Favourite film for every year of your life

[Noodles]

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!

 

[Lollard2002]

I always remember going to see it for the 1st time and there was one sequence in which everyone jumped out of their seats. Never went near the ocean again!

 

[digitalbabe]

I always remember going to see it for the 1st time and there was one sequence in which everyone jumped out of their seats. Never went near the ocean again!

Haha, we went to a beach showing where they had block up screen. There was bonfire, it was at night, lots of fun. Our backs? To the ocean. Scary as hell, LOL.

 

[digitalbabe]

Quick question for USA-can anyone explain what a "Regional" release is (2nd tab on the page)? Is it correct to assume that only some shops will get some of those, and what is allocation based on?

 

[Noodles]

OK this is my list. A few years were awkward. 1982 because there were so many great films. 2005 because it was such a dire year I struggled to find anything good. I keep to one film only per year but there were a few years I would have loved to have done 2.

1962 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

1963 The Birds

1964 First Men on the Moon

1965 The Damned

1966 Dracula Prince of Darkness

1967 Quatermass and the Pit

1968 The Devil Rides Out

1969 The Valley of Gwangi

1970 The Railway Children

1971 Get Carter

1972 Solaris

1973 High Plains Drifter

1974 Dark Star

1975 Jaws

1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales

1977 The Spy Who Loved Me

1978 Halloween

1979 Alien

1980 The Empire Strikes Back

1981 An American Werewolf in London

1982 The Thing

1983 The Dead Zone

1984 The Terminator

1985 Fright Night

1986 Aliens

1987 Predator

1988 Die Hard

1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990 Goodfellas

1991 Silence of the Lambs

1992 My Cousin Vinny

1993 Demolition Man

1994 Speed

1995 Goldeneye

1996 Matilda

1997 The Fifth Element

1998 Mullan

1999 The Matrix

2000 Miss Congeniality

2001 A Knight’s Tale

2002 Catch me if you Can

2003 Master and Commander

2004 Mean Girls

2005 House of Wax

2006 Snakes of a Plane

2007 Resident Evil Extinction

2008 The Ruins

2009 knowing

2010 Iron Man 2

2011 X Men First Class

2012 Django Unchained

2013 Gravity

2014 Guardians of the Galaxy

2015 Jurassic World

2016 Arrival

2017?

Interesting list! I expected some surprises from you, but there's a lot of real shockers in there, which is cool.

Surely you could've done better than House of Wax for 2005 though?

 

[Lollard2002]

Surely you could've done better than House of Wax for 2005 though?

I was surprised how bad that year was. I struggled to get anything I'd like. Easily the worst year in all the years since 1962 for good films.

 

[tridon]

Scrap books? I am jealous, haha!

Yup! It was so influential to me as a child that I made a Jim Carrey scrapbook when I was young.

 

[Lollard2002]

Haha, we went to a beach showing where they had block up screen. There was bonfire, it was at night, lots of fun. Our backs? To the ocean. Scary as hell, LOL.

I've never as much as dipped a toe in the ocean since and it's the only film ever made that had a direct impact on my life. Before it I never thought twice about swimming in the ocean.

 

[tridon]

I was surprised how bad that year was. I struggled to get anything I'd like. Easily the worst year in all the years since 1962 for good films.

Wow! I actually almost had a tough time with 2005 (Kong obviously won for me). I personally thought it was a very good year.

That's what makes these lists so fun, though!

 

[Lollard2002]

Wow! I actually almost had a tough time with 2005 (Kong obviously won for me). I personally thought it was a very good year.

I nearly was going to pick Kong but I find House of Wax a genuinely creepy film and I was thinking. "Yep I could see this happening in real life. Every year thousands of people disappear and what if a lot of these people encounter a death trap of a town none is aware of... A vastly under rated film in my opinion.

 

[tridon]

I nearly was going to pick Kong but I find House of Wax a genuinely creepy film and I was thinking. "Yep I could see this happening in real life. Every year thousands of people disappear and what if a lot of these people encounter a death trap of a town none is aware of... A vastly under rated film in my opinion.

It was a very good horror movie, that's for sure. Plus it's not every day that you get to see Paris Hilton die.

 

[Lollard2002]

It was a very good horror movie, that's for sure. Plus it's not every day that you get to see Paris Hilton die.

And a very good death it was too!

 

[TheJoker]

This was horrible, I mean like a severe form of torture. Take 1997 for example: Spawn, Event Horizon, Starship Troopers, The Lost World:Jurassic Park, Con Air, AirForce One and the winner The Fifth Element are all films that I love! How are you meant to choose??? In the end, some years I just could not pick between films and have had to put them in as joint favourites. Funnily enough, it got easier to pick from 2010 onwards.

 

[bloodsnake007]

@bloodsnake007 @Wreck @apsmith21 @digitalbabe I'd love to see your picks soon!

@Noodles I'm loving this thread! And thanks for the tag @tridon! My list took me a couple of days to come up with so here go!

1986 – Cobra (Wasn’t born this year but I wanted to include this, love this film!)

1987 – Robocop
1988 – The Land Before Time
1989 – Road House
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – Terminator 2
1992 – Resevoir Dogs
1993 – The Sandlot
1994 – Lion King
1995 – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1996 – From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 – Batman & Robin (LOL! Yeah right!) Starship Troopers
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – The Matrix
2000 – Requiem for a Dream
2001 – Black Hawk Down
2002 – City of God
2003 – LOTR: Return of the King
2004 – Hellboy
2005 – King Kong
2006 – (This year had so many EPIC films: Pan’s Labyrinth, The Departed, Apocalypto, Children of Men, Borat)
but my pick will have to be Nacho Libre
2007 – 300
2008 – Gran Torino
2009 – Avatar
2010 – Black Swan
2011 – The Raid
2012 – Dredd
2013 – Instructions Not Included (Sorry Pacific Rim )
2014 – Another amazing year of bad ass films (John Wick, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy)
but my pick is The Raid 2
2015 – The Revenant
2016 – Deadpool
2017 – Favorite film so far is John Wick Chapter 2

Love reading everyone's lists, keep them coming!

 

[Noodles]

This was horrible, I mean like a severe form of torture. Take 1997 for example: Spawn, Event Horizon, Starship Troopers, The Lost World:Jurassic Park, Con Air, AirForce One and the winner The Fifth Element are all films that I love! How are you meant to choose??? In the end, some years I just could not pick between films and have had to put them in as joint favourites. Funnily enough, it got easier to pick from 2010 onwards.

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You big cheat! I demand you do it all over again.

Seriously though... good list! Quite a few of those almost made it on mine too.

1994 was a particularly tough year for me... Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Leon, Dumb & Dumber, Speed, True Romance, Ace Ventura (to name a few).

 

[Noodles]

@Noodles I'm loving this thread! And thanks for the tag @tridon! My list took me a couple of days to come up with so here go!

1986 – Cobra (Wasn’t born this year but I wanted to include this, love this film!)

1987 – Robocop
1988 – The Land Before Time
1989 – Road House
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – Terminator 2
1992 – Resevoir Dogs
1993 – The Sandlot
1994 – Lion King
1995 – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1996 – From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 – Batman & Robin (LOL! Yeah right!) Starship Troopers
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – The Matrix
2000 – Requiem for a Dream
2001 – Black Hawk Down
2002 – City of God
2003 – LOTR: Return of the King
2004 – Hellboy
2005 – King Kong
2006 – (This year had so many EPIC films: Pan’s Labyrinth, The Departed, Apocalypto, Children of Men, Borat)
but my pick will have to be Nacho Libre
2007 – 300
2008 – Gran Torino
2009 – Avatar
2010 – Black Swan
2011 – The Raid
2012 – Dredd
2013 – Instructions Not Included (Sorry Pacific Rim )
2014 – Another amazing year of bad ass films (John Wick, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy)
but my pick is The Raid 2
2015 – The Revenant
2016 – Deadpool
2017 – Favorite film so far is John Wick Chapter 2

Love reading everyone's lists, keep them coming!

I almost had a heart attack when I saw 1997.

Cool list dude!

 

[TheJoker]

I almost had a heart attack when I saw 1997.

Cool list dude!

Haha I almost pulled that stunt with 2000 by putting in Battlefield Earth, but just I opted to delete the text

 

[tridon]

@Noodles I'm loving this thread! And thanks for the tag @tridon! My list took me a couple of days to come up with so here go!

1986 – Cobra (Wasn’t born this year but I wanted to include this, love this film!)

1987 – Robocop
1988 – The Land Before Time
1989 – Road House
1990 – Goodfellas
1991 – Terminator 2
1992 – Resevoir Dogs
1993 – The Sandlot
1994 – Lion King
1995 – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1996 – From Dusk Till Dawn
1997 – Batman & Robin (LOL! Yeah right!) Starship Troopers
1998 – Saving Private Ryan
1999 – The Matrix
2000 – Requiem for a Dream
2001 – Black Hawk Down
2002 – City of God
2003 – LOTR: Return of the King
2004 – Hellboy
2005 – King Kong
2006 – (This year had so many EPIC films: Pan’s Labyrinth, The Departed, Apocalypto, Children of Men, Borat)
but my pick will have to be Nacho Libre
2007 – 300
2008 – Gran Torino
2009 – Avatar
2010 – Black Swan
2011 – The Raid
2012 – Dredd
2013 – Instructions Not Included (Sorry Pacific Rim )
2014 – Another amazing year of bad ass films (John Wick, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy)
but my pick is The Raid 2
2015 – The Revenant
2016 – Deadpool
2017 – Favorite film so far is John Wick Chapter 2

Love reading everyone's lists, keep them coming!

Awesome list, Franky!!! So many on that list that I wasn't expecting!! Sandlot topping Jurassic Park... Instructions Not Included topping Pacific Rim... good job throwing me off, man!

Looks like we have a lot of yearly favourites in common, though!

 

[C2V3N]

It's hard to pick one, but here it is:

1984 - Gremlins
1985 - The Goonies
1986 - Aliens
1987 - The Lost Boys
1988 - The Blob
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Total Recall
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Singles
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Seven
1996 - Scream
1997 - Good Will Hunting
1998 - American History X
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Snatch
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - Catch Me If You Can
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Into the Wild
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Drive
2012 - Looper
2013 - Gravity
2014 - Interstellar
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - La La Land

 

[tridon]

It's hard to pick one, but here it is:

1984 - Gremlins
1985 - The Goonies
1986 - Aliens
1987 - The Lost Boys
1988 - The Blob
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990 - Total Recall
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1992 - Singles
1993 - Jurassic Park
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1995 - Seven
1996 - Scream
1997 - Good Will Hunting
1998 - American History X
1999 - The Matrix
2000 - Snatch
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 - Catch Me If You Can
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 - Shaun of the Dead
2005 - Batman Begins
2006 - The Departed
2007 - Into the Wild
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
2009 - Inglorious Basterds
2010 - Inception
2011 - Drive
2012 - Looper
2013 - Gravity
2014 - Interstellar
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road
2016 - La La Land

This is an awesome list! I really need to see La La Land. I'm not huge on musicals and I thought Whiplash was overrated, but this film has been getting so much love, so I definitely need to see it.

 

[C2V3N]

This is an awesome list! I really need to see La La Land. I'm not huge on musicals and I thought Whiplash was overrated, but this film has been getting so much love, so I definitely need to see it.

Thanks
I was blown away with La La Land, but I like musicals.

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