Favorite Films by Year

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Favorite Films by year
(continuously updated)

2012
Moonrise Kingdom
The Avengers
Men in Black III

2011
The Tree of Life TIED We Need to Talk About Kevin
Melancholia
Shame
Margaret
Midnight in Paris
Drive
The Kid With a Bike
Contagion
Weekend
Haywire
A Dangerous Method
A Separation
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Margin Call
Carnage
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Moneyball
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Mill and the Cross
The Ides of March
Tyrannosaur
The Deep Blue Sea
Take Shelter
A Better Life
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Bernie
The Guard
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Descendants
The Rum Diary
War Horse
Warrior
Limitless
Uncle Kent
Damsels in Distress
The Help
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Jane Eyre
The Future
J. Edgar
Terri
Straw Dogs
Super 8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
X-Men: First Class
Source Code
The Artist
The Adjustment Bureau
Footnote
The Green Hornet
Scream 4
The Iron Lady
Salmon Fishing in Yemen
The Flowers of War
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
Thor
Cowboys & Aliens
The Dish and the Spoon
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Rite
Bridesmaids
The Beaver
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Albert Nobbs
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Raid
Drive Angry 3D

Non-fiction
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Interrupters
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Page One: Inside the New York Times
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
The Last Mountain
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Hell and Back Again
El Velador
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
The Flaw
The Bengali Detective
Bully

2010
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Certified Copy
The Ghost Writer
Tuesday, After Christmas
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Another Year
Essential Killing
Mysteries of Lisbon
The Killer Inside Me
Shutter Island
The Social Network
Beginners
And Everything is Going Fine
I’m Still Here
Inception
True Grit
Black Swan
On Tour
Of Gods and Men
Tamara Drewe
The Kids Are All Right
Winter’s Bone
Somewhere
The Fighter
Biutiful
In a Better World
Film Socialisme
Greenberg
127 Hours
The King’s Speech
Outrage
Cyrus
Cold Weather
How Do You Know
Green Zone
Iron Man 2
Toy Story 3
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
October
Fair Game
The Conspirator
Blue Valentine
Buried
The Town
Howl
Ondine
Never Let Me Go
Salt
The Book of Eli
Country Strong
Date Night
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Live, Above All
The Wicker Tree
Hereafter
The Company Men
Rabbit Hole
Unstoppable
Robin Hood
Casino Jack
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
The Tourist
The Trip
The Wolfman
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Morning Glory
The Next Three Days
The Last Exorcism
Centurion
The Experiment
Repo Men
Road to Nowhere
Made in Dagenham
Animal Kingdom
Edge of Darkness
The Expendables
Kick-Ass
Red
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Insidious

Non-fiction
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Into Eternity
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Countdown to Zero
Waiting for ‘Superman’
Think Global, Act Rural
Inside Job
Marwencol
Somewhere Between
Restrepo
Bhutto
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

2009
The White Ribbon
Antichrist
Women Without Men
Fish Tank
Un Prophète
Enter the Void
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
The Girlfriend Experience
Bright Star
The Limits of Control
Bluebeard
Vengeance
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
In the Loop
An Education
The Hurt Locker
I Am Love
Sherlock Holmes
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The House of the Devil
Humpday
Tetro
Chéri
Watchmen
No One Knows About Persian Cats
The Road
The Informant!
Invictus
Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
Thirst
Public Enemies
State of Play
Star Trek
The White Meadows
Life During Wartime
Precious: Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire
Whatever Works
Broken Embraces
District 9
Survival of the Dead
Chloe
Avatar
Trash Humpers
Alexander the Last
Moon
Julie & Julia
The Messenger
Boogie Woogie
The Damned United
Giallo
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Angels & Demons
Pandorum
Extract
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Taking Woodstock
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Terminator: Salvation
The Taking of Pelham 123
Up in the Air
The International
Drag Me to Hell
Surrogates
Big Fan
Amelia
The Men Who State At Goats
Mother and Child
It’s Complicated
Orphan

Non-fiction
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
The Woman with the 5 Elephants
Racing Dreams
The Red Chapel
Crude
Last Train Home
The Art of the Steal
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Collapse
Sergio

2008
Happy-Go-Lucky
Rachel Getting Married
Hunger
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Bronson
Summer Hours
The Wrestler
Milk
Che
The Dark Knight
Gran Torino
Il Divo
Changeling
Be Kind Rewind
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Redbelt
Burn After Reading
35 Shots of Rum
The Class
Synecdoche, New York
Wendy and Lucy
Iron Man
Nights and Weekends
My Blueberry Nights
Tokyo Sonata
Everlasting Moments
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Revolutionary Road
Wall-E
Frost/Nixon
Valkyrie
Doubt
The Incredible Hulk
Cloverfield
Sex and the City
The Brothers Bloom
Choke
Lakeview Terrace
Kung Fu Panda
Speed Racer
Slumdog Millionaire
W.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Terribly Happy
Hancock
The Reader
Quantum of Solace
I’ve Loved You So Long
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Adam Resurrected
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
What Just Happened?
Song of Sparrows
In Bruges
Twilight
The Great Buck Howard
Swing Vote
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Non-fiction
Rembrandt’s J’Accuse
Of Time and the City
24 City
Food, Inc.
Man on Wire
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Religulous
It Might Get Loud
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

2007
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Nightwatching
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Funny Games (U.S.)
Paranoid Park
Eastern Promises
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
The Last Mistress
The Darjeeling Limited
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Youth Without Youth
Ocean’s Thirteen
3:10 to Yuma
Cassandra’s Dream
Michael Clayton
The Mist
Persepolis
Into the Wild
Charlie Wilson’s War
2 Days in Paris
Planet Terror
Death Proof
The Bourne Ultimatum
Ratatouille
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Talk to Me
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Invasion
Lions for Lambs
Waitress
Paprika
Things We Lost in the Fire
Sunshine
Transformers
Sleuth
Fracture
The Lookout
Lucky You
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Breach
Snow Angels
Towelhead
Live Free or Die Hard
Spider-Man 3
28 Weeks Later
Hannibal Rising
Viva
Ghost Rider
Slipstream
Death at a Funeral
Cthulhu

Non-fiction
Encounters at the End of the World
The King of Kong
The English Surgeon
Sicko
No End in Sight
American Swing

2006
Lake of Fire
Brand Upon the Brain!
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Lives of Others
Black Book
The Science of Sleep
Children of Men
The Boss of It All
Inland Empire
The Queen
Fay Grim
Half Nelson
The Departed
Inside Man
Rescue Dawn
The Last King of Scotland
Miami Vice
A Prairie Home Companion
Babel
Flags of Our Fathers
Volver
A Good Year
Apocalypto
Marie Antoinette
The Prestige
The Fountain
Casino Royale
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Black Dahlia
The Illusionist
The Host
Factory Girl
Venus
Notes on a Scandal
The Namesake
Find Me Guilty
The Da Vinci Code
The Good German
Poison Friends
Borat
World Trade Center
Little Children
LOL
Perfume: The Story of a Murder
Little Miss Sunshine
Rocky Balboa
Mission: Impossible III
Delirious
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Basic Instinct 2
Scoop
Silent Hill
Superman Returns
300
Death of a President
Breaking and Entering
The Wicker Man
Running Scared
The Dead Girl
The Omen

Non-fiction
Lake of Fire
Bergman Island
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
The One Percent
Super Size Me

2005
Grizzly Man
The New World
A History of Violence
Caché
L’enfant
Manderlay
Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Match Point
Brick
The Girl From Monday
Oliver Twist
Broken Flowers
Bubble
The Brown Bunny
Sin City
Last Days
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Lord of War
War of the Worlds
Cinderella Man
Batman Begins
The Devil’s Rejects
Capote
The Shape of Things
Factotum
Mutual Appreciation
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Serenity
Land of the Dead
Red Eye
Shopgirl
In Her Shoes
The Island
Kissing on the Mouth
The Squid and the Whale
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
Thank You For Smoking
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Be Cool
King Kong
Assault on Precinct 13
Color Me Kubrick
The Great Yokai War
The Descent
Dreams in the Witch-House

Non-fiction
Grizzly Man
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Inside Deep Throat

2004
The World
Tropical Malady
Anatomy of Hell
The Aviator
Primer
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Birth
Vera Drake
Ocean’s Twelve
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Suspect Zero
Clean
The Manchurian Candidate
Melinda and Melinda
The Bourne Supremacy
I Heart Huckabees
Garden State
Closer
Mysterious Skin
The Terminal
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Collateral
Alexander
Troy
Napoleon Dynamite
Layer Cake
Hidalgo
Secret Window
The Village
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
The Matrix Revolutions
In Good Company
Spider-Man 2
We Don’t Live Here Anymore
The Incredibles
The Chronicles of Riddick
Team America: World Police
The Punisher
Before Sunset
Man on Fire
The Day After Tomorrow
I, Robot
Anchorman
The Butterfly Effect
Crash
Godsend
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
November

Non-fiction
Bukowski: Born Into This
The White Diamond
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Five Obstructions

2003
Dogville
Saraband
Elephant
Time of the Wolf
Kill Bill Vol. 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Saddest Music in the World
Mystic River
The Company
Spartan
Coffee and Cigarettes
Lost in Translation
Good Morning, Night
Fear X
House of 1000 Corpses
In the Cut
All the Real Girls
Matchstick Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Last Samurai
The Shape of Things
Hulk
Fear X
21 Grams
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Matrix Reloaded
Oldboy
Anything Else
Peter Pan
A Mighty Wind
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
X2: X-Men United
Finding Nemo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Cabin Fever
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Out of Time
The Hunted
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Intolerable Cruelty
Old School
Something’s Gotta Give
Daredevil
Final Destination 2
The Medallion
Identity
Just Married

Non-fiction
The Fog of War
Touching the Void
Bodysong
The Corporation
Capturing the Friedmans
Born Rich

2002
Morvern Callar
Gerry
The Pianist
Adaptation
Punch-Drunk Love
Demonlover
Irréversible
24 Hour Party People
The Good Thief
The Rules of Attraction
Spider
Panic Room
The Man Without a Past
Far From Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
25th Hour
Sex is Comedy
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
Talk to Her
Full Frontal
Dark Blue
The Bourne Identity
28 Days Later
Ripley’s Game
White Oleander
Road to Perdition
Chicago
Insomnia
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Possession
Solaris
Blood Work
Gangs of New York
The Emperor’s Club
Secretary
Lilo & Stitch
The Ring
Changing Lanes
8 Mile
Signs
Igby Goes Down
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Truth About Charlie
Unfaithful
About a Boy
Spider-Man
Roger Dodger
Phone Booth
Star Trek: Nemesis
Equilibrium
Die Another Day
Hollywood Ending
About Schmidt
Femme Fatale
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Birthday Girl
Cherish
The Good Girl
Red Dragon
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Below
Blade 2
Reign of Fire
Mr. Deeds
S1m0ne
Resident Evil
The Mothman Prophecies
Men in Black 2
High Crimes
John Q.
xXx
Tadpole
Dragonfly
One Hour Photo
I Spy

Non-fiction
Bowling for Columbine
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Weather Underground
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

2001
Mulholland Dr.
Gosford Park
The Piano Teacher
Spirited Away
Trouble Every Day
The Royal Tenenbaums
Fat Girl
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
No Such Thing
Ocean’s Eleven
Hannibal
Black Hawk Down
A Beautiful Mind
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Heist
Ghost World
Waking Life
The Cat’s Meow
Vanilla Sky
In the Bedroom
Donnie Darko
The Pledge
Intacto
The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Monsters, Inc.
Suicide Club
From Hell
Frailty
Series 7: The Contenders
Ali
Blow
Super Troopers
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Jeepers Creepers
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Jurassic Park III
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Ghosts of Mars
Wet Hot American Summer
The Mummy Returns
Dagon
Kissing Jessica Stein
Storytelling

2000
Dancer in the Dark
In the Mood for Love
The House of Mirth
Wonder Boys
Code Unknown
You Can Count on Me
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Almost Famous
Chopper
Erin Brockovich
High Fidelity
Traffic
Dr. T. & the Women
State and Main
Memento
American Psycho
Shadow of the Vampire
Gladiator
Unbreakable
Bamboozled
Battle Royale
Requiem for a Dream
Pitch Black
Finding Forrester
The Beach
Nurse Betty
Snatch
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cecil B. Demented
Way of the Gun
Thirteen Days
Space Cowboys
Supernova
Boiler Room
Versus
Mission: Impossible II
X-Men
Hollow Man
Red Planet
Frequency
The Cell
Road Trip
What Lies Beneath
The Emperor’s New Groove
Scream 3
Cast Away
Mission to Mars
Gone in 60 Seconds
Final Destination
The Perfect Storm
Me, Myself and Irene
28 Days
Chicken Run
Dude, Where’s My Car?
Scary Movie
What Women Want
The Road to El Dorado
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Urban Legends: Final Cut

1999
8 1/2 Women
Topsy-Turvy
Magnolia
Eyes Wide Shut
Ghost Dog
The Insider
Beau Travail
Fight Club
The Limey
Three Kings
The Straight Story
Being John Malkovich
The Virgin Suicides
Cookie’s Fortune
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Election
eXistenZ
Man on the Moon
Bringing Out the Dead
Sweet and Lowdown
Titus
American Beauty
The Matrix
The Winslow Boy
The Passion of Ayn Rand
The Ninth Gate
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Toy Story 2
Payback
True Crime
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Sleepy Hollow
The Sixth Sense
Stigmata
The Iron Giant
End of Days
Galaxy Quest
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Go
Audition
Office Space
Cradle Will Rock
Arlington Road
Run Lola Run
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
For Love of the Game
The World is Not Enough
Stir of Echoes
The Mummy
8MM
Dogma
Bowfinger
The Astronaut’s Wife
Mystery Men
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Boondock Saints
American Pie
The Blair Witch Project
Wild Wild West

Non-fiction
One Day in September
American Movie

1998
The Thin Red Line
Saving Private Ryan
Idiots
Celebrity
The Last Days of Disco
Buffalo ’66
Croupier
Claire Dolan
Rushmore
The Truman Show
The Big Lebowski
Your Friends and Neighbors
Out of Sight
Love & Pop
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Opposite of Sex
Ronin
A Simple Plan
The Book of Life
Festen
Bulworth
Primary Colors
Pi
Zero Effect
The Imposters
Following
One True Thing
The Proposition
Velvet Goldmine
Perfect Blue
Happiness
Snake Eyes
Psycho
Dark City
Pecker
Twilight
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
American History X
Blade
Lethal Weapon 4
The Siege
Pleasantville
Shakespeare in Love
Antz
Star Trek: Insurrection
SLC Punk!
Wild Things
Sliding Doors
Vampires
Six-String Samurai
Armageddon
Deep Rising
The Faculty
The Negotiator
There’s Something About Mary
You’ve Got Mail
Halloween: H20
Six Days Seven Nights
Mulan
Can’t Hardly Wait
Small Soldiers
The Avengers
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Non-fiction
The Big One

1997
Jackie Brown
Funny Games
Lost Highway
Happy Together
Career Girls
The Castle
Boogie Nights
L.A. Confidential
Deconstructing Harry
The Spanish Prisoner
Taste of Cherry
The Ice Storm
The Game
Princess Mononoke
Henry Fool
Gattaca
Affliction
As Good As It Gets
Gummo
U-Turn
The Edge
The Gingerbread Man
In the Company of Men
Amistad
Wag the Dog
The Rainmaker
Good Will Hunting
The Boxer
Grosse Pointe Blank
The House of Yes
The Fifth Element
Men in Black
Starship Troopers
Contact
Absolute Power
Air Force One
Abre los Ojos
The Devil’s Advocate
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Titanic
Cop Land
Nightwatch
12 Angry Men
Cube
Tomorrow Never Dies
Face/Off
Chasing Amy
Scream 2
Much Ado About Nothing
Liar Liar
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Con Air
Mouse Hunt
Orgazmo
The Full Monty
Alien: Resurrection
The Relic
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Batman & Robin
Wishmaster
I Know What You Did Last Summer

Non-fiction
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Wild Man Blues
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Gray’s Anatomy

1996
Breaking the Waves
Fargo
Crash
Secrets and Lies
La Ceremonie
Kansas City
Basquiat
La Promesse
Everyone Says I Love You
Primal Fear
Sling Blade
Hard Eight
Trainspotting
Mary Reilly
Bottle Rocket
Jerry Maguire
Swingers
Mission: Impossible
Schizopolis
The Birdcage
The Frighteners
Flirting With Disaster
Independence Day
I Shot Andy Warhol
Big Night
Bound
Thesis
The People Vs. Larry Flynt
The Cable Guy
The Chamber
A Time to Kill
The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Rock
Mars Attacks!
Twister
Beavis & Butthead Do America
Romeo + Juliet
Star Trek: First Contact
From Duck Till Dawn
Ransom
Escape From L.A.
That Thing You Do!
Scream
The Fan
Chain Reaction
Thinner
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Dragonheart
The Craft
The Phantom
The Nutty Professor
Bordello of Blood

Non-fiction
Paradise Lost

1995
Casino
Dead Man
Seven
Fallen Angels
Heat
Nixon
Dead Presidents
La Haine
The Usual Suspects
Leaving Las Vegas
Showgirls
Safe
To Die For
The American President
KIDS
Antonia’s Line
Apollo 13
Toy Story
Get Shorty
Mighty Aphrodite
12 Monkeys
Dolores Claiborne
Before Sunrise
Goldeneye
The Quick and the Dead
Jade
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
Memories
Strange Days
Welcome to the Dollhouse
The City of Lost Children
The Underneath
The Bridges of Madison County
Mallrats
Crimson Tide
Sabrina
Clueless
Lord of Illusions
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Living in Oblivion
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Kicking and Screaming
Four Rooms
Pocahontas
Waterworld
Village of the Damned
Desperado
Species
Virtuosity
Batman Forever
Mortal Kombat

Non-fiction
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies

1994
Pulp Fiction
Chungking Express
Quiz Show
Ashes of Time
Vanya on 42nd St.
Amateur
White
Barcelona
Heavenly Creatures
Mrs. Parker & the Vicious Circle
Death and the Maiden
The Shawshank Redemption
The Madness of King George
Bullets Over Broadway
Serial Mom
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
The Professional
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Puppet Masters
Ed Wood
Natural Born Killers
Clerks
Shallow Grave
The Client
True Lies
Legends of the Fall
Maverick
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Star Trek: Generations
Speed
Red Rock West
Forrest Gump
The Lion King
The Shadow
In the Mouth of Madness
Swimming with Sharks
Cobb
Don Juan Demarco
The Crow
Dellamorte Dellamore
The River Wild
Mixed Nuts
The Mask
Beverly Hills Cop 3

Non-fiction
Hoop Dreams
Crumb

1993
Naked
Blue
The Piano
Short Cuts
Arizona Dream
King of the Hill
Schindler’s List
Body Snatchers
M. Butterfly
Fearless
The Firm
Falling Down
Jurassic Park
The Last Seduction
The Age of Innocence
Killing Zoe
Dazed and Confused
Philadelphia
In the Name of the Father
The Remains of the Day
The Pelican Brief
The Fugitive
Carlito’s Way
A Perfect World
In the Line of Fire
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Cronos
Suture
Groundhog Day
Sleepless in Seattle
Dave
Ninja Scroll
Sliver
The Nightmare Before Christmas
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1
Six Degrees of Separation
Last Action Hero
Benny & Joon
Addams Family Values
Cliffhanger
The Dark Half
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Judgment Night
Wayne’s World 2

Non-fiction
The War Room

1992
Malcolm X
Lorenzo’s Oil
The Player
Husbands and Wives
Bad Lieutenant
Howard’s End
Benny’s Video
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Damage
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Simple Men
One False Move
The Crying Game
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Unforgiven
Alien³
Hard Boiled
Glengarry Glen Ross
Reservoir Dogs
Chaplin
Raising Cain
Basic Instinct
A Few Good Men
Sneakers
Bitter Moon
Jennifer 8
Far and Away
Braindead
Lethal Weapon 3
Batman Returns
Single White Female
The Resurrected
Candyman
The Cutting Edge
Wayne’s World
A League of Their Own
Aladdin
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
My Cousin Vinny
Death Becomes Her
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Army of Darkness
The Lawnmower Man
Newsies
Trepass
Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
Stay Tuned

Non-fiction
Brother’s Keeper

1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Europa
Naked Lunch
Silence of the Lambs
Night on Earth
Barton Fink
My Own Private Idaho
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Cape Fear
Surviving Desire
Homicide
The Fisher King
Bugsy
Shadows and Fog
Kafka
Thelma & Louise
Dead Again
Regarding Henry
What About Bob?
The Addams Family
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
City Slickers
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Point Break
Backdraft
The Rocketeer
Hudson Hawk
Doc Hollywood
Toy Soldiers
Beauty and the Beast
My Girl
Father of the Bride
Hook
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Non-fiction
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse

1990
Wild at Heart
Goodfellas
The Reflecting Skin
Life is Sweet
Dreams
Miller’s Crossing
Trust
Metropolitan
Days of Being Wild
Misery
White Hunter Black Heart
Hamlet
The Grifters
The Hunt for Red October
Reversal of Fortune
Mo’ Better Blues
Frankenstein Unbound
Dick Tracy
Total Recall
Jacob’s Ladder
Internal Affairs
Alice
Industrial Symphony #1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
Edward Scissorhands
The Two Jakes
Ghost
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Bad Influence
Flatliners
The Godfather: Part III
Presumed Innocent
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
Back to the Future Part III
Predator 2
The Exorcist III
Robocop 2
Tremors
Days of Thunder
Home Alone
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Arachnophobia
The Freshman
Nightbreed
Kindergarten Cop
Darkman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pretty Woman
It
Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Decalogue
Do the Right Thing
The Seventh Continent
Mystery Train
My Left Foot
sex, lies, and videotape
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Santa Sangre
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Drugstore Cowboy
Dead Poets Society
Batman
New York Stories
Born on the Fourth of July
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Rachel Papers
The Unbelievable Truth
Valmont
The Killer
Casualties of War
Parenthood
Field of Dreams
The Abyss
Meet the Feebles
Parents
Pet Sematary
Christmas Vacation
The War of the Roses
Dead Calm
Lethal Weapon 2
When Harry Met Sally
Uncle Buck
Back to the Future Part II
The ‘burbs
Ghostbusters 2
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
License to Kill
The Little Mermaid
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
UHF
The Wizard

Non-fiction
For All Mankind
Roger & Me

1988
Drowning By Numbers
Dead Ringers
Dangerous Liasons
The Moderns
Another Woman
Frantic
Track 29
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead
High Hopes
Betrayed
The Vanishing
Eight Men Out
Akira
A Cry in the Dark
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Fish Called Wanda
Apartment Zero
As Tears Go By
Talk Radio
Die Hard
The Last Temptation of Christ
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Midnight Run
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Beetlejuice
Tanner ’88
Big
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Working Girl
Rain Man
Mississippi Burning
They Live
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Monkey Shines
The Naked Gun
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
Heathers
Action Jackson
Scrooged
Short Circuit 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1987
Full Metal Jacket
Wings of Desire
My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
Radio Days
Empire of the Sun
The Last Emperor
Epidemic
House of Games
Wall Street
Broadcast News
Robocop
Barfly
The Untouchables
Angel Heart
Hellraiser
The Princess Bride
September
Matewan
Predator
Evil Dead 2
Opera
Three o’Clock High
The Pick-up Artist
The Witches of Eastwick
Innerspace
Spaceballs
Raising Arizona
Fatal Attraction
Lethal Weapon
Prince of Darkness
The Hidden
Dragnet
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Curse
Harry & the Hendersons
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Non-fiction
Swimming to Cambodia

1986
Blue Velvet
Hannah and Her Sisters
Down By Law
The Fly
Withnail & I
The Mosquito Coast
Aliens
Platoon
Something Wild
Mona Lisa
Sid & Nancy
Pirates
Stand By Me
Highlander
Manhunter
Heartburn
Top Gun
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Hitcher
Labyrinth
Big Trouble in Little China
The Great Mouse Detective
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
From Beyond
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
F/X
About Last Night
Short Circuit

Non-fiction
…And the Pursuit of Happiness

1985
Ran
Hail Mary
A Zed and Two Noughts
Insignificance
After Hours
No End
Brazil
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Day of the Dead
The Terminator
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Back to the Future
The Mission
Jagged Edge
Lifeforce
Witness
The Breakfast Club
Out of Africa
King Solomon’s Mines
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Re-Animator
Rocky IV
Better Off Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

Non-fiction
The Charles Bukowski Tapes
God’s Country

1984
Stranger Than Paradise
Amadeus
Once Upon a Time in America
Choose Me
Paris, Texas
The Hit
Broadway Danny Rose
Secret Honor
Blood Simple
The Element of Crime
A Passage to India
The Terminator
Ghostbusters
Swing Shift
The Goonies
This is Spinal Tap
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Body Double
The Karate Kid
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Gremlins
Police Academy

Non-fiction
The Times of Harvey Milk
Stop Making Sense

1983
Sans Soleil
Nostalghia
Videodrome
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Eureka
Rumble Fish
Zelig
L’Argent
Scarface
Christine
Terms of Endearment
WarGames
The Dead Zone
The Keep
Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The Big Chill
Octopussy
The Osterman Weekend
Never Say Never Again

1982
Fanny & Alexander
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Fitzcarraldo
Missing
The Thing
The King of Comedy
Blade Runner
Tootsie
White Dog
The Verdict
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
One From the Heart
E.T.
Poltergeist
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Annie
Rocky III
Creepshow
Tenebre

Non-fiction
The Atomic Cafe

1981
Prince of the City
My Dinner With Andre
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blow Out
Scanners
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Bodas de Sangre
Ms. 45
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Das Boot
On Golden Pond
An American Werewolf in London
Escape From New York
Body Heat
Absence of Malice
Knightriders
The Beyond
The Evil Dead
For Your Eyes Only
Omen III: The Final Conflict
Looker

1980
The Shining
The Falls
Raging Bull
The Elephant Man
Bad Timing
Stardust Memories
Melvin and Howard
Ordinary People
Cruising
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Dressed to Kill
Hopscotch
The Ninth Configuration
Airplane!
Cannibal Holocaust
The Last House on Dead End Street
The House on the Edge of the Park
Superman II

1979
Stalker
Apocalypse Now
Nosferatu: The Vampyre
Alien
Manhattan
Tess
Camera Buff
Being There
Vengeance is Mine
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
The Warriors
The Brood
Star Trek: the Motion Picture
The Long Good Friday
The Jerk
Murder By Decree
Kramer vs. Kramer
Zombie
Rocky II
Time After Time
Moonraker

1978
Days of Heaven
A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist
Autumn Sonata
Despair
Vertical Features Remake
A Wedding
Midnight Express
Interiors
Magic
Dawn of the Dead
Coma
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Superman: The Movie
Grease
Lord of the Rings (Bakshi)
I Spit on Your Grave
Damien: Omen II

Non-fiction
Gates of Heaven
Koko: A Talking Gorilla

1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
Annie Hall
The American Friend
3 Women
Serpent’s Egg
Stroszek
The Duellists
The Last Wave
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Suspiria
Abigail’s Party
The Devil, Probably
Star Wars
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Tenant
Rabid
Hausu
The Exorcist II: The Heretic
Martin
Saturday Night Fever

1976
Taxi Driver
Eraserhead
Cría Cuervos
The Last Tycoon
Carrie
The Man Who Fell to Earth
In the Realm of the Senses
Small Change
Network
Rocky
Logan’s Run
Family Plot
Marathon Man
The Omen
The Big Bus
Futureworld

Non-fiction
Harlan County USA
Grey Gardens

1975
Barry Lyndon
F for Fake
Nashville
Shampoo
The Man Who Would Be King
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jaws
Dog Day Afternoon
Love and Death
Tommy
The Story of O.
Three Days of the Condor
Shivers
The Day of the Locust
The Stepford Wives

Non-fiction
General Idi Amin Dada

1974
Chinatown
The Godfather: Part II
Amarcord
The Conversation
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Phantom of Liberty
A Woman Under the Influence
The Night Porter
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Parallax View
Young Frankenstein
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Taking of Pelham 123

Non-fiction
Hearts and Minds

1973
Scenes From a Marriage
The Long Goodbye
The Spirit of the Beehive
Badlands
The Last Detail
The Wicker Man
Sisters
Mean Streets
The Exorcist
Day for Night
Don’t Look Now
American Graffiti
The Sting
Enter the Dragon
Live and Let Die
Westworld

1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Cries and Whispers
Solaris
The Godfather
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Fat City
Deliverance
Ciao! Manhattan
What’s Up, Doc?
The Getaway
everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask
Super Fly
Junior Bonner
Pink Flamingos
The Ruling Class
The Last House on the Left
Skyjacked

1971
A Clockwork Orange
The Last Picture Show
Macbeth
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Straw Dogs
Four Nights of a Dreamer
Walkabout
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Duck, You Sucker
Harold and Maude
Carnal Knowledge
The Touch
The Beguiled
Bananas
Little Murders
The Hospital
Diamonds Are Forever
Dirty Harry
Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song
The Omega Man

Non-fiction
The Train Marches On

1970
Le Cercle Rouge
M*A*S*H
Ryan’s Daughter
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Two Mules for Sister Sara
The Dunwich Horror

Non-fiction
Gimme Shelter

1969
Satyricon
Army of Shadows
Z
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
The Wild Bunch
Easy Rider
Putney Swope
Goyokin
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
True Grit
Downhill Racer
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
Toby Dammit
Rosemary’s Baby
Hour of the Wolf
Shame
Once Upon a Time in the West
Where Eagles Dare
If…
The Bride Wore Black
Stolen Kisses
Kill!
Night of the Living Dead

Non-fiction
Salesman

1967
Belle de Jour
Playtime
Marat/Sade
Le Samouraï
Accident
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Point Blank
Bonnie and Clyde
The Graduate
Samurai Rebellion
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Death Rides a Horse
The Two of Us

1966
Persona
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Au hasard Balthazar
Blow-Up
The Naked Prey
Made in U.S.A.
Doctor Zhivago
The Sword of Doom
The Taking of Power By Louis XIV
Seconds
Lord Love a Duck
Africa Addio
Modesty Blaise
Torn Curtain

1965
Pierrot le Fou
The Koumiko Mystery
Repulsion
Alphaville
Red Beard
Fists in the Pocket
For a Few Dollars More
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Sword of the Beast
Simon of the Desert
Planet of the Vampires
The Collector
Die, Monster, Die!

Non-fiction
Tokyo Olympiad

1964
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Woman in the Dunes
Diary of a Chambermaid
Band of Outsiders
A Fistful of Dollars
Marnie
The Naked Kiss
The Killers
Goldfinger
Robinson Crusoe on Mars

1963
Contempt
8½
The Birds
The Leopard
The Servant
This Sporting Life
Lord of the Flies
High and Low
Billy Liar
The Bakery Girl on Monceau
Shock Corridor
The Haunting
The Great Escape
Charade
The Haunted Palace
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1962
Ivan’s Childhood
Lawrence of Arabia
Lolita
The Exterminating Angel
Winter Light
Harakiri
Electra
La Jetée
L’Eclisse
Cleo From 5 to 7
Jules and Jim
The Trial
Billy Budd
Cape Fear
Sanjuro
Knife in the Water
The Manchurian Candidate
Antoine et Collette
Carnival of Souls
Freud: The Secret Passion
David and Lisa
Mondo Cane
Dr. No

1961
Splendor in the Grass
La Notte
Viridiana
Through a Glass Darkly
Yojimbo
La Dolce Vita
Last Year at Marienbad
A Woman is a Woman
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
One-Eyed Jacks
The Innocents
101 Dalmatians

1960
Psycho
The Virgin Spring
Breathless
L’Avventura
Peeping Tom
Plein Soleil
Spartacus
The Devil’s Eye
The Bad Sleep Well
The Fugitive Kind
Black Sunday
Inherit the Wind
The Apartment
Eyes Without a Face

1959
North by Northwest
The Human Condition
The 400 Blows
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Good Morning
Pickpocket
Imitation of Life
Shadows
Anatomy of a Murder
Some Like It Hot
The House on Haunted Hill

1958
The Hidden Fortress
Vertigo
Mon Oncle
Touch of Evil
The Horse’s Mouth
A Night to Remember
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Man of the West
The Defiant Ones
Fiend Without a Face

1957
Paths of Glory
Throne of Blood
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
A Face in the Crowd
Le Notti Bianche
The Lower Depths
12 Angry Men
The Sweet Smell of Success
The Bridge on the River Kwai

1956
A Man Escaped
Bigger Than Life
The Killing
Bob le Flambeur
The Wrong Man
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Crazed Fruit
Baby Doll
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Written on the Wind

1955
All That Heaven Allows
Mr. Arkadin
Night of the Hunter
Kiss Me Deadly
Summertime
Lola Montes
Smiles of a Summer Night
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Lady and the Tramp
Killer’s Kiss

Non-fiction
Night and Fog

1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Rear Window
Seven Samurai
Diabolique
Magnificent Obsession
La Strada
On the Waterfront
Dial M for Murder
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Sabrina
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Human Desire
The Caine Mutiny

1953
Ugetsu
The Earrings of Madame de…
Tokyo Story
Pickup on South Street
M. Hulot’s Holiday
The Big Heat
I Vitteloni

1952
Ikiru
Umberto D.
High Noon
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Importance of Being Earnest

1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
Strangers on a Train
The Browning Version
A Place in the Sun
The Lavender Hill Mob
Ace in the Hole
The Idiot
The Steel Helmet

1950
The Asphalt Jungle
La Ronde
Sunset Blvd.
In A Lonely Place
The Furies
Night and the City
Panic in the Streets
Rashomon
The Baron of Arizona
Cinderella

1949
Late Spring
The Third Man
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Caught
The Reckless Moment
Adam’s Rib
Stray Dog

1948
The Red Shoes
Letter From an Unknown Woman
Hamlet
The Naked City
The Fallen Idol
Oliver Twist
Rope
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Port of Call
Drunken Angel

1947
Black Narcissus
Odd Man Out
The Lady From Shanghai
Brute Force
Out of the Past
The Exile
Boomerang!
Gentleman’s Agreement

1946
Notorious
Gilda
Great Expectations
The Killers
The Big Sleep
The Postman Always Rings Twice
It’s A Wonderful Life
The Stranger
Crisis

1945
Children of Paradise
I Know Where I’m Going!
Brief Encounter
Mildred Pierce
The Lost Weekend
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail
Les Dames du Bois de Bologne
Scarlet Street
Spellbound
Detour