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Favourite film for every year you've been alive.

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No idea if this will take off here.

I recently came across this on Twitter, Anyway, it was to list your favourite film that was released, for each of the years that you have been alive.

So nice and easy!!

For what it's worth as my original list caused a bit of hysteria. I'd listed some films differently to others. The reason was simple. I judged it by the year the film was released in the UK. Obviously back in 80s and 90s it could be months between a US and UK release. Frankly I'm not arsed how you want to do it, but the film must have been released in the US/UK/Wherever you live in that year!

I generally judged it by what film I've re-watched the most, rather than what may have been the best film that was released that year! With later years being more about what was the best as I haven't re-watched as much.

Haven't bothered with 2017 yet, as it probably won't be until this time next year that I've actually watched everything I want to watch that get released this calendar year, but feel free to include 2017 if you think you've got a runaway winner.

Edit: following resources may help

IMDb: Years
Category:Films by year - Wikipedia

If you're saddo like me and rate stuff in iMDB or similair, you should be able tosort your rating by release year (which for me it did it by UK release, so as in OP, I don't care if stuff crosses over such as Stand By Me in 86/87


1980: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983: Police Squad!
1984: Ghostbusters
1985: The Terminator
1986: Aliens
1987: Stand By Me
1988: Robocop
1989: Back To The Future: Part II
1990: Total Recall
1991 TIE between: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Silence Of The Lambs
1992: Batman Returns
1993: Reservoir Dogs
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: The Shawshank Redemption
1996: Se7en
1997: Event Horizon
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: Fight Club
2000: Memento
2001: Requiem for a dream
2002: Donnie Darko
2003: Kill Bill Vol 1
2004: Oldboy
2005: The 40 year old Virgin
2006: The Departed
2007: Superbad
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
2011: The King's Speech
2012: Argo
2013: Django Unchained
2014: Interstellar
2015: The Martian
2016: A Street Cat Named Bob
 
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No idea if this will take off here.

I recently came across this on Twitter, Anyway, it was to list your favourite film that was released, for each of the years that you have been alive.

So nice and easy!!

For what it's worth as my original list caused a bit of hysteria. I'd listed some films differently to others. The reason was simple. I judged it by the year the film was released in the UK. Obviously back in 80s and 90s it could be months between a US and UK release. Frankly I'm not arsed how you want to do it, but the film must have been released in the US/UK/Wherever you live in that year!

I generally judged it by what film I've re-watched the most, rather than what may have been the best film that was released that year! With later years being more about what was the best as I haven't re-watched as much.

Haven't bothered with 2017 yet, as it probably won't be until this time next year that I've actually watched everything I want to watch that get released this calendar year, but feel free to include 2017 if you think you've got a runaway winner.

1980: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
1981: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983: Police Squad!
1984: Ghostbusters
1985: The Terminator
1986: Aliens
1987: Stand By Me
1988: Robocop
1989: Back To The Future: Part II
1990: Total Recall
1991 TIE between: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Silence Of The Lambs
1992: Batman Returns
1993: Reservoir Dogs
1994: Pulp Fiction
1995: The Shawshank Redemption
1996: Se7en
1997: Event Horizon
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1999: Fight Club
2000: Memento
2001: Requiem for a dream
2002: Donnie Darko
2003: Kill Bill Vol 1
2004: Oldboy
2005: The 40 year old Virgin
2006: The Departed
2007: Superbad
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2010: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
2011: The King's Speech
2012: Argo
2013: Django Unchained
2014: Interstellar
2015: The Martian
2016: A Street Cat Named Bob
Where's it best to find the lists?
 
1965 Von Ryan's Express
1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1967 Cool Hand Luke
1968 Bullitt
1969 The Wild Bunch
1970 Mash
1971 The Last Picture Show
1972 The Godfather
1973 Soylent Green
1974 Chinatown
1975 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
1976 All The President's Men
1977 Star Wars
1978 Animal House
1979 The Warriors
1980 The Blues Brothers
1981 Escape From New York
1982 Diner
1983 The Outsiders
1984 The Terminator
1985 The Breakfast Club
1986 Betty Blue
1987 Dirty Dancing
1988 Bull Durham
1989 Field of Dreams
1990 La Femme Nikita
1991 Les Amants du Pont-Neuf


To be continued as it's taking too long
 
1971 Get Carter
1972 The Harder They Come
1973 The Wicker Man
1974 Phantom of the Paradise
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 Small Change
1977 Stroszek
1978 Dawn of the Dead
1979 Scum
1980 Babylon
1981 Mephisto
TBC!
1982 Made In Britain
1983 Meantime
1984 The Brother from Another Planet
1985 Vagabond
1986 True Stories
1987 Withnail and I
1988 Salaam Bombay!
1989 Tetsuo: The Iron Man
1990 Miller’s Crossing
1991 Barton Fink
TBC!
1992 Hard Boiled
1993 Naked
1994 Natural Born Killers
1995 La Haine
1996 Trainspotting
1997 Nil By Mouth
1998 Pi
1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2000 Tears of the Black Tiger
2001 A Time For Drunken Horses
TBC! Doing this list has made me feel old! It's been difficult.
The list could well be totally different tomorrow!
 
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2017: Captain Underpants
2016: Rogue One
2015: Everest
2014: The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies
2013: The Hobbit - Desolation of Smaug
2012: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
2011: The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2010: 127 Hours
2009: Inglorious Basterds
2008: The Wrestler
2007: Juno
2006: Blood Diamond
2005: V for Vendetta
2004: Dodgeball
2003: Finding Nemo
2002: 24 Hour Party People
2001: Amelie
2000: Sexy Beast
1999: Fight Club
1998: The Big Lebowski
1997: Dante's Peak
1996: Fargo
1995: Twelve Monkeys
1994: Clerks
1993: What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
1992: Reservoir Dogs
1991: Point Break
1990: Total Recall
1989: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1988: Heathers
1987: The Lost Boys
1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985: Brazil
1984: This is Spinal Tap
1983: Return of the Jedi
1982: Blade Runner
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1979: The Warriors
1978: Animal House
1977: Star Wars
1976: Logan's Run
1975: Jaws
1974: Phase IV
1973: Badlands
 
1963: Charade
1964: Marnie
1965: The 10th Victim
1966: Kill, Baby, Kill
1967: Les Aventuriers
1968: Rosemary's Baby
1969: Sweet Charity
1970: A New Leaf
1971: Daughters of Darkness
1972: Prime Cut
1973: Don't Look Now
1974: Fear Eats the Soul
1975: Deep Red
1976: The Tenant
1977: Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979: Alien
1980: Dressed to Kill
1981: An American Werewolf in London
1982: Blade Runner
1983: The Right Stuff
1984: Love Streams
1985: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
1986: Blue Velvet
1987: Housekeeping
1988: Miracle Mile
1989: Santa Sangre
1990: Wild at Heart
1991: Terminator 2
1992: Death Becomes Her
1993: Carlito's Way
1994: The Hudsucker Proxy
1995: Safe
1996: Bound
1997: Starship Troopers
1998: A Simple Plan
1999: The Iron Giant
2000: You Can Count On Me
2001: Read My Lips
2002: Dark Water
2003: Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004: House of Flying Daggers
2005: Wolf Creek
2006: Children of Men
2007: Into the Wild
2008: Let the Right One In
2009: Polytechique
2010: Animal Kingdom
2011: Margaret
2012: Starlet
2013: Upstream Color
2014: The Duke of Burgundy
2015: The Invitation
2016: Personal Shopper
2017: The Florida Project
2018: Shoplifters
2019: Waves
2020: The Invisible Man
 
2017: Captain Underpants
2016: Rogue One
2015: Everest
2014: The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies
2013: The Hobbit - Desolation of Smaug
2012: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
2011: The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2010: 127 Hours
2009: Inglorious Basterds
2008: The Wrestler
2007: Juno
2006: Blood Diamond
2005: V for Vendetta
2004: Dodgeball
2003: Finding Nemo
2002: 24 Hour Party People
2001: Amelie
2000: Sexy Beast
1999: Fight Club
1998: The Big Lebowski
1997: Dante's Peak
1996: Fargo
1995: Twelve Monkeys
1994: Clerks
1993: What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
1992: Reservoir Dogs
1991: Point Break
1990: Total Recall
1989: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1988: Heathers
1987: The Lost Boys
1986: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985: Brazil
1984: This is Spinal Tap
1983: Return of the Jedi
1982: Blade Runner
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1980: The Empire Strikes Back
1979: The Warriors
1978: Animal House
1977: Star Wars
1976: Logan's Run
1975: Jaws
1974: Phase IV
1973: Badlands

2018: Ready Player One (though if I get around to watching Roma I think that would win)

2019: Joker

2020: Onward


...and for 2017 I'll swap Captain Underpants for Three Billboards :D
 
Apart from 1999 which was a great year, 90’s is my least favorite decade for film. I like Terminator 2, Bound and A Simple Plan but they aren’t high on my all time favorites. I’m the 70s there are so many great films, others could have ended up as my pick.
 
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Carry On Sergeant (1958)
Carry On Nurse (1959)
Carry On Constable (1960)
Carry On Regardless (1961)
Carry On Cruising (1962)
Carry On Jack (1963)
Carry On Spying (1964)
Carry On Cowboy (1965)
Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
Carry On Doctor (1967)
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
Carry On Camping (1969)
Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Carry On Girls (1973)
Carry On Dick (1974)
Carry On Behind (1975)
Carry On England (1976)
That's Carry On! (1977)
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)

....im exhausted, will have to come back to this
 
I've had a go. Some of these are personal favourites, some of them real classics but a lot of them are just cries for help. I haven't watched many films and when I do I keep watching real rubbish.:facepalm:

1974: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976: Carrie
1977: Eraserhead
1978: Dawn of the Dead
1979: Alien
1980: Flash Gordon
1981: An American Werewolf in London
1982: The Plague Dogs
1983: Videodrome
1984: Gremlins
1985: Brazil
1986: Blue Velvet
1987: The Princess Bride
1988: Alice
1989: Society
1990: Trust
1991: The Fisher King
1992: El Mariachi
1993: The Nightmare before Christmas
1994: Faust
1995: Babe
1996: Scream
1997: Princess Mononoke
1998: Kirikou and the Sorceress
1999: Audition
2000: Battle Royale
2001: Spirited Away
2002: Dog Soldiers
2003: Belleville Rendez-Vous
2004: Howl's Moving Castle
2005: Hard Candy
2006: Pan's Labyrinth
2007: Paranormal Activity
2008: Let the Right One In
2009: Dogtooth
2010: Trollhunter
2011: Kill List
2012: Sightseers
2013: A Field in England
2014: The Babadook
2015: The Witch
2016: The Red Turtle
2017: Raw
2018: Climax
2019: Bait
2020: I'm Thinking of Ending Things
 
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