yeah seems to be a thing around here, and who on earth knows what movie they watched when they were one.



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No one, although that's not the point. I'm 61, like it says in my profile. That's why it's a pain to type up (one-handed) all those titles.
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No one, although that's not the point. I'm 61, like it says in my profile. That's why it's a pain to type up all those titles.
Just wing it like I do most of the time.



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1987- Good Morning Vietnam
1988- Rain Man
1989- Heathers
1990- Goodfellas
1991- Silence of the Lambs
1992- Unforgiven
1993- Schindler's List
1994- Shawshank Redemption
1995- Braveheart
1996- Independence Day
1997- L.A. Confidential
1998- Saving Private Ryan
1999- The Hurricane
2000- Gladiator
2001- A Beautiful Mind
2002- Antwone Fisher
2003- Mystic River
2004- Man on Fire
2005- Wedding Crashers
2006- Inside Man
2007- Gone Baby Gone
2008- Gran Torino
2009- Up
2010- Inception
2011- The Descendants
2012- Flight
2013- American Hustle
2014- Boyhood
2015- The Revenant
2016- La La Land



1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Before Sunrise
1996: Breaking the Waves
1997: Boogie Nights
1998: The Thin Red Line
1999: Eyes Wide Shut
2000: Dancer in the Dark
2001: Spirited Away
2002: Irreversible
2003: Kill Bill Vol. 1
2004: Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005: Sin City
2006: Borat
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2009: Inglourious Basterds
2010: Black Swan
2011: The Kid with a Bike
2012: Spring Breakers
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Birdman
2015: Ex Machina
2016: Arrival



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1993 - Sonatine
1994 - Pulp Fiction/Fist of Legend
1995 - Heat
1996 - Face/Off
1997 - Lost Highway/Hana-Bi/The Devil's Advocate
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Unbreakable
2001 - Donnie Darko
2002 - Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2003 - Matrix Reload/Revolutions
2004 - Shutter
2005 - A Bittersweet Life
2006 - The Prestige
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2008 - The Chaser
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - The Yellow Sea/Outrage/The Man from Nowhere
2011 - The Raid
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - New World
2014 - The Raid 2/John Wick/No Tears for the Dead
2015 - The Revenant/The Hateful Eight
2016 - The Wailing/The Handmaiden
2017 - John Wick 2/SPLIT



No one, although that's not the point. I'm 61, like it says in my profile. That's why it's a pain to type up (one-handed) all those titles.
You are pretty much the only member i pay attention to. I could probably post a decent guess at your fave's from each year.



28 days...6 hours...42 minutes...12 seconds
I'll have to do a bit a research on this one.

Also, the year 2016 will give away people's votes for The MoFo Film Awards!!!!!! Whatever.
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