Your Life In Film.

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I saw a great review on a website the other month that I though was a brilliant idea.

The idea is to list a movie you love for each year you've been alive that either means something to you or you can simply watch again and again without getting tired of it or maybe a milestone in your life. A bit like "The soundtrack to you life" but in film.

Rules
- 1 film per year NO MORE!
- You can edit your list but only put 1 film per year.
- No more than 1 film per year.

Resources
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top - scroll down, left had side, sort by decade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki - simply search "year movies" e.g. 2001 movies.

Good luck, Ive just realise how rubbish films have become in the last decade and how difficult it is to choose films from the 80's and 90's, the best years in cinema.

Here's my Life In Film.

1977 - Star Wars
1978 - The Deer Hunter
1979 - Alien
1980 - Empire Strikes Back
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - The Thing
1983 - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - The Goonies
1986 - Platoon
1987 - Planes, Trains & Automobiles
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Dumb & Dumber
1995 - Casino
1996 - Trainspotting
1997 - Donnie Brasco
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Chopper
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - City of God
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Crash
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - District 9
2010 - Inception

Hopefully all of them are the correct year, I had 32 to do afterall haha

Good luck!
 
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Great idea, will try it now! brb

EDIT:

I've tried to keep a balance of films I enjoyed at the time, and those I still love now.

1987 - The Princess Bride
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
1990 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I watched this so much as a kid, I could actually recite the entire script :o)
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Wayne's World
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Toy Story (Close 2nd for Apollo 13)
1996 - The Rock
1997 - The Fifth Element
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix (Close 2nd for Phantom Menace)
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - The Fast and the Furious (Helped fuel a life long obsession with cars, and continues to do so! Close 2nd for Donnie Darko)
2002 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Close 2nd for Minority Report)
2003 - The Matrix Reloaded (& Revolutions really)
2004 - Crash
2005 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
2006 - V for Vendetta (Silent Hill 2nd)
2007 - Superbad (Knocked Up 2nd. Cue Judd Apatow domination)
2008 - The Dark Knight (Only great on first viewing IMO, but was a great cinema experience)
2009 - So far, Star Trek. By miles. Terminator/Transformers 2 were both pants, waiting for Inglorious ******** to save the summer.
 
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1973 - The Exorcist
1974 - Young Frankenstin
1975 - Monty Python and the The Holy Grail
1976 - Bugsy Malone
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Convoy
1979 - Monty Python's Life of Brian
1980 - Empire Strikes Back
1981 - Mad Max 2
1982 - The Thing
1983 - Return of the Jedi
1984 - The Terminator
1985 - Restless Natives
1986 - Stand by Me
1987 - Amazon Womn on the Moon
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Feild of Dreams
1990 - Tremors
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
1995 - Toy Story
1996 - Trainspotting
1997 - Good Will Hunting
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Memento
2001 - Amlie
2002 - Attack of the Clones
2003 - Kill Bill
2004 - Der Undetang (The Bunker)
2005 - Revenge of the Sith
2006 - The Prestige
2007 - No Country For Old Men
2008 - Wall*E
2009 - tbc


Good quiz thing, some tough decisions. Where I was stuck I went with the one that made me laugh more :-)
 
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Great list and good things there, thats what i did, if I couldn't decide, go with one that put a smile on my face.
I'd like to have listed Jaws in mine but on the other hand, it would make me older haha.
 
gave up when i got to 1994. what a year

shawshank, gump , lion king , pulp fiction they could easily be my top 4 films at times lol
 
My List:-

1964 – Goldfinger
1965 – Von Ryan's Express
1966 – A Man for all Seasons
1967 – The Jungle Book
1968 – Planet of the Apes
1969 – True Grit
1970 – Tora! Tora! Tora!
1971 – A Clockwork Orange
1972 – Deliverance
1973 – Live and Let Die
1974 – The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
1975 – Jaws
1976 – Rocky
1977 – Star Wars
1978 – Every Which Way But Loose
1979 – Alien
1980 – The Empire Strikes Back
1981 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983 – WarGames
1984 – Ghostbusters
1985 – Back to the Future
1986 – Aliens
1987 – The Untouchables
1988 – Die Hard
1989 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 – Dances With Wolves
1991 – Terminator 2 : Judgment Day
1992 – Aladdin
1993 – Cliffhanger
1994 – The Shawshank Redemption
1995 – Apollo 13
1996 – Mission: Impossible
1997 – The Fifth Element
1998 – Deep Impact
1999 – The Matrix
2000 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001 – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 – The Last Samurai
2004 – The Day After Tomorrow
2005 – Madagascar
2006 – Silent Hill
2007 – 300
2008 – Iron Man
2009 – Star Trek
 
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Christ that was painful. So many often came down to two and I just had to lump it. I had to snub Indy twice for Raiders and Last Crusade.

I have to ask, did anyone find either of the following:

1. That as you got closer to the present day most of the top ten grossing movies didnt have anything in that was even worth considering (with some exceptions).

2. On a couple of years you almost couldn't find anything worthy of the list? 2000 for me was particularly void of films that really meant something to me (actually, scratch that. Forgot Snatch was 2000. Thankyou other thread!).

But anyway...

1980 - Blues Brothers
1981 - Time Bandits
1982 - First Blood
1983 - Return of the Jedi
1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - Back to the Future (:( Goonies)
1986 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1987 - Withnail & I
1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Can't believe I picked this over Die Hard, but I had to)
1989 - Back to the Future Part II
1990 - Back to the Future III (I saved up tokens from bags of Hula-Hoops to get a BTTF3 towel, and still use it as my gym towel to this day)
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Wayne's World
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Léon
1995 - Die Hard With a Vengeance (could have been Goldeneye but that was more the game than the film)
1996 - The Frighteners
1997 - Grosse Pointe Blank
1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1999 - Dogma
2000 - Snatch
2001 - Hannibal
2002 - The Bourne Identity
2003 - LOTR: The Return of the King
2004 - The Butterfly Effect
2005 - Wedding Crashers
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
2007 - Mr. Brooks
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - So far, Star Trek, even though I was never really a fan before.


Edit: I may have to go back and change Hannibal to Fellowship of the Ring... but then I'd only change it back again later...
 
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1988 - Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka). Only saw it about 5/6 years ago, but it's a very moving anime.
1989 - Look Who's Talking. My sister loved this film when she was younger, so I've seen it more times that I care to remember.
1990 - Goodfellas. Classic film.
1991 - Silence of the Lambs. 'I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti'.
1992 - El mariachi. $7000! Amazing!
1993 - Jurassic Park. I probably watched it a year or so after it came out and at that age, I was scared out of my wits!
1994 - Shawshank Redemption. Beats Pulp Fiction to the spot here. Very moving film.
1995 - GoldenEye. An average Bond film, but again, one I seem to have watched too many times with different people.
1996 - Romeo + Juliet. There are better films, but to sell Shakespeare to young people successfully takes a good film, so it deserves a place in the list.
1997 - The Full Monty. I remember all the posters up at the time - a pretty iconic film, I think.
1998 - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Definitely. I remember having to wait ages for someone to watch this with.
1999 - Cider House Rules. There are easily 6 or 7 films I could put here, but this film is full of emotion and somehow means a lot to me.
2000 - Gladiator. Easy. Fantastic film.
2001 - LOTR Fellowship of the Ring. This is the first time I remember a cinema audience ever clapping after a film.
2002 - City of God. I'm a photographer, so it appeals on several levels. Closely followed by Road to Perdition.
2003 - Zatoichi. Not sure what makes it so memorable for me, but I love it.
2004 - Million Dollar Baby. Very moving film. Unmissable imho.
2005 - Sin City. For anyone who knows Oxford, I watched it in the smallest screen of the smaller Odeon when I came for interviews - little more than a big plasma screen, really.
2006 - V for Vendetta. Lots of films that could go here, but this one is my pick.
2007 - Mr Brooks. He's a strange man, for sure.
2008 - Rock'n'Rolla. Didn't really go to see that many films last year but this was a fun one.
2009 - Let the Right One In. If nothing surpasses this, which would take a lot, then it's going to be my pick for the year.

That was hard and I did it all from wiki, which is by no means either representative or complete. They're not all favourite films (by a long way in some cases), but they all mean something to me.
 
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1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1967 Quatermass and the Pit
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1969 The Wild Bunch
1970 The Aristocats
1971 Duel
1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1973 The Day of the Jackal
1974 The Sugarland Express
1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 The Omen
1977 Cross of Iron
1978 National Lampoon's Animal House
1979 The Odd Angry Shot
1980 The Long Good Friday
1981 An American Werewolf in London
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1983 The Right Stuff
1984 The Terminator
1985 The Breakfast Club
1986 Aliens
1987 Full Metal Jacket
1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1990 Memphis Belle
1991 Hot Shots!
1992 Hard Boiled
1993 Schindler's List
1994 Once Were Warriors
1995 Heat
1996 Last Man Standing
1997 As Good as It Gets
1998 Ring
1999 Payback
2000 Tigerland
2001 Black Hawk Down
2002 Road to Perdition
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 Downfall
2005 Wolf Creek
2006 Apocalypto
2007 Lions for Lambs
2008 Haven't seen enough to select one
2009 Ditto
 
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1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2
1992 - Hard Boiled. I'm not a huge fan of Reservoir Dogs but that would be second
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Léon
1995 - Se7en
1996 - Fargo
1997 - Princess Mononoke
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - Memento
2001 - Amélie. Really difficult one - Spirited Away in close second
2002 - The Pianist
2003 - Lost in Translation. Monster close behind
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 - Serenity. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang would take it if I wasn't such a Firefly fanboy
2006 - Pan's Labyrinth. Another difficult one - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time just missed out
2007 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2008 - Let the Right One In
 
1983 - Scarface
1984 - Beverly Hills Cop
1985 - Back to the Futuer
1986 - Top Gun (didn't realise how many great films were from this year! Crocodile Dundee was a close 2nd!)
1987 - Beverly Hills Cop II
1988 - The Naked Gun
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Memphis Belle (another great year for films!)
1991 - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1992 - The Mighty Ducks
1993 - The Fugitive
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
1995 - Die Hard with a Vengeance
1996 - Independence Day (could easily have been The Rock, Jerry Maguire...)
1997 - Good Will Hunting
1998 - Armageddon
1999 - The Matrix (again tough and was tempted by Notting Hill, The Sixth Sense)
2000 - Snatch
2001 - A Knight's Tale (nearly The Fast and the Furious / Ocean's 11)
2002 - Ice Age
2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004 - National Treasure
2005 - The 40 Year Old Virgin
2006 - Casino Royale
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 - Wall*E
2009 - Star Trek (so far)

Just done this very quickly at work, will have a proper look when I get home and probably make a few changes!
 
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1979 – Alien
1980 – The Empire Strikes Back
1981 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 – Blade Runner
1983 – Scarface
1984 – Ghostbusters
1985 – The Breakfast Club
1986 – Aliens
1987 – Predator
1988 – Die Hard
1989 – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1992 – Reservoir Dogs
1993 – Jurassic Park
1994 – Usual Suspects
1995 – Se7en
1996 – Trainspotting
1997 – L.A. Confidential
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – Fight Club
2000 – Gladiator
2001 – Monsters, Inc.
2002 – The Bourne Identity
2003 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2004 – The Incredibles
2005 – Batman Begins
2006 – The Departed
2007 – The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 – Iron Man
2009 – Star Trek
 
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