Gimme you favorite movie for each year

[Ray]

Because I love movies and lists!

 

 

2013 - American Winter - Harry Gantz/Joe Gantz

2012 - Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

2011 - Jane Eyre - Cary Fukunaga

2010 - Winter's Bone - Debra Granik

 

2009 - Sin Nombre - Cary Fukunaga

2008 - The Wrestler - Darren Aronofsky

2007 - No Country for Old Men - Ethan Coen/Joel Coen

2006 - Children of Men - Alfonso Cuaron

2005 - Grizzly Man - Werner Herzog

2004 - The Sea Inside - Alejandro Amenabar

2003 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring - Kim Ki-Duk

2002 - The Man Without a Past - Aki Kaurismaki

2001 - Mulholland Drive - David Lynch

2000 - Memento - Christopher Nolan

 

1999 - The Minus Man - Hampton Fancher

1998 - Saving Private Ryan - Steven Spielberg

1997 - Gattaca - Andrew Niccol

1996 - Lone Star - John Sayles

1995 - Underground - Emir Kusturica

1994 - The Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont

1993 - Sonatine - Takeshi Kitano

1992 - Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

1991 - Raise the Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou

1990 - These Foolish Things - Bertrand Tavernier

 

1989 - Black Rain - Shohei Imamura

1988 - Grave of the Fireflies - Isao Takahata

1987 - Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick

1986 - Jean de Florette - Claude Berri

1985 - Ran - Akira Kurosawa

1984 - Nineteen Eighty-Four - Michael Radford

1983 - Testament - Lynne Littman

1982 - Blade Runner - Ridley Scott

1981 - Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen

1980 - Breaker Morant - Bruce Beresford

 

1979 - Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola

1978 - Blue Collar - Paul Schrader

1977 - Annie Hall - Woody Allen

1976 - Network - Sidney Lumet

1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Milos Forman

1974 - The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola

1973 - Badlands - Terrence Malick

1972 - Aguirre, The Wrath of God - Werner Herzog

1971 - A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick

1970 - Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner

 

1969 - Z - Costa-Gavras

1968 - Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone

1967 - In Cold Blood - Richard Brooks

1966 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Sergio Leone

1965 - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - Martin Ritt

1964 - Seven Days in May - John Frankenheimer

1963 - Hud - Martin Ritt

1962 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - John Ford

1961 - Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa

1960 - Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock

 

1959 - The 400 Blows - Francois Truffaut

1958 - The Big Country - William Wyler

1957 - The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman

1956 - The Searchers - John Ford

1955 - Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton

1954 - The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa

1953 - Ugetsu Monogatari - Kenji Mizoguchi

1952 - Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa

1951 - Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder

1950 - Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa

 

1949 - Late Spring - Yasujiro Ozu

1948 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston

1947 - Out of the Past - Jacques Tourneur

1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives - William Wyler

1945 - Mildred Pierce - Michael Curtiz

1944 - Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder

1943 - The Ox-Bow Incident - William Wellman

1942 - Casablanca - Michael Curtiz

1941 - Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

1940 - The Grapes of Wrath - John Ford

 

1939 - Ninotchka - Ernst Lubitsch

1938 - Angels With Dirty Faces - Michael Curtiz

1937 - The Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir

1936 - Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin

1935 - A Night at the Opera - Sam Wood

1934 - It Happened One Night - Frank Capra

1933 - Duck Soup - Leo McCarey

1932 - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Mervyn LeRoy

1931 - City Lights - Charlie Chaplin

1930 - All Quiet on the Western Front - Lewis Milestone

 

1929 - The Man with the Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov

1928 - The Passion of Joan of Arc - Carl Theodor Dreyer

1927 - The General - Buster Keaton

1926 - Faust - F.W. Murnau

1925 - The Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein

1924 - Sherlock Jr. - Buster Keaton

1923 - Our Hospitality - Buster Keaton

1922 - Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror - F.W. Murnau

1921 - The Kid - Charlie Chaplin

1920 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene

 

1919 - Broken Blossoms - D.W. Griffith

1918 - A Dog's Life - Charlie Chaplin

1917 - The Merry Jail - Ernst Lubitsch

1916 - Intolerance - D.W. Griffith

1915 - The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith

1914 - Tillie's Punctured Romance - Mack Sennett

[The Natural]

I'll do years I'm comfortable with.

 

2013: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (Jay Oliva)

2012: Avengers Assemble (Joss Whedon)

2011: X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn)

2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright)

 

2009: In The Loop (Armando Iannucci)

2008: The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)

2007: The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass)

2006: The Departed (Martin Scorsese)

2005: Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)

2004: Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)

2003: Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino)

2002: City of God (Fernando Meirelles)

2001: Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

2000: Memento (Christopher Nolan)

 

1999: American Beauty (Sam Mendes)

1998: The Mask of Zorro (Martin Campbell)

1997: Men in Black (Barry Sonnefield)

1996: Scream (Wes Craven)

1995: The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer)

1994: The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)

1993: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Eric Radomski/Bruce Timm)

1992: Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)

1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron)

1990: Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)

[hobo joe]

2013: (so far) Man of Steel

2012: The Master

2011: Young Adult

2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

 

2009: Where the Wild Things Are

2008: Synecdoche, New York

2007: There Will Be Blood

2006: Children of Men

2005: Jarhead

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2003: Lost in Translation

2002: Punch-Drunk Love

2001: Ghost World

2000: Memento

 

1999: Fight Club

1998: Rushmore

1997: The Fifth Element

1996: Fargo

1995: Toy Story

1994: Pulp Fiction

1993: Tombstone

1992: Resevoir Dogs

1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1990: Goodfellas

 

1989: Back to the Future Part II

1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

1987: Full Metal Jacket

1986: Big Trouble in Little China

1985: Pee Wee's Big Adventure

1984: This is Spinal Tap

1983: A Christmas Story

1982: The King of Comedy

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark

1980: The Empire Strikes Back

 

1979: The Jerk

1978: Animal House

1977: Star Wars

1976: Taxi Driver

1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1974: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1973: Mean Streets

1972: The Godfather

1971: A Clockwork Orange

[J.H.]

2012: Skyfall

2011: Midnight In Paris

2010: Inception

2009: Up In The Air

2008: Ai no Mukidashi (Love Exposure)

2007: No Country For Old Men

2006: Inside Man

2005: The Matador

2004: Layer Cake/Sideways

2003: The Cooler

2002: Gangs of New York

2001: Spirited Away

2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

1999: The Iron Giant

1998: Saving Private Ryan

1997: L.A. Confidential

1996: Fargo

1995: The Madness of King George

1994: La Reine Margot

1993: Farewell My Concubine

1992: Unforgiven

1991: Beauty & The Beast

1990: Goodfellas

 

1989: Glory

1988: My Neighbor Totoro

1987: Moonstruck

1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1985: Pale Rider

1984: The Terminator

1983: Trading Places

1982: Blade Runner

1981: Raiders of The Lost Ark

 

1980: The Empire Strikes Back

1979: Manhattan

1978: Animal House

1977: Annie Hall

1976: The Outlaw Josey Wales (Marathon Man is a very close second)

1975: Love and Death

1974: Blazing Saddles/The Godfather Part II (Sorry this has to be a tie)

1973: Enter The Dragon

1972: Sleuth

1971: Shaft

1970: The Ballad of Cable Hogue

 

1969: The Wild Bunch

1968: The Lion In Winter

1967: In The Heat of The Night

1966: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

1965: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

1964: Dr. Stranglove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb

1963: The Birds

1962: To Kill A Mockingbord

1961: Breakfast At Tiffany's

1960: The Magnificent Seven

 

1959: Some Like It Hot

1958: The Defiant Ones

1957: The Bridge On The River Kwai

1956: The Searchers

1955: Mister Roberts

1954: Rear Window/The Seven Samurai

1953: Julius Caesar

1952: The Quiet Man

1951: The African Queen

1950: Cyrano De Bergerac

 

1949: The Third Man (I really wanted to put The Inspector General here but The Third Man is just that damn good)

1948: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre

1947: Gentleman's Agreement

1946: Notorious

1945: Wonder Man

1944: Gaslight

1943: Casablanca

1942: My Favorite Blonde

1941: How Green Was My Valley

 

1940: The Philadelphia Story

1939: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood

1937: Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

1936: Modern Times

1935: Captain Blood

1934: The Thin Man

1933: Duck Soup

[caley]

2013: The Last Stand

2012: Seven Psychopaths (McDonagh)

2011: The Tree of Life (Malick)

2010: Four Lions (Morris)

2009: Observe and Report (Hill)

2008: Shotgun Stories (Nichols)

2007: The King of Kong (Gordon)

2006: The Fountain (Aronofsky)

2005: Junebug (Morrison)

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry)

2003: All the Real Girls (Green)

2002: Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson)

2001: Amelie (Jeunet)

2000: Yi Yi (Yang)

1999: Bringing Out the Dead (Scorsese)

1998: The Big Lebowski (Coen)

1997: Hana-bi (Kitano)

1996: Fargo (Coen)

1995: Heat (Mann)

1994: Chungking Express (Wai)

1993: Fearless (Weir)

1992: Hard-Boiled (Woo)

1991: Only Yesterday (Takahata)

1990: Goodfellas (Scorsese)

1989: The Killer (Woo)

1988: My Neigbor Totoro (Miyazaki)

1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Hughes)

1986: Manhunter (Mann)

1985: Commando (Lester)

1984: This is Spinal Tap (Reiner)

1983: National Lampoon's Vacation (Ramis)

1982: The Thing (Carpenter)

1981: Thief (Mann)

1980: Airplane! (Zucker)

1979: Being There (Ashby)

1978: Days of Heaven (Malick)

1977: Stroszek (Herzog)

1976: Rocky (Avldsen)

1975: Hard Times (Hill)

1974: Young Frankenstein (Brooks)

1973: The Last Detail (Ashby)

1972: The Getaway (Peckinpah)

1971: The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich)

1970: Five Easy Pieces (Rafelson)

1969: The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah)

1968: Once Upon A Time in the West (Leone)

1967: Play Time (Tati)

1966: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Leone)

1965: Red Beard (Kurosawa)

1964: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Demy)

1963: Charade (Donen)

1962: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford)

1961: Breakfast at Tiffany's (Edwards)

1960: The Apartment (Wilder)

1959: North By Northwest (Hitchcock)

1958: Mon Oncle (Tati)

1957: A Face in the Crowd (Kazan)

1956: The Searchers (Ford)

1955: The Night of the Hunter (Laughton)

1954: Rear Window (Hitchcock)

1953: Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Tati)

1952: Ikiru (Kurosawa)

1951: The Lavender Hill Mob (Crichton)

1950: In A Lonely Place (Ray)

1949: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Hamer)

1948: Red River (Hawks)

1947: One Wonderful Sunday (Kurosawa)

1946: It's A Wonderful Life (Capra)

1945: Spellbound (Hitchcock)

1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (Capra)

1943: The Ox-Bow Incident (Wellman)

1942: Casablanca (Cukor)

1941: Sullivan's Travels (Sturges)

1940: Rebecca (Hitchcock)

1939: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Capra)

1938: Bringing Up Baby (Hawks)

1937: Make Way For Tomorrow (McCarey)

1936: Fury (Lang)

1935: It Happened One Night (Capra)

1934: (none)

1933: 42nd Street (Bacon)

1932: Scarface (Hawks)

1931: Frankenstein (Whale)

1930: All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone)