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few people can actually do this, or have the time! Im surprised that there were as many folks here that did it, as there was!
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Is there anywhere that has movies listed in a year-by-year format? So that you don't have to rely on memory and then say "Damn!" when you forget one.
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Not that I know of, that's one of the things that makes it hard! Although, if you forget one, then it's probably not in your favourite top 5 Posts: 1278 | From: Denmark,Europe | Registered: Dec 2007 | Site Updates: 3
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quote:Not that I know of, that's one of the things that makes it hard! Although, if you forget one, then it's probably not in your favourite top 5 [Smile]
Probably. I'd still struggle with the year-by-year thing. It's easier to pick from a list for each year.
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Ok, there are a few riders to this list. First: I got it from the Wiki yearly release list, which had massive amounts of movies missing! I kept having to go back and add / subtract films! There were also huge amounts of foreign films missing, but I went with what was there.
Second: This list is a reflection of films that meant something to me at particular times of my life. They aren't what I consider the 'best' or the 'most important' films - just the ones that mattered to me. There is no attempt to show filmic knowledge or give a list of what were objectively the best movies from each year at all. Thus; 'Carry On at Your Convenience' and 'Willy Wonka' win showdowns against much 'cooler' films.
Finally: I have included 'honorable mentions' for each year for films which, on another day, might have been chosen for the top 5.
1970
* Beneath the Planet of the Apes * Catch-22 * Claire's Knee * Kelly's Heroes * Love Story
Honorable mentions: MASH / Waterloo
1971
* Carry On at Your Convenience * Summer of '42 * They Call Me Trinity * Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory * Dirty Harry
Honorable mention: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1972
* Cabaret * The Godfather * The Hot Rock * What's Up, Doc? * Trinity is STILL My Name!
1973
* Don't Look Now * Enter the Dragon * The Long Goodbye * The Sting * The Way We Were
Honorable mentions: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / My Name Is Nobody / High Plains Drifter / Magnum Force / Live and Let Die
1974
* Blazing Saddles * Chinatown * The Godfather Part II * Thunderbolt and Lightfoot * Young Frankenstein
Honorable mentions: Murder on the Orient Express / The Parallax View
1975
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother * Jaws * Monty Python and the Holy Grail * Nashville * Three Days of the Condor
Honorable mentions: The Man Who Would Be King / The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Dog Day Afternoon / Picnic at Hanging Rock / Smile / Switchblade Sisters / Tommy
1976
* All the President's Men * Freaky Friday * Logan's Run * Rocky * Silver Streak
* Annie Hall * A Bridge Too Far * The Goodbye Girl * Saturday Night Fever * Star Wars
Honorable mentions: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Cross of Iron / High Anxiety / Kentucky Fried Movie
1978
* Corvette Summer * Foul Play * Grease * Halloween * Superman: The Movie
Honorable mentions: Watership Down / Odds and Evens / Heaven Can Wait / Invasion of the Body Snatchers / The Lord of the Rings / Almost Summer / Animal House / Capricorn One / Dawn of the Dead / Death on the Nile
1979
* Being There * The Jerk * Manhattan * Meatballs * The Warriors
Honorable mentions: 10 / Time After Time / Zulu Dawn / Monty Python's Life of Brian / Over the Edge / The Wanderers
1980
* Fame * The Empire Strikes Back * Airplane! * My Bodyguard * Hero at Large
Honorable mentions: Somewhere in Time / Little Darlings / The Watcher in the Woods / Stir Crazy / Little Miss Marker / Oh! Heavenly Dog / Used Cars / Caddyshack / Heaven's Gate / The Blues Brothers / The Fog / The Changeling / Breaking Glass
1981
* Arthur * The Cannonball Run * Raiders of the Lost Ark * Blow Out * An American Werewolf in London
Honorable mentions: Stripes / Clash of the Titans / Only When I Laugh / Ragtime / Taps
1982
* Conan the Barbarian * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial * Fast Times at Ridgemont High * The Thing * Tootsie
Honorable mentions: Tron / Blade Runner / Evil Under the Sun / Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid / Diner / The Flight of Dragons / Grease 2 / I Ought to Be in Pictures / My Favorite Year / Victor/Victoria / Zapped!
1983
* A Christmas Story * The Outsiders * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi * Valley Girl * WarGames
Honorable mentions: Trading Places / National Lampoon's Vacation / Class / Monty Python's The Meaning of Life / Superman III / Rumble Fish / Scarface / Something Wicked This Way Comes / Star 80
1984
* The Bay Boy * Electric Dreams * The Lonely Guy * Sixteen Candles * The Terminator
Honorable mentions: Night of the Comet / The Karate Kid / Dune / The Last Starfighter / Body Double / This Is Spinal Tap / Police Academy / Revenge of the Nerds / The NeverEnding Story / Bachelor Party
1985
* Back to the Future * Explorers * The Goonies * Just One of the Guys * The Breakfast Club
Honorable mentions: Heaven Help Us / Better Off Dead / Brazil / Real Genius / St. Elmo's Fire / The Sure Thing / The Purple Rose of Cairo / A Chorus Line / Clue / Come and See / Crimewave / Desperately Seeking Susan / Fletch
1986
* Big Trouble in Little China * Ferris Bueller's Day Off * Lucas * Pretty in Pink * Stand by Me
Honorable mentions: The Boy Who Could Fly / Troll / The Money Pit / Peggy Sue Got Married / Labyrinth / Aliens
1987
* 84 Charing Cross Road * Can't Buy Me Love * Hiding Out * RoboCop * Some Kind of Wonderful
Honorable mentions: Adventures in Babysitting / Deadly Prey / Withnail and I / The Secret of My Succe$s / The Princess Bride
1988
* Big * Biloxi Blues * Die Hard * Plain Clothes * Scrooged
Honorable mentions: License to Drive / They Live / Bright Lights, Big City / The Chocolate War / Dirty Rotten Scoundrels / The Naked Gun
1989
* Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure * The 'Burbs * Heathers * Say Anything... * When Harry Met Sally
Honorable mentions: Weekend at Bernie's / The Abyss / Back to the Future Part II / Batman
1990
* Edward Scissorhands * Goodfellas * Pump Up the Volume * Tremors * Total Recall
Honorable mentions: Darkman / My Blue Heaven / Ghost / Back to the Future Part III / Cry-Baby
1991
* Barton Fink * Frankie and Johnny * The Hard Way * Terminator 2: Judgment Day * Toy Soldiers
Honorable mentions: The Fisher King / The People Under the Stairs / Point Break / What About Bob?
1992
* Hero * A League of Their Own * The Player * Reservoir Dogs * Wayne's World
Honorable mentions: Sneakers / Batman Returns / My Cousin Vinny
1993
* Army of Darkness * Dazed and Confused * Gettysburg * Groundhog Day * Schindler's List
Honorable mentions: Matinee / Sleepless in Seattle / So I Married an Axe Murderer / Jurassic Park
1994
* Ed Wood * The Hudsucker Proxy * Pulp Fiction * The Shawshank Redemption * Three Colors: Red
Honorable mentions: Clerks / Ace Ventura: Pet Detective / Dumb and Dumber / Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle / The Paper
1995
* The Brady Bunch Movie * Clueless * Empire Records * Mallrats * Twelve Monkeys
Honorable mentions: Jumanji
1996
* The Frighteners * From Dusk Till Dawn * Kingpin * Twister * Waiting for Guffman
Honorable mentions: Fargo / Independence Day
1997
* Addicted to Love * Boogie Nights * Cube * The Fifth Element * Grosse Pointe Blank
Honorable mentions: The Ice Storm / Jackie Brown / L.A. Confidential / Liar Liar / The Man Who Knew Too Little / Waiting for Guffman / The Wrong Guy
1998
* The Big Lebowski * Can't Hardly Wait * Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas * Rushmore * The Wedding Singer
Honorable mentions: There's Something About Mary / You've Got Mail
1999
* Bowfinger * Election * Fight Club * Magnolia * Man on the Moon
Honorable mentions: American Beauty / Being John Malkovich / The Blair Witch Project / Mystery Men / Office Space / Stir of Echoes / Sweet and Lowdown
*UPDATED* Because of Willy's posts, to include as honorable (cheat) mentions; 'The Wanderers' / 'Zapped!' / 'Breaking Glass'.
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quote:Originally posted by There'll be no morning for us: Bumpity bump.
I have a feeling Oneyedwilly might give this a shot?
Oneyed willy is rubbing his hands together energitically, licking his lips in ponder.
Im also in complete awe of logans ability to do part of or most of his list by memory - thats NOT normal Logan...gonna start calling you rain man soon. Right, ill be back in a minute or two as i need to look at my collection, re-read logans list again as i agree with a lot of them and make some hard decisions.
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Oh Logan, honourable mentions, you big cheat Great list! You've just made me edit mine for the first time, can't believe I left off Reservoir Dogs
Nice to see somebody else include Magnolia You're the first person to leave out Assault On Precinct 13, tut Posts: 4057 | From: uk | Registered: May 2007 | Site Updates: 0
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i cant believe what just happened, i just got half way through the list and the laptop just died!! Thought i had it plugged in AHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Got to start again.
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quote:Im also in complete awe of logans ability to do part of or most of his list by memory
Less to do with memory, more to do with... "Hang on - I don't remember 'Spies Like Us' or 'Just One of the Guys' being listed!" I may have to edit my list when I remember others. Wiki was a mess!
quote:Oh Logan, honourable mentions, you big cheat [Big Grin] Great list!
I couldn't do it! Some movies I know would change depending on my mood!
quote:Nice to see somebody else include Magnolia
Had its thunder stolen by American Beauty.
quote:You're the first person to leave out Assault On Precinct 13, tut
'76? Very tough year. LOTS of good movies. I had to think strategically. I knew JC's movies would crop up again so...
Besides, I think the theme music has stuck with me more than the movie! Maybe not.
quote:cant believe what just happened, i just got half way through the list and the laptop just died!! Thought i had it plugged in AHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Got to start again.
It takes aaaaaaaaaages!
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I cant stand any disaster movies, films with talking animals or babys,the mafia,quintin T or superhero movies. Here are my favourites, movies which were liked and watched a lot at the time they came out or the first time i watched it...not done in hindsight. Titanic/brave heart/pulp fiction/pretty woman/god father/forest gump/4 weddings/matrix/robin hood/twister(first movie on dvd) didnt make my list - why? i liked others more!! simple.
1970 carry on up the jungle/catch 22/scrooge/airport
1971 diamonds are 4eva/bed knobs/summer of 42 / play misty for me / willy wonker
1972 nightstalker / heartbreak kid - couldnt think of any others i liked
1973 GREAT YR FOR ME!! charlottes web / enter dragon / live & let die
1974 man with golden gun / taking of phelam 123 / longest yard
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oh my god logan, your right. there isnt a john hughes. Whats going on there?? i did some yrs by memory and i couldnt remember any from 87...but now youve said some kind of wonderful i feel like a plonker!! Yes that would definately make it as would robocop. I thought robocop was the most graphic movie id ever seen at that point in my life and felt a little scared at the time. Being british Logan im surprise Quadriphinia (pardon the spelling) isnt on your list, why is that?? Oh yeah, great call on victor/victoria and clash of the titans. What yr was jason and argonauts??
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whats interesting is that ive got big collection of movies but most of these ive listed i dont even have hmmm.
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quote:I thought robocop was the most graphic movie id ever seen at that point in my life and felt a little scared at the time.
I read the comic adaptation first, then when I saw the film I realised how much comics tone things down!
quote:Being british Logan im surprise Quadriphinia (pardon the spelling) isnt on your list, why is that?? Oh yeah, great call on victor/victoria and clash of the titans. What yr was jason and argonauts??
I liked it. I think everyone (over here) has a Quadrophenia kick when they're a teenager. It just isn't a movie I've needed to return to once I left my teens. However, you have reminded my of a movie that defined my teens much more around the same time as I saw Quadrophenia - 'Breaking Glass' (1980). As a result I'm gonna update my honorable mentions!
I think Jason and the Argonauts was about '63. Something like that.
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breaking glass ?? No i dont know that one at all, whats the connection to quadrophenia there?
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quote:Originally posted by oneyedwilly: breaking glass ?? No i dont know that one at all, whats the connection to quadrophenia there?
Phil Daniels, features music heavily, made in 1980. It was just 'around' at the same time. Hazel O'Connor (the star) had hit singles at the time with songs from the soundtrack. I loved the movie when I was a teen and played the soundtrack to death.
Check it out! It really captures London at around '79-'80 right before the video age took over. This was 'New Wave' in action!
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