My life in films.

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This undertaking was daunting from the start. It is the primary reason I have been unable to post a new list lately. This project, and yes, it was a hell of a project, consumed me.

This is my life in movies.

Ok, so I have tried to write some eloquent introduction for this list, maybe something profound and interesting, but this is a hard list to make symbolic. This was just a challenge I gave myself, I wanted to find the 5 best movies for every year that I have been alive. Some of the years, it was hard to find more then two, and some, it was very hard to limit it to five. I was amazed how wonderful 1994 and 1999 were in the lexicon of film.

I have the films ranked within each year.

Films marked with italics are featured on my *Bakers Dozen* Best All Time Movies. (plus 7 others) either by being ranked or honorable mentioned.

1981

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Stripes
3. The Evil Dead
4. Arthur
5. Chariots of Fire

1982

1. E.T.
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
3. Poltergeist
4. Annie
5. The Toy

1983

1. Gandhi
2. Wargames
3. The Big Chill
4. Trading Places
5. Risky Business
6. A Christmas Story

1984

1. Ghostbusters
2. Gremlins
3. The Killing Fields
4. This is Spinal Tap
5. The Killing Fields

1985

1. The Breakfast Club
2. Saint Elmos Fire
3. The Goonies
4. Back To the Future
5. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

1986

1. Stand By Me
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
3. Hoosiers
4. Lucas
5. Top Gun
6. Platoon

1987

1. The Princess Bride
2. Good Morning, Vietnam
3. Radio Days
4. Full Metal Jacket
5. Lethal Weapon

1988

1. Heathers
2. Rain Man
3. Die Hard
4. Mississippi Burning
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
6. A Fish Called Wanda

1989

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. Say Anything
3. Field of Dreams
4. Glory
5. Little Monsters

1990

1. I Love you to Death
2. Pump Up the Volume
3. Dances With Wolves
4. Ghost
5. Joe Vs. The Volcano

1991

1. JFK
2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
3. The Man in the Moon
4. Boyz N the Hood
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
6. What About Bob?

1992

1. Newsies
2. Aladdin
3. A League Of Their Own
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. My Cousin Vinny
6. A River Runs Through It

1993

1. Schindler's List
2. The Piano
3. The Fugitive
4. Sleepless In Seattle
5. Sister Act 2

1994

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Leon (The Professional)
3. Forrest Gump
4. The Usual Suspects
5. Hoop Dreams
6. Interview With A Vampire
7. Clerks
8. Speed

1995

1. Hackers
2. Empire Records
3. Braveheart
4. Kids
5. Apollo 13
6. Dead Man Walking

1996

1. Romeo + Juliet
2. Swingers
3. Trainspotting
4. Shine
5. Jerry Maguire

1997

1. Good Will Hunting
2. Titanic
3. As Good As It Gets
4. The Ice Storm
5. Surburbia

1998

1. SLC Punk
2. American History X
3. The Truman Show
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Shakespeare in Love
6. Rushmore

1999

1. The Boondock Saints
2. American Beauty
3. Virgin Suicides
4. Fight Club
5. 10 Things I Hate About You
6. The Matrix
7. Election
8. Being John Malkovich
9. Three Kings
10. The Green Mile
11. The Sixth Sense
12. The Talented Mr. Ripley
13. The Cider House Rules
14. Girl, Interrupted
15. Man on the Moon
16. The Blair Witch Project

2000

1. Almost Famous
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. Wonder Boys
4. High Fidelity
5. Memento
6. Gladiator

2001

1. Life as a House
2. Fellowship of the Ring
3. A Beautiful Mind
4. I Am Sam
5. Moulin Rouge

2002

1. The Pianist
2. The Dangerous Lives Of Alter Boys
3. The Two Towers
4. Gangs of New York
5. The Good Girl

2003

1. Big Fish
2. The Return of the King
3. Finding Nemo
4. Mystic River
5. Pieces of April

2004

1. Garden State
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Million Dollar Baby
4. Closer
5. Ray
6. The Incredibles
   

2005

1. Hustle & Flow
2. Murderball
3. Crash
4. Me and You and Everyone We Know
5. Junebug
   

2006

1. Children Of Men
2. Flags of our Fathers
3. Bobby
   
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Half Nelson
6. Stranger Than Fiction
   

2007

1. Once
2. Across the Universe
3. Into The Wild
4. Juno
5. No Country For Old Men
   

2008

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
3. The Dark Knight
4. Milk
5. Wall E