Favourite FIlm for Every Year You've Been Alive

Agent Mulder's Hair said:
You are out of your mind

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I wouldn't say it "sucked" but equally that was a year where I'v not seen something that jumps out as an all time classic. Arguably I spose years like that or 2005 that are the more interesting as there films that typically wouldn't get on a favourite list.

Actually I think whilst it gets attension for obvious reasons Bound is by some way the best thing the Wachowskis have done, very well done thriller that has a nice sense of Coenish noir strangeness to it. Maybe looking to read too much into it but perhaps a bit of a prediction they were both transsexual as well? again not the sex so much as the female characters coming out ontop of male antagonists all driven to destruction by sociopathic egotism.
Milgrim said:
The Shinning?

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I'm really bad at this(spelling).

1980 would be the reverse, Raging Bull and The Shiniinning would probably win many/most other years as would Apoc Now and Alien in 79.
 
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I was kidnapped for the first 31 years of my life, and they only showed me one movie the whole time I spent with their family.
1986-2017 - Rad
2018 - Fifty Shades Freed
 
Looking to get some more use out of my shortlist a top 3 for each year.

John Carpenter and Lynch and Cage gain the most.

1978 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Watership Down - The Deer Hunter
1979 - Stalker - Alien - Apoc Now
1980 - The Empire Strikes Back - Raging Bull - The Shining
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - Das Boot - Escape From Newyork
1982 - Blade Runner - The Thing - The Wrath of Khan
1983 - Rumblefish - VIdeodrome - Return of The Jedi
1984 - Once Upon A Time In America - The Terminator - This Is Spinal Tap
1985 - Ran - Brazil - Black To The Future
1986 - Betty Blue - Highlander - Big Trouble In Little China
1987 - Withnail and I - Angel Heart - Full Metal Jacket
1988 - A Short Film About Killing - Akira - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1989 - The Cook, The Thief His Wife And Her Lover - Back To the Future Part 2 - The Unbelievable Truth
1990 - Millers Crossing - Wild At Heart - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2 - The Double Life of Veronique - La Belle Noiseuse
1992 - Porco Rosso - Glengarry Glen Ross - Reservour Dogs
1993 - Groundhog Day - Three Colours: Blue - True Romance
1994 - Pulp FIction - Three Colours: Red - Chungking Express
1995 - 12 Monkeys - Exotica - Before Sunrise
1996 - Bound - Trainspotting - Fargo
1997 - Grosse Point Blank - Lost Highway - Princess Mononoke
1998 - The Big Lebowski - Ronin - The Truman Show
1999 - Eyes Wide Shut - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai - The Limey
2000 - Werckmeister Harmonies - In The Mood For Love - Battle Royale
2001 - Mulholland Drive - Fellowship of The Ring - Spirited Away
2002 - MIllenium Actress - The Two Towers - The Twilight Samurai
2003 - Return of the King - Lost In Translation - Master and Commander
2004 - Birth - Eturnal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Collateral
2005 - Thank You For Smoking - Cache - Lord of War
2006 - Apocalypto - Pan's Labyrinth - Children of Men
2007 - No Country For Old Men - Zodiac - There WIll be Blood
2008 - In Bruge - Love Exposure - The Wrestler
2009 - Moon - Bad Lieutenant - Dogtooth
2010 - 13 Assasins - Black Swan - Tron Legacy
2011 - Drive - The Guard - Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
2012 - The Master - Martha Marcy May Marlene - Skyfall
2013 - Blue Is The Warmest Colour - Ida - .The Great Beauty
2014 - Under The Skin - Inherent Vice - Whiplash
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road - The Lobster - Ex Machina
2016 - The Hateful Eight - Rogue One - Nocturnal Animals
2017 - You Were Never Really There - Three Billboards - Blade Runner 2049

2014 was actually an excellent year looking back, no place for Birdman, Nightcrawler, Cavlary or Guardians of the Galaxy that probably would have gotten into a top 3 for me more years than not.
 
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Zer said:
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Wild at Heart is so good. I wanted to give it my 1990 but Miller's Crossing is too legit
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I'm guessing the issue some have with Millers is that its not really whats expected, its not a Goodfella's gangster epic and its not really overt larger than life Coens but rather a really characterful and smartly written thriller. One of the best cast films ever for me as well, obviously Byrne was born to play that character to the degree The Usual Suspects exploited Millers being underseen and did a "Ralph Brown" having him play it again but honestly I think much of the cast in that film give their best ever performances.

I don't think you can accuse the Coens of the same with J. E. Freeman playing a very similar role in Wild at Heart considering Millers was filmed before its release.

I must admit I was thinking somewhat of you when I included Love Exposure from 2008, ever seen that?
 
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moreorless87 said:
I'm guessing the issue some have with Millers is that its not really whats expected, its not a Goodfella's gangster epic and its not really overt larger than life Coens but rather a really characterful and smartly written thriller. One of the best cast films ever for me as well, obviously Byrne was born to play that character to the degree The Usual Suspects expected Millers being underseen and did a "Ralph Brown" having him play it again but honestly I think much of the cast in that film give their best ever performances.
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Yeah Miller's Crossing is brilliantly written. Shit just flows

 
84- Terminator
85-BTTF
86-Top Gun
87-Wall Street
88-Midnight Run
89-Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
90-Goodfellas
91-T2
92-Chaplin
93- What's Eating Gilbert Grape
94-Way Too Many Good Movies. Can't decide. Pulp, Lion King, Forrest Gump, True Lies, Crow,D&D

I'll finish up later.
 
Zer said:
Yeah Miller's Crossing is brilliantly written. Shit just flows

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As much as I love their career it does make me wonder how things would have gone had Millers and not Fargo been their breakthough. I mean they've always had a good deal of variety but it seems that Fargo acts as more of a standard blueprint for them to drop back to, I suspect all those middling caper comedies like Burn After Reading inbetween the great films might have been better as noir thrillers.
 
moreorless87 said:
I'm guessing the issue some have with Millers is that its not really whats expected...
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That's not my issue at all. I thought the acting (and the direction as it pertained to the delivery of the actors) was well below what should have been delivered by actors like Gabriel Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden. The way they ran their scenes seemed almost like some beginner stuff, just delivering all of their lines in monotones through gritted teeth. The way the scenes played out tended to feel very static.

Things were better with Jon Polito. His character was quite a bit of fun. But the movie was centered on Byrne and Harden and it seemed like they needed to put more into their scenes.
 
BisexualMMA said:
That's not my issue at all. I thought the acting (and the direction as it pertained to the delivery of the actors) was well below what should have been delivered by actors like Gabriel Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden. The way they ran their scenes seemed almost like some beginner stuff, just delivering all of their lines in monotones through gritted teeth. The way the scenes played out tended to feel very static.

Things were better with Jon Polito. His character was quite a bit of fun. But the movie was centered on Byrne and Harden and it seemed like they needed to put more into their scenes.
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Byrne was playing your classic noir hero though, that's not a scenery chewing role like Polito's but something more subtle. I think what makes it such a good role/performance for me is that its not one note, he doesn't just stand around looking cryptic and deliver one liners but manages to be charismatic, funny, pitiable, coldly ruthless and highly moral at different(or often the same) points.
 
1981 - Porky's
1982 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1983 - Trading Places
1984 - The Terminator
1985 - The Breakfast Club
1986 - Platoon
1987 - Full Metal Jacket
1988 - Coming to America
1989 - Do The Right Thing
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Bad Lieutenant
1993 - Dazed and Confused
1994 - Leon: The Professional
1995 - Casino
1996 - Beautiful Girls
1997 - Boogie Nights
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - American Beauty
2000 - Almost Famous
2001 - Training Day
2002 - The Rules of Attraction
2003 - Lost in Translation
2004 - Collateral
2005 - War of the Worlds
2006 - Borat
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2008 - Doubt
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - The Fighter
2011 - Drive
2012 - Zero Dark Thirty
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 - Gone Girl
2015 - Room
2016 - Hidden Figures
2017 - American Made
2018 - Ready Player One
 
The lack of Predator so far supprises me, or perhaps it doesn't given those who would actually bother making lists.
 
moreorless87 said:
The lack of Predator so far supprises me, or perhaps it doesn't given those who would actually bother making lists.
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1. A bunch of slack-jawed :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:s around here
2. 1987 was a good year for movies with Full Metal Jacket, Wall Street, Angel Heart, etc. Getting one vote so far against this competition isn't bad.
 
Now list nine animals whose names start with the same letter as each digit in your social security number in order.
 
I don't think I've seen that many films.

movies nominated for best picture from the year of my birth to present day, would rack up a total of just under 300, I've seen 32 of them, and only 1 of the nominees since 2012 {Django}
 
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