Film List

Because I have far too much time on my hands, I've put together my list of my favorite film for each year, for the past 59 years. I could maybe do a few years here and there pre-1950 but it would be almost all Disney and very sporadic. Fun facts at the end!

09 - Inglourious Basterds (Q. Taranitino)/The Hangover (T. Phillips)
08 - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (G. Del Toro)/The Dark Knight (C. Nolan)
07 - Juno (J. Reitman)
06 - Thank You For Smoking (J. Reitman)
05 - Sin City (R. Rodriguez)
04 - The Incredibles (B. Bird)/ Shaun of the Dead (E. Wright) [Couldn't possibly decide.]
03 - Lost in Translation (S. Coppola)
02 - One Hour Photo (M. Romanek)/Bubba Ho-Tep (D. Coscarelli)
01 - The Royal Tenenbaums (W. Anderson)
00 - American Psycho (M. Harron)

99- Fight Club (D. Fincher)
98 - Rushmore (W. Anderson)
97 - Jackie Brown (Q. Tarantino)
96 - Muppet Treasure Island (B. Henson) [Yes. Really.]
95 - The Quick and The Dead (S. Raimi)
94 - Clerks (K. Smith)
93 - Army of Darkness (S. Raimi)/ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (E. Radomski and B. Timm) [Two masterpieces of two very different series.]
92 - Reservior Dogs (Q. Tarantino)/ Of Mice and Men (G. Sinese)
91 - The Silence of the Lambs (J. Demme)
90 - Darkman (S. Raimi)

89 - Uncle Buck (J. Hughes)
88 - Beetlejuice (T. Burton)
87 - Evil Dead 2 (S. Raimi)/ The Princess Bride (R. Reiner)
86 - The Fly (D. Cronenberg) [For Jeff Goldblum's incredible performance, if nothing else.]
85 - Back to the Future (R. Zemeckis)
84 - Ghostbusters (I. Reitman)
83 - The Outsiders (F. Coppola)
82 - Creepshow (G. Romero)
81 - The Evil Dead (S. Raimi)
80 - The Shining (S. Kubrick)

79 - Apocalypse Now (F. Coppola)
78 - Animal House (I. Reitman)
77 - Star Wars (G. Lucas)
76 - Rocky (J. Avildsen)
75 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (M. Forman)
74 - Blazing Saddles (M. Brooks)/ Young Frankenstien (M. Brooks)
73 - Robin Hood (W. Reitherman)
72 - The Godfather (F. Coppola)
71 - Big Jake (G. Sherman)
70 - M*A*S*H (R. Altman)

69 - True Grit (H. Hathaway)
68 - 2001: A Space Oddyssey (S. Kubrick)
67 - The Jungle Book (W. Reitherman)
66 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (S. Leone) [Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy is, as far as I'm concerned, the greatest series ever made.]
65 - For a Few Dollars More (S. Leone)
64 - A Fistful of Dollars (S. Leone)
63 - McClintock! (A. McLaglen)
62 - To Kill a Mockingbird (R. Mulligan)
61 - The Hustler (R. Rossen) [Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats is what sells me the most on this film.]
60 - The Magnificent Seven (J. Sturges)

59 - Rio Bravo (H. Hawks)
58 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (R. Brooks)
57 - Old Yeller (R. Stevenson)
56 - The Searchers (J. Ford)
55 - Lady and the Tramp (C. Geronimi, W. Jackson, H. Luske)
54 - Seven Samurai (A. Kurosawa)
53 - Hondo (J. Farrow)
52 - The Quiet Man (J. Ford)
51 - A Streetcar Named Desire (E. Kazan)
50 - Rashomon (A. Kurosawa)

Directors with the most Films on my list:

Sam Raimi - 5 (The Quick and The Dead, Darkman, Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2)
S. Leone - 3 (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More)
F. Coppola - 3 (The Outsiders, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
Q. Tarantino - 3 (Jackie Brown, Reservior Dogs, Inglourious Basterds)
W. Anderson - 2 (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore)
M. Brooks - 2 (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein)
J. Ford - 2 (The Searchers, The Quiet Man)
S. Kubrick - 2 (The Shining, 2001: A Space Oddyssey)
A. Kurosawa - 2 (Seven Samurai, Rashomon)
W. Reitherman - 2 (The Jungle Book, Robin Hood)
I. Reitman - 2 (Animal House, Ghostbusters)
J. Reitman - 2 (Thank You For Smoking, Juno)


-Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola, along with Ivan and Jason Reitman are the only Father/Child pairings to make the list.

-Mel Brooks is the only director with two films in one year.

-Sergio Leone is the only director to go back-to-back-to-back.

-Jason Reitman is the only director to go back-to-back.

-John Wayne appears in 7 films.

-Bruce Campbell appears in 5 films.

-Bill Murray appears in 4 films.