My life in films.
>> Sunday, February 8, 2009
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
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Stripes
- The Evil Dead
- Arthur
- Chariots of Fire
- E.T.
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Poltergeist
- Annie
- The Toy
- Gandhi
- Wargames
- The Big Chill
- Trading Places
- Risky Business
- A Christmas Story
- Ghostbusters
- Gremlins
- The Killing Fields
- This is Spinal Tap
- The Killing Fields
- The Breakfast Club
- Saint Elmos Fire
- The Goonies
- Back To the Future
- Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
- Stand By Me
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Hoosiers
- Lucas
- Top Gun
- Platoon
- The Princess Bride
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Radio Days
- Full Metal Jacket
- Lethal Weapon
- Heathers
- Rain Man
- Die Hard
- Mississippi Burning
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- A Fish Called Wanda
- When Harry Met Sally
- Say Anything
- Field of Dreams
- Glory
- Little Monsters
- I Love you to Death
- Pump Up the Volume
- Dances With Wolves
- Ghost
- Joe Vs. The Volcano
- JFK
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- The Man in the Moon
- Boyz N the Hood
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- What About Bob?
- Newsies
- Aladdin
- A League Of Their Own
- Reservoir Dogs
- My Cousin Vinny
- A River Runs Through It
- Schindler's List
- The Piano
- The Fugitive
- Sleepless In Seattle
- Sister Act 2
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Leon (The Professional)
- Forrest Gump
- The Usual Suspects
- Hoop Dreams
- Interview With A Vampire
- Clerks
- Speed
- Hackers
- Empire Records
- Braveheart
- Kids
- Apollo 13
- Dead Man Walking
- Romeo + Juliet
- Swingers
- Trainspotting
- Shine
- Jerry Maguire
- Good Will Hunting
- Titanic
- As Good As It Gets
- The Ice Storm
- Surburbia
- SLC Punk
- American History X
- The Truman Show
- Saving Private Ryan
- Shakespeare in Love
- Rushmore
- The Boondock Saints
- American Beauty
- Virgin Suicides
- Fight Club
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- The Matrix
- Election
- Being John Malkovich
- Three Kings
- The Green Mile
- The Sixth Sense
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- The Cider House Rules
- Girl, Interrupted
- Man on the Moon
- The Blair Witch Project
- Almost Famous
- Requiem for a Dream
- Wonder Boys
- High Fidelity
- Memento
- Gladiator
- Life as a House
- Fellowship of the Ring
- A Beautiful Mind
- I Am Sam
- Moulin Rouge
- The Pianist
- The Dangerous Lives Of Alter Boys
- The Two Towers
- Gangs of New York
- The Good Girl
- Big Fish
- The Return of the King
- Finding Nemo
- Mystic River
- Pieces of April
- Garden State
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Million Dollar Baby
- Closer
- Ray
- The Incredibles
- Hustle & Flow
- Murderball
- Crash
- Me and You and Everyone We Know
- Junebug
- Children Of Men
- Flags of our Fathers
- Bobby
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Half Nelson
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Once
- Across the Universe
- Into The Wild
- Juno
- No Country For Old Men
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- The Dark Knight
- Milk
- Wall E
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