This is a list of my favorite movies. (TV shows have their own page here.) I’m listing either my five favorite movies for each year, or all the movies that have an 8/10 score, whichever makes a longer list. Titles with no link are movies that I haven’t seen recently, and so haven’t posted about.
Silents
Sherlock Jr., 1924 (8/10)
The Gold Rush, 1925 (7/10)
Metropolis, 1927 (7/10)
“Ask Father”, 1919 (7/10)
1931
Frankenstein (8/10)
1933
King Kong (8/10)
Duck Soup (7/10)
1934
The Cat’s-Paw (7/10)
1935
A Night at the Opera (8/10)
Captain Blood (7/10)
1936
The Milky Way (8/10)
My Man Godfrey (7/10)
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood (8/10)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (8/10)
The Wizard of Oz (8/10)
1940
The Grapes of Wrath (7/10)
1942
Casablanca (9/10)
1943
Shadow of a Doubt (7/10)
1945
Brief Encounter (9/10)
1947
Miracle on 34th Street (7/10)
1948
The Red Shoes (8/10)
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets (7/10)
1950
Harvey (7/10)
1951
Alice in Wonderland (9/10)
Ace in the Hole (8/10)
Strangers on a Train (7/10)
1952
High Noon (7/10)
Umberto D. (7/10)
1953
Stalag 17 (8/10)
Roman Holiday (8/10)
Le salaire de la peur (7/10)
Julius Caesar (7/10)
1954
On the Waterfront (7/10)
1955
Du rififi chez les hommes (7/10)
The Night of the Hunter (7/10)
1956
The Killing (7/10)
1957
Witness for the Prosecution (8/10)
1958
Touch of Evil (7/10)
1959
Anatomy of a Murder (7/10)
Glenn Gould: On and Off the Record (7/10)
1960
Inherit the Wind (7/10)
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (9/10)
Yojimbo (8/10)
1962
The Manchurian Candidate (7/10)
1963
The Sword in the Stone (8/10)
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (9/10)
Per un pugno di dollari (8/10)
1965
Per qualche dollaro in più (8/10)
1966
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (10/10)
“Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” (9/10)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (8/10)
1967
In the Heat of the Night (8/10)
In Cold Blood (8/10)
Cool Hand Luke (7/10)
The Graduate (7/10)
1968
Planet of the Apes (9/10)
“Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” (9/10)
2001: A Space Odyssey (8/10)
Rosemary’s Baby (7/10)
Barbarella (7/10)
1969
Take the Money and Run (8/10)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (7/10)
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (8/10)
1971
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (10/10)
Harold and Maude (8/10)
A Clockwork Orange (8/10)
And Now for Something Completely Different (8/10)
1972
The Godfather (8/10)
1973
The Exorcist (8/10)
Robin Hood (7/10)
1974
“Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too” (9/10)
The Conversation (8/10)
Blazing Saddles (7/10)
Young Frankenstein (7/10)
1975
Dog Day Afternoon (9/10)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (9/10)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (9/10)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (9/10)
Jaws (8/10)
1976
Network (9/10)
Rocky (9/10)
Taxi Driver (8/10)
Logan’s Run (7/10)
1977
Star Wars (9/10)
Annie Hall (7/10)
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (7/10)
Jabberwocky (7/10)
1978
Superman (7/10)
1979
The Muppet Movie (10/10)
Alien (9/10)
Rocky II (8/10)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (8/10)
1980
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (9/10)
The Blues Brothers (9/10)
Stardust Memories (7/10)
1981
Time Bandits (10/10)
The Great Muppet Caper (9/10)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (8/10)
1982
The Dark Crystal (10/10)
First Blood (9/10)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (9/10)
Rocky III (7/10)
Blade Runner (7/10)
1983
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (9/10)
The Meaning of Life (9/10)
A Christmas Story (8/10)
King Lear (7/10)
1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan (9/10)
The NeverEnding Story (9/10)
Ghost Busters (8/10)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (7/10)
The Terminator (7/10)
1985
Clue (9/10)
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (8/10)
Back to the Future (7/10)
Idi i smotri (7/10)
1986
Labyrinth (10/10)
Aliens (8/10)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (8/10)
Stand by Me (7/10)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (7/10)
1987
The Princess Bride (10/10)
A Muppet Family Christmas (8/10)
Der Himmel über Berlin (7/10)
Predator (7/10)
1988
Tonari no Totoro (9/10)
The Last Temptation of Christ (9/10)
Alice (8/10)
Beetle Juice (7/10)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (7/10)
1989
Batman (9/10)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (8/10)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (7/10)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (7/10)
Dead Poets Society (7/10)
1990
Joe Versus the Volcano (9/10)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (8/10)
“A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit” (8/10)
Predator 2 (7/10)
Edward Scissorhands (7/10)
1991
The Fisher King (8/10)
The Silence of the Lambs (8/10)
Hudson Hawk (7/10)
Delicatessen (7/10)
Hook (7/10)
1992
Reservoir Dogs (8/10)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (8/10)
Alien 3 (7/10)
Unforgiven (7/10)
Dracula (7/10)
1993
Groundhog Day (9/10)
“Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers” (8/10)
Trois couleurs: Bleu (7/10)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (7/10)
Jurassic Park (7/10)
1994
Pulp Fiction (8/10)
Ed Wood (8/10)
The Hudsucker Proxy (7/10)
Forrest Gump (7/10)
Clerks (7/10)
1995
Twelve Monkeys (10/10)
The Usual Suspects (8/10)
“Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave” (8/10)
La cité des enfants perdus (8/10)
La Haine (7/10)
1996
“Uncle” (8/10)
Muppet Treasure Island (8/10)
Fargo (7/10)
Matilda (7/10)
Hamlet (7/10)
1997
Jackie Brown (8/10)
Donnie Brasco (7/10)
Mononoke-hime (7/10)
Alien: Resurrection (7/10)
1998
“Billy’s Balloon” (10/10)
Dark City (10/10)
The Big Lebowski (8/10)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (8/10)
“Cousin” (8/10)
1999
Fight Club (9/10)
American Beauty (9/10)
Magnolia (9/10)
Being John Malkovich (9/10)
The Matrix (8/10)
The Sixth Sense (8/10)
“Brother” (8/10)
Muppets from Space (8/10)
2000
“Rejected” (9/10)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (8/10)
The Emperor’s New Groove (7/10)
Snatch (7/10)
Chicken Run (7/10)
2001
Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (9/10)
Monsters, Inc. (9/10)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (9/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (9/10)
The Royal Tenenbaums (8/10)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (8/10)
Memento (8/10)
2002
25th Hour (9/10)
Punch-Drunk Love (9/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (9/10)
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (7/10)
Lilo & Stitch (7/10)
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (10/10)
“Boundin’” (10/10)
Finding Nemo (9/10)
Elf (9/10)
“Harvie Krumpet” (9/10)
“Welcome to the Show/Intermission in the Third Dimension/The End of the Show” (9/10)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (9/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8/10)
Lost in Translation (8/10)
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (8/10)
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (10/10)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (10/10)
The Incredibles (9/10)
Hotel Rwanda (8/10)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (8/10)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8/10)
2005
“The Meaning of Life” (10/10)
Batman Begins (10/10)
Sin City (8/10)
MirrorMask (7/10)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (7/10)
2006
“Everything Will Be Ok” (10/10)
Children of Men (9/10)
The Prestige (8/10)
Casino Royale (8/10)
“Guide Dog” (7/10)
2007
No Country for Old Men (8/10)
Grindhouse (8/10)
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (7/10)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (7/10)
Stardust (7/10)
2008
“I Am So Proud of You” (10/10)
Wall-E (10/10)
The Dark Knight (10/10)
In Bruges (9/10)
Frost/Nixon (8/10)
Burn After Reading (8/10)
Step Brothers (8/10)
Justice League: The New Frontier (8/10)
Synecdoche, New York (8/10)
2009
Where the Wild Things Are (10/10)
Moon (9/10)
Up (9/10)
Inglourious Basterds (9/10)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (8/10)
The Hurt Locker (8/10)
District 9 (8/10)
The Informant! (8/10)
Zombieland (8/10)
Coraline (8/10)
Watchmen (8/10)
Away We Go (8/10)
