Favourite film for every year of your life

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Saw a lot of people doing this on Twitter under the #ThisIsYourFilm hashtag and thought it'd be interesting to do on here also.

Here's mine...

1986 - Labyrinth
1987 - Predator
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Back to the Future Part II
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Seven
1996 - Trainspotting
1997 - Boogie Nights
1998 - The Truman Show
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - TLOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - One Hour Photo
2003 - Kill Bill
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Sin City
2006 - This Is England
2007 - Superbad
2008 - Wall-E
2009 - District 9
2010 - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2011 - Drive
2012 - Dredd
2013 - Enemy
2014 - Whiplash
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


So, share away with your lists! ;)
 
Saw a lot of people doing this on Twitter under the #ThisIsYourFilm hashtag and thought it'd be interesting to do on here also.

Here's mine...

1986 - Labyrinth
1987 - Predator
1988 - Beetlejuice
1989 - Back to the Future Part II
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Reservoir Dogs
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Seven
1996 - Trainspotting
1997 - Boogie Nights
1998 - The Truman Show
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - TLOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - One Hour Photo
2003 - Kill Bill
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Sin City
2006 - This Is England
2007 - Superbad
2008 - Wall-E
2009 - District 9
2010 - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2011 - Drive
2012 - Dredd
2013 - Enemy
2014 - Whiplash
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


So, share away with your lists! ;)

I love it! Challenge accepted! :D
 
I love it! Challenge accepted! :D
I definitely look forward to seeing yours dude! :thumbs:

I'm lucky if I can remember what I did last week never mind 50 years ago!
Yeah, I imagine it'll be very difficult for those who don't log their film watching or anything. Thankfully I use Letterboxd and can sort all the films I've watched by release year etc.
 
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I definitely look forward to seeing yours dude! :thumbs:

Dude, this sucked. :LOL:

I didn't realize how difficult it would be. 1993 and 1994 were especially tough. Nevertheless, here it is...

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I struggled a lot with '94 too... among a few others. The 90s was a great decade for films!

Very strong list man... a lot of yours would be a close second for me. ;)

Yeah, it was tough. I didn't really think so much about replay value. Instead, I went with films that caused the most impact during their release for me personally. 1993 was tough because I really wanted it to be Jurassic Park, but at the end of the day, Gilbert Grape is my favourite film.
 
Yeah, it was tough. I didn't really think so much about replay value. Instead, I went with films that caused the most impact during their release for me personally. 1993 was tough because I really wanted it to be Jurassic Park, but at the end of the day, Gilbert Grape is my favourite film.
That's exactly how I decided too! Take Superbad for example... it may seem like an odd choice to some, and I almost didn't pick that one, but it definitely had the most impact on me that year because it brought me out of a long "slump" and still manages to pick me up even today. I totally get what you mean about JP as well, as it was the same for me with Fight Club and The Matrix... I adore Fight Club, but The Matrix is my favourite film (joint first with Drive actually :p).
 
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1981 - Body Heat
1982 - Rocky 3
1983 - Scarface
1984 - Once Upon A Time In America
1985 - Back to the Future
1986 - The Fly
1987 - Full Metal Jacket
1988 - Rain Man
1989 - Back to the Future Part II
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - C'est arrivé pres de chez vous / Man bites Dog
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Seven
1996 - Sleepers
1997 - LA Confidential
1998 - American History X
1999 - Fight club
2000 - Memento
2001 - Ocean's Eleven
2002 - Cidade de Deus / City of God
2003 - Mystic River
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind
2005 - Sin City
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Zodiac
2008 - Mesrine : L'instinct de mort
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - The Girl with the dragon tattoo
2012 - Django Unchained
2013 - Dallas Buyers Club
2014 - Whiplash
2015 - The Hateful Eight
2016 - X-Men Apocalypse
 
1982 - John Carpenter's The Thing
1983 - Return Of The Jedi
1984 - The Terminator
1985 - Back to the Future

1986 - Aliens
1987 - Predator
1988 - Rain Man
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - White Men Can't Jump
1993 - Groundhog Day
1994 - The Lion King
1995 - Seven
1996 - Fargo
1997 - L.A. Confidential
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - The Pianist
2003 - Old Boy
2004 - Der Untergang
2005 - A History of Violence
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
2007 - There Will Be Blood
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - X-Men First Class
2012 - Dredd
2013 - Prisoners
2014 - Interstellar
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 - Zootropolis
2017 - Logan
 
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Ok, that was stupidly hard.

1988 - Chicken and Duck Talk (Clifton Ko, Hong Kong)
1989 - Patlabor: The Movie (Mamoru Oshii, Japan)
1990 - Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, USA)
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, USA)
1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, USA)
1993 - Green Snake (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)
1994 - From Beijing with Love (Stephen Chow & Lee Lik-Chi, Hong Kong)
1995 - Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, Japan)
1996 - God of Cookery (Stephen Chow & Lee Lik-Chi, Hong Kong)
1997 - Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
1998 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, USA)
1999 - American Beauty (Sam Mendes, USA)
2000 - Snatch (Guy Ritchie, UK)
2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, USA)
2002 - Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, Hong Kong)
2003 - PTU (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
2004 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, USA)
2005 - Election (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
2006 - Exiled (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
2007 - Zodiac (David Fincher, USA)
2008 - Sparrow (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
2009 - (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, USA)
2010 - Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima, Japan)
2011 - Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (Tomas Alfredson, UK)
2012 - Seven Psychopaths (Martin McDonagh, UK)
2013 - The World's End (Edgar Wright, UK)
2014 - The World of Kanako (Tetsuya Nakashima, Japan)
2015 - SPL 2 (Soi Cheang, Hong Kong)
2016 - The Nice Guys (Shane Black, USA)
 
Awesome idea here! But Dang, this was much more difficult then I thought it would be. Really-Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein. Close Encounters or Star Wars. Geesh!!

That notwithstanding, here's the first 'Long in the Tooth' Movie list.

1961 West Side Story
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
1963 The Birds
1964 Mary Poppins
***TV: Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer honorable mention
1965 The Sound of Music
1966 The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
1967 Cool Hand Luke
1968 Planet of the Apes
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970 MASH
1971 Billy Jack
1972 The Poseidon Adventure
1973 American Graffiti
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 JAWS (big suprise!!!)
1976 Rocky
1977 Star Wars
1978 Superman
1979 The Deer Hunter
1980 The Shining
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 The Thing
1983 Scarface
1984 The Terminator
1985 Back to the Future
1986 Aliens
1987 The Princess Bride
1988 Die Hard
1989 Field of Dreams
1990 Total Recall
1991 Terminator 2
1992 Basic Instinct
1993 The Fugitive
1994 The Shawshank Redemption
1995 Casino
1996 The Rock
1997 L.A. Confidential
1998 The Big Lebowski
1999 The Matrix
2000 Gladiator
2001 Oceans 11
2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2004 National Treasure
2005 Batman Begins
2006 The Departed
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Iron Man
2009 Star Trek
2010 Red
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
2012 Django Unchained
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 The Martian
2016 Doctor Strange
 
Awesome idea here! But Dang, this was much more difficult then I thought it would be. Really-Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein. Close Encounters or Star Wars. Geesh!!

That notwithstanding, here's the first 'Long in the Tooth' Movie list.

1961 West Side Story
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
1963 The Birds
1964 Mary Poppins
***TV: Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer honorable mention
1965 The Sound of Music
1966 The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
1967 Cool Hand Luke
1968 Planet of the Apes
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970 MASH
1971 Billy Jack
1972 The Poseidon Adventure
1973 American Graffiti
1974 Blazing Saddles
1975 JAWS (big suprise!!!)
1976 Rocky
1977 Star Wars
1978 Superman
1979 The Deer Hunter
1980 The Shining
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 The Thing
1983 Scarface
1984 The Terminator
1985 Back to the Future
1986 Aliens
1987 The Princess Bride
1988 Die Hard
1989 Field of Dreams
1990 Total Recall
1991 Terminator 2
1992 Basic Instinct
1993 The Fugitive
1994 The Shawshank Redemption
1995 Casino
1996 The Rock
1997 L.A. Confidential
1998 The Big Lebowski
1999 The Matrix
2000 Gladiator
2001 Oceans 11
2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2004 National Treasure
2005 Batman Begins
2006 The Departed
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Iron Man
2009 Star Trek
2010 Red
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
2012 Django Unchained
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 The Martian
2016 Doctor Strange
Some real classics in there! Nice one bud. :thumbs:
 
1986 - Aliens
1987 - Predator
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Batman
1990 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Batman Returns
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Crow
1995 - Heat
1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 - Con Air
1998 - American History X
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Gone In 60 Seconds
2001 - The Lord Of The Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - The Lord Of The Ring: The Two Towers
2003 - The Lord Of The Ring: The Return Of The King
2004 - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
2005 - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
2008 - Iron Man
2009 - Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
2010 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2011 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2012 - The Avengers
2013 - Man Of Steel
2014 - John Wick
2015 - Avengers: Age Of Ultron
2016 - Captain America: Civil War
 
1986: Aliens
1987: Mannequin
1988: Scrooged
1989: Do The Right Thing
1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1991: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992: A Few Good Men
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: The Crow
1995: Ghost in the Shell
1996: Scream
1997: L.A. Confidential
1998: The Truman Show
1999: The Matrix
2000: Gladiator
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003: Kill Bill Vol. 1
2004: Kill Bill Vol. 2
2005: Sin City
2006: Pans Labyrinth
2007: Ratatouille
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Inglorious Basterds
2010: Easy A
2011: Drive
2012: The Avengers
2013: Pacific Rim
2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016: Spotlight
2017: La La Land (So far...)


The last couple of years really threw me with this. I do end of year lists every year but I go by Irish release dates, which is what I went with here.
So Spotlight for me came out in January of 2016 & La La Land in January of this year.
 
This is a cool idea. I dont know if i've watched a film for every year of my life, but i'm gonna try to create a list :D

Pre 1999 - No films existed before The Matrix
1999 - The Matrix
2003 - The Matrix Reloaded / The Matrix Revolutions (They're two parts of the same movie really so it's ok!)
2004 - 2008 - No films were made after The Matrix Revolutions
2009 - Avatar
2010 - Present - No films have been since Avatar
 
WOW. This was a log harder then I thought it would be!
There were a few years in there where it was very hard to decide between a few films!

1984 - Ghostbusters
1985 - Back to the Future
1986 - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
1987 - Predator
1988 - Die Hard
1989 - Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
1990 - Home Alone
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - A Few Good Men
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
1995 - Usual Suspects
1996 - The Rock
1997 - Good Will Hunting
1998 - The Truman Show
1999 - Fight Club
2000 - Memento
2001 - Vanilla Sky
2002 - Count of Monte Cristo
2003 - Love, Actually
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2006 - Children of Men
2007 - Once
2008 - The Dark Knight
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Captain America
2012 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2013 - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2014 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 - Arrival
 
Some years are really hard (1994,98,99) and others are so easy :D
Go with a lot of Mainstream (Marvel/DC/LotR Stuff) Movies, but what should i say, love everyone of them

1990 Home Alone
1991 Silence of the Lambs
1992 Reservoir Dogs
1993 Jurassic Park
1994 Pulp Fiction (Forrest Gump)
1995 Toy Story
1996 From Dusk till Dawn
1997 Good Will Hunting
1998 American History X (Blade)
1999 Fight Club (Matrix)
2000 Snatch
2001 Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
2003 Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
2004 Kill Bill vol 2
2005 Sin City
2006 Kings of Rock - Tenacious D
2007 Superbad
2008 The Dark Knight
2009 Inglorious Basterds
2010 Inception
2011 Drive
2012 The Dark Knight Rises
2013 Snowpiercer
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 Deadpool
2017 Logan