The Best Films Year-by-Year, according to Ziggy Stardust — Page 2

greenpenguino said:

Did he died???

Where did he go?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Random-Thoughts/post/493614/#TopicPost493614

^ As much of a Kubrick fan as I am, I have to say, bad call.

Ziggy Stardust said:

2011: Source Code

2010: True Grit

2009: Moon

2008: Wall-e

2007:

2006

2005: Munich

Black Swan >>>>> True Grit

2005 Should go to A History of Violence

Some contenders for 06 & 07 to help you choose:

2006:
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Children of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
Borat
The Proposition
The Departed

2007:
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Atonement
3:10 to Yuma
Michael Clayton
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
The Orphanage
Into the Wild
Sicko

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.

Ziggy Stardust said:

RedFive said:

Ziggy Stardust said:

2011: Source Code

2010: True Grit

2009: Moon

2008: Wall-e

2007:

2006

2005: Munich

Black Swan >>>>> True Grit

2005 Should go to A History of Violence

Some contenders for 06 & 07 to help you choose:

2006:
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Children of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
Borat
The Proposition
The Departed

2007:
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Atonement
3:10 to Yuma
Michael Clayton
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
The Orphanage
Into the Wild
Sicko

Thanks. :-)

I'll have to check those out.

Are you sure you're old enough to see those films Ziggy?

And isn't it past your bedtime?

Ziggy Stardust said:

What, at 12:00 in the afternoon?

Yep! Nap time for little Ziggy.

Watch your language young man!

You big meanie.

Films of the year:

1915: The Birth of a Nation

1916:

1917:

1918:

1919:

1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1921:

1922: Nosferatu

1923:

1924: Greed, Sherlock Jr

1925: The Gold Rush

1926: The General

1927: Sunrise, Metropolis

1928: The Fall of the House of Usher

1929: Un Chien Andalou

1930:

1931: City Lights, Dracula, Frankenstein

1932: The Mummy, The Most Dangerous Game

1933: King Kong

1934: It Happened One Night, The Man Who Knew Too Much

1935: The 39 Steps, The Bride of Frankenstein

1936: Modern Times

1937: The Awful Truth, The Prisoner of Zenda

1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Lady Vanishes, Bringing Up Baby

1939: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gunga Din, Only Angels Have Wings

1940: The Great Dictator, Pinocchio, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Foreign Correspondent,

1941: Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon

1942: Casablanca, The Magnificent Ambersons, Cat People, Saboteur

1943: Shadow of a Doubt

1944: Double Indemnity, To Have and Have Not, Laura, Arsenic and Old Lace

1945: Detour, Spellbound

1946: Notorious, A Matter of Life and Death, The Big Sleep,

1947: Out of the Past, The Lady From Shanghai

1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Rope, Drunken Angel, Bicycle Thieves

1949: The Third Man, Stray Dog,

1950: Sunset Blvd., In a Lonely Place, Rashoman, Gun Crazy

1951: Ace in the Hole, Strangers on a Train

1952: Ikiru

1953:

1954: The Seven Samurai, Rear Window, On the Waterfront, Dial M For Murder, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi

1955: To Catch a Thief, The Trouble With Harry, Rififi, Killer's Kiss

1956: The Killing, The Man Who Knew Too Much

1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, The Curse of Frankenstein

1958: Vertigo

1959: The 400 Blows, North By Northwest

1960: The Apartment, Psycho, Shoot the Piano Player, Breathless, Peeping Tom, Spartacus

1961: Yojimbo

1962: Lawrence of Arabia, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, Dr. No, Jules and Jim, Liberty Valence

1963: From Russia With Love, 8½, Charade

1964: Dr. Strangelove, Goldfinger, A Fistful of Dollars, A Shot in the Dark, Marnie, The Pink Panther

1965: For a Few Dollars More, The Hill, The I.P.C.R.E.S.S. File, Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball

1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1967:  You Only Live Twice, Bonnie and Clyde, Belle De Jour, Casino Royale, Le Samourai, Point Blank

1968: 2001, Once Upon a Time in the West, Bullitt, Planet of the Apes, Witchfinder General

1969: The Wild Bunch, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

1970: Ryan's Daughter, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Conformist

1971: A Clockwork Orange, THX-1138, Once Upon a Time…the Revolution, Duel, The French Connection, Straw Dogs, Get Carter, The Last Picture Show

1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Frenzy

1973: Live and Let Die, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Mean Streets, Don’t Look Now, The Wicker Man

1974: Chinatown, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Parallax View

1975: Barry Lyndon, Jaws, The Man Who Would Be King, The Yakuza, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1976: Taxi Driver, Network

1977: Star Wars, The Spy Who Loved Me

1978: Superman

1979: Apocalypse Now, Being There, Life of Brian, Manhattan

1980: The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining

1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Road Warrior

1982: Blade Runner, The Verdict

1983: Return of the Jedi, The King of Comedy

1984: Once Upon a Time in America, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1985: To Live and Die in L.A., After Hours

1986: Hannah and Her Sisters

1987: Full Metal Jacket, The Living Daylights

1988: Grave of the Fireflies

1989: The Killer, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990: The Hunt For Red October

1991: The Silence of the Lambs

1992: Batman Returns, Hard Boiled

1993: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, The Age of Innocence

1994: The Shawshank Redemption

1995: Casino, Batman Forever, GoldenEye

1996: Hamlet, Mission Impossible

1997: Jackie Brown, Hana-bi

1998: Ronin, Dark City, Croupier

1999: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead, The Matrix, The World Is Not Enough

2000: Gladiator is the most well made of the bunch.

2001:

2002: The Quiet American

2003:

2004:

2005: Kingdom of Heaven, The Constant Gardener, Good Night and Good Luck

2006: Tell No One

2007: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

2008: In Bruges

2009:

2010: The American, The Ghost Writer

2011:

doubleKO said:

Er... year suggestion: 1984.

Best. Year. Ever.

All of Me

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Amadeus

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Beverly Hills Cop

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

City Heat

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Cloak and Dagger

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Conan the Destroyer

meh

Cujo

hmmm...

Firestarter

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Footloose

meh

Ghostbusters

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Gremlins

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

HELL YEAAAA BOIIII!!!!!

Once Upon a Time in America

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Police Academy

meh, it's ok

Romancing the Stone

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Star Trek III - The Search for Spock

Cool Boi...

The Karate Kid

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

The Last Starfighter

Yeaaaa Boiiiii!!!!!!!!!

The Natural

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

The Neverending Story

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

The Terminator

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Top Secret

Yeaaaa Boi!!!

Dude, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump all came out in 1994 and you people went with True Lies and Legends of the Fall?