Favorite Film For Every Year You've Been Alive

[Mister Mets]

This was something some friends of mine were doing on Facebook, and it seemed fun. Give your favorite movie for every year you've been alive. These might be cinematic masterpieces, or just stuff that brings you more joy than traditional favorites.

My list...

1985- Back to the Future (there were some notable films I hadn’t seen from that year)

1986- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

1987- The Princess Bride

1988- Grave of the Fireflies

1989-Henry V

1990- Goodfellas

1991- Silence of the Lambs

1992- Unforgiven

1993-Schindler’s List

1994- Forrest Gump (not a knock on Pulp Fiction or The Shawshank Redemption)

1995- Toy Story

1996- Trainspotting

1997- Wag the Dog

1998- Saving Private Ryan

1999- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

2000- Requiem for a Dream

2001- Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

2002-City of God

2003- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

2004- Kill Bill Volume 2

2005- Munich

2006- The Lives of Others

2007- There Will Be Blood

2008- The Dark Knight

2009- Up

2010-The Social Network

2011- Hugo

2012- Zero Dark Thirty

2013- The Wolf of Wall Street

2014- The Grand Budapest Hotel

2015- Mad Max: Fury Road

2016- Moonlight

[AndrewCrossett]

I'm only up to age 13 in making my list (1979), but I'm already tearing my hair out over what I have to leave off. Jeez, 1974 alone...

[Sugar Spun Sorceress]

1980 - Altered States
1981 - Possession
1982 - Class of 1984
1983 - Nostalghia
1984 - Streets of Fire
1985 - Krush Groove
1986 - The Sacrifice
1987 - Border Radio
1988 - Coming To America
1989 - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1990 - Days of Being Wild
1991 - What About Bob?
1992 - Gas Food Lodging
1993 - The Secret Garden
1994 - Three Colours Trilogy
1995 - Angels & Insects
1996 - Hamlet
1997 - Lost Highway
1998 - Ronin
1999 - The Ninth Gate
2000 - In the Mood for Love
2001 - Amélie
2002 - White Oleander
2003 - Lost in Translation
2004 - 2046
2005 - Me and You and Everyone We Know
2006 - Marie Antoinette
2007 - The Jane Austen Book Club
2008 - The Other Boleyn Girl
2009 - Phoebe in Wonderland
2010 - Somewhere
2011 - The Future
2012 - Moonrise Kingdom
2013 - The Brass Teapot
2014 - Hellion
2015 - Sleeping with Other People
2016 - Sister Cities
2017 - ???

[RyDub]

1986 - Big Trouble in Little China
1987 - Lethal Weapon
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - White Fang
1992 - Juice
1993 - Groundhog Day
1994 - Forrest Gump
1995 - Bad Boys
1996 - From Dusk till Dawn
1997 - The Fifth Element
1998 - Half Baked
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - The Patriot
2001 - Super Troopers
2002 - A Walk to Remember (my one chick flick that is a guilty pleasure of mine)
2003 - Dreamcatcher
2004 - Miracle
2005 - Sin City
2006 - The Da Vinci Code
2007 - Knocked Up
2008 - Street Kings
2009 - Watchmen
2010 - Hot Tub Time Machine
2011 - Limitless
2012 - The Dark Knight Rises
2013 - Spring Breakers
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 - Ant-Man
2016 - Captain America: Civil War

[AndrewCrossett]

I cheated and listed more than one movie for some years. I know it breaks the rules, but I figure I'm not hurting anyone but myself.

1966 - A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum
1967 - In the Heat of the Night
1968 - The Producers
1969 - True Grit
1970 - Scrooge
1971 - A Clockwork Orange
1972 - The Godfather
1973 - Sleeper
1974 - Young Frankenstein
1975 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail / The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976 - Logan's Run
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Animal House
1979 - Life of Brian
1980 - Caddyshack
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - Blade Runner
1983 - Return of the Jedi
1984 - Ghostbusters / This Is Spinal Tap
1985 - Back To the Future
1986 - Labyrinth
1987 - The Princess Bride
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Edward Scissorhands
1991 - The Fisher King
1992 - Wayne's World
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Ed Wood / Forrest Gump / Pulp Fiction
1995 - Toy Story
1996 - The Birdcage
1997 - Men In Black
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Being John Malkovich / The Matrix / Office Space
2000 - O Brother Where Art Thou?
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - The Bourne Identity
2003 - Kill Bill, Vol. 1
2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005 - Good Night and Good Luck
2006 - The Departed
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 - Cloverfield
2009 - Up
2010 - Toy Story 3
2011 - X-Men: First Class
2012 - The Avengers
2013 - Frozen
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road / Inside Out
2016 - Moana

[Orujo-man]

1988 - Grave of the Fireflies

1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990 - Dances with Wolves

1991 - JFK

1992 - Reservoir Dogs

1993 - The Fugitive

1994 - Pulp Fiction

1995 - Seven (Se7en)

1996 - Mars Attack!

1997 - Princess Mononoke

1998 - American History X

1999 - Fight Club

2000 - Gladiator

2001 - Donnie Darko

2002 - Gangs Of New York

2003 - Kill Bill v.1

2004 - Million Dollar Baby

2005 - A History of Violence

2006 - The Pursuit of Happynnes

2007 - I am Legend

2008 - The Dark Knight

2009 - Watchmen

2010 - Shutter Island

2011 - Warrior

2012 - Django Unchained

2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street

2014 - Interstellar

2015 - The Revenant

2016 - Que Dios nos perdone

[kingaliencracker]

1983: Return of the Jedi (it was between this and National Lampoon's Vacation - RotJ wins simply because it's Star Wars)
1984: Ghost Busters
1985: Back to the Future
1986: Aliens
1987: Wall Street
1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
1989: Batman (this was a tough one - lot of great choices but ultimately I remember how I felt when Batman came out)
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992: Wayne's World
1993: The Fugitive
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Apollo 13
1996: Star Trek: First Contact
1997: Men in Black
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: The Matrix
2000: American Psycho
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Spider-Man
2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Personal for me since I saw this movie on the first date with my wife)
2005: Batman Begins
2006: V for Vendetta
2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: The Hangover
2010: Inception
2011: X-Men: First Class
2012: The Dark Knight Rises
2013: Gravity
2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016: Deadpool
2017: Logan...so far

[WestPhillyPunisher]

This figures to be a long list since I was born in 1959....

1959: Ben Hur
1960: The Magnificent Seven
1961: Yojimbo
1962: Dr. No
1963: Jason and the Argonauts
1964: Goldfinger
1965: Thunderball
1966: Fantastic Voyage
1967: The Dirty Dozen
1968: Planet of the Apes
1969: Valley of the Gwangi
1970: Patton
1971: Dirty Harry
1972: The Godfather
1973: Magnum Force
1974: Blazing Saddles
1975: Jaws
1976: Rocky
1977: Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
1978: Superman
1979: Alien
1980: Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983: Sudden Impact
1984: Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
1985: Commando
1986: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1987: Predator
1988: Die Hard
1989: Batman
1990: Tremors
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: Goldeneye
1996: Independence Day
1997: Men In Black
1998: Blade
1999: Sleepy Hollow
2000: Gladiator
2001: Spirited Away
2002: Spider-Man
2003: Underworld
2004: The Punisher
2005: Batman Begins
2006: 300
2007: Transformers
2008: Iron Man
2009: Star Trek
2010: The Expendables
2011: Captain America: The First Avenger
2012: Marvel's The Avengers
2013: Pacific Rim
2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015: Ex Machina
2016: Deadpool

UPDATE
2017: Wonder Woman
2018: Black Panther

[TomServofan]

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
1982: Blade Runner.
1983: Return of the Jedi.
1984: Ghostbusters.
1985: Back to the Future.
1986: Aliens.
1987: Robocop.
1988: Die Hard.
1989: Batman.
1990: Darkman.
1991: Terminator 2.
1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula.
1993: Jurassic Park.
1994: Pulp Fiction.
1995: Goldeneye.
1996: Independence Day.
1997: The Fifth Element.
1998: The Big Lewbowski.
1999: The Iron Giant.
2000: Gladiator.
2001: Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring.
2002: Lord of the Rings The Two Towers.
2003: Lord of the Rings Return of the King.
2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
2005: Batman Begins.
2006: Pan's Labyrinth.
2007: 3:10 to Yuma.
2008: Hellboy 2.
2009: Watchmen.
2010: Inception.
2011: Captain America First Avenger.
2012: Dredd.
2013: Gravity.
2014: John Wick.
2015: It Follows.
2016: Deadpool.
2017: Shape of Water.
2018: Mandy.

[Kirby101]

I doubt I will do this because I am so friggen old. But where is everyone seeing the list of movies by year to pick from?

[AndrewCrossett]

I doubt I will do this because I am so friggen old. But where is everyone seeing the list of movies by year to pick from?

I just look at the Wikipedia page for each year... "1979 in film", "1980 in film," etc.

[Derek Metaltron]

1987 - Predator
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Back To The Future Part 2
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 - Aladdin
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Lion King
1995 - Goldeneye
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Men In Black
1998 - The Prince of Egypt
1999 - The Iron Giant
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - Shrek
2002 - The Transporter
2003 - Love Actually
2004 - Spider-Man 2
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Prestige
2007 - 3:10 to Yuma
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - District 9
2010 - Toy Story 3
2011 - X-Men: First Class
2012 - Skyfall
2013 - Gravity
2014 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015 - The Martian
2016 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2017 - Thor: Ragnarok
2018 - Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse

Some years are a lot easier than others. I think the age you were at the time definitely has some impact, you tend to think of movies you actually watched at the time more once you hit 5 or 6 years old, I think.

[Jokerz79]

God the 80's were ruff could do a top 10 for each year I think.

1979: 1941 (Because No One Shows this love and it's great).
1980: Empire Strikes Back.
1981: Escape from New York.
1982: Star Trek II Wrath of Khan and First Blood (Tie).
1983: Another Tie Trading Places and Easy Money.
1984: Ghosbusters.
1985: Back to the Future.
1986: Transformers (So many great films this year but has to be this).
1987: RoboCop.
1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Saw this and Colors in the Theater in 88 my parents ruled).
1989: Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Tie end of Story).
1990: Goodfellas.
1991: T2 will probably be on a lot of list but I'm going with Sleeping with the Enemy.
1992: Patriot Games.
1993: Jurassic Park.
1994: The Shawshank Redemption.
1995: Die Hard with a Vengeance.
1996: Star Trek First Contact.
1997: LA Confidential.
1998: The Mask of Zorro.
1999: Austin Powers and the Spy Who Shagged Me.
2000: Gladiator (In Drunk Liz Taylor Impression).
2001: Mummy Returns (Weak Year).
2002: Spider-Man.
2003: X2.
2004: Shaun of the Dead.
2005: Batman Begins.
2006: Casino Royale.
2007: Hot Fuzz.
2008: Dark Knight.
2009: Zombieland.
2010: A-Team and Losers (They were Fun).
2011: X-Men First Class and Captain America the First Avenger (Tie for the Firsts).
2012: Avengers.
2013: Wolf of Wall Street.
2014: Snowpiercer (MCU Films Come Close Though).
2015: Creed and Spotlight (Tie).
2016: Captain America Civil War.
2017: Get Out.
2018: Bumblebee (Waited 34 years for a good live action Transformers movie).

[AndrewCrossett]

Updating mine...

2017: Coco
2018: Black Panther

[Cyke]

1988: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Saw this and Colors in the Theater in 88 my parents ruled).

Colors is a classic and I'm not questioning your parents at all or your capacity as a child, but goddamn. That movie for a 9 year old?!

I thought my parents letting me watch gross-out horror movies as a kid with them made me a bad-ass, but this one takes the cake.