For me the list goes:

1970 - M*A*S*H.

1971 - The French Connection

1972 - The Poseidon Adventure

1973 - American Graffiti

1974 - Young Frankenstein

1975 - Jaws

1976 - Rocky

1977 - Star Wars

1978 - The Deer Hunter

1979 - Alien (though Apocalypse Now is a better film)

1980 - The Empire Strikes Back

1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982 - Blade Runner

1983 - Return Of The Jedi

1984 - Amadeus

1985 - Witness

1986 - Crocodile Dundee (You call that a knife?)

1987 - Raising Arizona

1988 - Beetlejuice

1989 - Lethal Weapon 2

1990 - Home Alone

1991 - The Silence of the Lambs

1992 - Aladdin

1993 - Jurassic Park

1994 - Immortal Beloved

1995 - Braveheart (Was Jumanji, but Jumanji didn't make me cry.)

1996 - Ransom

1997 - As Good As It Gets

1998 - Saving Private Ryan

1999 - The Sixth Sense

2000 - Meet The Parents

2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone

2002 - Catch Me If You Can

2003 - Mystic River

2004 - The Aviator

2005 - War Of The Worlds

2006 - Silent Hill

2007 - No Country For Old Men

2008 - How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

2009 - Orphan

2010 - Shutter Island

2011 - ?

I could've gone way back into the 20's, but I didn't want to bog the thread.